Sharing perspectives
April 24Sue Small of Los Lunas and UNM students Vanessa Ortiz and Rufino Rodriquez, from left, learn about Muslims during Middle East Perspective Day at the Duck Pond Tuesday.
Sue Small of Los Lunas and UNM students Vanessa Ortiz and Rufino Rodriquez, from left, learn about Muslims during Middle East Perspective Day at the Duck Pond Tuesday.
University administrators are considering revamping how they treat Greek organizations after one fraternity's national charter was revoked and a member of a separate fraternity was accused of raping a student.
Outgoing UNM President Bill Gordon told the Faculty Senate Tuesday that he is proud of the strides the University made during his tenure but remains concerned about its limited resources.
The recent success of French nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen over Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and the recent waves of anti-Semitic violence in France are worrisome indicators of a new wave of European nationalist sentiment. Not since the 1940s have nationalist and xenophobic feelings run so high in western European countries, and it may be that time has dulled memories of the horrors those feelings helped produce in the first half of the twentieth century.
Faculty members have found themselves in the headlines far more often than many would have liked this year.
"Joshua" is a new film that is running for a limited time in Albuquerque. The film stars Tony Goldwyn, best known for his role in "Ghost," as the title character. It also casts in supporting roles F. Murray Abraham, who won an Oscar for his performance in "Amadeus," and Kurt Fuller, who has appeared in such films as "Scary Movie" and "Wayne's World."
A series of public forums for candidates vying to become the new UNM dean of Graduate Studies is halfway complete, with the third of four candidates appearing today.
Nick Romero practices a move with his Tai Chi class in Johnson Center Monday.
For those who lamented that another "Amelie" would be hard to come by, jubilant relief has arrived in the form of the coming-of-age foreign film, "Y Tu Mam† TambiÇn."
Earth Day is one of those events that has become untouchable by any person that would question the motivations, practices or aims of those that advocate any kind of activist environmentalism. Opponents to the regulation-based environmentalism of the current environmental movement are routinely depicted as the sorts that would kill puppies for a buck, end sunshine to drive an SUV or that feel a need to consume all natural resources before their selfish children grow up and use them all.
Relatively few people in this world have the luxury of truly loving their jobs, which means a little respect and fair treatment can go a long way.
A documentary and a panel discussion today at the South Broadway Cultural Center will delve deeper into Ciudad Ju†rez's mass murder mystery, exploring possible explanations of why the women have been killed.
UNM midfielder LeAnne Hendren kicks the ball away from University of Texas at El Paso forward Marge Gomez during a spring training exhibition game at the UNM Soccer Complex Saturday.
At civic rallies we are holding around the country, the talk is of the need for change, for the pursuit of greater justice as a precondition for the pursuit of greater happiness.
This marks the final week of publication for the 2001-2002 Daily Lobo editorial staff, with new editor Angela Williams taking over April 28. Recognizing that my 15 minutes on the soapbox are nearly up, I will spend this week discussing a variety of pressing issues that affect this University.