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Magazine: Rio Rancho a top city for business

In the upcoming April issue of Fortune's Small Business Magazine, Rio Rancho ranked 83rd in the magazine's "100 best places to live and launch." The top spot on the list was rewarded to Bellevue, Wash. Georgetown, Texas; Burford, Ga.; Marina del Rey, Calif.

Feature Photo: Poetry Slam

Kris Gebhard of Dartmouth College practices before performing in the College Unions Poetry Slam Invite preliminaries held in the SUB on Thursday. The UNM slam team is hosting the event. Check out DailyLobo.com for video related to this event.

Forum addresses smoking areas at UNM

The UNM Smoke-Free Campus Coalition held an open-mic forum Thursday, allowing people to voice their opinions on creating designated smoking areas on campus. Monica Patten, of the American Lung Association of New Mexico, said the point of the forum was not to pit smokers and nonsmokers against each other, but to identify solutions and ideas.

Question of the Week

Kelly Baca Sophomore Broadcast journalism I think he should. I think that it was kind of a harsh punishment. He didn't do it as an act of hate, and he made that very clear. Tayler Pearson Sophomore Philosophy I would say no. But if he believes as strongly as he says he believes in the reason for why he tore it down, then of course he would want do that.

Correction

In Thursday's Daily Lobo, the story "Experimenting with change" should have said the performance by Yoda's House will be at 8 p.m. on Saturday and costs $9 for students.

Lynch guilty of destroying flag

A jury found student Peter Lynch guilty of criminal damage to property Wednesday. In September, Lynch removed a Mexican flag from a pole outside Scholes Hall, tore it and took it to the Air Force ROTC office. Bernalillo County Metropolitan Judge Clyde DeMersseman gave Lynch a six-month deferred sentence.

Survey: UNM isn't quite a dream school

UNM isn't a top dream school, according to a survey published in the Princeton Review. The survey, released last week, polled about 8,000 college applicants and 1,500 parents of applicants. Prospective college students named Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., as the top dream school in the country, while parents voted Princeton as their No.

Crime Watch

March 27 A UNM Police officer went to Popejoy Hall after a UNM employee reported that his backpack was stolen. The employee said he worked in the sound booth and left his backpack unattended. He told the officer three skateboarders had loitered on stage. He said he saw one of the skateboarders take the backpack while exiting Popejoy.

Officers say they were discriminated against

The state's Department of Workforce Solutions ruled March 12 that there is probable cause to believe two UNM Police officers have been discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. The ruling comes seven months after Lt. Michael Young and Cmdr.

AP Briefs

Albuquerque jail to not hold ICE inmates (AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has decided against using a Downtown Albuquerque jail to hold its detainees, an agency spokeswoman said. Most of the detainees who would have been placed in the Regional Correctional Center will be held in El Paso, Texas, Leticia Zamarripa said.

Schmidly: Student success focus of new staff position

UNM will soon have a permanent vice president for enrollment management. President David Schmidly created the position in July, and Terry Babbitt has been serving as interim since then. The vice president of student enrollment oversees the offices of admissions and recruitment, scholarship, financial aid and the registrar.

Director of creative writing resigns

UNM's director of creative writing said she will resign because her colleague has not been punished for posing in sexually explicit photos with students. Sharon Warner submitted a letter of resignation March 23 to University administrators. She will step down April 15.

Administrator awarded for community service

In 1970, Vice President of Student Affairs Cheo Torres marched with Cesar Chavez in the Rio Grande valley of Texas to promote the rights of farm workers. At the time, Torres was volunteering as a teacher in south Texas. Nearly 40 years later, Torres said he continues to donate his time, as a mentor to students and as a promoter of higher education.

Spotlight: Emilee Howland-Davis

Daily Lobo: Why did you choose those majors? Emily Howland-Davis: One, I really like sociology, and the professional writing will help me to write in that professional setting. DL: Are you going to go for your master's? EH: Yes. DL: What do you plan to use your degree for? EH: For research - probably at the university level or possibly being a professor and doing research.

Concealed weapons

After a man was caught trying to sell weapons on campus and in light of campus shootings nationwide, UNM students are divided over whether they should be able to carry a gun for protection. Lt. Pat Davis, UNM Police spokesman, said the department put 20-year-old Santos Gallegos, a former UNM student, under surveillance after receiving an anonymous tip in March that he was attempting to sell weapons on campus.

Alford signs on to coach through 2015-16 season

Lobo head basketball coach Steve Alford signed a three-year contract extension, Athletics Director Paul Krebs announced Monday. The contract keeps Alford signed through the 2015-16 season. There is no pay raise, and Alford will continue to make about $975,000 per year.

March honors Cesar Chavez

About 90 people marched Saturday to honor civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. The march started at the Sanchez Farm on Arenal Road at 9 a.m. They planted seeds and worked the land before marching about two miles to the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Student Elizabeth Silva said that as a member of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán, the march was a way to remind Hispanics that it is important to give back to their community like Chavez did.

AP Briefs

Task force aims to reduce alcohol-related incidents GALLUP (AP) - An interagency task force is aimed at reducing alcohol-related crashes, injuries and deaths through sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. City and state police officers, and McKinley County sheriff's deputies will be cross-commissioned to extend their jurisdiction onto Navajo lands within the county.

GPSA delays presidential election

Staff report GPSA voted unanimously to delay its presidential election for three weeks during a special meeting Saturday. The election, originally scheduled for April 7 to 10, will now be held April 28 to May 1. Elections Chairman Tarrance LeNoir said the Graduate and Professional Student Association decided to postpone the election to abide by the group's constitution.