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New Mexico universities prepare for population growth, increased enrollment

UNM and NMSU are addressing similar problems of campus development in different ways. Juggling campus capacity, legislative cuts and sustainability, architects at the two New Mexico universities are implementing ten- or twenty-year development plans. Mike Rickenbaker, university architect and director of facilities, planning and management for NMSU, said the 2006 master plan is aimed at better university-community relations.

Daily Lobo Spotlight

Daily Lobo: How long have you been going to UNM? Stephan Falke: Close to five years now, which means I'm going to be done pretty soon. DL: Where did you go before here? SF: I got the Master's Degree over in Germany at RWTH Aachen (University). DL: Where is that? SF: Aachen, which is about 50 miles west of Cologne, and then I came to UNM to get a Ph.

Daily Lobo Spotlight

Daily Lobo: How long have you been attending UNM? Karol Zetter: About one year. I am an international student. I came to the United States two years ago. DL: Where are you originally from? KZ: I am from Guadalajara, Mexico. DL: What things do you enjoy about New Mexico? KZ: I love the people, and the climate, all the seasons.

Question of the Week(Video)

UNM, Sandia Labs, city join forces for research

Representatives from UNM, Sandia National Laboratories and the City of Albuquerque gathered June 19 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding allowing the three institutions to collaborate on research. Mayor Martin Chavez, University President David Schmidly and SNL president Tom Hunter met in Zimmerman Library to sign the "Community Research Collaborative," an agreement aimed at research areas such as energy infrastructure and efficiency, cyber security and digital film media.

Tamarind undergoes sustainable renovation

Despite the continued production of carbon prints by the Tamarind Institute, its carbon footprint is soon to be significantly decreased. The Tamarind Institute will be completely moved from its current location at 110 Cornell Dr. to the old UNM Architecture and Planning Annex at 2500 Central Ave.

AP briefs

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A jury has convicted a 45-year-old Nambe woman of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of her mother in May 2008. Arin Jennifer Dilallo was found guilty after a Santa Fe County jury deliberated for just over an hour on Friday.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week? Lisa Rhoads Senior English "I would give him a D+, because that whole thing where they (provosts, vice presidents, directors) gave him a B- (80% of his goals achieved or made good progress), that wasn't really a good enough sample" Jessica Kugalman Sophomore Secondary Education "I would say probably closer to a C-.

GPSA recruits committee members

The Graduate and Professional Students Association is recruiting members for standing and executive ad-hoc committees. Members of the standing committees manage the operations of GPSA grants, elections, finance and lobbying efforts. Those on ad-hoc committees serve to accomplish specific tasks as needed, and ad-hoc committees dissolve at the end of the president's or chair's term, according to the GPSA Web site.

Celebrity astronaut on campus

Santa Fe profs find new home at UNM

UNM's creative writing program will be taking in two College of Santa Fe professors who lost their jobs when CSF closed in May. Professors Dana Levin and Mark Behr will begin teaching in the fall. CSF racked up nearly $40 million in debt between 2000 and 2008.

Iran election sparks outcry

Demonstrators gathered in front of the UNM Bookstore Friday, June 19 to protest the results of the Iranian Presidential Election. After President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected over Mir-Hossein Mousavi on June 12, protests - incited primarily by university students - exploded throughout Iran.

Question and Answer

UNM cancer researchers have discovered a genetic mutation underlying one of the most common childhood cancers, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Daily Lobo: Could you give me a brief overview of your findings? Richard Harvey: Sure. The paper was in PNAS, which is Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and it describes JAK mutations in leukemia.

Former student used UNM computers to send threatening letters

Former UNM student Richard Goyette was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison on June 4 after sending 64 threatening letters containing a white powdery substance to financial institutions. In October 2008 Goyette mailed the threatening letters to financial institutions using addresses he obtained while using a Zimmerman library computer.

President Schmidly makes the grade

The Board of Regents gave President Schmidly a stamp of approval on May 29 for his second year at UNM. The regents formulated a progress report, which was then evaluated by vice presidents, provosts and directors. The goals provided by the regents included efforts towards accountability, academics and research.

Lobos mourn grad student

Megumi Yamamoto, a UNM graduate student, died in a helicopter crash June 9 after she was rescued from a hike on Mt. Baldy near Santa Fe. Sgt. Andy Tingwall, the helicopter pilot, was also killed. New Mexico State Police spokesman Peter Olson said the bodies of Yamamoto and Tingwall were recovered from the crash site June 11.

Teen killer's release divides UNM

When is it justified for a juvenile's crimes to receive adult punishment? This is the question lawmakers and the UNM community are asking after the release of Mister Saunders. In 2002, when Saunders was 13, he raped and killed a UNM student. Saunders has been free since May 31 when he was released from custody at the Youth Diagnostic and Development Center.

Drug czar visits N.M.

For the first time in history, a Department of Homeland Security meeting was streamed to Web information centers for government officials across the southwest. The meeting, which took place at UNM on Friday, revealed the Obama administration's National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy.

Graduate student dies in helicopter crash

Megumi Yamamoto, a UNM graduate student, died in a helicopter crash Tuesday after she was rescued from a hike on Mt. Baldy near Santa Fe. The helicopter pilot was also killed in the crash. New Mexico State Police Spokesman Peter Olson said the bodies of Yamamoto and Sgt. Andy Tingwall were recovered from the crash site on Thursday.

Food Not Bombs gets served

The Albuquerque chapter of Food Not Bombs refuses to stop serving free food in front of the UNM Bookstore, despite numerous violation notices and, now, a court injunction. Judge Clay Campbell, district two, granted the New Mexico Environment Department's request for a preliminary injunction against Food Not Bombs on June 1, prohibiting the not-for-profit organization from serving food until they obtain a permit.