The UNM Mexican American Law Students Association honored the Mexican Consulate for protecting the human and legal rights of Mexicans living abroad at its sixth annual Fighting for Justice Banquet Saturday. Juan Flores introduced the award recipients at the banquet at the Old Town Sheraton.
Sarah James, a Gwich'in from Alaska's Arctic Village, said during a speech on campus Friday that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is in grave danger of being exterminated.
Larry Waldman of UNM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research said the University’s enrollment will likely increase when New Mexico’s minor construction boom is over.
ASUNM President Jennifer Liu thanked those she has worked with this year and welcomed incoming President Andrea Cook during the student government’s recognition ceremony Friday at University House.
Sarah James, a Gwich’in from Alaska’s Arctic Village, will discuss the threat oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would pose to her culture today on campus. James will speak on behalf of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, which she founded in 1988 to establish Gwich’in cultural survival as a major issue in the debate over oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — College students stressed out about big term papers due soon might think back thankfully to those TV advertisements broadcast during the NCAA basketball tournament in March. They offered help — for a price — from a Web site, Questia.com, a digital library with 35,000 complete books.
“A Conference for Girls and Women with Disabilities, Families, Educators, Service Providers and Community Members,” will be held today from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hilton Hotel, 1901 University Blvd. N.E.
Two candidates for interim director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute will make presentations and participate in interviews on the UNM campus next week.
UNM law professor Alfred Mathewson said during a campus forum Wednesday that a controversial advertisement against slavery reparations has been a boon to the reparations movement. Mathewson said that David Horowitz’s advertisement, called “Ten Reasons Why Reparations is a Bad Idea for Blacks — and Racist Too,” that lists reasons why reparations are separatist, racist and should not be indulged has prompted discussion about the issue nationwide.
A three-year New Mexico Daily Lobo veteran and current managing editor is ready to take the helm as editor in chief. After involving herself in almost every other job the Lobo has to offer, Iliana Lim¢n was selected editor in chief by the Student Publications Board by an almost unanimous vote of 8-0-1, with only Associated Students of UNM board member Sen. Steve Aguilar abstaining. She and the rest of next year’s staff members will take over Sunday.
The ASUNM Steering and Rules committee Wednesday discussed ways of keeping senators accountable for their comments and messes. Steering and Rules chairman Sen. Joshua Aragon said he was thinking of drafting a bill to control the colored chalk that appears on steps and sidewalks during ASUNM election time.
UNM Provost Brian Foster announced three candidates for dean of the School of Engineering have been selected to participate in interviews and meetings during two-day visits to UNM.
UNM will recognize three individuals for outstanding contributions to international education and programs at a reception today at 2 p.m. in the History Commons in Mesa Vista Hall.
A group of University students are sponsoring a rally in front of Zimmerman Library today at 11 a.m. against investments by institutions, including UNM, in the World Bank. UNM student Lulu Strongheart said a variety of local student groups formed the World Bank Bonds Boycott Committee and put together the event in conjunction with an international protest of the World Bank. The groups involved in the People Before Profit parade include the Progressive Student Alliance, UNM Anti Sweatshop Coalition, Rebel Alliance and Sweatshop Free Albuquerque.
Mohamed S. El-Genk, a Regents' chemical and nuclear engineering professor, today will deliver the University's 46th Annual Research Lecture, the highest honor UNM bestows on its faculty.
Representatives of the UNM community gathered at University House Monday afternoon to bid farewell to outgoing GPSA President Brian Col¢n and welcome the graduate student government's next leader - Rachel Jenks. "It has been an honor working for the last two years to help graduate students succeed," Col¢n said. "After working with Rachel, I can tell you that she will be successful at leading GPSA in the coming year. I can tell from the people here that she has the support of the administration and a variety of departments on campus."
African-American Studies is sponsoring a forum Wednesday to address the controversial topic of reparations for descendants of slaves in the United States.
State Republican Sen. Sue Wilson told a small audience that wind could bring money to New Mexico during an Energy Update Forum in Rodey Theater Sunday. Bill Richardson, former U.S. Energy Secretary, was the invited keynote speaker for the event but did not show up. Members of the Earth Day Coalition of New Mexico, which sponsored the event, said he never confirmed that he was coming.
Ted A. Garc°a will be the next general manager and chief executive officer of KNME-TV, Channel 5, effective July 1, 2001.
About 300 experts representing the 36 countries discussed the threat and control of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons this weekend in Albuquerque at the 11th Annual International Arms Control Conference.
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