Chao Sio, a Kenyan lecturer at UNM, did not think she was doing anything wrong until Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents arrested her on Sept. 14, said her friend and co-worker Ann Githinji.
Jeremy Jaramillo, spokesman for the Agora Crisis Center, said it is important to talk about suicide. He spoke at the premiere of the movie "Jumping off Bridges" at the Southwest Film Center on Friday. "This is something everyone is affected by and has life experiences with," Jaramillo said. "Until we use these events to make this something more normal - more comfortable to talk about - we will stay in this state of ignorance and people will continue to die." The premiere was part of National Suicide Prevention Week. Before the movie, audience members held candles in front of a decorated 60-foot canvas in remembrance of suicide victims. Quilts made by suicide survivors hung on display in the SUB. "Jumping off Bridges" is about a family dealing with a mother's suicide and how the people around it are affected.
UNM is offering eating-disorder support groups for the first time in several years, said alumna Amanda Dreyer. Dreyer fixed the problem by starting two groups that met for the first time last week. One group meets on Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. for people with eating disorders. The other group meets every other Saturday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for friends and family of people with eating disorders. "One of the biggest issues with eating disorders is that they make you feel very isolated," Dreyer said. "The most important thing is for people to know they are not alone."
Marc Saavedra, UNM's government relations director, pleaded guilty on Thursday to DWI. His sentence includes 48 hours of community service, an ignition interlock, one year of unsupervised probation and $84 of court fees, according to court documents.
Being a student regent at UNM gives students a chance to make a difference, said Rosalyn Nguyen, student regent. Student regents can be involved with and have influence over parts of the University that students usually aren't involved with, she said.
Lillian Richards, Junior, Anthropology "I don't plan to vote. And it's because I don't want to vote and make an uneducated decision, because I don't know enough about it." Robbie Reynolds, Sophomore, Business "I do plan to. I just don't know who I'm going to vote for yet. I haven't really ...
More than 600 UNM students and 52 employers participated in the Hispanic Engineering and Science Organization Career Fair on Thursday, said Jennifer Crabb, director of career services. "We want to provide employers to all of our students and provide opportunities for them to go into the jobs they desire," Crabb said.
Student Sarah Shannon was excited to see a dirt lot where Wagner Hall once stood. "Everything was rusty. Everything was just really awful in there," said Shannon, a civil engineering graduate student. "So, I think it's a good thing we're getting a new building." More than 150 people gathered north of the Mechanical Engineering Building on Wednesday to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Centennial Engineering Center.
Jay Reidy said he's not sure whether UNM students know enough about world affairs. "That's a hard generalization to make," he said. "I certainly think that everyone benefits from an awareness of what's going on in the world."
The Dean of Students Office is charging 17 students for violating UNM's code of conduct for their involvement in theft at the UNM Bookstore, said Randy Boeglin, dean of students. Students were taking books and other merchandise and then reselling the items, Boeglin said. They were also taking books for their own use, he said. Between $50,000 and $100,000 in merchandise and money was lost from the theft, said David Harris, UNM's acting president.
Sharon Sugarek, the regional director for Peace Corps, said UNM has a good pool of students for the program. In the past couple years, many UNM students with backgrounds in health and social work have gone into Peace Corps, she said.
Joseph Cecchi, dean of the engineering college, said a nanoscience program would attract smart graduate students to UNM. The research produced by those students could be very important, he said. "All of the applications (of nanoscience) can have tremendous effects on the world," he said.
Staff report UNM regent Raymond Sanchez said he is not ready to announce the members of the presidential search committee. "I know the public is very interested in who's going to be on this committee," he said. "But unfortunately, I just wasn't able to get in touch with all the members in time." Sanchez, ...
More than 10 student employees at the UNM Bookstore are being investigated for internal theft, said David Harris, acting president of the University. Authorities say they do not know how much merchandise or money was lost, but a statement released by Harris on Tuesday stated it was "significant."
Name: Ravi Jain Age: 56 What do you do at UNM? "I am a professor of physics. I teach optics and lasers. I teach a class on advanced optical communications." Do you do research? "Yes, I do, on the same fields - lasers and fiber optics, fiber lasers and optoelectronic devices used for telecommunications ...
UNM and New Mexico State University regents unanimously approved a program Saturday that will allow students to work toward a pharmacy degree at NMSU. John Pieper, associate vice president of UNM's pharmacy college, said the collaboration will boost the numbers of pharmacists in southern New Mexico. "We have in rural New Mexico, particularly in southern New Mexico, a definite shortage of pharmacists," he said. Albuquerque has about 120 pharmacists per 100,000 people, he said. Southern New Mexico has about 40, he said. "One of the ways of attempting to combat this is to work with other universities that have a home base in a different part of the state," he said. "NMSU seemed like an obvious choice."
Greg Ortiz, former governor of Acoma Pueblo, said he is not happy with the American-Indian health care system in Albuquerque. "My family's been here (in Albuquerque) for decades, and they have to drive to Acoma sick," he said. Ortiz spoke Monday at a meeting of the Native Health Council of New Mexico that addressed the Albuquerque Indian Health Services' Contract Health Services Program. Some audience members said they were frustrated with the system. Vietnam veteran Albert Cata was one of them. "It's a crazy game we've got to play," he said. The meeting was the second in a series of gatherings put together by the council. The council was formed to address the health care needs of Albuquerque's American-Indian population, which is estimated at more than 45,000, said Roxane Spruce Bly, who helped organize the event. American Indians living in the city must navigate the contract health process in order to access many needed medical services, she said.
Pagan Sterling Kyle said monotheistic religions view their god as being one pane of glass. Pagans see that glass as broken into many pieces, he said. "I look at Christianity, Islam and paganism. When you strip all the dogma, don't harm your neighbor," he said. "Be a good person - someone supportive of community." Sterling was the security coordinator for Pagan Pride Day on Sunday at Bataan Park and is also the founder of the Pagan Student Union at NMSU. "People don't understand paganism," he said. "This nation is a Christian nation." He said his belief is like Catholicism, where there are different saints to pray to for different things. The event had different booths selling an assortment of goods, such as herbs and jewelry. A food drive was set up, and there were belly dancing and other workshops for those interested. Raven Peters, who had a booth at the festival, said one of the goals for the festival was to inform.
Fourteen UNM premedical students are going to El Salvador in May to promote international health, said Megan Fitzpatrick, who is organizing the trip. About 20 people attended a meeting in the SUB on Friday to discuss the trip. David Hampton, a chemistry major who attended the event, said the trip will give students an opportunity to do what they are passionate about, and they will give back to the world. Hampton said he wants to see what effect a language barrier will have on his skills. "I'm interested in possibly working as a doctor in another country," he said. "It will give me a chance to see what problems do come up, and how I can work with that." Fitzpatrick is president and founder of the International Medical Delegation at UNM. She started the organization this year through Aprodehni, a public health organization started by fighters in the El Salvador civil war that lasted from 1980 to 1992. "It's not impossible, but it's definitely work," Fitzpatrick said of starting the organization.
Five UNM students are getting firsthand experience as interns in Washington, D.C. this semester.Deborah Baker, Moanna Wright, Christopher Miller, Angelina Gonzalez-Aller and Marcus Romero are the first group of students selected for the fall semester of the UNM Fred Harris Congressional Internship Program.
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