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‘Spamalot’ Nominated For Prestigious Popejoy Awards

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 30, 2016

The Knights of the Round Table are galloping off to Albuquerque to compete in the Popejoy Awards next weekend. From left, Sir Lancelot (Max Herrmann), Sir Robin (Lauren Partin), Patsy (Camille Rousculp), King Arthur (Devon McCleskey), Sir Galahad (Daniel Sarrao) and Sir Bedever (Megan Pimentel). Photo by Ryn Hermann

By BONNIE J. GORDON

Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos High School Olions take their production of Monty Python’s “Spamalot” on the road next weekend to compete in the Popejoy Awards.

Not only has “Spamalot” been nominated in the categories of Best High School Production, Read More

Del Norte Credit Union Announces 2016 DNCU Scholarship Winners

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 30, 2016

DNCU News:

Seven New Mexico students win $1,000 for higher education

SANTA FE — Del Norte Credit Union, northern New Mexico’s hometown financial co‐op, has announced the winners of the DNCU Scholarship program for 2016. The seven winners will receive $1,000 each toward the higher education program in which they are enrolled in the fall of 2016.

DNCU Scholarship winners for 2016:

Nicholas Koskelo – Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos;
Shania Martinez – Española Valley High School, Española;
Victoria Lovato – Mesa Visa High School, Ojo Caliente;
Kyana Montoya – Pojoaque Valley High School,

Saturday’s Class Of 2016 ‘Paint Fight’ Postponed

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 30, 2016

The Class of 2016 ‘Paint Fight’ scheduled for 4:30 p.m., Saturday has been postponed due to a problem in shipping. Students will be informed once a new date is scheduled for the event. Courtesy photo Read More

Senate Democratic Leaders Rebut Regents’ Version Of HSC Takeover

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 29, 2016

NMSD News:

In their guest column published April 7, three of UNM Board of Regents, Regents Doughty, Lee and Fortner made a number of inaccurate assertions about the recent reorganization of the UNM Health Sciences Center medical complex (HSC). We believe readers deserve clarification.

They have repeatedly claimed that they dissolved the HSC Board of Directors—in an extremely abrupt and secretive way—because the HSC has become too independent. They have also asserted that it is not part of what they describe as “one university”.

This assertion overlooks some

Pressure Canning Class At TOTH May 20

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 29, 2016

Los Alamos Swimmer Sarah Lott Qualifies For Nationals

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 29, 2016

Los Alamos swimmer Sarah Lott is on track to qualify for Olympic Trials this summer in Nebraska. Photo by Ranee McElderry Stewart

By CAROL A. CLARK

Los Alamos Daily Post

Video clip from New Mexico state championship – winning the 200 Free race: Click here.

Los Alamos High School senior Sarah Lott is ranked 23 in the Nation for the 100m Free for the 2015-2016 season for females 17-18 years of age (World Record Holder – Katie Ledecky is 1^st). Lott, 18, wowed the crowd last month with her impressive swims at the 2016 New Mexico High School State Championship in Albuquerque. Read More

Aspen Elementary; Los Alamos Middle School Students Take First In 26th Annual Supercomputing Challenge

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 28, 2016

Aspen Supercomputers from left, Max Corliss (7th), Ming Lo (5th), Andy Corliss (6th) and Phillip Ionkov (6th). Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Andy Corliss, Phillip Ionkov, Ming Lo of Aspen Elementary, and Max Corliss of Los Alamos Middle School won first place for their project, “Solving the Rubic’s Cube 2.0,” Tuesday, April 26 at the 26th New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The “Aspen Supercomputers” created a three-dimensional simulation of a Rubik’s cube, a national favorite brain-bending puzzle, as well as an implementation of a cube-solving Read More

Understanding The Syrian Tragedy: Causes And Dynamics Of The Uprising May 1

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 28, 2016

Dr. Bassam Haddad, George Mason University

CFIS News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― It’s been nearly five years since Syrian rebels took up arms against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and today more than 250,000 people are dead and millions more have fled the country as a result of the bloody conflict.

Dr. Bassam Haddad, director of the Middle East Studies Program at George Mason, will attempt to put the ongoing Syrian war in perspective for a New Mexico audience during a lecture at the UNM Continuing Education Auditorium. Haddad’s talk, which includes a question-and-answer

SFCC’s Visual Arts Gallery Presents Arts And Design Student Exhibition May 5

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 28, 2016

SFCC News:

SANTA FE –– Santa Fe Community College’s Visual Arts Gallery presents an exhibition by students of the Arts & Design program at Santa Fe Community College.

