Student organizations and governing bodies are speaking out against an administrative recommendation that prohibits student fees from increasing this year. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president of student affairs, suggested that all new-money recommendations from the Student Fee Review Board be ignored to keep student fees at their current level.
Community members paid homage to civil rights activist Cesar Chavez Saturday yelling “Whose streets?
Students at the UNM School of Law voted last week to secede from GPSA. Three-fourths of those who voted agreed with the statement, “I vote to withdraw the law school’s affiliation with GPSA.” The number of voters was not readily available this weekend. Genevieve Graham, who helped organize the secession vote, said she had expected the law students to vote in favor of seceding.
If you are a member of the UNM community, the University wants your input on the future of main campus residence halls. Every Thursday night until the end of the semester, Student Housing Outreach Workshops are held in the SUB to get feedback about new dorms from students, faculty and community members, said Kim Murphy, UNM’s director of Real Estate. “Some of our dorms date from the 1950s so they are easily 60 years old and some of them are in need of refurbishment or replacement,” he said.
New Mexicans are free to eat their tortillas after Gov. Bill Richardson vetoed the food tax Wednesday, forcing lawmakers to choke down an unbalanced budget. The governor vetoed the legislation, passed by state lawmakers, which would reinstate a 2 percent local and county gross receipt tax on food items.
David Reaves has been called Dan Reeves, but don’t jumble the two. Reaves is not to be confused with the famous NFL head coach, who led the Denver Broncos to three Super Bowl appearances in the 1980s and the Atlanta Falcons to the big game in the 1998 season. There should be no mix-up about who David Reaves is. He coaches and molds the minds of UNM football players who play the most pressure-ridden position: quarterback.
Strip away a court, a ball and an arbitrary scoring system. Athletes are left with only one thing — raw competition.
Editor, I once lived in Costa Rica where they have names for different kinds of rain. I particularly liked the Pelo de Gato, or “cat fur” in English, which is so fine it was hard to tell if it was really rain or just falling fog.
Recently, Google has been having issues controlling the rogue country China, and that makes me wonder what might lie in wait for the United States. Thus far, we have been obedient to our Google overlords.
A new assessment will determine how UNM students measure up to their peers at other institutions. A group of randomly selected graduating seniors will receive e-mails through April 15 that invite then to participate in the Collegiate Learning Assessment.
Students danced and practiced yoga for peace in the SUB Wednesday. The fifth annual UNM Peace Fair, held in the SUB, featured performances and about 25 Albuquerque organizations presented ideas about peace. “As part of the Peace Studies program, students do an internship,” said Les Field, director of the Peace Studies program.
Like body hair, Mustachio Bashio has grown over the years. Dominic Abbott is one of the organizers for Friday’s party and said that each year the bash is bigger and better. “It’s about putting your inhibitions aside, both men and women and letting the mustache shine,” he said.
Editor, With humility I am writing this letter to express deep sincere regret of the situation involving my son Arnold Woods. It was a shock for me to learn that he had been setting up residency in the Fine Arts building just a few blocks from where I reside on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
If you have been to Mitchell Hall recently, you probably have been amazed by how much the renovation has improved the building.
— Some people can do a back flip, others a front flip, but the majority of the population would be hard-pressed to do a front flip over a 10-foot gap.
Have you heard the buzz? Someone’s going to win the UNM Battle of the Bands. And it all goes down Sunday at the SUB. With 25 bands already signed up, and more coming in right up to the deadline, which was Tuesday at 5 p.m., Student Activities staff member Jordi Gailard said she expects this to be an extra huge event.
Santa Fe’s going to be a little blue this weekend. But that’s the way Mike Koster intended it. Koster is the director of Southwest Roots Music, the organization that’s bringing four blues artists to the Santa Fe Brewing Company on Saturday for the Santa Fe Blues Festival. “Nobody has done an all-blues fest in Santa Fe before, so this one is starting out pretty small, because it’s an indoor festival,” he said.
The more Steve Alford talked, the more apparent it was how inane the sensational speculation is about his possible departure to fill a coaching vacancy elsewhere.
New Mexico’s medical marijuana program is gaining momentum, but some activists say it isn’t progressing fast enough to meet the needs of its patients. In December, the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board held a public hearing in Santa Fe to allow people to petition for more health conditions to be treated by the drug.
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