by Jane Eisner Knight Ridder-Tribune On Thursday evening, MTV will depart from its usual fare of grinding music videos and shrieking, bare-bellied teenagers to present a half-hour news special tackling the issue of sexual education in the schools.
College is supposed to be a time of learning, a time of exploration and, according to Hollywood a time with lots of indiscriminate sex. A group of Yale University students took that idea to a new level by starting the Porn 'n Chicken Club, a secret society that gathered once a week to watch pornography and eat Popeye's fried chicken.
UNM senior Erron Todd, 21, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002 from injuries she sustained when the vehicle she was riding in was hit by a N.M. State Police car in Socorro. Also killed in the crash was Jeremiah Wright, 22, a New Mexico Tech senior. The driver of the car, Christopher Michel, 22, also a student at Tech, survived the accident and was released from UNM Hospital Sept.
Julie Weaks, UNM's vice president for business and finance, said that she is "at the end of her rope" with the Student Union Building construction and is seeking legal ways to compensate for its construction delays. "This is not acceptable and I want to take whatever action is possible," she said.
Like a Singapore Sling in a smoky Las Vegas lounge, Jurassic 5's Power in Numbers, goes down easy. Seeing their names in the liner notes is like looking at a roster of superheroes on a crime-fighting team in a comic book. Emcees Chali 2na, Zaakir (Soup), Akil and Marc 7 and DJs Cut Chemist and Nu-Mark are recognizably vintage hip-hop all-stars.
Attorney General John Ashcroft's USA PATRIOT Act and its possible negative affect on UNM and other college students were explored in a panel discussion that included students, School of Law faculty and representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico Monday.
by John J. Schulz and Ehsan Ahrari Knight Ridder-Tribune BOSTON - As every graduate of the U.S. armed forces command and staff schools or the more advanced and selective war colleges knows: It is easy to get into wars, and darn hard to end them.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Shady Back alleys of the Internet found by entering Two or More Unrelated Words into Google. Entry: "Spam Haiku." If Al Gore really invented the Internet, one would be forced to assume that he is a sex-starved porn-addict and someone who entertains an unhealthy fixation on SPAM.
"A robin redbreast in a cage/Puts all heaven in a rage." And thus starts the third chapter of the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, which is actually the first chapter, which happens a little after the initial chapter that occurs just before the movie even takes place.
by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo columnist Pregnant? Thinking about having a baby in the near or distant future? Well, then I have some shocking - or not so shocking - news for you. You don't have to give birth in a hospital. Around these parts, home birth isn't so much of a foreign phenomenon.
Staff Report Officials from the state Office of the Medical Investigator announced Monday that they have identified the body of a UNM student found in a Student Residence Center apartment. The body of Frank Baca, 47, a senior who studied sociology, was discovered by a University housing crew Friday.
Editor, To respond to the editorial regarding driving habits in New Mexico. Yes, we have the worst drivers around. I often joke with my friends that car companies should make the "New Mexico" model of cars: All models shipped to New Mexico will not include turn signals since drivers don't use them.
Staff Report Led by junior Sarah Gonzales, the University of New Mexico women's cross country team ran to an eighth place finish in a field of 16 teams at the 66th annual Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla. Gonzales, now fully recovered from an early season illness, led the team for the second straight race.
Editor, A journalist is sometimes like a good scrabble player. The ideas for an article, like individual letters for words, can be arranged in different order and the message of the article can read different ways, just like the same letters can spell entirely different words.
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