New Mexicans are free to eat their tortillas after Gov. Bill Richardson vetoed the food tax Wednesday, forcing lawmakers to choke down an unbalanced budget. The governor vetoed the legislation, passed by state lawmakers, which would reinstate a 2 percent local and county gross receipt tax on food items.
A new assessment will determine how UNM students measure up to their peers at other institutions. A group of randomly selected graduating seniors will receive e-mails through April 15 that invite then to participate in the Collegiate Learning Assessment.
Students danced and practiced yoga for peace in the SUB Wednesday. The fifth annual UNM Peace Fair, held in the SUB, featured performances and about 25 Albuquerque organizations presented ideas about peace. “As part of the Peace Studies program, students do an internship,” said Les Field, director of the Peace Studies program.
Like body hair, Mustachio Bashio has grown over the years. Dominic Abbott is one of the organizers for Friday’s party and said that each year the bash is bigger and better. “It’s about putting your inhibitions aside, both men and women and letting the mustache shine,” he said.
New Mexico’s medical marijuana program is gaining momentum, but some activists say it isn’t progressing fast enough to meet the needs of its patients. In December, the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board held a public hearing in Santa Fe to allow people to petition for more health conditions to be treated by the drug.
Summer is right around the corner, but students won’t be using UNM pools any time soon. The Olympic pool, Johnson pool and the therapy pool are all closed due to maintenance issues.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association may lose about 345 members depending on the results of a vote today. The Student Bar Association, which represents UNM’s School of Law, called a vote to determine whether the law school students will secede from GPSA to form their own organization. Law student Genevieve Graham, who helped with the planning stages for the vote, said some law students want to secede from GPSA to have more control over student government. “For quite some time now, GPSA’s interests have not been aligned with law school interests,” she said.
What do sex, drugs and obesity have in common? According to one UNM doctor, the answer is simple – the media.
UNM students dodged drinks thrown from cars and yelled at oncoming traffic Monday to protest the recent health care reform.
Mayor Richard Berry recently got on board with a new bike safety campaign that aims to help drivers see the road from a bicyclist’s point of view. The campaign, called “Easy to Miss,” includes a Web site, a billboard and displays at malls and the airport — all to raise drivers’ awareness of bikers.
Bard College is helping college students and their state senators talk directly about issues concerning climate change and clean energy. Eban Goodstein, director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, organized the nationwide 2010 Campus to Congress: Let’s Talk.
The Graduate and Professional Student elections for president and council chair are open to graduate students.
A missing UNM student is now safe and sound after taking a road trip across five different states. Student Sheena Jain drove through New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas by herself, said Hector Terrazas, UNM Police Department officer. Jain went missing on March 6 and was last seen at her family’s home in Las Cruces, said Dan Trujillo, Las Cruces Police Department spokesman.
A missing UNM student is now safe and sound after taking a road trip across five different states. Student Sheena Jain drove through New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas by herself, Hector Terrazas UNMPD officer said. Jain went missing on March 6 and was last seen at her family’s home in Las Cruces, said Dan Trujillo, spokesman for the Las Cruces Police department.
University President David Schmidly announced guidelines on Tuesday for UNM’s budget reduction. The reduction in the University’s budget is in response to the New Mexico Legislature reducing state appropriations, including branch campuses, by 7.7 percent, totaling more than $25 million. Schmidly said at the Board of Regents meeting Monday that last year’s hiring pause and hold for vacant positions will remain.
For those students in the education programs at either CNM or UNM, life just got easier. On March 3, representatives from UNM and CNM matched up classes between early childhood education and special education to help students transfer easier between the two schools. Chris Larrañaga, senior adviser in Early Childhood Education at UNM, said the agreement will help students at CNM save time when figuring out how to finish up their last two years at UNM in the early childhood program.
Amid a bleak job market, the Career Services Center is striving to help UNM students strengthen their résumés and prepare for the workforce. Jenna Crabb, director of the CSC, said 2,500 students visited the center last year. “Students walk in the door and kind of don’t know where to begin — that’s what we do.
UNM students will soon have the chance to influence how the federal government doles out billions of dollars. The U.S.
The Student Fee Review Board made several policy changes at a meeting Saturday, allowing it more flexibility and power when distributing student fees. The board approved amendments to its policy making it possible to take an organization — like Athletics or Student Health and Counseling — off recurring-funding status. SFRB Chair Lissa Knudsen said some situations might make it unnecessary to give money to certain recurring-funding organizations. “If we get universal health care, then we maybe wouldn’t need to fund Student Health and Counseling,” she said at a February meeting. Before the amendments, the SFRB could only promote groups to recurring-funding status.
The UNM community is mourning the loss of two colleagues, professor Hector Torres and graduate student Stefania Gray, who were found murdered at a residence near campus on Monday.
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