Ron Schultz says business at his campus-area restaurant declined sharply when the SUB reopened its doors Sept. 2 - and it hasn't been the same since. "In those first three weeks, we lost about a third of our customers," said Schultz, who, along with his wife, Marie, has owned 20 Carrots restaurant, 2110 Central Ave.
The UNM Board of Regents on Monday approved a quick fix for staffing deficiencies within University Hospital's division of neurosurgery. Updates on contracts with two physician-hiring companies will allow UNM to bring in a pair of full-time neurosurgeons until new faculty members are hired.
Twisting and stretching their bodies into awkward positions, a group of cancer patients is using yoga to emotionally heal themselves emotionally and create a support group. High Desert Yoga, a local yoga center funded in part by UNM's Cancer Research and Treatment Center, is helping people diagnosed with cancer to see yoga's health benefits, said Supriti Kotler, the center's manager.
Local Guards concerned about power outages ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Guards at Albuquerque's 2,100-bed jail say persistent power outages are a safety threat. "Nothing works," said Steve Perkins, president of the union that represents corrections employees.
Food prices in several of the SUB's eateries have risen slightly since the building's opening, causing frustration among University officials and students. The restaurants seeing the price inflations are limited to those managed by Aramark, UNM's food distributor that controls the prices of food.
Security guards at the Frontier restaurant have recently adopted stricter measures in response to violent incidents at the restaurant. While managers say the tighter security, including physical searches at the entrance, have been successful at decreasing violence in the eatery, many UNM students said the measures are a recipe for disaster.
The UNM women's basketball team could not compete with its male counterpart in generating money for the University last year, a trend that is expected to continue. Despite a stellar season at the box office and its best performance ever in the NCAA tournament, the women's team generated a combined ticket sales and concession stand income of slightly more than $845,000 last year, according to Athletics department figures.
The headaches and hassles that come with registering for classes are nothing new for UNM students. However, whether the hang-ups are technical or results of a miscommunication between University offices, they make the registration process more tedious and time consuming than necessary.
State Las Cruces passes stricter DWI punishment LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - The City Council, in an effort to take the keys away from repeat drunken drivers, has passed an ordinance allowing for vehicles to be seized and auctioned. The ordinance allows the city to seize vehicles if a person previously convicted of DWI is arrested again on a similar charge.
UNM Hispanic students are doing their part to make the University's engineering and science programs shine at the national level. Through dedicated classroom work and intense organizational participation - at both the student and professional levels - students are catching the attention of top businesses and their checkbooks.
UNM's Student Health Center offers several resources including therapy and prescription medications to address the growing number of students suffering from depression. "Depression is actually a quite common mental disorder across the country," said Carol Wagner-Adams, a licensed psychologist who heads the Counseling and Therapy Services (CATS) at the Student Health Center.
Neither the United States nor Mexico can continue to sustain a water treaty that has been in place for almost 60 years, a Mexican ambassador said Thursday. Alberto Szekely, ambassador for border resources issues, spoke at the UNM School of Law about his concerns about a water pact between Mexico and the United States.
State Navajo Nation chapter to get casino near I-40 SANTA FE (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday signed a gambling agreement between the state and the Navajo Nation for a long-sought casino at the To'hajiilee chapter, near Albuquerque. "They have struggled a long time to get this passed," said state Sen.
UNM's Department of History is one of 14 history departments selected from universities across the nation to participate in a Carnegie Foundation project aimed at improving doctoral degree programs. The foundation's project is a five-year study designed to revise doctoral programs in English, chemistry, neuroscience, mathematics and history throughout the United States.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two American soldiers were killed near Baghdad and along the Syrian border, the U.S. military said Thursday, and Polish forces suffered their first combat death when a Polish major was fatally wounded in an ambush south of the capital.
Man arrested at UNMH for heroin possession An Albuquerque man has been arrested and faces possible felony charges after police say he brought syringes containing heroin to a patient at University Hospital. University police say Jason Marmon, 28, brought the heroin to his friend on Sunday.
by Rachael Alaimo-Monson Daily Lobo Moving every two years, living and working in a foreign country and learning another language may not sound like the ideal career for someone fresh out of college. But for A. Ellen Shippy, UNM's diplomat in residence and former U.
UNM Police Department detectives are investigating an apparent robbery and kidnapping that occurred Saturday outside The Pit after UNM's football game against UNLV. A local man leaving the game was robbed at knifepoint and then forced to drive his vehicle while his assailant demanded his wallet.
It was business as usual for the ASUNM Senate yesterday as senators passed eight appropriations, four presidential appointments and three bills, all by bloc votes. The Progressive Student Alliance, UNM Handball Club, American Nuclear Society, Chi Epsilon, the Art Student Association Gallery, Alpha Phi Alpha, Aquinas Newman Community and Delta Epsilon Chi each received funding from the Senate.
Even in death, some people continue to do the things that made them stand out while they were alive. Kristin Griego is one of those people. The 19-year-old UNM sophomore died on Friday at her family's home in Rio Rancho from what loved ones suspect was a diabetic seizure.
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