Weaving together humor and sarcasm, right-wing author Ann Coulter spoke to a packed Popejoy audience Tuesday night. "I've never had this friendly an audience," Coulter said after her stand-up comedy-style talk drew frequent applause. Coulter's talk addressed a range of recent events, including the U.
Cammy Woods Senior Music "It's graphic, but it's real life. It really makes you think about what the action of abortion is really doing. It's one thing to say 'I'm having an abortion.' It's another thing to say 'I'm willfully choosing to destroy something that has the ability to be a human life.
Francisco Apodaca says people in Northern New Mexico have been protecting their way of life long before anyone realized it. "We have been conservationists and quasi-environmentalists for many years," Apodaca said. "If we wouldn't have protected our way of life and conserved what we have, we would have been gone long ago.
Students passing by Zimmerman Library on Monday were greeted with a graphic 18-foot poster of an aborted fetus as part of a pro-life display sponsored by Justice for All. Alexandra von Ausdall, president of UNM's chapter of Justice for All, said the display was huge because the issue is huge.
UNM is the only university in the United States that owns the Hitachi S-5200 - the highest resolution scanning electron microscope available today. The $800,000 microscope was dedicated today in the Ferris Engineering Building. According to Hitachi's Web site, the microscope can see detail in an object as small as half a nanometer.
American-Indian performer Litefoot said he is disappointed rapper Andre 3000 and the Rev. Jesse Jackson did not attend this year's Gathering of Nations powwow at The Pit. Litefoot, a rapper and Hollywood actor, said Jackson agreed to make a guest appearance at the gathering.
Tuition is up, enrollment is up and now parking permits prices have gone up. Online parking permits go on sale today, and included is a 10 percent price increase. Students can expect to pay anywhere from $6 to $11 more than last year, and faculty and staff will see increases between $6 and $42.
UNM students publicized the dangers of smoking Friday with the first Kick Butts Day. UNM's Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention worked with the newly formed student organization, Expose, to plan the day's events. The goal of Expose is to let college students know that tobacco companies are targeting them, and to advise students not to fall prey to those messages, said Sarah Chaara, a UNM student who started the organization.
by Manuelita Beck Daily Lobo Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart says digital technology is the key to preserving indigenous music. "It allows us to preserve this music forever - to preserve it, distribute it and repatriate it back to the cultures it comes from," Hart said.
Albuquerque's Spring Crawl just keeps getting bigger every year - from the ticket prices and crowd attendance to the advent of national acts mixing with the local scene. Spring Crawl is a Downtown festival sponsored by the Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque's alternative arts newspaper.
Jessica Herrera Junior Fine Arts "I think that the parking at UNM is absurd. They just made a huge multi-million dollar parking lot. That could've gone into more funding for either the teachers, programs or activities, and I really don't know who's using that parking lot.
According to a study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity is on the verge of surpassing smoking as the nation's No. 1 preventable killer. Obesity as a result of a poor diet or a lack of physical activity was responsible for 400,000 deaths last year in the United States.
Staff Report Sign Fest, a visual arts performance featuring deaf performers, will be back at Popejoy Hall tonight at 8 p.m. Student from Sign 214, lexical semantics, have been responsible for every aspect of the show from publicity to production, Phyllis Wilcox, the course's instructor said in a University news release.
UNM uses an estimated 900,000 gallons of water every day. UNM gets water from the City of Albuquerque's aquifer using three private campus wells, its primary source being well No. 7. Jeffrey Zumwalt, UNM's associate director of utilities, said last month UNM drew more than 21 million gallons of water from well No.
For an hour today, a band will be playing without electricity. To celebrate Earth Day, a large solar panel donated by Sacred Power will give Five Minute Sin enough energy to play from noon until 1 p.m. The mid-day entertainment will be accompanied by information on environmental issues like clean air, alternative energy sources and ways to sustain Mother Earth.
Tuesday night was spent dancing and celebrating for the new Miss Indian UNM. Jessica Valdez, a UNM sophomore, was crowned in SUB Ballroom A after submitting a personal statement, showcasing her talents and responding to an impromptu question. She said the competition was like a roller-coaster ride.
The Daily Lobo misidentified the president of the UNM Board of Regents as Jack Fortner in Wednesday's article "Contractors cry foul on labor deal." The Regents president is Jaime Koch.
With record enrollment and limited parking space, UNM Parking and Transportation Services is conducting an online survey until May 1 to determine how to cope with the ever-present dilemma. Josh Kavanaugh, Parking and Transportation Services associate director, said the department is working with Walker Parking Consultants to take a deeper look at a long-range solution.
It is becoming more common to hear Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" during class than at a concert. Students' concentration is sometimes broken by the digital sounds of famous tunes coming from cell phones, while blushing students try desperately to turn them off.
Students frustrated with UNM Web mail will have another option next fall. CIRT will be replacing its current Web-based e-mail application, Mulberry, with Stalker Software's Communigate Pro. "It should be a good thing in terms of reliability and support that we get," said Steve Spence, Computer and Information Resources and Technology technical support analyst.
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