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Daniel Reed, director of the Renaissance Computing Institute at the University of North Carolina, talks about the future of information technology during a presentation Monday in the SUB.

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Students at technology's forefront

Abigail Ramirez | January 23

Students are often more technologically savvy than the people they are learning from, said Daniel Reed, director of the Renaissance Computing Institute at the University of North Carolina. "What I found talking to students at Carolina is they are much more in tune with technology futures than are often the professors and the staff and the leaders of the institution, because they see those trends early on," Reed said. "That's the place where you actually find what's going to take off."

An officer whose name the Albuquerque Police Department would not release points to his damaged car on Coal Avenue on Monday. Jay Ulibarri, 35, shot at the police vehicle after the officer tried to pull him over. Police arrested Ulibarri after he took a 5

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APD arrests man after hostage situation

January 23

A 35-year-old man was arrested Monday after shooting at a police officer and taking a hostage in an apartment building near UNM, said Trish Hoffman, spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Police Department. The incident ended with no injuries at about 2 p.m., when police entered the Kachina Apartments at 301 Harvard Drive S.E. and arrested Jay Ulibarri, Hoffman said.

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Daily Lobo spotlight

January 23

Eric Sandine Sophomore Psychology Daily Lobo: How stoked are you to be in Albuquerque right now? ES: Not stoked. I grew up in Baltimore and D.C., and it was a lot more interesting. It was easy to hop a train into D.C. and go to the Smithsonian and the art galleries. DL: Have you been to the National ...

Gov. Bill Richardson talks to Dale C. Alverson, medical director for the Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research, about New Mexico's future use of the LambdaRail system after a press conference at UNM's Media Arts Center on Friday.

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UNM to benefit from high-speed network

January 22

It won't help students watch YouTube videos or download music faster, but LambdaRail will attract research scientists to UNM and improve distance learning, said Moira Gerety, director of ITS. Gov. Bill Richardson announced his support for the $5 million network connection Friday at UNM's Media Arts Center.

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Focusing on the environment

Caleb Fort | January 22

by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Although UNM has made progress in sustainability by doing things like shutting down heat to several buildings during winter break, there is still work to be done, said Barbara Widhalm, coordinator of the Sustainability Studies program. "As a university, UNM has a lot of ...

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Students aim to start campus PIRG chapter

Bryan Gibel | January 22

The Institute of Public Law, a division of the UNM law school, requested $60,000 Saturday to start a UNM chapter of NMPIRG. The money would come from the Student Fee Review Board, which allocates money from student fees to UNM departments.

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Firm: UNM image still has a ways to go

Caleb Fort | January 19

UNM needs to work on its image, said Richard Kilmer, a principal of Kilmer and Kilmer, a brand consulting firm. Beginning in the fall semester, the company examined how the University represents itself at the request of the Board of Regents Advancement Committee.

Students Maren Marshall, left, and Yuliya Sofronova look for U.S. history class books Thursday at the Bookstore.

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Convenient but expensive

January 19

Student Leif Rotsaert said he spent about $450 on textbooks at the Bookstore last fall semester, but he hasn't tried to sell them back. "It's like pennies," he said. "It's not worth it." Rotsaert said he didn't pay as much this semester but still spent about $300. "Those (publishing) companies just want to make money off us," he said.

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daily lobo asks you:

January 19

Tara Aran Freshman Planetary sciences "It's a bad idea. War is something you can't necessarily ask for public opinion on, but I think he had a personal agenda. It seems like he takes revenge on the country as a whole and can't isolate the real party that was responsible." John Ogren Junior ...

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With a simple majority vote, med students can unionize

Caleb Fort | January 18

Residents and fellows at the UNM School of Medicine will vote Jan. 31 on whether to form a union. If they formed a union, the physicians would bargain for salaries and benefits as a group, rather than individually.

Student Mary Fortuin looks at mouse feces in her Coronado Hall dorm room Friday.

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Dealing with mice in Coronado

January 18

Student Mary Fortuin's room in Coronado Hall was occupied by unwelcome guests over winter break - mice that littered her room with feces. "It just makes my skin crawl," she said. "I know the mice aren't going to kill me, but their diseases might."

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Overloaded server crashes MyUNM

January 18

The MyUNM Web site crashed Tuesday morning because about 2,500 students tried to login at the same time, said Moira Gerety, director of ITS Computing. "The system is appropriately designed to handle what we expect with concurrent users," she said. "But when everybody hit the login screen concurrently, that piece choked."

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Suspected car thief nabbed by UNM police

January 17

Staff Report UNM Police arrested a suspected car thief Jan. 10 behind the Golden Pride restaurant at 1830 Lomas Blvd., said Lt. Pat Davis, UNM Police spokesman. When police tried to pull over Saul Puma, 21, he crashed a stolen vehicle into another vehicle driving down Lomas Boulevard.

History professor Jake Spidle looks at a reference book in the reopened reference section in Zimmerman Library on Tuesday. The east wing of the library reopened Tuesday for the first time since the fire in April.

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Library's east wing reopens after fire

Scott Albright | January 17

Teresa Neely, director of Zimmerman Library, said she has been eager to reopen the east wing of the library since the fire in April. "We're very, very happy to open up this much larger space," she said. Fran Wilkinson, dean of University Libraries, cut the yellow caution tape blocking the east wing Tuesday. Neely said faculty and staff had to share offices for the last year and were grateful for the reopening.

Atheist lobbyist Lori Lipman Brown, right, talks to student Finesse Mali Grant before a presentation she gave in the SUB on Tuesday.

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Atheism has its advocate

Caleb Fort | January 17

When Lori Lipman Brown began her job in 2005 as director and lobbyist for the Secular Coalition for America, she was worried about criticism. "I was fearful that everybody would hate me, and I would go from being a semi-beloved Nevada politician to a hated representative of atheists," she said.

Student regent Dahlia Dorman, center, laces up her skates with her sisters Dohnia, left, and Darcey on Saturday at the Outpost Ice Arena on Tramway Boulevard. Although Dorman doesn't compete anymore, she still enjoys figure skating with her sisters.

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New student regent chosen; awaits Senate confirmation

January 17

Law student Dahlia Dorman said she'll be practicing to be a lawyer by being an advocate for students when she becomes a member of the Board of Regents. Gov. Bill Richardson appointed Dorman to the student regent position Dec. 21.

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Smoking banned at Health Sciences

January 16

The Board of Regents Finances and Facilities Committee approved a resolution to ban smoking at the Health Sciences Center at a meeting Dec. 21.

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UNM gets largest gift in history

Abigail Ramirez | January 16

A national center for health policy will be established at UNM with an $18.5 million donation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Personal info may be at risk after burglary

January 16

At least three computers and four monitors were stolen from the associate provost's office overnight between Jan. 2 and 3, said Lt. Pat Davis, UNM Police spokesman.

Buffalo Soldiers Society of New Mexico members from right, Charles Summerset, Harold Pope and Van Sanders wait before the beginning of a parade in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday on Redondo Drive.

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Hundreds gather to honor MLK

Scott Albright | January 16

About 500 people gathered Sunday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day to march down the street that bears his name. Van Sanders, president of the Buffalo Soldiers Society of New Mexico, said King's vision should be kept alive. "All groups have to be a part of the dream," Sanders said. Sanders said King helped the U.S. overcome racism and organized multicultural events. King would have been 78 on Monday.