About 2,500 people gathered at the intersection of Montgomery and Louisiana boulevards on Wednesday to protest the deficit the government has created by bailing out the banking industry. They brought tea bags, homemade signs, American flags and cans of pork and beans to the metaphorical tea party - one of many hosted in cities across the country.
Students came out in waves to eat snow cones, play inflatable games and talk about religion during an "EidRagious" celebration on Wednesday. The Muslim Student Association hosted the event on the east side of the SUB as part of Islamic Awareness Week. Soha Abdalla, secretary of the MSA, stood at a table with pamphlets and translated copies of the Quran, urging passersby to take part in the event.
Many people exercise regularly and eat a balanced diet to keep their bodies healthy, but have you ever thought about doing the same for your voice? New Mexico's first annual World Voice Day will be recognized at the Speech-Language-Hearing Center on Thursday from 10 a.
STC.UNM hosted its sixth annual Creative Awards ceremony on Monday to honor students and faculty who have been issued patents or copyrights within the past year. "What we're celebrating here tonight is one of the things that make public research universities great," said Julia Fulghum, vice president for research.
The University has budgeted for adding seven or eight faculty positions in the coming year and for promoting some faculty members. Curtis Porter, associate vice president for Budget, Planning & Analysis, said an estimated $800,000 in instructional funds is available to create the positions, and some of the money was also allocated to hiring more advisers, graduate assistants and teaching assistants.
Diversity, leadership experience and fresh faces set Lobos Unidos apart from the competition in the ASUNM election, said Mike Westervelt, the vice presidential candidate on the slate. PIRG will host a debate between presidential and vice presidential candidates from the Lobos Unidos and Rise slates in the SUB today.
Daily Lobo: What makes this ASUNM election so important? Monika Roberts: I think just because of what's going in the University and everything, there's a need for really strong student leadership. Communication within the University right now is all over the place.
Daily Lobo Staff Report Representatives of the CIA will be at UNM today to pique student interest in job opportunities with the organization. Inspire Anderson Marketing (IAM), a student-run marketing agency at UNM's Anderson School of Management, is hosting the event.
Students, faculty and staff can now get free antivirus software from UNM's Information Technology Services. The software, Symantec Endpoint Protection, can be downloaded from the ITS Web site. The software will not expire as long as the user is affiliated with the University, said Michael Carr, director of Information Assurance.
Daily Lobo: What makes this ASUNM election so important? Brian Moore: The economic situation in the state means that UNM is facing a lot more budget cuts than it has in the past, and that can have a really direct impact on students. In the past, ASUNM has been all about just making sure things are OK and cruising along.
The ASUNM slate Rise hopes to make UNM more accountable, sustainable and safe. The staples of the slate's platform are decreasing the adviser-to-student ratio, advocating environmentally friendly alternatives, starting safe-ride services for students, and increasing student government transparency.
Guest lecturers crossed the country to discuss green design with UNM students, faculty and community members this weekend. The School of Architecture and Planning presented "The Benefits of Green Design," a symposium centered on Aldo Leopold's "land ethic" and its use in architecture and planning.
Lissa Knudsen won the GPSA presidential seat for 2009-10. She will take office in mid-May. All eight of the GPSA amendments passed, and the two motions of no confidence in President David Schmidly and Executive Vice President David Harris passed by margins of more than 70 percent.
Construction of two Main Campus parking structures is scheduled to start at the end of the semester. The Board of Regents approved the project at its meeting Thursday. The two structures will cost about $29 million and will be funded by bonds sold in 2007, according to UNM.
Tuition for in-state students will increase by 5 percent next year, and tuition for out-of-state students will go up by 10 percent. The Board of Regents unanimously approved the increases during the Budget Summit on Thursday. Undergraduate students will pay $5,102 in tuition and fees for the 2009-10 academic year, $268 more than last year.
GPSA election results: GPSA President: Lissa Knudsen (55 percent) Council chairman: Danny Hernandez (uncontested) No-confidence in President David Schmidly: passed (73 percent) No-confidence in Executive Vice President David Harris: passed (83 percent)
Special projects at UNM will have to shave their budgets to accommodate cuts from the Legislature and the University. Marc Saavedra, director of Government & Community Relations, said the Legislature cut about 28 percent from funds for special projects, not including ethnic centers such as El Centro de la Raza.
Among the three slates campaigning in the upcoming ASUNM election is Liber, whose platform rests on making student government representative of student needs. The candidates on the Liber slate are juniors Patricia Neddeau, Jessica Nixon, Ruben Pacheco, Sara Saba, Kristen Weil, and sophomore Ben Sugg.
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