Lobos Basketball Tournament

Culture

Cryptic video may point to UFO crash in White Sands

Mike Smith | May 3

by Mike Smith Daily Lobo It was October of '97, and the second annual Australian International UFO Symposium had just gotten underway in the eastern Australia city of Brisbane. Writers gave lectures on the latest extraterrestrial news and theories, various groups manned booths to help counsel alleged former abductees, and the organizers of the symposium presented what they suggested was the first ever filmed crash of a UFO.

---

Culture

Computer screen to big screen

May 3

Being an Internet celebrity sometimes leads to greater things. Three friends from Berkeley, Calif., formed a comedy trio in 2001 called the Lonely Island, making short films and posting them on YouTube. The comedy shorts got so popular that Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer had the chance to audition for "Saturday Night Live." They are now on the cast.

---

Culture

Dancers ready to take the lead

May 3

If you're a good dancer, you're good in relationships, said to Millie Leahy, a UNM dance instructor. "The skills it takes to partnership dance are the same skills it takes to have a relationship," she said. "At any given moment, you can only have a leader and a follower. You can't have two leaders at the same moment, for the same reason they don't have two steering wheels in the car."

---

Culture

Finding salvation, peace through art

Marcella Ortega | May 3

When artist Paul Bartlett RÇ graduated from Cal Tech with a degree in physics, he decided to express the beauty of science through art. "On the outside, the transition from science to art was a dramatic transition," he said. "Internally, there is a great similarity - at least with the work I do. It was a fairly smooth progression internally."

---

Opinion

Greek life provides more than just a place to live

May 3

Editor, I agree with Director of Residence Life Randy Boeglin that living on campus is an experience you will never forget. Residing on campus is beneficial to one's academics and social life. While the dorms do offer great amenities, there are other options for living on campus.

---

Culture

Born to ink

Marcella Ortega | May 3

Becoming a tattoo artist wasn't Dominic Sanchez's idea. "I've been drawing all my life," he said. "My friends decided that since I could draw, I could tattoo. So, they made me a homemade tattoo gun."

---

Sports

Prima donna's griping warranted late pick in draft

Steven Fernandez | May 2

by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo I can't decide what was the most absurd occurrence from the NFL Draft weekend - Brady Quinn plummeting to No. 22, the Patriots acquiring Randy Moss or the Philadelphia Eagles drafting Kevin Kolb out of Kazakhstan with their first pick.

---

Opinion

UNM's carelessness puts employees at risk for fraud

May 2

Editor, How dare the Human Resources Department and the UNM administration allow a consultant to leave UNM and New Mexico with potentially compromising personal information such as my name, e-mail address, home address, UNM identification number and net pay.

---

News

Your guide to housing

May 2

A backyard, a porch and your own bathroom might seem like good reasons to rent a house. But students first need to know their rights as tenants, said James Chavez, a real estate attorney. "What you want to do is treat it like a business arrangement," he said. "Everything should be in writing." Chavez said most landlords are decent business people, but when tenants aren't familiar with the New Mexico Owner-Resident Relations Act, they can be caught off guard. It's important to understand the lease and what it requires, Chavez said.

---

Sports

Problematic receiver could be a blessing for Pats

Adrian Doerfler | May 2

by Adrian Doerfler Daily Lobo Now that the inexact science of the NFL Draft is over, football fans get to see if their team's selections will turn out to be the next late-round franchise savior, such as Tom Brady, or the next first-round bust, such as the infamous Ryan Leaf - who is now a golf instructor.

---

Sports

Jumper finds balance amid tests and training

Brandon Call | May 2

by Brandon Call Daily Lobo Sophomore jumper Hagit Salamon keeps on improving for the UNM women's track and field team. On Saturday, Salamon swept the long and triple jumps with her best marks in college at 19-2 1/2 and 40-1 1/2 at the Lobos' last home meet of the season.

---

Opinion

Conservatives can't gripe about underrepresentation

May 2

Editor, Monday's letter by Larry H. Crum and Paul Chacho is further evidence of the persecution complex shared by many American conservatives. For people whose views have been enacted in official policy for six years with catastrophic results, it is distressing that they should complain so fervently about being underrepresented.

---

Opinion

Students can save money with generic birth control

May 2

Editor, Caleb Fort's article in Thursday's Daily Lobo about our student affiliate, Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Justice, and their work to assist low-income students with the cost of contraception is a little bit unclear. The article states that the discounted Ortho Tri-Cyclen costs $15 a month and the generic replacement costs $24.

---

News

Record industry targets students

Caleb Fort | May 2

The Recording Industry Association of America sent prelawsuit letters on April 11 to 21 schools, including UNM. The letters are supposed to be forwarded to students who are suspected of illegally downloading music. The letters give students the option of settling out of court with the association before a lawsuit is filed.

---

Opinion

Past six years have shown how inept Republicans are

May 2

Editor, In a letter in Monday's Daily Lobo, Larry H. Crum and Paul Chacho state that liberals believe that "with increased government and enough money, they can fix everything ... as the government grows and legislates more of our life, we the people have less and less to say about our personal freedom.

---

Sports

Lobos get chance to hone skills

Steven Fernandez | May 2

by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo This time, the UNM football defense shouldn't mind seeing the scoreboard light up. Today's Cherry-Silver spring football game at University Stadium will feature a new scoring system that will give the defense a chance to outscore the offense.

---

Sports

Raiders need more than star QB to save their game

Brandon Call | May 2

by Brandon Call Daily Lobo If the top five players picked in the NFL Draft are any indication of things to come, it should be an interesting season. As everyone expected, the Oakland Raiders went for a quarterback and selected LSU's JaMarcus Russell. Russell is probably the best quarterback of the class, but he is no savior for the Raiders' offense.

---

News

Daily Lobo spotlight

May 1

Caitlin Codini Junior University studies Daily Lobo: What is the last Pauly Shore movie you saw? Caitlin Codini: Oh, "Son in Law," probably, a while back. DL: What's your favorite Pauly Shore movie? CC: I don't have one. DL: Why not? CC: Too much investment for Pauly Shore to have a favorite. DL: ...

---

Opinion

President Bush to blame for losing the war in Iraq

May 1

Editor, If a 48-hour deadline was good enough to get Saddam Hussein and his Republican Guard out of Iraq, why isn't it enough time to get President Bush's Republican Guard out of Iraq? The only terrorist who followed us home from the last territorial pissing in Iraq was U.

---

Culture

Fine Greek fare brings Mediterranean to Duke City

Shandea Williams | May 1

Yanni's Mediterranean Grill and Opa Bar is the fine dining experience avid food lovers search for. The Nob Hill Greek paradise opened 12 years ago. With Greek food on my mind, I walked in and was greeted by co-owners Nick Kapnison and Jimmy Daskalos, who showed me to my beautiful window seat.