Everyone makes fun of Sally Field for her joyous exclamation at the Academy Awards - "You like me! You really like me!" - but she was only demonstrating how American she is. Americans tend to have a high opinion of their country - American exceptionalism is the scholarly term - and are taken aback when confronted with beliefs to the contrary.
Angela Williams sounds as though she has not been keeping up with current events or simply has a hidden agenda. First of all, our "plunging stock market" has actually been on the rise in the last two weeks and more so in recent days. I'll admit the pending baseball strike is troubling, but they are not yet striking as Williams infers, only a date has been set, and a new proposal looks like it may settle the issue before a work stoppage occurs.
Lobo fans and Web surfers might have had a hard time trying to view UNM's athletics department's Web site, www.golobos.com, Monday because hackers successfully shut it down.
UNM's soccer programs move a bit closer to regular season this weekend with scrimmages home and away.
Jane McGrath, an associate professor in UNM's Pediatrics department, was named president of the National Assembly on School Based Health. The announcement was made at the Assembly's School Based Health Care Conference in Denver, Colo., June 20-22.
Entering its season opening game at North Carolina State University Saturday, the big question surrounding UNM's football team will be if the new and inexperienced backfield can duplicate the success of last year's backfield.
Editor's Note: The Daily Lobo does not endorse either "Ethnic Cleansing" the video game, or any of the values promoted within. It is important to inform the reader of some of the alarmingly successful propaganda being passed off as common entertainment. These games are becoming more successful.
Walking that fine line between mainstream and indie hip-hop, Slum Village's latest release trinity (past, present and future) on Capitol Records defies categorization. Slum Village's sophomore effort was released Aug.13 to good reviews. Trinity is a concept album, 23 tracks long, entwining the band's memories, current reality and predictions for its future.
Deep in the bowels of the Center for Fine Arts building, you will find the bastard offspring of the Theatre and Dance department, Theatre X. The student-run theatre has existed quietly since its inception, but is now on the verge of breaking into the consciousness of the greater UNM community.
by Gordon S. Clark Knight Ridder-Tribune The hard-line hawks in the Bush administration are pushing for a "regime change" in Iraq and preparing for war. But the consequences of a U.S. attack on Iraq range from troubling to potentially catastrophic.
UNM's School of Law was awarded the Dean Henry J. Ramsey Jr. Award for Diversity, presented by the American Bar Association to the nation's law school with the greatest amount of ethnic diversity in students, faculty and programs. "This is not the first such recognition we have received," said Peter Winograd, associate dean of UNM's School of Law.
It's been a very disturbing year. Perhaps every year is eerie and strange in its way, but the events from the end of 2001 straight through 2002 have affected this country's mindset in new and troubling ways. The obvious, of course, is Sept. 11, and as the anniversary looms ever closer the memory of that day rings louder and louder.
Former UNM professor Cynthia Lopez filed suit against UNM and three employees of the medical school last week claiming that she was harassed, discredited and retaliated against for "doing her job." Lopez is a medical professional who has been working within UNM's academic community for the past five years.
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