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Bad start for Lobos ends in game loss

by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo Oklahoma's high-powered offense was too much to handle, and UNM was handed its first loss of the season Wednesday night, 74-63. The 25th-ranked Sooners (3-0) knocked the Lobos (2-1) out of the semifinal round of the preseason Women's National Invitational Tournament at The Pit.

Women get wise about engineering opportunity

by Matt Gomez Daily Lobo Fifty female high school students from Rio Rancho spent Wednesday shadowing UNM engineering students. Women in Science and Engineering, an organization that works to attract women to fields of science, engineering and mathematics, held its third Shadow a Wise Student Day.

School of Architecture and Planning building

by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo Construction of a new architecture building will begin Monday. George Pearl Hall will serve as a symbol of the University, said Roger Schluntz, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning. "Its location is situated at a primary pedestrian entrance to the campus," Schluntz said.

Under construction

by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo There are no plans to relieve traffic when UNM's Stanford entrance closes for the next two years starting Monday, said Clovis Acosta, director of Parking and Transportation Services. The entrance is one of two off Central Avenue and will be closed due to the construction of George Pearl Hall, which will house the School of Architecture and Planning.

A day without a cigarette

by Sunnie Redhouse Daily Lobo Pointing to pictures of damaged livers, student Martin Carbajal said he saw how tobacco can affect a person's life. "It's pretty interesting, and it relates to my family," he said. Carbajal took part in the Great American Smokeout held by the Student Health Center on Wednesday.

Prof talks on role of religion in war, law

by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Anouar Majid spoke Tuesday about regime changes in Iraq and Afghanistan and how those changes relate to the United States. Majid, a professor at the University of New England and the author of several books on Islam, talked about the role religion plays in these countries' constitutions.

Open house attracts budding engineers

by Sunnie Redhouse Daily Lobo Cassondra Malloy, a student at La Cueva High School, said her father is an engineer, but she still did not know exactly what he did. Attending the UNM's School of Engineering open house on Tuesday helped her understand. "Engineering is more diverse than people realize," Malloy said.

Soccer team gets No. 2 seed

Staff Report One year after being snubbed by the NCAA tournament selection committee with a No. 13 seed despite its No. 1 ranking in Soccer Times, the UNM men's soccer team got an early Christmas present Monday. The selection committee picked the Lobos as the No.

Scooting away from gas prices

by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo The past couple months have been good for the motorized scooter business. New Urban Transport is no exception, said owner Richard Meltz. "This year when the price of gas hit three bucks, the scooter business went through the roof," he said.

Students complain of library clamor

by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo Teresa Neely, director of Zimmerman Library, said the West Wing study area in the building is not a designated quiet space. However, she has received about five complaints from students who say their study sessions are disrupted by public discussions and meetings held in the wing, especially in the Willard Reading Room.

Part-time faculty get few benefits, little pay

by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo Christine Rack, a part-time faculty member at UNM, qualified for food stamps last year. Rack, who has a doctorate in sociology and is in the process of publishing a book, taught four courses last year and made about $12,000.

Bookstore promotes children's literacy at fair

by Lisa Adams Daily Lobo UNM alumnae Marilyn Markel and Carilyn Alarid said it took them about 10 years to get their children's book published. "We did a lot of work editing the book," Alarid said. The sisters were part of the UNM Bookstore Children's Book Fair on Saturday.

Med school hosts memorial

by Marian Chavez Daily Lobo About 100 people donate their bodies to the UNM School of Medicine for research every year. Families, friends, students and faculty from the medical school gathered Saturday at the Aquinas Newman Center to honor the 104 people who donated their body to science this year.

Class plants remembrance tree

by Troy Chavkin Daily Lobo University College Dean Peter White said planting a tree helps bring life out of death. White, along with other UNM students and staff, planted a tree Thursday to remember the five people allegedly murdered Aug. 18 by John Hyde.

57 students pledge to give marrow

by Jason Kleymann Daily Lobo College students are ideal bone marrow donors, said Fae Jones from United Blood Services. "We really like signing up the college crowd because they're younger people," she said. "They are going to be around longer and tend to be healthier people.

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Student's sudden death unexplained

by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Brent Duncan's family could always count on him to get things done. "We're going to miss him being our handy man," said his mother, Priscilla Duncan. "He always told his sister, 'Don't ever take your car to the shop. I'll fix it for you.

UNM police nab murder suspect

by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo A wounded man requesting assistance on campus was detained by UNM police after officers found he had warrants charging him for killing his wife and stepson in Washington. UNM police dispatchers received a 911 call from Bryan Christopher Matsen, 35, at about 1 a.

Symposium to show film on church ritual

by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Daniel Garcia said the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium is a good way for students to show their work to the rest of the University's academic community. Garcia will be presenting a 10-minute documentary he produced over the summer about a religious ceremony in the East Mountains at the Nov.