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Lobos most scholarly in MWC
Mundo Carrillo | June 25The UNM swimming and diving team may have only finished sixth in the MWC this year, but it still has something to be proud of.
Opinion
UNM’s neglected roads create dangerous traffic
June 25Editor, I am writing about the road Camino de Salud on UNM’s north campus between the I-25 frontage road and University Boulevard.
Opinion
Got something to say? We’re hiring columnists
Alexandra Swanberg | June 25Hear ye, here ye, loud-mouthed Lobos! Your friends can only take so much of your opinions, no matter how well thought out they are.
Sports
Alumna catches dream job
June 25Fresh off her senior season, former softball catcher Jessica Garcia is getting the chance to play professionally.
Culture
‘Rio’ fuses folklore, history
Graham Gentz | June 25Let’s get something out of the way first. Go see this show. Do it.“Rio de Lágrimas/River of Tears” is truly something special. It is breathtaking and horrifying;
Culture
Statewide talent drives long-lived arts fair
June 25Glass dogs strummed on guitars and howled at the moon, a heron flew across a Chinese-style pot and a red papier-mâché woman somersaulted through the air at the New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair last weekend.
News
Judge: Brothels can't exist in a computer
Elizabeth Cleary/Daily Lobo | June 19The former UNM president accused of running an online sex ring could be off the hook after a judge ruled Monday that brothels can’t exist in cyberspace. New Mexico law defines a house of prostitution as a “place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged and allowed,” and according to court documents from Monday’s hearing, a website, online message board or computer is not a place of prostitution. The case is on hold following Monday’s ruling.
News
Depth of the Field
Junfu Han | June 18Linda McCormick, a pollution-prevention expert with a biochemistry degree from UC Berkeley, said recycling was not a priority at the University when she first became a resource conservation manager for the UNM Recycling Program in 2003.
News
Incoming president talks diversity, challenges
Svetlana Ozden | June 18Because he wasn’t available to talk to a reporter in person, The Daily Lobo conducted an interview via email with UNM President Robert Frank, who took office June 1.
News
Youth camp overcomes cuts
Avicra Luckey | June 18Despite losing federal funding six years ago, A Healthy U at the U, a summer youth sports camp at UNM, has been able to sustain itself while helping Albuquerque kids stay in shape.
News
Regents raise cost of health insurance
Svetlana Ozden | June 18Students who purchase health insurance from UNM will pay 22 percent more next year.
Opinion
N.Y. soda ban uses force to curtail private rights
June 18Editor, The debate incited by Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to outlaw supersized sodas in New York misses an important point.
Opinion
Schmidly did some good and Frank will do more
June 18Editor, This letter is in response to a reaction to an op-ed column I wrote, “Optimism for Changing of the Guard at UNM,” published in the May 27 issue of the Albuquerque Journal, by which an “Albuquerque resident” seems horrified.
Sports
Jumpers to contend for spots on Olympic team
Mundo Carrillo | June 18For two UNM jumpers, the road to London goes through Eugene, Ore. Junior long jumper Kendall Spencer and senior triple jumper Floyd Ross are going to the Olympic trials in Eugene from June 22 to July 1 to try to qualify for the U.S.
Culture
Acro-Cats exhibits talented felines
Antonio Sanchez | June 18The performers walk across high wires, ride skateboards, repel from heights and even perform in their own touring band — and they’re all cats.
Culture
Glut of ghosts, poor delivery doom play
Graham Gentz | June 18Melodrama is more commonly funny than dramatic. It brings to mind hero-wielding butt-chins of power saving virginal maidens from crooning villains’ operatic mustaches.
Culture
Pub’s quiz game garners a geeky following
Nicole Perez | June 18Twenty-first century nerds crawl out of their Dungeons and Dragons games and hit the town at Geeks Who Drink.
Culture
The Weekly Free
Nicole Perez | June 18It’s almost that time of summer when you’ve spent all your money on the security deposit for your new apartment, a new camera or just a lot of booze.
News
Depth of the Field
Junfu Han | June 11In 1987, the College of Fine Arts celebrated its 50th anniversary with a flamenco performance organized by part-time dance instructor Eva Encinias-Sandoval.
