News
Know your rights as a renter in New Mexico
Staff Report | February 4If you want to know what your rights when you’re renting a place, check out the New Mexico Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act.
Lobos Basketball Tournament
News
Beloved nudist forced to move
Kallie Red-Horse | February 4Don Schrader’s apartment is every bit as unique as he is. The 12-by-14-foot apartment, which he will vacate at the end of February, displays Schrader’s history in wall-to-ceiling decoration of pictures from his life, notes on his methodologies, cards from friends and published letters to the Weekly Alibi. The apartment complex where Schrader lives, on Silver Avenue, is being remodeled and sold by the owners.
News
ASUNM resolution cites Athletics' accomplishments
Mario Trujillo | February 4On the heels of a GPSA special election addressing UNM Athletics, members of the undergraduate governing body weighed in, supporting a different view. The ASUNM Steering and Rules Committee passed a resolution 3-1 giving support to almost everyone in the Athletics Department – leaving out, but not condemning, Athletics Director Paul Krebs and UNM coaches.
Sports
Star guard plans to make up for loss
Mario Trujillo | February 4San Diego State guard Jene Morris has nothing to be sorry for. On the other hand, the Lobo women’s basketball team, namely Amy Beggin, apologized to fans for letting Morris score 25 points on Jan.
Sports
'Ironic' second matchup against SDSU
Isaac Avilucea | February 4Oh, what a compelling sense of familiarity. Last time against San Diego State, the UNM men’s basketball team (20-3 overall, 6-2 in the MWC) was 15th in the nation.
Opinion
Life-altering consequences of Oscar wins
Chris Quintana | February 4The Oscars are back and as useless as ever, expanding the best picture category to 10 pictures even though all anybody cares about are the front-runners.
Opinion
Professors to blame for costs of non eco-friendly printing
February 4Editor, As we all know by now, the IT labs are implementing a pay-to-print policy. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has been witness to students printing hundreds of pages at a time in the computer labs on campus.
Sports
Four-Star Fishin'
Ryan Tomari | February 4Surprise, surprise! Calvin Smith, a four-star recruit from Hialeah High School in Hialeah, Fla., sat at a podium in front of cameras on ESPNU, before donning on his Lobo hat. Smith is coming to the University. The nationally touted defensive lineman turned down schools such as Florida State, Notre Dame, and defending national-champion Alabama. His decision was unforeseen.
Sports
Quarterback coach bolts to Kentucky
Isaac Avilucea | February 4A source close to New Mexico quarterbacks coach Tee Martin told the Daily Lobo late Wednesday night that Martin will accept the wide receivers coach opening at Kentucky. The deal is reportedly worth about $40,000 more than Martin makes here, which puts his salary in the ballpark of $150,000.
Opinion
GPSA's special election votes have no real meaning
February 3Editor, As much coverage as the Graduate and Professional Student Association/Athletics Department issue has gotten at the Daily Lobo, it seems that close attention should have been paid to the way the graphs were labeled.
Opinion
Slim down, smarten up: Victor Murthy strikes again
February 3Editor, “Is there any questions?” to me is the clearest example of the ignorance that plagues the UNM campus.
Opinion
Daily Lobo a waste of paper, doesn't bother editing articles
February 3Editor, What is the editor thinking? The front-page pie charts have mislabeled percentage votes. Are the articles even looked over once before they’re published?
Opinion
Pregnancy center article well written and fair to all
February 3Editor, I want to commend Tricia Remark on her article “Not all centers created equal” published Jan.
Opinion
9/11 an inside job, start the revolution!
February 3Editor, Wondering where the 9/11 trials should be held? Maybe it’s time to state who should be put on trial for 9/11.
Culture
Man Ray-festo: a slice of Africana
Eden Silverthorne | February 3“This will be the most important traveling exhibition that we’ve ever brought to the UNM community,” said Luanne McKinnon, UNM Art Museum director.
Culture
BACAW!
Hunter Riley | February 3Since nobody’s physical body is going to leave this planet, Tom Delehanty wanted to give something back to it. A sixth-generation farmer from Wisconsin, Delehanty moved to Socorro about 15 years ago to start Pollo Real, a pastured poultry farm.
News
UNM looks to raise admissions standards
Kallie Red-Horse | February 3New Mexico high school students might consider buckling down on their day-to-day schoolwork instead of putting all of their college admission eggs into the standardized test basket. On Wednesday, the Student Affairs Committee from the Board of Regents approved a redesigned admissions process that emphasizes high school GPA, additional college preparatory courses and a new grade-point average weighting system.
News
Blue lights designed with safety in mind
Tricia Remark | February 3Students might not know that the 100 tall, blue columns around campus house emergency phones. When the red button on the column is pressed, the phone connects directly to UNM Police Department.
News
Santa Rosa paper owner advocates local press
Andrew Beale | February 3M.E. Sprengelmeyer may be the hardest-working newspaper man on the planet, a man described in a recent New York Times profile as working “to the brink of exhaustion, fueling late-night production sessions with nicotine and caffeinated energy drinks.” Sprengelmeyer owns the weekly Guadalupe County Communicator, based in Santa Rosa.
News
Earth's response to rapid cooling
Candace Hsu | February 2Two UNM researchers are examining stalagmites to study the link between winter moisture and the glacial climate shifts. Yemane Asmerom and Victor Polyak, researchers in the earth and planetary sciences department, work in two major labs at Northrop Hall.
