Rape charges against UNM football player Crusoe Gongbay and CNM student Ryan Ruff were dismissed earlier this week by the District Attorney’s office. Gongbay and Ruff were accused of raping a female UNM student along with a third suspect, Lobo cornerback SaQwan Edwards. Ruff was accused of raping the woman at gunpoint.
News has traveled fast about the stegomastodon skull unearthed near Elephant Butte, but what no one knows yet is where the fossil will be displayed. Randall Gann, public information officer for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, said the fossil has a long way to go before anyone can start thinking about its final home.
Nine down, three to go. ROOT Sports announced on Thursday that the network will broadcast four of UNM’s games this upcoming season.
Hundreds of people gathered Saturday afternoon to raise awareness of police brutality and honor its victims. Sixty-five community members spent six weeks planning the roughly three-mile march that began at Roosevelt Park, according to organizer Danny Hernandez.
The silhouette of a 147-foot-tall cottonwood stands high at the center of the city, ignored by people as they speed by on a day-to-day basis. The ABQ BioPark, in collaboration with Albuquerque Open Space Division, is re-introducing residents to this natural wonder with the Moonlight Bosque Hike.
Anthropology professor Patricia Crown has enjoyed numerous accomplishments and recognitions in the field of archaeology, and uses her passion for the field to instruct her students. One of Crown’s more recent accomplishments is her election to membership in the National Academy of Sciences as one of its 2013-14 inductees, she said. The call was unexpected – and early.
Three former New Mexico men’s basketball players are about to discover the next phase in their playing careers. Ex-Lobos Cameron Bairstow, Alex Kirk and Kendall Williams are available in this year’s NBA draft, scheduled for 5:00 p.m. MT Thursday in Brooklyn, New York.
It takes an entire year for the Equilibrium Theater Company and Buen Viaje Dance Company to prepare their show, so you’d figure it ought to be good. You’d be right. The show this year is called “North Fourth Night Live! and BVD Does Broadway.” It runs about an hour, the first half with Equilibrium doing a series of skits, and the second half with Buen Viaje’s dance pieces.
It’s hard to talk about grief. It’s hard to write about grief. People talk in circles and denial runs as thick as herring roe. It often doesn’t make the most enticing dialogue either.
A student traveled from the tropics of Africa to the bosque of Los Lunas to achieve his lifelong dream of obtaining an education. Nuhu Alhassan, a native of Ghana, said he is attending the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus and is working toward his nursing degree. ____
While summer is the season for grilling, it is also important to eat your veggies. Summer greens are exploding in gardens. They are cheap and plentiful in farmers markets and grocery stores. These versatile vegetables are a great complement to any meal and, with just slight modifications in seasoning, can go with any cuisine.
This year’s Vans Warped Tour will feature a band that caters to audiences with an ACIDIC taste in music. ACIDIC, one of the new acts performing at this year’s Tour, has been building a reputation as the hardest working rock band from southern California, according to the band’s website.
Musicians take inspiration from all sorts of places when making an album. For pianist Aaron Trumm, his came from his lungs — or rather, from someone else’s lungs. Trumm said he was born with cystic fibrosis and was referred for a lung transplant when he became ill in 2013. He was 38 years old with lungs at 18 percent capacity.
Last week’s City Council meeting started alongside a crowd of about 50 protesters who gathered outside City Hall about an hour before the meeting. Citizens stood across the street chanting demands to see Mayor Richard Berry.
The Albuquerque City Council has postponed two pieces of legislation that would have abolished the Police Oversight Commission. Last week council members discussed a bill sponsored by Councilor Rey Garduño and Councilor Brad Winter that would have abolished the POC on Dec. 31 and replaced it with a Civilian Police Oversight Agency. Winter moved to postpone the matter until Aug. 18.__
David Correia recently earned a promotion and tenure, but University administration said his local activism was not a factor in the decision. Correia, who is now an associate professor in the American Studies Department, has been a prominent figure in campaigns regarding the Albuquerque Police Department.
A local institution is using new software developed by a UNM employee to help individuals with disabilities compose music. Peter Ward, who goes by the mononym Panaiotis, is the research assistant professor who developed Bandojo. He said he originally intended to use the software as a tool for studying harmony.
During his administrative report at the Board of Regents meeting Friday, UNM President Robert Frank spoke about student financial assistance, progress on UNM 2020 goals and a revised budget process. It is the University’s job to provide the possibility of an education to all students who desire one, regardless of their financial situations, Frank said.
Ray Birmingham always wanted this opportunity. The New Mexico head coach showed his joy with Alex Bregman, an Albuquerque native and a star infielder for LSU, by his side at The Pit on Thursday. Both will spend more time together over the next several weeks as part of team USA.
Football Senior offensive lineman LaMar Bratton, junior quarterback Cole Gautsche and sophomore linebacker Dakota Cox will be captains of the New Mexico football team for the 2014 season, the team announced Thursday. Bratton, a fifth-year senior, started in all 37 games for the Lobos in the last three seasons and earned all-Mountain West honorable mention awards in 2012 and 2013. In 21 career appearances, Gautsche amassed five 100-yard rushing games and more than 1,500 passing yards in two years in the Lobos’ triple option attack. Cox became the first Lobo freshman in 20 years to lead the team in tackles.
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