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Doctor offers advice to help find the stork

For couples who have a hard time conceiving, the Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Center hosts a fertility seminar at UNM once a month.

Finally, a bakery serving needs of cupcake lovers

Trust me - this small, locally owned cupcake shop will change your life. Cake Fetish sells only cupcakes, and with more than 35 kinds - not counting ones created for holidays - this is not the place for the calorie-counter.

Daily Lobo spotlight

Jeannette Ferguson Senior Biological chemistry Daily Lobo: How long have you lived in Albuquerque? Jeannette Ferguson: I was born here, left when I was 3, came back when I was 8, and now I am 24. DL: What do you like about this city? JF: It's pretty. There's not a lot of tall buildings, so you ...

Used textbook sales force publishers to raise prices

Editor, Students have the power to decrease the cost of textbooks. They should not have to depend on ASUNM, the UNM Bookstore or the textbook fairy to solve the problem. To reap the rewards of cheaper textbooks, just follow this simple plan: Stop buying used textbooks.

Evolution allows people to select same-gender mates

Editor, In his letter in the Daily Lobo on March 9, Benjamin Sanchez chose to turn a blind eye to a fundamental fact of nature: Human beings are unlike any other animal on the planet. This is because evolution has supplied us with a brain that allows us to rise above basic animal instinct.

Ditching the classroom

A class like "Booze and Drugs" wouldn't exist without the Research Service Learning Program. Vice Provost Peter White will teach the interdisciplinary English class for the first time this summer.

Senate bill passes; UNM to get funds

Priorities that were vetoed during the 2006 legislative session came to fruition this year in Senate Bill 710. The bill included an assortment of allocations for UNM, including environmental health and research programs, and funding to plan and design a building for UNM West.

Pitcher hurls two shutouts to win series for Lobos

Utah Valley State probably isn't too eager to face Kelly Ninemire again anytime soon. That's because Ninemire, a pitcher on the UNM softball team, rolled through the Wolverines this weekend, pitching 12 scoreless innings and allowing just four hits and no walks in two games.

Top-five finishes make opening meet a success

Timmie Murphy hadn't raced in nearly four months and last competed on an outdoor track two years ago.

Homosexual behaviors not unique to humans

Editor, On March 9, Daily Lobo alumnus Benjamin Sanchez made an argument against homosexuality based on the fact that the biological ability to reproduce is limited to a male and a female. While I don't care to comment on most of his arguments, I would like to point out that there is considerable homosexual behavior among animals.

Kicker chases NFL dreams

He kneels in the grass, head up with eyes on the yellow uprights. He pulls both socks up to his knees and softly tugs at the strap on his right cleat.

Home season ends with three victories

If they can compete on the road the way they have at home, the Lobos should have a successful season. The No. 61 UNM men's tennis team concluded its home schedule this weekend with victories over Radford, Minnesota and Northern Arizona at the UNM Tennis Complex.

Late-night KUNM show promotes discrimination

Editor, The KUNM radio station airs a program called "Street Beat" Fridays and Saturdays from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. I am a gay man living in rural New Mexico, and as much as I love good music, the stuff played on the program, for the most part, is degrading to people.

Students to get free bus rides

Next fall, students who are short on gas money and don't like walking will have no excuse to skip class. House Bill 2, signed by Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday, includes a $35,000 appropriation that gives students free city bus rides to and from campus.

Some SUB employees lack customer courtesy

Editor, After a day filled with strenuous and stressful classes at UNM, a trip to the SUB for a quick bite to eat and a few minutes to chat with friends is a time to get away. The issue I am about to address has really bothered me and my peers for quite some time now.

Selecting static

daily lobo asks you:

Melissa Marquez Sophomore Biology I'm going to go to Las Cruces to visit my boyfriend. Then I'm going to go home to see my parents. Kate Munk Senior Linguistics I am flying my boyfriend's dad and sister into town, and that's about it. Hopefully, I'll be catching up on all my missed work. Jordan ...

More students than ever get Lottery offers

More freshmen were eligible for the Lottery Scholarship this year than ever before at UNM. According to the Office of Institutional Research, 1,951 of 2,603, or 75 percent, of eligible freshmen qualified. The second highest year was 2004, when 71 percent qualified.

Replacement won't miss beat at top spot

With the loss of All-American Iva Gersic to an injury, junior Ola Abou-Zekry had to find a way to step up.

Briody carries Lobos to 65-53 win

LAS VEGAS - One of Julie Briody's most clutch performances came when the UNM women's basketball team needed it most. With post players Dionne Marsh, Timi E-Nunu and Angela Harthill in foul trouble, the Lobos needed an inside scorer and rebounder. Briody - a guard who is built more like a cross country runner than a post player - delivered, finishing with 21 points, eight rebounds and three steals in UNM's 65-53 win over Wyoming on Friday in Las Vegas.