“My throat hurts.” That is one of the most common complaints we hear at Student Health and Counseling, often followed by vivid descriptive imagery like “drinking acid,” “swallowing needles,” or “killing me.” Sore throat, being so common, deserves a review of its causes and cures. Dry air is a common culprit.
It appears the growing pains are starting to subside. The UNM baseball team used a late-inning rally, and closer Gera Sanchez got the final four outs to help the Lobos overcome UNLV 9-7 Sunday at Isotopes Park.
When the UNM baseball team finally got back to the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time since 1962, the Lobos were heavy hitters. Early on, the new-look Lobos struggled with the sticks, averaging just 4.4 runs per game in their 0-8 start to the year. And after sweeping UNLV 9-7 Sunday in a late-inning slugfest at Isotopes Park, the Lobos have gotten their swat back. “I’m glad, I’m glad, I’m glad and I’m glad,” head coach Ray Birmingham said.
The UNM men’s tennis team made it look effortless — but in the wrong way. The Lobos dropped a 6-1 decision to Nebraska on Friday, before falling 5-2 to Fresno State on Sunday at the Linda Estes Tennis Complex.
Twenty-one years removed from his college football heyday, George Barlow is still proving that he is a player’s coach, not just a coach who used to play.
After eight hours of deliberation at Saturday’s council meeting, GPSA approved proposed amendments to the GPSA constitution. Council Chair Megan McRoberts said 30 representatives worked to perfect the graduate student governing body’s constitution.
Daily Lobo: What do you see as the biggest issues facing the graduate community? Katie Richardson: Graduate research funding is a big one.
Student Chris Fullerton went to UNM president David Schmidly’s office March 23, hoping to talk about his flooded dorm. Instead, three UNMPD police officers escorted the student from Scholes Hall. Fullerton’s dorm flooded Jan. 3, after a pipe burst over winter break. Not satisfied with the University’s response, Fullerton said he decided to talk to Schmidly about the problem, but every time he asked to set up a meeting, he was told Schmidly was in a meeting, on vacation or at an appointment, he said. “I called about 15 or 20 times,” Fullerton said. Fullerton took matters into his own hands. He said he called Schmidly and told the office that he was Walt Miller, the vice president of Student Life. “They put me right through to him, and Schmidly answered 20 seconds later,” Fullerton said, Fullerton then told the president he was not Miller and asked to set up a meeting. Schmidly, Fullerton said, told him he was late for a doctor’s appointment and couldn’t meet.
The Board of Regents will discuss raising tuition costs, covering employee retirement benefits and work toward approving a 2011-12 operating budget during an open meeting today in the SUB Ballroom. On the table is a 5 percent tuition increase, on top of a 3.1 percent mandated by the State Legislature.
Traffic congestion will increase dramatically in the University area by 2035, according to a multi-county governmental agency’s projections. The Mid-Region Council of Government is accepting feedback on the 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, said Terry Doyle, MRCOG Director of Transportation.
Editor, Electronic dance music (EDM) is being played everywhere, and by just about everyone. The hard-hitting bass beats that pulsate from the speakers of club DJs are traveling from the dark dance floors and illegal massive raves of their founding straight into the ears of mainstream America.
Editor, Let’s be clear from the beginning: I’m only playing devil’s advocate. By doing so, I feel I can throw some light on a controversial issue that is being debated in the US — issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Yahoo!
From league-leading to middle of the pack, from the NCAA tournament to arguably the “Not Important” Tournament, the UNM men’s basketball team hit a wall one year after making a historic run. As head coach Steve Alford likes to remind people, the Lobos were without Darington Hobson and Roman Martinez — the latter graduated; the former left UNM to pursue a NBA career.
Lockout — it’s a word that hasn’t escaped the ears of former UNM football players Bryant Williams and Byron Bell. Yes, the NFL is at a collective bargaining standstill, but for draft prospects there is no work stoppage.
DL: What do you see as the biggest issues facing the graduate community? JC: The two issues that directly impact graduate students the most are the availability of research funds at the institutional and state level as well as the cost of attendance and the employment opportunities available to graduate students in New Mexico once they complete degrees. It hasn’t really been discussed by this University that graduate students here leave with more debt relative to their peers nationwide and encounter fewer employment opportunities in the state.
The odds a nuclear reactor will explode in Japan are minimal, and citizens there face slim chance of radiation side effects, according to the UNM section of the American Nuclear Society. “Everything indicates that the efforts to keep the reactors and spent fuel cool using sea water are succeeding,” ANS representative Margaret Root said.
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 30-foot tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan on March 11 — and the aftershocks are affecting people as far away as UNM.
This summer, UNM students will travel to Central America’s poorest country to learn economics and lend a helping hand. Professor Matias Fontenla will take 18 students to Nicaragua in June for his Sustainable Development in Central America class.
Editor, I am writing in response to Daily Lobo reporter Shaun Griswold’s piece, “Tuition bump on the horizon,” to express my disappointment that the ASUNM president is “optimistic” that tuition will go up by 8-10 percent. Translation: He is “optimistic” that New Mexico resident undergraduates will enjoy a $300 tuition increase for fall 2011.
Editor, It’s interesting how the writer of Tuesday’s “welfare queen” letter makes a statement that has a touch of truth.
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