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Housing plans may alter UNM’s focus

Hunter Riley | October 7

Lobo Development officials told ASUNM they hope to drastically increase UNM’s on-campus housing. Lobo Development Board members Eliseo “Cheo” Torres and Walter Miller spoke to the senators about why they think on-campus housing benefits UNM students during a Sept. 28 ASUNM meeting. “We have to increase on-campus student housing because studies indicate that students do better if they work and live on campus,” Torres said.

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UNMH donates flu shots

Stephanie Hoover | October 7

UNM’s Student Health & Counseling services have begun a campaign encouraging students to get the flu shot before flu season hits.

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Protesters move without protest

Chelsea Erven | October 7

UNM administrators released a statement to the media Wednesday telling Occupy Albuquerque protesters to apply for a permit to occupy main campus, but protesters said the administration didn’t inform them.

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Permit a must for protestors

Luke Holmen | October 6

“Occupy Albuquerque” protestors braved the wet weather Tuesday night as they continued to protest in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, but UNM officials said protesters must get a permit before noon today if they plan to stay.

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Tutor: APS ‘insufficient, apathetic’

Greer Gessler | October 6

The amount of students attending Albuquerque Public Schools that don’t graduate is 37 percent and, of those, many have trouble earning their GEDs, getting jobs or attending college, GED Preparatory Program officials said.

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Thefts spike in January, August

Charlie Shipley | October 6

The beginning of a new semester brings a high incidence of larcenies and thefts, UNM Police Department officials said. “It is a big problem,” UNMPD spokesman Lt. Robert Haarhues said.

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Award catalyzes mobile lab

Kayla Smith | October 5

Vernier Software & Technology awarded UNM $10,000 worth of choice chemistry equipment for a mobile laboratory that delivers scientific tools to middle and high schools. The UChem Teach Mobile lab brings chemistry lab equipment to eighth- through 12th-grade classrooms across New Mexico, and UNM chemistry teaching assistant Paul Hunt said the equipment grant will help update the labs. “The chemistry teaching labs were in dire need of renovation,” he said.

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Social site offers support for disabled, ill students

Stephanie Hoover | October 5

One of the Internet’s latest social networking sites, dimmi, is a mixture of Facebook and Match.com for people with mental illnesses or those acquainted with them to connect with others in the same boat. “Dimmi” means “tell me” in Italian, and the site, launched in January 2011, is being marketed to college students, project manager Caio Peluffo said.

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Cuts force departments to start eliminating jobs

Luke Holmen | October 5

UNM’s 3.4 percent budget cut for fiscal year 2011-2012 was approved in April 2010 but has only been in effect for the past three months. Now, departments across the University are starting to feel the strain. The University’s state funding has been cut $8.5 million across main and branch campuses.

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Goat head found on FIJI stoop

Charlie Shipley | October 4

Phi Gamma Delta’s porch is still stained with goat blood. A severed goat’s head was left on the front porch of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house last Wednesday, according to a police report.

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Japanese-American literature displaced

Chelsea Erven | October 4

When Jennifer Yazawa, a board member of the New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League, went to what was once UNM College of Education’s Tireman Library two weeks ago, she said she was surprised to find that the library no longer existed and the NM-JACL’s materials housed there were gone. In a letter to Richard Howell, dean of the College of Education, Yazawa said the NM-JACL began developing its collection of educational materials pertaining to civil and human rights for Asian-Americans in 1985.

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Gateway leads to education

Kayla Smith | October 4

The Gateway program helps incoming freshman who don’t quite meet minimum college requirements to prepare for UNM’s classes. Gateway allows UNM to partner with Central New Mexico Community College, Santa Fe Community College, NM Junior College, San Juan College and all of the UNM branch campuses, where students in the program can take classes.

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Occupy Burque

Felipe Medina-Marquez | October 3

Hundreds of protesters marched along Central Avenue holding placards and chanting slogans on Saturday in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Occupy Wall Street is a peaceful demonstration occurring in New York City to oppose corporate influence over politics and the government, protesters said. Volcano Vista High School teacher Barbara Endicott said she came out to protest because she feels corporations get an unfair amount of special treatment while the majority of Americans are neglected. “I feel like the banks got bailed out, and they’re leaving us in the lurch,” she said.

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UNM foundation elects new trustees

Charlie Shipley | October 3

The UNM Foundation elected several new members to its Board of Trustees this month. The board’s new national vice-chair, Stephanie Bennett-Smith, received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNM and said being a Lobo runs in her family. “My mother was associate registrar, and I began working registration days when I was 13,” she said.

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Rail Runner runs up prices

Kayla Smith | October 3

The Rail Runner has modified its train schedules and may increase fare rates due to a state budget deficit of $1.2 million for fiscal year 2012. Before the Rail Runner’s Board of Directors takes official action on the fare proposal, the public will get a chance to complete a survey or attend public meetings on the issue.

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New media center to bridge digital learning gap

Tamon Rasberry | September 30

UNM’s degree programs have become increasingly geared toward a digital world, and the creation of a state-of-the-art digital media building is a harbinger of that shift.

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UNMPD officer to student ratio: 1 to 2000

Greer Gessler | September 30

Albuquerque Police Department has four times the amount of police officers per city resident than UNM Police Department has for each UNM student.

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Crime stats omit DWIs, larceny

Charlie Shipley | September 30

Recently released UNM crime statistics for 2010 report a decrease in liquor law violations and burglary, but UNM isn’t required to report DWIs or larceny cases. The statistics are required by law to be released every year under the Jeanne Clery Act, but revisions to the act say certain crimes don’t have to be reported, UNM Police Department spokesman Lt. Robert Haarhues said.

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Tutoring service gets mixed reviews

Felipe Medina-Marquez | September 29

Each semester, the Center for Academic Program Support (CAPS) provides tutoring assistance to more than 4,000 students in several areas of study. While many students are satisfied with the outcomes of these sessions, some students, like Miguel Aragon, said they aren’t getting the help that they’re looking for. On a scale from one to 10, Aragon said he rates CAPS a five.

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Prosecution puts F. Chris Garcia case on hold

Elizabeth Cleary and Chelsea Erven | September 29

Charges of promoting prostitution, conspiracy and tampering with evidence, brought against former UNM president and professor emeritus F. Chris Garcia in July, were dropped until further notice.