News
Firecracker responsible for campus car fire
Staff Report | March 1Fireworks are a lot less impressive when they’re incinerating car seats, as three UNM students found out over the weekend.
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News
Nano step in cancer cure
Zach Gould | March 1The UNM Cancer Center and Sandia National Laboratories have taken one small step in the fight against cancer — a very, very small step.
News
Grads want ASUNM to pay more for Times tab
Kallie Red-Horse | March 1GPSA tabled a proposal at Saturday’s meeting to co-sponsor a program aimed at providing students with free copies of the New York Times. ASUNM representative Greg Golden, who presented the co-sponsorship opportunity Feb.
Opinion
Does the Daily Lobo plan to cover professor’s death?
March 1Editor, Why hasn’t there been anything in the Daily Lobo yet about the death of professor Elizabeth Ketterer?
Opinion
Lack of communication causes problems at UNM branch campus
March 1Editor, I am a student at UNM’s Santa Fe campus where there is a terrible problem with its bachelor of fine arts program.
Opinion
Frontier ‘flavorable’ after 40 years
Danny Hernandez | March 1I recently had the privilege of celebrating the Frontier Restaurant’s 40th anniversary with owners Larry and Dorothy Rainosek, local celebrities, former and current UNM presidents, Rainosek family and friends from Texas and throughout the country, Frontier employees and Frontier regulars, like me.
Opinion
Everyone, pile on the Fredette express
Ryan Tomari | March 1Originally, I wasn’t aboard the Jimmer Fredette train. Now, after BYU lit up San Diego State on Saturday, I am dangling by one hand on the caboose.
Culture
For Your Ears
Andrew Beale | March 1March 1 Busdriver The Spot (504 Yale Blvd. S.E.) All Ages $10 Indie-rap touchstone Busdriver recently told the Alibi that his fans are “antisocial kids who have little or no sex drive.” If this describes you (be honest), you can catch him at local house-party venue The Spot tonight at 8 p.m.
Culture
Frank endures Hitler’s horrors
Graham Gentz | March 1Talking about the Holocaust is not easy. This is especially true for those who survived it. Yet James Still’s play “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank” tells the naked horror of World War II with three powerful stories.
Culture
Musicians’ mettle tested at band battle
Alexandra Swanberg | March 1There was no shortage of guttural grunting over the weekend at Battle of the Bands, but in the end, intelligible lyrics won out. The bands played in order of how many tickets they sold, with the groups that sold the fewest tickets taking the stage first. Highest-ticket-earner Croyal took the $500 grand prize, a label contract and 20 hours of free studio time.
News
February Fireworks
Staff Report | February 28Flames and fireworks shoot from an unidentified car on Redondo Drive on Friday night, in this screen shot taken from a YouTube video. Student David Bjorklund said at 9:30 p.m. Friday he saw fire trucks and a flaming car near Redondo Drive. Five minutes later, he said green fireworks flew out of the car’s window, and later the trunk exploded with flames and fireworks. “It was ridiculous. It was like a whole car on fire,” said student Ethan Kellogg. Student George White recorded the incident and uploaded it to YouTube. The video had 308 hits as of 6 p.m. Sunday, and it can be accessed by searching for “UNM car fire” on YouTube.com
News
SFRB chips in two cents on student fees
Hunter Riley | February 28The Student Fee Review Board is recommending that students keep their pocket change. The board recommended a 31-cent decrease over last year’s fees of $486.80 and will submit those recommendations to President David Schmidly on March 1. At Thursday’s meeting, the board voted to fund the nine recurring organizations with the same amount they received last year.
News
Sustainability chair receives ‘highest honor’
Alexandra Swanberg | February 28The Board of Regents selected the endowed chair of a program designed to educate students on sustainable food and agriculture. The W.K.
News
Dems: No funds for DUI blood tests
Shaun Griswold | February 28Gov. Susana Martinez witnessed another one of her legislative priorities fail Saturday in committee. House Bill 49, designed to prosecute individuals arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin, would have allocated more funding for law enforcement officials to draw blood samples from those suspected of being under the influence of drugs.
Sports
Young’ns count Blue Jays before they hatch
Ryan Tomari | February 28Eventually the gloomy weather in Albuquerque cleared, but the day worsened for the UNM baseball team. Up 7-3 heading into the seventh inning of Sunday’s four-game series finale, UNM squandered the lead to Creighton and fell 8-7 in extra innings at Isotopes Park. Creighton second baseman Alex Staehely singled to score Nick Judkins for the go-ahead run in the top of the eleventh inning.
Sports
TCU duo goes unanswered
Brandon Call | February 28For the first 36 minutes of Saturday’s contest, the UNM women’s basketball team went toe-to-toe with league-leading TCU. But the Lobos were outscored 13-3 down the final 7:13 of the game to lose 84-71 at The Pit. “We played a good offensive game,” freshman forward Morgan Toben said.
Sports
Gary shines against Cougars
Shaun Griswold | February 28Dairese Gary has saved his best for last. The UNM men’s basketball team senior guard scored 58 points in his last two games, a career-high 32 points coming in an 80-70 win at TCU that halted the Lobos’ four-game losing streak.
Opinion
So-called herbal alternatives are risky, need regulation
February 28Editor, As a lecturer for the psychology department and an instructor of the drugs and behavior class, I was pleased to read that a state senator is looking to regulate and outlaw “Spice” and similar products.
Opinion
Don’t let a breakup break you
February 28Dear Dr. Peg, What is the best way of dealing with the depression that occurs after a breakup? Dear Broken Up, The end of a relationship is always painful, no matter what the relationship, how it ended or who ended it.
Sports
Asst. coach gets violation letter
Ryan Tomari | February 24This time it’s the quarterback coach who has been sacked. UNM assistant coach David Reaves is accused of violating NCAA regulations while he was coaching at the University of Tennessee in 2009.
