by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo When UNM student Cherie Nanco was a sophomore in high school, her grades were low, and she was on the verge of dropping out. Nanco's life changed when her teachers referred her to Los Compa§eros Youth Mentoring Program, an organization with UNM's law school ...
by Marcella Ortega Daily Lobo On sidewalks, bus stops and newspaper dispensers, a new form of graffiti is appearing all around campus. It is called stencil graffiti. Stencilists create their designs in the form of a stencil, which they use to fi lter spray-painted images onto their surface of ...
Daily Lobo: What is the main purpose of the graduation task force? Reed Dasenbrock: UNM, historically, has had very low graduation rates when compared to other institutions in the area, such as the University of Arizona and the University of Colorado. The average six-year graduation rate is ...
Video game fanatics in Albuquerque have a new opportunity to get their fix. The Dragon's Lair Ultimate Gaming Arena at 5000 Menaul Blvd. has been open for three weeks and is getting positive feedback from the gaming community, co-owner Kevin Nelson said.
This is in response to Lucinda Ulrich's complaint about the dismissal of art teacher Tamara Hoover in the June 29-July 5 Daily Lobo. I found something in her column to be somewhat ambiguous. She claims that Hoover's nude pictures were "artistic, not pornographic." By what standards is anyone able to make this distinction? What's the difference?
With the arrest of seven al-Qaida suspects in Miami last week and National Public Radio's revelation Monday that the CIA has disbanded the unit assigned to hunting Osama bin Laden and his top associates, serious questions have re-emerged about the Bush administration's approach to stifling the growing threat of nonstate terrorism.
Matt Witkowski and David Reis met at Loborientation in 2004. Now, the UNM students are in the process of expanding their clothing company Rhidden. "It's our own style," Witkowski said. "It's not limited. It's not skater or designer. It's our own thing."
George W. Bush and I both were born in Texas. Quite possibly that is the only thing we have in common, except that I still, on occasion, wear boots.
Former UNM tennis player Maja Kovacek put an exclamation point on a stellar year for UNM student athletes. Kovacek, a standout on the women's tennis team during her four-year career, was named the Mountain West Conference Female Student Athlete of the Year on June 29.
I was appalled to find out that the prices at the parking structure near Popejoy Hall were so high. I parked there for three hours and was charged $5.
Let me preface the beginning of this column by saying I don't like Bernie Mac or his show, where he has those goofy monologues in which he refers to America as if the whole nation is watching.
The first time Steven Chavez saw a Mexican marimba was in 1980. Now, the experienced folk musician owns 33 marimbas from around the world and different eras. A marimba is a percussion instrument typically associated with folk music. It has several keys which are struck by mallets in order to produce sound.
by Abigail Ramirez Daily Lobo After student Rosalinda Olivas picked up a fl yer for the 2nd Annual Mexican Traditional Medicine Fair, she looked forward to the event as a way to heal her foot. "I've had a broken toe for about two months, and it seems to be getting worse," Olivas said. "I already ...
Mikaela Backstedt proved she can play with the best young female golfers in the world June 14. Representing UNM and her home country of Sweden, Backstedt finished fourth overall at the British Open Amateur Championships. Backstedt said she was pleased with her performance against the stiff competition.
Jessica Van Why, a UNM accounting major, thought she botched her interview for an internship at Intel. "I totally thought I blew the interview, because they asked me some tech-related questions," she said. "I don't really have any background in technology. I don't even know what I said."
Concerning the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board's decision on whether to move forward with banning aspartame, the artificial sweetener, "Delay and deflect" should not be the modus operandi in this matter. So many lives are at stake, and my intent as petitioner is only to prevent further neurodegenerative and carcinogenic damage, as well as the inevitable behavior problems, learning disabilities and birth defects resulting from corporations gratuitously and unnecessarily adding a chemical metabolized as formaldehyde and methanol to 6,000 food products and more than 500 children's medications.
On June 20, despite record-low approval ratings, House lawmakers voted themselves a $3,300 pay raise that will increase their salaries to $168,500 in the same week the Senate defeated a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage in increments from $5.15 to $7.25. This is absolutely the height of obscenity, and I, for one, am appalled and disgusted. If there is one issue that could and should start a revolution, this is it.
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