Daily Lobo, University of New Mexico, NM
1 day ago by Hunter Riley
In a visit to Albuquerque on July 16, Republican presidential candidate John McCain discussed U.S. involvement in the Middle East and suggested students should join the armed forces or the Peace Corps to pay increasing tuition prices.
Before giving the floor to audience members for questions, McCain spoke about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Daily Toreador, Texas Tech University, TX
19 hours ago by Mia Walters
Texas Tech administrators believe the university is well on its way to shedding its accreditation probation.
In December 2007 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges put Tech on accreditation probation - but continued its accreditation - when the university failed to meet one of the association's 82 accreditation standards.
Daily Lobo, University of New Mexico, NM
1 day ago by Caitlin Reece
Changes will be made to the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship this fall - some of which will make it available to a wider range of students.
Reed Dasenbrock, state secretary of higher education, said there are four major changes to the Lottery Scholarship criteria.
Daily Lobo, University of New Mexico, NM
2 days ago by Caitlin Reece
On Friday, anti-war protesters from the Year Five Coalition met on campus to march a $200 reimbursement to the Student Activities Center.
The payment was for campus property damage that occurred during a spring break protest.
Over spring break, protesters left red handprints on UNM signs, sidewalks and streets near the Public Policy building on Sigma Chi Road.
Et Cetera, Eastfield College, TX
2 days ago by Corrine Asbell
North Texas Daily, University of North Texas, TX
3 days ago by Phil Banker
Daniel Henry, UNT Physics doctoral student and astronomy lecturer, was found dead Thursday night in his Denton apartment. Henry was 27 years old.
Troy Taylor of the Denton County Medical Examiner's office said that Henry was found at 10:42 p.
The UTD Mercury, University of Texas at Dallas, TX
4 days ago by Lauren Buell
Two years ago, drivers hoped gasoline's summer flirtation with the $3 per gallon mark was just a hot fling after the crude oil market cooled down in fall 2006.
The UTD Mercury, University of Texas at Dallas, TX
4 days ago by Jason Levine
UTD student Luis Torres was homeless for three weeks in June.
Daily Toreador, Texas Tech University, TX
4 days ago by Bridget De Stefano
South Plains residents may be tempted to rest easier after Tuesday's arrest of a Plainview man who police believe may have kidnapped and sexually assualted two Lubbock women in early July, but officials at the Lubbock Rape Crisis Center are advising residents to remain cautious.
The Vista, University of Central Oklahoma, OK
4 days ago by Carrie Cronk
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's campaign Web site opens with a banner across the top reading "I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington … I'm asking you to believe in yours."
In recent weeks, Obama has called on all Americans to do just that, to enact change in how the Democratic Party selects its party platform.
The Vista, University of Central Oklahoma, OK
5 days ago by Nelson Solomon
The Olympic torch will finally reach Beijing in 22 days, but two Oklahoma City surgeons will already be in the city to assist their teams in what is being billed as the "biggest Olympiad ever with more than 10,000 athletes competing from over 200 countries," according to albawaba.
North Texas Daily, University of North Texas, TX
6 days ago by Taylor Short
On June 25, the Dallas City Council approved a multi-million dollar boost for the proposed UNT Dallas Law School in the Old Municipal Building.
The city council approved the use of a $14 million bond and will provide $2 million in public and private money as capital for the law school in the next four years.
North Texas Daily, University of North Texas, TX
6 days ago by Taylor Short
Denton police records show a decrease in total complaint calls from Fry Street during the past two years.
According to statistics from the Denton Police Department, the number of calls received from Fry Street has decreased by 8.1 percent between June 2006 and May 2008 from the 100 block of Avenue A through the 200 blocks of Fry Street, between West Mulberry Street and West Oak Street.
The Vista, University of Central Oklahoma, OK
6 days ago by Chase Dearinger
Almost 700 prisoners were released from behind bars in Lyles, Tenn. on June 26. These prisoners were not convicted criminals, however. They were dogs.
The Humane Society of the United States helped local and state officials remove the almost 700 dogs from a facility known as Pine Bluff Kennels.
Daily Toreador, Texas Tech University, TX
6 days ago by Matt Cobb
The Texas Tech Institute of Environmental and Human Health was awarded $1.08 million by the National Institutes of Health to encourage minority students at South Plains College to pursue a degree in science at Tech.
This initiative, which is called the Plains Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program, is meant to assist minority students who are pursuing degrees in science at SPC, said Jaclyn Canas, the program's director.
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