PIRG in the News

Media Hit | Democracy

Author invited to encourage activism

Local author and historian Orlando Romero, who spoke at UNM last week, told students they would do well to take a lesson from activists of the 60s.

Media Hit | Higher Ed, Textbooks

Mascots rally against pricey textbooks

Textbook Rebellion, a national movement to lower textbook prices, visited UNM Tuesday with its mascots, Mr. $200 Textbook and the Textbook Rebel.  UNM’s chapter of New Mexico Public Interest Research Group sponsored the event to gather petition signatures and get students interested in ways to lower textbook prices.

Media Hit | Foods, Hunger

Pick a card: Eat or starve

The New Mexico Public Interest Research Group hosted a hunger demonstration near Smith Plaza in honor of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

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