by John Bear Daily Lobo Warren Oakes, drummer for Against Me!, like most other musicians, doesn't like to pigeonhole his music by labeling it. "Some people say we are a punk band," he said. "We've been accused of worse." He said whenever possible they try to avoid sounding like other bands.
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo There has not been a Miss USA from New Mexico since 1984. Student Onawa Lynn Lacy said it is time that changes. "I'll bring it back," she said. Lacy, a double-major in English and Native American Studies, beat out 15 other girls from around the state to become Miss New Mexico on Saturday.
by Andrew Price Daily Lobo columnist We have just lost soldier No. 2,000 in Iraq. Although invading Iraq and Afghanistan and trying to give the people of those countries democracy and freedom was absolutely the right thing to do, we never should have done it.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone and his family died in a plane crash in October 2002. Reports attribute it to bad weather. Four Arrows thinks differently. Arrows, co-author of American Assassination: The Strange Death of Senator Paul Wellstone, said his intuition told him it was a political assassination.
Editor, I am appalled at the University's stance on the incident involving the hateful evangelist. Sure, he had every right to be on campus because of his permit, and he had every right to say whatever he wanted - as long as it does not violate the rights of UNM students.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo The UNM football team failed to hold a double-digit lead for the second time this season at home Friday night as it lost to the Colorado State Rams 35-25. The Lobos gave up an 11-point lead to Brigham Young University in their Homecoming game on Oct.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo On Saturday, the Hibben Center lobby resembled an episode of PBS's "Antiques Roadshow." Local antique dealers sat behind tables and appraised items brought to them. Appraisers charged $5 per item. The money went to the Maxwell Museum Association, which organized the event.
Staff Report The UNM women's golf team climbed its way to a sixth-place finish at the Landfall Tradition this weekend. The Lobos were the two-time defending champions at the tournament, held in Wilmington, N.C. This time, it was Purdue who took home the trophy, defeating runner-up Wake Forest.
Editor, Regarding the alleged battery upon preacher Matt Bourgault, I relate entirely to both sides. Emotionally propped by my indoctrination as a hellfire Christian, I was a street preacher for years. Later, as a more emotionally stable agnostic with a Ph.
Editor, In the next few weeks, a showdown vote on protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is expected in both the United States House and Senate. Having failed at previous attempts to drill in this pristine natural treasure, the oil industry and their allies in Congress are using sneaky, bureaucratic maneuvering to include Arctic drilling in the federal budget reconciliation bill.
Editor, An illustrative example of the progressive disintegration of our public school system - and therefore our culture - was to be found in last Wednesday's Daily Lobo. In a letter run in that issue, a student - apparently a young want-to-be lawyer - ranted and whined about not being able to use her calculator for the final exam in a math course.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo With Jacquelyne Gallegos racing on an injured leg, the women's cross country team needed other runners to step up. On Saturday at the Mountain West Conference Championships in Fort Collins, Colo., that's exactly what they did.
Staff Report The UNM volleyball team's road trip wasn't a journey through Candy Land. After falling to San Diego State University in three straight games on Friday, the Lobos got swept by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Saturday in Las Vegas. The losses put the Lobos' overall record at 12-9, as they fell to 4-7 in the Mountain West Conference.
by Travis Weber Daily Lobo Texas Tech couldn't completely spoil the first home games of the season for the UNM Ice Wolves. The two teams split games, with Texas Tech winning the first one 12-11 on Friday night and UNM taking the second 6-3 on Saturday night.
by Josh Shainin Daily Lobo Kristen Winters wanted to make sure her final game at the UNM Soccer Complex was a memorable one. The goalkeeper for the UNM women's soccer team had three saves, and UNM won its second-straight game Saturday night, beating the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs 1-0.
by Lisa Adams Daily Lobo Mars was the attraction at LodeStar Astronomy Center on Saturday night. Michael Sepulveda, observatory director, said he was excited about the proximity of the Red Planet because Mars is 69 million kilometers from Earth and is the closest it will be until the year 2018.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo There's nothing quite like 11 goals in two games to make you forget about an overtime loss. The UNM men's soccer team beat up on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels 4-0 in Las Vegas on Saturday. The win came a week after the Lobos shellacked UNLV 7-2.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo For the UNM football team, Friday's game was a tale of two halves. Unfortunately for the Lobos, the first half featured all the good, while the second half was nothing but bad and ugly. After jumping out to a seemingly comfortable 25-12 lead in the first two quarters, UNM crumbled in all phases of the game.
Editor, In a number of recent letters to the editor in your newspaper, the term terrorism has been used in a limited sense to mean violence against Western people and interests. As defined in the Encyclopedia Britannica, terrorism is the systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective.
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