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Lobo football’s ups and downs in last 3 years
September 26Dec. 9, 2008: Locksley is introduced as the UNM football head coach.
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Defensive coordinator George Barlow to coach for interim
Staff Report | September 26Mike Locksley is no longer head coach of the Lobo football team. Paul Krebs announced Sunday that Locksley has been relieved of his duties and that defensive coordinator George Barlow will take over as interim coach for the rest of the year.
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Communication breakdown
Luke Holmen | September 26Poorly designed directories and website systems combined with a lack of funding are stopping some students from reaching faculty and staff. “It’s ridiculous, I can’t get ahold of anyone,” said student Matthew Santos.
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Pedal peddlers: rental bike boom on campus
Charlie Shipley | September 26Several bike rental programs currently exist at UNM, and more may be on the way. UNM Recreation Services’ rental program allows students to rent bikes, U-locks and helmets for $40 per week or $10 per day. Parking and Transportation Services allows UNM departments to rent bikes for free to faculty and staff under its Lobo Bikes program.
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19-year-old driver arrested for drunk driving in car registered to Locksley
Nathan Farmer | September 24Lobo recruit Joshua Butts was arrested Saturday for aggravated DWI in a car registered to head football coach Mike Locksley. According to the police report the vehicle was registered to Michael and Kia Anika Locksley with the license plate reading, 34UNM02. Butts was also charged with a minor in possession of alcohol, reckless driving and driving without a license. Three other individuals, Brian Salazar, Desiree Cordova and Ashley Wellito, all under the age of 21, were also arrested for being under the influence of alcohol.
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No money to repair or update Johnson Gym
Luke Holmen | September 23While none of the students, administration members or anyone on the planning committee knows if a new recreation center will be built or if Johnson Gym will be renovated, Recreational Services says it’s clear Johnson is aging and over capacity. The 7,800 seat facility, built in 1957 as UNM’s main gym, now accommodates the physical education and exercise science departments, as well as portions of Lobo Athletics and recreational services.
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Student medical records digitized
Stephanie Hoover | September 23UNM’s Student Health and Counseling center made the switch to electronic records last month, making students’ records safer but nurses’ jobs harder. SHAC Director Beverley Kloeppel said the electronic system is safer because it eliminates risk of illegible practitioners’ notes.
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Hodgin Hall re-opens, time capsule unearthed
Tamon Rasberry | September 22UNM parking officials enforced penalties in 1908, the same way they do 2011. A century-old parking ticket was one of the items discovered inside a time capsule buried at Hodgin Hall in 1908 and opened Wednesday night at the alumni building’s grand re-opening.
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Students travel for tips on innovation
Charlie Shipley | September 22Some UNM students had the opportunity to visit colleges across the southwest this summer to bring back ideas for improving student life at UNM. The visits were arranged by Walt Miller, associate vice president for Student Life, and included delegates from ASUNM and GPSA who observed recreation facilities, housing facilities, student health centers and food service/dining options.
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UNM gets nanoscience lab
Felipe Medina-Marquez | September 22UNM dedicated a wing on the third floor of the Centennial Engineering Center Aug. 23 to a small, but still emerging branch of science. The nanomaterials and nanomedicine lab is a major initiative that involves federal and state funding, along with grants, and features collaborative efforts from different academic disciplines at UNM, including the Cancer Center and the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, as well as Sandia National Laboratories.
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Donation to aid Mexican students
Kayla Smith | September 22The Mexican consulate in Albuquerque granted UNM and the UNM Foundation $50,000 for student scholarships during a press conference Wednesday.
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Peace programs host fair
Stephanie Hoover | September 22Students and staff interested in all areas of social justice gathered in the SUB Wednesday for the International Day of Peace. The sixth annual UNM Peace Fair was put on by the Peace Studies Program, an interdisciplinary program in which students can earn a minor or a certificate.
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Mascots rally against pricey textbooks
Tamon Rasberry | September 21Textbook Rebellion, a national movement to lower textbook prices, visited UNM Tuesday with its mascots, Mr. $200 Textbook and the Textbook Rebel. UNM’s chapter of New Mexico Public Interest Research Group sponsored the event to gather petition signatures and get students interested in ways to lower textbook prices.
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Roybal: Students want rec center
Luke Holmen | September 21The UNM Master Plan outlines a plan to build a new recreation center and update Johnson Gym, even though a proposal to fund a new recreation center using student fees was voted down in the ASUNM elections last fall. “The University and ASUNM ask students for their input on everything and then ignore it, it seems like,” said student James Brown.
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New professor nabs ‘dream job’
Charlie Shipley | September 21Associate Professor of History Mike Ryan will join UNM’s Institute of Medieval Studies after leaving a tenured position at Purdue University in Indiana. His new UNM office is filled to the brim with books on everything from medieval sorcery to the practices of ancient Christianity.
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Investigation of APD approved
Luke Holmen | September 20Protesters banded together in the City Council chambers Monday, calling for the Department of Justice to investigate alleged APD misconduct in a series of 20 police shootings in the last 20 months, 14 of which have been fatal. Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry vetoed a City Council resolution last month that asked for a DOJ investigation, and the City Council failed to override the veto at a Sept.
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Reckless skaters escape penalties
Chelsea Erven | September 20Student Veterans of UNM has decided to take action on a problem members say hasn’t been properly enforced on campus: skateboarding. Joseph Boyd, the group’s president, said out-of-control skateboarders threaten the safety of disabled veterans and students alike. “It’s a safety issue,” he said.
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Commiseration with starvation
Lindsay Douglas | September 20The Muslim Student Association (MSA) will hold its annual Fast-A-Thon on Thursday to raise money and awareness for famine in the eastern horn of Africa. Mostafa Amini, president of the MSA, said the fast will follow traditional Islamic practices. “The practice of fasting, within the Islamic religion, consists of abstaining from eating and drinking, including water, from sunrise to sunset,” he said. Amini said fasting isn’t supposed to be easy. “It allows the UNM community to feel and not only sympathize, but rather empathize with our fellow humans that are experiencing poverty, famine and other sub-human conditions,” he said.
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Beers before tears: football tailgaters party hard
Luke Holmen | September 19While winning hasn’t been a consistent part of the UNM football season, tailgating has. Students packed parking lots this Saturday to tailgate prior to the Texas Tech home game.
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Protesters demand culpability for APD shootings
Michael Howland-Davis | September 19More than 60 people braved the rain Saturday to speak out against allegedly brutal police practices that have led to an abnormally high number of police shootings in Albuquerque. Albuquerque police officers have gunned down one person a month for 20 months — 14 of those shootings have been fatal.
