By Brigid Driscoll and Jacob Trasen / New Mexico News Port When the pandemic first hit University of New Mexico baseball player Jack Silverman, realizing the team might not be able to play, it took a toll on his mental health thinking about what his future looked like. That’s one silver lining of the COVID… Continue reading Student athletes’ mental health suffers during pandemic
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Long Covid Exhausts Sufferers
By Rayes Gallegos, Annya Loya and Lara Sullivan / New Mexico News Port Maryjo Huffaker was upset when a grocery store clerk in El Paso wasn’t wearing a mask. Three days later Huffaker had a temperature of 104 degrees, diarrhea and aches. “I was just so weak I would get out of bed and I… Continue reading Long Covid Exhausts Sufferers
Inflation Squeezes Students, Too
By Taylor Gibson & Hope Munoz / New Mexico News Port Doj Pimentel is a 21-year-old nursing major at the University of New Mexico who also works as a Door Dash driver—but the increased cost of gas and food means he now depends on programs such as Lobo Food Pantry to make ends meet. Originally… Continue reading Inflation Squeezes Students, Too
Think before you drink
By Michaela Helean / NM News Port / Melissa Fernandez found out something was wrong when her father pocket-dialed her on Feb. 15. “He asked why I called him and I said ‘You called me,’” Fernandez recalled. “He said the police were at his door,” and he sounded worried. The cops had come to tell… Continue reading Think before you drink
UNM delivers tips on critical thinking
By Hope Munoz / NM News Port / Critical thinking is an essential skill for engaging with popular science and several simple steps can help students determine valuable information from junk, according to a recent workshop. The Engineering Student Success Center (ESS) held a Zoom meeting and in-person event this semester to help students at the… Continue reading UNM delivers tips on critical thinking
Rent Spikes by 27% in Albuquerque’s South Broadway Communities
By Aldo Jurado / NM News Port The cost of renting a house or apartment went up across the country last year, but it hit particularly hard in low-income communities such as Albuquerque’s South Broadway and Barelas neighborhoods. The average cost of renting an apartment or house in Albuquerque went up 27% last year, according… Continue reading Rent Spikes by 27% in Albuquerque’s South Broadway Communities
The core debate
A multi-billion-dollar project to make plutonium cores at Los Alamos National Laboratory may be unsafe, unnecessary and ill-conceived. But proponents say the mission is a must.
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Volunteer Substitute Teachers Needed
By Brigid Driscoll / NM News Port ALBUQUERQUE—Nearly 1,000 New Mexicans have registered to serve as substitute teachers since Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the Supporting Teachers and Families Initiative Jan. 19. The Public Education Department issued new licenses to almost 500 volunteers in the program’s first three weeks. Lujan Grisham encouraged National Guard members… Continue reading Volunteer Substitute Teachers Needed
The Future is… Here?
By Michaela Helean / New Mexico News Port New Mexico car dealers will be required to offer low-emission and zero-emission vehicles with the production year of 2026 and onward if two proposals from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller succeed this year. The democratic politicians are coordinating an effort very similar to… Continue reading The Future is… Here?