Editor, Under the mentality Andres Saenz displayed in his letter last week, people would receive a bad service just because another could be worse. But, luckily, people do complain, and then change happens. Yes, students complained about the Aramark contract with the SUB, and UNM listened.
Lobo cornerback DeAndre Wright has a message for his Aunt Velma: Thank you. It's true that much of the success Wright has had at the University has been the fruit of his hard work. However, if it wasn't for his Aunt Velma, Wright might not have made it to NewˇMexico.
The modern musical takes yet another hit in the form of "Mamma Mia!" - a hideous adaptation of the wildly successful Abba-inspired stage show about a bride-to-be on a Greek island trying to work out which of three men knocked up her "reckless little slut" of a mother 20 years earlier.
In a visit to Albuquerque on July 16, Republican presidential candidate John McCain discussed U.S. involvement in the Middle East and suggested students should join the armed forces or the Peace Corps to pay increasing tuition prices. Before giving the floor to audience members for questions, McCain spoke about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Friday, anti-war protesters from the Year Five Coalition met on campus to march a $200 reimbursement to the Student Activities Center. The payment was for campus property damage that occurred during a spring break protest. Over spring break, protesters left red handprints on UNM signs, sidewalks and streets near the Public Policy building on Sigma Chi Road.
In July, lavender fields sprinkle the desert landscape against the backdrop of the Sandia Mountains. It's lavender picking time for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, and what better way to celebrate than the Lavender in the Village Festival? What started five years ago as a small celebration of the summer harvest quickly turned into Los Ranchos' premier community event, organizer Kelly Kuchar said.
Editor, I miss all of the sushi and rice bowl food options that were offered at the SUB through Aramark's contract. I also miss all of the Odwalla soy milk drink options that were available to us under the previous campus food contract. Soy milk has more protein and calcium than regular bovine milk, and it tastes great.
Editor, The article in last week's Daily Lobo on salary increases highlights the difficult and precarious position the University is in. Inflationary pressures and the rising cost of food and energy are hitting all staff, faculty and students hard. At the budget hearing in March, Staff Council, in conjunction with the Deans' Council, Faculty Senate, ASUNM and GPSA, recommended a minimum 4 percent increase for faculty and staff and an additional 1 percent parity increase for faculty who are currently making at least 12 percent less than their peers.
Last week, UNM men's basketball coach Steve Alford got caught between the athletics department and Sheriff Darren White, who is running for Congress. White's campaign released invitations to an event hosted by a UNM lobbyist, advertising photos with Alford for a $1,000 donation.
Late last week, The Guardian newspaper of London reported a leaked study from the World Bank that concluded that biofuels are responsible for driving up worldwide food costs by 75 percent, just a smidgen higher than the Bush administration's figure of 2 percent to 3 percent.
Josh Bazinet is trading in his helmet for a headset. On July 8, UNM enshrined the former Lobo defensive back as the University's football analyst. Bazinet will talk alongside newly hired play-by-play announcer Scott Galetti. Although Bazinet has no previous broadcast experience, he said being a player under coach Rocky Long will help him convey some of the nuances of the games to the fans.
Editor, Thank you very much for the article on July 7 about the disparity in pay raises at UNM. I must make one clarification, however, because I made an error in speaking with a reporter on the phone. The cutoff for receiving the 5 percent raise was an annual salary below $30,000, the same amount used by President David Schmidly as a cutoff point for the raises for other staff.
Danity Kane Welcome to the Dollhouse Available Now 1/5 Call it the sophomore slump. Call it the reality TV curse. There is no other way to put it: Danity Kane's newly released sophomore album stinks. As documented on the latest season of "Making the Band," executive producer Sean "P.
Director Guillermo del Toro has been working on his imagery since "Pan's Labyrinth," and his latest work, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," has an impressive collection of his signature creepy crawlers. But rather than inspiring nightmares, the creatures stir up a mixture of amusement and awe.
Junior Psychology Daily Lobo: Are you from Albuquerque originally? Dhara Shah: Yeah. DL: How do you like it? DS: I like it. I miss it. Like, the nature and the hiking and you can see everything around you, because I live during the school year in DC. I go to college there.
Border arrests down in El Paso area Las Cruces (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol's El Paso sector, which includes all of New Mexico and two west Texas counties, has apprehended 25,466 illegal border crossers nine months into the current fiscal year, 58 percent less than this time last fiscal year.
UNM gave a 2 percent raise to staff and a 3 percent raise to faculty, and the Staff Union is displeased with that. Any staff member who made less than $35,000 per year got a 5 percent raise, but union president Terry Mulcahy said the raise hardly covers everyone on staff.
Scott Galetti's hiring couldn't have come at a better time. In fact, the timing was so good, I'm going to start referring to Athletics Director Paul Krebs as "Timex" or Deion Sanders' nickname - "Prime Time." I say this because in order for the Lobos to move up and become a more attractive, marketable, legitimate contender, we needed a new voice - a mover, a shaker, someone who could reach a broader array of listeners.
Farmers report healthy green chile crops LAS CRUCES (AP) - Green chile farmers are reporting healthy crops with more than a month to go before harvest. Though the crop has escaped problems with insects and disease, the season didn't start out as well, said Stephanie Walker, extension vegetable specialist for New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service.
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