Have you voted yet? If not, you still can. Absentee/early voting for the 2002 New Mexico Primary Election began on April 25 and runs until the Primary Election Day on June 4. Now is the time to exercise your right to vote as an American citizen and make an impact on who the next governor of New Mexico will be. The governor appoints the Board of Regents, which governs the University.
Sophomore Sarah Martinez recieves a free massage from Susy Rodriguez to relieve stress for finals week in a tent outside the Student Health Center Wednesday. The tent will be set up tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Oil company executives are testifying for a Senate subcommittee this week answering allegations that price fixing is to blame for recent increases in the price of gasoline. Accusations of this sort are not new. There were charges of price gouging during the 2000 election that were very quietly dismissed after investigation. However, that these hearings are even going on is representative of an interesting and disconcerting group of people in the American political discourse that, for a lack of a better term, I will call conspiracists.
Renovation of the Student Union Building began in January of 2001. The $25 million project was intended to modernize and expand the building, which was originally completed in 1959. According to the UNM facility planning Web site, the SUB project will add 8,000 square-feet of new space on the northwest corner of the existing building for a total of 155,000 square feet. Some perks of the new SUB will be study lounges, a renovated theater, convenience store, coffee shop and computer lab. It also will house all student services and organizations. The SUB renovation project is scheduled to be completed in December.
Americans, or at least American public officials, seemingly cannot think rationally when it comes to drugs, including legal ones like alcohol.
The Apex Theory recently released its debut full-length album, Topsy-Turvy, which earned high critical acclaim. The album is the follow-up to an EP that was released earlier this year and is an impressive introductory piece of work.
The Tamarind Institute, a division of UNM's College of Fine Arts, is considered by many artists around the world to be the premiere studio and workspace for an art form that could be called the most popular medium of the 20th century.
A few days ago there was a letter to the editor complaining that the Daily Lobo and UNM Police don't do enough to keep people informed about crimes that take place on campus. Case-in-point was a woman who was brutalized in her dorm room while her roommate looked on. It took a letter to the editor to bring light to that case.
Faculty members with specialties that range from nanoscience to dance were recognized for their contributions to students and the University through annual faculty awards.
I was very glad that the Daily Lobo published an article on the oral presentation I gave on April 24 as part of the Dolores Gonzales Colloquy Series sponsored by the Raza Graduate Student Association and the Graduate and Professional Student Association at UNM.
The cover of Luke Templeton's latest CD, ... through the music, shows Templeton's visage reflected on the back of his acoustic guitar.
Many people have begun complaining about the raise in tuition and higher rates on everything housing-related. I, myself, have complained even about the fact that I am receiving less financial aid - despite the fact that I'm in debt due to the small amount I received this year.
With large numbers of high school and college students using and abusing alcohol, UNM and Albuquerque residents are enhancing their focus on law enforcement and prevention programs in the hopes of saving lives.
A conversation with her dormitory housekeeper sparked Meghana Reddy's passion for the labor movement. The housekeeper told Reddy that her children were vegetarians because the family was too poor to buy meat.
I am writing as a response to the letters of the past week concerning the Greek system at UNM, specifically allegations of wrong doing at Sigma Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
UNM will celebrate Cinco de Mayo today with a two-fold purpose - to educate the campus about the Mexican holiday's history and to raise funds for Latino student groups.
Gov. Gary Johnson is in Mexico with the New Mexico Amigos Goodwill Ambassadors.
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