A new year brings new expectations. Our basketball team is loaded with talent and fresh faces: two freshmen - Chad Bell and Jamaal Williams - and two junior college transfers - Moustapha Diagne and Cody Payne.
We, the members of the Connection slate, wish to apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused during the election on Nov. 14.
I am writing this letter in response to a situation, in particular, that does prove and exemplifies the "corrupt and biased" politics of ASUNM.
About 25 security guards escort an unidentified man to the Anthropology Building Thursday afternoon. Anthropology Department and Maxwell Museum staff refused to disclose what was going on except to say that it was a mock military exercise.
Students across the country may be feeling less motivated to do homework and have an even lower desire to be in class after the Sept. 11 attacks, said Dr. Michael Villanueva, a psychologist at UNM.
The UNM women's basketball team had a whirlwind ending to its season last year, making the Women's National Invitational Tournament championship game. With that momentum and confidence still in hand, the Lobos look to take a step further this season.
One question we never ask is, "Who is making all these military arms?" With the 20th century being riddled with wars such as World Wars I and II, Vietnam and years of massacres in El Salvador and Guatemala, not to mention starting a new century with yet another war, you would think this question would be paramount. But, when we finally ask this question there is, of course, no reply. There are just echoes of your voice that get muffled over with the sounds of PlayStation videogames.
Twelve losing candidates and one winner in Wednesday's undergraduate student government election are contesting the results on a variety of grounds.
When Maya Angelou casts her hypnotizing gaze upon an audience, all is forgotten. Like a lone star peeking through the night sky, she shines brilliantly upon those she encounters.
Not counting the fact that a Rocky Long-led UNM football team has never defeated Colorado State University, Saturday's game against the Rams is arguably the biggest game to confront the fourth year coach and his team.
With a myriad of guards and height in the frontcourt, the UNM men's basketball team will field its best team under third year head coach Fran Fraschilla.
Men's and Women's Basketball Schedules
Monday's Daily Lobo exemplifies why those members of the ASUNM Senate who seek to defund the student newspaper should be ashamed of themselves.
First and foremost, of course, is the title. The 1996 work by British playwright Mark Ravenhill has been capturing attention worldwide with those three little words since its debut in London's West End. "
I was appalled at the juxtaposition of photograph and caption that appeared on your front page this morning. I would like to suggest a correction to the caption, which clearly did not accurately reflect the events in the picture.
It seems obvious to me that our great American traditions and values are being thrown out the window by the leftist community, which dominates campus life and politics from the classroom to the street.
No doubt the front-page picture on Wednesday shocked everyone. Afghan rebels shooting a Taliban soldier. It made people look closer to put the facts together.
The Connection slate nearly swept ASUNM's election Wednesday but may face charges after 2,000 copies of the Daily Lobo were removed before delivery, stuffed with slate candidate fliers and distributed to bins around campus.
No one likes to wake up to pictures as gruesome as the one that ran on the front-page of the Daily Lobo Wednesday. I responded to numerous callers who admonished me for running such a graphic photograph in the student newspaper. Many said they shouldn't be forced to look at such graphic images when picking up the newspaper.
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