Indiana U cross country team suspected of hazing (U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A week after eight freshmen were arrested near Indiana University's Bill Armstrong Stadium for public indecency, the Office of Student Ethics will look over the case and decide whether to pursue the incident as possible hazing.
Agora Crisis Center put up an art exhibit in front of Zimmerman Library today in observation of Suicide Prevention Week, which lasts until Saturday. The exhibit features a tunnel of cloth with more than 300 handprints representing the number of New Mexicans who committed suicide in 2002, which is the most recent data available.
An injunction requiring first-time voters to present IDs at the polls was denied Tuesday by State District Judge Robert Thompson. "This is a victory for young people," said James Moore, state director of the New Voters Project. "One hundred and twelve thousand new voters have registered in the last year and a half.
by Deborah Harvey Daily Lobo The New Mexico State Fair is well under way and with it comes more traffic. Many businesses have already been affected by the construction of the Louisiana/I-40 interchange scheduled for completion Nov. 15. "Our business has been affected in a big way," said Joseph Trujillo, manager of the Burger King on the corner of Lomas and Louisiana boulevards.
Border Patrol seizes drugs near Alamagordo ALAMOGORDO (AP) - Border Patrol agents who searched a car at a checkpoint on U.S. 54 near Alamogordo seized $4.2 million in cocaine. Agents who stopped the car at the inspection station about 1:30 p.m. Saturday said the driver displayed "unusual mannerisms," so they sought and were given permission for a search.
Alicia Baca always planned to go to college, and that might be what led her to binge drink during her freshman year. According to an analysis by Steven Bloch, senior research associate for AAA, more young adults not planning to go to college reported binge drinking than those who planned to attend college.
Labor union representatives told the UNM Hospital administration Friday some employees have been denied pay raises. The representatives told the administration it is in violation of the Public Employees Bargaining Act that took effect July 1, 2003. The act requires the hospital to provide information to union members to verify pay raise contracts are implemented properly.
The Daily Lobo would like to clarify that in the Aug. 24 article "'Modern Art' delivers wonder to Cornell Mall," Gary Beals built the stainless steel centerpiece. Betty Sabo is the artist.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo Despite breakthrough performances from wide receiver Hank Baskett and running back DonTrell Moore, the Lobos still lost a heartbreaker to the Washington State Cougars, 21-17. The Lobo football team dominated for three quarters at University Stadium on Friday night.
Jes£s Mu§oz, campaign organizer for the Young Voters Alliance, speaks to protesters outside the Second Judicial District Courthouse on Thursday. The protesters were waiting to hear the results of a court case that will determine whether first-time voters have to bring ID to the polls.
Those who go to the New Mexico State Fair don't get to watch the celebrity goat-milking contest this year, but there isn't a shortage of attractions. Concerts, art exhibits, sheep sheering, extreme-sports shows, midway rides and rodeos are being offered this year.
Matt Herman senior finance major "The Bush administration incites such resentment in countries around the world that there's always going to be groups who'll resort to terrorism to be heard. Until we take a more humble approach to international affairs, the war won't be won.
Matt Pankuch's battle station is not out on a field - it's behind a cotton candy machine at the New Mexico State Fair. People call Pankuch the Cotton Candy King. "I can put out cotton candy if I'm just running machine probably in a matter of 30 seconds," he said.
UNM graduates just can't get enough of the University. A graduate survey administered by Career Services found the majority of graduates are employed at UNM. The survey was sent to all 2,414 spring 2003 graduates, and 814 responded. After UNM, the top employers were Albuquerque Public Schools, Sandia National Laboratories and the State of New Mexico.
by Margarita Ortega y Gomez Daily Lobo During the 1991 Iraqi uprising, when Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard was brutally suppressing civilians, Surood Ahmed Falih fled Kirkurk after being injured and losing her sister, aunt and stepmother. "There were bodies covered in blood (in the street), each one shot three times," she said.
Area businesses are feeling the impact of students coming back for the fall semester. "We definitely have a parking problem," said Dorothy Rainosek, co-owner of Frontier Restaurant. "Business is good and up from the summer considerably, but people park here for class or to go buy a book on campus.
USC fraternities caught breaking rush regulations (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES - Fraternity brothers from at least two different houses disregarded Interfraternity Council rush rules on dry houses and events last week, giving underage rushees access to unlimited bar tabs, acess to alcohol and marijuana at the houses, introducing them to sorority girls, and promising at least one rushee cocaine, a Daily Trojan undercover investigation found.
Students who lost their lottery scholarship may find it's not so easy to get it back. More than $27 million was awarded to Lottery Success Scholarships recipients in 2004, said Jim Perry, director of finance for New Mexico Commission on Higher Education.
Tenure is a good gig if you can get it. If professors are tenured, it takes the president of the University and the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure to fire them. Instructors are subject to a six-year probationary period and undergo a comprehensive evaluation in a tenure track.
Laura Chamberlin was the kind of student who would rather hang out with friends than go to class. She was 18 when she started college and had no idea what she wanted to do with her life. She got straight As in some classes and skipped to the extreme in others.
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