After UNM lost nine of its last 10 games, head coach Ray Birmingham sounded off about the Lobos recent woes. "It'll test you," he said. But Birmingham was quick to downplay the team's struggles, choosing instead to focus on how he coaches his team through adversity.
Five years of deception, the deaths of several hundred thousand Iraqi civilians and 4,000 U.S. soldiers, projected costs as high as $3 trillion, and the proliferation of militant Islamism - by any calculation, the Iraq war has been a historic calamity. For on-the-ground perspective, I spoke to Ronn Cantu, an active-duty sergeant in the U.
Editor, The trend for universities in the U.S., including UNM, to approve, either directly or tacitly, increasingly direct anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric is very disturbing. Richard Berthold's column published in the Daily Lobo on March 14 comparing Israel with Nazi Germany and saying Jews have used up their karma is a good example.
The UNM women's basketball team's season ended in heartbreak, but it was a memorable season to leave a promising future. The Lobos fell 61-60 to West Virginia on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, ending a thrilling, if unexpected, postseason run.
Modern Israel is ostensibly a secular democracy, yet also proclaims itself a Jewish state - a bold declaration for a society that possesses a significant non-Jewish population. And while one might have thought that a people who have been persecuted for two millennia would be sensitized to the suffering of others, Israel has, in fact, often played the bully and squandered whatever karma the Jews have earned in all that time.
LAS VEGAS - The UNM men's basketball team let fate slip out of its own hands and will have to hope its regular season was enough to impress the NCAA selection committee. The No. 3 Lobos lost an 82-80 heartbreaker to No. 6 Utah in overtime Thursday in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament.
LAS VEGAS - The UNM women's basketball team showed again Wednesday that its defense can give it a chance to win any game. The Lobos beat No. 5 seed BYU 59-41 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament. Thanks to teamwork on defense, the Lobos held the Cougars to just 17 first half points.
Editor, Zimmerman Library is not doing a very effective job of providing space for students with disabilities to study in. In fact, during the fire at Zimmerman Library, the administration took two of the available rooms in the Alice Clark Complex for students with disabilities to provide the director of Zimmerman Library with a new, spacious office.
Dionne Marsh and Brandi Kimble had dominant performances, and the UNM women's basketball team survived a thriller to win the 2008 Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship. The No. 4 Lobos beat No. 6 San Diego State 62-59 on Saturday to win their second straight MWC Tournament and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Life hasn't always been a walk in the ballpark for senior pitcher Kelly Ninemire. Although Ninemire - a Prosper, Texas, native - has thrived in her two-year stint with the UNM softball team, she has had her share of adversity. One week before Kelly signed a letter of intent with the University of Arkansas, her grandfather died.
Editor, In response to the article published in the Daily Lobo on March 6 regarding ratemyprofessors.com, I'd like to address several problems I see with the negative portrayal of professors who focus on education rather than on entertainment. I am appalled to know that education in the university setting is being undervalued and neglected while students favor less difficult, more recreational classes.
LAS VEGAS -- There's something about postseason play that makes the UNM women's basketball team turn it up a notch The No. 4 Lobos defeated No. 9 Colorado State 65-41 on Friday and are one win away from earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. UNM handled the Rams, especially in the first half, to advance to the Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship on Saturday.
The week after spring break, the Student Health Center sees a rise in sexually transmitted infections. Dr. Peggy Spencer, a physician at UNM, said students should think twice before having unprotected sex over break. The risk of catching an STI is something students should always be wary of, she said.
The Board of Regents unanimously voted Wednesday to give the University's food-service contract to Chartwells. Students have complained that UNM's food-service provider, Aramark, doesn't provide healthy options, puts high prices on its products and forbids them from bringing food into the SUB for special events.
LAS VEGAS - The UNM women's basketball team proved it can be dangerous, even when star player Dionne Marsh isn't at her best. The Lobos defeated BYU 59-41 on Wednesday in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament. UNM head coach Don Flanagan said Marsh commands defensive attention, but the Lobos have other players who can make opponents pay.
Artists explored emotional and physical shelter in the exhibit "Giving Shelter," a sister to the Cradle Project. The Cradle Project aims to get 1,000 artists to each make a cradle to raise funds for orphans in Africa. Proceeds from 516 Arts' "Giving Shelter," at 516 Central Ave.
Forget your underwear, socks and toothbrush - leaving the U.S. requires packing more important things. The U.S. Border Patrol changed the travel-document requirements for U.S. citizens in January after Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
March 7 A UNM Police officer went to the Lockheed Martin building after windows at the front entrance had been shot. The officer said they had been shot with a BB or pellet. There were no witnesses. March 7 UNM Police officers arrived at the south side of Campus Boulevard after receiving reports of a man kicking in windshields.
Editor, In a letter published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday, Laura Perlichek wrote about the recent protests by medical students against the exhibit of skinned, plasticized human bodies. Concerning the protesters' statements that the exhibit ought to be boycotted because the public doesn't know if the bodies have been illegally obtained from China, Perlichek wrote, "This may just be my inner English major speaking out, but isn't this what we refer to in the compositional world as hasty generalization?" Perlichek certainly had a valid point in sensing something logically awry with the protesters' statements.
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