AAUW Screens Film on Rape in the Military
AAUW News:
See “The Invisible War,” a groundbreaking investigation into what Newsweek has called “the most underreported crime in America”: the epidemic of rape in the U.S. military at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21.
The film will be shown in the Jeannette Wallace Hall (Bldg. 5) at UNM-LA by the Los Alamos branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW.)
The screening is a fundraiser for AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF.) Admission is $10 adults and $5 students. All proceeds will be donated to LAF.
AAUW is committed to improving the way the military deals with Read More
Senators Challenge Postal Plan to End Saturday Delivery
U.S. SENATE News:- Unauthorized proposal would hurt rural communities, cost jobs
Udall to Address New Mexico Legislature
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Sen. Tom Udall will address the New Mexico Legislature at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, and also make visits to Sandia National Labs and New Mexico State University.
Senators Launch Effort to Employ Youth for Restoring Public Lands
Courtesy photoCryoSat-2 Mission Reveals Major Arctic Sea-Ice Loss
Sea ice scape photo by Dr. Katherine Giles, a research fellow at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modeling at University College London (UCL) and a member of the scientific team studying sea-ice loss. Courtesy/AGU
AGU News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Arctic sea ice volume has declined by 36 percent in the autumn and 9 percent in the winter between 2003 and 2012, an international team of scientists has discovered.
Researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s Read More
‘New Mexico in Focus’ Tackles Future of National Labs
“New Mexico in Focus,” New Mexico PBS’ prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest will take on an issue of special interest to Los Alamos this week.
One of the three topics to be discussed on the show is the Implications of a reduced nuclear stockpile and the future of New Mexico’s National Laboratories.
Does their mission need to change? How can the labs Influence that role?
The program will also focus on the latest New Mexico legislative efforts on education and water issues.
Hosted by Gene Grant, “New Mexico in Focus” Read More
Udall Recruits Applicants for Senate Office Internships
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
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‘Land, Water, People, Time’ Feb. 21 at Reel Deal
PEEC News:
Explore the culture and history of Northern New Mexico with an award-winning documentary film, “Land, Water, People, Time.”
The showing is sponsored by PEEC and sheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Reel Deal Theater. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
The movie was filmed across 10,000 square miles by New Meixo filmmakers David Lindblom, Cynthia Jeannette Gomez and Daniel Valerio.
It tells truly authentic stories that explore some of the modern challenges and tragedies of cultural and environmental losses, as well as hope, for preservation Read More
Bill Introduced to Empower School Districts to Reform Failing Charter Schools
Rep. Nate Cote
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Rep. Nate Cote (D-Doña Ana, Otero-53), has introduced House Bill 453, which will empower school boards to establish corrective action for district charter schools with unsatisfactory audit findings.
HD 453 establishes a process for school districts to make recommendations for reform of charter schools following special or annual audits.
If following a second audit it is determined that the failings of the charter school have not been corrected, school districts would have the ability to transfer charters to the state.
Currently school districts Read More
Pile Burning at Bandelier Today
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