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Visitor teaches art of Karatsu pottery

Jeff Proctor | December 9

With a recent visit from guest artist Yoshihirio Mizokami, the UNM Art Education Program continued its long-standing tradition in teaching traditional and contemporary methods of creating hand-made functional pottery. Mizokami, who is a stoneware potter working in the tradition of Karatsu, worked with students on a daily basis in the pottery studio during his three months at UNM, said Kathryne Cyman, art education instructor.

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University alumnus to take on ASU law school

December 9

Staff Report A prestigious UNM almunus has been selected to help lead the way for Arizona State University's law school to become a premier institution in American Indian law education. Kevin Gover, 47, who graduated cum laude from the UNM School of Law in 1981, will teach courses at the ASU College of Law's Indian Legal Program.

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UNM opposed to tuition increase

Arthur Simoni | December 5

UNM Budget Director Curtis Porter addressed the ASUNM Senate Wednesday in a tuition forum to outline the University's stance on funding priorities and tuition credits. Porter said that students are often confused by the term tuition credit because it sounds as if the University is gaining revenue.

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ASUNM ends fall session

Arthur Simoni | December 5

The ASUNM Senate wrapped up its fall session Wednesday by passing a record amount of last-minute legislation before saying goodbyes to several longtime senators. The Associated Students of UNM Senate addressed 23 appropriations bills, as student groups asked the Senate for last-minute monies to fund groups before the semester ends.

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Fire damages fraternity house, cause unknown

Clay Holtzman | December 5

UNM police and the Albuquerque Fire Department responded to a fire call at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house Nov. 27. Michael Koller, president of the fraternity, said members called University police and the fire department after they noticed smoke coming through the floor in the fraternity house at 1811 Mesa Vista Rd.

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Students offered free ticket to 'City of Sin'

December 5

Staff Report A free ticket and ride to the City of Sin. That's the deal UNM has put together for full-time students with a valid LoboCard who want to cheer for the football team at the SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 25, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev.

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UNM staff recognized

December 5

Staff Report Five UNM employees have received this year's award recognizing excellence in outstanding University staff service. The Gerald W. May Staff Recognition Awards were presented to Lucille Cordova, Carolyn Gonzales, Ray More, Susan Quintana and Carol Vollbrecht at a President's Office ceremony Wednesday.

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Professor helps write book on AIDS prevention

December 4

Staff Report A UNM professor is playing a key role in improving the communication strategies that can be used to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in developing nations. Everett Rogers, a Regents' Professor in the Communication and Journalism Department, has co-written a book, Combatting AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action, that details the importance of using communication strategies to influence government policy and gender relations in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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in memory of...

Ryan Floersheim | December 4

Students were subjected to some HIV/AIDS shock therapy Tuesday during World AIDS Day to help them realize just how prevalent the disease has become in society. The event, which was recognized internationally on Sunday, was held between the Duck Pond and Zimmerman Library and, according to event organizers, was to show the UNM community how close to home the epidemic is.

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N.M. roads unsafe for pedestrians

December 4

by Stuart Overbey Daily Lobo New Mexico pedestrians walk some of the meanest streets in the nation, according to "Mean Streets 2002," a report from The Surface Transportation Policy Project. According to the report, for the years 2000-01, a total of 120 pedestrians died in traffic accidents statewide, which translates to 3.,by Stuart Overbey Daily Lobo

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Berthold announces plans to retire after more than 30 years

December 4

Staff Report Popular UNM history professor Richard Berthold announced his plans to retire in a statement Monday. Berthold stated "constant harassment by persons in authority at the University" as the reason for his retirement. Berthold said in a statement that he would like to continue teaching but that his retirement will take effect at the end of this semester.

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Faculty members raise concerns about security clearance for new president

Angela Williams | December 3

UNM Faculty Senate members voiced their concerns about the top secret security clearance qualification for all presidential candidates at a Board of Regents meeting Monday. Faculty Senate President Beverly Burris and Faculty Sen. John Geissman laid out their trepidations about including the top secret security clearance in the statement of qualifications for the presidential position.

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Regents approve sale of south campus land to TVI

Ryan Floersheim | December 3

The Board of Regents' Finance and Facilities Committee voted to approve the sale of 3.2 acres on UNM's south campus to TVI at its Monday meeting. The land, which is south of Coal Avenue between University Boulevard and Buena Vista Drive, will be sold to the Technical Vocational Institute for its appraised value of $545,000.

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Race only one factor for UNM admissions

Clay Holtzman | December 3

While the Supreme Court will hear a case concerning the use of ethnicity as a determining factor for university admissions, a UNM official said ethnicity is only one factor it considers in evaluating a student's application.

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Vindication Vegas Style

Lee Cornell | December 3

The UNM football team accepted an invitation Monday to play in the SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas day. "I think this vindicates a bunch of young people," head coach Rocky Long said yesterday afternoon. "We're the second place team and the second best team in the conference.

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UNM sex study focuses on Santa Fe High School

December 2

Staff Report A first-ever study examining the psychological processes of adolescents confronted with sex and birth control issues will be the focus of a UNM College of Nursing study. Results from the study will be used to help reduce the number of unintended teenage pregnancies.

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UNM professor gains international praise

Jeff Proctor | December 2

UNM German Studies Professor Peter Pabisch has been named the Distinguished Max Kade Research Professor, an honor that included funding to a panelist at an international conference on the cultural aspects of the German language. The conference, "Future Chances of the German Language in Eastern Europe," took place at the University of Graz in Austria in November.

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Grant honors philosopher

Eric Howerton | December 2

In celebration of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 200th birthday, UNM Philosophy Department Chairman Russell Goodman will organize a summer institute for college professors to discuss the popular author. Goodman, who has taught courses about Emerson and other American transcendentalists such as Henry David Thoreau, proposed the grant to the National Endowment for the Humanities a year ago and was surprised when it was accepted.

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Fraternity gets elusive, prestigious Gold Star

December 2

Staff Report The New Mexico Alpha chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at UNM has been awarded two of the international fraternity's most prestigious awards this year. The Gold Star Award, presented to individual chapters for superior excellence in chapter operations and the Founders Trophy, presented to the best chapter of Phi Delta Theta on medium-sized campuses, are two of the highest accolades presented each year by the fraternity's general headquarters.

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Diversity assistant creates committee for new tactics

December 2

Staff Report UNM's Special Assistant for Diversity Robert Ibarra is creating an innovative "Blue Ribbon Committee," in which select faculty members will collaborate in addressing diversity issues in academic affairs on campus. The committee, whose members were picked to provide an accurate scope of the varying perspectives within the UNM community, "will work on a variety of diversity issues that include guiding special data reporting projects, enhancing traditional recruitment, promotion and retention activities, monitoring diversity tactics in the strategic plan, and advising funded research projects on diversity and promoting unique initiatives associated with a new multicultural model for diversity that is now emerging on campus," Ibarra said in a UNM press release.