David Schmidly, UNM's next president, said the University's student and campus employees could alleviate parking problems by walking more. "I'm a walker," he said. "I try to walk everywhere I can. I try to lead by example."
Matthew Duran Sophomore Political science No, because it's not that hard just to show up to the polls and write in who you want. That's what I've done the last few elections. It's not that hard. Nichole Wilson Freshman Health sciences Yes, because I am in (ASUNM) Lobo Spirit, and I feel that ...
ASUNM met for an emergency session Wednesday and passed two election reform bills aimed at increasing voter turnout for the student government's elections.
House Bill 384 gets the ball rolling to increase compensation and benefits for part-time faculty at New Mexico colleges and universities, said Democratic Rep. Danice Picraux, who introduced the bill. The bill passed in the House and Senate but has not been signed by Gov. Bill Richardson.
A toy airplane caused a bomb scare at Johnson Center on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. after it crashed through a window on the roof and into a yoga class, said Lt. Pat Davis, UNM Police spokesman.
Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill March 13 that requires employers to provide a private, clean space for breast-feeding mothers to pump their milk. Graduate student Lissa Knudsen lobbied the Legislature in order to show how important it was to get the bill passed. Lobbying wasn't easy, she said. "I felt like a fish out of water," she said. "This was the big time, and I'm a student, but it went really well, and we made it through with flying colors." House Bill 613 also requires that employers allow flexible breaks for employees who breast-feed. Sandrea Gonzales, director of the Women's Resource Center, said it is a step toward protecting breast-feeding rights for mothers at UNM. "It's extremely important for nursing mothers, because in the past, it's been difficult for them to find places," she said. "This makes it more convenient for a nursing mother to be a student, to be successful and to complete her education." Knudsen said a mother's right to breast pump should be protected.
Researchers of the future can expect to search library archives as easily as they search the Internet, said Michael Kelly, director of the Center for Southwest Research. "They want it to be like Google," he said. "They want to be able to go to one place, type in what they're looking for, and it searches everything." UNM is moving in that direction with the Rocky Mountain Online Archive - Rmoa.unm.edu - a $250,000 Web site launched by the University on March 1. More than 20 libraries in New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming are part of the archive. Before the archive, there was no place to search collections in the three states. "You'd have to look at a list from each library and find out what you wanted and tell them," Kelly said. "It was pretty laborious." A search on the site for Billy the Kid lists 65 documents, including Lincoln County documents and a collection of photographs. Most of the documents are not available digitally, but the Web site lists enough information to request the documents from the library. "We'll have people call us and say, 'Could you photocopy the contents of folder six in such-and-such a collection?'" Kelly said. "They wouldn't have been able to do that before."
Whether you've been bitten by a snake or swallowed some acetone, the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center probably has an answer.
For couples who have a hard time conceiving, the Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Center hosts a fertility seminar at UNM once a month.
Jeannette Ferguson Senior Biological chemistry Daily Lobo: How long have you lived in Albuquerque? Jeannette Ferguson: I was born here, left when I was 3, came back when I was 8, and now I am 24. DL: What do you like about this city? JF: It's pretty. There's not a lot of tall buildings, so you ...
More than 400 pairs of boots, representing National Guard deaths in Iraq, stood in rows in Smith Plaza on Monday. Todd Lambert, who helped organize the "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit, said UNM is an appropriate place for the traveling memorial to visit.
Priorities that were vetoed during the 2006 legislative session came to fruition this year in Senate Bill 710. The bill included an assortment of allocations for UNM, including environmental health and research programs, and funding to plan and design a building for UNM West.
Next fall, students who are short on gas money and don't like walking will have no excuse to skip class. House Bill 2, signed by Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday, includes a $35,000 appropriation that gives students free city bus rides to and from campus.
A class like "Booze and Drugs" wouldn't exist without the Research Service Learning Program. Vice Provost Peter White will teach the interdisciplinary English class for the first time this summer.
More freshmen were eligible for the Lottery Scholarship this year than ever before at UNM. According to the Office of Institutional Research, 1,951 of 2,603, or 75 percent, of eligible freshmen qualified. The second highest year was 2004, when 71 percent qualified.
Melissa Marquez Sophomore Biology I'm going to go to Las Cruces to visit my boyfriend. Then I'm going to go home to see my parents. Kate Munk Senior Linguistics I am flying my boyfriend's dad and sister into town, and that's about it. Hopefully, I'll be catching up on all my missed work. Jordan ...
ASUNM voted in favor of a bill Wednesday aimed at increasing voter turnout for its elections, but it didn't pass because four senators weren't at the meeting. The bill proposed to open a polling center in a hallway of Mesa Vista Hall near the ethnic student centers. Nine senators voted in favor of the bill, six senators opposed it and one abstained.
Alumna Vera Norwood met with about 20 staff members Thursday to discuss her achievements as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and her plans for the future if selected as dean. Norwood got her bachelor's, master's and doctorate from UNM.
LAS VEGAS - The UNM women's basketball team was not going to watch Brigham Young celebrate another first place. The Lobos secured their fourth Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship in five years Saturday, defeating the regular season conference champion Cougars 63-49 in Las Vegas.
The UNM Wilderness Alliance will spend spring break tracking down Mexican gray wolves. About 15 people, including 10 students and a couple wolf trackers, will go to the Gila National Forest and backpack through the mountains in search of two packs of the endangered species, the Aspen and Saddle packs, said Phil Carter, president of the alliance. The purpose of the trip is to document the wolves' behavior and use the information to raise awareness about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' wolf reintroduction program, Carter said.
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