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SHAC program to aid student weight loss
Hannah Stangebye | August 28The Student Health and Counseling Center began a new program Monday to help improve students’ health and physical fitness.
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Lobo football player charged with DWI, suspended from team
Staff Report | August 27Lobo football player Devonta Tabannah was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on Sunday and was immediately suspended from the football team. According to APD, the sophomore cornerback was driving a black Chevrolet and ran a red light to make a left turn onto Lomas Boulevard from Second Street.
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GPSA seeks to mitigate loss of loan subsidies
Svetlana Ozden | August 27In response to a congressional decision to deny graduate students subsidized student loans, GPSA raised $49,000 in scholarship money that will be allocated to graduate students this semester. Beginning July 1, graduate students are no longer eligible for federal subsidized loans, which are loans from the government that don’t have an interest rate and don’t have to be paid back until six months after graduation.
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City to award $30K in app-making contest
Svetlana Ozden | August 27The city of Albuquerque is hosting a $30,000 app design contest. At an Aug. 24 press conference, city of Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry announced the beginning of the ABQ Data competition, a city of Albuquerque app-development contest aimed to improve Albuquerque community members’ and visitors’ experiences in Albuquerque.
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Altered room design promotes interactive learning
Svetlana Ozden | August 24On Aug. 27, construction will begin on a $9 million collaborative-learning building that studies show will help students better retain information they have learned in class.
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Lobo Spotlight
Hannah Stangebye | August 24The commanding officer of the largest naval station in the world is a former Lobo. Capt. David A. Culler Jr. became commanding officer of Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., on Aug. 2. Culler said the naval station houses 63 warships and about 180 aircraft.
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Student positions remain unfilled
Svetlana Ozden | August 23Although ASUNM President Caroline Muraida hired 35 people this summer to fill student positions on various University boards and committees, 20 positions have yet to be filled, meaning the student voice is still silent on some aspects of the University. Muraida said that throughout the summer, she held more than 100 hourlong interviews and that as part of her presidential duties, she needs to continue to fill the empty board and committee positions.
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Panelists prep to meet policymakers
Svetlana Ozden | August 23Eight UNM students spent the summer preparing to interact directly with national leaders and policymakers at a public-policy conference in Las Cruces.
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Association’s meeting ends in uncertainty
Svetlana Ozden | August 22Despite claims from UNM Parent Association Board members, a UNM spokeswoman said the parent association won’t disband and will work with the University to resolve recent disagreements.
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Deportation reprieve begins
Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga and Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga | August 22Young undocumented immigrants in New Mexico and across the country can now start an application process that will allow them to work legally and remain in the country with temporary protection from deportation.
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UNM Parent Association board quits
Elizabeth Cleary and Svetlana Ozden | August 21All members of the UNM Parent Association Board of Directors have resigned, following a dispute between the board and the UNM administration. One of the Parent Association board members, Grant Kitting, said the board has chosen to disband because the UNM administration wanted a say in the selection of the association’s next president.
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Social media site arrives in ABQ
Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga and Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga | August 21A new social networking site called “At The Pool” launched at UNM this week, and aims to give students with similar interests a tool to find each other.
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GOP lobbyist’s emails show attempts to sway UNM
Nicole Perez | August 20With a flick of his pen, one member of the 2011 UNM Presidential Search Committee was no longer legally bound to the same confidentiality agreement other members of the committee had agreed to.
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Free ice cream, movie at ‘Welcome Back Days’
Svetlana Ozden | August 20Students will be greeted by plenty of entertainment during the first week of school with the help of “Welcome Back Days,” an event that aims to bring the Lobo community together at the beginning of every school year.
