I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
UNM regents will decide Friday whether to increase student fees by about $10 per semester to fund several projects, including a Queer Resource Center. Despite a strong faculty, staff, and student backing of the center, funding for it has become a contentious issue.
Less than half of the increase in student fees, the smallest such increase in the last five years, would go to the resource center, but President David Schmidly and the Board of Regents will have the final say.
The center would provide a LGBTQ-friendly site on UNM’s campus, functioning similarly to Women’s Resource Center and other ethic centers. LGBTQ resource centers are common on college campuses across the country. Supporters of the QRC believe its presence will add to the need and appreciation for diversity on the UNM campus.
