About 1,000 people rallied at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Sunday in support of immigrant rights. Demonstrators at the rally included Mexican immigrants and local activists. The event was in correlation with the National Day of Action for Immigrants, which is a day of demonstrations across the country.
An incorrect photo ran in Friday's edition identifying a runner as Matt Gonzales. The runner in the photo is Joseph Garcia. The error was made in editing.
Joseph Garc°a was voted president of GPSA on Thursday. A total of 751 students voted online from Monday through Thursday to select leadership for the Graduate and Professional Students Association.
Tiara Triebel Freshman Biochemistry "It's important to vote because it's important to be active in your school community and to know what you're voting for. If you want things done, you have to vote, because without voting there's no point. You can't complain unless you vote.
When Bruce King was in seventh grade, he knew he would be governor of New Mexico someday. A former governor told King's class that one of them could eventually be governor.
The Boom slate dominated the ASUNM elections Wednesday, with president, vice president and seven senators voted into office. Incumbent President Brittany Jaeger from Boom was re-elected, receiving 44 percent of
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo GPSA President Buckner Creel isn't worried about new leadership in the student group. "I think the GPSA will have a good president next year," he said. "I think anyone will do a good job. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses.
Col. John Hill has plenty of stories about his trips abroad, but one stood out above all others. In 2003, Hill and his wife were in India when they saw Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones sharing drinks and conversation. When the pair left without paying their bill, Hill picked up the tab, so he could tell his friends he bought the Rolling Stones drinks, he said.
President Brittany Jaeger 716 votes Vice President Andrea Roussel 671 votes Senators Matthew Barnes 592 votes Molly Cassidy 457 votes Ashley Fate 655 votes Chuck Gover 647 votes Louis Jeantete 483 votes Lesley Pompa 597 votes Brian Moore 485
Students, faculty and alumni watched as a Komatsu trackhoe began tearing away at the southeast corner of land near Wagner Hall on Wednesday. The groundbreaking took place where the Centennial Engineering Center will be built later this year. It was part of a fundraiser to fund the contruction of the center.
UNM student Lanlan Wang said she began practicing Falun Dafa, a controversial type of Chinese meditation, in March 1998. A year later, she was kicked out of Tsinghua University in China.
Despite a report stating New Mexico's Public Education Department has been slow in improving education for American-Indian children, UNM has been hard at work, said Joseph Suina, associate professor.
Bryan Evans, a candidate for vice president on the Progressive Action Coalition slate, said he wants big changes in ASUNM.
A citywide minimum wage hike could become law before the end of the month. City Council President Martin Heinrich introduced the proposal to the council on Tuesday. The council will vote on the proposal during a meeting April 20.
Resource conservation manager Linda McCormick has spent more than two years trying to improve the recycling program at UNM.
Ministers from the Church of Scientology set up a bright yellow tent in front of the SUB on Monday to give massages, administer stress tests and answer questions about their religion.
About 1,200 Albuquerque residents marched Downtown on Saturday to celebrate the birthday of civil rights leader CÇsar Ch†vez and to support social justice for immigrants.
The regents who attended Friday's Budget Summit all agreed tuition will have to go up next year. But no one knew by how much.
About 2,000 high school and middle school students from around the state came to UNM on Saturday as part of New Mexico MESA's 18th annual Math & Science Jamboree.
Democrats need to recognize the spiritual needs of American citizens, said Michael Lerner, a rabbi from San Francisco. He said liberals in the United States tend to look down on religion.
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