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Multilingual classes expand cultural insight

Eric Howerton | January 29

Two UNM linguistics professors, both Fulbright Scholars, are offering courses this semester that emphasize the importance of multilingualism as an instrument to understanding foreign people and cultures. Visiting Lecturer Zouhair Maalej, a Tunisian native, has previously lectured at a British university and is working on a book titled, "The Contemporary Cognitive Metaphor Theory: Arabic Data.

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Accessibility for handicap in question

Amanda Jackson | January 29

UNM student Paul Smith doesn't have things easy when it comes to getting around campus. In the place he used to park near his class in the Center for the Arts sits a big hole in the ground where UNM is building the Cornell parking structure.

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Professor honored by award

Jeff Proctor | January 29

UNM Law Professor James Ellis has been named the 2002 "Lawyer of the Year" by the National Law Journal, an award he admits he never would have received without help from a tireless group of students and colleagues. Ellis received the award for successfully arguing before the U.

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Senate aims to focus on faculty, staff salary raises

Arthur Simoni | January 29

UNM President Chris Garcia said during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday that he has met with Gov. Bill Richardson recently and will support a two percent increase in staff compensation. "There seems to be at least a hopeful spirit that with the new administration will come better things for the state of New Mexico and for higher education in particular," Garcia said.

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Figures indicate student lots oversold

Ryan Floersheim | January 28

Despite assurances that the Parking and Transportation Services Department takes every precaution to ensure a fair parking situation on campus, official numbers show that the department oversells permits for a number of UNM parking lots. Clovis Acosta, director of the department, said that while parking at UNM has always been tight, officials physically count the number of parking spots needed in a given semester.

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SFRB takes student input for allocation

Arthur Simoni | January 28

The Student Fees Review Board met with about 15 students Monday in a town hall meeting to get input for its recommendations to the UNM Board of Regents. The SFRB is comprised of seven undergraduate and graduate students and hears allocation requests from University departments and organizations.

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SRC death attributed to overdose

Clay Holtzman | January 28

The UNM student who was found dead Oct. 4, in his SRC dorm room, died from an overdose of morphine, according to a state medical investigator's report. Frank Baca, 47, died from an overdose of morphine, according to a toxicology screen report released last week by the Office of the Medical Investigator.

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MLK Jr.'s life, dream celebrated

Angela Williams | January 27

Vercye Thompson, an Albuquerque community member, said Friday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Service in the Alumni Chapel that America is still plagued by racism, unwilling to act because people's situations are "comfortable." Thompson said that though countless people lost their lives in the fight for King's dream -- a dream of equality, where people would be judged on character and not the color of their skin -- she is baffled why people are willing to let racism go by simply because things are better than they were 30 years ago.

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Scientist's projects recognized

Kayla Anderson | January 27

An exhibit recognizing the more than 60 years worth of work by Armand Winfield, director of the UNM Training and Research Institute for Plastics, is on display in the Center for Southwest Research in Zimmerman Library this semester. "I am very pleased to be able to show a few of my interesting and unusual projects, which include images of the world's first soft bathroom, uses of atoms for peace, low cost housing for developing countries, work at the New York World's Fair (1963) and in the 1970's, amusement parks and sets for the Metropolitan Opera," Winfield said in a UNM press release.

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Sen. Aragon's archives set to be useful learning tool

Eric Howerton | January 27

Last November, Sen. Manny M. Aragon (N.M.-D) donated a collection of political archives documenting years of legislative work to UNM's General Library, which already houses the complete archives of many New Mexican politicians. Rose Diaz, a research historian and 20-year veteran of the library, has been working closely with Aragon during the past three years to compile and organize the archives.

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Department of Music accredited for 10 years

Rivkela Brodsky | January 27

The UNM Department of Music was recently approved for a 10-year re-accreditation by the National Association Schools of Music Commission on Accreditation. According to the report submitted by the commission, "The commission commends the institution and the music unit for an excellent self-study and optional response, noting in particular its progress in meeting technology standards and in increasing support for athletic bands.

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Students to do nuclear research

Jeff Proctor | January 24

A team of five UNM undergraduate students will make history in March by becoming the first group ever to conduct nuclear-based research with NASA's KC-135 microgravity program. The KC-135 is a plane, developed and operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which flies parabolic arcs over the Gulf of Mexico and, during its descent, has brief periods of microgravity, or weightlessness.

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University anthropologist in National Geographic

Rivkela Brodsky | January 24

Anthropology Professor Lawrence Guy Straus first became familiar with the cave El Miron in Cantabria, Spain in 1972 when he fell into one of its many holes. He was working on his dissertation and visiting cites, when he first spotted a huge cave in the mountain.

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Student could stand trial over art project

Clay Holtzman | January 23

A UNM senior who received five criminal citations for an art project gone bad in December says he plans to take his case all the way to trial. "It was not my aim to get involved with any legal issues," said Sean Winkless-Hall. The five misdemeanor charges against Winkless-Hall come from an installation art project that turned into a major fiasco when gas began to leak from a car he and his project members pushed onto campus Dec.

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Richardson appoints new regents

Arthur Simoni | January 23

SANTA FE -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson appointed four new regents for the University of New Mexico Wednesday, replacing three regents whose terms had expired and one who resigned. He also named regents for the seven other universities and colleges in New Mexico.

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Russian view outlined in talk

Ryan Floersheim | January 23

A foreign minister from the former Soviet Union said Wednesday during a talk in Dane Smith Hall that there needs to be an increased collaboration between Russia and the West. Andrei Kozyrev, who became foreign minister of the Soviet Union in 1990, oversaw the entire spectrum of foreign policy making for the country until the fall of the communist regime and his departure from the position in 1995.

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UNM professors reach out to frontiers of space

January 23

Staff Report UNM professors Mohamed El-Genk and Jean Michel Tournier are helping to expand the frontiers of space Feb. 2, when UNM's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies will be sponsoring its 20th annual forum. "Hopefully this will be a eye-opener to stimulate interest in science," El-Genk said.

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Crows are forced to leave UNM

Clay Holtzman | January 22

Students who may have noticed the bird droppings outside Popejoy Hall and the loud crack of small explosions every night near dusk might not think they are related -- but they are. The UNM Physical Plant Department is in the middle of a crow abatement program to rid campus of the pesky migratory birds that have been bombing campus with droppings -- most heavily outside of Popejoy, University House and the University Chapel.

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Police continue search for murder victim

January 22

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) -- Classes will no longer be taught in a bloodstained portable building where police say an elementary school occupational therapist fought with her killer. "The portable will be removed" from Montezuma Elementary School, Rigo Chavez, an Albuquerque Public Schools spokesman, said Tuesday.

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Pharmacy professors receive AACP grants

January 22

Staff Report Two UNM College of Pharmacy assistant professors have received separate grants from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. James Nawarskas, Pharm.D., will be using the funds to complete a study titled "Characterization of an Interaction Between Aspirin and Ibuprofen.