Faculty Senate has been at the University for years, but it is still getting organized. The senate established a list of priorities at a Sept. 10 retreat and chose four to work on for the year and present to the administration. President Ed De Santis said these are the same issues the senate has been dealing with for a long time.
Student social security numbers are supposed to be confidential, but thousands of them were lying in a recycling bin in the Logan Hall basement for days. "My guess is that it was stuck in some office, and someone threw it away without thinking," said Ronald Yeo, Department of Psychology chairman.
The New Mexico Supreme Court ordered Ralph Nader back on the ballot Tuesday. The court directed Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron to print and distribute ballots with Nader and his running mate, Peter Camejo, as independent candidates, overturning a Sept.
A federal judge ordered the New Mexico secretary of state to place Ralph Nader on the ballot Tuesday. In a separate case, the New Mexico Supreme Court also ordered Nader on the ballot Tuesday. U.S. District Judge John Conway ordered Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron to refrain from printing or distributing ballots that exclude Nader and to put Nader and his running mate Peter Camejo on the New Mexico ballot.
There are more than 22 countries where students can study and pay UNM tuition rates. Today a Study Abroad fair will feature UNM-sponsored international exchange and study abroad programs. The fair will be held in the Dane Smith Hall atrium from 9 a.
According to an annual survey, UNM is one of America's best deals. America's 100 Best College Buys lists results from a survey conducted by Institutional Research & Evaluation Inc., a firm that specializes in the recruitment and retention of college students.
by Alex Williams Daily Lobo On Sept. 13, a video was posted online showing how, with a regular ballpoint pen, one could easily pick the lock on a Kryptonite Evolution model U-lock. Nine days later, Kryptonite announced it will replace those locks with locks that do not use tube-key technology.
On Wednesday, she drank three gallons of water. On Thursday, she didn't drink any. "I feel like I'm going nuts," body builder Christina Schofield said. "I will not be able to sleep because I will be so thirsty." After Saturday's body building competition at the Hiland Theater, she said all she wanted was a gallon of water.
In an effort to prevent a flu season as bad as last year's, UNM Hospital will use a grant to administer 35,000 free flu vaccinations to UNM students. The grant was a result of the UNMH Immunization Project, which tries to increase the immunization rate in New Mexico.
The School of Medicine accepts 10 percent of its applicants every year. Medical student Christine Lovato was accepted on her first try, but has friends who tried several times and were turned away. "It's kind of tough," Lovato said. "It's highly competitive.
Staff Report President Louis Caldera filled the slot for vice president for institutional advancement and president of the UNM Foundation on Friday. Michael Carroll left his position at Rutgers, New Jersey's state university, where he has been vice president for development and alumni relations and president of the Rutgers University Foundation for seven years.
Orlin Cole sat at his kitchen table with a President Bush biography in front of him. "I didn't believe that book would change my mind, but it has a little bit," he said. "I don't think he's helpless like I used to think." America is in deep trouble, Cole said, adding Bush has a tough job to do.
Lack of paper trail troubles electronic voting critics Skeptics of electronic voting machines worry that they lack an adequate paper trail to catch or fix discrepancies. They point to a 12,000-vote discrepancy in 2002 caused by a software glitch in Bernalillo County that stalled certification of results.
As New Mexico scrutinizes its voter ID requirements, Richard PÇrez brings a film that looks at voting procedures nationwide to UNM. "Unprecedented" will be shown at the Southwest Film Center and is designed to re-ignite a fire under Democrats and make Republicans take an honest look at their party's actions, according to the Web site.
With funding to New Mexico AIDS Services facing state and federal cuts, Saturday's AIDS Walk is especially important, said Maggie Smith, director of resource development. Cuts to its budget were made July 1, Smith said. But since that time, the money was given back to the program, she said.
by Jessica Scarpati The Daily Free Press (U-WIRE) BOSTON - If you're sick of the same-old, same-old in bed, a group of Harvard and Columbia University alumni are hoping college students will try a new type of orgasm that can only be obtained through voting - a votergasm.
One UNM student stays in a mansion one step down from a castle when she visits her second home. Alaa Ishak a member of Jordan's royal family, Hashimi, is working on a bachelor's degree at UNM. Ishak's mother is a descendant of the Hashimi king of Jordan.
Not all international students are greeted by someone when they arrive at the airport. Desiree Kosciulek said sometimes they don't even have a place to stay. Kosciulek is the president of the Study Abroad Association, a new student organization at UNM.
Jessie Miles junior English/pre-law "I have to think that the Lobos are going to win because if they don't, I made the wrong decision transferring here." Maleri Randour freshman nursing "Lobos because we beat Texas Tech." Doreen Zamora freshman pharmacy "Lobos because they have so much team spirit back here backing them up, wanting them to win.
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