Student Erica Krause said the dorms wouldn't be a bad place to live if the University took better care of them. "I thought about living here next semester, but we're not now," she said. "We put up with too much, like roach killing and other problems." Krause lives in an apartment in the Student Residence Center with five students.
Students who rent are throwing away money, said Travis Thom, owner of Venture Realty Group. "If you buy property instead of renting, you're making money while you're in school," he said. "You plant a money tree, and after four years, you've made money just by having a house."
UNM Hospital is one of about 40 sites testing a vaccine for genital herpes. The trial is the final phase before Food and Drug Administration approval. In a previous trial, the vaccine was 75 percent effective for women, said Sarah Koster, coordinator of the study at UNM. The vaccine was not effective for men or for women who had oral herpes.
The Recording Industry Association of America sent prelawsuit letters on April 11 to 21 schools, including UNM. The letters are supposed to be forwarded to students who are suspected of illegally downloading music. The letters give students the option of settling out of court with the association before a lawsuit is filed.
A backyard, a porch and your own bathroom might seem like good reasons to rent a house. But students first need to know their rights as tenants, said James Chavez, a real estate attorney. "What you want to do is treat it like a business arrangement," he said. "Everything should be in writing." Chavez said most landlords are decent business people, but when tenants aren't familiar with the New Mexico Owner-Resident Relations Act, they can be caught off guard. It's important to understand the lease and what it requires, Chavez said.
Living on campus is an experience every college student should have, said Randy Boeglin, director of Residence Life. Boeglin said living in the dorms helps students become well-rounded. "It's part of that whole helping one grow and develop in a holistic sense," he said. "We want them to live a self-authored life. What's more powerful than a self-authored life?"
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A laptop stolen in San Francisco on Wednesday might have had the personal information of about 3,000 UNM employees, said Susan McKinsey, a University spokeswoman. The laptop was in the office of a consulting firm doing work on UNM's human resources and payroll systems. The information included names, home addresses, e-mail addresses and UNM ID numbers.
Graduate student Joseph Garcia said he will run in the October election for Albuquerque City Council. A Thursday post on the blog New Mexico Politics With Joe Monahan stated that Garcia, president of GPSA, was a possible replacement for City Councilor Martin Heinrich.
Students who need a minor and want to fight for the environment have an option in the Sustainability Studies Program. It is time for students to save the world from disaster, and sustainability is an important part of that, said Bruce Milne, director of the program.
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UNM announced the creation of the Safety and Security Task Force on Tuesday. The group includes UNM's chief of police, the dean of students and the manager of Albuquerque's emergency services.
All ITS services, including LoboWeb, WebCT and on-campus Internet, will be down from 9 p.m. May 12 to 11 a.m. May 13. "We tried to do it at night so it would impact the least amount of people and services," said Rosemary Barrett, technical support analyst. "We know that it affects faculty, staff and students - especially students and faculty, because of the fact we're right at the end of semester."
Although the price of oral contraception at UNM went up, students will not have to pay more. Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Justice, a student group, will pay for half of the cost of the pill, said Ambrosia Ortiz, vice president of the group.
UNM Hospital's new blood refrigeration system is like a vending machine. "This vending machine keeps track of each unit of blood, and it's connected through a computer network," said Dr. Kendall Crookston, director of transfusion medicine and coagulation. "So, it keeps track of each unit and all the data about what kind, when it expires, which patients it can be used for (and) who takes it out."
The Office of the Medical Examiner building on North Campus was evacuated Thursday afternoon after a chemical spill in one of the laboratories, said Lt. Pat Davis, UNM Police spokesman.
Students, staff and faculty can sign up to get emergency text messages from UNM starting today. The University announced a one-year, $17,000 agreement with Omnilert, a Washington, D.C., company that makes software for sending text messages to large numbers of people.
Delle McCormick came across Olivia, a 12-year-old Mexican migrant, last year while walking along the Arizona-Mexico border. The girl had been in the desert for days, trying to reach the United States, and was suffering from dehydration and exposure. When they were only five minutes from a hospital and five minutes from a road, Olivia's body gave out, and she died of a heart attack.
The United States needs to promote and conform to international law if it wants success in the Middle East, said a former legal adviser to the Department of Defense. William Taft, an adviser during President George W. Bush's first term, said that after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States began to break away from its history of encouraging countries to work together.
Students shouldn't spend so much time in their vehicles, said Cynthia Martin, program planning manager for Parking and Transportation Services. With rising gas prices and construction projects limiting mobility on campus, it's a good time to look at other ways of commuting, Martin said.
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