Editor, I am writing in response to Daily Lobo reporter Shaun Griswold’s piece, “Tuition bump on the horizon,” to express my disappointment that the ASUNM president is “optimistic” that tuition will go up by 8-10 percent. Translation: He is “optimistic” that New Mexico resident undergraduates will enjoy a $300 tuition increase for fall 2011.
Editor, It’s interesting how the writer of Tuesday’s “welfare queen” letter makes a statement that has a touch of truth.
Editor, In 2009, according to the University’s audited financial statements, UNM had more than $753 million in liquid assets, including almost $178 million in cash.
The oversized soda can in the SUB is meant to demonstrate how small pieces of trash can turn into big problems, but the soda can is made of material that isn’t environmentally friendly. The soda can, which stands about 10 feet high, is made of Fiberglass and Styrofoam, said Adam Greenhood, the creative director of the Albuquerque-based Esparza Advertising firm.
Lobo Village plans to allow alcohol for of-age residents when the dorms open in August, but no one ran that policy past the City Council. “It was never revealed to anyone here,” Councilor Isaac Benton said. The City Council in November denied UNM’s requests for a liquor license at The Pit.
The GPSA presidential race kicked off Wednesday with the first of four debates, and candidates discussed student fee allocation, departmental cuts and student government transparency. Candidate Katie Richardson said GPSA should set an example as an open, inclusive government for the University.
They’re in homes, at workplaces. It’s the March of the Robots, Quelab’s monthly public expo that takes place Saturday.
Acknowledging the murky part of humanity is what UNM theater student Van Hollenbeck looks to do in his directorial debut.
UNM teachers may not receive a pay cut after all, since top UNM administrators are willing to take the cut on their behalf. The state Legislature passed a mandate that would force state employees to pay an extra 1.75 percent from their paycheck into their Educational Retirement Board (ERB) pensions. Faculty Senate President Richard Wood said Tuesday that the University could cover the ERB costs if the Board of Regents approves budget recommendations. “UNM proposes to cover the full 1.75 percent additional hit to salaries permanently,” Wood said. “Except administrative vice presidents and above will not be covered.”
With off-season house-cleaning over, the UNM football team hopes to spring forward the next four weeks, so it doesn’t fall back to the bottom of the Mountain West Conference. Third-year head coach Mike Locksley added new faces and reshuffled his staff, patching personnel holes with coaches from last year.
Every game this season is a learning experience for the UNM baseball team. So says head coach Ray Birmingham. But Tuesday at Isotopes Park showed that the future looks bright for the Lobos. UNM put up nine runs in the second inning, seven before the Bearcats could get a single out.
Now spring break is over; the weather is warming, and we have only eight more weeks until we are free again.
Editor, In 1976, Ronald Reagan invoked the image of the mystical “welfare queen.” The portrayal of this woman is typified as black, lazy, negligent and sitting in front of the television waiting to collect her 99th week of unemployment benefits.
How certain is professor Howard Kraye that his students have a keen business sense?
A bike polo game looks kind of like a dance — a dance on bikes, with mallets. The players ride their bikes back and forth on a basketball court, trying to hit a ball the size of a large egg into the goal. The most important skill for a bike polo player is patience, and being able to ride with one hand, two-year bike polo veteran Sebastian Beers said.
The Pit was inundated with Carolina blue on Monday. The fifth-seeded North Carolina women’s basketball defeated fourth-seeded Kentucky 86-74 in the second round of the women’s NCAA tournament.
It took Odysseus 10 years to get back to his wife, and while it took me only 12 hours on a Greyhound bus to get from Oklahoma to Albuquerque, the ride was just as much an odyssey.
It’s like Blackout sits down and says, “How are we going to be exceptional today?” Blackout doesn’t just put on plays.
Editor, We are members of UNM’s Student Chapter of the American Nuclear Society. Our organization is dedicated to the study and application of nuclear processes as applied to the service of human energy needs and to other fields of study. As you know, the earthquake and tsunami affecting Japan served as the initiating cause for an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station, about 235 miles north of Tokyo.
Albuquerque residents will soon have an alternative to calling a cab or designating a driver when drinking.
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