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Projects widening Lead and Coal end
Svetlana Ozden | April 18The city of Albuquerque partially reopened the newly renovated Lead and Coal avenues last week.
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Sustainability Expo offers bike sale, fresh produce
Staff Report | April 18In honor of Earth Day, UNM hosts an annual bike auction, transportation fair and a grower’s market.
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Patient, advocate fights cancer homeopathically
Avicra Luckey | April 17Lexie Shabel said her biggest mistake in treating her breast cancer was choosing chemotherapy when she was first diagnosed.
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Groups hold event to combat violence
Svetlana Ozden | April 16One quarter of female college students in the United States are victims of attempted or completed sexual assault according to the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence.
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Pro-Palestine group erects ‘Israeli Apartheid Wall’
Avicra Luckey | April 16Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) gathered Saturday to build a plywood mock “Israeli Apartheid Wall” that will be erected on Smith Plaza all this week as part of the group’s Mock Wall Campaign.
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Students design Honda ad
Elena Saavedra Buckley | April 16Students at the Anderson School of Management are working with Honda to create an advertising campaign to sell real products to real-world customers.
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Roybal veto stops student vote on amendment
Luke Holmen | April 13ASUNM President Jaymie Roybal vetoed a bill she said she did not believe “was in the best interest of the student body,” instead of letting students vote on the issue.
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Schmidly reflects on presidential term
Avicra Luckey and Victoria Carreon | April 13President David Schmidly’s five-year career at UNM will come to an end in July when President-select Robert Frank takes office.
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ASUNM talks retention rates
Svetlana Ozden | April 13At UNM, fifty percent of freshmen who don’t return to school for a second semester are failing 100-level core classes.
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Muraida wins ASUNM presidency
Luke Holmen and Hannah Stangebye | April 12The Students for Students slate swept both the ASUNM presidential and vice presidential positions for next year.
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Engineers redesign racecar
Svetlana Ozden | April 12UNM’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team has designed and built a racecar that accelerates from 0-60 mph in 4 seconds. Systems Engineer Devin Plagge said the team, LOBOmotorsports, will compete in a four-day competition in Lincoln, Neb.
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Senate Election Voting Guide
Hannah Stangebye | April 11Today, undergraduates can vote for president, vice president and senators in the ASUNM elections. Read up on the candidates and their platforms before heading to the polls.
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Roybal vetoes ASUNM student fee increase bill
Luke Holmen | April 11A bill recommending raising the ASUNM student fee from $20 to $25, which passed the ASUNM Senate in early March, won’t be voted on by students in this election.
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ASUNM Senate candidate runs slate-less
Victoria Carreon | April 10At UNM, candidates traditionally run for ASUNM as part of a slate, but one candidate this year broke tradition by running independently.
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Wireless problems due to lack of funding, resources
Avicra Luckey | April 10According to a recent survey, students identified reliable wireless Internet access as the No. 1 tool they need in UNM study spaces, but the department doesn’t have the money to provide it.
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Student regent explains budget
Svetlana Ozden | April 9Student Regent Jake Wellman said students should expect an increase in student fees next year to fund Athletics.
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GPSA Council chair elections begin
Luke Holmen | April 9GPSA electronic ballot elections began today and run until April 11. The Daily Lobo interviewed council chair candidates Michael Verrilli and Kris Miranda to find out where they stand on the issues.
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Machines reward recycling
Miriam Belin | April 9Students can now earn discounts at restaurants and on merchandise for recycling used bottles. The PepsiCo Dream Machine kiosks, located in the SUB, Johnson Gym and La Posada, reward students with points for recycling bottles and aluminum cans.
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APD increases security measures downtown
Luke Holmen and Svetlana Ozden | April 5On weekends, Albuquerque police have tripled presence downtown and now close more sections of the area to cars in an effort to increase safety.
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Alums create game, give some profits to fight cancer
Avicra Luckey | April 5Two former UNM students created an app that has the ability to both entertain and save lives. Brother-sister duo Stephanie Balderrama and Robert Castillo, creators of “Adventures of Marvin and Mel: Word Rescue” are donating 15 percent of net proceeds earned from the game’s sale in the App Store to the American Cancer Society for the first year that it is on sale.
