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Career Services helps students find options in a cyber-setting

Jeff Proctor | November 14

by Jeff Proctor Daily Lobo UNM Career Services launched its latest attempt to get students to use its resources by opening an Internet cafÇ offering Web access, career development options and food in a cafÇ-type setting. The cafÇ, in room 220 of the Career Services Building, features free Internet access for students, and is meant to help them learn to use the Web for career exploration purposes, said Leslye Ellison, director of Career Services.

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Birth control options explored

Ryan Floersheim | November 13

The advancing technology of emergency contraception is improving women's options, although several groups on campus agree that it is still misunderstood by many people. In a forum Tuesday, titled "Back Up Your Birth Control with EC," the three methods of emergency contraception currently available within the United States were discussed focal points.

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Criteria for presidential applicants finalized

Angela Williams | November 13

The Presidential Search Committee hammered out the final details Tuesday for the criteria for applicants for the UNM president position, including adding a new introduction to market the University's potential. Using the statements from Rutgers University and the University of Michigan's criteria, search committee members were concerned that the UNM statement of qualifications did not include any information on how to market the University's uniqueness.

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Two sexual assaults reported last month

November 13

by Clay Holtzman Daily Lobo UNM detectives are investigating two attacks on female students on campus late last month. The first alleged incident occurred Oct. 28, when a UNM student, Justin Bacon, reportedly forced his way into a female resident's room in Coronado Hall and held her down while he made skin-to-skin contact with her breasts and buttocks without her permission.

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Campus fight ends with fracture

Clay Holtzman | November 13

UNM police arrested a man who reportedly assaulted a University student by pushing him over a wall outside Laguna DeVargas Residence Hall - which resulted in a fractured femur, a bone in the thigh. Police were called to the residence hall Saturday at about 12:45 a.

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Lecture on brewing to be fun, light

Ryan Floersheim | November 12

Anyone who has ever wondered about the process used to create wines or beers can learn all about the role chemistry plays in fermenting and brewing in a special lecture Thursday evening. The lecture, "Wine, Beer, Scotch and Chemistry," given by Northwestern University chemistry professor Mark Ratner, is promised to be a "light-hearted talk" meant to entertain and inform about the history and chemistry of alcohol, event sponsors said.

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ASUNM Senate election offers up 10 vacancies

Arthur Simoni | November 12

UNM undergraduate students will be voting once again Wednesday for 10 soon-to-be-vacant ASUNM Senate positions. Sixteen candidates will vie for the 10 open Associated Students of UNM senator positions. This semester, The Progression is the election's only slate, consisting of 10 members, as well as six candidates running as independents.

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UNM's equal opportunity gets new face

Kayla Anderson | November 12

UNM President Chris Garcia announced last week that the University has selected its next Office of Equal Opportunity director - a candidate he said was far and above the best of four finalists. Doralia Martinez Freudiger, who is currently the deputy director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Staff for the U.

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UNM archeologist part of Roswell project

November 11

Staff Report A group of investigators, funded by a television network and led by a UNM archeologist, excavated the alleged UFO crash site in Roswell in September for a documentary that will be aired Nov. 22. William Doleman, senior archeologist at the UNM Office of Contract Archeology, said his work on the Roswell excavation is top secret and that he signed a contract with the SCI FI channel preventing him from disclosing its results.

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ASUNM Senate Candidate Profiles

November 11

All ASUNM candidates were asked the following questions: 1. How will you keep UNM students current on academic changes such as new degrees and accreditation issues? 2. What are some major improvements you will strive to make to UNM while senator? 3. What are some of the most pressing issues facing students at UNM? 4.

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Report details journalism program faults

Arthur Simoni | November 11

The official report from the national council that accredits journalism and communication schools found the UNM Communication and Journalism Department non-compliant in six of the 12 criteria it uses to evaluate programs. The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications also found two criteria "compliant," with reservations.

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Culture of Kuna brought to life at Maxwell Museum exhibit

November 8

Staff Report UNM's Maxwell Museum of Anthropology will sponsor a roundtable discussion and reception with Kuna visitors from Panama as part of The Art of Being Kuna exhibition. The discussion, which will explore aspects of the Kuna visitors' lifestyle and practices, is slated for 11 a.

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UNM tests new treatments

November 8

Staff Report Having been named as a nationwide site linked in a Clinical Trials Network designed to improve community-based treatment of drug abuse and dependence, UNM will take part in generating new treatment concepts that will eventually be implemented in the area of drug abuse.

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Techniques to detect diseases focus of lecture

November 8

by Emily Ann Williams Daily Lobo Diffused light and innovations in breast cancer and stroke research was the topic of a Sigma Xi sponsored lecture at UNM Thursday. Sigma Xi, the scientific research society on campus sponsors a lecture series meant to bring professionals and researchers to UNM to discuss and demonstrate their work.

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Human rights activist seeks out young people

Jeff Proctor | November 7

by Jeff Proctor Daily Lobo Morris Dees, chief trial counselor for the Southern Poverty Law Center and a renowned human rights activist, said Wednesday that young people should be aware of discrimination and how to combat it. "I think it's important that young people see the big picture, in addition to what's going on day to day," he said.

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Minority high school students tour university

Ryan Floersheim | November 7

by Ryan Floersheim Daily Lobo Attempting to increase black enrollment at UNM, two programs on campus have combined efforts to provide an informative, casual setting for high school students to help ease their transition into the next level of education.

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Students donate marrow to save lives

November 7

by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo UNM students lined up for the opportunity to save possible future lives Wednesday at the Student Health Center. The National Marrow Donor Program conducted a marrow donation registration drive to test volunteers' blood to determine if they qualify to be bone marrow or stem cell donors.

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UNM Child Care expands

November 6

by Mira Poling Daily Lobo The population of UNM changes each semester and students can expect some knee-high additions this particular winter - 70 new children will enter UNM's Child Care Center. The space for additional children is available due to the center's recent merge with Manzanita and the use of a new larger facility.

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Engineering Department mourns student's death

November 6

by Clay Holtzman Daily Lobo On a Tuesday that had been proclaimed "Civil Engineers Day," the UNM engineering community was left in shock by the news that one of its brightest and most promising students was killed in a car crash Monday. Joseph Roybal, 23, a senior civil engineering major at the School of Engineering, was killed early Monday when the vehicle he was traveling in swerved off a snow-covered I-40 and rolled over at least two times, Lt.

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Program's accreditation makes committee agenda

Ryan Floersheim | November 6

The recent loss of the journalism department's accreditation became a major topic of discussion at the Board of Regents' Academic/Student Affairs Committee meeting Tuesday. The committee also listened to presentations about the pros and cons of retirement-age employees and efforts being made to prevent students from dropping out.