by Felicia Fonseca Daily Lobo UNM does not require its students to have health insurance, but to help lessen the growing costs of health services, the Student Health Center offers plans to students enrolled in at least six credit hours. "Insurance is foreign to everyone," said UNM insurance representative Carmen Chavez.
Indoor tanning can pose just as much of a health risk as tanning under the sun, local experts claim. Theresa Swaim, a nurse at William Chapman Dermatology, said the effects of indoor tanning may not be immediately noticeable, but years later, those who use tanning beds have a greater chance of developing skin cancer than the average person.
An effigy of a New Mexico State University Aggie met its fiery demise last night at the top of an eight-foot-high bonfire on Johnson Field; culminating what ASUNM hopes will be the first of many Red Rallies. "Hopefully this will turn into a tradition," said Amanda Sims, vice president of the Associated Students of UNM.
Kidnapping suspect's arraignment delayed Caleb Rogers, the Albuquerque 20-year-old who is accused of running over and kidnapping a UNM student Monday, is being held in lieu of an $82,000 bond. He was originally scheduled to be arraigned before Metropolitan Court Judge Wayne Griego on Tuesday but his arraignment was reset for Wednesday.
Images of the Earth's surface using state-of-the-art technology will soon be available in UNM's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences thanks to a grant received from NASA for $1.78 million. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., secured the grant to develop a satellite image system called the Center for Rapid Environmental Assessment and Terrain Evaluation, or CREATE.
The UNM Health Sciences Center is requesting $1 million from the state Legislature to launch a new program aimed at getting in step with sweeping changes in federal regulations on corporate compliance. The request is part of the University's 2004-05 budget proposal, which will likely be considered during the Legislature's January session, UNM Regent Mel Eaves said.
by Keri Burson Daily Lobo Some women may soon have one less thing to worry about thanks to a birth control pill designed to lessen the frequency of the often-painful menstrual period. Earlier this month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first extended-cycle birth control pill, Seasonale, designed to reduce the number of periods from 13 to four per year.
Every semester students spend hours writing papers and studying for exams, but it's hard for them to know if their peers are doing the same. The rapid growth of technology has made it easier for students to cheat. With just a couple clicks of a button, students can obtain University-level papers from around the world.
A UNM sophomore was run over and kidnapped from Johnson Field early Monday morning. University police rescued her after a high-speed chase ended in a crash and foot pursuit that the suspect used to give campus cops the slip.
The UNM College of Nursing has a new Ph.D. program this semester focused on trying to alleviate the shortage of nurses in New Mexico. The first class of students will begin courses this fall, said Marie Lobo, nursing professor and chairwoman of the doctorate program committee.
The 18th annual Anderson Schools of Management career fair drew 60 companies, including five newcomers, to the SUB ballroom yesterday. Drew Parsons, manager of Academic Advisement and Placement at Anderson, said in slow economic times, it's important for students to attend the career fair because it provides them with opportunities.
Local Amendment vote draws sparse turnout at polls ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - New Mexicans were bombarded with mailings and were spun the best spin partisans could muster, but poll workers in some precincts outnumbered voters at times during a constitutional election on education.
PNM expects average gas bill to increase by $7 ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Heating costs will be high this winter because of increased natural gas prices, utilities and analysts say. Final figures won't be available until the end of September, but PNM expects the price of natural gas to increase from about 49 cents to almost 55 cents per therm in October - about double the price last October.
Official figures from the Parking and Transportation Services department show the overselling of parking permits for several UNM lots continues and in some cases has increased. Josh Kavanagh, associate director of the Parking and Transportation Services department, said there are nearly 11,000 parking spaces at UNM.
University officials awarded a former UNM student-athlete a settlement after she alleged an assistant coach within the Athletics department sexually assaulted her. Brittany Wolfgang, a former player for the women's basketball team, alleged she was assaulted by an assistant coach in the Tow Diehm facility within University Stadium in April of 2002.
UNM is set to receive a grant for more than $1 million to strengthen training against bioterrorism for state health care professionals. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reviewed 104 grant proposals, 19 of which will receive funds, said Laura Banks, one of the UNM proposal's co-authors.
Patient care at University Hospital's neurosurgery division could be severely affected by the resignation of all six of the program's residents and the possible departure of most of its faculty. "Right at this second there are no residents," said Blaine Rawson, whose resignation as a resident is effective Thursday.
A state regulation allows alcohol vendors to serve patrons well beyond the legal limit for driving, according to a recent study by UNM's Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addiction. Denise Wheeler, associate director of CASAA's Prevention, Education and Research Branch, spent three years in New Mexico bars interviewing wait staff and management and shadowing law enforcement officers.
by Kate Crofts Daily Lobo Early Saturday morning, more than 3,000 Albuquerque residents gathered at UNM's Johnson Field to raise money for the HIV/AIDS community of New Mexico. The 12th annual Albuquerque AIDS Walk, a three-mile walk up and down Central Avenue, is a primary fundraiser for the New Mexico Aids Society.
Local Ten dispatchers added to communication center ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - More dispatchers have gone to work in the city's communications center as part of a plan to improve response to 911 calls. Ten people hired full time for the dispatch center went to work Saturday night.
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