It’s nice to know that in difficult economic times, UNM administration, headed by President Bob Frank, is looking out for UNM students by planning to offer more “amenities.” Whew.
Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson and New Mexico Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs were selected to the newly-formed Division I Council, the NCAA Board of Directors announced Wednesday. Thompson and Krebs will join other commissioners, athletic directors, faculty representatives, senior woman administrators and student-athletes from around the country when the first meeting of the Division I council meets on Friday, along with the 2015 NCAA Convention in Washington, D.C. It will be the first time that student-athletes will be represented on council-level groups. All Division I conferences will be represented by the council, which is made up of 40 individuals.
An ever-changing maze in a race against murderous creatures sounds like an OK premise to what could be a good story, but sadly, it was not. Based on the 2009 novel of the same name, “Maze Runner” does a poor job of connecting the dots and delivering a story worth watching. However, if the book, the first installment of the three-part teen fiction written by James Dashner, didn’t read like a 10-year-old boy wrote the tale, then the movie might have been better. It begins with a bunch of boys trapped in a maze with no way out. Everything needed is given to the boys from the Creators through an elevator, known as the box, which comes up once a month with supplies and a new member.
With a lobby buzzing with chatter of India and beyond, the Albuquerque Museum welcomed the Albuquerque International Association and professor Ned O’Malia last Sunday for the opening lecture of the AIA’s 2015 season. Managed by the Center for International Studies, the AIA is a non-profit organization aimed at encouraging the local community to join conversations on foreign affairs, international business, culture and art. It puts on events such as lectures, book clubs, cooking classes and more in order to teach attendees about cultures around the world. The AIA’s 2015 program will focus on the social, political and cultural aspects of Asia, a continent that has a growing effect on Western societies. For the opening lecture of 2015, ticket sales were so successful that the event was moved to a larger ballroom to accommodate the overflow of attendees.
Lottery Scholarship funds cut for spring 2015 Just prior to winter break, UNM President Robert Frank received a letter from Higher Education Department Secretary Jose Garcia notifying him that the Legislative Lottery Scholarship award would no longer cover 100 percent of tuition. According to UNM, the university has stepped in to cover the reduction for most students affected by the cut. Terry Babbitt, associate vice president of enrollment management, said the Legislative Lottery Scholarship has been reduced to cover up to $2,447.12 for the spring semester as determined by the state of New Mexico Higher Education Department. This amount is $56.23 less than full tuition for 15 credit hours. The Office of Student Financial Aid notified Lottery students that UNM will supplement the $56.23 for those who have financial need or were recipients of merit scholarships. More than half of those on the Lottery Scholarship at UNM received the supplement. The remaining students will have to pay the $56.23 difference out of pocket.
The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team kept its undefeated home record in Mountain West play after Wednesday’s win against the Air Force Falcons. The Lobos (12-5, 4-1 Mountain West) defeated the Falcons 60-48 behind an upcoming leader on the Lobo squad. Freshman Sam Logwood scored a career and game-high 17 points on an efficient 6-9 shooting to go along with three rebounds and three assists. “I just went out there and just did what coach told me to do,” Logwood said. “Yesterday he told me to just shoot the ball, don’t be hesitant and I’m trying to listen to him... I just went out there and played my game.”
Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction — and sometimes fantasy is more real than it seems. A unique English class is bridging the gap between the two realms to give the fictitious tales a sense of tangibility. Megan Abrahamson, an English teacher of a one-of-a-kind Tolkien class, said this is the first, and most likely the only, non-honors Tolkien class to be offered at UNM.
With the opening of a new location of the Center for Academic Program Support, UNM’s main campus now has a full service undergraduate writing support center. CAPS Director Daniel Sanford said the new center will assist students with any issues involving writing and language learning. “I wanted to create one coherent recognizable location that students could go to for writing and language support at this university,” Sanford said. “A writing center is a really incredibly important piece of the sweep of academic support programs that are offered at any university.”
