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Student Phil Carter packs a mattress pad and hiking gear for the trip he'll be taking with the UNM Wilderness Alliance during spring break. The group will go to the Gila National Forest and backpack through the mountains in search of two packs of Mexican

News

Group reaches out to help gray wolf

March 8

The UNM Wilderness Alliance will spend spring break tracking down Mexican gray wolves. About 15 people, including 10 students and a couple wolf trackers, will go to the Gila National Forest and backpack through the mountains in search of two packs of the endangered species, the Aspen and Saddle packs, said Phil Carter, president of the alliance. The purpose of the trip is to document the wolves' behavior and use the information to raise awareness about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' wolf reintroduction program, Carter said.

Opinion

Human beings should use their natural resources

March 8

Editor, Jump on board the environmental locomotive if you will not accept any sort of dissenting arguments to global warming. Movie stars, sports figures, politicians and thousands alike are joining the new sacrificial faith. They tell us that we can avoid Armageddon if we follow them blindly.

Culture

Spring break: a time to change routines

March 8

The world is a colorful place. Some say the days grow shorter as we age. This happens because we get stuck in routine schedules and ways of thinking and acting. Differentiating between the days becomes difficult. There are small things we can do to enhance our quality of life. Spring break is a good time to take a load off and examine all the possibilities.

Opinion

U.S. government should give vets better treatment

March 8

Editor, My heart goes out to my fellow veterans who have received such horrible care at the Walter Reed Hospital, the premier site of health care for those who have served and been severely injured. What happened at Walter Reed is the tip of the iceberg.

Culture

Do-it-yourself fashions will keep you stylin' this spring

Marcella Ortega | March 8

Don't underestimate the power of a needle and thread. I wanted to make a couple outfits for spring break, so I went over to Hancock Fabrics at 3157 San Mateo Blvd. N.E. to find some material for my first project.

Opinion

UNMH should re-evaluate how it processes patients

March 7

Editor, I am a volunteer at the Agora Crisis Center and a psychology major at UNM. Recently, I was requested to assist someone who was threatening suicide. I was able to persuade this person to go to UNM Hospital for an evaluation, after I felt that I had done all I could to help.

Opinion

Hateful speech is harmful within religious debates

March 7

Editor, One of the many blessings of living in this country is freedom of speech. However, after passing by Smith Plaza last week and witnessing religious proselytization, I noticed that the event quickly devolved into inaccurate and hate-mongering speech about the Islamic faith and culture.

Opinion

Reductions in medication a short-sighted solution

March 7

Editor, Mental health clinics provide help to a large aggregate of mentally ill patients with severe psychotic conditions. Many of these patients require more than one anti-psychotic medication to become or remain stable. In November 2006, Gov. Bill Richardson - along with ValueOptions, the mental health administrator for Medicaid in New Mexico - changed stipulations set out in the ValueOptions mandate by allowing only one anti-psychotic medication per patient.

Brenna Wilmsen smokes hookah Monday at Hunab Hookah at 3400 Constitution Ave. N.E.

Culture

Nomadic hookah bar settles in

Marcella Ortega | March 7

A few years ago, Brian Basser created a portable hookah lounge on a whim. "I got this 18-by-18-foot tent and lots of rugs and pillows," he said. "I got some cool neon and made a sign. I got Christmas lights, some hookahs, some shisha tobacco and got on the road."

Culture

Tolkien's masterpiece hits world of online gaming

Rhian Hibner | March 7

If it hadn't been for J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, the world probably wouldn't have a very successful fantasy genre. No "Dungeons and Dragons," no "Harry Potter" and, very likely, no "World of Warcraft."

News

Health Center looks to improve coverage

Caleb Fort | March 7

The Student Health Center will try to get a higher cap and more support for contraception under the student health insurance plan. Employees of the center met Tuesday to discuss negotiations with provider Macori Inc. for student health insurance.

Opinion

People's faiths share many similar beliefs, traditions

March 7

Editor, Last Wednesday, I stopped to listen to an argument between Christians and Muslims taking place in front of Zimmerman Library. I stopped for only a few minutes, but what I heard was exceedingly telling. As I arrived, one of the Christian preachers was scoffing at a story from the 18th sura of the Quran about a group of monotheists who hid from persecution in a cave and slept for many years, awak ing in a changed world.

Guard Amy Beggin makes a layup after a breakaway during Wednesday's game against No. 6-seeded UNLV in the quarterfinal round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas. The no. 3-seeded Lobos won 80-52 and will face No. 2-seeded Wyoming on Fr

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Moving on up

Steven Fernandez | March 7

The Lobos still had a bitter taste in their mouths after last week's 70-59 loss to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. So this time, they weren't going to let another second-half lead slip away. The No. 3-seeded UNM women's basketball team sprinted out to a 21-point lead and never looked back in an 80-52 thrashing of the No. 6-seeded Runnin' Rebels on Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Culture

The Lobo threesome

Joe Buffaloe | March 7

Melechesh Emissaries Available Now Who better to bring heavy metal than a band from Israel? If there's one place in the world that inspires feelings of apocalypse, it's got to be there. Melechesh, on its second album, transfers all the scary thoughts you've ever had into one of the most creative hard-core ...

Stevie Rae was one of the dogs up for adoption at a pit bull adoption fair in the Mesa Vista Hall Courtyard on Tuesday. The event was held to educate the campus community about pit bulls and provide information on adoption, city pet ordinances, and dog ca

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Every dog deserves its day

Nancy Seplveda | March 7

UNM is trying to get pit bulls out of the doghouse. El Centro de la Raza hosted a pit bull awareness and pet adoption fair Tuesday in the Mesa Vista Hall courtyard. The event was held to educate the campus community about the breed and provide information on pet adoption, city pet ordinances, and dog care and training, said student Laura Hernandez, who helped organize the event.

Culture

Influential two-fingered jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt still strikes a chord

Daniel V. Garcia | March 6

A few weeks ago, Marcella and Eva, the culture department girls par excellence, had a party that featured the sounds of Albuquerque's gypsy jazz revivalist quartet, Le Chat Lunatique. When describing these guys to others, the name Django Reinhardt always comes up as a comparison, but it is frequently met with a blank stare or drooling. OK, the latter has happened only once, but it was memorable enough to mention here, and for good reason.

Culture

Artist merges man and beast

March 6

Rory Coyne finished three large, bizarre oil paintings for his upcoming show. "I try to do at least six pieces for a show," said Coyne, a UNM graduate student studying art. "But the work suffers, so I wanted to focus more on quality than quantity. I focused on three major pieces that are large enough to stand on their own on each wall."

Culture

Low-priced apparel for the full-figured fashionista

Nancy Seplveda | March 6

I'm fat. Not fat in the newly celebrated bootylicious, real-women-have-curves way. I am simply overweight and wear a clothing size in the double digits. This makes it difficult to dress fashionably. I am not one to proudly wave the "big is beautiful" flag, but I do think plus-size gals need not dress like tent-wrapped goat herders.

Opinion

Successful relationships transcend right to marry

March 6

Editor, I have been in love with certain men. I treasure mutually passionate romance with a man but do not want a license from any state for my deep romantic connection with him. I want him to stay with me because he wants to stay with me - not because he feels stuck with me in a legal cage called marriage or civil union.

Opinion

Responsible energy plan will improve the future

March 6

Editor, Though I have found it difficult to stomach past commentary from the impudent and self-righteous right hand of columnist Scott Darnell, I must agree with a point he made about Al Gore on Friday. As a cheerleader for a more progressive national energy policy to address global warming, concerned Americans expect Gore to be the archetype of a carbon-neutral lifestyle.