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Sports

Positivity fosters quick recovery

Isaac Avilucea | April 11

Just. Like. That. “One play,” said running backs coach Darrell Dickey, “and it’s done.” Suddenly and callously. Terence Brown’s story is a real tear-jerker — how he was on the cusp of becoming the Lobos’ starting running back when he was dealt an unfavorable blow last April. Almost a year to the day later, on Saturday, Brown recollected the infamous practice with precise clarity. “I remember the whole situation, the exact play,” Brown said.

Running back James Wright looks to initiate contact with safety Jesse Paulsen in this in fall 2009 scrimmage photo. Wright said he wants to have a bigger role in the back eld this year.

Sports

Tailbacks zero in on specific strengths

Isaac Avilucea | April 11

Gone are the days of the composite tailback. College football no longer lends itself to a do-it-all, one-man show in the backfield.

Catcher Rafael Neda, left, and pitcher Mike Lachapelle talk on the mound during Friday night’s game against BYU at Isotopes Park. The Lobos lost on Friday, 13-5, but won the series closer 10-9 on Saturday.

Sports

Clinched win proves it pays to stay

Ryan Tomari | April 11

Cameron Smith found a home with the UNM baseball team. After ping-ponging from Yavapai College in 2007 to Salt Lake Community College in 2008, Smith came to the Lobos.

Opinion

Stressful times call for mindful measures

Peggy Spencer/Daily Lobo columnist | April 11

Do you have stress? Stupid question, right? We all have stress. Do you want stress? Probably not. Although stress isn’t always a bad thing – pressure can make you produce, and sometimes you have to produce – it can harm you, too.

News

Ortiz y Pino rallies for campaign support

Jeremy Faulkner | April 11

UNM faculty and students attended a fundraiser Friday night for Democratic Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino’s campaign to be lieutenant governor. About 100 people attended the fundraiser’s array of performances in Winrock Mall, which included three Albuquerque bands and poetry readings by UNM student-poets Damien Flores and Hakim Bellamy.

News

Question and Answer: Maria Williams

Jeremy Faulkner | April 11

Associate Professor Maria Williams’ research incorporates an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and learning about music cultures in Alaska Native indigenous populations.

News

Cardenas beats Conway in student organization endorsements

Pat Lohmann | April 11

ASUNM presidential candidate Lazaro “Laz” Cardenas received twice the number of student organization endorsements than his opponent.

News

GPSA, SBA agree to disagree

Pat Lohmann | April 11

Representatives from the Student Bar Association and GPSA met Friday in a last-ditch effort to reconcile the organizations’ differences.

Andrew Bateman, a friend of the late UNM professor Hector Torres, sits somberly during the professor’s memorial at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Friday. Torres was found dead in his home last month along with graduate student Stefania Gray.

News

UNM bids tearful farewell to slain colleagues

Shaun Griswold | April 11

On Friday, one month after the death of their colleagues Hector Torres and Stefania Gray, UNM community members gave public condolences during a memorial at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Sports

Nike ad depicts 'everything's OK in Tigerland

Damian Garde | April 8

The Tiger Woods fallout has been long and arduous. Pundits and sponsors turned their backs on him, and Brit Hume, in his wisdom, begged the embattled golfer to find Jesus. Now Tiger’s zombie father is getting in on it. In a Nike ad released this week, the disembodied voice of Earl Woods, Tiger’s dead dad, asks his son what he’s learned from his mistakes.

Left-handed pitcher Jason Oatman unfurls a pitch during Thursday’s game against BYU at Isotopes Park. The Lobos won 11-5.

Sports

Win redeems previous BYU losses

Mario Trujillo | April 8

The UNM baseball team’s bats got started early and didn’t stop until the ninth inning, but neither did BYU’s.

News

Get To Know: Martin Gutierrez

April 8

Martin Gutierrez is running for GPSA president. The Daily Lobo talked with him about his campaign focuses, including making GPSA more transparent and reducing graduate student expenses.

News

Low voter turnout isn't just a problem for UNM

Mario Trujillo | April 8

There is a specter haunting student government elections — the specter of low voter turnout. A president, vice president and 10 senators will be voted into the ASUNM government on April 14.

Police tape marks off the bench near the Anthropology Building where the victim was attacked.

News

Stabbing victim recalls trauma

Pat Lohmann | April 8

The victim of the Feb. 15 stabbing on campus has a pretty good idea what she was thinking right after a stranger plunged a knife into her neck. “How do you live through something like this?

Opinion

I'm not a half-wit; I'm an introvert

Chris Quintana | April 8

Every now and then I’ll dine alone. I might see people I know that I could eat with or chat with.

Opinion

9-11 was still an inside job, the media is hiding the truth

April 8

Editor, Do any conscious people still walk the halls of UNM? This is the question that I ask myself, as our national leaders continue to lie about the so-called “War on Terror.” This lie is only used as a justification for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Opinion

Smith Plaza 'skate park' a hazard to pedestrians

April 8

Editor, I was wondering if the folks who did the skateboard park re-design on Smith Plaza had considered a pedestrian pass-over for all the foot traffic?

Culture

Festival fuses love & duality with tribal & modern dance

Alisha Catanach | April 8

Dancers chaotically spin and leap over rows of plastic water bottles, all of which are knocked over and then gathered in a segment of “The Good Dance.” Avant-garde African and Aboriginal-inspired contemporary dances will make their way to Albuquerque this weekend and the next at Global Dance Festival.

Culture

Sustainable is attainable

Candace Hsu | April 8

Kermit was lying when he said, “It isn’t easy being green.” The Home Builders, Remodelers and Green Ideas Showcase is coming to the Albuquerque Convention Center this weekend to prove it. Rick Shoudt, owner of Special Events Marketing, is the producer of the expo and co-founder of International Green Ideas. “The expo is a consumer trade show,” Shoudt said.

Hunter Riley plants a sage sprout in a container garden on Wednesday.

Culture

DIY Garden

Hunter Riley | April 8

Until UNM starts its own community garden, students can take their food into their own hands. Container gardening was designed for people who don’t have enough space for a garden bed, for places with poor soil quality, less-than-optimal sun exposure and for many other problems one might encounter while greening their thumb. Chuck O’Herron-Alex, owner of Veggiegrower Gardens of New Mexico, said container gardening is perfect for students.