University caught in budget crossfire
Iliana Limn | March 21As the state's budget standoff between Gov. Gary Johnson and legislators continues, UNM and its hospital that is dependent Medicaid funding remain stuck in the crossfire.
As the state's budget standoff between Gov. Gary Johnson and legislators continues, UNM and its hospital that is dependent Medicaid funding remain stuck in the crossfire.
The UNM Nutrition Club will be selling Nigerian food on campus Friday to raise money to help rebuild an African village where nutrition and biochemistry students have studied during the past 10 years.
The almost simultaneous announcements of the departure of UNM President William Gordon and head basketball coach Fran Fraschilla provided a snapshot of what the University is all about in the eyes of most New Mexicans. The notice of Gordon's retirement occupied only an inch or two on the front page of the Albuquerque Journal, while that of Fraschilla's termination was spread all over the front page and the sports section.
Author Adela Amador hands signed copies of her books, "Southwest Flavors: Cooking Across Cultures" and "Twelve Gifts: Recipes from a Southwest Kitchen," to security officer Mary Kaye after a reading in Zimmerman Library's Willard Reading Room Wednesday.
It took Mar°a Elena Fern†ndez 36 years to find her true identity and reconcile the need to please her conservative Mexican parents, embrace her sexuality and maintain a feminist outlook.
Just in time for Easter, the Podium Players present the drama "Patricio, El Penitente" at the Menaul School Theater.
The freshmen for the UNM women's basketball team played an integral role in helping the Lobos reach the NCAA Tournament, but one has decided to leave.
The ASUNM Presidential Appointments Committee approved two elections commissioners, a presidential aide and a court justice Wednesday.
The 31st annual John Donald Robb Composer's Symposium is an internationally-renowned event that will feature visiting composers from around the world.
Now that Tom Petty is finally in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, we can comfortably start talking about contenders to his throne. Ryan Adams is at the front of the line, but Roger Clyne ain't far behind.
I realize the students just came back from Spring Break, but can't you do a better job of actually editing and proof reading your copy before it gets printed? The Wednesday edition first page not only has spelling errors (poision), but reports the Fall 2001 enrollment will be affected by the changes in the GPA for the bridge scholarship. I presume you meant the Fall 2002 enrollment.
Albuquerque Police Detective M. Garcia says the best way for teachers to keep gang symbolism out of schools is to learn how to spot it and forbid students to use the loopy scrawls and cryptic vocabulary in the classroom.
Kudos to Michael Carrasco for a great "tell-it-like-it-is" article on multiculturalism in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. I disagree with him on only one minor point. He implies that the goal of American multiculturalists is no biases. I submit that it is OK, according to American multiculturalists, to be biased against one group.
Dr. Gary Smith, associate director of Environmental Services, tells a small audience how to care for roses during a workshop at a garden on Mitchell Hall's west end Tuesday.
The Women's Resource Center will highlight the international struggle of women against opression during its Women's Film Festival today.
For once, the Bush administration and leading senators from both parties are engaged in the right kind of bidding war.
Re-mix CDs suck. OK, not all of them do. But usually a disc that's full of re-mixed versions of hit songs and throw-away b-sides is a just a waste of time.
Professor William Julius Wilson, a prominent social science professor from Harvard University, will be speaking about the causes of racial tension Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the Kiva Lecture Hall.