Editor, I am a biology undergrad at UNM. I would like to share a concern with you about our campus police. On Friday there was a man outside of Castetter Hall storming around and shouting.
Editor, I am writing this letter to protest the cartoon in Monday’s Daily Lobo Opinion section. This cartoon is insulting, derogatory and extremely offensive to the Christian community, which has a large student population at UNM.
Editor, I hope the outrageous fact that we pay people six-figure salaries to coach children’s games is not overlooked amid the hubbub surrounding Mr. Locksley’s firing.
For the past 11 years, the Global DanceFest has brought avant-garde international artists to present contemporary dance to residents of New Mexico. This year’s Global DanceFest, which is co-presented by New Art New Mexico and North Fourth Art Center, features artists from Japan, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo who will perform at the N4th Theater.
The warbling voice of a soprano clashes with a trumpeter’s mouthpiece exercises next door. A violinist squeaks through scales and arpeggios as a pianist thunders in a different key, the percussionists steadily keeping their own time.
KUNM celebrates its 45th birthday this fall. The radio station first broadcast within a three-mile radius from a 10-watt transmitter on top of the SUB in 1966.
A UNM professor will be honored in the White House for her accomplishments in the field of engineering. President Obama announced Monday that Dr. Yasamin Mostofi, UNM assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Mike Locksley won’t be coaching the Lobos any longer, but he’s still going to get their money. Locksley will be paid the rest of his salary for this season, $200,000, and $150,000 for the next two years for a total of $500,000. Athletics director Paul Krebs said hiring Locksley was a mistake.
Though former head football coach Mike Locksley might be gone, the football team is still around and shocked at his departure, players said. Junior tight end Lucas Reed said that the decision to fire Locksley wasn’t what he expected to happen after the loss to Sam Houston State last Saturday.
In 58 days NASA launches a new rover to Mars, and UNM professors and students have had a hand in creating and maintaining some of the instruments aboard.
Copper thieves have come to UNM. According to a police report, copper lightning rods on the top level of the Yale parking structure were cut and damaged, indicating a robbery.
Some people have a magic touch, specifically the ability to transfer energy through their hands for meditative and spiritual purposes. Luis Sanchez, a local Reiki practitioner, said anyone can acquire this ability through the art of Reiki, a mode of therapeutic touch. “You’re applying the principle of self-love to the cells and the organs, and as you do that, they start helping you,” he said.
Donald Margulies’ “Time Stands Still” depicts a wartime photojournalist’s struggle to choose the bigger, dangerous world of her subjects or the smaller, tamer one of the people closest to her.
You’ve probably just had your first round of tests and papers, and now you want to relax. The Daily Lobo is here to help you do just that without spending a dime. We spent some time searching the internet to find you fun, free things to occupy your week and weekend.
For more than a week a group of demonstrators has been occupying the areas around Wall Street in New York, bearing signs with slogans such as “They only call it class war when we fight back,” and “Just because you can’t see us, doesn’t mean this isn’t happening.” The second sign refers to the media silence surrounding the protests.
Editor, The execution of Troy Davis last Wednesday will haunt this nation into its distant future. It brings back to mind similar crimes this country has committed in the past, among them the murder of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927, of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1953, Shaka Sen Kofa in 2000, and Stanley Tookie Williams in 2005.
A possible Lobo football recruit, Joshua Butts, was arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated DWI in a car registered to former head football coach Mike Locksley. According to the police report, the vehicle was registered to Michael and Kia Anika Locksley and had a UNM license plate. Butts was also accused of reckless driving, being a minor in possession of alcohol and driving without a license. Three other individuals, Brian Salazar, Desiree Cordova and Ashley Wellito, all under the age of 21, were reportedly intoxicated in the car.
Dec. 9, 2008: Locksley is introduced as the UNM football head coach.
Mike Locksley is no longer head coach of the Lobo football team. Paul Krebs announced Sunday that Locksley has been relieved of his duties and that defensive coordinator George Barlow will take over as interim coach for the rest of the year.
Poorly designed directories and website systems combined with a lack of funding are stopping some students from reaching faculty and staff. “It’s ridiculous, I can’t get ahold of anyone,” said student Matthew Santos.
Solutions by The State News
