Aasina Afsar finally felt strong enough in her Islamic faith to wear her hijab, a traditional scarf that women wear on her head, as she headed into high school.
ASUNM Senators debated standards for appropriation and talked about fallout from dialogue in the Daily Lobo regarding an ousted interim election commissioner and a constitutional amendment during a meeting Wednesday.
UNM senior kicker and punter Vladimir Borombozin is having an outstanding year for the football team. He has made 16 straight field goals, dating back to last year. His last missed field goal in a game was more than a year ago. He was nominated for the Lou Groza Award, which is given annually to the best field goal kickers in the nation, but he was not one of the three finalists for the honor.
Undergraduate students will choose from 24 Senate candidates vying to fill 10 vacant seats, and vote on five constitutional amendments, during today's ASUNM election.
The UNM Foundation and Development Office has been ranked in The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual ranking of the top 400 nonprofit organizations.
UNM student Jessica Irwin spent much of her Sunday evening pacing through the dark Church Street CafÇ in Old Town in search of paranormal activity and a ghost named Sarah.
Two distinguished scholars, Stuart Kauffman of the Santa Fe Institute and William Dembski of Baylor University, will be participating in a symposium and debate on "The Origins of Order," today from 4-6 p.m. in Room 101 of Woodward Hall.
The Office for International Programs and Studies will present its annual International Festival Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Johnson Center's Auxilary Gym.
The ASUNM election commission's voter outreach program is continuing as planned despite the Presidential Appointments Committee's unexpected rejection of interim election commissioner Julianita Maestas last week.
First-year students in the UNM School of Medicine paid tribute to 24 people who donated their bodies for use in anatomy classes during a Sunday memorial service at Alumni Chapel.
Opposition forces claimed to have broken the back of the Taliban military Sunday after a weekend of fierce fighting that left the Islamic regime bracing for an attack on the capital city of Kabul.
UNM ranks fifth as a high-impact university in materials science, according to the Institute for Scientific Information, which used an index to measure the number of times a paper from the University was cited by other researchers.
In the face of apathy and strong pro-war sentiments, protesters continue to sponsor demonstrations Fridays on or near campus.
State leaders urged people to support the military and denounced anti-war sentiment at UNM and other college campuses during a "Rally for America" on Lower Johnson Field Sunday.
A program coordinator warns it's no James Bond 101, but has high expectations for a new, rigorous intelligence studies program being proposed at UNM.
The UNM Dramatic Writing Program is presenting Words Afire: The Edmund New Works Festival Friday.
In an effort to empower the community to speak against war in Afghanistan and seek peaceful solutions to terrorism, several organizations are sponsoring a teach-in tonight in Dane Smith Hall.
The City Council recently implemented a $35,000 pilot program to pay the overtime salaries for a core squad of police officers responding to parties where underage drinking is suspected.
When UNM freshman Kevin Johns died two weeks ago as a result of alcohol poisoning, he became another example of college students battling socially accepted yet excessive alcohol-related behavior.
A state representative who sponsored a bill that allows people to carry concealed weapons traced its labyrinthine path from committee to the governor's desk during a UNM College Republicans meeting Wednesday.
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