New Mexico legislators are at the forefront during the regular legislative session each winter, but what is happening in the roundhouse between sessions?
Back-to-school traffic and parking around UNM’s main campus can be unpredictable, but this August there will be an added complication. Road construction in the Yale Boulevard and Las Lomas Road area for the new Yale parking structure will restrict traffic through August 31. The construction will affect Northbound Yale Boulevard between Lomas Boulevard and Las Lomas Road, as well as both lanes of Las Lomas Road between Yale Boulevard and Stanford Drive. Parking and Transportation Services recommends that drivers find alternate routes for getting around campus.
New Mexico’s medicinal marijuana program is running dry. The state has only 11 growers to satisfy the demand of the 2,000 patients prescribed cannabis for chronic illness.
Only about 42 percent of UNM students graduate within six years. But there may be several underlying reasons for the less-than-impressive graduation rates, said Wynn Goering, vice provost of Academic Affairs. “One of the things we’ve learned about our students is that they have far more off-campus obligations than students in similar places,” Goering said. UNM students have far different lives compared to students at peer institutions, including the universities of Arizona and Colorado at Boulder, Goering said. According to fall 2009 surveys conducted by UNM, 43 percent of incoming freshmen care for a dependent, compared with only 19 percent of students at other schools.
I never responded well to authority. In fact, I never got along with teachers in grade school. Now I know why.
There wasn’t a second of Clash Couture that I didn’t enjoy. The music was great, loud, and dance inducing.
Becoming a star in the NBA: relentless. Being selected to tryout for the U.S. Men’s National Basketball team: joyous.
There’s no defending the conspired commercial ploy, a down-and-dirty business deal crafted among promoters, boxers and television enablers. Gone are the golden days when boxing, much like art, was viewed for its aesthetic value, for its controlled violence and the bonding emotional effect it had on its viewers.
Editor, Reading through the Daily Lobo published for July 12-19, I was shocked to see how poorly written the opinion letters were.
UNM announced a ban on gum today to coincide with the state’s increased tax on gum packs. The previous tax, 25 cents per pack, is now 50 cents a pack to deter health-related risks associated with gum chewing and cut back on under-aged chewing, said state spokesperson Tom Snaior.
Technology Days are upon us again. The conference, hosted by the Office of Information Technologies and the Office of the Chief Information Officer, will be held on July 22 and 23 in the SUB. Vanessa Baca, IT spokeswoman, said the event is designed to help the IT department and students network.
Abuse victims may be more likely to come forward and ask for help as a result of Tuesday’s deadly shooting at Emcore, an Albuquerque fiber optics company. Summer Little, Women’s Resource Center program manager, said high profile events like the one at Emcore tend to draw a spike in the number of abuse victims who seek help. “Events like this can be a trigger for people who have experienced abuse or are experiencing abuse,” she said.
The Mid-Region Council of Governments held two kick-off meetings at UNM on July 14 to gauge public interest in alternative means of transportation to UNM and CNM.
Alex Langston plays the bass with heavy influence from Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa and Primus. He calls himself Mud Octave.
Hunter Beaton, Law Student Glasses: Dolce and Gabbana, $600 Shirt: United Colors of Benetton, $125 Pants: J.
Show stopper Roxane Butterfly will perform tap dance infused with Flamenco and Middle Eastern styles at the 12th annual New Mexico Tap Dance Jam on July 23 and 24. Butterfly’s appearance is a special happening for Albuquerque, as she usually only performs in big cities like New York or Chicago, Liz Salganek, producer of Tap Dance Jam, said.
For three bucks, Josh Roper will print whatever you like. Josh Roper, the manager of Sixty Six Silk Screening, has supervised the inventory and sales of the company since it was founded, in addition to working the printer.
Questions about a deadly shooting spree Tuesday morning at a local Albuquerque fiber optics manufacturer are now being answered.
By Rebekah Soltero Editor, Here it is once again — basketball season. It seems to last forever. I may be naïve, but I have a couple of observations to make. The regulation height of a basketball hoop is 10 feet whether you are playing high school, college or pro ball. With a cursory observation, ...
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