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Battle of the guards

by Kevin McFarland Daily Lobo UNM men's basketball head coach Ritchie McKay often refers to Mark Walters as the best guard in the Mountain West Conference. San Diego State University guard Brandon Heath must have taken that as a challenge. As the Aztecs defeated the Lobos 73-66 on Saturday, Heath ...





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Opinion

Letter: Port deal critics assume Arab means terrorist

Editor, I am surprised that at UNM, as liberal as it is, a student would write in with such a closed-minded and obviously uneducated view of the United Arab Emirates port deal. I guess it's not so surprising, though, when you read the newspapers and see that the majority in Congress - including ...


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Sports

Pitchers shut out Wolverines

The UNM baseball team's pitchers picked a good time to shine. Head coach Rich Alday said up until this weekend's three-game sweep of the Utah Valley State Wolverines, the Lobos were hitting fine - they just couldn't get it done on the mound.


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Sports

Women take down SDSU 75-48

Even when one of its top players went down, the UNM women's basketball team proved it was still worthy of a top 25 ranking.


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News

3 left in race for athletics director job

by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo The finalists fighting to replace Rudy Davalos as UNM's Director of Athletics were announced Friday. The three finalists are Rick Hartzell, athletics director of Northern Iowa University; Paul Krebs, athletics director of Bowling Green State University; and Jim Schaus, ...



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Opinion

Letter: Regents, next president need to know University

Editor, So the University of New Mexico Board of Regents will now look for a president who has a background in academia, is familiar with university culture, and has experience running a large research university. Well, duh. The UNM faculty urged the regents to do this in 2003, but they wouldn't ...


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News

Last-minute speaker talks of Kenyan women's plight

by Mark Schaaf Daily Lobo Lawyer Ruth Lokalei Emanikor, who traveled from Kenya on short notice, spoke about the problems of indigenous people in her country Saturday night at the Continuing Education Auditorium. The original speaker, Rebecca Lolosoli, could not make it to the United States because ...


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Opinion

Letter: Hare Krishna chanter has history of annoyance

Editor, The Daily Lobo reporter, Rivkela Brodsky, is unaware of the campus history related to Sankirtan das, the Hare Krishna daily chanter and the subject of her story in Friday's Lobo. The reason he is outside Popejoy Hall is because he previously spent a good 10 years chanting daily around noon ...


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Opinion

Letter: Challenging teaching style showed prof's quiet wisdom

Editor, Philosophers are often remembered in two distinct ways: for their contributions to an academic body of literature, and, more personally, for the inspiration they leave in the hearts of their students. Fred Sturm, while no mere bystander in the publishing world, was above all a teacher. ...


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News

the daily lobo asks you:

Tara Kraus, Senior, Biology and chemistry "I disagree because it is the woman's and the man's choice whether to abort or not." Sonya Valdez, Junior, Psychology "I disagree, because in situations such as rape or when a mother is unfit to care for a child, she should have the option.


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Campus singer chants for student purity

by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo You may not know his name, but you've probably heard him. He sits outside Popejoy Hall at the flamenco statues from noon to 2 p.m. almost every day without fail. He goes by Sankirtan das, although his name is Paul Manning. He sings mantra chants in the hope of connecting ...


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Opinion

Letter: ASUNM's review week would only justify laziness

Editor, I am writing in an attempt to dissuade ASUNM from further lobbying on behalf of a review week before finals week. I feel this effort is a mistake and, if successful, will only harm students by lowering the academic standards of the University. A professor of mine recently remarked that ...


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Opinion

Letter: Bush must be crazy to sell port security to Arab nation

Editor, Unbelievable. Am I hearing this correctly? The United Arab Emirates has been completely vetted and President Bush has now cleared them to own several U.S. ports? And I'm supposed to trust that this is OK because I'm hearing it from good old untrustworthy Bush? Surely, the security ...




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Watchdog group keeps tabs on police activity

by Aidan Turowski Daily Lobo On weekend nights in Downtown Albuquerque, Darcy Brazen and fellow members of Copwatch stroll the streets looking for signs of police brutality. "It's not our intention to find bad cops," Brazen said. "It's our intention to reaffirm what people's rights are." Volunteers ...

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