Scientists continue to debate how humans arrived in America. It remains one of the greatest mysteries of the past, said the narrator of "America's Stone Age Explorers," a "Nova" episode that aired Tuesday night on PBS. There is a widely held belief that the first humans in America migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge into what is now Alaska.
In "Opening the door to career success" in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, Cecilia Martinez Howard was misnamed as Cynthia Martinez Howard. Also, the story stated Martinez Howard and her business partner Jacqueline Zamora were contracted to start their business, El Portal.
The College Greens might be against the war in Iraq, but they're also collecting donations for the troops. Bobbi Page, a member of the College Greens, said sending packages overseas is important to show support for the troops and also to show them there is another party.
He couldn't play the game, so he became the manager. "In essence, I feel like part of the team," said Damien Farris, student manager of the UNM football team. "If we don't win, I feel like I could have done more, maybe if I helped out the coaches more." Farris played football his freshman year at Valley High School, but a knee injury near the end of the season took him off the team.
The sign language interpreters at Popejoy Hall earned their keep Tuesday night. As soon as comedian and TV host Bill Maher took the stage to a standing ovation from the packed house, he began a playful banter with the woman stage left assigned to repeat his jokes and rants to the deaf.
Rebecca Reyes first set foot on campus Tuesday. "It was my first time ever on a college campus, and everyone was really nice and really helpful," Reyes said. UNM's application fee was waived for students who brought completed admission applications and a copy of their official transcript to American Indian Student Day.
Regents President Jamie Koch has been talking about changing committees for a while, but they were finally approved at Tuesday's meeting. The regents approved adding one faculty and one staff representative to the Student and Academic Affairs Committee. Faculty Senate President Ed DeSantis and Staff Council President Steve Borbas will be added to the committee.
Know the market, and they will come. By networking with businesses that have job openings, UNM psychology student Jacqueline Zamora and Cynthia Martinez Howard have become partners in running El Portal, an employment service agency created to serve people with learning, mental and physical disabilities.
It was something he had only heard about, but he wasn't sure how to get there. It wasn't what he expected either - the animals were bigger, and there were more of them. Patrick Mullen said before he entered the house on the corner of Campus Boulevard and Lafayette Place, its contents might better benefit biology students.
Civilization as we know it will come to an end sometime this century when the fuel runs out. Such is the grim prediction author and California Institute of Technology professor and vice provost David Goodstein concluded his lecture with Monday night. "I certainly hope my prediction is wrong," he told the audience that filled Woodward Hall.
Regents President Jamie Koch reminded presenters at the Finance and Facilities Committee meeting Monday that accepting the lowest bid is no longer the law. Koch interrupted Mary Kenney, associate director of facility planning for the Health Sciences Center, as she presented plans for Phase I of a new education building.
by Jennifer Otero Daily Lobo If you remember reading this before, maybe it's just your mind playing tricks on you, or maybe it's dÇjÖ vu. UNM psychology professor Peder Johnson said the phenomenon of dÇjÖ vu cries out for an explanation, but he doesn't know if anyone really understands what causes it.
A UNM anthropology professor will challenge a rethinking of human migration theory during a PBS program. Professor Lawrence Straus appears on tonight's "Nova" to dispute a new theory about North American migration based on spearheads discovered in Europe.
It's like uncharted territory. There are more than 140 animals staring visitors in the face when they walk into the Hibben House. But what visitors? Since 2002, there haven't been many. When Frank Hibben was alive, students would sit among the animals and have conversations.
John Nicholson said he didn't understand why his grandmother donated her body to science until he came to a memorial service held by the medical school honoring her gift. "It was something she wanted to do personally," Nicholson said. "I never considered it.
At least 100 UNM students might go to bed hungry on Wednesday - voluntarily. For the second annual UNM Fast-a-Thon, students pledge to abstain from food from sunup until sundown for one day. For every pledge, a local sponsor will donate $5 to Project Share, a food provider for the homeless in the University area.
It's not flu season in New Mexico, but UNM clinics have been giving out about 300-400 flu shots per day. Jim Krieger, director of the clinical pharmacy services at UNM Hospital, said they bought 35,000 does this year and have administered 20,000 so far.
A group of about 40 UNM students stood outside of the School of Architecture and Planning to demand access to its resource center yesterday. One week ago, students and the department's shop supervisor, Fred Mahinfarahmand, protested the restrictive hours of the shop and what they said was ill treatment of Mahinfarahmand.
by Xochitl Campos Daily Lobo Rumors suggested CIRT might begin charging for the use of printers in the computer pods around campus. CIRT Director Bill Adkins and Associate Director Linda Miller discredited these rumors. Both said they had not heard of a plan to begin charging for the use of printers in the computer pods.
A 45-year-old unnamed Albuquerque man shot himself after barricading himself in a house on the 200 block of Cornell Drive. A SWAT standoff tied up the area around Cornell Drive and Lead Avenue for more than four hours yesterday. A heavy police presence began building in the area at about 1 p.
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