UNM law professor Jennifer Moore said she is doing what she can to help people affected by genocide, and that includes running for Darfur in the Duke City Marathon. Students and faculty members from UNM's law school participated in the marathon Sunday to raise money and awareness about the genocide in Darfur, a region of Sudan.
David Hilliard, former chief of staff for the Black Panther Party, celebrated the 40th anniversary of the party's founding during a reception for a photo exhibit in the SUB on Sunday. The display includes pictures of party members escorting an elderly woman to an appointment and registering people to vote.
A report from the University's audit department concerning Anderson Schools of Management revealed that some members violated the faculty handbook. The report prompted the Board of Regents to ask for recommendations of action from Faculty Senate on Thursday to address violations of the handbook regarding extra compensation and outside employment limitations.
Although she won't turn 21 years old until May, she still walks into bars and clubs without a problem.
The government may be afraid of political scandals, bad press and low approval ratings, but linguist Otto Santa Ana said the U.S. government has something else on that list: Hispanics.
Nicole Steele Freshman University studies I think they should actually be allowed on campus, just because I think they are kind of displaying their own point of view and their own beliefs. RaShawn Jackson Junior University studies I'm against abortion, but I think them demonstrating is necessary. ...
Many of UNM's computer systems will be down for maintenance Sunday.
Jonathan Overpeck, a University of Arizona professor, said the planet is in danger if people don't take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Overpeck is the director of the Institute for the Study of the Planet Earth at the University of Arizona. He gave a presentation Wednesday about the greenhouse effect and climate change at the fourth annual New Mexico Drought Summit at the Continuing Education North Building. The greenhouse effect is when gases, mainly carbon dioxide, get trapped in the atmosphere and cause the planet to heat up, he said. Carbon dioxide levels have been rising rapidly since the last half of the 20th century, Overpeck said.
Chao Sio, a Kenyan lecturer at UNM who was arrested for an expired visa, said she is not going to fight deportation. She expects to leave for Kenya on Monday. Sio is not going to appeal, because during the proceedings, she would not be released from the Cornell Companies detention center where she is being held. "It would take forever to pursue this in court," she said in an interview at the center Wednesday. "I'm not going to sit here and wait for that. I'm just ready to get it over with." Sio was arrested Sept. 14 by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents. She had applied for political asylum but was denied. She told her lawyer to file an appeal, but her lawyer left the state and dropped Sio's case without telling anyone, she said.
Jeffrey M.R. Duncan-Andrade, assistant professor at San Francisco State University, said urban schools in America are doing what they're designed to do - perpetuate inequality.
When student Bryan Deshayes came to UNM from Los Alamos in 2003, he didn't have a lot of friends.
COSAP, a campus organization dedicated to substance-abuse prevention, is hosting Red Ribbon Day today to raise awareness about alcoholism and the dangers of drunken driving.
Former U.S. diplomat John Brady Kiesling, who resigned in 2003 to protest the invasion of Iraq, spoke to students Tuesday about foreign relations.
Michael Miller Freshman Nutrition and dietetics Why do you want to major in nutrition and dietetics? I have always been interested in how the human body works. I started lifting weights a couple years ago and was more interested in how to build muscle as far as nutrition went - protein and creatine ...
UNM dropped its pants for charity this month as part of Cotton's Dirty Laundry Tour. ASUNM's Community Experience collected about 1,300 pairs of jeans and denim clothing for the program, said Doug Rocks-Macqueen, assistant director of the organization. The tour came to UNM on Monday to pick up the denim, which has been collected around campus over the last two weeks.
Lynda Lovejoy, a Navajo Nation presidential candidate, came to UNM on Monday to address students' concerns about Navajo health care, scholarship funding and sovereignty. About 100 people attended the forum hosted by Native-American Studies in the SUB.
UNM officials completed a trade Monday that will give the University land for a Rio Rancho campus. Jamie Koch, president of the Board of Regents, said the campus is necessary for the University's success. "There's only so much we can expand on this (main) campus," he said. "The University should have gone out to the West Side a long time ago."
Students with Zia Lot permits will be directed to park elsewhere today.
University students Vanessa Garcia, Sebastian Iriart and Eric Garcia received awards Saturday at the Unsung Heroes Award Banquet in the SUB.
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