NATO is transforming to combat the global violence of today, said Royal Navy Lt. Commander Tania Price. Because the alliance was formed to combat the Cold War in Europe, it is not suited to fight problems across the world.
If you're itching for a cigarette and your hands are dry, Bill Whalen said he's got just the thing for you. Blue Whale, a company that produces alternatives to tobacco, sells a hand lotion with nicotine and a dip that's made of tea leaves.
Everyone makes mistakes. But if one of those mistakes might cause a pregnancy, emergency contraception such as Plan B should be readily available, student Arielle Nylander said. "It should be available everywhere," she said. "I've taken it. It's so helpful to have something like that. It's really a great pill."
Business students have a new headquarters to call home. "We're overjoyed to have the place up and running," said Chuck Crespy, dean of Anderson Schools of Management. "Our goal was to have Anderson be less like a Wendy's drive-thru and more like a day at the office. We didn't have a home for our students." Crespy spoke at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for the Anderson Student Event Center and Financial Services Center. The project cost $1.6 million. About 60 alumni, donors, Anderson faculty and students gathered for the ceremony. The center has high ceilings, a rounded wall of colorful glass windows and chairs that flip into tables. There is also a video wall on the second story that holds 10 screens displaying stock market numbers for students managing portfolios.
Lonna Atkeson said racial diversity is one of the effects of the November elections. "2006 represents a really significant shift in American politics," she said. "Participants running on the Democratic side are de-racialized." Atkeson was one of four political science professors who gave a panel discussion Friday about the November elections and how the change in Congress will affect the war in Iraq. Atkeson said states like New Mexico are going to be key in 2008. "The Midwest and mountain west will be the battlegrounds for the next election," she said. Speaker Andrew Ross, director of the Office for Policy, Security and Technology, said Congress has a bigger role in Iraq because Democrats are in charge.
From chicken claws to sausages, Detective Ronnie Rushing said just about everything comes to the UNM Police Department to be filed as evidence. "It could be anything - anything that helps to prove or disprove a person's guilt in court can be used as evidence," said Rushing, one of the evidence custodians for the department.
Before Steve Walsh went to school to get a doctorate in 1990, he made about $250,000 per year on the payroll of several high-tech companies. "Then I went and paid thousands of dollars a year to get that degree, and as a teacher, I get paid substantially less than half of what I made before that," he said. "I like it when I help other people do well. I guess that's not good from a greedy, capitalist viewpoint."
Alanna Kelley Junior Psychology The education is a lower quality than what it should be. I've got a 4.0, and it's just too easy. I went to a community college in South Carolina, and I got two B's. I had to work really hard. You all compensate for the quality of high school education here. Ryan ...
The regents announced the five finalists for the position of University president at a meeting Wednesday. Under state law, the regents have to wait a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 30 days after naming the finalists before selecting a president. Jamie Koch, president of the regents, said the Board of Regents will try to name a president within 22 or 23 days.
Meredith Hay Since June 2005, vice president for research at the University of Iowa, which received $360 million in external research funding during the past fiscal year. Reports directly to the president. Has served as assistant to the vice president for academic affairs at the University ...
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo Tony Danridge carried the UNM men's basketball team for the first 16 minutes Wednesday at The Pit. Unfortunately for the Lobos, none of his teammates got too involved on the offensive end, and Brigham Young ran away with the rest of the game in a 70-49 win. With ...
by Jeremy Hunt Daily Lobo With a portfolio of more than $2 million, it's the richest class at UNM. Anderson Schools of Management's portfolio management practicum is a class where students use the Board of Regents' money to invest in stocks and manage a portfolio. "Our No. 1 priority is to mold ...
Michelle Touson sometimes has a hard time explaining to her family why it takes so long to get a doctorate.
The Lottery Success Scholarship fund will have an $18 million deficit by 2011 unless changes are made to the allocation of funding, according to a 2006 report by the Department of Higher Education.
The first nurse to earn a Ph.D. at UNM's nursing school said the reality of her accomplishment is still sinking in. Marie Mugavin earned the first doctorate from the College of Nursing this month, marking the end of a three-year effort. "I did a very intense project," she said. "I'm still coming down from that."
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."
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.
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 ...
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.
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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