by Stephanie Candelaria Daily Lobo With fewer than 25 employees, the Mid-Rio Grande Chapter of the American Red Cross depends on a core of trained volunteers to fulfill its mission in the local community. Now, a small group of UNM students will do its part to help the international humanitarian organization.
Junior Keith Lopez said he is running for ASUNM senate because he has a lot of pride in UNM and he wants to provide a voice for all students. "Campus-wide involvement with ASUNM is very important," Lopez said. "As a senator, being a familiar face, saying, 'hey, I'm here, this is what your senate does,' that is how it's supposed to work.
Junior Jenny French is running for re-election to the ASUNM senate because she said she believes the student government goes a long way helping students at UNM. French, who is a member of the Horizon slate, said that her slate's goals would create a safer and cleaner campus.
The UNM softball team aims to get back on the winning track when it plays host to the BYU Cougars for a doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Lobo Field. UNM (16-26-1, 1-5 Mountain West Conference) is coming off a pair of losses to league rival Colorado State University, Saturday.
ASUNM senatorial candidate Matt Hanson, who is running as a member of the Vision slate, said that if elected, he would like to push for faculty evaluation forms that would be accessible to students. "I think it would make the faculty more responsible if they knew students could look up an evaluation, filled out by other students, and decide whether or not they want to take the class," he said.
UNM senior Nick Trudell said he will make a good ASUNM Senator because he is very organized, in touch with the needs of the students and easy to approach. Trudell, a member of the Cherries to Silver campaign, said that his main objective, if elected, will be to bring the fun back to the UNM campus.
Editor, Today, the regents of the University of New Mexico will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Roberts Room of Scholes Hall to, among other things, set tuition for the 2003-04 academic year (about a 4.5 percent increase) and approve a recommended average percent salary increase (3 percent) for staff and faculty at UNM.
Editor, The opportunity has come for the students of UNM to get a glimpse of our next president of the University of New Mexico. Beginning this week and during the following two weeks, the final five UNM presidential finalists will be on campus visiting our University.
by Todd Burns Daily Lobo Imagine running 90 to 100 miles a week during summer vacation; think about purchasing eight to 10 pairs of running shoes a year - that is what it takes for UNM's Matt Gonzales to be ranked first in the nation. Gonzales, a junior on the UNM men's track team, qualified for the NCAA national track championships at a meet in Stanford earlier this year.
by Richard "Bugman" Fagerlund Daily Lobo Columnist "What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.
by Susan Magee Daily Lobo Guest Columnist The last few weeks of the semester are here and, for those of you who have waited to work on those paper assignments, finding the right resources quickly is going to become crucial very soon. Googling is not the answer because your professor has said you can't use "stuff you find on the Internet.
Elections for the Associated Students of UNM senators, the vice president and president will be held April 16. The Daily Lobo will be running profiles of each candidate today, Thursday and Friday. Josh Parsons Josh Parsons, an ASUNM senate candidate running with the Horizon slate, said communication between UNM students and the administration is a vital priority.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo Lobo shortstop Dusty Young remembers 13 games ago, stepping up to the plate in Nogales, Ariz., against the University of Arizona baseball team - when he thought his hitting streak might be coming to an end. "We were playing a night game, the lights weren't great and I was having trouble seeing the ball," Young said.
Melissa Roberge speaks to Mayor Martin Chavez at a victims' rights rally at Albuquerque Civic Plaza Tuesday. The rally commemorated the 23rd anniversary of National Crime Victims Rights Week, April 6-11. The theme of the event was "Fulfill the Promise," aimed at calling attention to victims' rights and needs.
ASUNM senatorial candidate Justin Landis, who is running under the Cherries to Silver campaign, said that, if elected, he would like to see all of the organizations on campus get the recognition they deserve. "I would like to personalize UNM and help the various organizations in getting more appreciation," Landis said.
Editor, As the spring season comes into full bloom all across the University of New Mexico campus, colorful campaign messages written with chalk and typed onto fliers also begin making their yearly appearance. Time is quickly approaching for the ASUNM Spring Election, which will be held on April 16.
Editor, Scott Darnell is a visionary. His eloquent description of the issues plaguing America today is only weakened by his reluctance to take his philosophy to its end. Followers of Darnell’s philosophy should first adopt a uniform dress so that they may be easily identified.
Editor, I woke up last Thursday morning and the first thing I heard was the question, “Did you guys see ‘poon’ written everywhere?” I knew already that this was certainly a more interesting morning than usual. Last Thursday, as I rose to attend my classes, I saw something juvenile; a 16 foot-tall “POON” written on the Zimmerman Library building’s front brick.
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