State Gov. Richardson declines bid to run for president WASHINGTON (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert he won't accept a nomination to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate. "I love being governor. I love being in New Mexico.
Arthur Simoni, managing editor of the Daily Lobo, has been named to lead the newspaper into its 109th year as the 2003-04 editor in chief. Simoni, 27, is a junior majoring in University Studies. He was selected for the position by the Student Publications Board on April 11 and will take over editorship of the paper May 4.
Staff Report More than 60 Albuquerque area high school students are getting a taste of the UNM Health Sciences Center job market through a partnership between the University and the city. The Job Mentor Program is a project funded by the Albuquerque Business Education Compact and operated by the City of Albuquerque Job Training and Family Services Division.
Moments after winning the 2003-04 Miss Indian UNM pageant at Hokona Hall Wednesday night, Jerelene Yazzie receives congratulations from Deidre Sanders of Durango, Colo. Yazzie, 26, is a senior in the Anderson Schools of Management planning to pursue a master's degree in finance next fall.
Members of UNM's Faculty Senate received a questionnaire Wednesday asking for feedback regarding each of the five presidential finalists, including their professional qualifications, as well who they think should be the next UNM president. The questionnaire comes after a faculty-only meeting Wednesday where several faculty members, many of them senators, expressed concern about disparities between presidential qualifications and the academic backgrounds of at least one of the finalists.
The U.S. Army War College's Current Affairs Panel visited UNM Wednesday to discuss a number of issues including the shifting focus of national security in the United States and the country's role in the globalization of the world. Joe Manous, lieutenant colonel in the U.
Diversity interests Santiago Ryan Floersheim UNM presidential candidate Carlos Santiago said he wants the position because he is interested in the diverse population of New Mexico and because his administrative experience closely parallels the responsibilities of the job.
Staff Report A group of about 30 UNM faculty members, most of them from the Faculty Senate, indicated with an informal vote Tuesday that they heavily favor presidential candidate Carlos Santiago and that they doubt candidate Louis Caldera is qualified to lead UNM.
A teach-in on campus designed to offer several perspectives on the war in Iraq focused on historical U.S. occupation in different countries. Sponsored by the UNM American Studies Department, the "Teach-in on the war in Iraq and its consequences" featured a panel of six UNM professors representing five different departments.
UNM's Faculty Senate used its last meeting of the year to recognize the work of outgoing President Chris Garcia. "I'd like to thank you all for your service for the Faculty Senate," Garcia told members during his report. He also applauded the work of the faculty during the last year and expressed his hope that professors will aid UNM's next president as much as they helped him.
By researching campus topics, working closely with the University community and using her experience from a career in higher education that began more than 30 years ago, Linda Bunnell Shade said she would succeed as UNM president. "I have admired UNM from afar," she told audience members at a public forum for University staff Tuesday.
State Police are investigating a single-car crash that killed a UNM student north of Socorro last week to determine if alcohol played any role in the early morning accident which left another UNM student injured. Collin Smith-Levin, 22, of Albuquerque was pronounced dead at the scene after he was ejected from the vehicle he was traveling in after it rolled over several times on the southbound side of I-25 on April 17.
In the aftermath of six Albuquerque Public Schools teachers' suspensions, a four-member panel addressed issues such as the First Amendment's role in classrooms and fielded questions from about 50 local educators at the Anderson Schools of Management Monday night.
Former U.S. Senator and political mainstay Gary Hart told members of the UNM community Monday that to secure our future in these uncertain times, we must revive and restore the values of the public. Hart, who stopped at UNM as part of a national tour designed to gauge the country's support for his ideas as he explores a possible candidacy for president in 2004, gave the lecture "The Iraq War and America's Role in the World.
A UNM chemistry professor recently received the top award that emphasizes higher education for analytical chemists, recognizing him as one of the best chemistry educators of all time in the United States. Chris Enke, whose career in education spans more than four decades including teaching stints at Princeton University, Michigan State and most recently UNM, is one of only 21 individuals to have been selected to receive the J.
Iraq U.S. attempts to head off food shortages in capital BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - With potential food shortages just weeks away, the U.S. military opened a warehouse to U.N. aid shipments Sunday, stockpiling flour for Baghdad's people as workers toiled to restore battered basic services like power and water.
A panel discussion open to the public tonight will focus on what constitutes rigorous and responsible democratic teaching in New Mexico public schools - from kindergarten through the university level - in times of public controversy such as war. Room 1064 at the Anderson Schools of Management will be the site of what Lois Meyer said she hopes will be a forum for "questioning, promoting and deepening what it means to teach democratically.
Not to be deterred with the closure of Roosevelt Park, a group of more than 75 advocates for the legalization of marijuana congregated Sunday in the wooded area directly west of Hodgin Hall to celebrate 4-20. "I went to Roosevelt today and the fact that I can't ride my bike through a park I paid tax dollars for violates the Constitution," said Cyrus Gould, a TVI sophomore.
A professor from the American Studies Department has helped organize a series of presentations about the aftermath of the war in Iraq on Tuesday because she says it is precisely what students want to know about. "We did it in part because of an interest expressed among our students regarding the war," said Rebecca Schreiber, assistant professor of history.
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