Students help police fight campus crime
Michael Montalvo | September 6Behind the scenes at the UNM Police Department, students are using technology to help officers fight crime.
Behind the scenes at the UNM Police Department, students are using technology to help officers fight crime.
UNM cricket players will soon have an answer to their practicing woes. The cricket team asked UNM to install a concrete pitch covered in Astroturf on Johnson Field at the Aug. 14 Board of Regents meeting.
About 50 people, including UNM students and state legislators, were honored Wednesday for their roles in making the University a more family-friendly place.
NMSU's mascot will go up in flames tonight as UNM gets ready for the football game this weekend against the Aggies. "Burning a 19-foot-tall effigy of an Aggie on Johnson Field is pretty exciting," said Cate Wisdom, director of ASUNM's Lobo Spirit Committee. "If you don't like football, you can still come out and have fun at the event."
About 4,000 people will visit Balloon Fiesta Park next weekend, but they're not going to watch hot air balloons. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's annual walk to cure diabetes starts at 10 a.m. Sept. 15 at the park.
Student Haseeb Kabir said mandatory student fees should go toward services all students can benefit from.
There's more to the Student Health Center than waiting rooms and cold stethoscopes.
If you need an STI test or a flu shot but can't afford it, there is a free clinic on North Campus you can go to. The Stanford Public Health Office, at 1111 Stanford Drive N.E., offers STI screening, family planning and immunization services at no charge.
ITS made two changes last week that affect nearly everyone at UNM, said Danny Lee, an ITS Technical Support Analyst. The first change requires users of UNM Web sites that use NetIDs and passwords, such as LoboWeb, to change their password every six months, he said.
Stephan Hoffman's dream is to open a cookie cafÇ one day. He was busy working in the kitchen at the South Valley Economic Development Center on Sunday.
Among the obscenities scribbled on the stalls in bathrooms around campus, you may find something you didn't expect - sexual solicitations from gay men. Users of Craigslist.com posted locations around the city for men to meet up and have sex in public.
Virginia Hampton just wants to move on after a robbery last week at Out ch'Yonda, the art space she helped found five years ago. "We're not going to focus on trying to find the person and catch them and bring them to justice," she said. "We're going to do art and hope the community can come together and help us."
Siobhan May Junior History Daily Lobo: What brings you to UNM? Siobhan May: I wanted to study German, and it's not offered at CNM. You can't even get a bachelor's from CNM. DL: What were your studies like before coming here? SM: I dropped out of high school at 16. Technically, I withdrew. ...
If you're tired of the daily grind at UNM and want to get away for a semester, there's a program that can help you study at universities across Latin America and Spain.
UNM Athletics Department wants to boost attendance at football games by giving students a ride.
Mary Ann Andres Junior Elementary education I would say it's pretty easy to keep in touch with the professors that I have just because I have really small classes. Ryan Hamilton Freshman Business management Yes. They are very easy to get a hold of. They have office hours, and you can go see ...
An international project to teach communities to become environmentally friendly is coming to UNM.
Giovanni Mu§oz said he should get to ride city buses for free because he's a college student. But there's a problem - Mu§oz goes to CNM.
President David Schmidly's first year at UNM is going to be a busy one, Regent Jack Fortner said. "We know these goals are lofty," Fortner said. "But I'm excited about this president and how he is approaching them."
University College will need student support to keep from dissolving, the college's dean said. Peter White said President David Schmidly thinks students should declare a major after being admitted to UNM rather than take classes in University College.