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.
DesirÇ Findlay Sophomore Bilingual education I think it'll be very useful. Some people don't have cell phones, but I'm sure that they know someone who has a cell phone. Not everyone has text messaging, either, but again, I'm sure they know someone who does. It's much quicker than e-mail, because ...
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.
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."
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."
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.
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.
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.
The director of an Indian fair-trade organization described women's lives in the slums of Mumbai at the Fair-Trade Gala on Saturday. "Women (in Indian slums) don't have opportunities," Pushpika Freitas said. "They are uneducated, and they do not have any marketable skills. They are brought up to bear children and to be a mother. They're not supposed to think or be someone."
Gregory Gleason, a political science professor, will go on a 10-day trip to Israel at the end of May, but he's not sure what his trip will be like. "I don't think the itinerary is something that's public," he said. "People are getting blown up - it's not something where you want people to know when you'll be someplace."
Joanna Michnovicz Sophomore Theater Daily Lobo: Why did you come to UNM? Joanna Michnovicz: I live here. I grew up in Albuquerque. So, it's the best choice - the Lottery Scholarship. DL: Why major in theater? JM: I've been doing theater since I was a little kid. So, I've always enjoyed it. I just ...
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.
Harry Belafonte challenged an audience of about 500 people Thursday to become more engaged and active in the United States' struggle for racial equality and human rights. "Where is our humanity?" Belafonte said at Popejoy Hall. "What is happening to us as a people? And, can we wake up to a clearer vision and to make the sacrifices that are required to make a difference?"
About 1,100 students, staff and faculty volunteered in Albuquerque on Saturday to walk kennel dogs, plant a community garden and play video games with hospitalized children. "I think it's great that in a state and community that is not so rich - like Albuquerque - we can actually go out and do this," said Nico Condon, who helped organize the sixth annual Spring Storm. "We can get all these people out in the community helping people." Community Experience, a branch of ASUNM, sponsored the event. About 800 people volunteered in 2006.
If you want to download "Borat" and Fall Out Boy music videos on UNM's wireless Internet network, be ready to answer to fellow students who want to check their MySpace accounts. If someone uses the connection to download large files, it will dominate the bandwidth and prevent others from using the Internet, said Paula Loendorf, director of ITS Communication Network Services.
Student Jovita Belgarde loves to powwow. "It's so energizing, with all the drumming and dancing and singing," she said.
Daryl Davis said getting a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe was one of the defining moments of his life. But Davis is no white supremacist. He's an African-American who wrote about the KKK based on interviews with its members.
Despite a campuswide e-mail that informed everyone to be "especially vigilant" and report suspicious activities to UNM Police, the University is not vulnerable, said Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for the department.
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