by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Martin Heinrich, Albuquerque city councilor, said it is important to raise the minimum wage in the city for more than economic reasons. "It's very important to think not just about economic issues," he said. "But also about the moral and ethical ramifications.
by Kevin McFarland Daily Lobo Casual Major League Baseball fans are notorious for not watching the regular season unless a slugger with muscles of unnatural proportions is putting up home run numbers as large as his biceps. Well, casual fans, even though Barry Bonds was sidelined for almost all of the season and home-run numbers are down across the league, you might want to flip on the TV a little early this season anyway.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo The schedule-makers for Major League Baseball must have had a crystal ball for the 2005 season. With less than a week remaining in the baseball season, there are some playoff races that will likely be decided in the final game or two of 2005.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo After four games this season, the Lobo defense is starting to click as the football team heads into conference play. Through the first three games of the season the UNM defense was giving up an average of 26 points and 384 yards per game, relying on offensive production and turnovers to pull out victories.
Editor, As Dane Roberts correctly summarized in his column Tuesday, you don't know what you've got till it's gone, so you should appreciate what you have before it goes the way of subsistence agriculture and flared trousers. A worthwhile, if hackneyed, piece of advice.
Staff Report The UNM Board of Regents approved a deal Friday to develop a 1,300-acre Mesa del Sol property in the southeast mesa area. Karen Wentworth, a spokeswoman for UNM, said the property is still in escrow and the University is hoping to finalize the deal by spring.
by Brandale Mills Daily Lobo Scott Pierson, who evacuated New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, said he is experiencing reverse racism from relief organizations. "Because I'm not black, or a mother with kids, I can't seem to get any help," he said.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Attention nerds: Imposters lurk in the shadows all around you. Actually, they lurk in the open as well. Some of them have even worked up the stugats to appear on television. For reasons I would rather not go into, I was sitting at home late two Saturdays ago idly watching "Mad TV.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo The Onlys are an acquired taste, said Jason Chenoweth, lead singer and guitarist of the band. "We're not writing formulaic music," he said. "We capture the energy of art and then go back and rearrange it." This indie rock band from Austin, Texas, will be in Albuquerque Friday to promote their album Limbic System.
Editor, I graduated from UNM last spring and still receive the e-mail version of the Daily Lobo. To be honest, I rarely even open it, but for whatever reason I did today. I read the "America's Favorite Drug" column, as it had a catchy title. It states that Zimmerman Library has the only Starbucks located in a university library in the country.
Editor, With the skyrocketing costs of textbooks and the drastic reduction in grant aid, students and their parents all around the country have to work harder to afford college. The Republican-controlled Congress reconvened after Labor Day to tackle major national issues, including the looming national deficit.
by John Bear Daily Lobo The Dimes are part of the burgeoning indie rock scene in Portland, Ore. But don't call them hipsters. Drummer Jake Rahner said his roommate is one, but added the state of being hip eludes an easy definition. "It's hard to define," he said.
by Dane Roberts Daily Lobo columnist If you live in the University neighborhood south of Central Avenue and are walking home down an alley littered with beer cans, and you happen to see a few cornstalks peeking over a fence trellised with a vine of ripe green beans, you will have found the house of someone with a soft spot for the past.
by Chris Narkun Daily Lobo Usually, you can count on Jodie Foster in a thriller. Since breaking out as a 14-year-old prostitute in "Taxi Driver" through her role opposite Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs" and, most recently, as a woman protecting her daughter from a deranged Dwight Yoakam in "Panic Room," Foster's always been able to select roles in believable and suspenseful material with the best directors.
Editor, I used to think most Americans were good people who would resist a fascist military dictatorship, but I was wrong. I read that, according to Human Rights Watch, some U.S. troops occupying Iraq break the legs of Iraqi prisoners with baseball bats for sport.
by Aubrey Montoya Daily Lobo Future UNM entrepreneurs have a chance to show off their business skills and win $25,000. About 40 students gathered in the SUB on Monday to discuss a University Technology Business Plan competition sponsored by the Anderson Schools of Management.
by Sunnie Redhouse Daily Lobo ˇ With nine days left until the election, mayoral candidate Eric Griego spent his Saturday evening salsa and swing dancing with students at the SUB. Student Desi Brown said Griego's visit to campus wasn't just about getting votes.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Marilu Ugalde, a student from West Mesa High School, said getting free food was her favorite part of UNM's celebration of Albuquerque's tricentennial. She said her second favorite part was learning what would be available to her if she came to the University.
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