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The faculty appeared split on whether to vote no confidence in President David Schmidly and Executive Vice President David Harris at its meeting in Popejoy Hall on Wednesday. The Faculty Governance Committee said it will announce the results of the vote by noon today.

Run for president if you want to change how Obama lives

Editor, I would like to respond to a letter that was published on Feb. 12 by Daniel Martinez titled "Obama a hypocrite for asking CEOs to reduce their salaries." His complaint is of President Barack Obama asking major corporate CEOs to put limits or caps on their salaries and comparing the position of the presidency to that of a corporate CEO.

Faculty votes no confidence in Schmidly, Koch, Harris

About 500 faculty members met in Popejoy Hall on Wednesday to discuss and vote on five motions regarding the way the University is run. Each motion required 50 percent of the vote to pass, and the faculty passed all of them. The faculty have resolved: 1) To request an external audit of the University's finances to establish where educational funds have been spent in the last six years.

Faculty presents motion to oust regents president

The faculty meeting fell on Ash Wednesday, and biology professor Maggie Werner-Washburne was quick to draw a connection between the events. "It's a reminder to all of us that redemption is possible and that miracles are possible," she said. However, Werner-Washburne didn't hold out much hope for the University if faculty did not issue a vote of no confidence in Regents President Jamie Koch.

Dances with nations

This weekend's openers for Global Dance Fest 2009 will appeal to artists across the board, Danish choreographer Palle Granhoj said. "My kind of dance performances are much more for people outside the dance community than people inside the dance community," Granhoj said.

'Coraline' engaging, visually elegant

Yeah, it has been out for three weeks now and has already made more than $50 million at the box office, but let me tell you about a movie called "Coraline." Based on the children's novel by British author and equally British screenwriter Neil Gaiman, "Coraline" is the latest production from the eye-popping, jaw-dropping, belly-flopping, hip-hopping, stop-motion works of animation master Henry Selick.

Equity and Inclusion VP shunts blame from Schmidly

Many faculty members had already voiced support for President David Schmidly at the faculty meeting on Wednesday when a woman, who did not immediately identify herself, stepped up to the microphone. "I would like to urge you to vote against this motion," she said.

Wine: a taste of expression

Wines are liquid landscapes. "People tend to think of landscape expressions in the context of painters," wine-maker Eric Glomski said. "Take somebody like Monet or Van Gogh, who paints a landscape and everybody can say clearly this person is expressing the landscape.

Faris lends wisdom in heated contest

TCU's Zvonko Buljan was heckled for a reason. Buljan's emotions flared up often in the Horned Frogs' 76-62 loss to the UNM men's basketball team Tuesday. At the 9:06 first-half mark, Buljan jousted underneath with UNM's Will Brown. Whatever Buljan said, he got a reaction out of Brown.

Editorial: President must speak plainly, drop charades

It is not the best of times; it is not the worst of times. It is a time for President David Schmidly to set aside aphorisms - especially those that invoke decapitated autocrats - and speak plainly to his employees. Yes, employees, not subjects or serfs.

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Daily Lobo Spotlight

Daily Lobo: How long have you been biking? Stephen Webb: Probably for, like, the last two years. Seriously, like, the stuff that I'm doing, the stuff that I'm doing is called trials. DL: What does that mean? SW: It's kind of like an urban sport, an urban type of biking where the rider tries to use urban obstacles as his course, so there's a lot of technical stuff.

Ph.D. program may be closed

One of UNM's oldest programs is poised to mail rejection letters to all applicants seeking Ph.D.s from UNM. Hispanic Linguistics, one of three graduate programs overseen by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is losing its only full-time linguistics professor to Penn State.

Daily Lobo not biased against Schmidly, just doing its job

Editor, Regarding student Jordan Sayre's letter entitled "Daily Lobo has been biased in coverage of Schmidly" on Feb. 23, it's journalism 101 to know that when a dog bites a man, it is not news, but when a man bites a dog, it is news. What David Schmidly does right is not news because that is what he is expected to do and is being paid to do.

Coach motivates swimmers by example

It's the end of a two-a-day practice. UNM swimmers take laps in the pool for two hours at 6:30 a.m., and they're finishing up afternoon practice with a run after lifting weights. Their tired bodies might prefer to slowly cruise the few miles, but one force is pushing them harder: Their 33-year-old coach is beating them.

UNM introduces new degree programs

UNM is adding three degree programs for the next academic year. A bachelor of fine arts degree in film and digital media will begin accepting students this fall. A teaching certificate in biomedical sciences and a master's of science for physician assistants will also begin accepting applicants.

Regional win qualifies UNM for championship

At last, a 16-year drought is over. For the first time since 1992, the UNM skiing team made its way to victory at the NCAA West Regional/Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association Championship last weekend in Truckee, Calif. The desert-locked Lobos beat out seven schools including the top three finishers from last year's NCAA Tournament: Denver, Colorado and Utah.

Lobos keep title hopes alive with TCU win

The magic number is now three, after the UNM men's basketball team handed TCU a 76-62 loss. The Lobos will need to win out if they want a share of the Mountain West Conference title. The Horned Frogs visited The Pit on Tuesday for the Lobos' second-to-last home game.

Campus groups protest Fox graduation speech

UNM has invited former Mexican President Vicente Fox to deliver the 2009 commencement address. Some campus groups are taking issue with the choice, citing allegations of human-rights abuses during Fox's tenure as president. The selection of Fox as commencement speaker coincides with an agreement signed between UNM and Centro Fox, the former president's public policy and educational institute.