Zach Arnett might have had a few reasons to wait until Sunday to hit his first home run. Maybe it took the true freshman a few months to transition from playing as a linebacker on the UNM football team to hitting a baseball.
Lucas L¢pez Sophomore History "I agree with it totally because it cuts down on all the paper resources you have to have. I've been stuck a couple times without a course catalog, so it's easy when you have Internet access." Lauren Shelton Freshman Fine arts "I like the catalog.
Yes, it is very true that the actions and behavior of a single individual can ruin the reputation of a fraternity chapter, but Betsabel Roman's finger-pointing in her letter in Wednesday's issue of the Daily Lobo was a little harsh.
I am a little anxious - I despise secondhand smoke as much as the next student, but normally I'm the one creating it. If the University bans smoking across campus, I will have had it.
I have been quietly watching the back-and-forth arguments about smoking outside on campus for the last few weeks, and I have to say that the entire debate is missing an important element.
The next six months were supposed to be a dream come true for Jeff Rowland. They were supposed to be what he spent four years working for when he played for the UNM men's soccer team.
After a two-day conference, representatives from Mexican and Spanish universities left knowing it wouldn't be the last time they'd be in contact with UNM.
UNM isn't the only New Mexican university to increase tuition - New Mexico State University, New Mexico Tech, Eastern New Mexico University and Western New Mexico University also increased their tuition rates. Even Albuquerque's Technical Vocational Institute raised tuition.
A man was arrested Thursday after he jumped into a vent above Ho Ho Chinese Food and was stuck for about two hours. Albuquerque Police officers could not identify the man and did not know if he was injured from being lodged in a vent above the ovens in the restaurant's kitchen.
Sophomore sprinter Jarrin Solomon, the team's fastest 400-meter runner, has some pretty big spikes to fill. Solomon's father, Michael, won the 1977 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 600-yard dash for UNM. He also competed at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal as well as the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Albuquerque city councilors voted 6-3 Thursday to raise the minimum wage in the city. Mayor Martin Ch†vez has until April 30 to sign or veto the bill. He has promised to sign a bill that raises the minimum wage above the federally mandated $5.15 per hour within four months.
I think it's appalling that the University is doing away with the paper schedule of classes.
When Elliot Bailey first started working at UNM, he packed boxes for the physics and astronomy department. Forty years later, he is still working with the department, but his job description has changed.
Speech, front man for hip-hop collective Arrested Development, made his name in the world with music that possesses a distinctly Southern vibe, long before the dirty South sound that embodies much of hip-hop today.
I have spent the majority of my time here at our lovely - and reasonably priced - University hating on all of those who drive the Herculean transports collectively known as Sport Utility Vehicles.
When Reel Big Fish first formed, members didn't know what ska was. "At the time, a lot of the bands in the area were ska bands, like No Doubt and Sublime," said Dan Regan, trombonist for Reel Big Fish. "We didn't even know what it was called. We knew we liked it, but we didn't know what it was."
Within the next few years, UNM could be completely smoke-free. The Coalition for a UNM Smoke-Free Campus is petitioning to ban smoking everywhere on campus, including outside.
There is only one thing better than driving fast cars around Albuquerque with no salesman to chaperone: Knowing that your escapade is all in the name of journalism.
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