Editor, After reading John Newman's letter to the editor in Monday's Daily Lobo regarding New Mexico Public Interest Research Group's status as a nonpartisan organization, I realized that there are probably many students who don't know either what a nonpartisan group is or what an advocacy group does. ...
by Katy Knapp and Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo The three candidates for provost of the University were announced Wednesday. Reed Dasenbrock, who has been interim provost since March, is one of them. He said applying for the permanent position was the natural thing to do. "It just seemed like ...
Four architecture students from UNM will get an opportunity to have one of their designs built. Student Eliza Linde, who helped with the design, said the construction will be a valuable experience.
Editor, Two tickets to the circus: $11, including one free ticket. A taco plate, nachos, cotton candy and large soda: $14. Must-have lighted toy with psychedelic flashing light design and noisemaker: $15. Ticket for ride on an elephant: $6. Letters admonishing treatment of circus animals from ...
Breakin' Hearts started in an alley. Four years later, the annual hip-hop festival at UNM will have several additions to it, said founder Cyrus Gould. With additions such as the flick-book competition and African drumming and dancing, Gould describes the expansion as a snowball that continually accumulates and grows.
It might just be me, but it really seems that there is no such thing as privacy anymore.
Editor, OK, I don't know how many Daily Lobo readers watched the opening ceremonies for the Torino Winter Olympics, but I couldn't help noticing that as team USA walked by the cameras, a blonde female member of the team was talking on her cell phone the entire time. Boy, there's the ugly American ...
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo An art display makes working in the Student Health Center more exciting, Dr. Steven Acostas said. "It's nice to have something from outside give us a change of pace," he said. "We kind of get caught up in the clinical world, and it's nice to see art come in and change the ...
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo UNM professor John Geissman expressed his concerns about faculty salaries during a Board of Regents meeting Tuesday. "I'm not asking for the moon, and none of the faculty are," he said. "But we are certainly fed up with ranking at the bottom of the barrel." UNM's ...
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo When I was approached with the idea of writing an article in which I would argue why I enjoy the Winter Olympics, I was taken aback. "You mean," I thought to myself, "there are people out there who actually don't like the Olympics?" But the more I thought about it, ...
Editor, The World Affairs Delegation would like to sincerely thank Dong Chengru for his insights in his letter to the editor in Monday's Daily Lobo. However, we would also like to insist that our views on China were not correctly portrayed in the article in last Wednesday's Daily Lobo, to which Chengru ...
Editor, In response to the comments by David Alvarado in the letter in Friday's Daily Lobo, "Focusing on race reveals the beginning of racism," most people only focus on those issues that they perceive as directly impacting their lives. Racism, sexism, classism and all other power-related differences ...
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo You've heard it all before. The arguments bashing the Winter Olympics by xenophobic Americans who won't accept the notion that no matter how much our athletes inundate their bodies with illegal substances, they can't hold a candle, cross country ski or hockey stick ...
by Debra Au Daily Lobo The rap genre continues to roll down the slippery slope of super- ficiality. Talented rappers such as Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z and Kanye West are few and far between, becoming rarer with each subsequent album release. Every week, it seems, there are MCs who are quick to ...
by Marcie Ortega Daily Lobo David Wygant, known as the real-life "Hitch," said he doesn't mind being the uncredited inspiration for the romantic comedy starring Will Smith. "It's cool that they did it," Wygant said. "It made what I do a lot easier to explain. It has actually made it more socially ...
Editor, The Muslim and Western hate-mongers are engaged in a spitting match, and I am having trouble deciding which side is more foolish. The Muslim hate-mongers claim that their faith in a twisted version of Islam entitles them to hurt and insult innocent people, while the hate-mongers of the West ...
Twenty-five protesters greeted participants in the UNM Space Technology Forum at the Albuquerque Hilton on Monday. Protesters stood outside the hotel holding signs advocating the restriction of nuclear weapons in outer space.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Sometimes it takes many voices to tell a story. This is the case in the play "I Am My Own Wife," opening Friday at the Vortex. "I Am My Own Wife" uses 35 characters to explore the true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a transvestite in East Berlin during the ...
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