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Administrators speak up in Chicano Studies debate

The efforts made by a coalition of students and community members to delay the search for a new director of the Chicano/a Studies Program seems to have attracted the attention of UNM administrators throughout campus. Roberto Ibarra, special assistant to the president for Diversity Issues, said he was at Wednesday’s meeting between University College Dean Peter White and the coalition to collect feedback and information for both Garcia and his own work regarding campus diversity initiatives.

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Photos display abandonment

Steve Fitch sees the crumbling schools, churches and dance halls of the high planes with the sensibilities of a photographer and an anthropologist A show featuring his work, titled “Gone: Photographs of Abandonment on the High Plains,” will be at the UNM Art Museum until March 23.

LETTER: Berthold’s argument that war barters with U.S. values dubious

Editor, As an American who happens to support U.S. military action in Iraq, I am appalled by columnist Richard Berthold’s arrogance and sense of moral superiority in “War Barters with U.S. Values.” Just so Berthold and others like him know, that war is a horrible affair does not escape most Americans and especially not those who support military action in Iraq.

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COLUMN: Free speech police now our government

by Joshua Sterns The Post (Ohio U.) (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio — The free speech police are back again, but this time instead of the ACLU, it’s our own government. A story mostly ignored by the media suggests certain commonly used phrases may be too offensive to liberal sensibilities to be uttered without strong repercussions.

Construction to enhance library

Construction is underway for a new entry forecourt at the North end of the Zimmerman Library. "I wanted to enhance the north-side entry, it had been on my list of things to do for a while, it will be just as much a front door as the South-side entry," said Gil Berry, associate director of Facility Planning.

Proposals passed to raise teachers' wages

Staff Report The New Mexico Legislature passed several education reform proposals designed to secure funding for a professional licensure program in public education and increase minimum salaries for teachers statewide. "For years, we have lagged behind our neighboring states in teacher salaries, and we're paying a price," Rep.

New regent to lead search committee

The UNM Board of Regents voted Tuesday to appoint a new regent, Maria Griego-Raby, to head the Presidential Search Committee, even though Griego-Raby has not been involved in the current search process. Larry Willard, the board's president and a search committee member, nominated Griego-Raby to replace former Reg.

Bill may make N.M. roads safer

Staff Report New Mexico taxpayers without social security numbers are one step closer to being able to obtain driver's licenses thanks to the passing of House Bill 173 by the state House of Representatives Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Miguel Garcia (D-Albuquerque), would allow residents who work in the state to obtain a driver's license and auto insurance.

COLUMN: Well-intentioned act paves way for draft

by Casey Jacketta Daily Utah Chronicle (U. Utah) (U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, enacted last July, does nothing but leave many children behind. The act, which was heralded as a blessing to failing education systems around the country, hasn't lived up to its hype.

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Wolves to battle Buffaloes

The UNM Ice Wolves are on the road this weekend, traveling to Boulder, Colo., to face the University of Colorado Buffaloes. It should prove to be a difficult undertaking. After dropping the first game to CU in a home series in their first meeting, the Lobos came back the next night to tie 3-3 in a battle that was one of UNM's strongest showings of the year.

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Lobo men ready to hit Hawaii courses

As the weather in Albuquerque does its best impression of a schizophrenic madman, the UNM men's golf team heads to tropical Hawaii for its second event of the spring 2003 season. The trip won't be all fun in the sun for the Lobos, however, as they will face a formidable, 15-school field and somewhat unfamiliar, sometimes unpredictable playing conditions in the John Burns Invitational near Honolulu, Hawaii.

COLUMN: NATO's weakness comes to forefront

by Yousef Munayyer Massachusetts Daily Collegian (U. Massachusetts-Amherst) (U-WIRE) AMHERST, Mass. -- Some years back, maybe when I was 12, I remember seeing a T-shirt in the street market in Jerusalem with a picture of a fighter jet on it and the words "Don't worry America .

Swim team to reach for fifth in championships

Staff Report The UNM swim team will try to improve on last year's sixth place finish in the Mountain West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships this week. "We had a good meet last year and I think we have a better team this year," head coach Bill Spahn said.

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COLUMN: Snakes part of N.M. habitat

by Richard "Bugman" Fagerlund Daily Lobo Columnist Warm weather is approaching and it will soon be time to go hiking, camping and generally enjoying the outdoors. One of the so-called hazards of living in New Mexico is that we have at least nine species of rattlesnakes that live in the areas where we like to hike and camp.