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UNM looks to raise admissions standards

Kallie Red-Horse | February 3

New Mexico high school students might consider buckling down on their day-to-day schoolwork instead of putting all of their college admission eggs into the standardized test basket. On Wednesday, the Student Affairs Committee from the Board of Regents approved a redesigned admissions process that emphasizes high school GPA, additional college preparatory courses and a new grade-point average weighting system.

M.E. Sprengelmeyer, right, publisher and reporter for the Guadalupe County Communicator, interviews Santa Rosa City Councilman Pat Cordova. Sprengelmeyer purchased the Santa Rosa weekly paper last August after the Rocky Mountain News in Denver closed about a year ago.

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Santa Rosa paper owner advocates local press

Andrew Beale | February 3

M.E. Sprengelmeyer may be the hardest-working newspaper man on the planet, a man described in a recent New York Times profile as working “to the brink of exhaustion, fueling late-night production sessions with nicotine and caffeinated energy drinks.” Sprengelmeyer owns the weekly Guadalupe County Communicator, based in Santa Rosa.

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Schmidly balances budget by furlough

Andrew Beale | February 2

The president of one of UNM’s peer institutions is making news by taking a voluntary 4.6 percent pay cut, but President Schmidly contends he’s been there, done that.

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Locksley's recipe for football success

Isaac Avilucea | February 2

Expecting top-six results from a bottom 10 football program is blissfully ignorant. Fair or not, given his recruiting acumen, that’s exactly what some fans expect from Lobo football head coach Mike Locksley. Heralded as the No.

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Pointers to protect your identity on Facebook

Kallie Red-Horse | February 1

If you don’t recall sending Facebook messages to your friends with links to ‘Get your best body now!’ or ‘Make money today!’ you are not alone. Online viruses have become a common problem on the social networking site Facebook.

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Senate votes in Regent Koch for another six years

Pat Lohmann | February 1

Regent Jamie Koch was reappointed to a six-year term to the Board of Regents by the New Mexico state Senate by a vote of 31-5.

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Special election boasts record graduate turnout

Pat Lohmann | February 1

GPSA’s special election about the UNM Athletics Administration saw a record turnout, and all four questions on the ballot passed by margins of at least 30 percent. “This is an unprecedented number,” said GPSA President Lissa Knudsen.

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GPSA votes in favor of funding gay center

Tricia Remark | February 1

The Queer Resource Center is one step closer to becoming a reality at UNM. The Graduate and Professional Student Association unanimously passed a resolution Saturday in support of the center. Jeffrey Waldo, a Queer Straight Alliance representative, said UNM is behind its peer institutions — many of which already have a Queer Resource Center.

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UNM works to reduce health insurance costs

Tricia Remark | January 29

With no national health care plan in America’s immediate future, the Student Health and Counseling Center is working to reduce insurance costs for students. The UNM Student Health Insurance Committee met Tuesday to discuss how to make health insurance affordable with benefits. Beverly Kloeppel, Student Health Center director, said students need health insurance because health care is expensive without it.

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Senator: Cut top 20 highest salaries

Pat Lohmann | January 29

State Sen. Eric Griego is taking time from his hectic schedule to send a message to UNM President David Schmidly: “In a bad economy where we’re asking students to pay more tuition, how do you justify two or three hundred thousand dollar salaries for 20 folks?” Griego introduced “Good Fiscal Judgment for UNM Salaries” to be voted on by the New Mexico Legislature.

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University adjusts to fit more students

January 28

Student enrollment increased 7.3 percent for the 2010 spring semester over last year, according to the Division of Enrollment Management. Total student enrollment at UNM is now 26,148.

A decorated fan rushes the court Thursday night. The Lobos snagged a narrow victory against No. 12 BYU, 76-72.

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Point guard plays to win

Isaac Avilucea | January 28

Few players — with the exception of the Jordans and Bryants — have the resolve to will their teams to victory. Dairese Gary, on Wednesday at The Pit, fit into this conversation of elites. Thanks to more-than-stellar play from the Lobos’ point guard, the No.

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Committee: UNM, NMSU funds need evaluation

Pat Lohmann and Andrew Beale | January 26

The New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee is putting New Mexico’s largest universities under the magnifying glass.

Students Jasmine McDonald, right, and Jennifer Vaca gather their paper and plastic to-go containers in La Posada Dining Hall on Monday. Students tossed out thousands of disposable utensils and plates couldn’t be used due to pending inspection.

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LaPo's 'green' dishwasher generates paper waste

January 26

An illegal dishwasher at La Posada forced residents to eat their food on disposable plates, cups and plastic utensils.

Student Kayla Lyall prepares to dance flamenco at the Roundhouse Rotunda in Santa Fe on Monday. Fearing budget cuts, representatives from UNM traveled to the capitol as part of UNM Day to highlight programs, departments and services offered at the state’s flagship university.

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University lobbies at Capitol for UNM Day

Leah Valencia | January 26

SANTA FE — New Mexico legislators were greeted Monday with a visit from several University departments and organizations for UNM Day. Fearing harsh budget cuts, the University put on its first-ever presentation to exemplify the value of the work done and opportunities provided at UNM.

Minerva Cook speaks with a client at Butt, Thornton & Baehr Attorneys at Law on Monday. Cook graduated from the UNM School of Law in 2007. The School of Law is celebrating its 60th anniversary and is accepting nominations for memorable people, historic laws, events, legal cases or civic solutions.

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Book commemorates 60 years of law

Tricia Remark | January 26

It has been 60 years since the first class of UNM School of Law students graduated. To celebrate, the school is creating a colorful book recognizing 60 special people, accomplishments or legislation, named 60 for 60. “It’s more than just a book,” School of Law archivist David Myers said.

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Athletics fights for majority of student fees

Kallie Red-Horse | January 25

The UNM Athletics Department requested more than $1 million of student fees at the Student Fee Review Board hearing Saturday, but the Department could not outline how the money would be allocated.

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Buying between the lines

Nicole Raz | January 25

Starting a new chapter each semester doesn’t have to be so expensive. Representatives from Samees’s Textbooks said they have been selling UNM textbooks for less than the UNM Bookstore since 2008. Students from CNM and UNM have bought books from Samees’s Textbookssaid Brian Yu, Samees’s Textbooks manager, but he refused to say how much his sales have increased.

A wall of photos in the Holy Innocents Center for Life depicts women and their newborn babies.

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Not all centers created equal

Tricia Remark and Kallie Red-Horse | January 22

About six months ago, a female UNM student walked into Care Net Pregnancy Center on Candelaria Avenue expecting to get a pregnancy test.

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Policymakers to decide Regent Koch's fate at UNM

Pat Lohmann and Leah Valencia | January 22

On top of wrestling with the budgetary deficit during the legislative session, New Mexico policymakers need to find time to confirm Regent Jamie Koch for another six-year term. Staff Council President Elisha Allen said Koch’s reappointment is probable.