It was a Sunday to forget for the UNM men’s soccer team. The Lobos (4-4-2) came up short against Air Force 3-2, giving up three goals in less than a six-minute span at the UNM Soccer Complex — this after losing 1-0 to Denver at home Friday. At one point, the Falcons scored two goals in 38 seconds. “I am a little bit shocked to be honest,” head Coach Jeremy Fishbein said.
LAS CRUCES — By the grace of God, it mercifully ended without any need for overtime. After Lobo quarterback Brad Gruner unfurled a gaggle of errant passes on the UNM football team’s final drive, and a last-gasp, intended-for-who-knows-who ball was intercepted, New Mexico State had its first win of the season. It was a 16-14 meat-grinding victory that made the seeing wish they were blind and the living wish they were dead under the lights at Aggie Memorial Stadium on Saturday. “One that will sit in our craw for the next two weeks,” head coach Mike Locksley said, when addressing the media outside of the visitors’ locker room.
LAS CRUCES — It was judgment day for two of the statistically worst football teams in the country, and New Mexico State survived. The UNM football team dropped to 0-6 overall in a 16-14 loss to NMSU (1-4) at Aggie Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
While some balloon fiesta attendees may have been stuck in traffic, others were using another travel option. Hundreds of people used bike trails to ride to the fiesta, event officials said. Elaine Nelson, the balloon fiesta transportation manager, said BikeABQ offered a free valet service for all cyclists. Riders left their bikes in a secure spot while they attended the event, which ended Sunday. She said she was trying to emulate other bike valet services she had seen.
Lobo Gardens event hosted an open house for its RED garden Sunday to celebrate the ongoing success of the program. Trishae Almaraz, event organizer, said the open house was designed to show people how community gardens can be used on campus. “We wanted to create a time and place for people to come experience the gardens because a lot of people don’t know about them,” she said. “We also wanted to raise awareness about community gardens and what effect they can have on the campus and in the community.”
Editor, I am tired of hearing and reading about how I should vote. The last few weeks have been full of people talking about how I need to vote, and that it’s my responsibility.
Danielle put her hands to her temples and closed her eyes. “I am having these headaches, doctor,” she said.
UNM has more than 300 buildings, some built as far back as the 1920s, And some faculty members said a number of aging buildings are in such disrepair that it affects their ability to teach.
ASUNM passed a resolution supporting the Student Fee Review Board Task Force’s recommendation to have more undergraduate students and fewer graduate students on the SFRB. At an emergency senate meeting Wednesday, ASUNM President Laz Cardenas said the resolution will give undergraduates representation proportionate to their numbers.
Editor, Across the country Thursday, faculty, staff and students rallied together to protest increasing tuition rates and decreasing government funding of public education as part of the National Day of Action to Defend Public Education.
Editor’s Note: Lobos Abroad is a regular column written by Daily Lobo staff members studying in a different country this semester. While living in Chile for the past three months, I have noticed some things about America.
Why is it that Americans have to get angry before they are willing to vote? And even when they are angry, still fewer than two thirds of those eligible end up going to the polls. In 2008, voters were angry about the way Republicans were running the country, and so they voiced this anger by voting a Democratic president into office.
It’s college football at its finest. The UNM football team (0-5) travels south to Las Cruces to face in-state rival NMSU (0-4) on Saturday in a game nationally considered to be the Gaffe Bowl. But ignore the statistics and rankings, because the hatred between the Aggies and the Lobos has blossomed this week leading up to the annual game. “I have a winning record down there, and that’s how I would like to keep it,” middle linebacker Carmen Messina said. And throw UNM and NMSU’s winless records out the window, especially for Lobo players, because, for now, 2010 is a one-game season. The Aggies pulled out a 20-17 victory in Albuquerque last year.
It was a matter-of-fact declaration from an honest-to-the-bone coach: “If they stop believing in DeWayne Walker, then it’s time to do what you got to do.” The condensed version: If they don’t believe in me, they might as well fire me. Yet despite a comparative record to UNM head football coach Mike Locksley, NMSU head coach DeWayne Walker does not have the same amount of visible detractors.
This week’s column continues from a talk with student Justin Aderhold that ran Sept. 23. This column is for members of the African American student community to talk about whatever they want to talk about.
The Southwest’s premier gay and lesbian movie fest is coming to UNM. Starting today, the Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival enters its eighth year as the only such film festival in New Mexico.
The UNM branch of Amnesty International is a student organization trying to balance changing the world with bolstering group membership. The UNM chapter, according to founder and co-president Jon Dunn, is part of a global effort to mobilize citizens to pressure government officials to stop human rights abuses. Adrian Groenendyk, publicity coordinator, said the group’s first major event of the year is Saturday, and those interested must register by noon today. “We’re hosting Student Activist Training,” Groenendyk said.
Just because art has aesthetic value doesn’t mean it has monetary value. The CAA Professional-Development Workshop for Artists, which takes place Saturday, encourages artists to market their work in order to make a living, said event director Susan Schear.
New Mexico is a wild place, but there’s no guarantee it will stay that way. Outside factors like commercial interests and abusive recreation practices could destroy wild land, but it would remain untouched if it were declared official wilderness.
I am very disappointed that Wednesday’s article, “Students split over whether balloon fiesta still an event to behold,” didn’t have better descriptions of our wondrous Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
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