Pepsi is the official beverage of UNM. It pays the University $1 million a year for the privilege. "They actually lose money on the contract," said Dupuy Bateman, UNM's vice president for auxiliary enterprises. "Or at least that's what they tell us.
The Lobo football team is bowl-eligible for the third consecutive season, and head coach Rocky Long has been given his fourth contract extension in seven seasons. Athletic director Rudy Davalos announced Tuesday Long was given a contract extension leaving him at the helm of Lobo football team through the 2009 season.
Today will mark the second time students will be able to vote on food services in the SUB. The ASUNM Senate ballot will have a student poll with choices for a pizza place in the SUB, along with a question on the importance of cost and quality for food services.
Nancy and Pete Domenici already have one, and Barbara and Bill Richardson will have theirs. The Board of Regents unanimously approved the naming of a UNM building for the Richardsons on Tuesday night. A portion of the new UNM Children's Hospital and Critical Care Pavilion will be known as the Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion.
by Tara Zechini Technician (North Carolina State University) (U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. - Religious people live longer and healthier lives than their non-religious counterparts, according to studies released by Duke University Medical Center. While the studies concentrated on older adults, researcher Harold Koenig, professor of medicine at Duke University, said results pertain to college students.
Even though students at the law school have been accepted, they were concerned enough about the admissions process to organize a forum Tuesday night. Denise Chanez, president of the Mexican American Law Student Association and one of the organizers of the event, said it was a dilemma they struggled with while putting the event together.
Start from main campus and you could eventually reach north campus through a series of underground tunnels. But the tunnel system isn't as exciting as it seems, said Mary Vosevich, director of the Physical Plant Department. "It's where our steam, domestic water, chilled water, electricity, voice and data lines are placed to reach all the buildings on the campus," she said.
One of UNM's legislative priorities would create a new program to entice rural high school students to become doctors. "How would you like to take a student from the Navajo reservation, bring them to New Mexico, train them for 11 years and then send them back to be a doctor?" said Carlos Romero, UNM governmental affairs director.
Call it the slap bracelet of the 21st century. Since May, yellow bands have bedecked millions of wrists all over the world. And they are still going strong. The bands are the brainchild of the Nike Corporation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Lance Armstrong is a cancer survivor and six-time winner of the Tour de France.
Most New Mexicans don't have to fear going to the dentist. That's because New Mexico has the worst patient-to-dentist ratio in the nation, said James Strohschein, acting resident director of UNM's dental residency program. To change that, UNM Division of Dental Services was awarded an $880,000 three-year grant by the U.
It's four years and $540,000 later. A federal appeals court ruled on Nov. 9 the University has ownership of a discovery made years ago by Galen Knight, former staff member, and Terence Scallen, professor emeritus. The state District Court ruled in UNM's favor twice, and the decision was upheld twice.
Republicans eager to wrap up congressional session WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Arlen Specter's move up to chairman of the committee that handles the president's judicial nominees is on the line this week when lawmakers return to the Capitol to clean up the unfinished work of this Congress and prepare for the next one.
A two-hour scavenger hunt Saturday led ROTC members and Boy Scouts through Kirtland Air Force Base in search of eight locations. Jeff Bauer, first lieutenant in Scabbard and Blade, and Adam Loomis taught the land navigation course. Scabbard and Blade is a UNM honor society made of 16 ROTC members who are in the top 10 percent of performing officer candidates from all military branches at UNM.
Trying to memorize what a professor says might not be the best way to study. Susan Deese-Roberts, director of Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, said there are three modes of studying styles - auditory, visual and tactual. "Students either like to hear it, which means they are probably an auditory learner; see it, meaning visual learner; or move around while they are learning, which is usually tactile and kinesthetic," Deese-Roberts said.
Students, faculty and staff have been protesting outside the School of Architecture and Planning for about three weeks. Dean Roger Schluntz said he hasn't noticed. The protests were in front of the building the dean's office is in. Access to resources Concerns arose over the school's model shop and its Media and Resource Center, both of which operate on an appointment-only basis.
Ryan Harris and Stephen Lyle measure the University's cleanliness with the bottoms of their feet. Harris and Lyle go everywhere barefoot - classes across campus, through their dorms and restaurants. They say the University has dirty days that can measured by the appearance of the bottom of their feet.
Marilyn Hibben has been packing her boxes for a long time. Relatives have taken their belongings from the house. Marilyn said it was hard to draw up legal documents that might allow her to stay, but she assumes the University will let her know when she needs to leave in plenty of time.
Patrick Gendron senior, communications "The peace process is going to be definitely affected in a negative way. There is going to be a lot of confusion." Scott Wallace senior, political science "Eventually the peace process will go smoothly.
by Xochitl Campos Daily Lobo "Think Globally, Act Locally," is more than a bumper sticker for the organizers of the second annual Sustainability Festival. It's a message they wanted to get across to people attending the festival Thursday. "We want people to be thinking of their effect on the world, the globe, by concentrating on what they are doing here," organizer Parisa Asgharzadeh said.
Home plate for the softball team is going to look a lot nicer. A $626,429 project to renovate the softball facilities was approved Tuesday by the Board of Regents. "It's about time," second baseman Stephanie Kennedy said. She said she's looking forward to having lights and locker rooms.
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