New Mexico men’s tennis was dealt another rare home loss Sunday against Boise State at the McKinnon Family Tennis Center. The men’s tennis team has been automatic at home with a perfect 9-0 record. After losing 4-3 to Utah State on Friday, the team got off to a tough start on Sunday against Boise State.
The UNM Retiree Association held a memorial on Saturday to honor the services of late UNM professor Lee Zink, who co-founded the association and served as its first president. He passed away in 2014 As a tribute to the services of Zink, the UNMRA inscribed a tile with a picture of Zink on the ceremonial wall. Members of the association also installed a bench with a memorial plaque in Terrace Mall near Hogdin Hall.
New Mexico ended its weekend series with Nevada on a high note avoiding a three game sweep by winning Sunday’s contest 3-2. After being shut-out on Saturday and only scoring a run on Friday, the Lobos were finally able to get things going at the plate with a late rally against the Wolf Pack.
A late blown lead barred New Mexico from completing a sweep against UNLV in a tight 6-5 loss on Sunday afternoon. The Lobos again received a quality performance from its starting pitching, but a rough eighth inning prevented UNM from winning the third and final game against UNLV (10-17, 4-8 MW).
The UNM track and field team got off to a strong start by recording several personal bests and first place finishes at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational on Saturday. Head coach Joe Franklin said the team did a lot of good things at the team’s only home meet of the outdoor season. He said adding athletes such as Aasha Marler and Samantha Bowe was positive and said he anticipates getting better each weekend.
Why are movies about passionate romance between Romeo and Juliet or Judy and Juliet or Romeo and Roger, with scenes of affectionate naked lovemaking, NOT considered family entertainment? Imagine a world where watching affectionate naked lovemaking is family entertainment for all ages.
Kyle Biederwolf said the Associated Students of UNM was his first taste of student politics. It was in his second freshman semester that the junior business major ran for ASUNM senate. During his two terms in the senate, he has sat on the finance committee and outreach committee.
Randy Ko has been involved in student government since his freshman year in high school. He joined Emerging Lobo Leaders when he first began attending UNM, providing him a glimpse of what the Associated Students of UNM does on behalf of students on campus. Last year, he took his first big step into student government, elected into ASUNM senate and becoming a voting member of the Student Fee Review Board.
For the first time in the University’s history, UNM will be conducting surveys on sexual assault. This week, the Office of Equal Opportunity at UNM will begin its first Campus Climate Survey in order to assess the student population’s exposure to the risk of sexual misconduct and measure students’ knowledge of the university’s policies and resources. University President Bob Frank said the surveys, which will be sent via email to 10,000 randomly selected students, will have questions that gather information to help the administration improve intervention, prevention and response to sexual misconduct.
On April 9 and 10, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the University of New Mexico Division of Physical Therapy, the Lobo Triathlon will include an adults’ race, a kids’ race and a Wellness Fair, all on UNM’s Main Campus. Beginning at 2 p.m., Saturday’s kids’ race will involve separate races and race lengths for children under seven, between 7- and 10-year-olds and between 11- and 15-year-olds. The Wellness Fair will also be held from noon until 5 p.m. at Johnson Field that day. On Sunday, the adult race begins at 7 a.m. with a five-kilometer run (a double-loop around the campus), a 20-kilometer bike from UNM to Mesa Del Sol and back, and a 400m serpentine swim at the Seidler Natatorium.
The defense appears to be well ahead of the offense in the early stages of spring as players put on their pads for the first time. Head coach Bob Davie said that’s to be expected, and several of the players are being asked to do different things. He said everyone is out of their comfort zone right now, but the challenging situation is a good thing.
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What gives a doctor the right to decide who gets to live and who gets to die? Here’s a clue: All these doctors who currently are not taking patients for life-saving clinical trials (such as wonderfully effective immunotherapy drugs for cancer) because their regular patients do pay as usual, but the patients in the trial do not. And so many American terminal cancer patients cannot find a doctor to perform said experimental therapy, and die.
The UNM Board of Regents Academic/Student Affairs and Research Committee heard a series of action items, information items and a faculty presentation at Thursday’s meeting. They also shared updates on each member’s designated boards/committees as well as a monthly report on academic affairs. Here are the four things to know:
We respect and can’t forget the cultural economics and political gifts that came from the Native people. All of this combines to make the state of New Mexico what it is today.
Sunshine Theater went wild Friday night when pop-punk titans Mayday Parade took to the stage and played their final show of the American Lines Tour. The European version of the tour, Black Lines, began in January and was followed up with the American Lines Tour, which began on March 10 and ended Friday night. Bassist Jeremy Lenzo has toured internationally with Mayday Parade, and called it a unique experience.
New Mexico continued its hot play in a 10-5 win against UNLV on Saturday afternoon. Playing to the script of Friday night’s affair, the Rebels took an early lead, but only briefly. It was New Mexico’s scorching bats that came back to defend its starting pitching.
The New Mexico men’s tennis team suffered its first home loss of the season after battling for three and a half hours against Utah State on Friday, letting a 3-1 lead slip away. Head coach Bart Scott said every team in the Mountain West is capable of winning on any given day.
The New Mexico women’s tennis team came out on the right side of a sweep Friday afternoon against Colorado State in the conference home opener, held at its new look outdoor venue. The McKinnon Family Tennis Court underwent some changes the past two weeks, including the installation of a covered awning, which also doubles as a solar panel, for fans to stay out of the sun.
After Friday’s 5-1 loss to Nevada, New Mexico looked to bounce back on Saturday afternoon in Reno and even their weekend series with the Wolf Pack. However, the narrative remained the same as the Lobos were shut-out 4-0, falling to 17-14 on the season (2-3 MW).
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