The coaching carousel at UNM spun again Monday with the announcement of men’s soccer coach Klaus Weber’s retirement, effective Aug. 31. UNM associate athletics director Janice Ruggiero said the University would begin a coaching search immediately. Weber, 59, began his coaching career at UNM as head coach of the nordic ski team in 1975.
Editor, Sometimes I wonder what UNM’s priorities are. I see tuition go up year after year, so I suspect that students are not the priority. Faculty is not given commensurate salaries, and the rest of the staff must fight like hell to be treated as equals.
Nashville Pussy — the name screams rock ‘n’ roll. And it should, since the band got it from a stage rap on one of Ted Nugent’s ’70s live albums. Actually, it screams raunch ‘n’ roll, which is the best description of the group’s metallic music — from its 1996 debut Let Them Eat Pussy up to its most recent release, Say Something Nasty.
UNM painter Juliet Wing says that the title for her new exhibition, "Tale of an Eternity," came directly out of a dream she had. That particular dream has played a substantial role in the development of Wing's autobiographical artwork over the past year and a half.
The Access to Essential Medicines Expo, sponsored by Doctors Without Borders, visited UNM last week trying to raise awareness of the crisis people living in developing countries without adequate medical care face. The walkway outside the UNM Bookstore was scattered with flytraps; attached were information cards about the parasites associated with the tsetse fly and other statistics.
Blues is American music. But not in a ubiquitous, pop music way - blues and its close cousin roots rock have always been more organic.
The show began on the sidewalk near the corner of Central Avenue and Fifth Street, where six percussionists gathered to begin their vigorous and infectious performance.
We are living in the Information Age. Today's students have more information available to them than at any other time in history, yet how do they make sense of it all? How do they find the right information, and when they do, how do they evaluate it?
If you're looking for a break from Albuquerque's normal film scene, look no further than the old San Mateo 8, remodeled into the next phase of movie viewing - Madstone Theaters.
Due to the new exclusive contract between UNM and Pepsi, five full-time Vending Services employees will be laid off next month. After their last day on July 12, the employees will be placed on layoff status and officially lose their jobs. Layoff status can last up to six months.
I totally disagree with Brandon Curtis' thesis that businesses should be stripped "of their right to dismiss without cause and without notice and make them abide along the lines we expect the government to follow."
The American Nurses Association's prediction that up to 40 percent of the nursing workforce will retire after 2010 is forcing the UNM College of Nursing to seek additional legislative funding to increase enrollment.
UNM filled its final coaching vacancy Tuesday with the hiring of Northern Arizona University head volleyball coach Kelley Sliva.
Deceased former UNM professor Frank Hibben left evidence of his passion for archaeology through his contribution to the development of the Hibben Archaeological Center, which is slated to be completed by the fall semester.
Senior tennis player Courtney Choate was one of 15 student-athletes named to the Verizon Academic All-American at-large team on June 13. The group comprises female student-athletes competing in tennis, swimming, golf, rifle, skiing, crew and gymnastics. Choate graduated from UNM in May with a degree in marketing and a 4.03 GPA.
Derek Ingwaldson, 8, examines an animal horn instrument during a week-long summer children's program at the Maxwell Museum Wednesday.
The members of Boss Ordinance do not make up your typical Albuquerque band.
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