Sports
Zone zaps Horned Frogs
Mario Trujillo | February 1Coaches usually don’t like resorting to a zone defense. At least UNM women’s head basketball coach Don Flanagan doesn’t.
Lobos Basketball Tournament
Sports
Dashing fellows best their own times
Eddie Zayas | February 1Two time zones, two days and two athletes making statements. The UNM track and field team is a force to reckon with, especially runners Lee Emanuel and Rory Fraser, who broke UNM records over the weekend. Fraser’s altitude-adjusted time beat Emanuel’s old record in the 3,000-meter run. Emanuel, the reigning NCAA indoor mile champion, posted his second career sub-four minute while competing at the Indiana Relays Invitational on Friday.
Opinion
Wording in GPSA election could be misleading to voters
February 1Editor, Below is an election question, word for word, from the GPSA. Does this look like a fair election question?
Opinion
Tobacco suppositories perfect solution for UNM smokers
February 1Editor, Supposedly, this is a smoke-free campus, and allegedly one is only allowed to use tobacco in designated areas.
Opinion
Former student ponders the origin of Mitchell Hall
February 1Editor, Many years ago, I was a student at UNM and had many classes at Mitchell Hall. I had fond and not so fond memories, the degree of fondness being directly related to how often I attended class in any given course. For some years I have wondered, who was the “Mitchell” in Mitchell Hall? I have asked a number of in-the-know UNM officials and my question has always been met with the response, “I don’t know.” Perhaps there is an easy answer and it may be that the history of Mitchell Hall has been the subject of a Lobo article. I only see the Daily Lobo if I happen to be strolling through campus and pick up an edition. If so, please ignore this letter. But if not, it would be an interesting assignment for someone at the paper. This evening, I did walk through campus and admired the renovation to the building.
News
Graduate and professional students vote no confidence in Krebs, athletics
Pat Lohmann | January 29GPSA’s special election about the UNM Athletics Administration saw a record turnout, and all four questions on the ballot passed by margins of at least 30 percent.
News
UNM works to reduce health insurance costs
Tricia Remark | January 29With no national health care plan in America’s immediate future, the Student Health and Counseling Center is working to reduce insurance costs for students. The UNM Student Health Insurance Committee met Tuesday to discuss how to make health insurance affordable with benefits. Beverly Kloeppel, Student Health Center director, said students need health insurance because health care is expensive without it.
News
Senator: Cut top 20 highest salaries
Pat Lohmann | January 29State Sen. Eric Griego is taking time from his hectic schedule to send a message to UNM President David Schmidly: “In a bad economy where we’re asking students to pay more tuition, how do you justify two or three hundred thousand dollar salaries for 20 folks?” Griego introduced “Good Fiscal Judgment for UNM Salaries” to be voted on by the New Mexico Legislature.
Opinion
Finding happiness in an unsustainable reality
Zach Gould | January 29Is anything sustainable? Newton’s laws of physics tell us that an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
Opinion
Destruction of Hokona garden discourages student initiative
January 29Editor, On Wednesday, UNM staff members arrived to uproot the “Hokona Community Garden,” a sustainable vegetable garden started by one of the dorm’s residents, Alex Borowski. In what was a dirt pit, sprouting weeds and collecting cigarette butts, there is now lettuce, kale and broccoli.
Opinion
Care Net denies confusion with Planned Parenthood next door
January 29Editor, Last Friday the Daily Lobo featured an article entitled “Not all centers created equal.” In the article a UNM student talks about her experience at one of the five local Care Net Pregnancy Centers.
Sports
It's Manning's world, we're just living in it
Damian Garde | January 29Last weekend, Peyton Manning won a game while losing — and it was terrifying. It happened late in the first half, with the Colts down 17-6 to the New York Jets.
Sports
Racing to the bottom and staying on top
Ryan Tomari | January 29Perhaps the UNM ski team should scrap collegiate competitions and just head straight for the Vancouver Olympics. Hyperbole aside, the UNM ski team is good — darn good. During the second week of competition, UNM jumped to the top spot in SkiRacing.com’s NCAA power rankings. Although the power rankings for college ski teams are new this year, it’s an amazing feat to accomplish, said UNM junior skier Martin Kaas. “It’s kind of cool to go out, get a good start right away and we will definitely try to (keep the No.
News
Hokona gardener loses his project
Candace Hsu | January 28The Hokona Garden will no longer grow on the UNM Campus. “Our school has the six core fundamental principles, and the sixth one is sustainability.
News
Holocaust anniversary keeps us vigilant
Andrew Beale | January 28The Holocaust will never be forgotten, but Rudi Florian wants to make sure people don’t ever forget its lessons. National Holocaust Memorial Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz prison camp, was Jan.
News
University adjusts to fit more students
January 28Student enrollment increased 7.3 percent for the 2010 spring semester over last year, according to the Division of Enrollment Management. Total student enrollment at UNM is now 26,148.
Sports
Point guard plays to win
Isaac Avilucea | January 28Few players — with the exception of the Jordans and Bryants — have the resolve to will their teams to victory. Dairese Gary, on Wednesday at The Pit, fit into this conversation of elites. Thanks to more-than-stellar play from the Lobos’ point guard, the No.
Opinion
Front-page photograph misconstrues track athlete
January 28Editor, Last Monday, the Daily Lobo ran a photo of our defending NCAA 1-mile champion, Lee Emanuel, who had just finished a grueling race inside the Convention Center Indoor Track and Field Complex.
Opinion
Meat production wastes more water than dishwashers
January 28Editor, I was delighted to hear in a recent Daily Lobo article that La Posada is taking steps to be more environmentally friendly.
Opinion
Printing dreams crushed in the name of frugality
January 28Editor, I must admit my feelings of sadness last semester when the new printing policy was announced.
