A 42-foot-tall monstrosity will burn into the night sky over Santa Fe tonight, taking with it the past year's glooms and despair of the chanting crowd below. Will Shuster's Zozobra, an effigy of "old man gloom" that has become part of New Mexico's culture since its inception in 1924, is named after the Santa Fe artist who began the annual tradition that sets off the Fiestas de Santa Fe.
Enthusiastic freshmen, parents, faculty and administrators gathered in the SUB Ballroom for the Freshman Convocation, the first of what will be an annual tradition, given by University President Louis Caldera yesterday afternoon. Click here for a transcript of President Caldera's Speech Caldera said the convocation was intended to rally first-year students to use to their advantage the many resources and opportunities at UNM while in college.
ASUNM got off to a quick start yesterday in its first full Senate meeting of the fall semester. With very little on their agenda, senators were able to end the session in about an hour, a welcome change to years past when Senate meetings could drag on for hours.
Supervisor reports possible embezzlement A supervisor in University Hospital's Department of Family and Community Medicine reported a case of suspected embezzlement to campus police Aug. 22. A former employee, who was terminated 18 months ago, reportedly committed the alleged crime.
Freshmen Convocation Address Louis Caldera Wednesday, September 03, 2003 SUB Ballroom Welcome to the University of New Mexico. I am delighted to have the opportunity to address you, the Class of 2007, as you begin your collegiate studies here at UNM. We've attempted to gather you all here today for the first time as a class in order to congratulate you on the fine work you have done to date that has earned you a spot at this university.
UNM President Louis Caldera has announced he plans a massive reorganization of the University's Internal Audit Department, and he said the changes are not in response to any particular event or audit at the school. Caldera said he wants the department to take a more proactive approach in dealing with situations on campus in hopes that the stronger presence will negate potential problems.
The U.S. Department of Education issued a letter late last month to universities across the nation reminding them that campus speech regulations should not infringe upon First Amendments rights. The letter, written by Gerald Reynolds, Office of Civil rights assistant secretary, outlines how universities should act during on-campus protests or any other time members of the university community are expressing their freedom of speech.
Although the new Student Union Building first opened its doors on campus in July, UNM observed the building's official opening yesterday at a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring comments from the University and student leaders. "We finally have our building back," ASUNM President Jennifer Onuska told a crowd gathered outside the SUB's north entrance.
A graduate student in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department was killed Monday night after being hit by a car while walking through a campus-area neighborhood. Elodie Brenas, 21, was a French transfer student who was preparing for her first semester as a teaching assistant for the French program.
by Keri Burson Daily Lobo While many freshmen have prepared themselves for the stress and hustle associated with college life, some don't realize they might end up with a little more than they expected - around the waist. The infamous "freshman 15," or the 15 lbs.
Thirteen members of the New Mexico Air National Guard, including several UNM students and alumni, returned to Albuquerque Saturday after serving more than four months in the Middle East supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The soldiers, part of the 150th Services Flight stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, were sent to Kuwait to serve in a supporting role for the unit's two other divisions in the region, said guard spokeswoman Maj.
Researchers at the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering have developed a portable device to aid rural areas of the state in the early detection of viruses, specifically the hantavirus. The device, an electrochemical immunosensor, has the potential to save lives by allowing infected persons to seek treatment quickly and an infectious outbreak to be instantly located and isolated, said Ebtisam Wilkins, a chemical and nuclear engineering professor who headed the development of the handheld device.
Staff Report More than 79,000 New Mexicans suffer from asthma, and the recent ranking of Albuquerque as the seventh most challenging city in the country for people stricken with the disease has UNM researchers looking for answers. The ranking, by the Microsoft Network's Web site, cites years of lenient smoking laws and a high asthma mortality rate as reasons for the high ranking.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Border agents apprehended three people carrying two homemade explosive devices along with a gun and ammunition in a car near the U.S.-Mexico border. The purpose of the explosives and the gun was not immediately known. Agents identified the trio as the driver, Judy L.
For the first time ever UNM has made the Princeton Review's college rankings of the best and worst colleges nationwide. It was, however, in the negative column - the University ranks sixth out of 351 for allowing teaching assistants to teach too many upper-division courses.
A UNM men's basketball player was found dead early yesterday morning after apparently killing himself. Patrick "Billy" Feeney, a transfer player from Portland State University, would have played his first game for the Lobos this season after sitting out the 2002-03 campaign due to NCAA regulations.
Officials from the University Bookstore said that despite an increase in competitors, both online and in the campus area, sales show that the store is holding its own. "Despite a growing nationwide interest in online textbook sales, the Bookstore has not experienced a decline in sales for this school year so far," said Melanie Sparks, director of UNM's Bookstore.
The majority of students at UNM not only manage their school loads, but they have jobs as well. Joseph Gonzales, the University's financial aid manager, said that currently 6,500 UNM students have on-campus jobs, including work-study qualified students, and 140 more were placed in off-campus jobs through UNM's student employment office.
Staff Report Admissions officials at UNM's School of Medicine say a new policy that allows medical colleges to see all of an applicant's Medical College Admission Test scores will be a "non-issue" at the University. In the past, students who take the MCAT multiple times have been able to choose which scores a school has access to.
Many students do not understand the risks associated with establishing a line of credit and they are often unaware that UNM could be making a profit by selling their information to credit card companies after they graduate. MBNA, the world's largest independent credit card issuer, has come under fire from public interest groups nationwide for contracting with universities to purchase student information intended to be used for solicitation for their credit cards.
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