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.
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.
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.
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.
UNM student organizations had a bumper crop of ASUNM Senate candidates to choose from during this semester's endorsement forum Tuesday.
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.
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.
Katie Sierra, a 15-year-old sophomore at Sissonvile High School in West Virginia, was told by circuit judge James Stacy that she could not form an anarchy club or wear T-shirts opposing bombing of Afghanistan, according to the Nov. 2 Albuquerque Journal.
Paul Steele, a professor of corrections sociology at UNM, says he has visited prisons, walked the corridors of psychiatric wards, sat in electric chairs and stood in gas chambers in an attempt to gain an understanding of his field.
A group of UNM professors and a nationally-known economist will discuss free trade and current U.S. economic policy on campus today.
A four-year dispute between the campus police union and the University's Human Resources office continues, as their latest round of court-ordered mediation ended at impasse in late October.
As part of a nationwide event aimed at raising awareness of non-traditional college students, the UNM Association for Non-traditional Students will offer an informational talk for people with questions about childcare Wednesday.
The Albuquerque Community School Project recently received a $3.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help expand literacy-based, after-school and summer programs in 10 historic neighborhoods in Albuquerque.
The UNM football team has little time to bask in its 52-33 trouncing of the Air Force Academy last week with this weekend's pivotal game at San Diego State University looming.
Former television movie star turned environmentalist Dennis Weaver and a group of hybrid car enthusiasts stopped by UNM during a tour of the Southwest to promote alternatives to oil Wednesday.
Senior Melissa Bell scoops spaghetti out of "Hannibal" the pumpkin as senior Shirley Liu, middle, and graduate student Lori Ebert react during a pumpkin carving contest in Smith Plaza Wednesday. "Hannibal" won the people's choice award and second in a department.
Instructors knew 18-year-old Kevin Johns as a bright, friendly, intelligent student, who had potential to do great things.
Just in time for Halloween, ghostbuster Peter Jordan offered explanations for a variety of paranormal activities during a chilling presentation Tuesday night.
UNM graduate student Christina Squire said she has always loved performing and that directing is a completely different high, which leads to learning and improvement.
UNM instructor Bob Anderson was shaving on the morning of Oct. 22 when he heard on National Public Radio that the United States had bombed a hospital during one of its attacks on Afghanistan. He said that was when he decided it was time to do something to stop the attacks, which he says are unacceptable for Americans to blindly follow.
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