Editor’s Note: Lobos Abroad is a regular column written by Daily Lobo staff members studying in a different country this semester. “I think he just slapped me across the face … with his eyes.” My roommate said this after we ordered our dose of afternoon caffeine at the coffee house just down the street.
Editor, I have much more pressing matters to attend to, but my disappointment in the Daily Lobo’s continual lack of editorial oversight in regards to the playful — albeit ignorant — columns of Culture Editor Chris Quintana will extend my procrastination evermore. Wednesday’s column, “It’s Not A Stereotype If You Get It,” asserts that any individual we encounter, we subconsciously label as a “fag,” “terrorist,” “jock,” whatever — but that we should assume the validity of our presumptions before delving into the interpersonal interactions that unveil these peoples’ true colors.
In a world gone mad, Douglas Daugherty said, the University needs a “A Day of Sanity.” Daugherty, the event organizer, said violent outbreaks have produced a need for community dialogue. He said what happened Monday at a debate in Kentucky is an all-too familiar reminder. There, a Rand Paul volunteer stepped on a liberal activist’s head after she was tackled. “Sitting on the sideline is a complicit act in socially reproducing the status quo,” Daugherty said. “We must remember there is no such thing as a ‘real world’ out there. The real world is a social construction, and only through the social deconstruction of that world can we begin the long and arduous task of producing a better world for our children and grandchildren and future generations of humanity.”
The Faculty Senate endorsed a printing resolution that encourages professors to reduce class printing requirements Tuesday. ASUNM president Lazaro Cardenas and ASUNM Attorney General Jaymie Roybal presented the resolution to the Senate two months ago.
Michael Chapdelaine views the current wave of electronic music in almost apocalyptic terms. As the head of UNM guitar studies, Chapdelaine understandably feels strongly about such things.
Halloween is traditionally believed to be the day when the human and spirit world can interact, leaving the living vulnerable to evil spirits that run amok.
Lights flash out from the long windows at Andre’s Underground, as a bunch of people smoke outside the seemingly abandoned building off Amherst Drive and Central Avenue. Enter the world of Sub Culture — an art installation, set to the city’s best thumping electronica beats, myriad colored patterns set on an infinite loop and, of course, dancing. Event organizer Shawn Marron said he and his business partner Dylan Sheriff came up with the idea after visiting too many still art installations. “Everything we do there, we try to make it so people can get involved with the art,” Marron said.
The other day, I found out one of my closest friends and oldest co-workers thought I was gay when he first met me.
Editor, Judging by the reaction to this year’s UNM football season, I have realized something troubling.
The American Cancer Society gave a UNM researcher $360,000 in hopes of bringing fresh blood to the fight against cancer. The society awarded $360,000 in research funds to Michelle Ozbun, UNM cancer biologist and virologist, over the next three years. The funds will go toward budding researchers at the University, with the one stipulation that research be done on cancer.
The Board of Regents’ Finance and Facilities Committee approved $400 million worth of investments, construction and repairs Tuesday.
No more than a week after being reinstated, sophomore running back Demond Dennis was dismissed from the UNM football team. Head coach Mike Locksley said Tuesday that Dennis had recurring academic issues.
Jeff Nelson just wants to talk about volleyball — nothing more, nothing less. The fourth-year head volleyball coach is on the cusp of a tremendous accomplishment: his 500th college match as a head coach. But when Sports Information Director Frank Mercogliano reminded Nelson about that piece of trivia, Nelson tried to dodge the topic with a clever quip. “So old,” he said.
Sure, the UNM women’s soccer team is well-aware of the significance of Saturday’s game, but there’s no sense in stressing about it. The Lobos, currently 11-1-4, tied Wyoming 1-1 tie Sunday in Laramie, Wyo., extending their undefeated streak to nine games.
UNM tailback Demond Dennis was kicked off the team for academic reaasons, Lobo head football coach Mike Locksley announced at his weekly news conference Tuesday. Because of inattention to academics, Dennis, a sophomore from Atlanta, played in just one play against UTEP on Oct.
Editor, An Open Letter to the NM Jewish Federation, UNM Hillel, and the Anti-Defamation League: In recent weeks, the directors of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico and UNM Hillel co-wrote a letter to two UNM departments discouraging them from sponsoring Palestinian American Ali Abunimah’s Nov.
Nourish International looks to squash world hunger by smashing pumpkins. Pumpkin Bash and Pumpkin Smash will raise money for a summer sustainability project, said Audrey Altwies, the project director.
An extraordinary amount has been written on what happens after death, despite the fact that no one in a position to write about it has actually experienced it. That endless fascination and fear with the unknown is perhaps why hell is the perfect setting for “No Exit,” a play by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre’s hell appears as a single room with no windows, but this is a misnomer.
Organizers and supporters of an annual adult film festival were trying to promote freedom of sexual expression.
The UNM Veterans Resource Center hosted the Stand Down and Project Hand-Up 2010 to assist homeless veterans. The project helped more than 400 homeless veterans with VA claims, counseling, food, health, showers, free haircuts and provided a warm breakfast and dinner, VRC Director Elise Wheeler said. “We can offer a hand to those who have raised their right hand,” she said.
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