Fresh coffee is not supposed to be bitter. Heba Almasari, owner of the new Yusif's Cafe at 216 Yale Blvd. S.E., said she uses expensive, high-quality beans and sells coffee at the cheapest price in the University area at $1.59 a cup.
New dramas and comedies by UNM playwrights are primed for national awards consideration. The Words Afire Reading Series will present six plays this weekend. There will be a one-woman, one-act and a commissioned piece performed by the Blackout Comedy Troupe.
Editor, I am a graduate student studying the history of West Asia and South Asia. I am also a volunteer with the Middle East Peace & Justice Alliance. I recently attended an event the alliance co-sponsored called Jerusalem Women Speak. Three women who live in Israel spoke about their personal experiences living, working and playing in this much-contested region.
Editor, I would like to thank the Daily Lobo for running the article on staph infection on Monday. I am a survivor of a bacterial staph infection. I became seriously ill after the Christmas of 2004 and only became sicker throughout January 2005. On Jan.
Walking around Johnson Field can help fight cancer. "Everyone is affected by cancer," said Molly Maguire-Marshall, chairwoman of Colleges Against Cancer. "Everyone knows someone that has been affected by cancer, so it's something that everyone can get involved in and support."
Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to respond to an article that recently appeared in the Daily Lobo regarding UNM's report card on sustainability. Let me start by saying that UNM is well on its way to becoming a sustainable university. Last year, the provost formed a task force on sustainability to take a comprehensive look at this issue.
The UNM men's basketball team made its home debut with a 92-57 trouncing of Eastern Washington at The Pit on Monday. The game also marked the first time Steve Alford has coached in The Pit since becoming the 19th head coach for Lobos.
The University is offering student photographers a chance to showcase their work in an online art house.
Michael Hattabaugh said it's difficult to draw attention to a good cause, so he's trying to draw attention to himself. Hattabaugh will live on top of the Chick-Fil-A restaurant at 3801 Ellison Drive for seven days to raise $200,000 for the Carrie Tingley Hospital and National Day of Care.
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame compared the agency's censorship of her book to lessening the crime of leaking her classified identity. "If you diminish me, then you diminish the crime," Plame said.
Editor, I recently attended a presentation as part of the Jerusalem Women Speak tour in Albuquerque. Three women, each representing one of the three Abrahamic religions, demonstrated they can and do believe in peace with a single vision for co-existence among the peoples of Israel and Palestine.
Editor, I am a Jewish member of the Middle East Peace and Justice Alliance. I recently returned from the West Bank after an eight-month stay where I lived and worked at a refugee camp and taught as a visiting professor at Al-Quds University. Representation in Dotan Kennedy's letter that appeared in the Daily Lobo on Friday appears to be an issue here.
Students can voice their opinions on the future of UNM's health insurance at a meeting today. The UNM Insurance Committee will give students a chance to help shape the 2008-09 student health insurance policy. The first meeting is at 1 p.m. in Room 234 of the Student Health Center.
Editor, I'm a member of the Middle East Peace and Justice Alliance that co-sponsored the Jerusalem Women Speak tour. It featured Muslim, Christian and Jewish women from Israel and Palestine talking about peace and experiences living in the Holy Land. I attended five of the events - a luncheon at a local church, an evening event, two classroom talks at UNM and an editorial meeting at the Albuquerque Journal.
Six months ago, Dionne Marsh could barely walk or get out of bed. But this month, the senior is leading the UNM women's basketball team into its 2007-08 season.
The cost of oral contraceptives at the Student Health Center went up this year, but a student group is raising money to help students cover the increase. Prices raised from between $5 and $15 per month to $25 to $50 per month, said Shannon Niebuhr, a member of the Reproductive Justice Coalition.
Good morning. How did you sleep last night? Did you wake up without an alarm this morning, feeling well-rested for your first class? Do you ever? Many college students consider sleep to be a luxury they can't afford or a necessary nuisance that takes up valuable time. At the same time, many of you report sleeping difficulties. One way or another, sleep is an issue for most.
The UNM women's basketball team wasn't always the dominant squad it is today. In 1995, Don Flanagan inherited a struggling Lobo program that was 14-96 in the four previous seasons.
Editor, Andres Saenz thinks the Great Pyramids in Egypt were built by enslaved Israelites. I don't think so. The Great Pyramids of Giza and many others were built by the third and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom from 2686 B.C. to 2175 B.C. Indeed, the three Great Pyramids were built specifically between 2589 and 2496, some 700 to 600 years before the Israelites were even recognizable as a people, and they were erected by trained professionals and conscripted labor paying a type of tax.
Some called it an ugly victory. But when Lobo kicker John Sullivan's winning field goal sailed through the uprights to give UNM a 26-23 win over Colorado State on Saturday, head coach Rocky Long saw it as picture-perfect.
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