They didn't have any defenders in their faces, but Amy Beggin and Amanda Best put on a shooting clinic for fans at the Lobo Howl on Friday at The Pit. Beggin, the point guard on the UNM women's basketball team, needed an overtime in the women's 3-point competition to knock off Best in perhaps the most exciting part of the Howl.
Almost 200 bicyclists rode around Albuquerque on Saturday for a ride in remembrance of student James Quinn. Quinn was a law student who was killed Sept. 15 when his bicycle was hit by a vehicle on Route 66 in Tijeras Canyon. He was 28.
Gayle Tripp recorded her 1,000th career dig for the UNM volleyball team Saturday. She is the 10th player in school history to reach the milestone.
For senior swimmer Tori Clarridge, her love of competition hasn't changed in the last four years - just the amount of responsibilities outside her sport. Clarridge said she had her clinical hours in the nursing program Thursday after swimming in four relay events against CSU in Seidler Natatorium.
Editor, Today marks the return to campus of the pro-life group the Survivors. It's a Christian organization dedicated to educating high school and college-age individuals. Members believe that anyone born after 1972 is a survivor of the abortion holocaust, which completely belittles the Holocaust.
ASUNM will ask New Mexico for $25 million to make the University more energy efficient. "If you lower the cost of your energy consumption, that money can be invested in education, which is a better use of resources," said Matt Barnes, vice president of the student government.
Editor, "Do you have a minute to help save the environment today?" If you are reading this and haven't been asked this question while walking around campus in the past month, I'd like to know how you avoided the Environment New Mexico canvassers for so long.
Editor, I have a suspicion Richard Berthold thought he was making a very clever point when he wrote the following in the Daily Lobo on Oct. 4: "Hamas was not created by Iran, but by Israeli intelligence, which wanted to challenge Yasser Arafat's Fatah." Perhaps he was attempting to recreate those witty hijinks he so embarrassingly displayed on Sept.
UNM might be able to hire twice as many students for work-study. The University will ask the state Legislature to double its funding for the work-study program, an increase of about $1.5 million, said Marc Saavedra, government relations director. "The more you have students living and working on campus, then you tend to see more students graduate, first of all, but they also graduate within four to six years," he said.
About 60 men stumbled across campus in high heels Saturday to raise awareness of violence against women. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes was put on by the YWCA and members of UNM's Greek community.
Editor, If burning a cross on someone's lawn, burning the U.S. flag and walking around a courthouse with "Fuck the draft" written across your chest is considered free speech, then how can the same University that taught me the importance of a person's First Amendment rights be pursuing a hate crime against someone who exercised his constitutional right by tearing down a flag? I think people and groups should expect U.
The UNM swimming and diving team had one of its most productive seasons in 2006 and looks to build on that success. The Lobos went 6-6 in dual meets last year, a five-win improvement over 2005 when they finished 1-11.
Editor, I was washing my hands in the SUB restroom a few days ago when I noticed a full trash bin. What caught my eye wasn't so much the fact that it was full, but the two aluminum soda cans on top. On closer examination, there were also two flattened cardboard boxes resembling what the SUB uses for box lunches, a Daily Lobo and a clear plastic water bottle.
Editor, Amidst a crowd of students, parents and young children going for a stroll to the Duck Pond after lunch, including our guests from across the globe who have come to enjoy the Balloon Fiesta, I found myself crossing Central Avenue, proud to be a student and a part of this wonderful community at UNM.
The UNM volleyball team is riding a wave of momentum after defeating No. 23 BYU on Saturday. "It's a huge confidence boost for us," head coach Jeff Nelson said. "It was the most consistent and steady we've played this season."
After a successful surgery, Tony Danridge is expected to be absent from the UNM basketball team until January.
Former Sen. Fred Harris said the key to a happy life is setting goals and accomplishing them. Whether those goals are biking across Italy or teaching about the political world, Harris is happy to have achieved it.
Student Health Services will coordinate National Health Education Day for students who want a healthier lifestyle. The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cornell Mall.
Editor, I am writing in regards to the story about the past and present of civil rights published in the Daily Lobo on Sept. 27. In the article, there is no mention of the issue of disability and civil rights. In the UNM Civil Rights Symposium agenda, there were no panel discussions listed that support dialogue with respect to issues of disability and access at the University or anywhere else.
Editor, Columnist Richard Berthold's assessment of hate crime laws as an attempt to "punish someone for what he thinks" is simplistic and incorrect. Crimes motivated by racism, religious or sexual intolerance or other such forms of hatred are particularly heinous and are accordingly punished more severely because their aftermath is twofold: A hate crime harms not only the victim, but is meant to terrorize his or her entire group.
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