UNM students are aligning with a national organization to correct a minor deformity that plagues children worldwide. Students organized the UNM chapter of Operation Smile, a national non-profit organization that helps kids with cleft palates and lips get corrective surgery.
What starts as a candlelight vigil might become a public debate about health care. On Thursday, Democrats from the Albuquerque area are gathering at Nob Hill to honor Americans who have passed away because they didn’t have health care.
Two armed security guards greeted UNM students as they walked into their Peace Studies class on Tuesday. Although the scene was unfamiliar to students, it has been all too familiar for the guest lecturer, Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. “We had two death threats before coming in,” Weinstein said.
A former colleague of Shannon Garbiso is speaking out about what she says her friend feels she cannot. Maria Garcia, a former Human Resources consultant, attended the Nov.
If you weren’t one of the 350 people who heard about the free H1N1 vaccines, take it up with the Student Health and Counseling Center. SHAC did not advertise — except on Cornell Mall — that the vaccines would be available on Friday and Monday for anyone under the age of 24, said SHAC Director Beverly Kloeppel.
Daily Lobo: So, what languages do you know so far? Homero Montoya: Right now, I’m working on French, English, Chinese and Spanish.
Graduate students will have a chance to voice their opinions about UNM athletics and two University administrators in a GPSA vote. After two hours of deliberation during its meeting on Monday, the Graduate and Professional Students Association decided to hold an online election to give graduate students a chance to vote no-confidence in Athletics Director Paul Krebs and Vice President of Human Resources Helen Gonzales.
Hundreds of on-campus students skipped dinner at the dining hall last Tuesday to help New Mexico’s less fortunate.
The case of the “Coronado Creeper” is closed. UNMPD had a suspect in the alleged breaking and entering and criminal sexual contact of three women in Coronado Hall that occurred Oct.
Maggie Seeley, Sustainability Program lecturer, is an expert in third world community development and working with small organizations in India, Nigeria and Brazil.
Seven members of the Bridge slate filed a contest of election on Friday, but on Sunday they rescinded their complaints. “We think as a slate that any infraction should be addressed … and if it is not addressed, in the future it is not corrected,” said Travis Maestas, a Bridge slate member. Yet Maestas said the Bridge slate wouldn’t have had enough evidence to present a strong case against the BAM!
Inspectors find food stored at unsafe temperatures by Andrew Beale At their last inspection, three restaurants near campus received at least four health code violations. Perico’s on Yale received an “immediate closure” notice, but the burrito restaurant’s permit was reinstated the same day.
A clause in the handbook for Resident Advisors on campus has raised concerns about the legitimacy of the ASUNM fall election results. All ten members of the BAM!
UNM students are taking kids’ Internet education into their own hands. Information Security is a graduate level class at the Anderson School of Management.
This Saturday, UNM will make the queer community prouder. The University is hosting its first annual drag show and prom this weekend, organized by the Queer Straight Alliance. QSA event organizer Adam Quintero said campus drag shows aren’t uncommon at other schools around the country. “We went to D.C.
The BAM! slate for ASUNM Senate was victorious Wednesday night, but their campaigning tactics are being questioned by their opponents. All 10 slots open for the undergraduate student government were filled by the BAM! slate, which is rare, said Travis Maestas, who ran on the Bridge slate.
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.
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.
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.
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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