Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., introduced a bill to the U.S. Senate that would require first-time voters who registered with canvassers to show ID at the polls. If passed, the bill would take effect immediately and cover all people who registered since the Help America Vote Act took effect Jan.
Cheese nachos, sclerosis - Henry Cisneros has had his name pronounced many ways. When he came to the SUB on Wednesday for the Arthur A. Blumenfeld Memorial Lecture, he said he had a reasonable chance UNM would get it right. Cisneros was one of the first Hispanic mayors of a major U.
The election is bringing out the political side of professors at UNM, and some openly display whose side they are taking. The University Business Policies and Procedures Manual encourages political activity as socially important, stating, "All University employees should feel free to engage in political activities, so far as they are able to do so consistent with their full obligations to the University and in accordance with applicable laws.
Legislation passed by the House Resources Committee last week is another step in completing the move of Chaco Canyon artifacts from storage. The Hibben Center Act, sponsored by Rep. Heather Wilson, R-NM, would provide $1.7 million for the National Park Service to move the collection from three UNM storage areas to the UNM Hibben Center for Archaeological Research.
In the fast food business, service lines are meant to be fast. A person may turn away once they see the long lines and think about the minutes that are about to be spent creeping toward the register. So is it hell for the employees? Marketplace cashier Daniel Aguilar, 21, has worked there for a year.
After the Board of Regents approved a $25,000 bonus for President Louis Caldera, Susan Carkeek said he is in the same boat as the faculty - except little to no faculty members have bonuses included in their contracts. Carkeek is the director of human resources at UNM.
UNM's Office of Institutional Research announced Friday it misstated the number of American Indian and Hispanic students in the 2003 freshman class. Based on high school SAT and ACT exam data gathered during UNM's recruitment activities, the statistics were compiled by the office for a report on long-term enrollment trends.
Noa Sattath was exhausted. After spending months planning the first gay pride parade in Jerusalem, she just wanted it to be over. She carried some boxes of supplies into the street, and when she saw the pride flags hanging ready for the event, she started crying.
Saving a life can take as little as 15 minutes. United Blood Services is on campus today collecting blood from students. "There are probably 250 people in northern New Mexico and the Four Corners region that are waiting for this blood to save their lives," said Anthony Price, donor care specialist.
by Cristina Campos Daily Lobo Wearing a hijab represents submission to God, not to men, a Muslim woman said Thursday. Associate Professor Jytte Klausen from Brandeis University focused on the Muslim headscarf ban in France in the last lecture of the Islam and Europe series.
The sculpture in the Cornell Mall was created for the University - not necessarily the students, said Roger Lujan, director of facility planning. Betty Sabo, UNM alumna, designed and created the seven bronze statues that surround a stainless steel centerpiece built by her brother, Gary Beals.
It seems politicians are paying attention to young voters. President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry have agreed to participate in an online debate facilitated by the New Voters Project. The candidates will answer questions submitted to a Web site. Ivan Frishberg, spokesman for the New Voters Project, said it wasn't difficult to get the two candidates to agree to participate.
Onawa Lacy, Miss Indian World 2003, said the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will help close the gap between Natives and non-Natives. Lacy, a UNM senior, is flying to Washington, D.C., today to participate in the opening and dedication ceremonies.
She cried uncontrollably. Her husband called it an awakening. Tryette Puentes, a UNM senior, said her trip to Ghana sponsored by African-American studies allowed her to experience the pain and anguish slaves felt. When she walked through slave castles, she felt sick to her stomach, Puentes said.
Mike Weber Daily Lobo When he took the stage at Phil Chacon Park on Thursday, the first thing Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry talked about was UNM's football team. "I am basking in the win of the Lobos," Kerry told thousands of New Mexicans.
Venessa Rollerson junior communications and journalism "It can go either way. I believe people should have the right to bear arms. I'm all about gun control, but limitations should be a big deal." Joe Baffaloe sophomore English "People don't need assault weapons.
The Daily Lobo would like to clarify that El Centro de la Raza has temporarily suspended its evening office hours - the closure was not permanent.
This year's celebration of Mexican Independence Day will change one tradition and possibly start another. It will be the first time the Mexican flag will be raised at 8 a.m. at Scholes Hall instead of at noon. The celebration will be at noon on Smith Plaza.
CU in tight college race to register voters (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. - The University of Colorado at Boulder is in the running for the Voter's Cup. No, the big silver trophy is not for the winner of an athletic competition, but for the winner of a multi-university voter-registration competition.
They gathered in front of Scholes Hall as dawn broke, linking arms around the flagpole, praying to Jesus Christ. "I pray, Lord, for the faculty and the president," one said. Another prayed for intervention in the dorms and wherever temptation toward sin is present on campus.
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