There are many students on this campus who are moving up in the world, but Zachary Gallegos is hoping to move out of the world. Gallegos, a 26-year-old graduate student who studies Earth and planetary science, is one of 1,000 men and women who are competing to be part of the 16-astronaut team for the Mars One Mission.
Attendees of a pop culture conference Wednesday tackled several questions, including whether pornography satisfies viewers and what “Breaking Bad” says about the morality of a changing legal system.
When it comes to fixing things, one can be put off by the thought of a long manual that comes with a warning about leaving the work to a professional, but some tasks, such as changing a bicycle tube, can be done in a few easy steps.
A national foundation has awarded UNM $800,000 to help some graduate students complete their dissertations. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the five-year grant to UNM in order to fund 20 dissertation completion fellowships.
Undergraduates will now need to take fewer credit hours in order to graduate. The UNM Faculty Senate cut the minimum number of credit hours required to graduate from 128 to 120 at a meeting at the end of last month.
Starting Thursday, some UNM students may be able to ditch the instant ramen diet at least once a month. The University has cooperated with the Roadrunner Food Bank to launch the Lobo Food Pantry, a mobile food warehouse that would provide free healthy food to UNM students monthly.
On Feb. 15, an officer was dispatched to the UNM Psychiatric Center in response to an agitated and combative man tearing up one of the rooms, according to a police report. The medical staff told the officer that the patient had damaged the door to the holding room and punched a hole in the wall;
Editor, Like Moses — like Paul Revere — like an enormous friend waving happily in the distance, I have served the people of UNM — like a prophet, you might say — a messenger, a voice of hope and good cheer in these, our times of trial and confusion.
Editor, I am a UNM undergrad writing in response to Don Schrader’s letter in Tuesday’s Daily Lobo. While we all, Schrader included, are entitled to our own opinions, no one is entitled to his or her own facts.
A reporter on Monday asked Craig Neal what is needed to win at UNLV this time around. The first three words the New Mexico men’s basketball coach gave were simple, yet direct. “Score more points,” he said.
The defensive side of the ball has caused problems for the New Mexico women’s basketball team, particularly in the late game. Take UNM’s last contest at Nevada this past Saturday. The Lobos held a 73-71 lead with less than a minute remaining, but let the Wolf Pack come back to win with a 4-0 run.
As this year’s state legislative session enters its last week, UNM community members continue to voice grievances about increasing the Legislative Lottery Scholarship’s GPA requirements. About 100 people gathered in the Student Union Building ballrooms for a Scholarship forum Monday afternoon.
Children in brightly colored gomesis sail seamlessly across the stage. The kids leap, sing and chant to a crowd of more than 100 people in a small church. The Watoto Children’s Choir, an evangelist group from Africa, dances and sings to raise awareness of orphaned children in Uganda.
True to the various colorful personas she has assumed in the past, UNM professor Dorothy Baca proves to be a master of disguise. “I got into television; I did a lot of early rock and roll-like music videos. My brother and I were at one point designing for Bette Midler’s world tour, ‘Divine Madness,’” Baca said.
As a medical student I had the great fortune to spend a winter in Beijing, China, at an urban children’s hospital that used traditional Chinese medicine as well as modern Western methods. Eager to learn all I could, I asked one of the doctors to give me an acupuncture treatment.
Editor, I compliment and I thank many Jews of conscience in the United States and in Israel who have spoken out loud and clear, publicly condemning the Israeli government’s brutal oppression and mass murder of Palestinians.
What do tongues, communication and a toy broomstick from the Harry Potter franchise have in common? Orgasms. Or at least they do according to sex educators Maggie Keenan-Bolger and Marshall Miller.
While most people in Albuquerque spent their Valentine’s Day with a special someone — or looking for a special someone — the patrons at ArtBar focused on raising money for a local nonprofit. The “Art is Love” event paired pieces of artwork with local singles and then auctioned the sets off to raise money for the New Mexico AIDS Society, said ArtBar co-founder Julia Mandeville.
A local frozen custard joint was robbed Saturday night of money and valuables. Justin Carson, the owner of Chillz Frozen Custard located on Central Avenue in the University area, said he got a call Sunday morning from an emergency operator informing him that the door to his establishment was open.
Student leaders are striving to ensure that their constituents will continue to have a say in the majority of student fee allocations in the future. Officials from the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico and the Graduate and Professional Student Association have teamed up
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