Headline: Senate Move Seen After Negro Test Group Is Served Sub: Action would end more than two months of protest boycott The student body boycott of Walgreen drug store is expected to be lifted early this week as the result of an apparent change of policy by the local store. The boycott was invoked ...
Printed May 11, 1970 The deployment of the National Guard on campus to oust students occupying the Union, joint faculty student recommendations of a “free university,” and scattered acts of violence followed in quick succession this weekend while the University was closed. A 150 man unit of the National Guard was called on campus Friday evening by New Mexico State Police Chief Martin Vigil to help city, state, and campus police to oust students who had occupied the New Mexico Union building since Wednesday afternoon. Vigil was executing a court order sought by the UNM Regents to have the building cleared.
Printed May 1, 1936 September, 1937 is the expected date of the opening of the University’s new $370,000 library building.
Printed September 12, 2001 By Iliana Limón UNM’s main campus was eerily quiet Tuesday afternoon following the University administration’s decision to close the school in response to terrorist attacks in Washington D.C.
Printed Jan. 23, 1909 Saturday, January 23, 1909, will be a day long remembered at the University of New Mexico.
Two-Day Holiday Called at UNM by President Wernette On Acceptance of Postdam Peace Terms by Japanese Printed August 17, 1945 With the glorious news of acceptance of the peace terms laid down by the Potsdam Conference and the confirmation of the report by Washington as well as by other great capitals throughout the world, the University of New Mexico’s student body went wild to match the times.
Team chemistry and shaping the incoming freshmen for collegiate play is the major focus of the New Mexico women’s basketball team this offseason. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez has added five new faces to a roster containing just three seniors. In order to get her young unit ready, Sanchez and the Lobos will be boarding an international flight to Italy to play four exhibition games in anticipation for the 2014-2015 season.
Director Sebastian Junger is breaking Hollywood’s romantic portrayal of war by showcasing the battlefield’s real face in his follow-up to “Restrepo,” entitled “Korengal.” Junger said he spent a year at America’s deadliest military outpost, Restrepo, in Afghanistan’s Korengal valley to gather footage from the battlefields for his first true-to-life war film.
With the recent approval of a bill that offers greater incentives for both filming and hiring local, the state of New Mexico’s film community is buzzing with excitement for incoming opportunities. Djochoua Belovarski, a senior media arts major and UNM Film Association member, said now is an excellent time to be involved with Albuquerque’s filming community.
At my age, out of the blue, I’ve developed a completely new interest: one without irony and with utter devotion. I love professional wrestling.
A miracle crop that was celebrated this weekend at the Los Ranchos Growers’ Market can be used in medicine, foods and grows easily in the New Mexico climate. It is not red or green, though; it’s lavender. Kelly Ward, village administrator of Los Ranchos, said the Lavender and Garlic Festival has had many iterations throughout the last 10 years, and this year it finds its home at the Los Ranchos Growers’ market.
From the heavens to wooden crates, the meteorites in UNM’s Meteorite Museum are in storage during an asbestos abatement. Carl Agee, director of the Institute of Meteoritics, said the present Meteorite Museum is a “barren shell,” while nearly every room in Northrop Hall deals with asbestos removal. The specimens have been placed into storage while those efforts take place, he said.
Most folks have a list of dishes they make over and over, which can become dull. Spice up your menu by adding some exotic flavors to the mix. Sumac, cardamom, urfa biber, asafetida and other spices and ingredients can add variety to a tired menu.
Scholar-Athletes On Tuesday the Mountain West Conference announced that a record 651 student-athletes were named Scholar-Athletes. Of those 651 student-athletes, UNM had 117 Scholar-Athletes — 25 more than the next-most institution.
In the midst of summer, current and former UNM soccer players could be found spending time together out in the Sol. The Albuquerque Sol, that is. Five Lobo players and four former players spent their summer playing for Albuquerque’s newest team, the Albuquerque Sol FC. The Sol is part of the USL Premier Development League, the top-level men’s amateur soccer competition in the country.
Part two in a series The National Hispanic Cultural Center has announced the construction of two memorials for two local men who lost their lives during the Vietnam Conflict. New Mexican sculptor Sonny Rivera will be joined by artists Cristina Gonzales and Jacob Sisneros in creating memorials for Pfc. Manuel Mora and Sgt. Pete Padilla.
Editor, I was horrified to read Graham Gentz’s review of the play “Painting Churches,” which appeared in the June 30 – July 6, 2014 Lobo. The reader is stricken with the terrible dilemma of deciding which is more offensive: the poor quality of Gentz’s writing or his racist and misogynistic remarks. In describing a leading character: “She has some redeeming moments when she turns the bitch level up to 11 …”
I went to the Albuquerque Comic Expo recently, and I was utterly dismayed by what I saw. I was introduced to the worlds of “The Fantastic Four” and “the Avengers” when I was only a tiny child, moving with my family from state to state every few years. My father, as a young boy in the ‘60s, read the genesis of Spider-Man, Thor and Daredevil. So when he had boys of his own, he would take my older brother and I to comic book shops no matter where we lived to buy what few comics we could scrounge from bargain bins selling them three for a dollar.
Nervous excitement fills the air as 200 people gather to watch the Curandera demonstrate laugh therapy. A woman is called on as a volunteer, but there’s one problem — she hasn’t been able to laugh for 10 years.
On Tuesday, New Mexico and the Mountain West Conference announced that the Lobos’ Aug. 30 season and home opener against UTEP will be broadcasted by the Mountain West Network at 6 p.m. It will be broadcasted exclusively on the MWN and CampusInsiders.com. UNM’s game against UTEP is one of seven that will be shown on both sites.
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