Groups in protest of the Albuquerque Police Department organized two follow-up demonstrations Monday at UNM. Several organizations promoted the events by way of social media. One protest was scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. on Central Avenue in front of a Denny’s next to Columbia Drive.
UNM’s Graduate and Professional Student Association experienced an increase in expenses this year. Melissa Berghmans, a member of the GPSA Legislative Finance Committee, said requests far exceeded the student association’s budget.
While a number of folk acts have risen quickly to fame in the past few years, Okkervil River gained their audience at a steady rate since 1999. This act continues to plug along with new songs that have added a healthy twinge of Bruce Springsteen to their usual folk flair.
There really isn’t much to say about ‘Juno and the Paycock.” It’s not terrible, but it’s not very good, either. It’s screamy, odd, bland and long. Written in 1924 and set in 1922, the play is incredibly Irish in an exaggeratedly tragic way. When the narrative starts, it just doesn’t stop
Only eight of the 30 religious student organizations on campus are not a branch of Christianity, and not everyone agrees whether UNM does enough to support these groups.
Hundreds of Albuquerque residents united Saturday morning to commemorate the life of a hero of workers’ rights. The March for Justice, which began at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, was a part of the center’s 21st annual César Chávez day.
Men’s head basketball coach Craig Neal reached a deal with UNM to extend his contract for an additional two years, the UNM Athletic Department announced Monday afternoon. When he was hired last year, Neal signed a five-year deal that would have run through the 2017-18 season.
First, let me say that I applaud the main goals of your protest on Sunday with regard to grievances with the Albuquerque Police Department’s questionable shootings of 37 people over the past four years, 23 of which were fatal.
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Editor, Residents of Redondo Village surely appreciated the advice printed in the Albuquerque Journal today, that “UNM… advised students to use their air conditioners if the gas caused any issues.” If our air conditioners worked, you bet we would have been using them instead of keeping all of the windows open in a futile attempt to keep our rooms livable.
Editor, I am grateful to the men and women who devote their lives to law enforcement in the City of Albuquerque and in Bernalillo County. They place themselves in danger to enforce the laws that make our city a civilized place to live.
A video crew for The Howl was on scene during Sunday night's protest against the Albuquerque Police Department. Click here to see this special report.
As police on Sunday night deployed tear gas during repeated, heated confrontations with protesters, UNM students got caught up in the furor. “I feel like I just got beat with a stick,” said Ruben Holly, a UNM student affected by the gas. “Every single mucus membrane on my face just let loose.
GPSA is pleased to announce we will be recognizing outstanding students during our Graduate Appreciation Week happening from April 7 to 11. In order to do so, we ask that faculty, staff and advisers nominate students who have shown outstanding commitment to the university community with a brief bio/letter ...
UNM’s Board of Regents on Friday approved a zero-percent increase in undergraduate tuition and student fees for the next school year. The regents passed the motion unanimously at a meeting in the Student Union Building that afternoon.
by Zachary Pavlik news@dailylobo.com @zachpavlik Hundreds of Albuquerque residents united Saturday morning to commemorate the life of a workers’ rights icon. The March for Justice, which began at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, was a part of the center’s 21st annual César ...
Editor, In the aftermath of APD’s week from hell, city officials claim to have referred the foothills shooting to the Department of Justice. Considering Mayor Berry and his police administration seem to see nothing wrong with the 23 police shootings over the past 4 years
If you haven’t heard by now, Susana Martinez is trying to prevent public sector unions from collecting membership dues. The governor’s conversation may be about dues, but the deeper context is about something much greater: the existence of unions, the right to organize and workplace democracy.
The coaching carousel in college basketball is already under way, and Craig Neal’s name has been mentioned as a possible candidate by one national media outlet. The New Mexico coach who just completed his first year as the head man was called a, “legitimate target,” for the lead position at South Florida
Getting a chance to build a football program is usually a one-time thing for most coaches. But for Barry Sacks, New Mexico’s new defensive line coach, having a second opportunity to be a part of a reclamation project was something he did not want to pass up.
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