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City extends free bus rides to students at CNM

UNM students have been able to ride city buses for free since August, and now CNM students can do the same. The program extended to include CNM students after Mayor Martin Chavez met with the community college's president, Kathie Winograd, said Greg Payne, director of transit for ABQRide.


Rick Henrard, project manager for the Zimmerman Library basement's renovation, examines flood damages caused by a burst pipe Wednesday.
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Zimmerman basement floods

About 500 people evacuated Zimmerman Library on Wednesday after a water pipe burst, flooding the basement. The library had to be cleared, and the power was shut off while clean-up crews drained the water, said Joel Straquadine, facilities maintenance manager of Physical Plant.


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Pipe burst floods Zimmerman basement

About 500 students were evacuated from Zimmerman Library on Wednesday afternoon after a 10-inch water pipe burst and flooded the basement. The library had to be cleared and the power shut off until Physical Plant workers could assess if the flood damaged any electric lines, said Joel Straquadine, facilities maintenance manager.


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Survey asks students about UNM eateries

If the food on campus leaves a bad taste in your mouth, fill out a survey in front of the SUB. The survey is to determine students' wants and needs for on-campus dining, said Jennie McDowell, a worker with Aramark.




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Elly Miksch Freshman Pre-Med Daily Lobo: How long have you been a Red Sox fan? Elly Miksch: Since I was little - like little, little. DL: Are you from Boston? EM: No. But my aunt is, and she has season tickets. That is how I started to like them, because every time we'd go (to Boston), we'd ...


UNM student Ilanit Tal addresses attendees of a GPSA-led forum to discuss a proposed hate crime resolution at the SUB on Monday.
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Forum debates solution to campus hate crimes (Video)

Communication, education and support are key in battling hate crimes at UNM. That's the conclusion a group of students came to after a GPSA-led discussion Monday. The graduate student government hosted the forum to discuss a proposed hate crimes resolution to be presented to President David Schmidly.


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UNM gets C on sustainability exam

Staff Report UNM got a C for sustainability. The Sustainability Endowment Institute released its 2008 Campus Sustainability Report Card on Wednesday. The report covers the 200 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada with the largest endowment funds.


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Fair to encourage volunteerism in UNM community

Life can be more problematic than late homework assignments and massive midterms, student Margi Miranda said. "We're college students, and we think we have problems because we can't get our papers done or something," said Miranda, who volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House. "But our problems are nothing compared to what some people are going through."




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Chavez recruits regent to help raise money for senatorial bid

Staff Report The president of UNM's Board of Regents will help raise money for Mayor Martin Chavez's senatorial campaign. "The mayor's a good friend of mine," Jamie Koch said. "Pete Domenici had that seat since 1973. It'd be great if we could get a Democrat in there and a person who was born and raised in New Mexico.


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daily lobo asks you:

Steve Malins Biology Senior Yes, because I think it's important that restaurants maintain a high standard of health, and UNM should do its part to maintain a higher standard than regular state standards. Jakub Fojt Business Freshman No. It should be up to the students to decide whether they ...



An alter sits in the front of Rupee's Drugstore, which specializes in holistic and herbal healing.
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Curanderismo: The art of healing

Curanderismo is not alternative medicine - it is the medicine of the people, said Sandrea Gonzales, a curandera. "They feel comfortable. They feel safe. And that is the whole part of curanderismo," she said.



Graduate assistant Sonia Balasch sits in her office in Ortega Hall on Tuesday. Balasch was stranded in Venezuela for three months.
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Coming home from a nightmare

Sonia Balasch said she is happy to be back in the United States after being stranded in Venezuela for three months. Balasch said gunmen stole all of her belongings Aug. 26. She said she couldn't get back into the U.S. until now because her passport and visa were stolen.


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FBI, CIA to participate in job fair

Staff Report If you're interested in working in public service, check out the job fair today in the SUB. More than 60 employers from the federal, state and municipal governments will be on campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The federal organizations include the CIA, FBI and DEA.


NMSU professor Brian Hurd answers reporters' questions during an interview on the bank of the Rio Grande near Tingley Beach.
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Study: Global warming to have

Global warming will reduce surface water in the Rio Grande Valley, and the shortage will change New Mexico's economy, a team of researchers said. Brian Hurd and Julia Coonrod conducted a yearlong study on how climate change will affect the state's water supply.

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