Undergraduate students to cast their ballots today
Andrew Webb | November 14Undergraduate students will choose from 24 Senate candidates vying to fill 10 vacant seats, and vote on five constitutional amendments, during today's ASUNM election.
Undergraduate students will choose from 24 Senate candidates vying to fill 10 vacant seats, and vote on five constitutional amendments, during today's ASUNM election.
UNM senior kicker and punter Vladimir Borombozin is having an outstanding year for the football team. He has made 16 straight field goals, dating back to last year. His last missed field goal in a game was more than a year ago. He was nominated for the Lou Groza Award, which is given annually to the best field goal kickers in the nation, but he was not one of the three finalists for the honor.
The Office for International Programs and Studies will present its annual International Festival Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Johnson Center's Auxilary Gym.
The ASUNM election commission's voter outreach program is continuing as planned despite the Presidential Appointments Committee's unexpected rejection of interim election commissioner Julianita Maestas last week.
Two distinguished scholars, Stuart Kauffman of the Santa Fe Institute and William Dembski of Baylor University, will be participating in a symposium and debate on "The Origins of Order," today from 4-6 p.m. in Room 101 of Woodward Hall.
Opposition forces claimed to have broken the back of the Taliban military Sunday after a weekend of fierce fighting that left the Islamic regime bracing for an attack on the capital city of Kabul.
First-year students in the UNM School of Medicine paid tribute to 24 people who donated their bodies for use in anatomy classes during a Sunday memorial service at Alumni Chapel.
State leaders urged people to support the military and denounced anti-war sentiment at UNM and other college campuses during a "Rally for America" on Lower Johnson Field Sunday.
In the face of apathy and strong pro-war sentiments, protesters continue to sponsor demonstrations Fridays on or near campus.
UNM ranks fifth as a high-impact university in materials science, according to the Institute for Scientific Information, which used an index to measure the number of times a paper from the University was cited by other researchers.
The UNM Dramatic Writing Program is presenting Words Afire: The Edmund New Works Festival Friday.
In an effort to empower the community to speak against war in Afghanistan and seek peaceful solutions to terrorism, several organizations are sponsoring a teach-in tonight in Dane Smith Hall.
A program coordinator warns it's no James Bond 101, but has high expectations for a new, rigorous intelligence studies program being proposed at UNM.
When UNM freshman Kevin Johns died two weeks ago as a result of alcohol poisoning, he became another example of college students battling socially accepted yet excessive alcohol-related behavior.
The City Council recently implemented a $35,000 pilot program to pay the overtime salaries for a core squad of police officers responding to parties where underage drinking is suspected.
A state representative who sponsored a bill that allows people to carry concealed weapons traced its labyrinthine path from committee to the governor's desk during a UNM College Republicans meeting Wednesday.
The 18 states involved in the landmark Microsoft antitrust case reached a split decision Tuesday as nine accepted the settlement between the software giant and the Justice Department, and the others vowed to press on for tougher sanctions.
UNM student organizations had a bumper crop of ASUNM Senate candidates to choose from during this semester's endorsement forum Tuesday.
In the event of a bioterrorist attack using a deadly and contagious disease such as smallpox, public health officials want to be able to close roads and airports, herd people into stadiums, and, if necessary, quarantine entire infected cities.
Former UNM student Ben Tucker was prepared to defend himself in district court today against charges of inciting a riot in connection with a Sept. 21 anti-war protest that began outside the University bookstore.