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Report: Alcohol violations down

Arrests for alcohol violations on campus dropped by almost 75 percent last year, according to UNM Police's 2006 crime report. The change resulted from campuswide initiatives to prevent alcohol abuse and more awareness about the University's no-tolerance alcohol policy, said Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for UNMPD.


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Ethan Schanning Junior Chemistry Daily Lobo: Why are you majoring in chemistry? Ethan Schanning: Basically because I want to set myself up for med school here. DL: Do you do cool experiments? ES: I'm more into the nutritional side of things. I work at R Downs, too. DL: What is that? ES: It's ...


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UNM preps for homecoming

Homecoming is a chance to get students involved on campus, the Lobo Spirit director said. "We wanted to promote general spirit among students from all walks of life," Cate Wisdom said.


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Program aims to give athletes role models

Alumnus Preston Dennard was a star receiver in the NFL for eight years after graduating, but he couldn't have done it without a mentor, he said. "I came from a very poor background," he said. "My daddy worked until his last dying day on this earth, but it didn't limit me. I had a mentor, and he's my best friend to this day."



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Bush picks administrator for preservation council

Staff Report A UNM administrator will soon advise President Bush. John Garcia, chief economic development officer, was appointed last week by the president to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. "The goal is try to see the best use of public lands in terms of preservation but also promotion when appropriate," Garcia said.


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Faculty works toward preserving languages

Every two weeks, one of the world's 7,000 languages becomes extinct. UNM faculty is working to keep American Indian languages alive in New Mexico and trying to establish a center to help preserve them.


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Freshman enrollment down

UNM may change it's undergraduate curriculum to meet the needs of a changing student body, said Terry Babbitt, interim vice president for enrollment management. Freshman enrollment is down for a second year, but school officials said the decline is offset by an increase in transfer students.




Veteran David Ethridge watches the Mexican flag being raised Thursday in front of Scholes Hall.
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Flag ceremony addresses intolerance

About 75 people attended a ceremony Thursday to raise the Mexican flag and address issues of intolerance at UNM. The ceremony was held because a student took down a Mexican flag from a flagpole outside Scholes Hall on Monday, tore it and took it to the Air Force ROTC office.



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daily lobo asks you:

Codi McIntyre Senior Psychology No. I haven't seen it be an issue at all while I've been here, but I have heard about a few things. But in my opinion, we're not too racial. Thierry Milleret Senior Cinematic arts Everybody has a little bit of racism in them. It doesn't necessarily mean that ...



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Student tears Mexican flag; suspect remains at large

A student took down a Mexican flag from a flagpole outside Scholes Hall Monday, tore it and took it to the Air Force ROTC office, police said. A summons was issued for Peter Lynch, 30, by the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court for criminal damage to property, said Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for UNM Police.



Marcus Santos and Kris Robertson move sheet rock into Centennial Science and Engineering Library on Tuesday. Workers are blocking off the main entrance for remodeling.
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Centennial Library entrance closes

The main entrance to Centennial Science and Engineering Library will be closed for repairs for four months starting today. The library can be accessed through the basement of the Electrical and Computer Engineering building, north of the library's main entrance, said Joel Straquadine, UNM facilities maintenance manager.


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Daily Lobo chats with...

The Daily Lobo sat down with Christopher Butler, professor of political science, to discuss the Iraqi government's move to ban Blackwater USA, a U.S. security firm accused of fatally shooting eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack in Baghdad.



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