"Wonder Women, Super Queens" is a drag performance organized by Marshall Martinez, chairman of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The show is a variety of singing, dancing and dramatic interpretation. Martinez said he has wanted to do a performance like this for more than a year.
Contrary to what was printed on Tuesday, the ASUNM bill proposed increasing the limit on campaigning funds by $100 for each office, not just for senators.
More than 6,000 people search for a bone marrow match every day, and the likelihood of success is low. "The chance of someone being a match is about 1 in 100,000," said Nawid Farhad, president of the UNM Afghan Student Association. Farhad said that inspired the ASA to host a marrow donor drive, in collaboration with the National Marrow Donor Program, on Tuesday and Wednesday in the SUB.
The play "Real Women Have Curves" is about five Latinas working in a Los Angeles sweatshop, which blends into an overarching theme of family bonds and women's strength. "They make dresses where they get paid for a dress at $13 apiece, and they're sold for $200," director Salomé Martinez-Lutz said.
A hip-hop-infused modern farce meets ancient Greece in Mars Mraz's "Greek Row Tragedy," which premieres tonight at Rodey Theater at 7:30. The tale, a modern adaptation of Euripides' "The Bacchae," chronicles a frenzy of sorority girls sweeping across the nation at the urging of a lewd choreographer seeking revenge, and the attempts of one man to stop the madness.
Kevin Boyar, a student accused of bringing weapons into the dorms last year, was convicted earlier this week on one count of carrying a firearm on campus. Boyar and his attorney plan to appeal the decision on the grounds that Boyar did not know guns were not allowed on campus.
In these times of economic stress and in a world where higher education is becoming increasingly important, it is imperative that we make getting an advanced degree within reach of everyone willing and able to put themselves through the rigors to earn a degree.
Editor, As a student who recently returned from a year abroad, I can attest to the true value of both the International Studies program and the office that oversees it. I read with great disappointment Donald Duran's article about the proposed legislative budget cuts that might spell the end of a wonderful department at UNM at a time when it is most necessary.
Construction of UNM's Rio Rancho campus began more than a week ago, and officials say work will proceed despite the recent revelation that state law requires off-campus facilities to be authorized by the Legislature. The University is backing House Bill 354, which asks the Legislature to authorize construction of the campus, an expansion of the existing West Side campus.
Editor, I'd like to respond to Arun Anand Ahuja's letter published Tuesday regarding the U.S. Public Service Academy. As someone who questions the extraordinary emphasis our country puts on the military in the first place, I think that the very idea of this civilian service academy rebuts the notion that there's only one way to "serve" your country.
In what was the game of the year for the UNM men's basketball team, senior Tony Danridge ended his Pit career on top. The senior finished the night with a career-high 29 points. "(It's) just a great way to go out," Danridge said. Danridge capped his scoring at the Pit with a final free throw with 6.
On a night of lasts, the possibility of a first was born. For the first time ever, the UNM men's basketball team will have at least a share of the Mountain West Conference regular-season title. The Lobos have never won a MWC regular-season title, but they captured one in the WAC in 1994.
What comes after winter in New Mexico? Allergy season. And it has arrived in full force. Juniper pollen counts were close to 500 last time I checked, and that is high, in case your nose hadn't noticed. Next will come mulberry and other trees, then a summer full of grass itches and, finally, sneezy fall weeds.
Construction of UNM's Rio Rancho campus began more than a week ago, and officials say work will proceed despite the recent revelation that state law requires off-campus facilities to be authorized by the Legislature. The University is backing House Bill 354, which asks the Legislature to authorize construction of the campus, an expansion of the existing West Side campus.
Miguel Gandert has an exhibition titled "Sacred and Secular: Photographs by Miguel Gandert" on display at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center. Daily Lobo: What got you interested in photography and photojournalism? Miguel Gandert: Well, I started working on the yearbooks when I was in the seventh grade.
Superheroes, villains, henchpeople, a chupacabra, pink flamingos and a boat sailing the mountains of Tibet. Expect to see these things in Theatre X for the next two weeks. "Thou Art Villain" and "Tibetan Mountain Boat" will open at Theatre X on Thursday. The show features two original one-act comedies written, acted, directed and produced by students.
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