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Students change study techniques

Deborah Harvey | November 15

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.

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Resource Center debate continues

Felicia Fonseca | November 15

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.

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Students bare all 10 toes around the town

Rivkela Brodsky | November 12

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.

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A house, but not a home

Felicia Fonseca | November 12

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.

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the daily lobo asks you:How will Yasser Arafat's death affect peace in the Middle East?

November 12

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.

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Festival promotes sustaining the earth

November 12

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.

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Softball field to receive facelift

Rivkela Brodsky | November 11

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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Professor debates migration on 'Nova'

Katy Knapp | November 11

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.

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Correction

November 11

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.

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Greens collect donations for troops

Alex Williams | November 11

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.

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Football manager a team player

Deborah Harvey | November 10

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.

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Maher takes on Bush, religion

Chris Narkun | November 10

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.

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Native students explore UNM

Rachel Stohr | November 10

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.

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Regents add committee reps

Rivkela Brodsky | November 10

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.

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Opening the door to career success

Margarita Ortega y Gomez | November 10

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.

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Walking through the house that Frank built

Felicia Fonseca | November 10

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.

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Physics professor predicts oil crisis

Matthew Chavez | November 9

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.

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Regents: Lowest bid not required

Rivkela Brodsky | November 9

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.

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Researchers explore dÇjÖ vu

November 9

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.

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Arrowheads spur new theory

Katy Knapp | November 9

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.