by Aidan Turowski Daily Lobo On weekend nights in Downtown Albuquerque, Darcy Brazen and fellow members of Copwatch stroll the streets looking for signs of police brutality. "It's not our intention to find bad cops," Brazen said. "It's our intention to reaffirm what people's rights are." Volunteers ...
by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo You may not know his name, but you've probably heard him. He sits outside Popejoy Hall at the flamenco statues from noon to 2 p.m. almost every day without fail. He goes by Sankirtan das, although his name is Paul Manning. He sings mantra chants in the hope of connecting ...
Tara Kraus, Senior, Biology and chemistry "I disagree because it is the woman's and the man's choice whether to abort or not." Sonya Valdez, Junior, Psychology "I disagree, because in situations such as rape or when a mother is unfit to care for a child, she should have the option.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Projectionists are the underappreciated heroes of the movie theater. Moviegoers notice when the film burns, the movie is out of focus or the sound is bad - but they give no credit when the film runs smoothly, said Brian Gillespie, director of the Southwest Film Center. However, ...
by Kevin McFarland Daily Lobo Senior Abbie Letz said she wants to make her last moments as a Lobo special. She's certainly playing like it. As the Lobo women's basketball team blew out the Air Force Falcons 79-53 on Wednesday night, Letz provided a memorable effort by netting a game high 18 points ...
UNM's Office of Graduate Studies may undergo spring cleaning this semester. The recommendations were presented at the Feb. 14 Board of Regents meeting by a task force Interim Provost Reed Dasenbrock formed in November.
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo The UNM Board of Regents isn't ready to play its ultimate legal hand as it continues to negotiate with landowners for acquisition of property south of The Pit. At the regents' Feb. 14 meeting, the board rejected Kim Murphy's suggestion that the University make a final ...
Albuquerque has joined a national writing revolution. UNM received a $30,000 grant to establish the High Desert Writing Project, a subset of the National Writing Project to improve instructors' abilities to teach writing.
by Damon Scott Daily Lobo Mark Rudd said one of his proudest moments in life was being a part of the Vietnam anti-war movement. Rudd, a former member of Students for a Democratic Society and founding member of the Weather Underground, was part of a panel discussion Tuesday at the SUB culminating ...
Thanks to the Wild Friends Program at UNM, cyberhunting is on its way to being banned in New Mexico.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo A UNM men's basketball player was suspended for the remainder of the 2005-06 season after resisting arrest Sunday. Junior Kyle Prochaska is the latest member of the basketball team to be arrested in a season that has been filled with off-court issues. Prochaska ...
Brittany Jaeger, ASUNM president, wants students' opinions about the week before finals. "I'm kind of looking right now at what's going to work best for students," she said.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Finnie Coleman said the 40th anniversary celebration for the Black Panther Party has been an unqualified success for himself and UNM. "It's been one of the most important successes of my career. It's certainly one of the highlights of my adult life to be involved in this ...
by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo The Black Panther Party was not founded on a street corner. It started on a college campus, said David Hilliard, a founding member of the party. That is one reason Hilliard said it was important the 40th anniversary celebration of the creation of the party be held ...
by Mark Schaaf Daily Lobo University of New Orleans professor Ron Hagelman III has not been in his office since evacuating the city a few days before Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast. Hagelman lectured to a full auditorium Friday in the Manufacturing Training and Technology Center building ...
by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo A group of minority students rallied at the SUB mall Thursday asking for the University and students to support multiculturalism on campus. About 30 students gathered to listen to talks, poems and drumming - all emphasizing that UNM students should speak up for minorities. "As ...
Valerie Griego, Senior, Psychology "Not fair. If it were anyone else, it would go to court." Cree Myers, Sophomore, Studio art "He should be treated like anyone else. Just because he's the vice president he shouldn't be exempt." John Quoc My Dang, Graduate student, Pharmacy "It was ...
Huey Newton and David Hilliard met when they were 11 years old. Thirteen years later, Newton and Hilliard co-founded the Black Panther Party.
A group of about 30 students and faculty discussed affirmative action Wednesday at the UNM School of Law.
by Katy Knapp and Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo The three candidates for provost of the University were announced Wednesday. Reed Dasenbrock, who has been interim provost since March, is one of them. He said applying for the permanent position was the natural thing to do. "It just seemed like ...
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