Several presidential advisers, including GPSA president Christopher Ramirez, have expressed reservations to the Board of Regents about the plan to raise admissions requirements. Ramirez said he knows students who transferred to Main Campus from CNM and UNM branches only to find out that their credits wouldn't be accepted.
All the Windex in the world couldn't keep the UNM men's basketball team from streaking to an 85-74 victory over Cal State Northridge on Monday at The Pit. In a game that was more lopsided than the final score suggests, UNM made sure to close out this game after it choked away a nine-point lead with 3:38 left in Saturday's depressing 72-71 defeat at the hands of UCF.
UNM's Resident Advisors are charged with keeping students who live in the dorms in order and improving the quality of life on campus. RAs spend about 20 hours per week managing 40 to 100 students, according to the Resident Life Web site. They are also required to attend weekly staff meetings, take no classes on Thursday evenings and take on no other jobs.
Daily Lobo: Can you describe what it feels like standing in front of that huge wall of sound during halftime? Chad Simons: It's a lot of fun. It's loud, and it can be really exciting. It has the potential to really create a huge reaction from the people who are watching, and that's what we strive to do.
UNM's on-campus housing policies prohibit sleepovers between students of the opposite sex, but the rules may fail to address same-sex relationships. The "sleepover policy," which RAs are charged with enforcing, states that a person of the opposite sex cannot spend the night in a student's dorm room, but a person of the same sex can sleep over for up to three days as long as he or she checks in with the front desk.
A new fraternity will join the four chapters already on campus this spring. Alpha Tau Omega was founded in 1865, one of the first fraternities created after the Civil War, and aimed to reunite the men from the South, said Ronnie Hebert, associate director of expansion for the fraternity.
If you don't want to fill your lab science requirement laboring over Bunsen burners and Petri dishes, you could spend two hours per week at the zoo for credit. The gorilla observation lab is taught by Lorna Joachim, a primatologist from Los Angeles who has taught at UNM for eight years.
Departments and offices across campus will have to give up a total of $1 million for the University's emergency savings fund. The University will add the money to the $5.3 million in the central reserve fund, said Andrew Cullen, associate vice president for institutional planning.
The votes are in, and ASUNM has 10 new senators who will be sworn in next semester. The VOICE slate took three open seats in Wednesday's election, while the remaining seven were retained by incumbent senators from the PEAK slate. Voters were asked to vote on two amendments on the ballot.
Where should UNM cut funding first? Rey Coronado Jr. Junior Advertising "The salaries of the vice presidents.... Maybe, instead of having two vice presidents do two different things, they could have one doing both those things." Brian Vote Junior Marketing "I think they should cut all the extra expenditures that they don't really need.
Eight UNM departments reported a combined deficit of more than $11 million as of June, according to a report presented to the regents this month. And those departments will not get help from UNM's $5.3 million central reserve fund, said Andrew Cullen, associate vice president for institutional planning.
As part of the Bookstore's green initiative, more textbooks are being offered in digital formats - a marketing trend that could result in a bookstore without books. "We've been doing things with digital books for over a year now," said Melanie Sparks, Bookstore director.
UNM is preparing for major campus renovations, but the University may not be able to afford all the buildings it has planned. The University has spent about $14 million this year on 34 renovation projects expected to be completed by 2009. The most expensive project is the Castetter Hall renovation, which benefits the Biology Department, at $7.
If you find yourself seeing the glass as half full and looking for ways to help community members who are less fortunate, the Lobo Optimist Club could be the place for you. The club is a chapter of the nationwide organization that advocates a better lifestyle through community service.
UNM is trying to keep employees healthy by helping them maintain their weight over the holiday season. Mary Jo Quintana, director of the Employee Health Promotion Program, said 41 employees are enrolled in "Maintain Don't Gain" this year, compared to 35 in 2007.
UNM is switching from cooling to heating in dorm rooms, making some students feel like they're roasting alive. Bob Notary, associate director of engineering and energy services at the Physical Plant Department, said turning on the heat is costing the University much more than leaving on cooling systems.
Students met in the SUB Tuesday to discuss at length a word so controversial, few will say it out loud. UNM's Black Student Union held its second N-word Luncheon on Tuesday, where a panel broke down the issues surrounding the word and its usage. The panel addressed how the word has managed to stick around for so long.
UNM has nine more vice presidents than NMSU and outspends State on vice-presidential salaries by about 3 to 1, according to the University's salary book. UNM spends about $3.4 million per year on the salaries of 14 vice presidents and one interim vice president.
Mystery will continue to envelop UNM football's coaching vacancy until the position is filled, according to Athletics Director Paul Krebs. "I will not, throughout the course of this process, be commenting on candidates," Krebs said. "To comment on one means I really feel compelled to on all (of them).
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