Editor, Once again, the ASUNM elections are upon us, and soon, we will be forced to run the gauntlet between the SUB and Zimmerman Library. Every year, we're faced with this, and every year, it's the same thing - pretty girls handing out free candy and promises of change at UNM.
The UNM baseball team had a rough weekend, getting swept in a three-game series against San Diego State in San Diego. With the losses, the Lobos fall to 14-21 overall and 3-6 in the Mountain West Conference. Meanwhile, the Aztecs improve to 21-14 on the season and 6-2 in MWC play.
For all of you with vitriol to spew about ASUNM, here's your chance to ask potential presidents and vice presidents those hard-hitting questions you so badly want answered. For the first time in a long time, ASUNM's presidential and vice presidential candidates are opening themselves up to you, me and anybody else who wants to spend a mere hour and a half or less on the east side of the SUB or in its atrium today and Tuesday.
It was a long-awaited victory for the UNM women's tennis team. The No. 69 Lobos earned their first win in conference play Saturday, beating Utah 5-2 in Salt Lake City.
Editor, I would like to encourage all UNM undergraduates to vote in the ASUNM elections Wednesday. I would also encourage all UNM undergraduates to vote for the PAC candidates. Friday's edition of "Daily Lobo Asks You" illustrated a long-standing problem within the structure of ASUNM.
Educational Testing Service canceled changes to the GRE that would have made the test almost two hours longer starting September.
If Tiyana Peters can repeat her results from last weekend, she can help lead the UNM track and field team to success the rest of the season. Peters won the B section of the high jump at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Friday, clearing 5-8 3/4 to defeat a field of 19 in Austin, Texas.
ASUNM presidential candidates will face off today at a debate sponsored by the student chapter of NMPIRG. "We're just trying to add a little more democracy to the ASUNM system," said Saliha Qasemi, co-chairwoman of NMPIRG. "We're trying to avoid it turning into a massive popularity contest."
A member of the Student Fee Review Board said its deliberations process is biased and in violation of University policy. The board makes recommendations for the allocation of about $8 million in mandatory student fees. Graduate student and board member Isaac Padilla said the board unfairly increased funding recommendations to athletics instead of to programs that serve all students.
Editor, On Wednesday, you will have the opportunity to elect your new undergraduate student government leaders in the ASUNM elections. We want to educate you and convince you that your vote will not be wasted on our slate, KEY. KEY stands for opportunity, community and responsibility.
After falling from a No. 1 national ranking, UNM golfer Charlie Beljan is setting the bar high for the rest of the season. Beljan now ranks No. 27, according to Golfstat standings released Friday. The number is down from No. 11 last week.
There are some striking similarities between Mikaela Backstedt and Jodi Ewart. For the UNM women's golf team, that's a good thing.
Most classes at UNM will use one kind of clicker starting in August. Clickers are devices students use to answer multiple-choice questions during class. The Bookstore sells six clickers for 19 classes, said Melanie Sparks, director of the Bookstore. That caused problems, said Gary Smith, director of the Office of Support for Effective Teaching.
Editor, In response to Kathleen Christison's letter on Wednesday, I ask the Daily Lobo staff to show more sensitivity in publishing articles with potentially erroneous information about individuals. Rather than address the substantive arguments of my opinion column, Christison focused her attack on me, suggesting my beliefs would be different "had (I) ever been to the West Bank.
Shannon Rogers Sophomore English No, I'm not planning on that. I don't know. I just haven't really thought about it. They have not persuaded me in the direction that they have any effect on anything that's going on. Graham Chouteau Junior Chemistry I probably won't be voting in the elections, ...
Editor, During my tenure here at UNM, I have served as a senator and vice president of ASUNM. As an ASUNM alumnus, I have seen a barrage of stories and letters to the editor in the past, and I hate to say they are becoming more and more negative. Lately, it seems it is almost a daily affair to hear something negative about the association.
The editor of the New York Times Book Review spoke to almost 100 people Wednesday in the SUB about the new age of publishing and how his publication decides which books to review. Publishers are being bought out by corporations, many of which are international, and it puts literary publishing in unfamiliar territory, Sam Tanenhaus said.
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