UNM’s race car building team won’t have to skid to a stop after all. The Formula Society of Automotive Engineers is an annual international collegiate engineering competition that allows students to design and build their own race cars.
Patrick Apodaca, University counsel, is leaving UNM for a senior legal and executive position at PNM, New Mexico’s largest electricity provider. Apodaca, a Harvard graduate, served as an associate counsel for President Carter from 1977 to 1981 and served as University counsel since 2006. Apodaca said he expected to work at UNM until his retirement, but then he got an offer from PNM.
UNM didn’t ask Vernon Tile for any past work experience or qualifications before the company completed the tile work at Johnson’s Olympic pool, said Robert Notary, Johnson pool project manager. The tiles around Johnson’s Olympic pool are already coming up and cracking, and the pool remodel was completed in March.
Americans are facing a dangerous situation with the war in Afghanistan, and students at the University of New Mexico need to be part of the national dialogue.
Editor, The reason the 80 percent cutoff point for establishing the 250 pages per semester free printing limit at the computer labs is flawed (80 percent of students printed out less than 250 pages) is because it puts people who print out 251 pages in the same category as those who print out excessive amounts (10,000, as one student did). The policy-setters have thus determined that 251 pages equals excess, and also decided to literally tax or raise tuition for those students who printed between 251 and whatever real excess is.
Let it ride! Essentially, the UNM men’s basketball team is playing roulette — whether Russian in nature, Saturday might tell — and the stakes are high. Potentially, the Lobos (7-0 overall) could parlay their early success into a spot in the top 25. With that said, Saturday’s game against New Mexico State, for which only 400 tickets remained available as of 4 p.m.
UNM women’s head coach Don Flanagan wants the Lobos to remain patient in the face of Texas Tech. The Lobos (5-2) will need all the offensive patience in West Texas on Saturday when UNM heads east to duel with the Lady Raiders on Saturday. “We have been successful when we’re patient,” Flanagan said.
With over 19 Senators and 40 spectators packed into the ASUNM Senate hall to debate a resolution to endorse the DREAM act, Sen.
A Nobel Peace Prize laureate has come to the desert to be an advocate for ice. Henry Pollack shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with his colleagues on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former Vice President Al Gore.
From the editor-in-chief I apologize on behalf of myself and my staff for this error. I apologize to Crystal, her family, the staff and interns at El Centro de la Raza, and all UNM students for the distress this has caused. From the news editor I take responsibility for writing that Crystal Quiñonez was an undocumented student. Quiñonez is actually a U.S. citizen.
The clock hit zero, and the buzzer sounded; Section 26 rushed Bob King Court, and students hoisted UNM guard Nate Garth above their shoulders at The Pit on Wednesday. The UNM men’s basketball team defeated No.
As many as 90 percent of all women deal with various degrees of premenstrual syndrome, ranging from moderate to severe aches, pains, bloating and emotional stress during their reproductive years.
The UNM School of Medicine is getting a taste of art from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. Students can now take Perspectives in Medicine sessions, in which they study art to construct a skill set for diagnosing patients, said Jackie M., director of education at the museum.
Great balls of spinning, fiery Kevlar! That’s a common encounter for fire spinners Pierce Knauber-Ferriegel, Tyler Chapman and Stuart Knight-Williamson, members of the group Ignite Poi. The group will perform tonight at the Nob Hill Shop N’ Stroll in front of the Bike Coop.
Choreographed dances don’t get much love in pop culture after the destructive influence of “High School Musical,” but students have the chance to appreciate quality choreographed dances on campus this weekend.
Recipients of honorary degrees from UNM no longer have to attend commencement to get their degrees, according to an agreement reached at the Board of Regents meeting Tuesday. The University awards honorary degrees to people who have made significant contributions to a certain field but don’t have the ultimate degree in that subject area.
After months of negotiations, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Player’s Association has finally ratified a contract, but the musicians still might not be ready to play a happy tune.
Registration can be a stressful time, especially with finals right around the corner. Thankfully, there are some things students can do to make the process less traumatic. Students can check their own personal registration date by signing into my.unm.edu.
Editor, Sadly, the vast majority of the people with whom I have tried to engage in a dialogue at protests against what Barack Obama is doing, are either not willing to engage in dialogue or simply do not know how to do that.
Editor, It has always been clear to the nonpartisan critics of Barack Obama, even before his ascension to the American presidency, that he won’t solve this country’s fundamental problems.
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