New Mexicans love their bacon, and the turnout of nearly 8,000 pork lovers at the Southwest Bacon Fest Saturday demonstrated that nicely. Some vendors were prepared for the large turnout, but others were not, leading to long waits for some booths, especially the beer vendors.
Why is there a rock musical about 1890s German school children hitting puberty in a cold, sexually confusing and unhelpful society? Well, because there was a play written in Germany on exactly that time about exactly that.
For most of us, the candy hangover is still going strong, so let’s make it an easy week filled with sitting events and quiet.
A celebration usually full of rejoice and remembrance of loved ones was riddled with politically influenced floats this weekend. Floats in this year’s Marigold Parade, which took place Sunday, included those from schools such as Del Norte High School, Erne Pyle Middle School and New Mexico International School.
Months after UNM’s student governments passed resolutions to make education cheaper for undocumented students, the UNM administration has expressed further support. UNM President Robert Frank said Friday he personally supports providing in-state tuition to DACA-qualified undocumented students.
With funds for the Lottery Scholarship dwindling to near exhaustion, the New Mexico Legislature and various universities in the state, including UNM, have been working to find a long-term solution to preserve it.
Australia’s High Court will hear arguments for and against legalizing same-sex marriage this week. The Australian Capital Territory, which includes the capital city of Canberra, became the first jurisdiction in the country to legalize same-sex marriage late last month, and the law is expected to come into effect in early December.
On Tuesday, November 19, the city of Albuquerque will vote on whether to abolish the right of women to abort after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Everyone has an opinion about abortion; it really is a controversial issue with reasonable arguments from both sides.
Editor, When I am asked how old I am, the answer I prefer to give is that I do not know. The reason I prefer that answer is because I know that I am not my physical body, but something other than my physical body that entered what became my physical body at what we refer to as “conception.”
As was apparent in Saturday’s preseason exhibition game at The Pit, college basketball teams will have to adjust to some new rule changes implemented by the NCAA. UNM and Eastern New Mexico combined for 49 total fouls in their exhibition, an 87-68 victory for the Lobos.
Despite a lopsided win in the first exhibition match, there are plenty of obvious kinks that need to be straightened out for the New Mexico women’s basketball team preseason.
The Lobo women’s soccer team lost Friday night on a controversial no-call by the referees. With 7:38 remaining in double overtime, San Diego State midfielder Kelsey Booth passed the ball to forward Haley Locker, who finished the shot past UNM sophomore goalkeeper Cassie Ulrich to win the game 1-0.
One more stop was all the New Mexico football team’s defense needed to make. But just as the Lobos have done all season long, they allowed San Diego State to march down the field for the game-clinching score at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif.
For the fifth straight year, the New Mexico men’s and women’s cross country teams took the Mountain West Conference championships on Friday. It was the sixth-straight victory for the women.
Miss the College Media conference in New Orleans? Just curious about what student journalists are taught? Here’s the best tips, tricks and moments from last week’s conference.
As Kyle Stepp hiked up one of his legs during an interview with the Daily Lobo Wednesday, his pants revealed what appeared to be a regular, working leg. “My whole left leg is fake on the inside,” he said. “They removed all my bone. My femur, my knee and my tibia is fake.
For one potentially new Albuquerque nonprofit restaurant, what you could pay should correspond to what you get. Food Karma is looking for a potential location in the city. The nonprofit restaurant, which is currently in the planning process, would have a counter service and a donation box, which would allow restaurantgoers to pay what they can for the meal anonymously and judgment-free.
October’s blockbuster film “Gravity” is captivating audiences with a spectacular portrayal of the world beyond our atmosphere. Reminiscent of the Apollo era, America is once more infatuated by the thrill of exploring the cosmos.
Editor, There’s this idea that “pro-choice” is equivalent to “pro-abortion.” As if women think to themselves, “Oh, absolutely, I love invasive surgical procedures that might also make me sad.” Yeah, that’s not how this works.
Some coaches enter their first year with a program in disarray. As an outsider to the program, sometimes a coach may have to encourage his players to buy in to the new system. Players may reject the system and transfer, making it a rebuilding effort.
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