Editor, In response to UNM President Garcia's comments reported in the Daily Lobo Jan. 29, 2003, that UNM faculty took a pay cut in the last year and that this was not acceptable to the University, what is also not acceptable is that UNM staff took a pay cut as well.
Editor, I am a University of New Mexico journalism graduate and former Lobo staffer. I was lucky enough to have had the privilege of knowing and learning from Professor Hank Trewhitt. I remember first meeting him in a public affairs writing class and thinking, "How did the University land this guy?" Of course, that was before I knew that he was a "home-grown hero," so to speak.
Poets and politics -- who would have thought it? After all, history has birthed poets such as Federico Garcia Lorca, who was arrested in Spain for assumed left-wing political associations. Today, Sam Hamill, the founding editor of Copper Canyon Press, was invited to a poetry symposium at the White House, organized by none other than First Lady Laura Bush.
UNM's Continuing Education and Extended University are formally separating because officials believe the move will allow the University to better serve students. "Because of the number of students we're serving and the number of classes we have, it has become a very successful enterprise and it was time for us to separate the Continuing Education and the Extended University," said Jer¢nimo Dom°nguez, vice provost for Extended University.
The UNM Ice Wolves played perhaps their most inspired game of the year holding heavily favored University of Colorado Buffaloes to a 3-3 tie Saturday after losing 8-2 on Friday. Welcoming the touted Buffaloes this weekend to the Outpost Ice Arena, the Ice Wolves looked to get a solid home start in the 2003 season.
UNM undergraduate students can take comfort that they are receiving the best advisement possible, although in some instances a loophole is allowing advisers to practice without meeting the minimum requirements of the job. According to the Human Resource Department's Web site, an undergraduate adviser at UNM must have a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a related field or discipline to the department they are advising and six months to one year of work experience.
Editor, I find it amazing the Lobo would print something as awful as A. Slayton's opinion letter Jan. 31, but I realize that's your job as good journalists in a free society. Her concept of public censorship flies in the face of one of the reasons, in her words; it is "a privilege to be an American.
Actor Cheech Marin said he chose the words very carefully when selecting a title for the exhibition of his private collection of Chicano Art. "Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge" is also a book featuring Marin's compilation of prominent Chicano artists.
Staff Report The UNM men's basketball team dropped to last place in the Mountain West Conference after a 80-64 loss to Brigham Young University on Saturday. The loss marked the Lobos 13th consecutive road loss dating back to last year. It is the longest such streak since they dropped 14 in a row during the 1981-82 season.
Staff Report The UNM baseball team shook off consecutive losses to start the season and beat Texas Tech University 9-6 Sunday in Lubbock, Texas. The Lobos' bats woke up from a weekend slumber while pounding out 11 hits. UNM (1-2) banged TTU starter Nathan Fouts for five runs including a solo home run by Dusty Young in the third inning and two-run dinger from Jeff Grady in the seventh.
KRT Campus Media Call it retro-futuristic. President Bush's energy policy draws on the past and looks to the future, but skips the present entirely. In the State of the Union, the president called on Congress to pass his "comprehensive" energy package, which heavily subsidizes yesterday's technology -- coal, oil and nuclear power.
Staff Editorial Northern Star (Northern Illinois U.) (U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- The FBI is soon expected to order their field supervisors to count the number of mosques and Muslims in their area, according to a report in the Jan. 28 issue of the New York Times.
The UNM Ice Wolves (2-7-1) open the second half of the 2002-03 season this weekend at the Outpost Ice Arena against the Colorado University Buffaloes (12-5-2). The young club is striving to make a name for itself, building on the success and strength of 2002.
Editor, War is a devastating creation of humans. To even consider killing innocent people is an atrocious idea. Why must supreme dictators feel that they must tyranize the weaker countries for the prospect of oil? Oil is indeed valuable and the cause for wars.
The UNM women's basketball team came home Thursday night and took out all of its frustrations on San Diego State University in defeating the Aztecs 75-42. Head coach Don Flanagan stressed getting a win. "From now on for us, there are no unimportant games," he said.
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