Students can voice their opinions on the future of UNM's health insurance at a meeting today. The UNM Insurance Committee will give students a chance to help shape the 2008-09 student health insurance policy. The first meeting is at 1 p.m. in Room 234 of the Student Health Center.
Michael Hattabaugh said it's difficult to draw attention to a good cause, so he's trying to draw attention to himself. Hattabaugh will live on top of the Chick-Fil-A restaurant at 3801 Ellison Drive for seven days to raise $200,000 for the Carrie Tingley Hospital and National Day of Care.
The UNM men's basketball team made its home debut with a 92-57 trouncing of Eastern Washington at The Pit on Monday. The game also marked the first time Steve Alford has coached in The Pit since becoming the 19th head coach for Lobos.
Castetter Hall's basement is more student-friendly after a two-year, $7 million renovation, the biology department's chairman said. "It was totally built around students," Eric Loker said. "The objective was to make it feel like something other than a basement."
The October death of a student in Brooklyn, N.Y., raised concern that his killer, a mutated form of a common bacterium, could appear at schools around the country. The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, known as the staph infection, has the potential to cause a varying degree of illness from skin infections to death, said Beverly Kloeppel, director of the UNM Student Health Center.
The cost of oral contraceptives at the Student Health Center went up this year, but a student group is raising money to help students cover the increase. Prices raised from between $5 and $15 per month to $25 to $50 per month, said Shannon Niebuhr, a member of the Reproductive Justice Coalition.
Vernon Smith Graduate student Philosophy I don't have a problem with it. I think it's positive to expand in that direction. And then you could also say that it's spreading limited resources thinner. I guess I don't really have a strongly formed opinion on the subject right now. Lauren Liwski ...
A school in the region of San Luis La Herredura, El Salvador, is not the most suitable location for children to learn, student Megan Fitzpatrick said. "So, we're going to knock it down and rebuild," she said. "The school houses about 500 students. There are two functional classrooms but no functional toilet."
Rio Rancho and Albuquerque residents will decide Thursday whether CNM can construct a building to share with UNM near Rio Rancho's downtown. Mail-in ballots were sent out last month on whether to approve expanding CNM's taxing district north of Northern Boulevard in Rio Rancho, resulting in a property-tax increase for residents who live in that area.
UNM is looking for a temporary replacement for the dean of University College. Peter White said he wants to go back to being a professor after 12 years as an administrator.
World peace must start with individual people and work its way up, the president of the Bahai Student Association said. "Any goal is achievable by individual transformation first," Aniseh Bro said. "You start at the grassroots and then you build up."
It's hard to go to school full-time and find an interesting job, said Kiran Katira, director of the UNM Service Corps. Katira said the corps has been helping students find a balance between the two for more than 10 years.
Going into public service after graduation could erase some of your student loans. Under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, students can have their federal student loans forgiven after 10 years of payments if they work in public service that whole time.
Abir Kopty said that before Israel became a state in 1948, there was peace in the region. "I used to hear stories from my grandfathers and grandmothers that people used to live peacefully," she said.
Driving while you're tired can be just as dangerous as driving drunk, said Nancy Polnaszek, the director of the Sleep Disorder Center. "Of all the (vehicle) accidents that occur in a year here in the United States, 50 percent of them occur with drivers that are 25 years of age or less," she said. "The impact of driving sleep-deprived is the same as driving with a DUI."
Ben Hurula Freshman Jazz studies Daily Lobo: How do you like UNM so far? Ben Hurula: I like it worlds better than high school. DL: What do you like the most about college? BH: I love that there are no restrictions like in high school, such as in Rio Rancho, we had a dress code. DL: What ...
Communication is vital to maintaining relationships with other countries, a U.S. foreign diplomat said. "We like to think of diplomacy as our first line of defense," Michael Roth said. "It is a crucial thing for us to communicate to other countries what our values are and understand that as well."
Instructor Charles Truxillo said the Chicano Studies program won't renew his contract in the spring because of his ideological beliefs. Truxillo said he is well-known nationally as a Chicano nationalist and has been featured in books by Pat Buchanan.
State Treasurer James Lewis said government officials must work for the public, not themselves. "As a public servant, it's not I. It's not you and me. It's us," he said. "If you have the I or the me at the forefront, that's a problem."
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