After a sluggish start, New Mexico’s second half defense propelled the Lobos to a 62-53 victory over San Diego State for their first conference win of the season Wednesday night at WisePies Arena.
Saying Tuesday’s game between New Mexico and San Diego State was a defensive affair would be an understatement. Suffocating defense by the Aztecs downed a streaking Lobo team in the third game of conference play, 56-42. UNM (10-5, 2-1 Mountain West) dropped its first conference game of the season to SDSU 56-42. The Lobos couldn’t find an answer to a smothering Aztecs defense.
The 24th ranked Colorado State Rams visited The Pit on Saturday night with an unblemished 14-0 record and were arguably the hottest team in the Mountain West.
New Mexico guard Chirrisse Bryce Owens has never bowed to the standards of anyone else, and that mentality provided the junior starter with a unique leadership role on and off the court. At a young age, Owens said, she decided she was going to have her own style. Owens was named after her mother, but the only child out of DeSoto, Texas, said she was not a fan of that name and began going by Bryce. Chirrisse and Howard Owens acknowledged their daughter’s desire, so they began to call her Bryce. After earning McDonald’s High School All-American recognition, Owens moved into a major role on the UNM women’s basketball program and was named a starter in her freshman campaign for the Lobos.
here are few moments when critics find themselves at a loss for words. Reading Lance Manion’s collection of short stories titled “The Song Between Her Legs” was one of those rare speechless moments. From the very first page, on which Manion quotes himself, this is one of the worst things a person can ever have the misfortune of being subjected to. These stories assault the reader’s IQ relentlessly until there is nothing left but a bloody pile of broken bones and torn flesh. One might literally feel the intelligence being sucked out of them while reading about two men arguing over whether the peanut is the preferred nut of the upper or the lower class, as in “Mr. Peanut.”
The recent deaths of senior criminology major Matthew Grant and junior business administration major Briana Hillard have brought together the UNM community in a way that is rarely seen. Moments like these show how much of an effect we can have on others.
As state lawmakers gear up for this year’s 60-day legislative session in Santa Fe beginning on Jan. 20, one Albuquerque organization is readying to advocate for issues related to peace and justice both in the community and nationally. The nonprofit Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, in collaboration with UNM and the Albuquerque community, is preparing for one of its busiest projects of the year: calling attention to peace and justice issues at the New Mexico Legislature, Sue Schuurman, center coordinator, said. Juliana Bilowich, a community liaison for UNM’s Peace and Justice Studies program and an intern at the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, said the organization is building upon last year’s action platform so that volunteers in the community can pledge to call their state lawmakers and share their opinions on issues related to peace and justice.
Parking enforcement resumed on Monday Jan. 5 UNM Parking & Transportation Services (PATS) resumed regular parking enforcement on Monday.
It wasn’t that long ago when the decision between going to the University Hospital (UNMH) and some of the other options (Lovelace or Presbyterian) for a UNM employee was a no-brainer: If you had to get major surgery or had a major illness, you went to UNMH, you paid out $150 and that was the end of it.
Seven bills regarding UNM will be brought to the upcoming New Mexico legislative session, including one to establish scholarship programs for national merit scholars. If passed, Senate Bill 11 would amend the Legislative Lottery Tuition to grant national merit scholarships to cover students’ tuitions and fees so long as recipients have been “designated a national merit finalist by the national merit scholarship corporation,” the proposed amendment states. The proposed legislation, introduced by state Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, and published on the Legislature’s website, stipulates recipients be enrolled in a higher education institution or branch campus within one year of high school graduation or receive a graduate-equivalent diploma. No more than 75 percent of the scholarships will go to out-of-state residents, the legislation states.
At least six House bills with relevance to the UNM community will be presented in the next legislative session. The draft bills in the House are for minimum wage increases, supportive and rapid rehousing for the homeless, a pregnant workers accommodation act, an employee preference act, no public employee union dues from payroll, and a LGBTQ health disparities task force. A bill proposed by lawmakers Luciano “Lucky” Varela and Sheryl Williams Stapleton pushes for a raise in the minimum wage up to $10.10 per hour.
Superheroes, nerds and doctors alike will join forces to help Special Operations Wounded Warriors. The Albuquerque Comic Convention – a three-day pop culture event – hopes to raise $15,000 for the Special Operations Wounded Warriors, according to Jim Burleson, the convention founder. “I think that, in the end, this is why we do it. It really helps us to help other people,” Burleson said. “As a nonprofit, that’s what we are really striving to do: To grow our reach to be able to help people.”
In this year's campaign for the Public Regulation Commission, candidate Lynda Lovejoy ran unopposed yet accepted and spent $26,000 of public financing on her campaign. If it sounds like a rat, looks like a rat, acts like a rat, it must be a rat.
Winter weather raises the demand for accessories: thick scarves, fancy gloves, comfy beanies, heavy coats and leather boots. The secret to achieving a put-together look while staying warm and accessorizing is to dress in layers. One way to make this happen is to mix leggings with a crochet or knit sweater underneath a heavy pea coat. Finish it off with some leather boots, a beanie, a scarf and some leather gloves, and the outfit makes the wearer look sophisticated and classy. In exchange for a sweater, one can wear a leather jacket with a T-shirt or tank top to add more of a trendy feel to the ensemble. For those who are looking for more of a flirty, fun outfit, try on a bodycon dress with some tights, a scarf and knee-high leather boots underneath a chunky, long cardigan. The cardigan can instead be a leather jacket or a cropped faux-fur jacket, if one likes: The leather jacket adds toughness to the outfit, whereas the cropped faux fur jacket can add a radiant, over-the-top feel.
New Mexico and San Diego State have both been atop the Mountain West Conference in recent memory. Because of this, one question starting to get thrown around is: Are the Lobos and the Aztecs rivals? Redshirt sophomore guard Devon Williams refused to answer the question after Saturday’s game, instead asking for the next question with a big smile on his face. The Lobos will face the Aztecs today at Viejas Arena in San Diego, California. UNM (10-4, 2-0 Mountain West) won its second game of conference play on Saturday night, knocking off undefeated Colorado State in WisePies Arena, aka The Pit. This was the second of a two-game home stand to open conference play.
After Wednesday’s Mountain West opener, New Mexico guard Hugh Greenwood mentioned a “plus-one, minus-one” ratio system to help gauge conference play. Home games are neutral, he said. Home losses get minus one; road wins get plus one. A solid effort ensured the Lobos kept that ratio neutral after one game.
After a surprising loss to Grand Canyon University on Dec. 23, the beaten and battered Lobos are looking to bounce back in their first conference game of the season against the Fresno State Bulldogs on New Years Eve.
New Mexico’s stout defense propelled it to a 56-37 victory over Northern Arizona on Sunday at the Pit.
Delaney finished with a game-high 22 points, tallied 13 rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals in the Lobos 76-55 rout against the Central Arkansas Bears Wednesday night at the Pit.
Despite a difficult start to the 2014 campaign, New Mexico’s confidence has not faltered. UNM shot well against UTEP’s zone defense in a 72-57 victory on Sunday afternoon at Wise Pies Arena.
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