Students could see additional need-based financial aid and faculty could see the first wage increase in four years following a preliminary vote on the FY 13 budget proposal.
The Board of Regents last week retracted a proposal to fund Libraries with a student fee hike next year, but held on to a proposal to increase student fees to fund Athletics.
Real, live lobos came to campus last week to raise awareness about efforts to reintroduce the endangered wolf species into the New Mexican wilderness.
UNM students and staff gathered on the Cornell Mall on Thursday to protest a proposed $77 student fee hike.
While students paid $486.49 in student fees this year to support on-campus services, many of them are underused.
In an emergency meeting Wednesday, the ASUNM Senate unanimously passed a resolution in opposition to the proposed $77 increase in student fees.
Marisa Silva, a GPSA Representative from the history department, is the sole candidate for the GPSA presidency next year.
New Mexico voters will decide whether to approve a bond that could mean a major facelift to UNM’s biology and chemistry departments.
About half the members of each slate vying for ASUNM seats next year belong to fraternities and sororities, while only about four percent of the total undergraduate population is involved in Greek Life.
ASUNM and GPSA are calling on the regents to retract a proposed $77 student fee increase and 3 percent tuition increase.
UNM’s North Golf Course will remain a golf course for another 25 years if the regents accept a $1.5 million offer from the county commissioner.
During a March 12 meeting, the Board of Regents proposed an initial budget which called for a 3 percent tuition increase for next year and a $77 increase in fees.
During spring break, the Board of Regents proposed an initial budget which called for an $77 increase in student fees on top of the increase recommended by the Student Fee Review Board and the Strategic Budget Leadership Team.
Spring break is a time for rest, but several dedicated students volunteered their time to build a house for a woman whose home was destroyed in New Orleans.
In a one-point game with 4:47 left in the first half, shades of 2010 seemed to come back to haunt the men’s basketball team.
In a one point game with 4:47 left in the first half, shades of 2010 seemed to come back to haunt the men’s basketball team. Fifth-seeded UNM lost to fourth-seeded Louisville 59-56 in the third round of the NCAA tournament in Portland, Ore. Two years ago, Lobo captain Dairese Gary suffered a torn ACL injury against BYU in the seminfinals of the MWC tournament. Saturday, Gordon went down with a similar injury after senior forward A.J.
Down 61-59 with 4:43 left in the game, sophomore guard Kendall Williams launched the most important three-pointer of his short career — it hit the back of the rim and bounced in. Williams’ running one-handed floater a couple minutes later with a two-point lead and clutch free throws from Freshman Hugh Greenwood and Senior forward Drew Gordon put the game away. The No.
New Mexico has been a part of Montana’s last two NCAA tournament appearances — and both have ended badly. Two years ago, the Montana Grizzlies’ tourney run ended in the their first game, against the Lobos; this year it ended at New Mexico’s home court.
The two Mountain West regular season champs squared off Saturday for conference supremacy — and it wasn’t close until the very end. The men’s basketball team made 12-of-18 free throws in the last 2:44 of the game to hold on to a 68-59 win over No.
The women’s basketball MWC run is over. UNM’s fairy tale run in the MWC tournament came to an end Saturday in the final against San Diego State, 57-43. The Lobos were the seven seed but pulled off upset wins over University of Las-Vegas and Boise State to reach the championship game, but one seeded SDSU was just too good. “It was a tough loss,” senior forward Porche Torrance said.
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