Your letter regarding healthcare in the US was interesting to say the least and highly misinformed as well. You seem to feel that providers of healthcare may arbitrarily decide how and when they will treat patients.
UNM Hospitals has been declared one of the 496 leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, in its 2016 Healthcare Equality Index. UNMH was recognized as a leader in LGBTQ equality for the fourth consecutive year. The organization recognized UNMH for meeting non-discrimination and training criteria and showing commitment to “equitable, inclusive care for LGBT patients, and their families,” according to a statement.
The New Mexico men’s and women’s tennis team hit the road this week, with one squad looking to extend a two-match winning streak and the other to dust themselves off after suffering a two-match losing streak. The men’s team put itself in position to win each of its home matches last weekend, but failed to close things out when given the opportunity.
We are writing in response to a letter on March 31st regarding UNM Parking and Transportation Services (PATS). Having worked directly with PATS in the past, we can say that they are some of the kindest people you will ever meet. Their primary mission is to serve the students of UNM and they are very clear and enthusiastic about that in any conversation you have with them. Because of this, we think it is only fair to clear up some misconceptions that are widely held all over campus.
This weekend may feature something new for New Mexico’s beach volleyball squad – rain. Head coach Jeff Nelson said he is not thrilled with the idea of playing mud volleyball, in Sacramento, California this weekend because it’s something the Lobos can’t prepare for.
Fencing offers its practitioners physical exercise and teaches them the beautiful form of swordplay, but the social culture and fun that comes with it is what keeps UNM Fencing Club members coming back. Fencing is a unique hobby that is available to UNM students through the Fencing Club, whose aim is to create a fun, social environment where students can try fencing or improve on it while going to school.
Scribendi, a nonprofit, annual magazine of creative works developed by undergraduate honors students since 1986 has been officially defunded by Associated Students of the UNM after it requested money from this spring’s ASUNM budget. The amount of funding requested by UNM student organizations amounted to more than $1 million. However, less than seven hundred thousand was actually available, resulting in funding reductions for nearly every organization applying.
Protagoras was among the first partisans of the so-called social contract, a compromise prohibiting the stronger from injuring the weaker that ratified (in effect) the foundation of democratic government—and strength in the modern age has been principally economic. Wall Street one-percentism is the unambiguous dissolution of the social contract; the Sanders movement represents its surprised restoration.
Sometimes the only history we have on an event or a person is in oral stories. This can come in the form of folk tales, folk songs or even folk poems, among other things. Michele Buchanan, a graduate of UNM’s Los Alamos branch, said she came across one of these oral-only legends when she began to research the origins of her recently acquired instrument, the harp.
Scott Shane is a reporter with the New York Times in Washington D.C., where he covers national security issues. Before that, he was with the Baltimore Sun for 21 years, contributing to various types of coverage, including being a Moscow correspondent.
It wasn’t the high scoring affair UNM has gotten accustomed to, but the Lobos still walked out of Roswell, New Mexico with a 3-2 win over NMSU at the neutral site. Junior catcher Chris DeVito played hero for New Mexico with a two-out RBI base hit to even the series up at 1-1 against the in-state-rival Aggies (17-12).
The UNM Hospitals administration has selected a team that will determine the scope, space and staging requirements for an acute-care replacement hospital at UNM, according to a University release.
A UNM faculty member has been selected for three “highly-coveted” fellowships for 2016-17, according to a University statement.
A team of UNM researchers is trying to reduce inflammation in the stomach that can later lead to stomach cancer.
Indie bands Geographer and The Crookes are in the midst of their collaborative tour across North America, which brings them to Albuquerque on Wednesday, where they will play at the Rio Bravo Brewing Company. The show will be a midway point in the tour as they continue to travel around America, hitting destinations like New York, Chicago and Nashville in the near future.
New Mexico women’s tennis continued to roll at home, winning a pair of matches over the weekend including a 5-2 triumph on Sunday over Wyoming at the McKinnon Family Tennis Center. The Lobos defeated Colorado State Friday 7-0, and began Sunday by jumping out to another early lead. New Mexico pulled out the first two tightly contested doubles matches, to pick up the doubles point and go up 1-0 over the Cowgirls.
New Mexico men’s tennis was dealt another rare home loss Sunday against Boise State at the McKinnon Family Tennis Center. The men’s tennis team has been automatic at home with a perfect 9-0 record. After losing 4-3 to Utah State on Friday, the team got off to a tough start on Sunday against Boise State.
The UNM Retiree Association held a memorial on Saturday to honor the services of late UNM professor Lee Zink, who co-founded the association and served as its first president. He passed away in 2014 As a tribute to the services of Zink, the UNMRA inscribed a tile with a picture of Zink on the ceremonial wall. Members of the association also installed a bench with a memorial plaque in Terrace Mall near Hogdin Hall.
New Mexico ended its weekend series with Nevada on a high note avoiding a three game sweep by winning Sunday’s contest 3-2. After being shut-out on Saturday and only scoring a run on Friday, the Lobos were finally able to get things going at the plate with a late rally against the Wolf Pack.
A late blown lead barred New Mexico from completing a sweep against UNLV in a tight 6-5 loss on Sunday afternoon. The Lobos again received a quality performance from its starting pitching, but a rough eighth inning prevented UNM from winning the third and final game against UNLV (10-17, 4-8 MW).
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