In what would rank as the first major testing change in 30 years, an influential faculty committee proposed Wednesday that the University of California scrap the frequently criticized SAT I aptitude exam and seek new custom-designed admissions tests to measure what a student has learned in high school.
The UNM men's and women's track and field teams look to rebound from last week's sub-par performance when they head to Reno, Nev., Saturday to compete in the Wolf Pack Invitational.
For those who are critical of America's involvement in the Middle East, I would like to pose two simple questions.
Students in a youth fencing class watch as instructor Christopher Keller demonstrates positioning in Johnson Center Thursday.
Once a virtually guaranteed win for the UNM men's basketball team, San Diego State University rolls into town Saturday as a talented, dangerous team saddled with a deceivingly poor record.
It's the beginning of February and not only is the season flying by, but so is the school year.
A spirited defensive effort helped the UNM women's basketball team withstand frigid shooting to upset 18th-ranked Colorado State University 56-50 in The Pit Thursday.
When the Air Jordan made its debut in 1985 at an astounding $85, the general population was hesitant to accept such a price for top end athletic shoes. Seventeen years later, it is assumed that quality basketball shoes will retail at $150, regardless of which shoe company produces it.
The UNM men's tennis team will be looking to extract some revenge Friday afternoon when it plays against 60th-ranked Yale University at the Lobo Tennis Club.
A study complied by a UNM professor says women who are physically abused are in poorer health than women who are not involved in intimate partner violence.
Ever since the horrific acts of Sept. 11, it has been interesting to listen to people, especially young people's views on what is going on. It is quite unique and refreshing when students engage in necessary dialogue that does not simply regurgitate what reporters say or what they hear on shows such as "Hardball," which reduce conversation into an entertainment of whether the guests are ridiculed.
The attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to let courts in New Mexico use a particular field test to check whether a driver is drunk.
Equipped with long, greasy hair, beer bottles and simple, ebullient tunes shaded in the aesthetic of '60s Brit rock - among other genres - The Strokes' Tuesday night performance at the Sunshine Theater instilled the audience with the fortunate/unfortunate fact that these guys are hotshot rock stars.
In any public endeavor, there is the ideal, and then there is the reality.
Gillian Grisman's documentary "Grateful Dawg" chronicles the friendship and musical partnership between David "Dawg" Grisman and Jerry Garcia from the early 1960s until Garcia's death in 1994.
Black History Month gives cause to pause and reflect upon African American History in the United States. It's a history that many would rather ignore, because it is an ugly mark on these United States.
The death of a monkey recently made headlines around the world. He was part of what was originally touted to be a promising vaccine trial for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, carried out by Harvard researchers.
David Iglesias, the recently appointed U.S. Attorney General for the district of New Mexico, spoke Wednesday about his new position and its role in the wake of the terrorist attacks.
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