The focus on education during the recent presidential election prompted the University to choose "Our Children's Future" as the topic for this year's 21st Century Speakers Series at UNM.
Many students at UNM have heard a thing or two about the new dorms, but no one seems to know what will become of the $12 million dollar project when it is finished this summer.
Supporters of indigenous rights walked from UNM to downtown Albuquerque Tuesday to present the Mexican Consulate with nine pages of signatures supporting the Zapatista movement.
The ASUNM Steering and Rules Committee unanimously passed a bill Wednesday night to cut all of the New Mexico Daily Lobo's ASUNM funding, which is about $37,000. Sen. Lisa Marie Gomez, along with other member of the committee, agreed that the money would be better spent on other student organizations.
Jennifer Herrera said she wants to help students who are rape and abuse victims to not fear talking about their experiences.
Registered nurse Maria Scarpelli said the current situation for nurses at University of New Mexico Hospital is getting worse. "Nurses are leaving the field because of working conditions, and working conditions are greatly impacted by the fact that we don't have enough nurses," said Scarpelli, who works at UNM Hospital and is a nursing union chapter president.
Sandrea Gonzales, director of the UNM Women's Resource Center, said the best part of her job is watching women who never thought they would make it into college graduate and pursue upper level degree.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - Former University of New Mexico basketball player Malcolm Battles pleaded no contest Tuesday to two charges stemming from his December arrest on domestic-abuse allegations. He was sentenced to probation.
The ever-frustrating parking space hunt will get a little easier for members of the UNM community lucky enough to win the lottery. UNM Parking and Transportation Services is opening the former Bob Turner Ford parking lot at the southwest corner of Lomas and University Boulevards to the public via an online lottery system at parktrans.unm.edu/turner.cfm.
SANTA FE — The House has approved a measure to earmark more state lottery proceeds for a college scholarship program while also helping finance public school technology.
Sister Helen Prejean said Sunday during a speech on campus that the death penalty is used because of a corrupt justice system and societal problems, such as racism and discrimination against the poor. Prejean, the author of "Dead Man Walking," spoke at the Continuing Education Auditorium in support of New Mexico legislation for repealing the death penalty. She said that the death penalty is not only inhumane, but is corrupted by the system that uses it.
About 1,000 University of New Mexico employees from academic advisers to child care workers decide on March 22 whether to form a union.
The GPSA Council allocated $600 for an upcoming graduate social and discussed the status of its funds during a Saturday meeting in Zimmerman Library.
Sister Helen Prejean, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of “Dead Man Walking,” will speak about the death penalty at UNM’s Continuing Education Auditorium Sunday.
Parts of campus will be anything but quiet this Saturday when about 500 guests will head to UNM for a language expo featuring 10 languages from around the world.
A UNM sociology professor studying community policing said filling the streets with police is not necessarily the answer to fighting crime. Professor Richard Wood said, although more police working at once can help fight crime, the best way is for police to build a bond with the communities they serve.
Threats, apologies, disagreements, accusations and appropriation bills filled Wednesday night's ASUNM Senate meeting. Finance chairman Sen. Grant Nichols said some student organizations lost 15 percent of their Associated Students of UNM funding
A panel of experts played a game of verbal tug of war at the UNM School of Law Wednesday as they discussed the ethics of capital punishment. Professor Robert Schwartz served as the moderator of the four-person panel discussion.Schwartz said the group offered two opposing views on the death penalty - those who believe it should never be applied and those who believe it should be applied only under particular circumstances.
Last night’s drizzle and cold weather didn’t stop about 200 students from searching in the dark for broken lights, tripping hazards and overgrown shrubs during the Spring Campus Safety Walk. The bi-annual event, now in its sixth year, is sponsored by a variety of campus organizations and departments. Students break up into about 30 groups and scan different University zones for dangerous areas that could be improved, then they fill out questionnaires based on their observations.
Harvard University professor Michael Herzfeld will deliver the 12th Journal of Anthropological Research Distinguished Lecture Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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