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October 6, 2009
Administration plans changes in registration
Amazing maize
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Cole Whitman runs through a corn maze at Wagner’s Farmland Experience on Monday. See page 7 for full story.
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Free flu immunizations available by Kallie Red-Horse Daily Lobo
With midterms around the corner, students should head to the UNM Family Practice Center on north campus for their free flu immunizations, said Amy Frederick, Student Health & Counseling nurse manager. Frederick said getting the shot might ensure students stay healthy and can ace their tests. NurseAdvice New Mexico, a statewide health care collaborative, has reported a 20 percent increase in flu-related calls, and Frederick said SHAC has seen an
increase in flu cases, too. “Students are in the age range that we consider at most risk of getting the flu,” she said. “We would really like students to come and get their flu shots.” UNM Hospital nurse Leanne Thompson said students are also at risk because of their close proximity to each other. “I would encourage you to take advantage of it, because it can only help,” she said. “The benefits definitely outweigh any risks of getting the flu shot, especially since students are around so many people, which allows more germs to be transferred more quickly.”
The Division of Enrollment Management plans to let students register for fall and spring classes at the same time. Multiterm registration would allow students to register for a year of classes instead of only one semester’s worth, said Carmen Brown, vice president of enrollment management. She said multiterm registration should be available by fall 2011. Brown said Enrollment Management is forming a committee of staff, faculty and students to decide how to implement multiterm registration “Multiterm registration is in our work plan for this year, which means we’re very optimistic to get it approved, but we need everybody’s input,” she said. Brown said the committee will make suggestions to Enrollment Management, and the final plan will need approval from the provost. She said Enrollment Management doesn’t plan to make multiterm registration mandatory. “For those that are having a hard time finding a certain course they need to graduate, this will really pretty much guarantee the space in that class for them,” Brown said. Brown said multiterm registration will encourage students to graduate in four years and help them plan their daily schedules. But she said some students might not benefit as much from the plan, especially if they aren’t sure of their major yet. “It’s not going to be for every student, because you
For a vaccination schedule, visit shac.unm.edu/influenza.htm
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Thompson said the H1N1 strand of flu is hard to predict, but the vaccine for it should be available in mid-October. It’s new, and we don’t really know that much about it,” she said “It is attacking everyone, the healthy and the nonhealthy, which is unusual.” According to UNM Hospital’s most recent H1N1 influenza update, a potential outbreak of the swine flu is expected this
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Egypt cracks down on religious garb by Sarah El Deeb
The Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt’s top Islamic cleric is planning to ban students wearing the face veil from entering the schools of al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s premier institute of learning, according to an independent daily Monday. A security official also told The
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Associated Press that police have standing verbal orders to bar girls covered from head to toe from entering al-Azhar’s institutions, including middle and high schools, as well as the dormitories of several universities in Cairo. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he’s not authorized to speak to the press, said the ban was for
security reasons. The moves appear to be part of a government campaign cracking down on increasingly overt manifestations of ultraconservative Islam in Egypt. While a vast majority of Egyptian women wear the head scarf, only a few wear the niqab, which covers the face and is common in
Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Prince Felipe of Asturias, heir to the Spanish throne, and his wife Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano walk through Zimmerman Library on Monday. The prince was on campus for a meeting of the advisory committee for the endowed chair in information science and related technologies, which he set up four years ago.
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