Summer is right around the corner, but students won’t be using UNM pools any time soon. The Olympic pool, Johnson pool and the therapy pool are all closed due to maintenance issues.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association may lose about 345 members depending on the results of a vote today. The Student Bar Association, which represents UNM’s School of Law, called a vote to determine whether the law school students will secede from GPSA to form their own organization. Law student Genevieve Graham, who helped with the planning stages for the vote, said some law students want to secede from GPSA to have more control over student government. “For quite some time now, GPSA’s interests have not been aligned with law school interests,” she said.
If giving speeches and making plans won football games, Mike Locksley would be undefeated as a head coach. The man who calls himself “Coach Locks” moved forward to Phase II of his proclaimed “renovation project.” But everyone knows how Phase I went. In 2009, Locksley encountered several off-the-field distractions, hampering the results of a year that included a 1-11 season.
Editor, For the first time in 75 years, the citizens of the United States and New Mexico are guaranteed security and stability in health care coverage.
Editor, This morning I watched President Obama’s speech about the new health care bill on TV with much skepticism.
Editor, As much as my colleagues and I would like to join the celebration of the House’s passage of the health bill over the weekend, there is cause for serious reservation about the current course of health care reform. Instead of eliminating the root of the problem — the profit-driven, private health insurance industry — this costly new legislation will enrich and further entrench these firms.
What do sex, drugs and obesity have in common? According to one UNM doctor, the answer is simple – the media.
UNM students dodged drinks thrown from cars and yelled at oncoming traffic Monday to protest the recent health care reform.
Imagine that Jason Reitman’s Oscar-winning film “Juno” is a hand towel. Now, imagine wringing all the sentimentality and snappy dialogue out of it and leaving it crumpled up to bake in the sun.
The walls of UNM senior Ramona Teo’s home are covered in paintings from ceiling to floor. After high school, she lived in Malaysia, where she honed skills for drawing intricate geometric patterns.
Creating the difference between attractive and stimulating is what artist Beau Carey shoots for in his paintings. Carey mostly works with large-scale oil paintings to reconstruct landscapes.
Q: Is it true that having a tongue piercing increases your chances of getting a heart rhythm problem? A: Yes, it is true that having a tongue piercing increases your chances of getting a heart problem, but the problem isn’t with the rhythm.
Mayor Richard Berry recently got on board with a new bike safety campaign that aims to help drivers see the road from a bicyclist’s point of view. The campaign, called “Easy to Miss,” includes a Web site, a billboard and displays at malls and the airport — all to raise drivers’ awareness of bikers.
Bard College is helping college students and their state senators talk directly about issues concerning climate change and clean energy. Eban Goodstein, director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, organized the nationwide 2010 Campus to Congress: Let’s Talk.
The Graduate and Professional Student elections for president and council chair are open to graduate students.
A missing UNM student is now safe and sound after taking a road trip across five different states. Student Sheena Jain drove through New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas by herself, said Hector Terrazas, UNM Police Department officer. Jain went missing on March 6 and was last seen at her family’s home in Las Cruces, said Dan Trujillo, Las Cruces Police Department spokesman.
Editor, I wanted to share with you the breathtaking weekend I had over spring break. I just arrived back from my rst trip with the UNM Wilderness Alliance.
Editor, This letter is in response to the Opinion column by Brock Lightstone in the March 12 Daily Lobo.
Editor, Regarding Zach Gould’s March 8 column, I would like to comment that the drug war is largely a war on marijuana smokers.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dear Darington Hobson, What’s all this speculation I hear about you considering leaving school for the NBA?
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