News
Grant funds rainwater projects
March 7UNM has received a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Grant to construct two rainwater harvesting demonstration projects.
Workshop reaches out to frazzled landlords, tenants
Iliana Limn | March 6Community organizations are offering a campus forum Thursady that caters to those convinced that their landlords are ogres or tenants are pigs.
Authors fight to perserve culture
Angela Williams | March 6UNM professor emeritus Tony Mares and author Nasario Garc°a agreed Tuesday that in order to preserve New Mexican Hispanic culture, people need to learn and revive Spanish language.
Public station uses pledge drive to seek community support
Iliana Limn | March 6Strong local programming and the ability to expand that coverage are some of the key reasons KNME, Channel 5, publicist Evy Todd is encouraging people to donate to public television.
Cancer grant funds support for local Hispanic women
Angela Williams | March 5A grant awarded to the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center will give newly diagnosed Hispanic breast cancer patients access to a network of survivors of the disease who can provide peer support.
Bared breasts to get piercing deal
March 5People daring enough to bare their breasts and let the world watch as they get their nipples pierced in the window of a local tattoo shop this month will get the $70 procedure, and the jewelry, for free.
Physical Plant to begin enforcing bicycle lock rules
Andrew Webb | March 5Be careful where you lock up your bike on campus after spring break. The Physical Plant will begin enforcing rules against using hand railings as bicycle racks March 18 by removing and impounding offenders' bikes.
Luncheon honors N.M. teachers
Marissa Padilla | March 4Congresswoman Heather Wilson said during a recognition luncheon Friday that UNM's College of Education is working to keep teachers in the state while inspiring children to pursue careers in math and science.
Train fire deaths provoke Hindu attack
March 4India - Muslims in the western state of Gujarat were still too frightened to leave their homes or return to those they fled, fearing more attacks from Hindus after five days of mob violence that claimed another 14 lives Sunday.
GPSA approves new rules for research fund
Iliana Limn | March 4The graduate student government approved a slew of appropriations and, after lengthy, heated debate, adopted new rules for the distribution of the state's graduate research fund during its monthly meeting Saturday.
Event exposes local students to new world through games
Carla Medina | March 4Students munched on nachos and fried rice, sang Karaoke in different languages and learned about cultures from around the world during the 2002 Language Expo in Ortega Hall Saturday.
Law students take top spot in regional trial contest
Misty P. Salaz | March 1Three UNM law students who participated in a regional mock trial competition in early February broke a 13-year dry spell by winning the event and advancing to nationals.
Brinker joins national engineering association
Iliana Limn | March 1UNM President Bill Gordon is touting another faculty appointment to a prestigious national academy as a sign of UNM's success and the foundation for future growth.
Hopefuls vie for UNM votes
Jason Gil Bear | March 1A small group of UNM students, faculty and staff questioned various Democratic candidates and their representatives about the death penalty, gay and lesbian rights, UNM funding and jobs for graduating students Thursday night in Dane Smith Hall.
Faculty rally to adjust fall 2002 calendar
Andrew Webb | February 28The ASUNM Steering and Rules Committee voted against joining the Faculty Senate in urging revision of the fall 2002 academic calendar that starts the semester a week earlier than usual, leaving one week of classes after Thanksgiving.
UNM funding tied up in state budget battle
Iliana Limn | February 28UNM administrators say they are hoping for the best and making contingency plans as the stalemate between legislators and Gov. Gary Johnson over next year's state budget continues.
A heated life or death debate
Marissa Padilla | February 28Advocates on both sides of the death penalty issued passionate arguments in defense of victims' families and accused criminals during a forum Wednesday at the UNM Law School.
Warming, dispute threaten state water
Angela Williams | February 27Climate changes initiated by global warming and disputes with neighboring states are threatening New Mexico's already-limited water supply, New Mexico Natural Resource Trustee Bill Turner said Tuesday.
News in Brief
February 27Authorities were looking at possible charges against a man they believe supplied alcohol to a group of teen-age girls - one of whom later died.The results of toxicology tests on the body of Felisha Holguin, 14, were not finished Monday, said Tim Stepetic, a spokesman for the state Office of the Medical Investigator.The Rio Grande High School freshman was declared dead Saturday morning at St. Joseph Hospital after she attended a slumber party at the home of another girl's aunt.
