by Teresa Marquez and Carolyn Mountain UNM Library Columnists The holiday season is almost upon us and for these festive days, the Center For Southwest Research and DILARES in the UNM General Library will sponsor the first-ever Encantos: A Book Fair and Guatemala Market this Saturday, Nov.
by Arthur Simoni Daily Lobo Only 807 undergraduates voted in Wednesday's election as the Progression slate swept the ballot and both UNM Constitutional amendments passed. Amy Cook, Matthew Burgess, Melanie Giron-Carpenter, Megan Cisneros, Celestina Torres, Justin Crosby, Charlene Sevilla, Cicely Gragg, Kevin Stevenson and Christopher Chavez were chosen as senators for the Associated Students of UNM.
by Arthur Simoni Daily Lobo Duff Lill, director for the ASUNM Lobbying Committee, said that Feb.10 will be UNM Day at the State Legislature and he urged senators to go to Santa Fe to help lobby at Wednesday's Senate meeting. He said that the Associated Students of UNM Lobbying Committee's number one priority was keeping student tuition increases as low as possible.
by Jeff Proctor Daily Lobo UNM Career Services launched its latest attempt to get students to use its resources by opening an Internet cafÇ offering Web access, career development options and food in a cafÇ-type setting. The cafÇ, in room 220 of the Career Services Building, features free Internet access for students, and is meant to help them learn to use the Web for career exploration purposes, said Leslye Ellison, director of Career Services.
by Stanley Crouch Knight Ridder-Tribune If the murder of Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, is connected at all to the world of hip-hop, then things have gotten even worse than they already were. It is extremely bad news if hip-hop is at the point where even apparently good guys like Mizell - family men who speak out against thuggish behavior and drugs - can find themselves targets for goons in ski masks.
The Presidential Search Committee hammered out the final details Tuesday for the criteria for applicants for the UNM president position, including adding a new introduction to market the University's potential. Using the statements from Rutgers University and the University of Michigan's criteria, search committee members were concerned that the UNM statement of qualifications did not include any information on how to market the University's uniqueness.
Editor, Three cheers for Eric Howerton! I salute him for the language expert and razor-sharp satirist that he is. In his Nov. 1 column, his modest proposal for restoring "appreciation" to the language of Shakespeare, Eliot, and Seinfeld neatly skewers many myths about language perpetrated by so-called "language mavens" and associated blowhards.
by Amber L. Earls Daily Lobo What can I say about directing "Garage" in Words Afire? Well, it's crazy, but very rewarding - especially when you have very talented people to work with. "Garage," written by Heidi Griffin, is a short one-act play about how parental abandonment affects two sisters, Sarah and Molly, by strengthening their sisterly bond and forcing them to grow up.
by Kenn Rodriguez Daily Lobo It would've been understandable if Dave Grohl had closed shop on the Foo Fighters after the band's last record, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. What else was there to accomplish? He'd already beaten long odds by hitting big with his first record, Foo Fighters.
The advancing technology of emergency contraception is improving women's options, although several groups on campus agree that it is still misunderstood by many people. In a forum Tuesday, titled "Back Up Your Birth Control with EC," the three methods of emergency contraception currently available within the United States were discussed focal points.
Handstand, back-flip, jump, kick, headstand - the human body is an amazing vessel, capable of almost anything. At first glance, Capoeira seems like a martial art-based method of self-defense. An abundance of movements incorporated in Capoeira are grounded in martial arts, such as controlled kicks and front and back-flips executed slowly and precisely.
Editor, UNM has experienced unacceptable delays in the Student Union Building renovation project. In response, we have imposed delay damages and taken other unprecedented action to get this project completed. We are committed to a first-class building for students and will not cut corners in the process.
UNM police arrested a man who reportedly assaulted a University student by pushing him over a wall outside Laguna DeVargas Residence Hall - which resulted in a fractured femur, a bone in the thigh. Police were called to the residence hall Saturday at about 12:45 a.
Editor, Like any former journalist perusing the pages of a student newspaper in search of that tingling sensation I get after reading good leads and headlines, I opt not to comment. My standard practice is to read the editorials and commentaries, laugh at the proverbial fanning of the flames and move on.
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