New Mexico Republican candidates visited campus on Thursday to campaign and tell students how they plan to fix corruption and the economic crisis. Matthew Chandler, New Mexico’s 9th Judicial District Attorney, is running for Attorney General and said political corruption has reached epidemic levels.
In a GPSA meeting rife with budget cut concerns, Provost Suzanne Ortega said cutting graduate student jobs is likely.
Editor, I don’t know who gave permission for UNM’s general e-mail list to be used for Air Force recruitment purposes, but I strongly object to it.
Editor, I am an American Muslim who shares Jake Shalette’s frustration about the silence of Muslims, as expressed in a recent letter to the editor.
Editor, It has come as a relief to the world community that the U.N. has concluded its human rights investigation of the Israeli military raid on the Turkish civilian flotilla.
Editor, Less than a week ago, the Daily Lobo wrote a piece, “Plagiarism Up, Punishment Down.” The other day, “community member” Jake Shalette “wrote” a piece, too, except the piece was stolen from Donna Gordon Blankinship from the Associated Press. The original article talks about what one cartoonist did.
Since last spring, UNM administrators have been developing a plan to help the University cope with more than 3 percent in budget cuts.
Student activists dressed in hospital scrubs worked to spread awareness about national health care legislation that went into effect Thursday.
The unspoken sense surrounding UNM football is that this week’s game is a little more “winnable.” The Lobos will embark on their second road trip of the season against almost identical foe UNLV (0-3). “We are going to play a team that is very similar to ours,” head coach Mike Locksley said.
No matter what firefighter José Sedillo is doing at the time, if an emergency call comes in, Sedillo has to sprint to the fire engine and pile into the truck with his coworkers. “The most calls we get are about people having drug or alcohol problems.
Gary Small celebrated his birthday Wednesday in a hospital bed. The UNM Physical Plant Department (PPD) employee agreed to donate a kidney to Alex Garcia, a friend and colleague, with one stipulation: the surgery take place on Sept.
Beyond the volcanoes near Albuquerque, there is an archeological dig site where UNM students uncovered evidence of one of the oldest cultures in the Americas. It’s called Deann’s site, named after Deann Muller, a student at UNM, who discovered it in 2001 with professor Bruce Huckell while the two were doing a study of the area. Huckell said the site was an old campground for the Folsom people, who date back to the ice age. “We rely on a very distinctive spear point that these guys produced (to identify them),” he said.
In April, Nkazi Sinandile starved herself for 16 days to raise awareness about the problems facing Albuquerque’s refugee population.
Attention students: This fall, STC.UNM offers inventors and entrepreneurs seminars that teach business and marketing skills. Lisa Kuuttila, president and CEO of STC.UNM, said that seminars, which are free but require registration, help students evolve and understand how to start their own businesses or market their own inventions. “So you have an idea now?
UNM science and biology graduate Justin Aderhold works as a research assistant at the Heart Station at UNM Hospital. He shared his wisdom on the nature of racism from his couch, where he sat with his foot in a post-surgical boot.
Festival won’t be fenced by borders ¡Globalquerque! comes but once a year, and this weekend, ’tis the season to hear music from all over the planet. The music and culture festival enters its sixth year and is unique in the Southwest, said Tom Frouge, ¡Globalquerque!
It seems safe to say that filmmaker Kevin Hansen has quite a bee in his bonnet. His 2010 documentary short “Nicotine Bees,” showing at the SUB’s Southwest Film Center from Thursday-Sunday, exposes the root of the pandemic bee population decline that created a buzz in the news a few years ago.
Despite having a great name, I really didn’t think I was going to like Music is the Enemy. Take any random track from the band’s new CD, Mr. Murdoch … We’re Ready For Our Target Audience, and the first thing that assaults your ears is a wall of death-metal sound.
Editor, I am writing this letter in response to a previous letter to the editor in Tuesday’s Daily Lobo, “Social norms repress men’s desire for sexual exploration.” That letter was one of the most ludicrous, maudlin and solipsistic opinion pieces I have ever had the displeasure of reading.
Editor’s Note: Lobos Abroad is a regular column written by Daily Lobo staff members studying in a different country this semester.
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