Call it the slap bracelet of the 21st century. Since May, yellow bands have bedecked millions of wrists all over the world. And they are still going strong. The bands are the brainchild of the Nike Corporation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Lance Armstrong is a cancer survivor and six-time winner of the Tour de France.
Most New Mexicans don't have to fear going to the dentist. That's because New Mexico has the worst patient-to-dentist ratio in the nation, said James Strohschein, acting resident director of UNM's dental residency program. To change that, UNM Division of Dental Services was awarded an $880,000 three-year grant by the U.
It's four years and $540,000 later. A federal appeals court ruled on Nov. 9 the University has ownership of a discovery made years ago by Galen Knight, former staff member, and Terence Scallen, professor emeritus. The state District Court ruled in UNM's favor twice, and the decision was upheld twice.
Students, faculty and staff have been protesting outside the School of Architecture and Planning for about three weeks. Dean Roger Schluntz said he hasn't noticed. The protests were in front of the building the dean's office is in. Access to resources Concerns arose over the school's model shop and its Media and Resource Center, both of which operate on an appointment-only basis.
Trying to memorize what a professor says might not be the best way to study. Susan Deese-Roberts, director of Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, said there are three modes of studying styles - auditory, visual and tactual. "Students either like to hear it, which means they are probably an auditory learner; see it, meaning visual learner; or move around while they are learning, which is usually tactile and kinesthetic," Deese-Roberts said.
Republicans eager to wrap up congressional session WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Arlen Specter's move up to chairman of the committee that handles the president's judicial nominees is on the line this week when lawmakers return to the Capitol to clean up the unfinished work of this Congress and prepare for the next one.
A two-hour scavenger hunt Saturday led ROTC members and Boy Scouts through Kirtland Air Force Base in search of eight locations. Jeff Bauer, first lieutenant in Scabbard and Blade, and Adam Loomis taught the land navigation course. Scabbard and Blade is a UNM honor society made of 16 ROTC members who are in the top 10 percent of performing officer candidates from all military branches at UNM.
Ryan Harris and Stephen Lyle measure the University's cleanliness with the bottoms of their feet. Harris and Lyle go everywhere barefoot - classes across campus, through their dorms and restaurants. They say the University has dirty days that can measured by the appearance of the bottom of their feet.
Marilyn Hibben has been packing her boxes for a long time. Relatives have taken their belongings from the house. Marilyn said it was hard to draw up legal documents that might allow her to stay, but she assumes the University will let her know when she needs to leave in plenty of time.
Patrick Gendron senior, communications "The peace process is going to be definitely affected in a negative way. There is going to be a lot of confusion." Scott Wallace senior, political science "Eventually the peace process will go smoothly.
by Xochitl Campos Daily Lobo "Think Globally, Act Locally," is more than a bumper sticker for the organizers of the second annual Sustainability Festival. It's a message they wanted to get across to people attending the festival Thursday. "We want people to be thinking of their effect on the world, the globe, by concentrating on what they are doing here," organizer Parisa Asgharzadeh said.
Home plate for the softball team is going to look a lot nicer. A $626,429 project to renovate the softball facilities was approved Tuesday by the Board of Regents. "It's about time," second baseman Stephanie Kennedy said. She said she's looking forward to having lights and locker rooms.
In "Opening the door to career success" in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, Cecilia Martinez Howard was misnamed as Cynthia Martinez Howard. Also, the story stated Martinez Howard and her business partner Jacqueline Zamora were contracted to start their business, El Portal.
The College Greens might be against the war in Iraq, but they're also collecting donations for the troops. Bobbi Page, a member of the College Greens, said sending packages overseas is important to show support for the troops and also to show them there is another party.
Scientists continue to debate how humans arrived in America. It remains one of the greatest mysteries of the past, said the narrator of "America's Stone Age Explorers," a "Nova" episode that aired Tuesday night on PBS. There is a widely held belief that the first humans in America migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge into what is now Alaska.
He couldn't play the game, so he became the manager. "In essence, I feel like part of the team," said Damien Farris, student manager of the UNM football team. "If we don't win, I feel like I could have done more, maybe if I helped out the coaches more." Farris played football his freshman year at Valley High School, but a knee injury near the end of the season took him off the team.
Rebecca Reyes first set foot on campus Tuesday. "It was my first time ever on a college campus, and everyone was really nice and really helpful," Reyes said. UNM's application fee was waived for students who brought completed admission applications and a copy of their official transcript to American Indian Student Day.
The sign language interpreters at Popejoy Hall earned their keep Tuesday night. As soon as comedian and TV host Bill Maher took the stage to a standing ovation from the packed house, he began a playful banter with the woman stage left assigned to repeat his jokes and rants to the deaf.
It was something he had only heard about, but he wasn't sure how to get there. It wasn't what he expected either - the animals were bigger, and there were more of them. Patrick Mullen said before he entered the house on the corner of Campus Boulevard and Lafayette Place, its contents might better benefit biology students.
Regents President Jamie Koch has been talking about changing committees for a while, but they were finally approved at Tuesday's meeting. The regents approved adding one faculty and one staff representative to the Student and Academic Affairs Committee. Faculty Senate President Ed DeSantis and Staff Council President Steve Borbas will be added to the committee.
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