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Terrence Rencher, seen here in a photo from a Texas State basketball game, has been hired as an assistant coach for the New Mexico mens basketball team.

Sports

Men's Basketball: New assistant coach announced

Liam Cary-Eaves | July 6

Head coach Craig Neal’s journey to court his team and staff for the 2015-2016 season has come to a close. Terrence Rencher was named the latest addition among New Mexico’s men’s basketball coaches after garnering an assistant coach position on Neal’s staff. “I know what this program stands for and I know the passion behind it,” Rencher said. “I know the expectations that come with it and I’m up for that challenge.”

Former Lobo guard Phillip McDonald dunks the ball into the basket at the inaugural All Star-Game at the Pit on Sunday night. Former Lobos played against each other in this exhibition game that pitted the Cherry team against the Silver. Cherry won the game.

Sports

Basketball: Old lobos, new tricks

Thomas Romero-Salas | June 29

The atmosphere of The Pit doesn’t disappear — not even for an All-Star game. The inaugural Lobo All-Star game on Sunday saw 9,497 fans watch some of the greatest UNM players in the history of the program face off against one another in a Cherry vs. Silver match. The Cherry team narrowly beat the Silver team 127-124. Drew Gordon hadn’t played a game at The Pit since the 2011-12 season, and yet he had to remind himself that he was playing in an exhibition game.

Culture

Five & Why with Noah McLaurine

Nick Fjoud | June 29

Color-filled photography books have been a staple for aspiring photographers to find inspiration and motivation through their lenses for ages, though the introduction of Internet-based photography libraries such as Flikr and Instagram have started to diminish the need for photography books.

Nicholas De Robles (left) and Amzie Yoder set up a drip irrigation system Thursday afternoon. De Robles and Yoder are members of a neighborhood association board that has opened a community farm in Albuquerque's South Valley.

News

Community sows seed for future

Sayyed Shah | June 29

Members of the Mountain View Neighborhood Association have teamed up to fight pollution and promote healthy eating by establishing a community garden near the Rio Grande Bosque. Community members, including a retired UNM professor, aim to turn this garden into a greenhouse and farming training center in the future, said Lauro Silva, president of the Mountain View Neighborhood Association. “This project is really important for the community,” Silva said. “We are facing a lot of environmental and health problems due to the zoning policies of the Albuquerque city.”

News

Bill funds facelift for UNM facilities

Matthew Reisen | June 29

Gov. Susana Martinez signed a Capitol Outlay Bill earlier this month that includes more than $10 million for UNM as part of a five-year master plan focused on updating campus facilities. Matt Munoz, a specialist at UNM Government Relations, said the funds going to the University are part of an overall bill that also involves city and county projects. On UNM’s side, the money will go toward various development priorities including health education, engineering and athletics facilities.

Sports

Sports briefs for June 29, 2015

Thomas Romero-Salas | June 29

Men's and Women's basketball release schedules, Lobo named to All-America track team

Culture

Column: Top 5 anticipated games from E3

Nathan Reynolds | June 29

There were a lot of exciting announcements at this year’s E3. Many video games were officially announced, and now fans are left to wait in anticipation as the creators give life to their newest releases. Here are the top five most exciting announcements from the conference.

Opinion

Column: The reality of being a journalist

Kevin Haaf | June 29

When I applied for a job with the Daily Lobo I pictured a room crowded with papers and overflowing ashtrays. I envisioned coffee cups full of rum with melting ice. I heard, in my mind, people yelling across each other about the hottest topics, demanding phone numbers and confirmation: “Did the governor really say that?!” I saw myself taking a questionable assignment and prying open a window to get to the files that would finally put away that dirtbag politician. I would drag the hegemony down by blasting it with the holy light of journalism! I quickly figured out that I knew nothing of journalism. Everything Hunter S. Thompson taught me about reporting was wrong. With no experience and little functional knowledge in the field, my first two submissions were rapidly rejected. The world of journalism — especially college journalism — is full of obscure rules. Brought upon me with the most immediate rigor was the first-person rule: Nothing in a story is to be written in first person.

Kids playing a game at RAD Camp. The summer camp is a recreation service through Johnson Center.

Culture

Kid's camp to cure summer boredom

Robert Maler | June 29

Summer months are often the ones children look forward to the most. However, with public schools on break, children of working professionals and college students might find themselves stuck inside the house with nothing to do. To cure that boredom, UNM Recreational Services at Johnson Center is offering the Recreational Activities Day Camp program. Lisa Romero, a coordinator for recreational services, said the RAD Camp program began almost 20 years ago and, at the time, lasted for only a couple of weeks. Increased demand over the years has caused the program expand to cover nine weeks and support up to 30 children.

Sports

Kirk eager for return to The Pit

Liam Cary-Eaves | June 27

Alex Kirk’s return to Wise Pies Arena will be anything but a business trip for the seven-footer in Sunday night’s Lobo All-Star game. The former New Mexico Center said he is looking forward to seeing some familiar faces after forgoing his senior season to join the NBA. “We don’t get to see each other that much,” Kirk said.

Sports

Lobo All-Star game this Sunday

Thomas Romero-Salas | June 26

With the likes of Danny Granger, Ruben Douglas, Tony Snell and others highlighting the first ever Lobo All-Star game it was a chance that other former Lobos didn’t want to say no to. Fans will get to see some of the best Lobo players in the history of the program this Sunday at The Pit.

