A former abortionist came to Albuquerque Friday night to talk about the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist who practices gynecology in Las Cruces, encouraged anti-abortion activists to campaign in favor of the initiative at Glory Fellowship Hall.
The UNM Conservative Republicans has found a film to back up their stance on undocumented immigration. The group will host a screening of the movie titled “They Come to America: The Cost of Illegal Immigration” in the Student Union Building today. The movie is directed by Dennis Michael Lynch.
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Someone’s defense had to step up in the end. It just so happened that the New Mexico football team’s did after a high-scoring affair that came down to who had the ball last. There was no game-winning drive, but still plenty of drama in UNM’s first Mountain West Conference victory of the season.
For the first time this season, the New Mexico men’s soccer team scored a goal off a corner kick. That goal came from senior defender Kyle Venter, his first of the season. It resulted in the Lobos’ first Conference USA soccer regular-season title in the team’s league debut.
Playing up-tempo style, New Mexico had 40 first-half possessions against Alabama A&M. Craig Neal thinks his Lobos can play even quicker. “We pushed the tempo in the first half, but once we got to a certain number I didn’t see any reason to push the tempo again,” he said.
The New Mexico volleyball team is going to have to rely on its depth for the rest of the season after losing a key player to injury. UNM dominated Utah State (17-9, 9-5 MWC), completing its 11th sweep of the season, but lost freshman outside hitter Julia Warren
Despite trailing for the majority of the game, the New Mexico women’s basketball team remained focused down the stretch, winning its season opener against Loyola Marymount (0-1) at home. The final score was 69-65.
Brian Urlacher, heralded by many as the best New Mexico football player of all time. had his No. 44 officially retired during a halftime ceremony Friday night at University Stadium. Urlacher played for four years in the last 90s before becoming one of the top linebackers in the NFL. Following the ceremony, Urlacher answered questions from Albuquerque media. Here are his responses
The race to the Conference USA title comes down to one simple solution: a Saturday win over Kentucky results in a regular-season title for New Mexico. The Lobos managed to place its destiny in its own hands after two key victories last week against Alabama-Birmingham and Old Dominion.
Daniel Libeskind talks with his fans and the public after his lecture “The Language of Architecture” at Woodward Hall on Thursday evening.
As election day approaches, two more candidates have placed their bids for a seat on the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico senate. And they’re both running on their own.
Student organizations across UNM are mobilizing to help spread the word on the proposed abortion ban which Albuquerque voters will decide on in less than two weeks. Shaya Rogers, a member of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, a pro-abortion rights group on campus, said her organization started to advocate against the measure about a month ago.
UNM students can go global next week. The University’s Global Education Offices, with the help of various other organizations, will launch this year’s International Education Week on Monday. Danielle Gilliam, administrative officer for GEO, said this year’s international week will be a big one.
New Mexico men’s head basketball coach Craig Neal said he’s set on four players in his starting lineup. No real surprise, but it will be Cameron Bairstow, Alex Kirk, Hugh Greenwood and Kendall Williams — all returning starters from a year ago.
It’s been tough for the New Mexico football team to get into gear the past three weeks. The Lobos stumbled out of the gate at Wyoming, trailing 21-0 before losing 38-31 on Oct. 12. The following week, UNM was routed 45-10 by Utah State, a game that went downhill after the Lobos fumbled on their first possession of the game.
The key to the New Mexico women’s basketball season is in its bench. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez said the two exhibition games have served the purpose of getting her team ready for the season opener.
“If only people on the right would put as much energy into making it work as they would attacking it, it would work. This is the typical absurdity we get from Washington and the progressive left. But I’m not surprised. And of course, the reason their given program isn’t going so well is because those of us that have warned about it were exactly right.
Absentee voting for undergraduate senator spots begins today and the Team You slate hopes to outwit the other candidates for the sought-after Associated Students of New Mexico seats. Ten student politicians will run with the Team You for ASUNM for this semester’s senate elections.
Contract renegotiations between insurance provider Presbyterian Health Plan and UNM’s Health Sciences Center have left some patients looking for a new primary care provider. PHP members who use UNMH as their primary care, which includes family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, can continue to see their UNMH providers until Dec. 31.
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