Daily Lobo: Why are you majoring in education? Genell Burns: That’s a good question. DL: Why are you carrying a gallon of water? GB: I get thirsty sometimes. DL: How many gallons of water do you think you drink a day? GB: Um, less than one.
UNM Mailing Systems has suspended the policy that prevented Ph.D. candidate Nina Lanza from getting her tango shoes delivered at work. Debra Fondino, associate director of University Services, said the entire Mailing Systems policy manual — including Section 6340, which prohibits personal mail from being delivered through the University — is under revision and has been for the past six months.
Today is Monday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2009. There are 122 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Aug.
NMSU was ranked more than 40 spaces higher than UNM in a recent report listing America’s best colleges. The Center for College Affordability and Productivity ranked UNM No. 239 and NMSU No. 193 in its second-annual list published Aug. 5 in Forbes Magazine.
A report published by an American studies class attempts to strengthen relations between UNM and the city that surrounds it. The “Report on Community Engagement and University of New Mexico Campus Development” was published Aug.
KUNM volunteers passed a motion Aug. 26 to have a legalistic clause, added by the University, struck from their procedures manual. They also resolved that they have no confidence in the UNM administration and sent a letter stating as much to President David Schmidly’s office.
Six Republican politicians visited campus Thursday, helping students register to vote and sharing their platforms with passersby. UNM College Republicans brought the group — including possible Republican candidates for governor Allen Weh, Doug Turner and Janice Arnold-Jones — to the Duck Pond during the annual Student Organization Day.
Daily Lobo: I was just looking through your issues that you have posted online, so I’m going to ask you a couple questions based on that.
Richard Romero has worked in Albuquerque for the last 35 years, serving as a legislator in the Senate and as a teacher and principal in local high schools.
Debby Ulinski Potter is a research assistant professor in both the Biology Department and the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. She was awarded the 2003 Governor’s Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women, the 2001 Chief’s Award and the 2005 Bernalillo County Outstanding Citizen Award.
UNM’s Mortar Board chapter was honored with the Golden Torch Award at the annual national conference held July 24-26 in Chicago.
Thirty students have been assigned to triple-student dorms this fall, despite Residence Life and Student Housing’s reassurance that this wouldn’t happen.
When tango shoes for Ph.D. candidate Nina Lanza reached the UNM Mailing Systems mail room, they were promptly returned to sender, because they weren’t considered University business. Lanza, an officer in the Lobo Tango Club, wants to know what policy sets the standard for professional mail. “There’s no official policy,” she said.
Richard Romero has worked in Albuquerque for the past 35 years, serving as a legislator in the Senate and as a teacher and principal in local high schools.Daily Lobo:My first question is regarding renewable energy and sustainable energy in Albuquerque. What plans do you have for future developments to make Albuquerque a more sustainable city, using different sources of energy?
The H1N1 influenza virus hasn’t gone away since last spring’s outbreak, so Student Health and Counseling is reminding students to make efforts to prevent its spread. “The H1N1 virus that we saw emerge in the springtime has been circulating and, besides moving across the world in a pandemic, there have been various outbreaks in the United States all summer long,” said SHAC Director Beverly Kloeppel.
This summer I looked into someone’s eyes and saw fear, honest fear. I accompanied the UNM Cross-Border Issues Group to Mexico in July. The group, led by Communication & Journalism Professor Richard Schaefer, works primarily in Cuernavaca, Mexico, researching immigration. This year’s research led us to Oaxaca City, Ixtapec, and Acapulco.
The future of UNM’s campus could be in students’ hands. The Master Plan of Development, a long-term plan of construction projects and projected growth, has been in the works for several years, said Mary Kenney, UNM planning officer.
Republican Richard J. Berry has been a member of the New Mexico State House of Representatives since 2007.
UNM is the first university to create an online, 3-D virtual training program for the H1N1 influenza virus. Adel Saad, who created the program on Second Life, an online, 3-D virtual-world Web site, said it teaches users how to organize a mass preventative clinic.
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