News

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Law school hopefuls increase for UNM

Matthew Reisen | June 22

At a time when applications to law schools are at an all-time national low, the Law School at UNM is on an upswing. Jeffery Dubinski-Neessen, assistant dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at UNM, said that contrary to a recent story run by the Albuquerque Journal, applications to the University’s law school are actually on the rise. When looking over a five-year period, application numbers have gone down; but this year, UNM School of Law applications are up 9 percent.

Sports

Sports briefs for June 22, 2015

Thomas Romero-Salas | June 22

Sports Briefs Men’s basketball The Lobos received a commitment from Nikola Scekic for the 2015 recruiting class last week. Scekic, who is originally from Serbia, is a 7-foot, 245-pound center and will join UNM after playing at MMG Academy in Florida.

Culture

Column: Lee to be remembered as an exceptional villain

Nathan Reynolds | June 22

After having appeared in more than 200 films, actor Christopher Lee died on June 7 at the age of 93. Lee, often cast as a villain, recently and famously portrayed the evil wizard Saruman in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” film series. Saruman was the perfect opportunity for Lee, a longtime “Lord of the Rings” fan himself, to play a villain with some dignity and eloquence — two elements that Lee personally considered to be lacking in other villain roles such as that of Count Dracula, who Lee played for British production company Hammer. The role of Count Dracula was defining in the first half of Lee’s career: the actor played Count Dracula in seven different Hammer productions, as well as in several off-brand films, most notably Jess Franco’s “Dracula.” The films range in quality, with “The Horror of Dracula” being the best overall; but one thing that stayed consistent was Lee’s performance and dedication to the role of the titular count.

UNM Women's Basketball Non-Conference Schedule

Sports

Women's basketball: Four more years for Coach Sanchez

Liam Cary-Eaves | June 22

The ‘i’s have been dotted and the ‘t’s crossed for months now, but the paperwork has finally become official on head coach Yvonne Sanchez’s four-year contract extension through May of 2019. The deal, signed by Sanchez and UNM Athletics Director Paul Krebs back in April, will net the New Mexico women’s basketball coach an annual salary of more than $266,000 for each of the four years. “It’s been done for a couple of months now,” Sanchez said. “It definitely feels good to be here longer.”

Nadia Gatsch, left, and Kyle Sprosty attempt to decode locks at the NM Escape Room. NM Escape Room is a one of a kind experience where a group of eight people must work together decoding puzzles and locks in order to escape the room within the hour.

Culture

'Escape the room' Internet games come to life

Jyllian Roach and Kevin Haaf | June 22

Imagine finding yourself locked inside an unfamiliar room. You’ve been told you only have an hour to find a way out, and once your hour is up ... you lose the game, and another team will enter to attempt their escape. Husband-and-wife team Darren and Carrie Guido have taken the popular “escape the room” internet games and brought them to life in Albuquerque.

Sports

Women's tennis: Perkins Jasper steps down, McKenna steps up

Thomas Romero-Salas | June 22

Erica Perkins Jasper is leaving New Mexico women’s tennis on top. After leading the Lobos to their first Mountain West crown in April, Perkins Jasper has announced her decision to step down as head coach and become the new chief operating officer of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Perkins Jasper turned the women’s tennis program around quickly. Between the three seasons before Perkins Jasper became head coach, the team won just 17 matches. During Perkins Jasper’s three-year tenure the Lobos went 40-33 and won their first ever Mountain West title.

Southwest Pole Dancing owner and director Brynlyn Loomis demonstrates the technique of pole dancing at her studio on Thursday afternoon. Loomis has been involved in pole fitness for over seven years and trained at New York Pole Dancing in New York.

Culture

Studios strip stigma from pole fitness

Imani Lambert | June 22

Gymnastics on a pole, or pole fitness, is changing the way people think about pole dancing and about exercise. It isn’t stripper training, said Julia S., a junior liberal arts major and pole fitness trainer at FIT Tease. She said she is asked that question often, and dislikes the stigma surrounding the words “pole dancing.” “When you tell someone ‘I pole dance’ or ‘I am a pole dancer,’ they immediately think, ‘oh, what club do you work at?’” she said. “That’s not what it’s about.”

Pat Murphy, a volunteer at Animal Humane, holds one of the cats at the Cat House. Animal Humane has about 450 volunteers that tend to animals and do daily duties such as cleaning and spending time with the animals.

Culture

Mewvies purrmote adoption

Skylar Griego | June 22

Grumpy. Nyan. Hamilton. Whether real or animated, the Internet is obsessed with cats.

An arriving passenger takes a picture at the unveiling of the UNM LoboScape Monday morning at the Albuquerque International Sunport. The LoboScape is an art display that shows the history of UNM and aims to inform visitors of Albuquerques college town affluence.

News

Lobo life shines in ABQ Sunport

David Lynch | June 22

The University of New Mexico recently unveiled its newest branch location: in the main terminal of the Albuquerque International Sunport. Last Monday UNM President Bob Frank and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry presented the all-new LoboScape, an eye-catching visual representation of UNM for visitors and natives flying into the city. Frank, before a crowd of about 40, called the project a marriage between the arts and sciences, a union that the city prides itself on. He said the University had been looking for a way to accentuate Albuquerque’s college-town status when it came up with LoboScape, an innovative way of relaying that message to visitors.