After a year and a half, they considered themselves a married couple - 16 years later, it may be legal. Ann Nihlen, chairwoman of UNM's Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, and her spouse, Lisa Wisdom, were one of the 26 same-sex couples who had their marriage licenses recorded in Bernalillo County on Feb.
Each year at UNM, living composers of new music get their time in the spotlight. The 33rd annual John Donald Robb Composers Symposium is an assembly of nationally and internationally renowned composers who are invited to UNM to share three days of composition seminars, panel discussions, demonstrations and concerts with UNM music students and anyone else interested in music's avant garde.
Staff Report Good news for those who haven't had time to volunteer for some community service: ASUNM's Spring Storm deadline has been extended to this Friday. According to Saraswati Khalsa, assistant director of Community Experience, an ASUNM executive agency, the deadline has been extended because many student groups have called expressing interest in participating, but have not gotten to turn in their sign-up forms.
College of Education graduate students will get feedback from peers on their research ideas - minus any pressure - at the 7th Annual Graduate Student Research Colloquium today. The colloquium will be from noon to 8 p.m. in the upper level of the Student Union Building.
An educational journey might require resources not all students know how to find. UNM's Equal Opportunity Center, partnered with colleges and universities, will present that information tonight at an education fair. The fair is designed primarily for nontraditional students and those who didn't anticipate attending college, but anyone can attend, said Ivan Olay, UNM Special Programs student adviser.
Married couples receive more than a thousand federal benefits that are not offered to couples in civil unions, said Ron Wheeler a member of the panel that discussed same-sex marriage Friday. "For example, inheritance rights," he said. "You can't share your partner's social security benefits after they die under the terms of a civil union, whereas in marriage you can.
New license plates help local youth art programs SANTA FE (AP) - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of former President Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt, has given the state's youth art programs a helping hand. She helped unveil five limited edition license plates featuring New Deal-era art by New Mexico artists during an event Saturday.
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.
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