by Jessica Frison Daily Lobo Congress passed a bill last month to make violent crime against pregnant women a double felony, holding assailants legally responsible for the mother and her unborn child. The bill has generated much controversy among pro-choice supporters, who see the Unborn Victims of Violence Act as a direct threat to abortion rights for women.
Erin Montero Graduate Student "Heinous murder, patricide,matricide, child abuse... stuff like that." Derek Martinez Doctoral Student Mathematics "I am anti-death penalty. That is all I have to say." Odessa Waquiu Junior Medical Laboratory "Well, if they killed someone, they should receive the same punishment.
UNM President Louis Caldera said Thursday's budget summit went a long way toward helping administrators, students, staff and faculty understand each other's financial needs. "I'm really pleased," Caldera said. "With the great feedback we got, we will now go back to the drawing board to craft a proposal.
Kip Bobroff, a professor in the UNM School of Law, said Wednesday that the No Child Left Behind Act has done more harm than good to the country's public schools. He gave a speech at the law school as a requirement for receiving a professorship from Keleher & McLeod.
Sexually transmitted infections are prevalent in college communities and Peer Educators want to raise UNM's awareness. Booths will be set up today by local groups and national organizations west of Zimmerman Library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "April is STI Awareness Month, so we thought the beginning of April would be a good time to have an awareness day," said Lindsey Bolton, event coordinator.
In a unanimous vote, ASUNM senators passed their spring 2004 budget Wednesday - allocating about two-thirds of the available funds to ASUNM executive agencies. The Associated Students of UNM spread $499,418 across 122 groups, with ASUNM executive agencies receiving $344,687 of those funds.
Nicole Miller said she is protective of her personal items because she knows how easily identity theft can happen. About 9.9 million identity-theft cases were reported last year, affecting 4.6 percent of the population, according to the Federal Trade Commissions' Identity Theft Survey Report.
UNM police were greeted early Wednesday morning by broken windows and trash cans that were lit on fire. Vandalism was reported to UNMPD from Scholes Hall, Castetter Hall, the Biology Annex, UNM Continuing Education and the Hibben Center. UNMPD was dispatched to Castetter Hall at about 5:30 in reference to seven broken windows in the building's greenhouse and lobby.
A tuition increase for UNM students is inevitable. A budget summit, which has never been done at UNM, will allow the University community to engage in dialogue about issues concerning UNM finances. "We are going to have to make some choices, and we might have to make some sacrifices," UNM President Louis Caldera said.
Two teens break free from local detention center (AP) - Two teens, including one charged with murder, have escaped from an Albuquerque youth detention facility that is scheduled to close this year. Joseph Archuleta, 18, who is charged with murdering a Moriarty teen last August, and Alan Green, 19, arrested for probation violations, made it out of the Camino Nuevo detention center Monday night.
Former death row inmate Juan Melendez Jr. said Tuesday that he was not saved by the system, but something else altogether. "The system wanted to kill me," he said. "I was saved by the grace of God." Melendez, who spoke during a senior seminar course in Mitchell Hall, said a man living under the constant threat of death who does not grab something spiritual will either go crazy or kill himself.
by Krista Pino Daily Lobo A Pulitzer Prize winner, a movie director and the governor of Zuni Pueblo are among the thousands of UNM alumni who graduated with a degree from the Bachelor of University Studies program. According to the BUS advisement guide, the program attracts students who feel restricted by traditional programs and offers students the opportunity to combine two or more academic disciplines.
Staff Report UNM junior Sean Murray is one of nearly 80 students in the nation selected as a 2004 Truman Scholar. According to a University news release, Murray is the sixth UNM student to receive the scholarship. The award is a $26,000 merit-based grant awarded to undergraduates who want financial support to attend graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government or nonprofit organizations.
In Tuesday's "Until death do us part" article, the Feb. 20 same-sex marriages took place at the Sandoval County Clerk's Office.
After a year and a half, they considered themselves a married couple - 16 years later, it may be legal. Ann Nihlen, chairwoman of UNM's Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, and her spouse, Lisa Wisdom, were one of the 26 same-sex couples who had their marriage licenses recorded in Bernalillo County on Feb.
Each year at UNM, living composers of new music get their time in the spotlight. The 33rd annual John Donald Robb Composers Symposium is an assembly of nationally and internationally renowned composers who are invited to UNM to share three days of composition seminars, panel discussions, demonstrations and concerts with UNM music students and anyone else interested in music's avant garde.
Staff Report Good news for those who haven't had time to volunteer for some community service: ASUNM's Spring Storm deadline has been extended to this Friday. According to Saraswati Khalsa, assistant director of Community Experience, an ASUNM executive agency, the deadline has been extended because many student groups have called expressing interest in participating, but have not gotten to turn in their sign-up forms.
College of Education graduate students will get feedback from peers on their research ideas - minus any pressure - at the 7th Annual Graduate Student Research Colloquium today. The colloquium will be from noon to 8 p.m. in the upper level of the Student Union Building.
An educational journey might require resources not all students know how to find. UNM's Equal Opportunity Center, partnered with colleges and universities, will present that information tonight at an education fair. The fair is designed primarily for nontraditional students and those who didn't anticipate attending college, but anyone can attend, said Ivan Olay, UNM Special Programs student adviser.
Married couples receive more than a thousand federal benefits that are not offered to couples in civil unions, said Ron Wheeler a member of the panel that discussed same-sex marriage Friday. "For example, inheritance rights," he said. "You can't share your partner's social security benefits after they die under the terms of a civil union, whereas in marriage you can.
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