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Photos take a different angle
Nancy Seplveda | April 11Art can bring healing and closure after a difficult experience, said student Hayley Richardson, vice president of the Art Student Association.
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Regents approve tuition increase
Caleb Fort | April 11The Board of Regents unanimously approved a 3.8 percent tuition increase Tuesday. The board also approved a 1.6 percent fee increase.
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Candidates give final pitches
Bryan Gibel | April 11Candidates for ASUNM president and vice president discussed diversity and the future of student government with about 70 people in the SUB Atrium on Tuesday.
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Dailly Lobo spotlight
April 10Luke Macias Senior Psychology and English Daily Lobo: What's your favorite place in New Mexico? Luke Macias: Santa Fe. DL: What do you like about Santa Fe? LM: The arts and culture. DL: What do you like about UNM? LM: The students. DL: What do you like about the students? LM: Everyone's really ...
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University bails out children's program
April 10A UNM program for children of low-income families is no longer in jeopardy after one dean and the University's president found funding to help it survive. The National Youth Sports Program provides sports training for 10- to 15-year-olds, but it lost more than half its funding to federal budget cuts in 2006. The funding was completely cut this year.
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Candidates square off in presidential debate
Bryan Gibel | April 10Candidates vying to be ASUNM president presented their platforms Monday in the SUB Atrium. NMPIRG's student chapter sponsored the debate, and KUNM reporter and producer Danny Hernandez moderated. The elections will be held online Wednesday. Ashley Fate, who is running on the REACH slate, said one of her goals is increasing safety on campus, including putting lights on Johnson Field. "I feel it is a really important initiative because we've been promising to put lights on Johnson Field for as long as I've been here," she said. ASUNM received funding from the Legislature this year to install the lights, after trying to get them for about seven years.
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Presidential hopefuls take stage for debate
April 9ASUNM presidential candidates will face off today at a debate sponsored by the student chapter of NMPIRG. "We're just trying to add a little more democracy to the ASUNM system," said Saliha Qasemi, co-chairwoman of NMPIRG. "We're trying to avoid it turning into a massive popularity contest."
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SFRB member: Board biased, violates policy
Bryan Gibel | April 9A member of the Student Fee Review Board said its deliberations process is biased and in violation of University policy. The board makes recommendations for the allocation of about $8 million in mandatory student fees. Graduate student and board member Isaac Padilla said the board unfairly increased funding recommendations to athletics instead of to programs that serve all students.
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Changes to GRE test canceled
April 9Educational Testing Service canceled changes to the GRE that would have made the test almost two hours longer starting September.
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Publishing enters new age
April 6The editor of the New York Times Book Review spoke to almost 100 people Wednesday in the SUB about the new age of publishing and how his publication decides which books to review. Publishers are being bought out by corporations, many of which are international, and it puts literary publishing in unfamiliar territory, Sam Tanenhaus said.
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Picking a clicker about to become a whole lot easier
Caleb Fort | April 6Most classes at UNM will use one kind of clicker starting in August. Clickers are devices students use to answer multiple-choice questions during class. The Bookstore sells six clickers for 19 classes, said Melanie Sparks, director of the Bookstore. That caused problems, said Gary Smith, director of the Office of Support for Effective Teaching.
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daily lobo asks you:
April 6Shannon Rogers Sophomore English No, I'm not planning on that. I don't know. I just haven't really thought about it. They have not persuaded me in the direction that they have any effect on anything that's going on. Graham Chouteau Junior Chemistry I probably won't be voting in the elections, ...
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Group aims to make service a requirement
Caleb Fort | April 5If a group of UNM students gets its way, community service classes will be required to graduate. "If you're coming in as an undergraduate, just like you have to take English 101 and history 101, you would have to take a class that has a service approach to learning," said student Travis McKenzie, a member of the Service Action Network, a student group aimed at increasing community service from UNM students.
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A long wait finally to end
April 5It has been a long wait for the renovation of the Communication and Journalism Building, but the chairman of the department said it will be worth it when it's done around mid-May.
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Event educates on sexual assault
April 5Sexual assault comes in many forms. "When you think about sexual assault, you think about rape," said Natahnee Winder, a peer educator at UNM's Student Health Center. "Stalking, domestic violence and unwanted contact are also issues." Winder organized an information booth for National Sexual Assault Awareness Day on Wednesday.
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Lawsuit: Veterinarian forced into resigning
Caleb Fort | April 4A lawsuit against UNM and two professors alleges that a former University veterinarian was forced to resign after complaining about cruel experiments on animals. The suit was filed May 27 by Daniel Theele, who was a veterinarian and director of the Animal Resource Facility since 1998.
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Imaginations on display
April 4Student Lauren Anderson said math and nature go hand in hand. Anderson used matrices to answer a question a piano instructor posed about why keys on a piano are arranged the way they are.
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Board's process comes under fire
Bryan Gibel | April 4The Student Fee Review Board's deliberation process does not conform to the state's open meetings act, according to a report by a national organization.
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Association aims to clear up misconceptions about Islam
April 3You shouldn't believe everything you see on TV, especially when it comes to Islam, said student Saba Afsar. "The media portrays it as a harsh religion," Afsar said. "It gives us a bad name, like Muslims are taught to shoot and kill people. I couldn't even kill a spider, let alone a human." Afsar organizes activities for female members of the UNM Muslim Student Association, which is sponsoring Islamic Awareness Week. The group has an informational tent in Smith Plaza from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Friday. The week's activities include lectures, ethnic food and Turkish drum performances. Afsar said the purpose of the event is not to convert people but to clear up misconceptions about Islam, such as the oppression of women. "When you look at it, Islam is one of the first religions to grant women's rights," she said. Student Samah Kamal, a member of the association, said women have had more rights under Islam than any other religion, including the right to own land and the right to vote.
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Daily Lobo spotlight
April 3John Sumrow Junior Fine arts Daily Lobo: What's your job on campus? John Sumrow: I'm a senior graphic designer. DL: What do you do? JS: All the billboards statewide. If they want a magazine, I design that - do the layout and a lot of photography. DL: What do you like about your job? JS: I ...
