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news@dailylobo.com UNM student Wolfgang ScottCohen was struck while riding his scooter by a drunk driver in a pickup truck in the UNM area Friday afternoon. Scott-Cohen was taken to the UNMH intensive care unit, where he is undergoing treatment for
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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo A Toyota SUV was hit by a Rapid Ride 790 when making a left turn from Central Ave. to Yale Blvd. Friday afternoon. One of the bystanders described it as, “the slowest traffic accident ever.”
Labor secretary visits UNM, discusses job growth by Christopher Bartlett
“I was a student who actually benefited from those programs,” she said. “I wouldn’t be here today if I U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda didn’t have that kind of resource.” She said Obama is looking Solis said investing in education will pull the U.S. out of the recent into putting caps on how much economic slump by creating new of student loans will have to be repaid for those who are going jobs in high-growth fields. Solis visited New Mexico on into public service. “You shouldn’t have to be burThursday and Friday as part of a nationwide campaign to promote dened by paying back all that the Obama administration’s new money,” she said. She said if labor policy. reelected, the “We are on president hopes to a path to come remove banking back,” Solis said. institutions from “We’re doing it the studentslowly; we still loan process, have a lot more so students can work to do.” borrow directly Solis said she is from the federal committed to creHilda Solis government. ating more incenU.S. secretary of labor “Why do we tives for students need a middleto go to college, including more funding for financial man who’s going to reap some of that money that should be going aid and Pell grants. “That’s really where I’m coming directly to create more student from as secretary of labor — looking loans that are low cost and affordat what kind of investments we can able?” she asked. Solis said the administration make in education to make us more aims to help returning vetercompetitive,” she said. She said the Obama adminis- ans find employment by helping tration hopes to invest $2 billion in them transfer skills learned while schools across the nation focusing serving into civilian careers. She said the unemployment rate is on math, science and healthcare. As the first of her family to at- 13 percent for those between the tend college, Solis said she under- ages 18 to 24 returning from milistands the importance of financial tary service. Solis said she is also interested assistance.
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“Why do we need a middleman who’s going to reap some of that money?”
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Courtesy photo U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis visited New Mexico on Thursday and Friday as part of a campaign to promote future U.S. labor policy. Solis said she is a first-generation college graduate. in creating “green” jobs in renewable energy fields by ensuring there are tax credits and extensions in research and
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development for new technology. Solis also stressed the importance of supporting women in the workforce, especially in
engineering and science. “We need to do more to get more women into these careers,” she said.
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