With two clutch threes to tie the game at the end of regulation, it seemed as though New Mexico women’s basketball team’s close-game misfortunes were about to come to an end. The Lobos were able to dig themselves out of a hole and send the game into overtime with all of the momentum.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team will have to wait to catch San Diego State in the Mountain West standings. The league-leading Aztecs lost on Tuesday night at Wyoming 68-62, giving the Lobos an opportunity to tie SDSU if they won Wednesday night at Boise State.
By next week, UNM’s School of Engineering will seek new leadership. This week, UNM Provost Chaouki Abdallah said he had decided to relieve current engineering Dean Catalin Roman of his position. “I decided to replace him due to a divergence of opinions on changing direction for the school of engineering,” Abdallah said.
On Friday afternoon, police responded to a call regarding potential misconduct, said UNMPD Public Information Officer Tim Stump. A female student was studying in Mesa Vista Hall, when an East-Indian man came up to her and asked for directions. After she gave them to him, he held out his hand and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
“Do you know how hard it is to find a Valentine’s Day card that doesn’t have the words ‘husband’ ‘wife’ or ‘boyfriend’ on it?” I asked Collette last week at Target. “It’s impossible. Apparently you and I are the only people that send our moms cards,” Collette said.
UNM ROTC cadets geared up and took the plunge for the semi-annual water qualification challenge yesterday morning. More than 100 Army ROTC cadets participated in various aquatic challenges as part of their officer training and evaluation.
Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to make a special gift for loved ones. Instead of buying the cliché roses and chocolates, etched glass designs can be easily personalized and made into a lasting gift that your partner is sure to appreciate.
Salsa enchants a dance floor as couples pivot and hips sway. A voice in the low-lit room commands order to an eight-count rhythm. The voice belongs to 21-year dance veteran Karim Armazanduk. She looks around the hall at all the non-dancing spectators and says, “Come on in, the dance floor is fine.”
A UNM organization insists that the use of the term “illegal” in reference to people offends certain students on campus. Ramiro Rodriguez, “our-storian” and finance chair for MEChA de UNM, said he is opposed to people using the term “illegal” when referring to undocumented immigrants.
Local alternative band Sweet Weapons is going on tour this week through Arizona and California, having kicked things off in Albuquerque at the Gasworks Sunday night. “It’s like a short little run,” said drummer Jake Lang. “It’s just a week of mostly California shows.
Da Vinci’s Gourmet Pizza sits in a converted gas station at the corner of Indian School and Girard. It may look small, but this joint delivers great big taste. John Mickey Jr., who moved his restaurant from the NE Heights four months ago, said he has seen business rise by 50 percent since the relocation, and the delivery side of his business is still growing.
Despite a delay with the regents’ vote on Innovate ABQ at a meeting in December, the project continues to progress. At the first UNM Board of Regents meeting of this semester Tuesday, UNM Director of Real Estate Thomas Neale told the regents that project leaders and various city institutions are setting up an environmental agreement deal with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
On Feb. 2, an officer was dispatched to the Chama building in the Casas del Rio complex in response to a reported burglary. Roommates living in a double room told police that they had left their room door open slightly while one was taking a shower and one was in the bathroom.
Over the last few months on Twitter I’ve been noticing a lot of comments concerning the sudden “revelation” that the Affordable Care Act doesn’t magically grant everyone in the nation free health insurance.
Editor, This Valentine’s Day, don’t just show love to the people in your life, also show love to your body, the environment and the animals you share this world with.
As soon as you walk into the Kosmos Performance Space, you think you’ve wandered into some sort of madcap museum rather than a theater. The Kosmos is a funky space, commonly known for hosting the hip and earthy “Church of Beethoven.”
“The first time I heard the word ‘nigger’ was when I came to America,” said Ashley Davis. Originally from Guatemala, Davis, a junior mechanical engineering major, said she feels uncomfortable in her classes because she is often the only, or one of very few, black students.
This week is a lot like a rom-com: there’s comedy, love, a little bit of sex, some music and even some angst. All free, all local and all for you.
The distribution of cards by the Associated Students of New Mexico during UNM Day in the state legislature last week is the cause of complaints among students and members of a local organization. Virginia Necochea, a UNM graduate student and member of the New Mexico Coalition of Equity and Justice, said the cards misrepresented the UNM student body’s support
A new survey suggests drug and alcohol use among New Mexico college students isn’t as high as it was five years ago. The New Mexico Higher Education Prevention Consortium released the results of an annual survey measuring the prevalence of alcohol and drug use among the state’s university students.
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