Staff report UNM's Disaster Medical Assistance Team has been sent to the Gulf Coast region for the second time this month. DMAT, a FEMA team sponsored by the University, has sent 34 medical personnel to Texas to aid potential victims of Hurricane Rita.
Editor, I'd like to inform Wesley Reed, the student quoted in the article "Students search for reason to vote" in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, that we should vote because we are students. We should vote because we are citizens of the state of New Mexico and of the United States of America.
by David J. Chavez Daily Lobo The UNM women's doubles team of seniors Iva Gersic and Maja Kovacek start another season together Saturday at the UNM Lobo Fall Invitational. Even after a move from across an ocean, some things don't change. "We've known each other for around 12 years now," Gersic said.
by Marian Chavez Daily Lobo After 35 years of teaching at UNM, professor Anne Taylor has been rewarded for her efforts as an educator. On Thursday, during a ceremony at Zimmerman Library, Taylor was presented with the Faculty Acknowledgment Award.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo Two unbeaten teams will face off Saturday night when the Lobos travel to face the University of Texas-El Paso. The Lobos are 3-0 for the first time since 1997, while the Miners are 2-0. UNM's offense is averaging 35.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo Show this weekend, average symphony will not be, sayeth Yoda. The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Chorus will bring the music of all six "Star Wars" films to Popejoy Hall. Conductor Byron Herrington said the show will include projection screens, choreographed dancers and special lighting effects flashing over the orchestra to create a multimedia presentation.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Jason Mraz is a musician who becomes irritated when asked to label his music. "Everybody is doing a crossover thing now. I got tired of trying to explain all our different influences because there are a lot of them," he said. "At the end of the day, it's pop-rock.
Editor, In their letter to the Daily Lobo, students Josh Tybur and Holly Victorson proposed the elimination of UNM's shuttle system. As a student who commutes to UNM from outside Albuquerque, I feel the reasons cited need to be refuted. One of the chief complaints is the inefficiency of the shuttle system.
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo UNM crime statistics for 2004 show a decrease in assaults and thefts on campus from 2003. The statistics were released Sept. 9. There were three reported forced sexual assaults last year, and five in 2003. Reports of aggravated assault also declined from 12 in 2003 to six in 2004.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Could you forgive a serial killer? That is the question Bryony Lavery's play "Frozen" explores. The play, opening at Theatre X on Thursday, examines our ideas of justice, guilt and rehabilitation through the story of Ralph, a man who raped and killed seven pre-teen girls.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo Terry Garza said the Surge building started to smell bad in April. "It was funny," said Garza, who works in the building. "Nobody wanted to mention it because it smelled like sewer." She said the smell eventually worsened and her co-workers started to complain.
by Joe Buffaloe Daily Lobo Everyone loves a good rummage sale. Cheap furniture. An occasional cool T-shirt. Stacks of random CDs. Shopping the way it's meant to be. This Sunday, though, it will also be for a good cause. The Nob Hill Business Association is having a rummage sale to benefit Habitat for Humanity, which hopes to build affordable new homes for those who live in the regions affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Editor, I am writing in response to Michael Tahani's letter to the Daily Lobo in Tuesday's paper, in which he said, "The problem with religion is that everyone thinks their religion is the right one." I ask, who would subscribe to a religion they think to be the wrong one? Everyone subscribes to the worldview they believe to be right, whether it's religious or atheistic.
Editor, Richard Berthold's problem is his ego. Thinking that students are deprived without his presence in the classroom is ridiculous. The University has every right to deny him a part-time teaching position. The University is not in business of employing radical thinkers.
Editor, City Councilor Eric Griego is unique among the candidates in the upcoming mayoral race to be held in Albuquerque on Oct. 4 because he is the only candidate who seems to value the concept of interdependence in his policy agenda. I usually associate the word interdependence with the science of ecology, as it explains that all living and non-living things are connected to one another in what is commonly referred to as the web of life.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Rudolfo Anaya said he writes every morning. The New Mexico author is nominated for the Southwest Book Award for Serafina's Stories, a collection of 12 New Mexico folk tales translated from Spanish into English and set in the context of a story.
by John Bear Daily Lobo UNM guitar instructor Michael Chapdelaine said he has something of a split personality. "My reputation has been this classical guitar nerd who wears a tuxedo and does long, serious pieces," he said. "But lately I've been doing different stuff.
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