You’ve seen the commercials and heard President Barack Obama tell Congress “(Some Americans) are living week-to-week, paycheck-to-paycheck, even day-to-day. They need help and they need it now,” but who has time to actually read Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act? Here’s a breakdown of the Act and what it could mean for you.
In your pursuit of academic saintliness, you may find the UNM Art Museum enlightening.
El Chante: Casa de Cultura is an art gallery and boutique that fuses local poetry, music, art and New Mexican culture.
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.
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.
Comic book heroes are slowly but steadily fighting their way into the world of fine art. A new exhibit called “Superheroes: Good, Evil & Everything in Between” debuts at 516 Arts and features the works of artists from across the country.
For the past 11 years, the Global DanceFest has brought avant-garde international artists to present contemporary dance to residents of New Mexico. This year’s Global DanceFest, which is co-presented by New Art New Mexico and North Fourth Art Center, features artists from Japan, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo who will perform at the N4th Theater.
UNM dedicated a wing on the third floor of the Centennial Engineering Center Aug. 23 to a small, but still emerging branch of science. The nanomaterials and nanomedicine lab is a major initiative that involves federal and state funding, along with grants, and features collaborative efforts from different academic disciplines at UNM, including the Cancer Center and the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, as well as Sandia National Laboratories.
In many ways, the Internet is becoming akin to cable television: There’s plenty of content, but little substance. Faced with more competition, the future of blogs remains a mystery unless it can work out these kinks.
The Far East can be found right here in Albuquerque. Aki Matsuri, the Japanese fall festival sponsored by the New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League is this Sunday at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
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