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16-hour meeting held over $10 student fee hike

The Student Fee Review Board has recommended raising student fees by a little over $10 a year for full-time students. After more than 16 hours holed up in a basement classroom in George Pearl Hall this weekend, the Board emphasized fiscal responsibility when considering requests totaling more than $11 million in hopes of minimizing, and even eliminating, a student fee increase. Every program requesting student fees asked for increased funding over last year — a total requested increase of $1.5 million — and four groups asked for almost $200,000 in new money.

Question of the Week: How are you going to cope with a tuition increase?

Know your rights as a renter in New Mexico

If you want to know what your rights when you’re renting a place, check out the New Mexico Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act.

Beloved nudist forced to move

Don Schrader’s apartment is every bit as unique as he is. The 12-by-14-foot apartment, which he will vacate at the end of February, displays Schrader’s history in wall-to-ceiling decoration of pictures from his life, notes on his methodologies, cards from friends and published letters to the Weekly Alibi. The apartment complex where Schrader lives, on Silver Avenue, is being remodeled and sold by the owners.

ASUNM resolution cites Athletics' accomplishments

On the heels of a GPSA special election addressing UNM Athletics, members of the undergraduate governing body weighed in, supporting a different view. The ASUNM Steering and Rules Committee passed a resolution 3-1 giving support to almost everyone in the Athletics Department – leaving out, but not condemning, Athletics Director Paul Krebs and UNM coaches.

UNM looks to raise admissions standards

New Mexico high school students might consider buckling down on their day-to-day schoolwork instead of putting all of their college admission eggs into the standardized test basket. On Wednesday, the Student Affairs Committee from the Board of Regents approved a redesigned admissions process that emphasizes high school GPA, additional college preparatory courses and a new grade-point average weighting system.

Blue lights designed with safety in mind

Students might not know that the 100 tall, blue columns around campus house emergency phones. When the red button on the column is pressed, the phone connects directly to UNM Police Department.

Santa Rosa paper owner advocates local press

M.E. Sprengelmeyer may be the hardest-working newspaper man on the planet, a man described in a recent New York Times profile as working “to the brink of exhaustion, fueling late-night production sessions with nicotine and caffeinated energy drinks.” Sprengelmeyer owns the weekly Guadalupe County Communicator, based in Santa Rosa.

Earth's response to rapid cooling

Two UNM researchers are examining stalagmites to study the link between winter moisture and the glacial climate shifts. Yemane Asmerom and Victor Polyak, researchers in the earth and planetary sciences department, work in two major labs at Northrop Hall.

UNM-area traffic woes addressed by local entitiesUNM-area traffic woes addressed by local entities

Albuquerque’s largest universities, the city and the county are working in concert to address parking and transportation ills afflicting the UNM area. The Albuquerque City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday asking UNM, CNM and Bernalillo County to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding and contribute to a study examining alternative transportation possibilities.

Schmidly balances budget by furlough

The president of one of UNM’s peer institutions is making news by taking a voluntary 4.6 percent pay cut, but President Schmidly contends he’s been there, done that.

Daily Lobo Spotlight: Darren White/Senior/Public Relations

Daily Lobo: So are you excited to graduate? Darren White: Yes I’m very excited. DL: Do you know what you’re going to do after graduation? DW: I’m going to backpack Europe for as long as I can and then I’m going to take my LSATs before I go and when I come back I want to apply to law school.

SUB showcases best teaching practices

UNM’s most effective and diverse teaching methods will be showcased Thursday in the SUB. “Sharing Best Practices: Culture and Identity” is a first-ever seminar highlighting UNM’s methods in teaching a diverse student body, said Jennifer Gomez-Chavez, director of Title V, an organization co-hosting of the event. “The whole focus of (the seminar) is to really celebrate how we recruit and retain our faculty, students and staff,” Gomez-Chavez said. She said UNM is a national leader in the area of campus diversity. “UNM serves as a national model for other universities, and they look toward UNM to figure out how they can work with their students from underrepresented populations,” she said.

Pointers to protect your identity on Facebook

If you don’t recall sending Facebook messages to your friends with links to ‘Get your best body now!’ or ‘Make money today!’ you are not alone. Online viruses have become a common problem on the social networking site Facebook.

Senate votes in Regent Koch for another six years

Regent Jamie Koch was reappointed to a six-year term to the Board of Regents by the New Mexico state Senate by a vote of 31-5.

Koch reappointed by state Senate

Regent Jamie Koch was confirmed for another six-year term to the Board of Regents by the state Senate by a vote of 30-5. Also, the Senate confirmed Regents Gene Gallegos and Emily “Cate” Wisdom by votes of 33-2 and 35-0, respectively.

Legislators shoot hoops for cancer

SANTA FE Legislative bragging rights were center stage via the hardwood on Friday in a fight against cancer. The New Mexico House of Representatives hooped it up against the New Mexico Senate to benefit the UNM Cancer Center.

Special election boasts record graduate turnout

GPSA’s special election about the UNM Athletics Administration saw a record turnout, and all four questions on the ballot passed by margins of at least 30 percent. “This is an unprecedented number,” said GPSA President Lissa Knudsen.

GPSA votes in favor of funding gay center

The Queer Resource Center is one step closer to becoming a reality at UNM. The Graduate and Professional Student Association unanimously passed a resolution Saturday in support of the center. Jeffrey Waldo, a Queer Straight Alliance representative, said UNM is behind its peer institutions — many of which already have a Queer Resource Center.

Graduate and professional students vote no confidence in Krebs, athletics

GPSA’s special election about the UNM Athletics Administration saw a record turnout, and all four questions on the ballot passed by margins of at least 30 percent.