Culture
Where Are We?
December 5Every Monday the Daily Lobo challenges you to identify where we took our secret picture of the week.
Lobos Basketball Tournament
News
Senate candidates appeal sentencing
Luke Holmen and Charlie Shipley | December 5The 10 former ASUNM senate candidates accused last month of misreporting campaign expenses appealed their initial punishments, and said while they did spend more money on campaign materials than reported, the materials were never used.
News
Benefits slashed if bill passes
Charlie Shipley | December 5The New Mexico State Legislature is to vote in January on a measure that would reduce benefits for retirees and establish a minimum retirement age after the measure passed in legislative committee on Friday.
News
N.M. Crime Briefs
December 5An Albuquerque restaurant employee says he’s now seen it all: three men leaving his diner with rolls of toilet paper were nabbed in the parking lot by police.
Sports
Shooters secure 16-point win
December 5Like true wolves, the Lobos surrounded Missouri State early in the game on Saturday, and kept their prey down for a 76-60 victory.
Sports
Strong defense nets victory
Nathan Farmer | December 5First-year head women’s basketball coach Yvonne Sanchez snagged her first rival win against New Mexico State in the Rio Grande Rivalry on Sunday.
Sports
Barlow leaves with loss, respect
Nathan Farmer | December 5George Barlow’s tenure as interim head football coach, and the football team’s season, ended Saturday with a 45-0 blowout loss to No. 7 Boise State.
Sports
Guard chemistry vital to win
Mundo Carrillo | December 5The guards of the men’s basketball team defended the Lobos’ four game winning streak.
Opinion
Copy editing: because you’re a pedant
Chris Quintana | December 5Hey there, grammatically inclined-readers. I just did something wrong in that last sentence. Do you know what it is?
Opinion
Israel Alliance ad full of lies about Palestine, speaker
December 5Editor, In Dec. 2 issue of the Daily Lobo, there was an advertisement published by the UNM Israel Alliance on page six.
Opinion
OWS protesters forget history, American values
December 5Editor, Those instituting radical change must have outsiders to demonize: called “enemies of the people” by Robespierre during the French Revolution, “kulaks” by the Soviets, and “sufan“ by the Communist Chinese.
News
Crime Briefs
Chelsea Erven and Luke Holmen | December 2On Nov. 17 officers were dispatched to Redondo Apartment A where a homeless male who called himself “Preacher Lames (sic) Lawrence” was harassing female students, police reports said.
News
Protest divides over its name
Luke Holmen | December 2The Albuquerque chapter of the movement that protests corporate greed and socioeconomic imbalance split last week over disagreements regarding the name of the movement. The movement was originally named Occupy Burque.
News
Inexperience may lead to accepting abuse
Chelsea Erven and Avicra Luckey | December 2In New Mexico, 23 percent of all reported domestic violence cases between 2005 and 2009 involved college-age victims, ages 19 to 25, according to statistics from the New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository.
Sports
Messina fit to tackle Urlacher’s record
Mundo Carrillo | December 2Saturday’s football game against Boise State is Lobo senior linebacker Carmen Messina’s last, and it’s also his chance to beat the University’s all-time tackle record.
Sports
Deficient offense salvaged by stout defense
Cesar Davila | December 2Twenty years removed from its last meeting, the UNM basketball team and Idaho State played to the same result. The Lobos (5-2) defeated the Bengals (1-5) 65-41 Wednesday at the Pit behind a balanced offensive attack in which no UNM player scored in double figures.
Opinion
A bloody first Midwest Thanksgiving
Amy Dicketts | December 2What can I tell you about my first Thanksgiving? I think it was like many first experiences: eye-opening, emotionally scarring and completely unforgettable.
Opinion
New Jersey is just as good as Abq thankyouverymuch
Elizabeth Cleary/ Daily Lobo Managing Editor | December 2When I moved to Albuquerque from the great state of New Jersey nearly three years ago, I welcomed the addition of spicy chile sauces to fill the void left in my stomach after I discovered edible pizza and bagels were nowhere to be found.
News
‘We just ask for the same respect’
Luke Holmen | December 1Black Student Union President D’Andre Q. Curtis said the recent Title VI discrimination complaint filed against UNM reflects a reality at UNM: African Americans aren’t treated equally.
News
Photo essay: Scary no more
December 1The Werner Gilchrist House at Silver and Cornell is gone. Wrecking crews arrived at one of Albuquerque’s first suburban homes Nov.17 to begin demolishing the property.