In the lower levels of UNM’s CERIA building are jars and jars of what at first glance appear to be pasta. There are long egg noodles, balls of twisted up spaghetti, thin vermicelli strands, and crispy pieces of chow mein. Except they aren’t noodles — they are part of the third largest parasite collection in the western hemisphere. UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Parasites, curated by Dr. Sam Loker, was only established in 2011, but it has grown quickly. The collection already features parasites from host like species including badgers, otters, caribou, moose, cougars and whales. Dr. Sara Brant, senior collections manager of the Parasite Division, and her colleagues are now concentrating on sorting through the samples and cataloging them.
By Lauren Marvin UNM felt the social media heat yesterday after community members took to Twitter and Facebook to criticize the school’s decision to not call for a two-hour delay – even after both CNM and Albuquerque Public Schools made the call to start later. The decision to issue a two-hour delay for Main campus is a collaborative effort and is –usually – based on actions taken by Albuquerque Public Schools.. UNM Main Campus did not follow APS because the announcement of the delay came 30 minutes after UNM had started, said Lt.
With the fact that time limits are placed and then holds for payment when the incomes from FAFSA can’t be accessed makes it impossible for anyone to return to school. Being thrown out of the college of fine arts made me realize that, for the third time, this college needs more than revision. With the billions of students that have received Lottery and other means of help while most of us paying students with limited incomes come to a fuddy duddy place with weird situations to encounter things like theft and other complications in the theater dept. It would be advisable that this whole college be transitioned to a better place of learning for the monies that we are paying for them. What is taught is not sufficient to some of us to pass the tests and it isn’t our ability to study, but the distractions of outer concerns and having to back track to finding the mysterious occurrences.
Finding the right school bag is a tough decision. After all, certain school bags say a lot about the person flaunting them and they set the tone for the whole outfit. Here are a few ideas on what school bags students should sport. A satchel bag is classy and sophisticated. This bag makes any outfit look more expensive and luxurious, due to the square shape and sleek, minimal detail. If sporting a satchel, try wearing something that’s a bit on the formal side. Due to its small size, a satchel is good for holding a few notebooks, writing utensils and a wallet.
New Mexico head coach Craig Neal said San Diego State and Utah State may be the two toughest environments in the conference. After that challenging back-to-back road slate, the Lobos will be back in their home venue tonight to face the Air Force Falcons.
The Alumni Association has announced the recipients of this year’s winter awards. The Zimmerman Award went to John Mateczun, The Bernard S. Rodey Award went to Garrett Sheldon, the winner of the Erna S. Ferguson Award is Michelle Coons, and the Faculty Teaching Award went to Steven McLaughlin.
The University deals in some pretty big money – the projected budget for 2014-2015 is just shy of $2.6 billion, for only one year. So where does all of this money come from, and more importantly, how does UNM spend it? “We have state money, we have federal money, we have private money, and we generate our own money,” said Bruce Cherrin, chief procurement Officer in the purchasing department.
German submarine explosions, polish firing squads and a pencil and paper will soon show a unique experience of World War II. Freelance illustrator Markus Freise was inspired to create “Großväterland,” a 120-page comic novel about World War II, because the amount of eyewitnesses left to tell their personal experiences of the war continually decrease.
Editor, Did you know UNM charges graduate tuition for undergraduate level classes taken as a prerequisite to a graduate class?
On Tuesday, Dec. 23, UNMPD was dispatched to the UNM Student Health Center on Cornell Drive in reference to a stolen delivery van. According to the report, the attending officer observed a van matching the description of the stolen vehicle headed eastbound on Central Avenue from University Boulevard. After checking the license plate with UNMPD, the officer activated his emergency lights and pursued the van.
The nationally recognized Quilt Week is coming to Albuquerque with some foreign visitors. The Quilt Week is put on by the American Quilter’s Society, the largest quilting society in the world. For the second year in a row, two tentmakers from Cairo will be presenting their work, Bonnie Browning, executive director of the American Quilter’s Society said.
Editor, I think it’s just great that there will be three more white males on UNM’s Board of Regents. That will really help diversify this group so that it will better reflect New Mexico’s population. Way to go, Governor Martinez.
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