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.
Many University Stadium area residents are enraged at the behavior of game day tailgaters and damage done to their property - a result of what they are calling out of control parties during home football games. People park everywhere during the tailgating, over curbs, in no parking zones and in private driveways, said Isabel Cabrera, president of the Clayton Heights/Lomas del Cielo Neighborhood Association.
by Felicia Fonseca Daily Lobo Despite the RU-21 pill being marketed as a dietary supplement, the scientific community has quickly responded to claims that it is an effective anti-hangover remedy. "If you proclaim the product to be a great hangover cure and hint that now everyone can have gin and tonic for breakfast, lunch and dinner, then that's what they're going to run with," said Emil Chiaberi, executive director of Spirit Sciences USA, Inc.
UNM PD Cops bust dorm party, confiscate marijuana University police were called to the Student Residence Center Sept. 5 after receiving a report of a disorderly party. When police arrived at the dorm room in building 88C they reportedly found it full of students and alcoholic beverages, as well as having an odor of marijuana, the police report states.
Gus Blaisdell, a faculty member in the UNM Media Arts department, died Wednesday night of a heart attack. He was 67 years old. "He died very suddenly," said his wife, Elizabeth Blaisdell. "He had high blood pressure but there wasn't anything that led anyone to believe there was anything serious.
Students spend many years earning their degree. However, how much their chosen major affects their career depends on the field they are going into. UNM junior Chad Gruber, an economics major, said in many cases a student's major can be a huge part of what they want in the future.
The road to becoming a doctor is a lengthy one, requiring at least seven years of graduate level education and countless study hours. Jerome Cordova, president of UNM's Premedical Organization, said the application process is only one of the difficult steps a student aspiring for a career in medicine must take.
The Office of Institutional Research's final figures show record freshmen and total enrollment at UNM this year, leaving University administrators with the task of managing such an influx. There are 3,004 freshmen at UNM this fall - about 6.5 percent more than last year.
The ASUNM Senate unanimously approved an appropriation Wednesday that could start a new tradition at UNM. Sen. Matt Burgess said after receiving approval from the city fire marshal and Dean of Students Randy Boeglin, the Associated Students of UNM School Spirit committee got the go ahead for a bonfire before the UNM football game against New Mexico State University on Sept.
Staff Report A $650,000 grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration may prove to be a shot in the arm for the UNM College of Nursing - and for New Mexico's health care system. The funds were granted to the college and will be used to recruit and retain nursing students throughout the state using Web-based courses, according to a Health Sciences Center news release.
Fresh on the heels of its recent accreditation, UNM's Landscape Architecture Program is looking to improve the aesthetic value of campus-area communities. The program recently received an $18,000 grant from the UNM Center for Regional Studies to develop an urban landscape network for Albuquerque's historical Martineztown neighborhood.
College students often blow off the risks associated with smoking, but recent studies show one in five smokers will die unless they kick the habit. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 24 percent of New Mexicans are smokers.
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