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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

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.

Posts Tagged Louis Caldera

Former UNM pres Louis Caldera has a new job

By | 06.09.10 | 11:18 am

Louis Caldera, the former University of New Mexico president, is joining the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in early July as its Vice President of Programs.

Caldera is leaving the Center for American Progress, a public policy think tank headed up…

Caldera says he’ll remain on leave of absence from UNM through the ’10 academic year

By | 06.12.09 | 11:50 am

Louis Caldera informed his colleagues at the University of New Mexico School of Law via e-mail this morning of his change in status — that is, his new job at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress.

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Ex-UNM prez Louis Caldera lands at Center for American Progress

By | 06.12.09 | 10:41 am

Many of us who watched the high-profile misstep of former UNM president, Louis Caldera, knew he’d land a job pretty quickly after the unfortunate, and ill-conceived NYC flyover that cost him his job at the White House Military Office.

How the NYC Air Force One flyover came back to bite Caldera

By | 05.08.09 | 5:20 pm

Louis Caldera, the  outgoing director of White House Military Office, has taken  full responsibility for the April 27 747 jumbo jet flyover which caused panic in New York City where memories of the 9/11 terror attacks are still fresh.

Louis Caldera resigns from White House job

By | 05.08.09 | 2:58 pm

Former University of New Mexico President Louis Caldera resigned from his position as the director of the White House Military Office after approving the now infamous flyover of New York City by a 747 for a White House photo-op. When the plane is occupied by President Obama it is known as Air Force One.

Louis Caldera could always go back to UNM if D.C. doesn’t work out…

By | 05.01.09 | 2:02 pm

louis-caldera-picThough Louis Caldera may — emphasis on the word “may” — soon no longer be employed in Washington D.C., he always has a fall-back option.

Goodbye Louis Caldera?

By | 04.29.09 | 1:20 pm

louis-caldera-picPolitico is reporting that former University of New Mexico president Louis Caldera might soon be out of his White House job. Caldera, who approved the New York City flyover debacle, is “likely to be fired” according to Politico.

Ex-UNM prez Louis Caldera approved New York City jet flyover

By | 04.27.09 | 4:17 pm

Here’s something that never really seemed like a great idea, if you stop and think about it: The U.S. Department of Defense sent a 747 flying over New York City at a low altitude with a fighter jet following…

Ex.-UNM President Louis Caldera named to Obama White House staff

By | 12.02.08 | 2:11 pm

While it is widely expected that Bill Richardson will be named President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of commerce on Wednesday, another man with New Mexico connections was announced to be on Obama’s White House staff: Louis Caldera.

He has been…