The Daily Lobo has a new editor in chief. Previously the newspaper's managing editor, Damian Garde began his career in journalism at 15 when he wrote for the Youth Express page of the Albuquerque Journal. "I was good at writing, and I wanted to be paid for that," he said.
UNM's chapter of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority hosted its annual nacho night to raise money for cancer research. About 200 students hung out, played board games and ate nachos Saturday. Lucia Cook, the sorority's vice president of fraternity relations, said the event took a lot of preparation.
Christopher Ramirez was elected GPSA president Friday - the same day his opponent, Danny Hernandez, resigned. Ramirez won the seat with 278 votes, while Hernandez got 172. About 8 percent of eligible students voted in the Graduate and Professional Student Association election.
The Albuquerque Kings, a wheelchair basketball team, will be allowed to continue practicing at Johnson Gym. A new contract was worked out between the management of Johnson Center and a UNM group called the Associated Students for Empowerment. Johnson Center management had told the Kings they would have to find a new place to practice if they couldn't afford the gym's annual fee.
Do you think President David Schmidly is doing a good job representing the student population? Becky Benage Sophomore Environmental science and biology I have no idea who that is. I don't deal with politics - not even for school. Nick Scholz Senior Exercise science I think Schmidly is a great president for UNM.
Free stuff is always nice when you're a college student. So, every Thursday morning the Free Stuff Guys set up a table on campus to give away candy, Slim Jims, ramen noodles or even toilet paper. Founders David Knuckles and Kevin Linthicum have been giving away free stuff for two semesters.
Writers, poets, painters, musicians and art lovers gathered as Conceptions Southwest, UNM's fine arts and literary magazine, celebrated the release of its 30th issue. Since 1978, the magazine has served as a creative outlet for the University community. Clara Boling, Conceptions Southwest editor, said choosing what goes into the magazine is a democratic process.
Staff members of Zimmerman Library commemorated Wednesday the second anniversary of the fire that gutted the library's basement. The fire happened April 30, 2006. It burned a 7,500-square-foot area, damaging the upper basement on the eastern side of the building.
April 23 A UNM Police officer was dispatched to the Mental Health Center because a staff member requested assistance with a patient who had become verbally abusive. The man said he was tired of waiting after six hours. The man said all he wanted was to talk to someone.
UNM's College Bowl team took second place at a national competition over the weekend. Students Jason Zuffranieri, Vanessa Gatsch, Chad McCoy, John McCulloch and John Ogren participated in the 2008 College Bowl National Championship Tournament, which was held at Macalester College.
About 450 faculty members packed into the Anthropology Building to discuss financial issues with President David Schmidly on Wednesday. UNM's faculty sounded off against the "centralization and unfettered control of University finances," and Schmidly defended his fiscal decisions during the two-hour meeting.
Prison sentence suspended for witness SANTA FE (AP) - A key witness in a corruption case involving the state treasurer's office will not serve time in prison for his guilty plea to a state charge of racketeering. Leo Sandoval, who formerly worked in the treasurer's office, was given a five-year sentence on Wednesday, but state District Judge Barbara Vigil suspended it and placed Sandoval on supervised probation for three years.
With gas prices expected to reach $4 a gallon this summer, UNM students can look to public transportation to get around. Students at the Anderson School of Management set up an advertising agency to encourage 18- to 25-year-olds to use greener transportation in a project called My Other Ride.
UNM is spending more than three times as much on administrators as it was in 2002, according to the Faculty Senate. The Senate reported that UNM spent $8.2 million on administration salaries in 2007, compared to $2.6 million five years ago. But that information wasn't intended for public release, and the Faculty Senate is in the process of revising its analysis, said Howard Snell of the Faculty Senate Operations Committee.
President David Schmidly said he has spared no expense to create two new vice president positions and fill them over the summer. Josephine De Léon will be vice president for equity and inclusion, and Carmen Alvarez Brown will take over the University's enrollment management.
About 30 students from the Chinese Student Association collected signatures at Cornell Mall on Tuesday to support China's hosting of the Olympics. Student Qiao Wang said about 100 people signed the group's banner. Student Bo Yin said the group plans to mail the banner to the Olympic Committee in China.
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