UNM students looking for parking in the South Lot may run into a few parking problems this afternoon. The UNM-Texas Tech football game, which starts at 5 p.m., could potentially create congestion starting as early as 11:00 a.m. because of tailgaters. But UNM officials do not foresee any problems.
Staff report UNM's volleyball team entered last weekend as no-names, but enters this weekend having earned the name Cardiac Kids. In matches against Southern Methodist University and New Mexico State University and Temple University, the cagey Lobos came from behind to win in dramatic fashion.
Editor, I keep hearing various excuses why Coach Rocky Long and the Lobos lost to the Aggies Saturday. There is no reason why Coach Long and the Lobos shouldn't beat NMSU every year. The Lobos have better athletes, better facilities, play in a much more competitive football conference, have more fan support, and have more financial resources.
by Justin Flam Daily Lobo Due to a pending series of technology upgrades, UNM students may have to wait in fewer lines in the future, said Fred Youberg, manager of the Electronic Management Information Systems project. The upgrades, which will affect some administrative processes, campus information systems and other support systems, are meant to increase the efficiency of services among University faculty, staff and students.
The ASUNM Senate established an executive agency at UNM for the first time in 10 years during its meeting Wednesday. The Associated Students of UNM Senate voted unanimously to add the Community Experience as the seventh executive agency. It joins the Crafts Studio, Election Commission, Homecoming Committee, Lobbying Committee, Southwest Film Center and Student Special Events as committees that provide special services to the undergraduate student body.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo The only thing that pisses me off about "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" is that I didn't write it. That honor belongs to John Cameron Mitchell. This incredible, offbeat and critically acclaimed off-Broadway show will be at the KiMo Theatre Friday.
A group of UNM students who started their own on-campus delivery business have been told by University officials to stop operations this week due to a conflict with an exclusive food-service contract signed by UNM in September 2000. Barry Schneider, Jesse Kooperman and Elliott Paul, the three student owners of Underground Services, said they should have the right to run their own business on campus or at least be allowed to petition the University for a review of their request.
by Mari Armstrong-Hough U-Wire Drugs are expensive. Developing countries need drugs not only to address raging HIV/AIDS epidemics, but also to fight epidemics of malaria, tuberculosis, and various childhood diseases. But, forced by international intellectual property rights agreements to allow major commercial pharmaceutical corporations exclusive production rights, the cost of those drugs can make them unavailable.
by Ken Shores U-Wire Friday is marked as the National Day of Action Against Plan Colombia. Plan Colombia is the United States' current involvement in giving aid and training to the Colombian government and its paramilitary forces. Keep in mind the following is entirely attributed to a War on Drugs.
The name? Tong, Jimmy Tong. The story begins when a pitiful, but skilled behind-the-wheel, New York City cabbie, Tong, played by Jackie Chan, is hired by a mysterious woman to be a chauffeur for an equally mysterious man named Clark Devlin. When a mysterious explosion hospitalizes Devlin, Tong takes over Devlin's secret mission - to uncover the secret plans of mysterious bottled water mogul Diedrich Banning.
by Jane Eisner Knight Ridder-Tribune The spring fashion collections that strutted down the runways in New York last week are, according to some of the snootier critics, an unimaginative throwback to the 1950s, evoking an era of pastel domesticity, illusory safety, even a kind of Eisenhower dullness.
If Beck were to create his own brand of gluten-free, soy-based ice cream, undoubtedly the flavor portfolio would consist of Dictionary Blender Sherbert, Almond Neolo-gelatti-ism, and Vanilla Folk Explosion. The latter flavor acts on the taste buds much like Beck's new album, Sea Change, affects the inner workings of the ear - simple, untainted and classic.
David Jones, a professor of English and drama at UNM, has a secret about the play that he's directing. "A Doll's House" opens this Friday and in an interview with the Lobo, Jones revealed that he starts to worry when things run as smoothly as they have on this production.
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