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Feeding waterfowl befouls Duck Pond

Desks, chairs, an immeasurable amount of beer bottles and a concession trailer have all been removed from the Duck Pond. "Everything that comes on campus has an opportunity to end up in the Duck Pond," said Gary Smith, who is the associate director of UNM's Environmental Services. Smith said one person is assigned to clean the pond daily. "We get a lot of debris," he said. Nicole Howlingcrane, an Albuquerque resident, said she brings her daughter AlizÇ to the Duck Pond almost every day. "She likes the ducks," she said, while watching AlizÇ play by the water. "I think it's kind of rude people throw things in there. Those ducks don't know (people) are contaminating their water."

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"Good idea, I think it should be stricter, since they're not really enforcing what we have right now. I think we need more support programs, like Safe Ride, to get people home safer." Vince Welke freshman "I think it's terrible. Even a drunk needs to get to work.

Golfers look for MWC threepeat

The UNM men's golf team got off to a good start in its quest to earn a third consecutive Mountain West Conference championship title. The Lobos finished the first day of the tourney in first place. With 3-under-par 285, UNM leads San Diego State and Brigham Young by seven strokes.

Letter: Chemical in bug repellent does harm, not good

Editor, Summer is almost here, and all the wet weather we have had so far is going to produce lots of bugs, especially mosquitoes. If you are going to be outside, you will want to wear an appropriate insect repellent. Please do not use any product containing DEET.

Fighting hunger on letter at a time

The Bread for the World organization set up a table in the SUB on Thursday to encourage passersby to do their part to end world hunger. The organization did not ask for cash donations. Instead it asked students to write letters asking Congress to support legislation that deals with hunger issues around the world. Sister MaryAnn Barrett, director of the Campus Ministry at the Newman Center, said handwritten letters are more personal than typed letters.

U.S. incarceration rates top worldwide charts

You'll be happy to know, as an American citizen, you are nearly half as likely to be a victim of violent crime or theft today than you were a decade ago. But you are also far more likely to be reading this newspaper from a prison cell. This week, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics released data detailing the ever-increasing American prison population, which continues to expand even as the crime rate steadily declines.

Performance lives up to reputation

by David Barnes Daily Lobo Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy knows what he's doing. The band's concert at the Kiva Auditorium on Tuesday was everything you'd expect from a group that is regarded by many to be one of the best bands today. Drawing heavily on material from 2002's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and 2004's A Ghost is Born, Wilco stormed through a two-hour set without even the smallest hiccup, leaving devoted fans and more recent admirers alike captivated throughout.

Mayor stiffens DWI laws

by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo Mayor Martin Ch†vez is making it harder for people to drink and drive in Albuquerque. He signed a bill into law Wednesday that will require Albuquerque police officers to temporarily seize vehicles of drunk drivers on their first offense. Ch†vez stood in front of a display of dozens of photographs of victims of drunk driving in the Mothers Against Drunk Driving office. "Behind me in the black frames are Albuquerqueans and New Mexicans who are dead because of driving," he said. "White frames are people who were severely injured." He said until drinking and driving is no longer an issue, he doesn't foresee backing down. A lot of people ask Terry Huertaz if she wanted to be State Executive Director of MADD because she lost a loved one to drunk driving, she said. "I was a school teacher, and I had a student that was killed in a crash," she said. "So that's about as personal as it got for me, but that was enough."

Nature's true guardians

by Maceo Carrillo Martinet Daily Lobo columnist The new face of environmentalism is General Motors - or maybe the Pentagon. You might have noticed the worst abusers of the planet are often running the most prominent campaigns promoting environmentalism, ignoring the major contributions of individuals concerned for the Earth and its occupants.

Multiple personalities

by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo There are many characters inside the heads of Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez. A 14-year-old girl named Jennifer and a space alien are just two. The comedy duo has toured the world as the Pajama Men since 2000. The shows are hard to define.

News editor steps up to the plate

by Phil Parker Daily Lobo Rivkela Brodsky is a junkie for journalism. She started writing when she was three and now - 18 years later - she's set to assume the editor in chief post at the Daily Lobo. The junior has been scheming for this position since she first came to UNM.

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Bouncer lays bare club's dirty secrets

by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo For 20 years, Brent Kenton Jordan beat people up in the alleyways behind his business. When he quit his job as a bouncer of various strip clubs in San Diego and Las Vegas, he had many regrets, he said. "I suppose, like anything else, you become enlightened or educated or you bear things for as long as you can," Jordan said.

Rent going up for Family Housing

by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo Student Family Housing rent is going up 4 percent starting July 1. But some residents say if rent is going up, they want repairs and renovations made to the building. "I don't mind them raising rent," resident Henry Jauregui said.

A personal touch on a sci-fi classic

by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo "Idiot!" No, that's not Jon Heder. It's Tom Cruise doing an impression of "Napoleon Dynamite," one of his favorite movies. "I saw that film three times," Cruise said. "It was just hilarious. It was so much fun. I loved it.

News in brief

UCLA group develops treatment for cat allergies AMES, Iowa (U-WIRE) - A new treatment for cat allergy sufferers may be available in a few years. A team of six doctors at the University of California at Los Angeles has created a molecule, GFD, which combines the cat protein that triggers allergies with a human protein that stops the reaction, according to their research report published in medical journal Nature Medicine.

Letter: Democrats should use filibuster on key issues

Editor, The looming fight in the Senate over the filibuster is likely to hit center stage if the Republican leadership decides to "go nuclear" and ban the filibuster for judicial nominees. For Democrats, however, the issue of the filibuster is one of conflicting wills.

Anti-hero's caper makes a good read

by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo Imagine your grandfather leaves you $5 million in his will, but you can't get near the jackpot until you join the old man's college fraternity or the Marines. Doesn't sound too difficult, right? Well, it is if you are Kurt Stafford, the main character of the book Fubar.