UNM has postponed all study trips to West African countries as part of ita precautionary measures to minimize the threat of Ebola.Cancelled trips included those for humanitarian programs like Project Helping Hands, an organization that provides medical care and health education for people in developing nations.
Twitter isn't just for funny hashtags anymore.The New Mexico News Port used the social media site Thursday in a new way: to host political debate.
With the Mountain West Conference Tournament less than two weeks away, the University of New Mexico women’s soccer team hopes to move up in the conference standings.After a 2-0 loss on Sunday against the Utah State Aggies, the Lobos dropped to fifth place in the current conference standings — two spots lower than last week’s rankings.
In the interest of public accessibility, UNM’s Board of Regents and its subcommittees should live stream and archive all of their meetings.This is not a new idea, or even a radical one.
Despite a rocky second set, the New Mexico volleyball team maintain a perfect record against Nevada.A handful of UNM’s sororities and fraternities came out to support the New Mexico volleyball team, which head coach Jeff Nelson said added a lot of flare to his squad at the start of the match.“Greek night was really great,” Nelson said.
Sharon Lokey needed a way to cope when her husband was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. After spending some time looking, she found her escape in a familiar place: her sewing machine.Lokey, a caretaker and professional seamstress, started to release her anxiety by creating intricate costumes and stylized corsets. She sold them to family, friends and whoever else wanted them.In 2013 her husband Todd was diagnosed with liver failure. He has a rare congenital disease called hemochromatosis, which causes the body to absorb too much iron, overworking the liver and causing cirrhosis, or liver failure.
There are people who believe that the best books are those that challenge perspectives and introduce new ideas. Books that capture histories of lives, theories, events and controversies are some of the novels enjoyed by Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Chaouki Abdallah.
Alfred Hitchcock once famously said, “Drama is life with the dull parts left out.” However, Tim Sutton’s “Memphis” exists in the moments that most movies leave on the cutting room floor.It exists as a tonal, visual poem. Yet it ripples with nebulous purpose, executing laissez-faire intention.
UNM Student Cabinet’s first meeting scheduledThe newly-formed UNM Student Cabinet will hold its first meeting on Friday. According to a UNM press release, a wide range of topics will be discussed, including transparency, communication and student support services. The meeting is based on a focus group model to facilitate student-administrator discussion.UNM President Bob Frank created the “think tank” group to gather more input on campus issues.ASUNM President Rachel Williams and GPSA President Texanna Martin will serve on the Cabinet. The function of the Student Cabinet is to operate separately from student government.
The General Medical Sciences portion of the National Institutes of Health has given UNM’s Spatiotemporal Modeling Center more space and time for its research. Spatiotemporal research, also known as spatial-temporal, is the study of time and space as a whole. The STMC uses this method for cellular biology and aims to find better treatments for fighting ailments such as colon and pancreatic cancers. The Center’s $12 million grant has been renewed for another five years, raising the STMC’s hopes for recruiting up-and-coming researchers.“Our research emphasizes the development of new single-cell and single-molecule technologies to generate improved quantitative data for modeling,” the STMC website states.
This letter is a brief commentary on the legacy of the late Ali Mazrui, Professor and Prophet of African and Global studies. Kenyan-born, Ali Mazrui (1933-2014), who recently died, was a prominent scholar and ranked in 2005 among the top 100 public intellectuals in the world.His works have engaged anthropologists, biologists, economists, historians, sociologists, secularists, humanists, creationists, evolutionists, political scientists, policy makers and philosophers, to mention a few. His documentary, “The Africans: A Triple Heritage” in 1986, albeit divisive for the American audiences, was a groundbreaking synthesis of many academic disciplines and social values.
The Albuquerque Police Department is corrupt.When I say corrupt, I mean corrupt to the very fiber and bone marrow. What do I mean by corrupt? APD fails to fulfill the very purpose of its existence, which is to secure the rights of every person while enforcing the laws of the city and state.The roots of this corruption are varied, but two sources are their extreme partiality in dealing with people and a great disregard for people’s civil rights. You see APD’s corruption at full scale when they cover for each other to prevent each other from being charged with crimes.
It might have been any group of settlers that brought the genetic mutation, unaware that it would pass from generation to generation. Now, hundreds of years later, many in New Mexico are still living with this incurable “family curse.”Dr. Sarah Youssof, a physician in the UNM Department of Neurology, is laying the groundwork for human clinical trials for this rare genetic disease known as oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD).
UNM energy engineers at the Physical Plant Department were recognized by the New Mexico Association of Energy Engineers with two prestigious awards for decades of achievements in increasing energy efficiency on campus. The PPD’s Engineering and Energy Services division won the Corporate Energy Management award for “outstanding accomplishments in developing, organizing, managing and implementing their corporate energy management program,” according to the NMAEE website.And Donald Swick, University facilities engineer, was honored with Energy Engineer of the Year award for his lifetime achievements.
Suggested headline: A beautiful interviewSuggested sub: The Daily Lobo has a chat with author Chuck PalahniukBy Jyllian RoachAcclaimed author Chuck Palahniuk, best known for his novel-turned-movie “Fight Club”, is coming to campus Monday night as part of the tour for his newest novel, “Beautiful You”. However, staff at the Daily Lobo just couldn’t wait that long, so Palahniuk joined us for a short phone interview on his novel and what it all means. “Beautiful You” seems to be packed with quite a few themes and ideas, but for you, what is the book about?“Superficially, it’s about a female protagonist, but really the book is about – number 1 – arousal addiction, which has become a social problem.
Several weeks ago, this column called New Mexico freshman Lamar Jordan the Lobo quarterback of the future; yet junior Cole Gautsche remains the team’s regular starter behind center. Though many fans want Jordan to take that starting role, head coach Bob Davie is making the right decision by keeping Gautsche atop the team’s depth chart.The question of the quarterback situation has come up weekly since Jordan entered the Week 3 showdown with New Mexico State game and led the Lobos to a victory in Las Cruces. This week was no exception, and Davie confirmed the situation wouldn’t change.
Leaving past performances in the rear view mirror is what the New Mexico volleyball team hopes will get it back on track.In a 3-0 sweep against New Mexico State (11-8, 5-2 WAC), the Lobos snapped a four-match losing streak with one of their better offensive performances of the season, hitting above .225 in each of the three sets.
On Sept. 29, UNM Police Department took a report in reference to harassment and battery.
By Peggy Spencer, M.D.You know those moments in life that hit you upside the head and brand your brain?
Editor,The U.S. government does itself no favors when it supports tyrants overseas. Rather than droning on about how other nations, groups and individuals are “jealous of our freedoms,” we should learn a lesson from what is unfolding in Saudia Arabia.
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