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UNM bests UNLV from charity stripe
Iliana Limn | February 6Ruben Douglas scored 29 points and knocked down a school record 15 consecutive free throws, leading the UNM men's basketball team to an 84-81 overtime win over the UNLV in The Pit Tuesday night.
COLUMN: NASA should explore life in space
Craig A. Butler | February 6Monday, the Bush administration released its proposal for NASA's 2003 budget. This budget stresses developing nuclear power and propulsion systems. Most unmanned planetary and scientific probe programs will be getting budget increases, but space station Alpha and the space shuttle program will have their funds cut dramatically. Also completely deleted from the budget are planned Europa and Pluto missions.
Bomb threat targets biology building
Alma Olaechea | February 6UNM police officers evacuated Castetter Hall for about two hours after the department received a bomb threat call Tuesday morning.
Development threatens lake, other sacred lands
Andrew Webb | February 6A panel discussion about the protection of Zuni Salt Lake, the Petroglyph National Monument and other lands sacred to indigenous people packed a room at the Anderson School of Management Tuesday morning.
LaDuke encourages activism
Angela Williams | February 6Former vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke said Tuesday that she has been motivated to involve herself in environmental activism because she is an American Indian and a mother.
Economic slump causes
February 6The economic slump may have at least one beneficiary - graduate schools.
Falcons likely to give Lobos a battle
Francisco Ojeda | February 6At first glance, the UNM women's basketball team looks like it will earn an easy victory against the Air Force Academy Thursday in The Pit.
LETTER: Thanks to Daily Lobo editor for Super Bowl commentary
February 6I feel compelled to write and thank the editor for her well-stated editorial on the Super Bowl.
LETTER: Cheney should be held accountable
February 6It would behoove Chris Welch to take a course in logic since his argument in Tuesday's edition of the Daily Lobo is full of holes. According to him, the only people who are concerned about the collapse of Enron, and its criminal practices, are liberals.
LETTER: Alternative to bookstore: buying textbooks online
February 6I can empathize with the frustration expressed by Ann Bieberdorf in the Jan. 25 Daily Lobo with regard to buying and selling textbooks at the UNM Bookstore.
Lobos split Sooner doubleheader
Arthur Simoni | February 6The UNM men's tennis team pounded the University of Oklahoma 7-0, but the women's team lost a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to the Sooners at the Lobo Tennis Club Thursday.
In good company
Jason Gil Bear | February 5Gary Scharnhorst, a UNM English professor, was recently selected as chairperson of the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association, which is the highest elected office for a professor in that field.
The joy of self-defense
February 5Health and Fitness Instructor Nicholas Spezza meets with his Self Defense class Monday in Johnson Center. The class is scheduled to meet once a week until the end of April. Also pictured from left are graduate students Laura Fausto and Joy Davidson.
LETTER: Liberals shouldn't complain about racial profiling, Enron
February 5Why is it that the same champions of liberalism that espouse their disdain and abhorrence for racial profiling in any situation, including trying to prevent terrorism, crow about the fact that the Bush administration won't give up any information on their meetings with Enron officials?
LETTER: All Americans have equal opportunities
February 5I am responding to Laura Valdez and her shameful outlook on society. Her commentary in the Jan. 31 edition of the Daily Lobo was nothing more than printed bitching. Her conclusions made no sense. They reflect how institutionalized people have become in facing life and its many challenges. It's much easier to blame society and other people for their problems instead of blaming themselves.
Tough withdrawl, accessibility spur increase in Xanax abuse
February 5When Bryan stopped taking drugs six months ago, he got through the worst of his heroin withdrawal in a week. It was Xanax that tortured him for a full month.
Activists protest nuclear forum
Marissa Padilla | February 5Supporters of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space protested a UNM School of Engineering forum Monday, saying the event is furthering the development of dangerous weapons that may harm future generations.
