“Under the Influence” is a new Daily Lobo series about drug use in Albuquerque. It’s a natural thing for humans to desire intimacy with one another. How people reach that feeling of closeness is changing, especially in younger people who are reaching out to drugs such as methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as ecstasy or MDMA.
Two break-ins in a month at the Student Support and Success Center resulted in thousands of dollars in damage, and the alleged thieves had access to confidential student information. Kathleen Sena, the University registrar, said academic transcripts and other documents containing sensitive student information could potentially have been left on the printer and in open bins in their printer room, which was visited by thieves during a break-in Dec.
More than 200 UNM students and community members came to the UNM School of Law last Thursday to decide which Democratic lieutenant governor candidate they would support.
Mitchell Hall is now open – new, improved and odorless. “We believe we got that (the smell) taken care off,” said Jep Choate, an associate registrar.
New student housing is now a step closer to springing out of an empty lot on south campus. The Board of Regents approved the preliminary materials for the south campus housing development at their Jan.
The UNM administration is waiting with bated breath to hear what cuts or increases will come out of the New Mexico legislative session, which begins today.
A UNM student was killed Dec. 18 in a head-on collision by a suspected drunk driver near Cuba, N.M. According to a statement released by Lt.
Voluntary questionnaire placed online to increase user response Starting Jan. 19, UNM students, faculty and staff will be prompted to provide their race and ethnicity. The race and ethnicity data collection is a requirement for educational institutions that receive government support, Linda Johansen of UNM’s ITS Department said.
Like everyone else, President Schmidly doesn’t know what kind of budget cuts the State Legislature will mandate at its January session. However, he does know how to deal with the cuts when they arrive. At the Board of Regents’ Finance and Facilities committee meeting Thursday, Schmidly outlined his priorities in budget reductions and reallocations.
Disclaimer: This column is satire. Dear UNM Administrators, Mike Locksley and message board bloggers: Season’s greetings from your sports editor at the Daily Lobo.It’s been a tumultuous year filled with embarrassment, angst and disappointment. Understandably, at this point, it’s safe to assume that I’m not your favorite person to interact with.
Thanks to a design by students for students, the dirt field outside the Centennial Engineering Building will no longer be an eyesore next semester. Tapy Hall housed the civil engineering department until Aug.
Pre-historic caverns in Carlsbad may have put the small city on the map, but locals are concerned a man-made cavern might take the city off it. Salt mining has left a cavity beneath a main intersection on the south side of town that threatens to collapse any day, said George Veni, member of a city committee working on the issue. “What we have right now is a cavity down below.
In a few short months, students living in the Hokona residence hall will have fresh vegetables growing outside their windows. Alex Borowski, a freshman living in Hokona, planted a garden in the courtyard about a month ago, and he said most of the produce should be ready by March or April. “It used to just be this big patch of dirt.
The number of requests for public records has increased more than twofold this year, forcing the University Custodian of Public Records to ask for narrowed searches and extended deadlines. Between 2005 and 2008, the average number of Information and Public Records Act requests was 65.
The Provost’s Office will not outsource the UNM Press warehouse operation, but several employees still aren’t confident that their jobs are safe. Joyce Perz, who works in Accounts Receivable at UNM Press, said a memo sent by the Provost’s Office contains language that makes her question the future of UNM Press’s warehouse department.
Students in ASUNM Community Experience are helping bring holiday cheer to Albuquerque charities. In the middle of the SUB Atrium, ASUNM CE has put up the Giving Tree — a large holiday tree decorated with requests for presents from children and families, said Hallee Kells, Community Experience events director.
Graduate and professional students will have winter break to consider their level of confidence in Athletics Director Paul Krebs and whether they want their student fees to support the Athletics Department. After nearly four hours of deliberation Saturday, the GPSA decided to place four items on the ballot for a vote in a special election that will be held online next semester.
All Adam Watson wanted for Christmas was his transfer release from the Lobo football team. Until Sunday, Watson’s wish was in jeopardy of not being granted. The former UNM freshman wide receiver, who redshirted this year, was earlier reported to be transferring to play football at another school.
UNM didn’t ask Vernon Tile for any past work experience or qualifications before the company completed the tile work at Johnson’s Olympic pool, said Robert Notary, Johnson pool project manager. The tiles around Johnson’s Olympic pool are already coming up and cracking, and the pool remodel was completed in March.
From the editor-in-chief I apologize on behalf of myself and my staff for this error. I apologize to Crystal, her family, the staff and interns at El Centro de la Raza, and all UNM students for the distress this has caused. From the news editor I take responsibility for writing that Crystal Quiñonez was an undocumented student. Quiñonez is actually a U.S. citizen.
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