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IT project to cause network outage

The Information Technologies Department will be shutting down power to various buildings throughout late June and early July as part of an effort to strengthen the UNM network. IT Chief Information Officer Gilbert Gonzales said replacing network switches that are no longer efficient will ensure continued network availability, reliability, security and speed. “These switches have been running for five or more years,” Gonzales said.

UNM eyes new housing projects

The June 17 groundbreaking ceremony for the south campus dorms wasn’t just about praising the new project.

Activists ask Udall to DREAM

Chelsea Erven Thirty protestors chanted outside Senator Tom Udall’s downtown office June 15 trying to convince the senator to co-sponsor the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act as a stand-alone bill. The DREAM Act would give undocumented immigrant students who have resided in the U.S.

Provost: Juarez unfit for travel

A May 25 e-mail from the Provost’s Office discouraging students from traveling to Mexico caused one of UNM’s summer programs to change its plans. However, at least two other programs based in Mexico still plan on visiting the violence-ridden country. The e-mail said that Deputy Provost Richard Holder is advising students to avoid the Juarez area. It cited an El Paso Times article about a University of Texas at El Paso student who was murdered while driving on a highway outside of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

UNM mourns students' deaths

by Shaun Griswold  Daily Lobo Two graduate students from the Civil Engineering department, Yi Huang and Mohammad Minhaz Mahdi, died June 5 in a car accident in Sandoval County.   Huang, a 24-year-old student from China, and Mahdi, a 30-year-old student from Bangladesh, both died after their car slid off the road and rolled over three times, according to a representative of the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Department.    The two graduate students and another student, Nasrin Sumee, were returning to Albuquerque from a hiking trip at the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument near Cochiti Pueblo.   Huang died at UNM Hospital and Mahdi died at the scene, according to the police report.  Sumee survived the crash and is in stable condition at UNM Hospital.

South campus facelift more than skin deep

UNM’s Student Family Housing facility is undergoing some major renovations and management restructuring.

Grassroots grow out of oil tragedy

About 20 protesters braved the 100-degree heat June 5 to voice concerns about the government’s handling of the April 20 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Seize BP, a national organization that calls for the U.S.

Routine cleaning leaves fish out to dry

The Duck Pond became a grave site to 45 fish that dehydrated during a routine cleaning that went horribly wrong. On May 20 the UNM Physical Plant Department began its annual operation to clean the sludge from the pipe that maintains the Duck Pond water flow.

At-large and in charge

The 48-year wait is over. And for head baseball coach Ray Birmingham, his three-year promise became a reality. On Monday, the UNM baseball team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time since 1962.

Law school must stick with GPSA for now

A subcommittee of the Board of Regents voted Thursday to table the law students’ request to secede from the Graduate and Professional Students Association. The Academic and Student Affairs Committee advised the Student Bar Association to work harder with GPSA to make the organization better meet its needs.

Fine arts students face fee increase, class cancellations

College of Fine Arts students are paying extra in unexpected fees for fall 2010 classes. Jim Linnell, dean of CFA, said students enrolled in almost any class in the college will have to pay an extra $5 per credit hour in fees.

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Professor uses award ceremony to bash Schmidly, administration

The air of excitement suddenly turned somber at the Teaching Awards Ceremony on Thursday afternoon, when the most prestigious award winner gave a speech about the decline of UNM’s core mission – education.

Media helps catch thieves by releasing security video

Publicized surveillance footage was the key to capturing two young men recorded stealing from the New Mexico Court of Appeals on Tuesday.

UNMH fire sparked by flame in smoke stack

It wasn’t a chemical reaction that sent the Biomedical Research Facility into flames early Wednesday morning. According to the Albuquerque Fire Department, a generator tested outside the building, north of UNM Hospital, on the ground level started the blaze. Sam Giammo, spokesman for the Health Sciences Center, said the generator had a stack on it designed to carry fumes out over the top of the building. “It appears that something inside that stack ignited,” he said.

Schmidly has tumor, may miss graduation

UNM President David Schmidly announced Tuesday that he will be seeking medical treatment for a small abdominal tumor.

Athletics employee arrested on DWI charge

Stephen Reaves, 25, a weight room intern for the UNM football team, was arrested on a charge of aggravated DWI in the Nob Hill neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to an APD criminal complaint. KRQE 13 initially broke the story Monday morning.

Embattled south campus housing slated to open in fall 2011

American Campus Communities is taking over UNM student housing. The company builds student housing all over the country.

Out with the old, in with the interim

Doug Fields resigned from his post as Faculty Senate president Monday, citing a lack of shared governance between the UNM administration and faculty. In a press conference Monday, Fields said the administration has not been willing to collaborate and listen to the Faculty Senate.

GPSA debates donations standards for elections

The Graduate and Professional Student Association Council wrangled Saturday between pushing for a more ethical elections code or continuing to allow elections to mirror those of state and federal government. The council debated how to amend the GPSA bylaws to ensure that elections reflected transparency, fairness and consistency.