The Traditional Winter Spanish Market is coming to Old Town this weekend in celebration of 25 years of traditional arts and entertainment. The event, typically held in Santa Fe Plaza, will be held for the first time in Albuquerque and is an offshoot of the larger Summer Spanish Market.
Simply put, if you don’t like musicals, “Man of La Mancha” is not going to change your mind. The Landmark Musical production has that sort of hammy blood-and-thunder attitude that musicals are known for.
Coach Jeremy Fishbein said his New Mexico men’s soccer team plays like a confident group right now. Completing a strong inaugural season in the tough Conference USA can do that. That confidence showed through in the NCAA soccer tournament’s second round on Sunday.
UNM’s Graduate and Professional Student Association Lobby Committee is working to pass new state legislation that would give recent graduates a leg up on funding for their in-state businesses. The Statewide Entrepreneurial Economic Development (SEED) Act would create an appropriation for investments on behalf of the state by using a portion of funding from the state
Despite clear improvements on its shooting, the New Mexico women’s basketball team’s losing skid continued with an 85-53 loss against No. 16 Colorado on Saturday at The Pit.
The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico senate passed an emergency resolution on Wednesday concerning the Lottery Scholarship. In a full senate meeting, ASUNM senators enacted a resolution that calls for Gov. Susana Martinez to give a special message that recommends all legislation on the Scholarship to be considered during the state Legislature’s 30-day session. The legislative session begins in January.
UNM might be able to continue development of Innovate ABQ for much cheaper by next month. Mesa del Sol developers have offered the Aperture Center, a 78,000-square-foot building in east Albuquerque, to UNM for $4.5 million as part of the University’s push for a two-site Albuquerque business and innovation hub.
Kendall Williams forced one overtime session Thursday at the Charleston Classic in South Carolina. Alex Kirk forced a second. Cleveland “Pancake” Thomas ensured there was not a third. New Mexico’s sophomore point guard drained a 3-pointer late in the second overtime period, lifting the No. 19 Lobos into the second round at the Charleston Classic.
As the debate whether to prioritize students’ merit or need when it comes to the Lottery Scholarship continues, some state lawmakers have officially refuted raising the grade point average requirements for the scholarship.
Protesters in black lined up along the sidewalk outside the Bernalillo Public Schools District Office in a rally Wednesday as part of a statewide movement by teachers and other education employees to protest a new teacher evaluation system.
UNMH will not negotiate with a union of employees that filed a complaint regarding mandatory flu vaccines for hospital staff last month, according to a counter-statement filed by the hospital. In the counter-statement to the UNM Labor Management Relations Board on Monday, UNMH argues that “the union wholly fails to demonstrate that the union or its members will suffer irreparable injury by implementation of the policy”
Albuquerque voters snubbed a citywide ordinance in the city’s runoff election Tuesday that proposed to prohibit late-term abortions. Voters took to the polls to weigh in on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance, which would have banned abortion after 20 weeks, excepting situations in which the mother’s life is endangered by the pregnancy.
This year, more voters showed up at the polls during Tuesday’s runoff election than did for October’s citywide mayoral election. According to data from the Office of the City Clerk, 87,296 registered Albuquerque voters cast their ballots during the runoff election, representing a 24 percent citywide turnout.
A man who was arrested for shouting on campus last week returned to the University on Tuesday to continue his anti-abortion protests. Rives Grogan, 48, carried a sign that said “Ban Late Term Abortion in Jesus’ Name,” and shouted about abortion and religion in front of the Student Union Building.
On Monday, head coach Bob Davie announced to the team that sophomore quarterback Cole Gautsche and senior running back Kasey Carrier will miss the remainder of the season due to concussion symptoms.
A major New Mexico finance institution has decided to invest in UNM’s Innovate ABQ. According to a press release, the New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union committed $3 million to the project earlier this month.
A UNM college that has been three years in the making is now looking for student input. This semester, various University professors who have been spearheading the formation of a College for Social Transformation will gather suggestions from the University community said Tiffany Lee
The hooting and hollering echoed from the Club Level at The Pit throughout the arena. The New Mexico men’s soccer team had just locked up its second highest NCAA tournament seed ever.
With the citywide abortion ban vote set for Tuesday, UNM has become a battleground for abortion activists, both from in and out of state. Following last week’s string of abortion protests, StopPatriarchy.org, a national pro-abortion choice organization, protested in front of the UNM Bookstore Saturday afternoon.
While sequestration and funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health have heavily affected scientific research across the U.S., the UNM Health Sciences Center has seen an increase in NIH research funding and in additional extramural funding overall.
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