Rather than making donations to raise money for charity, the student group Black Men in Motion donates time and provides role models for underprivileged youth in the community.
The PAC slate took eight of 10 ASUNM Senate seats in Wednesday's elections. Two of the JIVE slate's six members were elected. PAC members won every seat they ran for. Sebastian Pais Iriart, a PAC member, received 366 votes, the most in the Senate race.
Every semester, ASUNM candidates outline their goals for the student government. They write letters to the Daily Lobo, set up tables outside the SUB and talk about their goals at public forums. The PAC slate's goals are to stabilize tuition costs, increase funding for student organizations and get more internships for students.
Lobo guard J.R. Giddens flexed his muscles after a powerful second-half dunk and so did the UNM men's basketball team in a blowout win over Colorado on Tuesday. The Lobos improved to 3-0, with a 106-65 victory over the Buffaloes. UNM head coach Ritchie McKay said the Lobos are playing their way back to national recognition. "It's a good statement for hopefully our return back to being one of the regional powers, if not being nationally ranked one day," he said.
UNM lost about $672,000 because of a tuition discount meant to boost summer enrollment, said Curtis Porter, associate vice president of budget, planning and analysis. The discount, introduced last summer, made summer tuition 15 percent cheaper than normal tuition.
New Mexico is dominated by Democrats, but that hasn't stopped Republicans from holding the 1st Congressional District for the last 37 years, said Brian Sanderoff, president of Research and Polling Inc.
UNM staff members who want to take classes but don't want to travel around campus to see an adviser, register and pay for classes, will have their chance today.
Seth Irwin 27 years old What year are you? I consider myself a sophomore in chemistry. UNM considers me a ninth-year senior. There is a bit of an identity issue between what UNM and I consider myself. Where are you from? I don't know. I honestly don't know anymore. I moved here from Santa ...
Student Aleshia McCarter is going to clean out her pantry for the homeless. "I see homeless people all the time around campus," she said. "A lot of people pay attention to things happening outside of where they live, and they need to pay attention to what's going on around them."
An October audit of the Anderson Schools of Management revealed that at least three faculty members spent too much time doing outside work. A redacted version of the report was released Friday.
Anyone who has breast-fed knows a hungry baby is not shy about where the next meal is coming from. Fortunately for mothers, the Health Sciences Center is concerned with providing a safe, private place for women to pump their breast milk.
Smokers are getting caught with their pants down, thanks to an underground guerilla effort that brought anti-smoking messages to bathrooms across campus in September, said student Kristen Woodruff, who helped organize the effort.
The proposed ASUNM constitutional amendment is poorly represented on Wednesday's ballot and in an advertisement published today in the Daily Lobo, said Matt Gallegos, chairman of ASUNM's Steering and Rules Committee.
Alicia Smith Freshman Russian I'm a Republican, and I'm not very excited about it. I'm just worried because I like the way that things have been running so far. Eric Schreiber Junior Biology It might actually be a welcomed change. A couple of things might be going in different directions. ...
After one year of searching, student Crystal Brito bought the Yamaha motorcycle she had been looking for. She bought it from a friend, because the motorcycles at the dealerships were overpriced, she said. "The Blue Book values were way below the dealerships' prices," she said. "Their used bikes were priced from $6,000 to $8,000, and I got mine for $5,000."
ASUNM's new electronic voting system won't bring more students to the polls, but students who vote will appreciate the system's painless voting process, said ASUNM President Brittany Jaeger. She said ASUNM already broke in the system to make sure it worked.
William McGrew lives with chimpanzees to study their behavioral differences when he is not teaching in England at Cambridge University. He has been studying chimpanzees for 35 years throughout Africa.
Students and cadets searched for a high-flying job Tuesday in the SUB at a career fair and conference sponsored by the Air Force ROTC. Steve Perry, the commandant of the UNM ROTC program, talked to students about their career options. Perry is a UNM faculty member and an active-duty officer in the Air Force.
Students who didn't vote in Tuesday's general elections will get another chance to vote next week. But this time, it's for student government. Fourteen candidates for the ASUNM Senate spoke to students Wednesday in the SUB at the Candidate Endorsement Forum, explaining why people should vote for them. Candidates talked about their goals for the upcoming term, and chartered student organizations had an opportunity to question each candidate. Matt Beck, a member of the slate, Joining Individuals Varied Expectations, or JIVE, said he wants to continue representing UNM students. "Our first main goal is to come out with a student-friendly newsletter that will be available from ASUNM," he said. Ten senators can be selected out of the 15 candidates that are running for the fall term.
Jo Antreasian, a nurse at the Student Health Center, said getting a flu shot can make a big difference in keeping people healthy.
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