About 160 students and faculty attended a roundtable discussion in Dane Smith Hall on Friday to discuss the country's financial crisis. The event began just a few hours after The House of Representatives voted 263 to 171 to pass the $700 billion bailout bill, which was later signed into law by President Bush.
Editor, Lynn R. Chong writes great fantasy in her letter claiming a McCain-Palin administration would end abortion. She said her father attended Columbia University Medical School with Margaret Sanger's son, Grant. The New York Times said Grant graduated from Cornell Medical School in Ithaca, N.
After the flu plagued last week's meet in Minneapolis, Minn., the UNM men's and women's cross country teams took eighth and ninth place in the Notre Dame Invitational on only six days' rest. Florida State University swept the field in South Bend, Ind., winning the men's and women's tournaments.
Daily Lobo: Where are you from, Nina? Nina Freer: I was born in Toronto, Ontario. I'm from Manitoba, and I grew up in Arizona. DL: How long have you been down here in the States? NF: I regressed. I moved back two years ago. I was living up in Manitoba for a while again.
When it rains, it pours. The UNM football team - 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Mountain West Conference - shut out the Wyoming Cowboys 24-0 on Saturday. Wyoming never gained traction on a soaked, soggy University Stadium field and was pummeled by a tough Lobo defense.
Editor, In a Daily Lobo article about College Democrats' distribution of iTunes cards published Sept. 29, I was quoted saying "All the student has to do is register to vote to activate the card." This statement was inaccurate. I, in no way, meant to suggest that anyone will be rewarded or given incentive to register to vote as the article seems to suggest and apologize for my misstatement.
After one of its biggest wins of the season, the UNM volleyball team ran into a roadblock Saturday. Displaying little of the energy they showed in Thursday's sweep of No. 21 BYU, the Lobos were defeated 3-1 by Utah on Saturday. The loss puts the Lobos at 13-3 overall and 3-2 in the Mountain West Conference.
After two wins last week, the UNM softball team dropped both games of Saturday's doubleheader against Eastern New Mexico University, 9-8 and 16-8. Head coach Ty Singleton said the Lobos needed to come out like they did last week in wins against West Texas A&M.
The deadline for Arizona voters to request an absentee ballot is Oct. 24. Visit your state's Web site to ensure you have the correct deadline.
Editor, I discovered years ago that we all carry some degree of prejudice within us. We all have something inside we don't want to face. Let's consider skin tones. Somewhere along the way, the color of skin became a social construct, and the light-skinned people decided they were somehow better than darker-skinned people.
According to a survey, UNM's sexual health is better than NMSU's, but there is still room for improvement. The 2008 Trojan Sexual Health Report Card ranked UNM's Student Health and Counseling center No. 76 of 139 universities nationwide. The annual report card measures universities' availability of sexual health resources and accessibility of sexual health-related information.
As much as Lobo fans hate the Aggies, they might just owe them a Hallmark thank-you card at the end of the season. After a 35-24 win over NMSU pulled the Lobos to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in the Mountain West Conference, UNM cornerback Glover Quin said this week's Homecoming game against Wyoming might be the defining point in the Lobos' season.
Students watched intently as the vice presidential candidates debated for the first and only time Thursday night. Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden answered questions on issues such as the economy, the energy crisis, same-sex marriage and foreign policy.
Are you ready for the upcoming elections? Paul Rodriguez Sophomore Education "Yes. I watch a lot of the news channels - MSNBC, CNN. I read up on it. I'm a big Obama supporter." Krista Gibboney Senior Biology "Yes. I'm registered to vote, and I watched the (presidential) debate.
Editor, With regard to the recent controversy over Fernando C de Baca's racist comments on Hispanics not supporting an African-American person for president, it is obvious that C de Baca considers himself a white Hispanic and appears to be making the assumption that all Hispanics in New Mexico are white as well.
Editor, In the Sept. 23 article "Faculty losses trouble math department," Jens Lorenz, interim chair of the math department claims, "Graduate students and part-timers know the material, but they don't have the broad experience." I believe if you add the years of teaching experience of the part-time instructors in the math department, they would far outnumber the years of experience of our full-time faculty.
UNMPIRG is asking for monetary donations to give to an Albuquerque food bank. The program, called Spare Change for Social Change, began this fall and has raised more than $400 for Project Share. The food bank is a New Mexico-based nonprofit and provides meals to about 145,000 people each year, said Patsy Kelton-Born, executive director of Project Share.
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