Editor, In the aftermath of APD’s week from hell, city officials claim to have referred the foothills shooting to the Department of Justice. Considering Mayor Berry and his police administration seem to see nothing wrong with the 23 police shootings over the past 4 years
If you haven’t heard by now, Susana Martinez is trying to prevent public sector unions from collecting membership dues. The governor’s conversation may be about dues, but the deeper context is about something much greater: the existence of unions, the right to organize and workplace democracy.
The coaching carousel in college basketball is already under way, and Craig Neal’s name has been mentioned as a possible candidate by one national media outlet. The New Mexico coach who just completed his first year as the head man was called a, “legitimate target,” for the lead position at South Florida
Getting a chance to build a football program is usually a one-time thing for most coaches. But for Barry Sacks, New Mexico’s new defensive line coach, having a second opportunity to be a part of a reclamation project was something he did not want to pass up.
There is no finesse when Cole Gautsche runs the football. Gautsche, the New Mexico football team’s starting quarterback, looks for contact when he rushes — not to get out of harm’s way.
Starting pitcher Josh Walker recorded his 23rd career win with New Mexico’s 5-3 victory over Air Force on Sunday at the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs.
Protesters flooded Central Avenue on Sunday after the online group Anonymous called on the city’s residents to protest the Albuquerque Police Department after the shooting of a homeless man. Hundreds gathered in front of APD’s headquarters downtown after Anonymous posted a video press release on YouTube Wednesday urging residents to protest police violence in the city.
The online group Anonymous has jumped on board in opposition of the Albuquerque Police Department’s use of deadly force in the death of James Boyd. Protestors have again taken to the street. Here is some of the Twitter coverage done by the Daily Lobo staff.
UNM’s Board of Regents on Friday approved a zero percent increase in undergraduate tuition and student fees for the next school year. The regents passed the motion unanimously at a meeting in the Student Union Building that afternoon.
The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico’s third highest ranking official will try her luck at the undergraduate student government’s presidency during this semester’s ASUNM election.
Only eight clinical law programs in the nation can claim to be better than the clinical education program at the UNM School of Law, according to a recent U.S. News and World Report ranking. The University tops the 193 other law schools in the United States that were ranked by the survey. UNM jumped two spots from its 2013 ranking.
Head coach Erica Beach arranged the beginning of the New Mexico softball season with a sink or swim frame of mind. “We have faced off against the best teams in the country… The experience we gained was huge,” Beach said. “I was hoping at the beginning of the season that it wouldn’t backfire, that we wouldn’t shut down as a program.
Experience was one of the major things that the New Mexico baseball team was lacking heading into the 2014 season. Now 25 games into the year, it appears the youthful Lobos are starting to mature.
Artful detective Sherlock Holmes once proclaimed, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”
Editor, I no longer feel safe on campus. Not because of muggings or drugs; it’s because of street harassment. I’ve been harassed many times on campus. These ranged from a drunken “I LOVE YOU!” on my way to teach a class one morning, to being catcalled while walking hand in hand with my six-year-old stepson.
ABQ Ride bus No. 706 was caught in a collision on the intersection of Central and Yale with a black Honda Accord at 12:54 p.m. Thursday. One bus rider was taken away from the scene by ambulance and another passenger said he felt shaken up to the point of an asthmatic attack. The car was dented and a bus rider’s bicycle was destroyed. (Caption by Stephen Montoya)
After two years as a senator at the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, Colt Balok will take a shot at the undergraduate student government’s presidential seat in this semester’s election.
California Sen. Leland Yee was arrested Wednesday after a series of raids by officials to crack down on public corruption, according to the Los Angeles Times. Also arrested was Raymond Chow, a San Francisco criminal known as “Shrimp Boy.”
Like a milkshake, the strawberry frappuccino is a cool, refreshing drink easily made at home on hot summer days. Alexander Clash, a Starbucks barista, said a simple strawberry fappuccino can be made with a few simple ingredients.
UNM President Robert Frank shifted oversight of the Office of Equal Opportunity from Academic Affairs to University Counsel early last month. Frank said he decided to move the OEO out of Academic Affairs because Provost Chaouki Abdallah was concerned that the office in its current location does not serve UNM’s north and south campuses.
Solutions by The State News
