Today's News

“The Namesake,” screening this week at UNM-LA as part of the Film Society’s lineup, tells the story of two generations, one Indian and one Indian American.

In the first, after an arranged marriage, a Bengali woman travels to New York City to live with her new husband. She knows next to nothing about him, and truly nothing about America. It feels dirty and plain to her, utterly lacking in India’s bright colors and sensual beauty.

SNOWDEN – P. Harry Snowden passed away May 6, 2008. Born in 1922 in McKittrick, Mo., Harry moved to Los Alamos with the Army Corps of Engineers in 1944. Harry was then employed by the lab as a machinist until 1977. Harry is survived by his wife of 50 years, Myrt Snowden, and their family, Charles Pacheco (Karen, Tucson Ariz.), Susanne Erickson (Mike, New Braunfels, Texas) and granddaughter Chanda Ruminer (Rich, Lakewood, Colo.). He is also survived by two other granddaughters, Jennifer and Jodi, and nine great-grandchildren.

Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., shared her views on Los Alamos National Laboratory, its current mission and future direction during a Chamber Roundtable discussion Monday morning.

There is clear concern among the group of business people gathered at Los Alamos National Bank about the laboratory’s future because of the retirement of its most powerful advocate, Sen. Pete Domenici, at year’s end.

Wilson told the group Congress must be made aware of where the real added value is that’s unique to Los Alamos.

The record shows only a small number of New Mexico candidates have taken the 2008 Primary Political Courage Test developed by the national non-partisan organization Project Vote Smart.

As of May 8, 11 percent of the state’s primary candidates for state Legislature, 21 percent of the state’s primary candidates for Congress and none of the candidates for U.S. Senate were willing to answer questions on the issues of top concern to New Mexico voters, reported Vote Smart.