National More homes lost in Calif., fire fighters exhausted SAN DIEGO (AP) - Flames raged along a vast front in devastated San Diego County on Tuesday as one chief warned that firefighters were being forced off the lines by exhaustion, even if it meant that more homes would be destroyed.
Reported chlamydia cases continue to rise at UNM, with six more University students contracting the disease this month. The new cases bring the University total to 12 this year, the bulk coming in the last two months. There were four reported cases of the disease at UNM in September.
Joy Junction has stepped up its efforts to provide Albuquerque's homeless with a warm meal and shelter since the recent spell of cold weather. As the state's largest homeless shelter, Joy Junction operates buses that search the streets of the city every night of the year looking for people in need of a warm bed, said Jeremy Reynalds, the shelter's executive director.
Legislature convenes to discuss state tax code SANTA FE (AP) - Lawmakers gathered Monday to tinker with the tax code as Republicans promised to resist any efforts to make tax increases part of the package. The big tax bill that will incorporate Gov.
by Ellen Cole Daily Lobo More minorities have opted to come to UNM over the past decade, and that is keeping with a national trend, according to a nationwide study. Minority enrollment has increased 38 percent at UNM in the past nine years. During the same time period, the number of white students enrolled has decreased, said Associate Registrar Jep Choate.
The Patriot Act was the target of pointed criticism at a rally on campus Monday. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., shared a makeshift stage on the lawn west of Zimmerman Library with City Councilor Eric Griego and Tova Indritz, secretary of the New Mexico American Civil Liberties Union in protesting the highly controversial act.
National Calif. fires lead to the evacuation of thousands SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Entire towns were evacuated Sunday as wind-driven firestorms destroyed scores of homes, devastating neighborhoods scattered from San Diego County to the mountains east of Los Angeles.
Staff Report Provost Brian Foster, UNM's No. 2 man and a self-proclaimed academic, says President Louis Caldera's external nature will help the University fulfill its most important commitment - serving the community. "The University can't just sit here and be this alien thing," Foster said.
University President Louis Caldera said he has spent his first three months on campus getting acclimated to the demands of running the state's largest university. "It is a great university," Caldera said. "We have great programs, very talented students, a productive faculty and a place where we're involved in cutting edge research.
Liquor law violations on campus went down in number last year, but they are still a problem UNM officials are trying to eliminate. In 2001, there were 198 violations of University alcohol regulations, according to UNM's Campus Safety Report. In 2002, that number shrunk to 174, but officials say it is still too high.
Richard Peck has been a busy man since retiring as UNM's 15th president in 1998. Peck's eight-year period as head of New Mexico's largest university was followed by some advisory work at two colleges in Florida and a little more than a year back at UNM teaching English courses.
Coffee lovers may be getting more than they bargained for when they purchase a cup of joe from Starbucks. Researchers from the University of Florida released the findings of a study Friday where, every day for a week, they purchased cups of the internationally known coffee and measured the amount of caffeine in them.
State County clerk indicted for disclosing voter info LAS CRUCES (AP) - Dona Ana County Clerk Ruben Ceballos was indicted Thursday on charges of illegally disclosing voter information. Ceballos was accused of releasing voter lists containing Social Security numbers to representatives of three political parties last month.
Members of the suspended UNM chapter of Sigma Chi are keeping their foot in the University's door by leasing choice campus parking spots to fraternity alumni and their family members. Nine spaces in a small concrete area along Yale Boulevard directly east of the old Sigma Chi house have been leased during the last two weeks, costing about $75 each for the remainder of the semester, said Matt Sheridan, a graduate student and Sigma Chi alumnus.
The grade curve is a tool - some UNM professors choose to use it, others do not. At UNM, there is no set policy on grade curving. The only requirement, according to the UNM Faculty Handbook, is that the end result of a student's performance in class be given a letter grade.
A grant from NASA for research at UNM has been terminated, and University officials are struggling to learn why. In 2001, NASA approved a $6 million grant to fund UNM's Intelligent Systems Engineering Program. The grant was a five-year extension for the program, which started in 1996 as the Autonomous Control Engineering program.
Gov. Bill Richardson has a new plan to inject life into the state's economy - bringing a nationally televised preseason NFL game to University Stadium. "The governor wants to make New Mexico more attractive for sporting events, especially national ones," said Gilbert Gallegos, a spokesman for the governor.
The NCAA notified athletic departments across the nation last week to be on the lookout for a drug-resistant bacterium that has afflicted and even hospitalized some athletes. The NCAA warning came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report detailing how and why college and high school athletes in four states acquired the bacterial skin infection.
One in four women on college campuses have been sexually assaulted, according to the Albuquerque Rape Crisis Center. In addition, 80 percent of rape victims are 21 and under. These statistics show why UNM's Take Back the Night rally Wednesday night was so important, said the center's Executive Director, Shawn Shephard.
by Jessica del Curto Daily Lobo Through the College of Education's Traverse program, UNM students can provide counseling services to the Albuquerque community while fulfilling graduate school requirements. Jessica Archibeque, one of many students in the program, said thanks to Traverse, she has no doubts about what she wants to do with her future.
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