News
Prepping for stepping
August 20Members of the UNM chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, an intercollegiate fraternity for African-American students, practice stepping near Mesa Vista Hall on Monday.
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News
UNM gets $2.8M to study diabetes
Chloe Henson | August 20UNM recently accepted millions of dollars to study diabetes. The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases awarded a $2.8 million grant to the UNM Health Sciences Center earlier this month.
Sports
Jackson twins back on football team
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 20Rashad and Vershad Jackson’s leave from the New Mexico football team didn’t last long. On Monday the program announced that the twins have rejoined the team.
Opinion
Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | August 20Welcome back to school. I hope you had a good summer, and are rested and ready to crack open the books and expand your mind. I also hope you had a healthy summer, with time to regroup and take care of your body.
Opinion
Don’t work for makers of ‘hell-on-earth weapons’
August 20Editor, 68 years ago this month, the United States atom bombed Hiroshima, Japan. The U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 murdered 166,000 people — over 50 times the number of people murdered in New York City and Washington D.C. on 9/11.
Culture
ABQ Derby team heads to Iowa
Roxanne Youngblood | August 20The goals of the Muñecas Muertas roller derby team are simple: skate hard, win bouts and beat up girls. Now the team is taking its goals to Iowa for the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s (WFTDA) Division II tournament.
Culture
Big bites at new cafe
Steve “Mo” Fye | August 20The attempt to revitalize Central Avenue east of Downtown has brought a number of terrific restaurants to the Edo area, and A & B’s Lunchbox is no exception. Owners Alicia and Ben Webb opened the cafe in June, replacing the Daily Grind, just a few doors down from the Artichoke Cafe.
Culture
Writers flock to open mic event
Haylee Montoya | August 20When first-time participant Claire Sandrin stood up on the small wooden stage at The Source to read, nobody would have guessed that she wrote her piece “Milk and Bananas” the night before.
Culture
The Weekly Free
Jyllian Roach | August 20This Weekly Free is for all the Albuquerque newcomers. The Duke City has many treasures to be discovered, many of which are free. Here’s a short list of some of our favorites.
News
Monday on the street
Jamillah Wilcox | August 19What campus issue do you want to see the UNM administration address this school year?
News
UNM to back small, emergency student loans
Jamillah Wilcox | August 19A new needs-based microlending program at UNM will allow students to pay back their loans by doing well in school. UNM will collaborate with the New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union on a program called “Powering Success: Micro Aid for Educational Achievement,”
News
UNM graduation rates up
Ardee Napolitano | August 19UNM awarded more diplomas this year than in each of the past 24 years. According to a document from the office of the provost, the University’s six-year graduation rate, which is at 47.3 percent, is its highest since it first released numbers in 1989.
News
A look at ABQ mayor candidates
Ardee Napolitano | August 19In less than two months, Albuquerque will have to decide whether to keep its current leader or to select a new one.
News
South campus project inches on
Ardee Napolitano | August 19As the fall semester begins, UNM continues to push for more commercial spaces on south campus. At a Board of Directors of Lobo Development meeting held Friday morning, Amy Coburn, director of design and development for the Lobo Development Corporation, said UNM has hired Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, Bohannan Huston, Inc.
Opinion
The Lobo Letter
August 19Welcome, incoming and returning students! In the early part of the summer, the leaders of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM), the Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPSA), the Staff Council and the Faculty Senate started discussing additional ways to share some of our views
Opinion
Reality doesn’t conform to anyone’s perception
August 19Editor, It is reasonable to assume that what the Buddha became aware of while sitting under the Bodhi tree is that life is one unpredictable event after another
Sports
Freshmen stake their claims
Liam Cary-Eaves | August 19A slow first half didn’t derail the New Mexico men’s soccer team against Grand Canyon at the UNM Soccer Complex on Saturday.
Sports
Roster full of fresh faces
Ryan Tomari | August 19It’s nothing new to Kit Vela. The head women’s soccer coach for UNM, who is in her 13th year as the face of the program, is set to tackle another season with a youthful roster after four consecutive seasons of double-digit wins.
Sports
Gautsche’s got an air game
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 19If Saturday’s practice is any indication, Cole Gautsche has found his favorite target. The sophomore signal caller completed several long passes to sophomore wide receiver Marquis Bundy, including a couple of 50-yard completions, during the team’s scrimmage.
Sports
‘The Show’ puts on drama
J.R. Oppenheim | August 19The San Diego State University student cheering section known as “The Show” was the focus of a firestorm on Twitter last week after the group’s Twitter account took shots at a UNM freshman basketball player about his emergency appendectomy in Australia.
