by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Facebook.com is back in business at UNM. After four months of blocked access to the site, students can once again visit the Web site on campus. Moira Gerety, director of CIRT, said CIRT worked with Facebook to make the Web site more secure.
UNM's School of Medicine is requesting about $1.5 million from the state Legislature for a program aimed at recruiting students outside city limits.
Samantha Brandt, Senior, Communication & Journalism "I think it's a good idea - a minimum wage raise.
UNM Press's sales are about 64 percent higher than they were this time last year - the latest in a series of successes for the publisher. Last year the press made about $100,000. This year, the press is far ahead of that number, at about $500,000 said Luther Wilson, director of UNM Press.
The College of Nursing estimates it needs $15,000 a year per student to fully educate its undergraduates. Right now, it receives $11,000 per student. And about 26 percent of money funded by the state goes to pay personnel and faculty, said Sandra Ferketich, dean of the College of Nursing at UNM.
Many UNM departments came back from break to find they had less money in their budgets than expected. That's because the University chose Dec. 21 to implement a planned 1.1 percent tax on portions of some department budgets, which generated $3 million for the University.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo About 100 people, most of them members of the Air Force ROTC at UNM, attended a memorial for student Jeanette Garcia on Wednesday. Garcia died Dec.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo A discussion about last month's statewide health care summit left many community members wanting answers.
UNM's top priority during the legislative session that began Tuesday in Santa Fe is to improve funding for the Health Sciences Center. Whether the Health Sciences Center succeeds in getting funding will have an impact on the rest of the University, said Carlos Romero, UNM's director of government affairs.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo UNM Police officer Luke Montoya was arrested on a charge of battery against a household member Monday.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo High-rise buildings could be constructed at UNM in the near future, said Roger Lujan, director of Facility Planning.
by Aidan Turowski Daily Lobo About 30 members of the First Unitarian Church gathered in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to protest the war in Iraq on Monday. The protesters said the late civil rights leader would be against the war if he were alive today.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo A conference in the SUB cast an optimistic light on the economic future of the United States and New Mexico. More than 400 people attended the 2006 Annual Economic Outlook Conference on Thursday. Larry Waldman, a UNM professor who spoke about New Mexico's economy, said the state's economic outlook for the next one or two years is promising.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo High-rise buildings could be constructed at UNM in the near future, said Roger Lujan, director of Facility Planning.
Dec. 14 UNM regents approved a purchase of 236 acres in Rio Rancho for a future campus near the city's planned city hall. A price has not been determined on the purchase, which was approved on Dec.
by Jason Kleymann Daily Lobo The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science's Lodestar Astronomy Center began its sixth annual Starry Nights astronomy tours Saturday. The tours, which run every Saturday through February, give viewers a closer look at our solar system and galaxy through DigitalSky, a 55-foot high convex high-definition television screen dome.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo Gov. Bill Richardson and UNM's Agora Crisis Center have established a 24-hour toll-free crisis line in the hope to combat suicide in New Mexico.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo A campaign is under way to encourage Albuquerque drivers to slow down. It only took two days to give away 500 lawn signs which read "Slow Down Albuquerque: Lives May Depend On It," said Karen Fisher, campaign organizer.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo A shirt made out of tanned deer hides sold for $400 Saturday evening at a silent auction organized by the Kiva Club. Autumn Chacon, spokeswoman for the student group, said the person who got the shirt was getting a good deal. "Anywhere else, that would go for thousands of dollars," she said.
by Kristie Boudwin Daily Lobo CARY, N.C. - The biggest game in college soccer can also bring the biggest disappointment.
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