It was a long night for Casey Malarcher. Malarcher, a graduate student and Ph.D. candidate, began defending his doctoral dissertation last Thursday at 2 a.m. from Seoul, South Korea. Malarcher said this is the first UNM Web conference that has reached three continents, and the first where the candidate has been outside the United States.
If you are reading this article, you are probably not among the growing percentage of college-aged Americans who are reading less. According to a survey released by the National Endowment for the Arts in July, only 57 percent of Americans read a book in 2002.
UNM College Republicans didn't have signs at the Democratic rally in Albuquerque on Friday - they had flip-flops. Midway through his speech, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry was interrupted when the Republicans began clapping flip-flops over their head chanting "flip-flop, flip-flop.
The city ordinance that banned smoking in Albuquerque's restaurants a year ago entered its second and final phase Friday, expanding the prohibition to bars within restaurants. The second phase of the Albuquerque Clean Indoor Air Ordinance took effect July 3 and prohibits smoking in restaurant bars unless they are separately enclosed and ventilated to prevent the spread of second-hand smoke into dining areas.
Eliseo Torres ends each shower by rubbing rosemary onto his skin. The plant, which grows in New Mexico, can also be used to cook and to treat minor illnesses. It is something his mother used for earaches, and is an herb curanderos, or folk healers, use in their practice.
by Rivkela Brodsky and Felicia Fonseca Daily Lobo Enrique Lamadrid says unless the Office of Equal Opportunity discovers skeletons in his closet, he will be the new director of the Chicano/a Studies Program. About five offices need to sign off when a department selects a director.
Washing dishes in the kitchen sink has a theory behind it, but no one explained it until now. Professors Vakhtang Putkaradze and Peter Vorobieff and graduate student Keith Mertens describe the theory and experiment on hydrodynamic instability in a research paper published in Nature, a respected peer-reviewed science magazine.
The New Mexico Lottery Success Scholarship will likely receive record-breaking funds in the coming years, expanding access to students. On July 1, the New Mexico Lottery Authority announced a record $148 million in profits for the fiscal year ending June 30 - $11 million more than last year.
The UNM group that persuaded campus food-service officials to offer Fair Trade coffee will expand its campaign in the fall semester. Established in fall 2002, Fair Trade Initiative has pressed UNM officials to stop selling conventional coffee on campus in favor of Fair Trade coffee.
Jonathan Broyles has lived on Cornell Drive for three months. He said he parks in his driveway, but if he had to park on the street it would be difficult. Many residential streets around UNM are permit parking only because residents often find their driveways blocked and no place to park on the street.
The headline for the issue dated 07/01/04 should have read "Hospital rolls out contract with IHS" instead of "Hospital rolls out contact with IHS". The error is regretted.
After more than 30 years of planning, a bachelor's degree in Native American studies may be a possibility for UNM students. "People have been working on this since the first part of the '70s," said John Gates, director of Native American studies. "It has been in the works for a while.
by Manuelita Beck Daily Lobo Bids are due back today for the construction of UNMH Children's Hospital and Critical Care Pavilion. According to Sam Giammo, the UNM Health Sciences Center director of public affairs, the hospital will choose a bid in mid-July.
Senator John Kerry canceled his Tuesday visit to UNM to vote in favor of a bill amendment in the U.S. Senate. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was scheduled to speak to a capacity crowd in UNM's Continuing Education Auditorium Tuesday morning.
An arson suspect in Wednesday's Bosque fire is facing felony charges. A Bosque fire was reported at 4:36 p.m. Wednesday. It was the closest a Bosque fire has been to UNM this year. Officials said it was a man-made fire, which burned about 17 acres in the Bosque.
Joe Cecchi, dean of the School of Engineering, said the new chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department was chosen for his exciting vision. After a search began last fall, Juan Heinrich was chosen from five finalists as the new chairman of the department in early June.
Student health insurance has undergone surgery, with coverage cuts and an increased cost to students. As of Dec. 31, 2003, only 2,787 students had health insurance through the Student Health Center. "It's lame," Heather Hansen said about the rise in insurance cost.
by Rachel Stohr Daily Lobo Incoming freshmen looking for a jumpstart into college have to look no further then the bridge program. The Summer Bridge Program offered by UNM Special Programs gives incoming freshmen the opportunity to take introductory classes during the summer session immediately following high school graduation.
A dispute between UNM and members of its police department will be settled in the state Supreme Court. "The University failed to pay the police officers their proper wages under the collective bargaining agreement," Judge Ira Robinson wrote in the Court of Appeals opinion, which upheld a 2000 ruling in favor of the Police Officer's Association at UNM.
At the premiere of DomeFest 2004, there wasn't a red carpet, or even a celebrity, in sight. The stars of the show were 18 short films stored on a hard drive. The second-annual DomeFest, the world's only festival dedicated to the art and practice of the large-scale digital medium called fulldome, took place Saturday and Sunday at the Lodestar Astronomy Center at the Museum of Natural History and Science.
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