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UNM discusses more secure student IDs

Staff Report | November 18

Student Life plans to issue new Lobo IDs with more security features next year. Many of the details haven’t been worked out yet, according to the SUB administration, but the new IDs are slated to be issued in late spring. Walt Miller, associate vice president for Student Life, said students’ Social Security numbers are programmed in the barcodes of Lobo IDs, but the new Lobo IDs will hold another UNM-issued identification number instead. With the new cards, Student Life also hopes to make LoboCash available at venues off campus, said Chelsea Stallings, ASUNM senator and voting member of the SUB board. These venues will include nearby restaurants such as Frontier and Saggio’s, the parking structure on campus and concession stands at University Stadium and The Pit.

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IT to establish printing limit come spring

Kallie Red-Horse | November 18

Students, enjoy the unlimited free printing in campus IT pods while you can. Starting in the spring, Information Technologies is imposing a limit on the number of sheets of paper students can print. The printing quota restriction is an effort to reduce waste on campus and discourage students from excessive printing, said IT Director Moira Gerety.

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Lobo balloon found on Virginia farm

Pat Lohmann | November 18

The University might have to send a custodian across the country to pick up the last bit of Homecoming trash. Naomi Grove, a rancher, stumbled upon a Mylar balloon in her field Nov.

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ASUNM holds senate election today

Mario Trujillo | November 18

Undergraduates can vote for their student government representatives today in the Associated Students of UNM fall election. ASUNM makes decisions that have long-term e ects on students, said Vice President Michael Westervelt.

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PIRG petitions to hire new employees

Staff Report | November 18

UNM’s Public Interest Research Group is accepting signatures on a petition asking for student fees to pay for full-time PIRG employees.

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Orchestra has yet to settle contract dispute

Andrew Beale | November 18

The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra is on the verge of bankruptcy. David Sherry, NMSO management spokesman, said a decision must be made in the next week or so to determine the orchestra’s fate. “If we don’t reach an agreement with the musicians by Thanksgiving, we will file for bankruptcy.

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Techno Guy settles with SUB over music dispute

Kallie Red-Horse | November 18

Techno Guy and the SUB have worked out a deal, but it won’t necessarily bring peace and quiet to campus. English Professor James Burbank led a complaint against the loud music played by Josh “Techno Guy” Arellano outside the north end of the SUB last month. Since then, Arellano met with Ryan Lindquist, associate director of the Student Activities Center, to determine an appropriate volume level to play his boom box. “We had three meetings with Josh to work on his volume out there,” Lindquist said.

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Daily Lobo Spotlight

Pat Lohmann | November 16

Daily Lobo: How long have you worked at the SUB welcome desk? Shonnetta Henry: Around a month and a half.

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GPSA: Krebs a poor leader

Pat Lohmann | November 16

The Graduate and Professional Students Association will meet next week to discuss a no-confidence vote in Vice President of Athletics Paul Krebs. All graduate students are invited to attend the meeting in the SUB on Monday.

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Art students upset over studio hours

Tricia Remark | November 16

Fine arts students say they aren’t getting enough studio hours to finish assignments now that security is closing the Art Building at 11 p.m.

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Student with flu symptoms dies, another freshman hospitalized

Pat Lohmann | November 16

Raymond Plotkin exhibited flu-like symptoms five days before checking into UNM Hospital, where he died Wednesday with what appears to be the H1N1 virus. Plotkin’s roommate, Esteban Martinez, said the freshman locked himself in his room and stayed away from classes to avoid spreading the illness before he was hospitalized.

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Conference urges drug use education

Andrew Beale | November 16

Sean Luce helps patients in Berkeley, Calif., get medical marijuana. Narelle Ellington wants heroin addicts to have access to clean needles. Maria Mercedes Moreno works to secure human rights for coca growers. Advocacy groups from around the world and across the political spectrum converged in Albuquerque for the International Drug Policy Reform Conference at the Albuquerque Convention Center last week. These groups included Luce’s Berkeley Patients Group, Ellington’s Harm Reduction Coalition and Moreno’s Mama Coca, as well as the UNM Health Sciences Center’s Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes and dozens more.

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UNM on-campus student with swine flu dies

Pat Lohmann and Kallie Red-Horse | November 13

A UNM student and on-campus resident has died from what appears to be the H1N1 virus. Raymond Plotkin, an 18-year-old freshman who lived in the Redondo Village Apartments, died Wednesday night at University Hospital, according to an e-mail sent by Resident Life and Student Housing to all on-campus residents. “Residence Life and Student Housing (RLSH) sorrowfully wants to inform you that a resident of Redondo Village has died,” the e-mail stated.

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'Techno Guy' forced to pause his SUB tunes

Kallie Red-Horse | November 12

Students passing the north end of the SUB on Tuesdays and Thursdays will have to find their own beat to walk to.

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Sorority hosts event to boost literacy rates

Kallie Red-Horse | November 12

Pi Beta Phi had members of the UNM community twisting their tongues to Dr. Seuss’ rhymes Wednesday in an attempt to fight illiteracy in New Mexico. Competitors in the sorority’s second annual First Book Speed Read paid admission to read books aloud to children as quickly as possible at the Pi Phi house.

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ASUNM supports queer resource center

Mario Trujillo | November 12

Five members of the Queer Straight Alliance stood in front of the ASUNM Senate Wednesday to make their case for adding a queer resource center at UNM. But by that time, the Senate was already sold on the idea, said ASUNM Sen.

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UNM provides 40 years of aid to historic district

Ryan Tomari | November 11

The historic community of Martineztown, founded in 1823, was threatened by urbanization in the late 1960s. The area, also know as South Martineztown, is east of downtown Albuquerque and north of Grand Avenue.

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New tiles in Johnson Pool cracked, need repair

Tricia Remark | November 11

UNM reopened Johnson’s Olympic pool after renovations in March, and the pool already needs repairs. Tiles surrounding the pool are coming up from the floor, and Johnson Center staff taped them down with duct tape.

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Student Health Center faces expected H1N1 vaccine shortage

Tricia Remark | November 10

The Student Health and Counseling center only has 50 H1N1 vaccinations to ration between about 25,000 students. Vaccinations for the entire student body of UNM were expected to arrive in early October, but there’s already a month delay and still no clear distribution date in sight, said Beverly Kloeppel, director of SHAC. The H1N1 vaccine shortages are nationwide, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Web site, and New Mexico has received only 0.48 percent of vaccines made in the U.S.

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Group aims to engage students in community

Mario Trujillo | November 10

Students erected a Wall of Burning Issues on Monday in the SUB, and student Travis McKenzie recited a poem encouraging the UNM community to participate in the event.