Freshman applications at UNM are up by 21 percent over last year. The University had 8,569 freshman applicants for the fall semester of 2008, and there are 10,409 applications for the 2009 fall semester, according to the Office of Enrollment Management.
"Brüno" may be the first movie in history to feature a talking penis and open at the top of the box office. But that isn't to credit genitalia for the film's success, Writer and lead actor Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to the left-field smash "Borat" is a full frontal assault on cultural homophobia and America's surprisingly tortured relationship with male sexuality.
Editor, Images of President Obama in Moscow bring to mind the last time I saw a picture of a black man in Moscow. This was an international student from Africa who was murdered in a racially motivated hate crime, as part of a wave of such incidents that have not stopped in Russia.
With new buildings popping up around the UNM community, one might wonder where the money for all this construction came from. Organizations like the Sandia Foundation and the Lobo Development Corporation help fund projects that provide student housing and additional campuses.
Two UNM volleyball players will take their game to the international level this week. Sophomore middle blocker Ashley Rhoades and libero Allison Buck are two of the 12 players selected to represent the United States on the Bring It Promotions/USA Development Team.
Editor, Wyking Jones was a fantastic selection by head basketball coach Steve Alford. I am very familiar with Alford and Jones. When I went to high school, as a freshman, my coach showed us a shooting instructional film with Steve Alford - this was back in the late '80s.
Just because football came to him naturally doesn't mean he'll be a natural at calling it. Kole McKamey, UNM's new radio football analyst, understands that he won't be a golden throat when he steps in the booth for the first time, that it'll take fine-tuning and learn-on-the-fly improvisation to perfect the craft, especially since he's never done it before.
UNM and NMSU are addressing similar problems of campus development in different ways. Juggling campus capacity, legislative cuts and sustainability, architects at the two New Mexico universities are implementing ten- or twenty-year development plans. Mike Rickenbaker, university architect and director of facilities, planning and management for NMSU, said the 2006 master plan is aimed at better university-community relations.
Daily Lobo: How long have you been going to UNM? Stephan Falke: Close to five years now, which means I'm going to be done pretty soon. DL: Where did you go before here? SF: I got the Master's Degree over in Germany at RWTH Aachen (University). DL: Where is that? SF: Aachen, which is about 50 miles west of Cologne, and then I came to UNM to get a Ph.
Ryan Sohmer, creator of the online comic strip "Least I Could Do," said his motto for life and writing is "Don't worry, read happy." Sohmer said writing an online comic gives him the freedom to talk about whatever subjects he wants, including sex and religion.
A dispute between the University and surrounding neighborhoods has postponed construction on a parking garage on Las Lomas Road and Redondo Drive. UNM plans to build the parking structure in place of Lot C on the north side of campus. It would provide spaces for 440 vehicles.
The 2000 Vietnam restaurant, located on the corner of San Mateo and Zuni, pushed me to exercise the aphorism, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Why? It shares a building with Saigon Emissions Testing. Putting aside fears of emission-tainted food, I entered the restaurant only to be greeted by overdone decorations, but that's not so unusual among Oriental restaurants.
Dex Yellow Pages might not have as many listings on the West Coast as Wyking Jones. Jones, UNM's new assistant coach for men's basketball, comes to New Mexico boasting nearly a decade of experience and some heavy West Coast connections, head coach Steve Alford said.
Political sex scandals are just about all the same. Man cheats on wife. Man gets caught. Man makes tight-lipped statement at a news conference, suffocated with awkwardness. Wife looks jaded and dead inside. Kids probably take up drugs shortly afterward. It's routine stuff, and we're left to file the adulterers away as pigheaded fellows who assumed their power excused them from the rules - of governance and of matrimony.
Daily Lobo: How long have you been attending UNM? Karol Zetter: About one year. I am an international student. I came to the United States two years ago. DL: Where are you originally from? KZ: I am from Guadalajara, Mexico. DL: What things do you enjoy about New Mexico? KZ: I love the people, and the climate, all the seasons.
Representatives from UNM, Sandia National Laboratories and the City of Albuquerque gathered June 19 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding allowing the three institutions to collaborate on research. Mayor Martin Chavez, University President David Schmidly and SNL president Tom Hunter met in Zimmerman Library to sign the "Community Research Collaborative," an agreement aimed at research areas such as energy infrastructure and efficiency, cyber security and digital film media.
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