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Relations director on leave

Marc Saavedra, the UNM lobbyist arrested on charges of aggravated DWI last week, volunteered to be put on unpaid leave after he was arrested, according to a statement from David Harris, acting UNM president."The University is very committed to assisting him [Saavedra] in his rehabilitation efforts," Harris said in the statement. "That being said, as a public employer, the University is very serious about its accountability to the citizens of New Mexico and intends to take appropriate action in this matter."

Opinion: Government corruption the problem, not Wal-Mart

Editor, While I found Whitney J. Davis' article on Wal-Mart in Wednesday's Daily Lobo one of the most informative articles that your paper has produced, the root problem of Wal-Mart is the government, not Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is only playing the same game as the rest of corporate America.

Mexico gives top award to UNM program advisor

Surrounded by 100 colleagues, friends and family, Theo Crevenna was honored for receiving the Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca, the highest award given by the Mexican government to a foreigner."The greatest satisfaction I have is to be able to be of service," Crevenna said.

Daily Lobo Question of the Week

The Daily Lobo asks you: Almost five years have passed since Sept. 11th, 2001. How do you feel about the United States' progress in the war on terror? Jared Adams: "I think they are just manipulating the fears of all the people. Bush is manipulating Christianity and religion for his benefit -- not a new trick.

Red Rally ignites spirit

About 900 students gathered on Johnson Field on Thursday night for the burning of NMSU's mascot during Red Rally. The event was a pep rally for the football game against NMSU. Matt Maez, ASUNM's Lobo Spirit Committee co-director, set the Aggie ablaze. "A burning Aggie - that's what I like to see," said student Joel Garcia. Student Jessica Buckmaster said it took too long to light the bonfire, but she still enjoyed the event."I think they should set more things on fire," she said. Archers with flaming arrows would be a good addition to the giant torch that ignites the Aggie, she said.The event included the annual Craziest Lobo contest in which several students used paint, glue and gel to show their school spirit.

Column: American's ignore Jesus' words

We are all hypocrites, every last one of us. Every person in every country of the world has been guilty of not following his or her word. This is human nature - nothing more and nothing less. However, hypocrisy can take a violent spin toward becoming overwhelmingly negative.

College 101

Cash tribute transcends genres

Despite his death in 2003, Johnny Cash has remained a fixture in American culture and, arguably, is more popular than ever before.

Ed toons

Skydivers in need of safe place to land

Jumping out of an airplane is easier than it looks. "I took a class, then jumped the next day," said Claire Hilleary, graduate student and skydiver.

Singer turns UNM on to unplugged sound

When Michael Stokes walks around UNM, it's a bit like a band member walking through a guitar store - for every person he sees talking with friends, he sees a person with an instrument.

Letter: College kids hard workers; not handed silver platters

Editor, This is a brief response to Jason Darensburg's letter published in Tuesday's issue of the Daily Lobo. He was not very fair in generalizing that "college is mostly for rich kids with no value system." I am originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, and this assumption does not apply to me.

Letter: Madrid's integrity shines despite muck-slinging ads

Editor, When I was a boy in the early '50s, my family lived in student housing at New Mexico A & M - now NMSU - in Las Cruces. My best buddy and next door neighbor was Charles Madrid, whose little sister, Patricia, is running for our nation's Congress. Over the years, I have watched the Madrid family build itself a good and successful working-class American life through their own hard work, intelligence, education, courage, honesty and family solidarity.

Letter: Bush's administration relies on scapegoats, spin

Editor, In response to Dave Bergeron's letter to the editor in Tuesday's issue of the Daily Lobo, I would refer him - and President Bush for that matter - to the words of the great wartime leader, Harry Truman. In his farewell address to the American people, Truman stated that "the president - whoever he is - has to decide.

Urban sport uses UNM as playground

Members of Urban Exiles don't walk around buildings. "We go over and through," Tad Turpen said. Turpen and UNM student John Whitmore are active members of Urban Exiles, a local parkour group. Parkour is a French street sport that involves leaping from building to building, balancing on railings and scaling walls.

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SUB abandons game consoles

The SUB's game room is going in a new direction - toward an older model of entertainment, said Walt Miller, associate vice president for student development. The room will focus on pool instead of video games, he said. TechSmith managed the room from August 2005 to July 2006. The company removed arcade games and an air hockey table and replaced them with Xboxes and computers.

Column: My Strange New Mexico

Last week in "My Strange New Mexico," we explored the short-lived Placitas, N.M., hippie communes of the 1960s and '70s.

Construction moves forward

Last year, the UNM Board of Regents approved a $125 million bond issue for construction across the main and branch campuses. Joe Brawley, interim director of the Office of Capital Projects, said the buildings will have a positive impact on the University. "Generally speaking, we have a lot of projects going on that, when they are completed, will be a benefit to all students and faculty," he said.

HSC studies test new treatments

The UNM Health Sciences Center is searching for subjects for at least 30 studies, according to the Web site. Vanessa, a participant in a study for a vaccine for human papilloma virus, or HPV, was happy with the program, she said. "I get free Pap smears, free birth control, and they are nice," she said.