The Jeff Nelson era is underway for the UNM volleyball team. Nelson made his coaching debut in style Saturday as the Lobos swept the UNM alumni team 30-12, 30-24, 30-14 in an exhibition match at Johnson Gym.
Editor, I read a story in the Daily Lobo last week about lining Johnson field with lighting for safety reasons. Last week's issue contains an article about a bicycle thief being caught. In my more than 20 years consisting of living on or visiting the campus, I have never seen a campus police officer walking a beat.
Editor, The New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation required me to take a psychology class at UNM this summer, which I did and passed with a B-plus. Still, I am unable to register for the classes I paid for and was forced to withdraw as a result of being struck by a skateboarder as I was leaving the social psychology class and trying to access the disability ramp in the spring.
Head coach Rocky Long threw a new twist into two-a-day practices for the UNM football team this summer. And even though waking up at 6 a.m. may not be appealing for players, Long is confident the pros will outweigh the cons.
The UNM men's and women's tennis teams are dusting off their rackets and gearing up for the Lobo Labor Day Tournament. The tournament, held Aug. 31 through Sept. 3 at the Lobo Tennis Club, serves as a great way for Lobo players to get back into playing shape, men's head coach Alan Dils said.
India's economic boom continues unhindered. Together with China, it is emerging as the most important nation that will keep the economic wheel spinning at a time when the developed world slows down to re-examine what capitalism-led economic reforms have done to its human capital and social well-being.
I used to hate on crotchety old music fans who swore by their dusty LPs from yesteryear and railed against anything the pizza-faced mall rats were feeling. That is, until I became one.
Nearly everyone has downed a pint of ice cream on a bad day, but there's a better way to chase the blues away.
If you see a group of guys at Roosevelt Park next weekend attacking each other with steel swords, don't be alarmed. There will be a tournament noon on Saturday at Roosevelt Park for Intense Medieval Combat, a group of people who battle with real weapons and armor constructed in medieval design.
A little more than a year after authorities were tipped off about a theft ring at the UNM Bookstore, the case is almost closed. Ten students were indicted; two of them have been sentenced to conditional probation, seven were deferred to pre-prosecution probation and one awaits sentencing, said Chris Schultz, assistant district attorney.
First-year head coach Jeff Nelson is attempting to rebuild the UNM women's volleyball program. In 2006, under head coach Kelley McKee, UNM went 10-20 overall and finished 5-11 in conference play, taking eighth in the Mountain West Conference.
As I prepared to watch Simon Pegg's second foray into feature film, "Hot Fuzz," I was braced for a major disappointment.
Editor, It is sometimes dangerous to believe that those in power necessarily know what they are doing. It comforts me, therefore, when I see or hear someone question authority, as professor Hugh Witemeyer did in the July 16 Daily Lobo. Referring to President David Schmidly's statements about the search for a new provost, Witemeyer writes, "The president's remarks suggest that he does not understand the principles of shared governance .
David Moy said his son, Tim, was a great teacher, even as a child. "He always liked to teach or explain things, whether it was to his younger sister, cousins, classmates or friends," David Moy said. "He loved to explain how things work and why, and he was very patient and would always get into a great level of detail without making things difficult to understand."
UNM Police arrested a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on charges of raping a minor. Michael McGiffin, 24, was arrested on 11 felony counts, including criminal sexual penetration, criminal sexual contact with a minor and sexual exploitation of children, said Lt.
Editor, The patronizing attitude of correspondents like Matt Gallegos, in his July 16 letter to the editor, is all too typical of the Catholic Church. This smugness, based on the church's assumption of possessing superior truth, should be reason enough to spurn its offer of an endowed chairperson.
Editor, Johnson Center may be in the process of installing lights for night sports on Johnson Field. It also may pride itself on its recently acquired stretched hours - remember all the wonderful banners boasting that it would remain open until almost midnight? But it seems that summer is a different story.
If you catch Tour de France fever, riding your bicycle to campus may be the cure. UNM offers services to encourage students to choose biking over driving, said Cynthia Martin, program planning manager for Parking and Transportation Services.
Every year, the two student governments, ASUNM and GPSA, establish student priorities to lobby for at the Legislature. This year is no different.
Exceeded in size by Alaska, Texas, California and Montana, New Mexico is America's fifth largest state. Within New Mexico's 121,365 square miles, you could fit more than 78 Rhode Islands, 62 Delawares, 21 Connecticuts or 13 New Jerseys. All of America's 10 smallest states could fit inside New Mexico's borders with room to spare, as could all five states of New England.
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