After a disappointing season for the UNM men's basketball team, fans are hoping the Lobos can make a fast turnaround in 2007. UNM finished last season 15-17 overall, one of only two losing Lobo seasons in the past 24 years.
Men's soccer The UNM men's soccer team trounced San Jose State 5-1 on Sunday as the Lobos celebrated Senior Day at the UNM Soccer Complex. "We didn't start off that hot," head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. "The guys came out a little tight and put pressure on themselves because of Senior Day. But once ...
If there is a glaring weakness heading into the 2007-08 UNM men's basketball season, it's the lack of depth and experience in the post. And even though the Lobos recruited a couple of players with potential to fill the gap, chances are it will take some time to develop that talent.
The October death of a student in Brooklyn, N.Y., raised concern that his killer, a mutated form of a common bacterium, could appear at schools around the country. The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, known as the staph infection, has the potential to cause a varying degree of illness from skin infections to death, said Beverly Kloeppel, director of the UNM Student Health Center.
Castetter Hall's basement is more student-friendly after a two-year, $7 million renovation, the biology department's chairman said. "It was totally built around students," Eric Loker said. "The objective was to make it feel like something other than a basement."
A seventh straight NCAA appearance: the ultimate goal for the UNM women's basketball team this season. The Lobos finished the 2006 season at 24-9 and made it to the first round of the NCAA tournament. As the winningest coach in UNM history, head coach Don Flanagan hopes to continue the streak this year. With two exhibition games and three regular-season contests under the team's belt, Flanagan has an idea of what the Lobos need to work on for the rest of the season.
After he was hired in March, Steve Alford said he wanted to turn the UNM men's basketball team into a national force. And even though he has high goals for the Lobos, the process begins with baby steps, Alford said.
Editor, This is in response to Andres Saenz's letter published in Thursday's Daily Lobo. The letter's main argument was that the Bible is true as it includes narration of historical events. He claims that the Egyptian pyramids were built by Jewish slaves.
Editor, A new law from Congress has inadvertently caused birth control prices to soar on college campuses nationwide. At UNM, the Student Health Center had to switch from using a discounted name-brand birth control pill to a more expensive generic pill. The price for students has doubled and now costs $35 each month.
Editor, As a former student of UNM and an employee at the North Golf Course, I have a special kinship to the school and the golf course. For two 1/2 years, I spent a few hours of my day at the course washing carts. It wasn't a hard job, but it was a way for me to acquire a little extra cash and still be able to do well in school.
Editor, I've finally had enough of the debate over the UNM North Golf Course. More directly, I'm fed up with arguments against the development: We need public green spaces. UNM needs to give to the community. The golf course is better for the environment.
Editor, The Republican Party and church leaders abandoned the faithful for greed and power. I am a born-again Christian who followed my religious leaders into the Republican Party, because they said results were not only possible but probable. Abortion is a criminal act that kills hundreds of thousands of children every year, and our church and Republican leaders demanded devout Christians vote for the party that would end this practice.
After slipping up at UNLV last week, the UNM men's soccer team has a little more work to do in order to win its fourth straight conference championship. Despite that loss, however, the Lobos still have a chance at that goal beginning with the final two home games of the season this weekend.
UNM is looking for a temporary replacement for the dean of University College. Peter White said he wants to go back to being a professor after 12 years as an administrator.
Rio Rancho and Albuquerque residents will decide Thursday whether CNM can construct a building to share with UNM near Rio Rancho's downtown. Mail-in ballots were sent out last month on whether to approve expanding CNM's taxing district north of Northern Boulevard in Rio Rancho, resulting in a property-tax increase for residents who live in that area.
Cross country After the best conference finish the UNM cross country team has seen in 19 years, the Lobos will try and build upon that in the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships. At the Mountain West Conference Championships in Albuquerque, senior Jeremy Johnson made his last hometown race a memorable ...
Editor, I am an Israeli student here at UNM. I was very excited when I heard about the talk on the Middle East. Sadly, it turned out to be no more than propaganda filled with the lambasting of Israel by two highly educated women. To me, Hagit Ra'anan was only there for show.
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