by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo After two straight road trips, the players on the Lobo men's soccer team can finally unpack their bags. And sleep in their own beds, too. The No. 3-ranked Lobos beat West Virginia on Sunday 2-0, and took down South Florida on Friday night 3-2 in Dallas, Texas, at the Southern Methodist University Radisson Hotel Classic to start the season 4-0.
by Marian Chavez Daily Lobo About 40 UNM students took advantage of a free spaying or neutering of their dogs on Saturday. Brenda Myer, an employee at the Eastside Animal Care Center, said some students had more than one dog they got fixed. "So we've probably done at least 50 animals," Myer said.
"The whole city is under water. It's shocking how all these people are being called refugees. They have nothing." "All the pictures of babies and children without clothes and food have hit me the hardest." "The reactions of all the families and people the hurricane is affecting.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Ed Angel said he hopes his new position with Gov. Bill Richardson will help future UNM graduates get fun, well-paid jobs in New Mexico. "I would like there to be jobs in New Mexico," he said. "We need steady, year-round work." Angel, who is the director of the Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory at UNM, was appointed to the Governor's Council on Film and Media Industries in August.
by Daniel Archuleta Daily Lobo UNM football center Ryan Cook has anchored the offensive line for the last three years. Now, his hard work is finally starting to pay off. Cook has been selected for watch lists for the Outland, Lombardi and Rimington Trophies.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo Last year's most improved player on the Lobo women's tennis team said she still has room to improve. That should bode well for the rest of her team. Head coach Kathy Kolankiewicz said junior Nora Quintal should be a key to UNM's success this year, after making a big progression last year.
by Kristie Boudwin Daily Lobo UNM football fans and NFL scouts have something in common this season. They are all watching wide receiver Hank Baskett. According to an NFL scout who said he wanted to remain anonymous for team confidentiality reasons, the 6-foot-4-inch 220-pound senior is on preseason scouting lists and has the potential to play professional ball if he performs well this season.
Editor, I was not offended by the cartoon of the jazz funeral proceeding through the flooded streets of New Orleans in last Friday's Daily Lobo. In fact, it made me cry. What offended me was the statement, in the same Lobo, by the young man who will not give anything "because the government should be doing more.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo Jeff Rowland isn't going to a fancy ball anytime soon. He's not missing a glass slipper. He doesn't have wicked stepsisters. But the rags-to-riches part, he's got that down. Rowland, a senior on the Lobo men's soccer team and the second leading scorer in the country last year, came out of high school unrecruited and unwanted.
Editor, Thank heaven United Blood Services does not accept blood from people who admit to being gay. Marshall Martinez said he is expected to be a good American and help out, but can't give blood. He is expected to be a good American, just as all Americans are, regardless of their sexual orientation.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo It's funny how much things can change in a year. One day you're set on playing professional soccer, the next you're thinking of how cool it would be to net crabs in Alaska. Or coach a kids' soccer team in South America or the Caribbean.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo Kendall Speten and Amy Wallner-Drake didn't know what to expect once the sun set over Santa Fe on Thursday evening. Speten and Drake, who are UNM graduate students, said they both attended Zozobra for the first time this year.
2005 Football Schedule Day Date Opponent Home/Away Time/Result Mon 09/05/2005 UNLV Home W 24-22 Sat 09/10/2005 Missouri Away 5 p.m. Sat 09/17/2005 New Mexico State Home 6:05 p.m. Sat 09/24/2005 UTEP Away 7:05 p.m. Sat 10/01/2005 TCU Away 5 p.
by David Chavez Daily Lobo When Christine Fernandez was little, her dad thought it would be a good business move to start playing golf. It turned out to be a good move for her too. The senior Lobo women's golfer grew up in Las Vegas, Nev., where her dad started playing golf to compete with his business associates.
by Samara Alpern Daily Lobo columnist Hair of the dog, greasy breakfasts - it seems that for every novelty martini there's an equally unappetizing hangover remedy. But do any of them work? Despite the fact that humans have been consuming alcohol to excess for thousands of years, science has yet to take the time to study which of these remedies is effective.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo City Councilor Eric Griego was the only mayoral candidate to participate in a debate at the SUB on Wednesday - and he was 45 minutes late. Representatives spoke for candidates Mayor Martin Ch†vez and Brad Winter. A surrogate also spoke for Griego until he arrived.
by Kevin McFarland Daily Lobo Regionally ranked UNM men's tennis doubles partners Max Jones and Kamil Pajkowski have plenty of chemistry on the tennis court. That might be because they get along pretty well off it. "We definitely have a big connection," Jones said.
by Travis Weber Daily Lobo Coming off its most successful season since the late '70s and a fifth-place finish in the NCAA Championships, the UNM men's golf team will look to senior Jay Choi to lead it. The team will take on an entirely new makeup this year after suffering the loss of three major players and the assistant coach.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo After suffering injuries in a 2002 car accident, Jacquelyne Gallegos was not supposed to be able to run again. Three years and an NCAA Championship appearance later, the senior cross country runner said she plans to keep shocking people this season.
Editor, As usual, the Democratic Party is playing it criminally safe. And as usual they've got their same old tiresome and cowardly rationalizations. The Bush administration and its fellow Republicans are a moral abomination. This is obvious to barnyard animals, and it's been obvious for the last five years.
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