The UNM women's golf team held its own at the Ping/ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., April 4-6, finishing sixth in a tournament that featured 12 of the top-30 teams in the nation. The 11th-ranked Lobos sat in fifth place after the first round with an 8-over-par 296, but struggled in tough, windy conditions on day two, posting a 17-over 305.
UNM golfers Kailin Downs and Michael Letzig are this week's New Mexico Daily Lobo Athletes of the Week. Downs finished fourth at the Ping/ASU Invitational with rounds of 71-76-69-216. The sophomore birdied five of the last 10 holes in the final round. Downs is the top-ranked sophomore in the country.
Graduate Professional Students Association presidential candidate Aaron Kugler, a second-year law student, says he would like to increase GPSA visibility on campus and make funding more accessible to graduate and professional students. "GPSA has been stuck in the basement of the old bookstore for over a year now," Kugler said.
by Jennifer Onuska ASUNM President and Amy Cook and Kevin Stevenson ASUNM Senators No tests, no new material and no assignments the week before finals. Wouldn't that be nice? Well, that's how it would be with ASUNM's proposed Prep Week.
Editor, I take the role of civil police seriously. However, in the past few years I have had a few run-ins with the police at parties, on the road, even at my house, that have really left my confidence in their role "to serve and protect" unsure at best.
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A former UNM History Department chairman who died in 2000 will be honored today when the University presents his widow and the department with a book of essays commemorating his studies, writings and works. Gerald Nash worked at UNM for more than 30 years and is considered by many of his former colleagues to be a leading scholar in the field of the American West.
Staff Report Scott Tyo, a UNM electrical engineering assistant professor, has received a five-year grant worth $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to continue his research in the field of polarized light. Tyo will receive the money as a result of his winning a Faculty Early Career Development Award, also known as the CAREER Award, from the foundation.
The Colorado State Rams used a crucial five-run fourth inning to beat the UNM softball team 6-3 in the second game of a doubleheader at Lobo Field Saturday. With UNM leading 1-0, CSU got a leadoff single by Jennifer Mahoney over Lobo shortstop Ashley VanBoxmeer's head to start the fourth.
Editor, What is on your Horizon? That is the question that we are posing to the student body. On April 16, you will have the opportunity to elect your new undergraduate student government leaders in the ASUNM election. We want to educate you and convince you that your vote will not be wasted on our slate, Horizon.
If elected president of GPSA, first-year law student James Meiers says he will help the Board of Regents and the New Mexico State Legislature to better understand the needs of graduate and professional students at UNM. In the last month and a half, Meiers has made a concerted effort to contact the regents and express his ideas for the Graduate and Professional Students Association's future, he said.
Voting for the Graduate and Professional Student Association president begins Monday, April 7. Graduate and professional students can vote through Thursday by phone 24 hours a day on ITEL. Ballots can also be cast at the following locations on campus: GPSA office, Monday-Thursday, 10 a.
Staff Report Seven UNM graduate programs within the college of fine arts and the schools of medicine and law have been ranked among the best in the nation this year by the U.S. News & World Report. The weekly news magazine, which according to its Web site began its annual ranking of more than 1,400 accredited colleges and universities nationwide in 1983, provides the service to aid its readers in researching how their particular school's academic program compares with those of its peers, or schools with broadly similar missions.
Audrey Winkless-Hall lies and watches Steve Marinelli, right, and Kerry Winkless-Hall unpack a Japanese fighting kite on Johnson Field Sunday. Gusty winds, which make kite flying difficult, made the group later decide to pack up and leave.
Staff Report U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., announced this week that the House of Representatives easily approved legislation designed to ensure U.S. military reservists called to active duty are not forced to make payments on student loans while deployed overseas.
One in four college students has chlamydia, according to a 2001 survey conducted at UNM, and college-aged people are at greater risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases than any other members of the population.
The UNM softball team kicks off a nine-game home stand this weekend when it welcomes Colorado State University to Lobo Field after playing 37 of its first 41 games on the road. The Lobos have been road warriors so far this season with a schedule that looks more like that of a 1920s barnstorming team than a college ball club.
Staff Report Gov. Bill Richardson named the new member of UNM's Board of Regents Thursday, appointing a prominent business and civil leader to fill the vacancy left by the death of Reg. Donald Salazar. John "Mel" Eaves, an Albuquerque lawyer and former state legislator, is faced with several immediate tasks, including helping select a new president of UNM.
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