Editor, As one of the key organizers of the Jan. 18 Peace Day, in which more than 5,000 people took part in a number of events throughout the day, I would like to bring your readers attention to the New Mexico Solidarity Network, which was responsible for the day's events.
Vercye Thompson, an Albuquerque community member, said Friday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Service in the Alumni Chapel that America is still plagued by racism, unwilling to act because people's situations are "comfortable." Thompson said that though countless people lost their lives in the fight for King's dream -- a dream of equality, where people would be judged on character and not the color of their skin -- she is baffled why people are willing to let racism go by simply because things are better than they were 30 years ago.
by Andrew Legrand Oklahoma Daily (U. Oklahoma) 01/23/2003 (U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -- Get it straight, I am not a nigger. Nor am I a nigga. As a matter of fact let me clarify all the terms that you have no right to call me. Don't call me nig, nigg, nigra, nizzle, or any thing else that alludes to the derogatory term popularized by white oppressors against my African ancestors.
by Audra Meiklejohn Daily Lobo The Lobo swimming and diving team crushed in-state rival New Mexico State University 146-92 Saturday, in its last home meet this season at Seidler Natatorium. UNM took home first place honors in 10 events. Sophomore Aimee Dunavant set a new UNM record in the 100-meter butterfly, finishing in 58.
by Audra Meiklejohn Daily Lobo The Lobo women have experienced an unfamiliar feeling twice in the past week -- losing. UNM comes home winless, losing at Colorado State and Wyoming. Thursday in Fort Collins, Colo., the Lobos were out-rebounded and outshot.
by Kevin Deenihan Daily Californian (U. California-Berkeley) 01/23/2003 (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- A group of Congress members, led by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-New York, have submitted a bill to Congress that would reinstate the draft for ages 20 years and up.
A team of five UNM undergraduate students will make history in March by becoming the first group ever to conduct nuclear-based research with NASA's KC-135 microgravity program. The KC-135 is a plane, developed and operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which flies parabolic arcs over the Gulf of Mexico and, during its descent, has brief periods of microgravity, or weightlessness.
Anthropology Professor Lawrence Guy Straus first became familiar with the cave El Miron in Cantabria, Spain in 1972 when he fell into one of its many holes. He was working on his dissertation and visiting cites, when he first spotted a huge cave in the mountain.
by Ingrid Newkirk Knight Ridder-Tribune In mid-January, a dog belonging to Christine Todd Whitman, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, died of cancer. Only days before she died, Whitman's dog, named Coors, had become the "poster dog" of an advertisement prominently displayed at the Metro subway stop nearest to the EPA's headquarters in Washington.
The world just lost a great human being. The University lost a great teacher; the country lost one of its greatest journalists; the Daily Lobo and alumni of the student paper lost a great writing coach; and the community lost a valuable member when Henry Trewhitt died yesterday.
Editor, Eric Howerton wrote a delightfully satirical column about the various golf hazards Frisbee golfers face when playing at Roosevelt Park. Mr. Howerton explains that, instead of sand traps and other obstacles found at the average golf course, the Frisbee golf course at Roosevelt is plagued with homeless people, drug dealers who sell crack to elementary school children and rabid, leash-less dogs.
by Audra Meiklejohn Daily Lobo The UNM swim team welcomes New Mexico State University to the Seidler Natatorium in the Lobos' final home meet of the season Saturday. UNM is currently ranked fourth in the Mountain West Conference (4-3), closely following Utah, Colorado State and UNLV.
Staff Report The University of New Mexico women's basketball team was beaten by a score of 66-53 by Colorado State University Thursday night. CSU was able to control the second half after the Lobos had built a 29-26 lead at halftime. With the Rams leading 45-44 in the second half, sophomore guard Mandi Moore had a chance to tie the game with a free throw.
Staff Report Men's Tennis The UNM men's tennis team takes its 59th national ranking to the Northwest this weekend to battle 20th-ranked University of Washington and 73rd-ranked University of Oregon. The Lobos have yet to lose a point in the spring season with 7-0 victories over Northern Arizona University and the University of San Francisco coming last weekend.
by Michael Beniash Daily Lobo Traveling is not easy for anyone -- just ask the Lobo men's basketball team. Dating back to last year, UNM has dropped 12 straight road games, including its first two conference road games this season. But as the saying goes, home is where the heart is and the Lobos will embrace their home court with arms wide open.
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