A Florida man who spent nearly 18 years on death row will bring his story to UNM on Tuesday. Juan Melendez Jr. was found guilty of the 1983 murder and armed robbery of Delbert Baker, a Florida cosmetology school owner. He was sentenced to death in 1984 and released from prison in 2002.
Rising gas prices will affect NM motorists New Mexico gasoline prices are averaging $1.669 this week for a gallon of self-serve regular, but AAA New Mexico is predicting prices could hit records this summer. This week's price is well below the national high of $1.
by Krista Pino Daily Lobo Students looking for a little taste of live-action history can find it in UNM's Society for Creative Anachronism. The University's division of the SCA is known as the College of Blaiddwyn, Welsh for "silver wolf," said UNM Seneschal Jeff King.
The UNM Board of Regents selected two new vice presidents in a special meeting Thursday, bypassing the University's requisite national search for vice presidential positions. In a unanimous vote, with only Regent Sandra Begay-Campbell missing due to familial obligations, the regents selected David Harris for the newly created position of executive vice president for administration.
Not all universities admit undocumented immigrants for in-state tuition rates, but UNM does. At El Centro de la Raza, Andrew Gonzalez, student programs specialist, said he gets at least two phone calls a day from undocumented immigrants wanting to apply to UNM.
James Ellis, a UNM law professor, said Wednesday the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage probably will not pass this year. Ellis was part of a panel at a teach-in at the UNM School of Law about the controversy surrounding gay marriages in New Mexico and the rest of the country.
More than half of the population is female, yet the social and political issues affecting females, specifically minorities, are all but ignored, AndrÇa Mays said. "Women as a group are disproportionately affected by social ills such as poverty and abuse," said Mays, organizer of the first annual Women of Color Mixed Heritage/Ethnicity/Race conference.
A new wave of lawsuits has hit music fans engaged in illegal file sharing. "We felt that we could not stand by and watch while an entire industry, the most vibrant music industry in the world, was being downloaded to death," said Cary Sherman, the Recording Industry Association of America's president, in an online conference.
For UNM's Capoeira fighters, the object is not to land a blow, but to dance. Every Tuesday night, the Capoeira club gathers to practice a Brazilian national sport. Former club president, Eric Bierke, said membership is growing steadily as interest takes hold on campus.
Cutting across the street to save time on the way to class could end in fines for UNM students. During February, officers from the Albuquerque Traffic Unit began enforcing the city's jaywalking law as a means of establishing awareness after an accident that left two pedestrians dead on Dec.
Staff Report UNM signed a deal with the U.S. Air Force this week to help the military branch's officers and civilian relatives earn college degrees by combining credits from the University and the Air Force's educational system. The agreement will provide a framework for UNM and Air Force's Institute of Technology to offer part-time graduate programs.
Frequent visits to UNM by famous speakers and performers come with hefty price tags - and students often foot the bill, officials say. Michael Moore, the liberal author and filmmaker who made an appearance on campus in October, made an estimated $35,000, a portion of which came from UNM student fees, said Kevin Stevenson, executive director of Student Special Events, the organization that brings many acts to UNM.
Swing dancing is alive and well at UNM. Jitterbugs Anonymous, a special interest club at the University that facilitates communication among swing dancers at UNM, allows the community to work in the promotion, continuation and education of swing dancing, its members say.
Monday's ASUNM column had the wrong due date for election packets. Election packets are due to the ASUNM office by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 29.
Staff Report During a recent jaunt to Washington, D.C. with the entire Board of Regents in tow, UNM President Louis Caldera joined state representatives in urging Congress to pass a bill that would help more Hispanic students attend graduate school. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, last year Hispanics accounted for less than five percent of the graduate school student body nationwide - the lowest among all minority students.
UNM is quickly learning how fruitful national exposure can be, as its second year as host of the NCAA women's basketball tournament is bringing enormous crowds and loads of cash. Even though the women's team was dismantled by national powerhouse Florida on Saturday, as of Wednesday afternoon, fewer than 700 tickets remained for The Pit's 16,000 available seats as an enthusiastic crowd waited to see the Gators face Baylor.
The UNM Grounds and Landscaping crew spent its spring break cleaning the Duck Pond after years of abuse by passersby who inadvertently muddied the pond's water by overfeeding its wildlife inhabitants. Feeding the ducks and goldfish bread, a common occurrence at the Duck Pond, led to more than four feet of sludge accumulating on the pond's bottom, endangering the animal's lives and making the water unsightly, said Gary Smith, associate director of UNM's Environmental Services Department.
Staff Report UNM's ski team has gone down in history as the first Lobo team to win an NCAA title in the school's history. Solid performances from the Alpine and the Nordic teams helped secure the title for UNM at the 2004 NCAA Skiing Championships held in Truckee, Calif.
With more than 100 million women worldwide taking an oral contraceptive daily, many are eager for the pill to be available for men. The ANZAC Research Institute in Sydney, Australia is one of many pharmaceutical companies that are confident, thanks to recent developments in their research, that male contraception will be available soon.
In an effort to help it come through on its commitment of offering higher education to all New Mexicans, UNM is taking an increasing interest in expanding the services on its West Side campus. Started from a small program within Rio Rancho Elementary School in 1990, UNM-West has seen an explosion of popularity with the nontraditional, part-time students who are increasingly making up student bodies nationwide, said Jeronimo Dominguez, vice provost of the Extended University.
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