Gov. Susana Martinez proposed a $4.9 million cut in remedial education funds from the state’s colleges in order to focus on problems in the K-12 system that make remedial courses necessary.
UNM is at the top of its game in cyberspace. UNM’s web access and presence was ranked 76th out of 12,000 universities worldwide and 62nd out of North America colleges. UNM Website Administrator Matthew Carter said the quality of a university’s electronic content can factor into a student’s decision to attend UNM. “The ranking represents UNM has a fair amount of scholarly content and makes it readily available,” he said. Webometrics Rankings of World Universities, an initiative of Cybermetrics Lab, conducted the analysis of global universities’ web content.
Student Fee Review Board members couldn’t agree over whether a video camera should be allowed to record applicant hearings, so undergraduate and graduate members held separate sessions over the weekend. ASUNM board members met in one room of the College of Education Building, while GPSA board members deliberated next door.
A lawsuit filed in January alleges UNM unethically awarded the $60 million Pit renovation project to an Oklahama-based contractor, but the contractor says it is not responsible for UNM’s actions. The lawsuit, filed by the New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council and The Local Electrical and Iron Workers Union, alleges contracting company Flintco was given the construction management contract for the Pit because of its relationship with UNM President David Schmidly.
Several UNM students are one step closer to realizing their small business dreams after winning a campus-wide entrepreneurship contest. Anderson School of Management hosted its first annual Entrepreneurial Challenge on Friday.
Democrats halted a bill that would have required New Mexican voters to show photo identification at the polls.
The UNM Women’s Resource Center is working to combat what they consider cuts aimed at New Mexico’s women. New Mexico’s first female governor, Susana Martinez, proposed cutting 100 percent of funding for the N.M.
UNM organized a campus safety walk Tuesday night, but officials said they were disappointed by the low turnout.
Given the vast UNM campus, students could walk into a dangerous situation without an emergency blue light in sight. Melissa Martin, a participant in Tuesday night’s UNM Safety Walk, said main campus might not be well-equipped to assist a person fleeing a hostile situation.
As the victim of an on-campus stabbing lied unconscious in a hospital bed, gauze taped over her jugular and a tube inflating her punctured lung, her sister drove slowly through the alleyways near the Anthropology Building.
The Board of Regents approved main campus housing plans Tuesday, ushering in a two-year period of dorm demolition and renovation.
The University tested its emergency alert system, LoboAlerts, on Monday, but students said they were confused by the multiple texts and e-mails they received about the test. Student Brandon See said he received the first text message three times saying that the alert was just a test.
After a heated debate, the House Voters and Election Committee postponed a vote that will determine if New Mexicans should be required to show photo identification at voting polls on Election Day.
Lights glowing from the Yale Parking Structure make it difficult for University astronomers to search the skies from a nearby observatory. Professor Rich Rand, faculty overseer for the observatory, said parking structure lighting has made it harder to see the stars in Albuquerque. “When they built the hospital that was bad enough, but this source is much worse,” he said.
The City of Albuquerque announced construction plans that will force UNM’s south lot shuttle to use an alternate route. Beginning Feb. 21, all traffic on Yale Boulevard between Avenida Cesar Chavez and Lead Avenue will shut down as crews begin ripping up concrete in order to install a drainage system under the road.
Warm your heart by acting kindly this Valentine’s day. Today marks the first day of Random Acts of Kindness Week, and UNM is celebrating with donation drives for the Albuquerque Rescue Mission and Cuidando los Niños. An act of kindness is something as simple as walking a friend’s dog, Kimmerly Kloeppel, Interim Dean of Students said.
The House Education Committee will debate today the feasibility of extending students’ time to apply for the Lottery Scholarship. Opponents of the bill, including ASUNM, said tinkering with the Lottery Scholarship fund is unwise because the fund is facing financial implications that could gut the program. Legislation says high school graduates must immediately enroll in college in order to qualify for the scholarship, but the bill, if passed, would allow students a 16-month period to enroll in college after graduating high school. The measure’s sponsor, Rep.
ASUNM voted to install free condom distribution points around the campus in an effort to promote safe sex. Sen. Greg Golden said the resolution reminded him of his freshman year at UNM. “They used to have more access to condoms,” he said. “I remember when I was a freshman they were, well, everywhere.” ASUNM Sen. Jaimee Perea, a community health major, introduced the resolution to have condom distribution points at the Student Health Center, at registers in the SUB and in the SRC commons. Perea said the distribution goal is to help curb the prevalence of STDs.
by Chelsea Erven cerven@unm.edu E-mails that appear to be from UNM may be from an imposter “phishing” for personal information. Physics Department Information Analyst Tom Hess sent the department an e-mail Feb.
Student Randa Elbih said she wishes she could join her family members who have taken to the Egyptian streets.
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