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Sports Illustrated honors Davalos

Ryan Floersheim | May 7

UNM Athletic Director Rudy Davalos is among the 101 most influential minority figures in sports, according to the May 5 issue of Sports Illustrated. Ranked 94 on the list that includes such recognizable people as golf great Tiger Woods and tennis phenom Serena Williams, Davalos said that while he is honored by the recognition, he has never been one to use his minority status to his advantage.

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Students celebrate annual tradition

Ryan Floersheim | May 6

The University was alive with the sights and sounds of Hispanic history and culture as the UNM community converged on Smith Plaza to celebrate Cinco de Mayo Monday. "This is in honor of our culture," said David Padilla, co-chairman of UNM's chapter of MEChA, a national student organization designed to educate the masses about the Chicano movement.

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Caldera likely to fill presidential seat

Jeff Proctor | May 6

The UNM Board of Regents announced Monday that, pending the outcome of non-binding discussions and contract negotiations taking place this week, Louis Caldera will be offered the position of University president on May 13. Caldera said that he would accept the job if offered it and that he and his family "are delighted to be here in the final stretch of this process and we look forward to starting our life in Albuquerque.

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you get a gold star

May 6

Parents and high school juniors visit information booths from a number of UNM departments Monday evening inside the Center for the Arts. The event awarded Star Scholars, students in the top ten percent of their class, and helped orient them to UNM services.

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ASUNM rejects group's proposal

Rivkela Brodsky | May 6

The Cities for Peace resolution, designed to ultimately change the United States' foreign policies regarding armed conflict, that came to the ASUNM Steering and Rules committee failed to pass on April 30. The resolution was put together by a group of five UNM students including senior theatre arts major Matthew Lerma, and was introduced by ASUNM Sen.

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Turnout good for Fiestas

May 5

UNM students turned out by the hundreds Saturday to party at Fiestas 2003, an annual music and entertainment event sponsored by the special events arm of ASUNM. The crowd, which included people of all ages from the Albuquerque community, heard a number of local and national bands, played games and visited political, volunteer, cultural and recreational booths.

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May 5

State N.M. uses fire protection funds on general budget ALBQUERQUE (AP) - Nearly half the state's fire departments miss or barely meet the minimum insurance industry standard for fire protection, yet state lawmakers divert funds from the departments every year, according to officials and industry ratings.

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UNMH offers alternative patient options

May 5

The Integrative Medicine Department at UNM Hospital combines complementary and alternative medicine with conventional Western medicine to create more options for patients, hospital administrators say. Paul Roth, dean of UNM's School of Medicine, said complementary and alternative medicine includes treatments such as herbal remedies, yoga, acupuncture and massage, and although use of these methods dates back to ancient times, their use in modern medicine is relatively new.

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UNM celebrates Asian month

May 5

by Jodi Hunley Daily Lobo More than 90 people attended UNM's "Salute to Liberty" commemoration of Asian/Pacific Heritage Month Friday, which included guest speakers, Asian foods and examples of cultural and social traditions. The event, which was sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity, included opening remarks by President Chris Garcia, and keynote addresses by visiting professor Norman Bay and James Moy, dean of the College of Fine Arts.

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May 2

UNMPD 12 illegally parked cars towed during Pit event During the Gathering of the Nations event at The Pit Saturday, UNM police told United Towing to tow 12 vehicles that were blocking 12 other vehicles that were legally parked. Police contacted the UNM facilities manager and assistant facilities manager and they advised campus police to have the vehicles towed.

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Students say 'yes' to Prep Week

May 2

ASUNM has been advocating the creation of a Prep Week immediately before finals when no new course material is introduced because students say it will give them much-needed time to catch up on their studies. Students support a Prep Week, according to a poll taken by ASUNM during undergraduate elections on April 16.

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Professor receives Hoover award

May 2

Staff Report A UNM history professor has been named as the recipient of an annual award honoring U.S. President Herbert Hoover and the time he spent in public office. David Farber, who has been a professor of history at UNM since 1997, will receive the 2002 Herbert Hoover Book Award, which honors the best scholarly book published during the calendar year on any aspect of American history during 1914-64, the years of Hoover's political career.

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educational eats

May 1

Mohammed Abdelhaq, president of the Muslim Student Association, makes a snow cone for himself as Aasima Afsar looks on at Zimmerman Plaza Wednesday. The association set up an information booth as part of Islamic Awareness Week.

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COLUMN: World overreacts to SARS

Jeff Proctor | May 1

by Flora Rhim Daily Targum (Rutgers U.) (U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - This virus is compromising human life, in that it can be fatal to those infected by it. But it seems as though the rest of the population, who isn't suffering from flu-like symptoms and high fever, is infected nonetheless.

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Robbers steal jerseys from store in The Pit

Clay Holtzman | May 1

The owner of a Lobo sports merchandise store in The Pit is calling a robbery that netted nearly $2,800 worth of clothes a "shoplifting." The robbery took place just over two weeks ago at the Lobo Store inside The Pit, 1111 University Blvd. SE. Greg Edgeington, owner of the store and president of Graphic Industries, the parent company of the Lobo Store which owns college merchandise stores on university campuses across the country, said the employee who was working during the robbery did get a little scared, but was not injured "Since it happened, they decided to add two extra cameras," Edgeington said.

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Men more likely to die from same behaviors

Ryan Floersheim | May 1

U.S. men die on average almost five years before women and that gap is widening, according to a recent article in a medical journal which said that the disparity is becoming a silent health crisis. Louis Sullivan, former national secretary of Health and Human Services, said in the article that the fact that men are continuing to ignore their health is becoming an epidemic within the United States.

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Children's center opens

May 1

by Lisa J. Tabet Daily Lobo Amid children dancing to a mariachi rendition of "It's a small world," a handful of excited parents and several state and University dignitaries attended the grand opening ceremonies of the UNM Children's Campus on Wednesday. The children's campus, located on a recently constructed north campus site, will replace both the Child Care Center and the Manzanita Center at UNM.

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ESL program faces challenges

Jeff Proctor | April 30

Low enrollment and limited resources have jeopardized the future of the English as a Second Language Writing program at UNM - a program one lecturer in the English Department says is worth continuing because it is valuable to students. Marisa Clark, who will receive the UNM Outstanding Adjunct Teacher or Lecturer of the Year award in May, is the program director for English as a Second Language, also known as ESL.

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Abercrombie & Fitch puts student on catolog cover

Clay Holtzman | April 30

A UNM student who landed on the cover of this summer's Abercrombie & Fitch catalog attributes his young modeling career to simply being in the right place at the right time. Michael Smith, a 21-year-old UNM junior, said he met his modeling agent while at the 7-11 convenient store in his neighborhood about a year ago.

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April 30

National Prisoners deny Hussein had weapons before war WASHINGTON (AP) - High-ranking Iraqi prisoners are uniformly denying Saddam Hussein's government had any weapons of mass destruction before the war, U.S. officials familiar with their interrogations said Tuesday.