Mike Chavez has owned a janitorial service in Albuquerque for more than three decades. "I've been in business for 35 years," he said, "and the last eight years have been terrible." Chavez said that if the down cycle in the economy continues, he will have to go out of business.
Bill on domestic violence gains approval of Senate SANTA FE - A proposal backed by Gov. Bill Richardson to increase domestic violence penalties won approval in the Senate on Saturday. A third conviction of battery on a household member would become a felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison.
High school freshman Jordan Shelton can't vote. But Shelton, 14, said he wants to work on Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Obama has the power to make positive changes in the U.S., he said. "He's the first African-American running for president, and this is a historical event for that," he said.
Staff Report: The Earth's temperature has risen over the past 100 years. And unless humanity changes its ways, that trend will only continue, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Lee Drake, regional director of College Democrats of America, said global warming cannot be ignored.
Man pleads guilty to extreme animal cruelty AZTEC - A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to gunning down nine sheep or goats and a dog while shooting from a truck last summer. Derek Witt accepted a plea this week for three felonies: extreme cruelty to animals, injury to livestock and shooting from a motor vehicle.
UNM was awarded a 2008 Energy Star for energy efficiency and fuel savings. The Physical Plant Department was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for producing power and heat with only one fuel source, said Larry Schuster, a utilities engineer in the department.
Candidates are battling for the Democratic nomination, and UNM was part of the battleground Thursday. Former President Bill Clinton spoke to about 500 people at Johnson Gym to campaign for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. But he wasn't there just because they've been married for 32 years, he said.
Staff Report: Black History Month begins on campus 11 a.m. Friday with a flag-raising ceremony outside of Scholes Hall. President David Schmidly will speak, followed by the raising of the Pan-African flag by students and members of ROTC, African-American Student Services and the community.
The journalism and mass communications programs at UNM haven't been accredited for almost six years, but they took a major step toward reaccreditation Wednesday. A team from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications recommended the program be accredited after a three-day review that began Monday, Communications and Journalism chairman John Oetzel said.
Staff Report: Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois will speak in Albuquerque on Friday. The event will be at the Albuquerque Convention Center. He will discuss the economic challenges facing New Mexico, the country and his plans if elected president. The event is free and open to the public.
Jan. 22 A man reported that his ex-girlfriend might have posted fliers around campus with his image and personal information. The man's current girlfriend said she found similar fliers on her car and at work. The man said he has not had contact with his ex-girlfriend since April.
Illegal immigration is a make-or-break issue for the 2008 campaign in border states like New Mexico. For years, Congress has battled back and forth on the issue. But no senator, president or congressman can understand the importance of the issue better than people who have spent their lives wanting to become citizens, said Monica Schapiro, a 25-year-old from Ecuador.
Staff Report Former President Bill Clinton will speak at UNM on Thursday. He is campaigning for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. He will speak to students, faculty and staff in Johnson Gym at 3 p.m., said Kristen Lee, a campaign organizer for Hillary Clinton.
Almost five years, almost 4,000 U.S. casualties, and the fate of the Iraq War will rest with one presidential candidate. Student Caleb Franzoy, who served two terms in Iraq, said the next president needs to win the war or send the troops home. "There is a job to be done over there, and we need to either do it right or quit and get out," he said.
A cancelled bus trip didn't stop students from participating in UNM Day at the Capitol on Tuesday. Students travel to Santa Fe every year to lobby the Legislature. A bus full of students was scheduled to leave at 7:30 a.m., but the trip was canceled due to icy road conditions.
There has never been a dental school in New Mexico. But that can change if Gov. Bill Richardson gets his way. Richardson is asking the Legislature for money to create New Mexico's first dental school at UNM. A dental school could be costly, said Mark Moores, director of the New Mexico Dental Association.
Zachariah Southard Electronic arts Senior Daily Lobo: How long have you been a UNM student? ZS: Since, uh, wow, 1998. I left for two years to work in Silicon Valley, during the dot-com era, and I returned in 2002. DL: And you're from? ZS: I was born in Santa Fe.
Health care is a hot-button issue for Americans who feel sick and abandoned by modern medicine. But reforming the medical industry has proved divisive. "We are a very expensive health care system, and our health indicators don't really reflect that we're getting good value for the money that we're spending on our health care system," said Beverly Kloeppel, director of the Student Health Center.
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