It may seem a little early to think about the holidays, but when it comes to tradition at UNM, it's OK to be ahead of the game. The Hanging of the Greens, one of UNM's oldest traditions, began in the 1930s. Originally, students traveled to the Sandia Mountains to gather greens to decorate the SUB.
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Today 450 undergraduate students will present their research on a variety of topics ranging from science to theater. It's part of the first UNM Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, which will take over every room in the SUB for 12 hours starting at 9 a.
The Lobo football team is bowl-eligible for the third consecutive season, and head coach Rocky Long has been given his fourth contract extension in seven seasons. Athletic director Rudy Davalos announced Tuesday Long was given a contract extension leaving him at the helm of Lobo football team through the 2009 season.
Call it the slap bracelet of the 21st century. Since May, yellow bands have bedecked millions of wrists all over the world. And they are still going strong. The bands are the brainchild of the Nike Corporation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Lance Armstrong is a cancer survivor and six-time winner of the Tour de France.
One thousand potential freshmen flooded UNM for Hispano Student Day on Thursday. The event was organized to make the transition easier for students from 45 local and state schools. It is designed to encourage Hispanic high school juniors and seniors to finish school and continue their education afterward, said Rosa Cervantes, co-chair of the event.
Studying in Zimmerman Library might not seem scary, but the ghost that haunts the basement may make students' hair rise. For those who really want a scare, consider wandering around the labyrinth of underground tunnels that run for miles on campus. It's all part of what UNM employees Earl Browning and Tom Carrillo get paid to do.
When Wagner Hall was built in 1949, Harry Truman was president, the novel 1984 had just been published, and Perry Como and Fats Domino were at the top of the charts. The School of Engineering is using the same building to house many of its faculty offices and laboratories 55 years later.
If it seems unexplainable, he'll explain it. Peter Jordan has proof that knives suspended in a kitchen wall, people spontaneously combusting, and stigmata are not just freak accidents. He said they happen in real life over and over again. On Monday night, Jordan brought his evidence for paranormal existence in photos and on film to the SUB ballroom.
The debates are over, and the election is less than two weeks away. Democrats and Republicans are shifting focus to get voters to the polls. On Thursday, democratic congressional candidate Richard Romero came to UNM to rally student enthusiasm for the election.
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