Scandalous e-mails cause campus uproar at Baylor (U-WIRE) WACO, Texas - Baylor University officials filed a lawsuit against someone who sent sexually explicit and fraudulent e-mails to members of the Baylor community while posing as administrators and others.
There was only one U.S. reporter at the battle of Ia Drang Valley in the Vietnam War. "I had an exclusive, front-row seat on the biggest, bloodiest battle of the war," said Joseph Galloway, senior war correspondent for Knight Ridder Newpapers. "Then it's only a matter of surviving.
Low attendance didn't stop Justicia Sin Fronteras from going on with its event in the Southwest Film Center on Wednesday. Twelve people showed up. "Even though there are very little people here, it is important to at least reach one person," said Vanessa Galindo, group president.
Michael Olivares said when he's showing his art, it feels like his seventh birthday all over again. That was his best birthday ever. Olivares is a painter. Many of his paintings have been scanned and transferred onto magnets that were on display Wednesday as part of the ASUNM Holiday Crafts Fair.
by Josh Harrell Technician (North Carolina State U.) (U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. - A recent College Board Annual Survey of Colleges has found the average tuition for a four-year public school has risen 10 percent in the last year. The survey, given every year by the College Board, also found that tuition at two-year public colleges rose 9 percent and four-year private school prices increased 6 percent.
Nader, Badnarik seek recount in New Mexico SANTA FE (AP) - Green and Libertarian Party presidential candidates are seeking a statewide recount of ballots in New Mexico's presidential contest that President Bush won by a 5,988-vote margin. Green Party nominee David Cobb and Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik want a recount in all precincts and a recheck of voting machines to ensure an accurate count of presidential ballots, said Blair Bobier, a spokesman for the Cobb campaign.
KRT Campus Santa and crowded malls aren't the only holiday traditions. So is weight gain. Parties. Holiday meals. Wine and spirits. Americans gain about a pound during the winter holiday season, according to a 2000 study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Finding a legitimate source on the Web isn't always easy. Web address endings such as .gov and .edu were designed to make the process more user-friendly. At least that's the idea behind them. Domain names are categorized. Accredited post secondary institutions have an .
Bill Martin's first escape was a real one. He is an illusionist, a magician, a hypnotist and an escape artist. In 1968, while he was in Vietnam, teenagers tied him up on his way to retrieve tools for a magic show. They used the Keller rope tie, which Martin had practiced escaping from after he read about it in one of Harry Houdini's books.
KRT Campus Ever since two students named Nate Robinson enrolled at the University of Washington two years ago, one has had to field e-mails and phone calls meant for the other. One Nate Robinson arguably is the biggest man on campus, despite standing only 5 feet, 9 inches.
Samuel Roll, UNM professor emeritus and psychologist, said almost everyone who commits suicide goes through a period of contemplation. Suicidal individuals have a truncated sense of time, he said. "If they can't see past the week or can't anticipate Christmas or next semester, this is a bad sign," Roll said.
Sarah said Eddy didn't seem like the type of person who would commit suicide. "He wasn't the person who was depressed or would take a drastic action ever," said Sarah, a former girlfriend of Eddy's. Eddy was a UNM student who took his own life in July. Sarah and Eddy are pseudonyms.
Faculty members got an overview of UNM's legislative priorities at a lunchtime presentation on Monday. David Harris, UNM vice president for finance, spoke in Ortega Hall about the University's finances and its legislative priorities. Colston Chandler, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy, told Harris he was concerned about the amount of faculty input in the development of UNM's priorities.
In 1970, a UNM student went to Frank Logan, a research psychologist, to seek help for depression. He was turned away, said Molly McCoy Brack, director of Agora. He was directed to the Student Health Center, where he was told he'd have to return in a few weeks, she said.
Number of ATV injuries concerns UNM surgeons (AP) - A new study by two UNM surgeons reveals troubling trends when it comes to all-terrain vehicle related injuries in the state. According to the study, someone is admitted to the UNM Hospital trauma center about three times a month with injuries from an ATV wreck, and often the victim is a child or teenager who was not wearing a helmet.
Snow changes everything for the grounds and landscaping crew. If crewmembers see an inch of snow outside, they have to report to work regardless of the time. Yesterday, some of them started the day before 5 a.m. "We stop all our functions and just do snow removal," said Gary Smith, associate director of environmental services.
Four UNM students have committed suicide since July. Carol Wagner-Adams, director of Counseling and Therapy Services, said given UNM's student population of 25,000, about 1.7 students will commit suicide each year. Last year, five students committed suicide.
Terror group says it was behind Mosul killings BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's most feared terror group claimed responsibility Sunday for slaughtering members of the Iraqi security forces in Mosul, where dozens of bodies have been found. The claim raises fears the terror group has expanded to the north after the loss of its purported base in Fallujah.
It was Chicano studies. Then it was Southwest Hispanic studies. After students pleaded with Enrique Lamadrid on Wednesday night, he decided to name the program Chicano, Hispano and Mexicano studies. Students vowed if the title was not changed from Southwest Hispanic studies, they would take action by protesting and discouraging high school students from enrolling in UNM's program.
by Sheila Rupp Daily Lobo Brent Neighbor spends so much time tending to UNM playing fields, he doesn't work much on his own yard. "My lawn at home looks terrible," said Neighbor, UNM's athletics turf manager. When the game starts, Neighbor is not in the stands.
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