After a four-month investigation, the UNM football team will suffer self-imposed sanctions after NCAA allegations of academic misconduct. The University responded to those allegations Jan. 7 in a 47-page report, concluding that the football program was guilty of three of the four violations.
Editor, Isn't there something wrong with our water scene? Down the road, a bit in the Datil area, there is enough groundwater that it could supply the city of Albuquerque for maybe several hundred years, if not less. But the city of Albuquerque, thanks to a past plan of Mayor Martin Chavez, is going to tax its residents to the tune of half-a-billion dollars for a diversion system that will have us drink polluted waters of the Rio Grande with all the sewage and waste from Rio Rancho and radio nuclides from the Los Alamos plutonium production.
It has been Haytham "Tom" Khalil's dream to open a Middle Eastern restaurant. "I wanted to have the atmosphere of our country," said Khalil, a Jordan native who opened the Sahara Middle Eastern Eatery in December. "I wanted to have our kind of music playing in the restaurant and that kind of food.
Florence Pierce was the youngest member of the Taos Transcendental Painting Group in the 1930s. She died in October, and there's an art opening for her early and later works Friday at the Jonson Gallery. Emil Bistram, the group leader and painter theorist, had a handful of students, which included Pierce.
The video game industry had quite a year in 2007. The Wii continued to shatter sales records - and a lot of expectations. PlayStation 3 continued to sell poorly - surprising no one. "Halo 3" was released, and it was the biggest opening weekend of all time.
About 220 people attended a conference Friday to discuss the state's film industry. UNM held the New Mexico Media Industries Conference in the SUB. Attendees eager to learn about the state's growing film industry attended free classes throughout the day.
UNM's 23-0 win over Nevada on Dec. 22 in the New Mexico Bowl gave Lobo football fans a collective sigh of relief. The win marked the end of a 46-year drought in bowl victories and was the first bowl win for head coach Rocky Long in five tries. The last time the Lobos won in the postseason was a 28-12 win over Western Michigan in the 1961 Aviation Bowl in Dayton, Ohio.
For Surf Lords guitarist Tom Chism, a gig at Burt's Tiki Lounge is like playing in his garage. "To me, it's always been our homecourt advantage," Chism said. "When that place first got going, they put the word out for beach stuff to be donated, and I've got a couple surf boards up on the wall down there, some of my old fiberglass boards.
After splitting the first two games of its conference schedule, the youthful UNM women's basketball team has one thing on its mind: improvement. "We're a young team - I've said that all along," head coach Don Flanagan said. "Heading into conference, I feel that we have a few more things that we need to work on if we want to be the kind of team that I know we can be.
It was a game of second chances. Unfortunately for the UNM men's basketball team, it couldn't take advantage of the ones it was given. In the Lobos' conference home opener, they let a second-half lead slip and fell to San Diego State 72-67. Head coach Steve Alford attributed the loss to UNM's trouble with rebounding and giving up second-chance points.
In a speech he delivered in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 13, President Bush reasserted America's commitment to freedom and the cause of democracy. He cited America's involvement in Asia, particularly Japan, which had helped the proliferation of democracy in that country, ostensibly hinting that U.
Jail escapee blames police chase for his wife's death SANTA FE (AP) - A Santa Fe man whose wife helped him escape from jail and then was killed in a high-speed car wreck as the couple tried to elude police blames the pursuing officers for her death. Local law enforcement representatives said officers followed proper procedures in trying to stop the fleeing inmate.
Researchers at UNM are devising a new method for making vaccines that fight Alzheimer's, arthritis, allergies, cancer and other chronic diseases. Bryce Chackerian, an assistant professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, said he and another UNM professor are researching a way to make the vaccines quick and inexpensive.
Steve Alford said he made a mistake during the UNM men's basketball team's recent two-game losing streak - he didn't bench senior Darren Prentice to start the game. Prentice, one of just three active seniors for Lobos, has been much more effective coming off the bench lately.
Editor, I'm writing to let readers know about the most recent collection tactic employed by the Bursar's Office. As I understand the writing on the wall in the Bursar's Office, if a continuing student has a balance of less than $200 on a bursar's account, they must show up in the Bursar's Office on Dec.
If you're looking for dark, surreal, sarcastic theater to satiate your inner Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, "The Santaland Diaries" is for you.
UNM senior kicker John Sullivan wrapped up his stellar season by earning first-team Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America honors.
The University won't back down in lawsuits as a new policy requires UNM to avoid financial settlements. "Any exception to this policy requires a comprehensive risk assessment of the case and written approval by the president of the University before entering into such an agreement," the policy states.
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