Students sold themselves to support women in engineering Friday. The Society of Women Engineers held a date auction in the SUB to raise money for its members to attend a national engineering conference. Participants were asked questions about themselves while they were onstage, including "Star Trek, or Star Wars?" Thirty-three men and women were up for bid.
Greek life at UNM doesn't end on Sigma Chi Road. "A lot of people don't realize there's an entire group of multicultural Greeks, who don't have campus houses, don't participate in rush week and are very community-oriented," said Erica Gallegos, a member of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin sorority.
Getting chased out of Mexico by German Mennonite drug smugglers was Sam Quinones' last experience as a freelance writer there. Quinones, a Los Angeles Times reporter who covers immigration issues, lived in Mexico from 1994 to 2004, traveling to villages and hearing stories of the effects of immigration on the border region. He spoke about his book - Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream, available from UNM Press - on Thursday in the SUB. German Mennonites immigrated to Chihuahua and formed a colony outside a village called CuauhtÇmoc, Quinones said. While in CuauhtÇmoc, Quinones said he interviewed a cousin of the largest smuggler at the time. Quinones said he was chased out of the country after he gave the cousin his business card and said he would like to interview the smuggler.
Brian Looney Junior English I think it's absolutely ridiculous. I think they should take the money away from the administration. They have six-figure salaries, and we're a bunch of students trying to make our way in life. Jennifer Kraus Sophomore Biology It definitely sucks for us. If you're ...
Students who need a summer job should find one that will complement their education, said Ron Martinez, director of the financial aid office. "The ideal job would be something that's related to what they're studying or an area they have a specific interest in," he said. The Student Employment Office advertises summer jobs for students, including on- and off-campus employment. The office has a job locator - a person who goes into the business community and tries to find jobs for students. "What we do is provide the information, and the student contacts the employer directly to interview," Martinez said. The office posts the jobs on its Web site at Unm.edu/~wsestudy/.
The REACH slate dominated the undergraduate student government elections Wednesday, according to unofficial results provided by the ASUNM Elections Commission. The official results will be released today at 5 p.m. The slate won the presidency, the vice presidency and nine of 10 contested Senate seats.
The REACH slate dominated the undergraduate student government elections on Wednesday, according to unofficial results provided by the ASUNM Elections Commission.
ASUNM's elections will be held online for the first time in the association's history today. The format allows students to vote online from any computer with Internet access using their NetID and password.
Art can bring healing and closure after a difficult experience, said student Hayley Richardson, vice president of the Art Student Association.
The Board of Regents unanimously approved a 3.8 percent tuition increase Tuesday. The board also approved a 1.6 percent fee increase.
Candidates for ASUNM president and vice president discussed diversity and the future of student government with about 70 people in the SUB Atrium on Tuesday.
Luke Macias Senior Psychology and English Daily Lobo: What's your favorite place in New Mexico? Luke Macias: Santa Fe. DL: What do you like about Santa Fe? LM: The arts and culture. DL: What do you like about UNM? LM: The students. DL: What do you like about the students? LM: Everyone's really ...
A UNM program for children of low-income families is no longer in jeopardy after one dean and the University's president found funding to help it survive. The National Youth Sports Program provides sports training for 10- to 15-year-olds, but it lost more than half its funding to federal budget cuts in 2006. The funding was completely cut this year.
Candidates vying to be ASUNM president presented their platforms Monday in the SUB Atrium. NMPIRG's student chapter sponsored the debate, and KUNM reporter and producer Danny Hernandez moderated. The elections will be held online Wednesday. Ashley Fate, who is running on the REACH slate, said one of her goals is increasing safety on campus, including putting lights on Johnson Field. "I feel it is a really important initiative because we've been promising to put lights on Johnson Field for as long as I've been here," she said. ASUNM received funding from the Legislature this year to install the lights, after trying to get them for about seven years.
ASUNM presidential candidates will face off today at a debate sponsored by the student chapter of NMPIRG. "We're just trying to add a little more democracy to the ASUNM system," said Saliha Qasemi, co-chairwoman of NMPIRG. "We're trying to avoid it turning into a massive popularity contest."
A member of the Student Fee Review Board said its deliberations process is biased and in violation of University policy. The board makes recommendations for the allocation of about $8 million in mandatory student fees. Graduate student and board member Isaac Padilla said the board unfairly increased funding recommendations to athletics instead of to programs that serve all students.
Educational Testing Service canceled changes to the GRE that would have made the test almost two hours longer starting September.
The editor of the New York Times Book Review spoke to almost 100 people Wednesday in the SUB about the new age of publishing and how his publication decides which books to review. Publishers are being bought out by corporations, many of which are international, and it puts literary publishing in unfamiliar territory, Sam Tanenhaus said.
Most classes at UNM will use one kind of clicker starting in August. Clickers are devices students use to answer multiple-choice questions during class. The Bookstore sells six clickers for 19 classes, said Melanie Sparks, director of the Bookstore. That caused problems, said Gary Smith, director of the Office of Support for Effective Teaching.
Shannon Rogers Sophomore English No, I'm not planning on that. I don't know. I just haven't really thought about it. They have not persuaded me in the direction that they have any effect on anything that's going on. Graham Chouteau Junior Chemistry I probably won't be voting in the elections, ...
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