Football and basketball weren't the only UNM teams competing over the weekend. Thirteen teams of students tested their knowledge Saturday in a round of College Bowl, a trivia challenge that mimics games like Trivial Pursuit, "Jeopardy!" and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
At UNM, there are two ways to get a building named after you: work hard for the University or donate a lot of money. The University names parts of campus after people who donate to UNM or provide extraordinary service.
Michol Miller Junior Linguistics Mitchell Hall has a few problems with the sewer stench, especially on warmer days. It seems kind of outdated. Something about the smell needs to change. Hannah Kantowski Junior Psychology I like it the way it is. Robin Baumgart Sophomore Elementary ...
Smokers who want to kick the habit got resources and information at the Great American Smoke-out, the event's coordinator said. "A lot of students have tried to quit before and have done so unsuccessfully, so we're just providing some great resources to kind of follow up and help them make it through," Janelle McLean said.
The competency hearing was delayed for a man accused of attacking more than 20 Indian students on and around campus. Turan Johnson, 34, attended a hearing at Albuquerque Metropolitan Court on Wednesday to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial for battery charges.
Planning campus development now will save UNM from having to make major changes in the future, a visiting professor said. "Planning is about projecting into the future while simultaneously addressing the problems of the present," said Brian Kelly, a professor at the University of Maryland. "It is about thinking through the ramifications of what we do today and how it impacts the future."
The Link slate took all the open seats in this semester's ASUNM Senate election Wednesday. There were 10 students on the slate and 10 open Senate seats. Twelve candidates ran in the election.
Members of GPSA started a petition Friday to recall their president, Joseph Garcia. They say Garcia has ignored mandates by the graduate and professional student council. But Garcia says the recall is unwarranted because he and other members of GPSA have expanded the office's role and helped a lot of students.
Candidates running in the ASUNM Senate election have one common goal: student involvement. The 12 candidates are vying to fill 10 Senate seats for the spring semester.
The new location for the Lobo Care Clinic is providing its patients with better medical care, said John Moya, a medical assistant at the clinic.
Walking around Johnson Field can help fight cancer. "Everyone is affected by cancer," said Molly Maguire-Marshall, chairwoman of Colleges Against Cancer. "Everyone knows someone that has been affected by cancer, so it's something that everyone can get involved in and support."
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.
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