The exhibition opens with a reception from 4:30-6 p.m., Thursday, May 5. Selections from coursework in Architectural Design, Book Arts, Ceramics, Drawing, Fashion Design, Fine Woodworking, Glass, Jewelry, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Santero Carving and Sculpture are featured. More than 120 pieces of student work are on display in the Visual Arts

Books For Babies Project Exceeds Expectations

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 27, 2016

Barranca Elementary School students gather with hospital staff this morning at Los Alamos Medical Center to celebrate the student’s success in raising $622 for their ‘Books for Babies’ Service Project. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

LAMC Chief Financial Officer Steve Winegeart congratulates students this morning on the success of their service project. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Barranca Mesa Elementary School 1st through 4th grade students set a goal of $500 for their “Books for Babies” Service Project. But through a well executed plan, Read More

UNM-LA Hosts Free Jazz Concert Friday

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 27, 2016

Lenny Tischler stands in front of a mural on the UNM-LA campus. Tischler is an adjunct lecturer at the college. He also teaches jazz in Santa Fe. Photo by Nancy Coombs

UNM-LA News:

Lenny Tischler will perform “Freedom Work: Folk Forms and Variations” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 29 in the Student Center (Building 2) at the University of New Mexico at Los Alamos (UNM-LA).

The public is invited to attend this free performance, which serves as the culmination of UNM-LA’s “April is for the Arts” celebration.

“Freedom Work” evolved from a single piece to a 5-part suite over

More Scenes From Saturday’s Earth Day Festival

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2016

Scene from the annual Earth Day Festival hosted by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Scene from PEEC’s annual Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Scene from PEEC’s annual Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Community Celebrates Earth Day At Nature Center

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2016

Hundreds of people turned out for the annual Earth Day Festival hosted by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Scene from Saturday’s Earth Day Festival. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Scene from Saturday’s Read More

American Federation Of Teachers New Mexico Files Petition To Form New Unit At Highlands University

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 27, 2016

AFT News:

LAS VEGAS ― The American Federation of Teachers New Mexico released the following statements in response to the recent representational campaign at Highlands University:

“We stand behind the staff at NMHU and their desire to be recognized as a bargaining unit in our union, and we support their right to organize for fair wages and better working conditions. With the recent announcement of significant tuition increases and several new costly executive positions, as well as a $500,000 cut to faculty, staff, and administrative positions at NMHU, this application

Nature Center Presents ‘We Are Stars’ To Show Friday

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 27, 2016

PEEC News:

From the makers of We are Astronomers, comes an exciting film that explores the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins.

Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC’s) new planetarium film, We are Stars, connects life on earth to the evolution of the universe by investigating the chemistry of stars. This family-friendly film will premiere at 7 p.m., Friday, April 29 in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium, Astrophysicist Dr. Richard Wallace will give a talk and be available

Fuller Lodge Art Center Takes Over Nature Center Tonight

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 26, 2016

Bean and seed bottles are a fun and artistic way to learn about the Earth’s crust. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

Full Lodge Art Center will spill the beans from 6-7:30 p.m., Tonight, April 26 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.

Tonight is community night, a free, family friendly event with hands-on activities. Tonight, the art center would like help creating a permanent nature mural using seeds and beans. Participants will learn about the Earth’s crust by creating their own bean bottles.

This artistic evening will take place at the Los Alamos

Authors Of ‘The Rise And Fall Of The KGB In America’ To Lecture On Soviet Espionage May 19

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 26, 2016

Los Alamos, part of the vast government project to create the first atomic weapons. Courtesy photo

SFCIR News:

SANTA FE ― Recursos de Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Council on International Relations (CIR) presents “The KGB and Soviet Espionage,” a lecture by John Haynes and Harvey Elliott Klehr, two leading experts in Soviet espionage.

The lecture is 5-7 p.m., May 19 at the Forum on the campus of the Santa Fe University of Art & Design.

People generally think that the Soviet espionage against the American atomic project was highly successful.

Finding A Contemporary Voice: The Legacy Of Lloyd Kiva New And IAIA

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 26, 2016

Melanie Yazzie, ‘The U.S. Government Will Never White Wash My Grandparents.’ Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Lucy R. Lippard, 1999 (1999.15.213).

NMMA News:

SANTA FE — Taking a Fritz Scholder group portrait of Institute of American Indian Arts faculty and the legacy of the institution’s first artistic director, Lloyd Kiva New, as starting points, Finding a Contemporary Voice: The Legacy of Lloyd Kiva New and IAIAincludes work from IAIA faculty and alumni from the 1960s to the present.

New (Cherokee, 1916-2002) was

SFCC Hosts Free Jobseekers Workshop May 4

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 26, 2016

SFCC News:

SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Community College will host a free jobseekers workshop sponsored by BACK TO WORK 50+ to assist community members in navigating the State Personnel Office (SPO) online application process for state employment opportunities.

The workshop will be presented from 10-11 a.m., Wednesday, May 4 in Room 216 at Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave.

Join state recruitment manager H.C. Hawkins of the SPO Career Services Bureau to learn the ins-and-outs of completing the online job application

Letter To The Editor: Skandera Chairs PARCC Governing Board

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 26, 2016

By DOUG REILLY

Los Alamos

In November 2015, PED Secretary Hannah Skandera became chair of the Governing Board* of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

Before she became chair, she was a member of the board. We’re well aware of the fuss over TESTING in New Mexico schools. We’ve been hearing a rather constant battle between the PED and NM teachers and administrators about the PARCC testing program and the grading of teachers and schools based on test scores.

This even led to lowering the grades

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