Standing outside the entrances to University sports venues, they have become a common sight - scalpers trying to get rid of an extra ticket or sell their season tickets for the day. But Athletics department officials said reselling tickets, even at face value, is against University policy, and they are looking to stop it.
Oppression did not appear to be an important issue on campus Friday as an Anti-Oppression Teach-In drew a lackluster crowd to the SUB. The event, sponsored by the Progressive Student Alliance of UNM, was designed to promote democracy on campus and educate students about issues around the world, said Cezanne Fink, the organization's president.
The Golden Key International Honour Society is the leading scholastic honor society in the country, recognizing and encouraging academic achievement and excellence among college and university students. Sunday, 164 UNM students were inducted into the society's ranks, ensuring the University will maintain its high education standards for generations to come, said UNM President Louis Caldera, the ceremony's keynote speaker.
Staff Report A UNM law professor will soon have a say in the sale and distribution of energy resources throughout the country. Suedeen Kelly, was recently confirmed as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the entity responsible for transmission of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce.
On Nov. 15, 1996 Michael Ruppert publicly confronted a former CIA director about corruption witnessed as a narcotics investigator with the Los Angeles Police Department. Tonight, Ruppert will speak on campus about what he feels are the unethical practices of the United States government, the growth of drug trafficking in the country and the ongoing conflict in Iraq.
The New Mexico Commission on Higher Education's finance committee voted unanimously Thursday to recommend a 3 percent raise for state universities' faculty and staff and a 4 percent tuition credit to the full commission today. Beverly Burris, president of UNM's Faculty Senate and a member of the commission, said she read a statement at the committee's meeting in Carlsbad supporting the New Mexico Council of University Presidents' recommendation of a 5 percent raise and 0 percent tuition credit, but it fell on deaf ears.
Tattoos can signify a point in one's life - a memory. But unlike a memory, tattoos can also be erased. According to Men's Journal, one out of seven Americans has a tattoo. Most common are tribal bands, names and Chinese characters. While it is relatively expensive to get a good tattoo, the price of removing one is even steeper.
Local 4-year-old child waits as dad allegedly has sex ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - An Albuquerque man is accused of leaving his 4-year-old son unattended in a pickup for hours while he had sex with his girlfriend, Albuquerque police said. Douglas Layman, 24, was arrested on felony child abuse after a couple spotted the boy sitting on a curb outside of Layman's girlfriend's home.
by Mandi Kane Daily Lobo The success of UNM's varsity sports teams determines how much money in scholarships eventually makes it to them, said Jada Lucey-Martinez, director of the Lobo Club, the University's booster program. UNM has about 500 student-athletes who participate on 21 varsity teams.
UNM recently received the first two installments of a multimillion-dollar grant aimed at reducing the threat of nuclear and terror strikes against the United States. The UNM Extended University was awarded $550,000 in late October to help update instructional techniques at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School, which operates out of Albuquerque's Kirtland Air Force Base.
Staff Report UNM law Professor Margaret Montoya was the first Hispanic woman ever to be accepted to Harvard Law School. That distinction, along with her research at UNM in issues of race, ethnicity, gender and language, and her more than 11 years as a professor of law at the University recently earned her the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th annual National Latina/o Law Student Conference at UCLA.
In an effort to retain its faculty, UNM extends financial counteroffers to some professors who receive offers to join other universities. Officials disagree, however, about whether the counteroffers lead to significant pay inequities and hostilities among the University's faculty.
The UNM Chemistry department got a brief scare Wednesday after Clark Hall was evacuated following a small, contained "flash fire" in one of the building's research laboratories. An experiment by two graduate and a postdoctoral student involving combustible materials caused the fire.
Staff Report The University's financial health is good, according to an external audit approved by the Board of Regents on Monday. Global consulting firm KPMG came to that conclusion after reviewing financial statements indicating that UNM's total assets as of June 30, 2003 increased over last year - to almost $1.
Ron Schultz says business at his campus-area restaurant declined sharply when the SUB reopened its doors Sept. 2 - and it hasn't been the same since. "In those first three weeks, we lost about a third of our customers," said Schultz, who, along with his wife, Marie, has owned 20 Carrots restaurant, 2110 Central Ave.
The UNM Board of Regents on Monday approved a quick fix for staffing deficiencies within University Hospital's division of neurosurgery. Updates on contracts with two physician-hiring companies will allow UNM to bring in a pair of full-time neurosurgeons until new faculty members are hired.
Twisting and stretching their bodies into awkward positions, a group of cancer patients is using yoga to emotionally heal themselves emotionally and create a support group. High Desert Yoga, a local yoga center funded in part by UNM's Cancer Research and Treatment Center, is helping people diagnosed with cancer to see yoga's health benefits, said Supriti Kotler, the center's manager.
Local Guards concerned about power outages ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Guards at Albuquerque's 2,100-bed jail say persistent power outages are a safety threat. "Nothing works," said Steve Perkins, president of the union that represents corrections employees.
Food prices in several of the SUB's eateries have risen slightly since the building's opening, causing frustration among University officials and students. The restaurants seeing the price inflations are limited to those managed by Aramark, UNM's food distributor that controls the prices of food.
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