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Public voices concerns after health care summit

by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo A discussion about last month's statewide health care summit left many community members wanting answers.

College of Nursing unable to fully fund its students

The College of Nursing estimates it needs $15,000 a year per student to fully educate its undergraduates. Right now, it receives $11,000 per student. And about 26 percent of money funded by the state goes to pay personnel and faculty, said Sandra Ferketich, dean of the College of Nursing at UNM.

Exterminating comic biases

by John Bear Daily Lobo I have never been into comic books. And it's not my fault. My mother's father was an Episcopal priest and my father's father was a southern Baptist minister. Comic book reading was forbidden, perhaps because of the religious leanings of my two grandfathers.

Letter: New Mexicans receive poor health care services

Editor, May I suggest a book for those students who have a social consciousness to help them understand the erosion of American democracy?

Letter: The mentally ill are often stigmatized by society

Editor, There is a fine line between right and wrong. I believe Anne Rice's letter to the Daily Lobo regarding students' ignorance about mental illness makes a crude point that education and psychology are going to bring students to the light, which is not necessarily true.

Letter: Humans unlikely to get cancer from aspartame

Editor, I am writing in regard to Stephen Fox's letter on the toxicity of aspartame published in the Jan.

Language in all its forms

by Joe Buffaloe Daily Lobo Idris Goodwin compares his upcoming one-man show, "I Have an Agenda," to something Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack might have done. "Like when they'd have a relaxed evening of songs and anecdotes," he said. Of course, his performance will be more cutting-edge than tired renditions of "Come Fly with Me.

Live freaky, die freaky

by John Bear Daily Lobo If you find the steamy puppet love scene in "Team America: World Police" a little conservative for your taste, you are, first of all, a sick, sick individual. Secondly, you are in luck. Filmmaker John Roecker is bringing his depraved stop-motion circus, "Live Freaky! Die Freaky!" to the Guild Cinema.

Indie rap meets the mainstream

by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo Success for those who transition from a mainstream job to a career in music is precarious. However, there are some individuals whose inability to adjust to a typical job is indicative of their potential to flourish in an atypical one.

Military student mourned

by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo About 100 people, most of them members of the Air Force ROTC at UNM, attended a memorial for student Jeanette Garcia on Wednesday. Garcia died Dec.

Coming back to smaller budgets

Many UNM departments came back from break to find they had less money in their budgets than expected. That's because the University chose Dec. 21 to implement a planned 1.1 percent tax on portions of some department budgets, which generated $3 million for the University.

Rapper dabbles in punk and hip-hop

by John Bear Daily Lobo P.O.S., also known as Stefon Alexander, is feeling stressed. He is about to go on his first tour as the headliner. His second solo album, Audition, is soon to drop. He is helping his friends with their respective projects. He has a lot going on.

Flavorful cheese spices up stage

by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo Degrees in music performance are among those most challenging to obtain. Countless hours are spent in practice for minimal credit hours, and lucrative jobs are not often within reach upon completion of the program. Saxophone player John-Michael Vasquez has, therefore, chosen to work in Liquid Cheese, a regularly touring band from El Paso.

Ex-Lobos try out for MLS

by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo You didn't see ex-UNM soccer players Brandon Moss, Jeff Rowland and Lance Watson on the first day of classes. Actually, you won't see them at all this semester. The three just got finished playing at the Major League Soccer Combine in Carson, Calif., in front of MLS general managers, coaches and scouts Thursday through Sunday. None of them are enrolled in classes at UNM, even though they all still have some credits to take for their degrees.

Money Trouble: Health Sciences Center funding a legislative priority

UNM's top priority during the legislative session that began Tuesday in Santa Fe is to improve funding for the Health Sciences Center. Whether the Health Sciences Center succeeds in getting funding will have an impact on the rest of the University, said Carlos Romero, UNM's director of government affairs.

Column: 'Madden 2006' foretells victories for Denver, Carolina

by Andre van der Merwe Daily Lobo I don't really want to seem like a bandwagon-jumper or anything, but to increase my odds of picking the two teams to meet in Super Bowl XL, I'm definitely going to have to do some jumping here. My pick for the 2006 Super Bowl is - trumpets playing in background - of course, the Patriots taking on Chicago.

Column: In the battle of the beards, Big Ben will grab AFC title

by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo I had a certain matchup in my head for the AFC Championship game long before the division playoffs were played.

Column: Deals with Satan will continue to wreak playoff havoc

by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo I said upon the death of Tony Dungy's son that the Indianapolis Colts were not coming back from it.

Lobos make history despite 6th road loss

Staff Report The UNM men's basketball team continued to struggle on the road Saturday, losing at Wyoming 77-70. With the loss, the Lobos drop to 11-6 overall and 2-2 in the Mountain West Conference.