Lobos Basketball Tournament

Tailbacks to fill big shoes

Replacing DonTrell Moore won't be easy, and it may take three tailbacks to fill the void left by the former Lobo.

Kicker walks onto Watch List

Four years ago, Kenny Byrd was playing soccer for St. Pius X High School. Now, Byrd is the kicker for the UNM football team, and this season he is regarded as one of the best at his position after he was named to the Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List, which is the award for best placekicker in the nation.

Black Panther founder teaches party's vision

Though David Hilliard doesn't hold a college degree, he has considered himself a teacher since 1966 when he co-founded the Black Panther Party. Hilliard said he will use his experience with the party to teach two courses on the Panthers at UNM this fall. "It's my history. It's my experience. It's my passion. It's what I like doing," Hilliard said.

Letter: Media not investigating Bush's economic boasts

While it irks me to hear President Bush bragging to the news media about how strong the economy is, it bothers me more to see news media reporters not questioning his statements. In the America he's living in, every American is enjoying prosperity. Iraq and Afghanistan are examples of flowering democracy; our environment is clean; all our children are learning and the government is in capable hands.

Letter: Israelis, Palestinians both deserve sovereign nations

Each and every day, $10 million of our tax dollars go to Israel in "foreign aid," which is more than the budgets of the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Forest Service - agencies that save American lives. We now can clearly see how Israel chooses to spend that money - dropping expensive made-in-America bombs and missiles on the civilian population of Lebanon.

The lobo threesome

Rock band puts out unoriginal sludge The Shys Astoria Available Now When my untimely demise arrives and I am dragged to the brimstone-lined halls of Hades - bad people section - the Shys shall surely be the soundtrack ensuring that my eternity sucks. I say this because every second I have to listen ...

Column: Major League rivalry gone soft

I miss the rivalry. I miss the constant do-or-die feeling of each game. The feeling of wanting your team to win so badly you think each play could be the one to change it all.

Grant proposals rejected

UNM's Latin American and Iberian Institute lost 28 percent of its funding after failing to reacquire two federal grants that financed the institute for more than two decades.

Letter: Media wrongly portrays Israel as an aggressor

I am concerned about how quickly some judge Israel. For years, Israel has been forced to respond to terrorists and violent attacks from extremist terrorist groups.

Spiritual insight sparks album

Ziggy Marley spent years trying to find God, but when a Catholic woman asked Marley his religion, the answer came to him in a split second - love.

Lobos bear offensive threat

A new scheme could allow for an offensive threat to rise from the shadows of Hank Baskett and DonTrell Moore in the 2006 football season.

Ed toons

Hard knocks

Paving a path to higher learning

A group 41 of low-income high school students from Los Angeles and Bernalillo counties waited outside the SUB Ballroom on July 28 for their graduation from the L.A. Works program.

Swing dance a soul-soother

Before Kyle Tuffli became a swing dancer, he was hardly a swinger. "I was a socially awkward junior high kid, and it was the best way to meet girls," Tuffli said. "I never had a single girlfriend before I started swing dancing, but once I started swing dancing, everything changed."

Groups reach out to help homeless

At noon on Aug. 6, Wil Wroda met with two Albuquerque Police Department patrolmen at Robinson Park in Downtown.

Softball team, new coach have high expectations

Ty Singleton has high expectations for the UNM women's softball team. With Singleton's reputation as a softball coach, expectations may be as high for him.

Column: Veto puts principles before life

No, you didn't miss anything on ESPN, and no sports statistic came crumbling to the ground - all of this excitement took place on C-SPAN. I am speaking, of course, of President Bush's streak of consecutively signed congressional bills.

Chicano artist remembered

Hundreds of artists, friends, acquaintances and art connoisseurs gathered at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Saturday to celebrate the life of artist Luis JimÇnez, who died after a portion of a 32-foot-tall sculpture fell and crushed him in his studio on June 13.

Festival open to the people

Erika Lee Turner has been interested in movies since she was a kid. "I never cared about the plot, just how they did it," she said.