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Stemming debate

Luke Borden, an adopted embryo twin, is nursed to sleep by his father before his mother’s testimony to the U.S.

‘Magnolia’ answer to tepid summer cinema

Upon viewing the vast expanse of soulless theatrical releases that currently plague cinemas this summer, it’s sometimes refreshing, and cheaper, to meander into a local video store and pick up a great movie. “Magnolia” is one of them.

Program helps cultural transition

The lush meadows of the Jemez Mountains were dotted with 18 tents on a sunny Saturday morning. Erica Dennison sat by the campfire as Ashley Sarracino braided her hair. Brian Mann sat on a log nearby, observing the setting.

Weaks drops interim tag from business, finance job

UNM President Bill Gordon announced today he has named Julie C. Weaks to serve as vice president for Business and Finance effective immediately.

Interngate revisited

Just when I thought it was safe. I thought all the obnoxious Lewinsky jokes had run their course. I thought adding new words to the English language was going to be the most annoying distraction to float out of Washington, D.C., this summer, but a new scandal has hit the Beltway.

Animation sets sci fi flick apart

I’ve seen the future, folks, and it’s not pretty. If the world described in the movie “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” is what humans have to look forward to, then we’ve got a big problem.

UNM plans to get kicks on Route 66

Solar-powered cars competing along a 2,300-mile course and famed Mexican folkloric dancer Miguel Caro-Zarigoza are set to make appearances at UNM’s free festivities for the Route 66 Diamond Jubilee.

Fagerland is off the mark in blind criticism of Christianity

I am writing in response to Richard Fagerlund’s letter in the June 28-July 4 Daily Lobo. He wrote about Lauren Berrios, a teacher of two years at Hampton Bays Elementary School in New York, who was recently dismissed. She claims she was fired because of the administration’s intolerance toward her religious beliefs — she is a Wiccan.

New cell phone law hurts the poor

In the June 28-July 4 issue of the Daily Lobo, Iliana Lim¢n heralds the New York Legislature’s ban of hand-held cell phone use while driving as an example New Mexico should follow. In the editorial, she cites two high-profile accidents which were caused by people reaching for cell phones.

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Arts in Brief

The Weekly Alibi will present its seventh annual Short Film Fiesta on Friday at 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m. About 12 short films from around the country and world will be shown at the Kimo Theater, Fifth and Central Avenues. It is $5 for the matinees at 2:30 and 5 p.m. and $7 for the 7:30 and 10 p.m. showings. For more information, contact Alibi film editor Devin O’ Leary at 346-0660, ext 230.

Rape allegation leads to suspensions

A 21-year-old woman said in a UNM police report that she was raped while at a bachelor party at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, which has led to the emergency suspension of the fraternity and one of its members.

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Fraschilla’s camp has regular season feel to it

It was all driving, slashing and rebounding in UNM’s Johnson Gym Wednesday, as high school basketball teams from around the region battled each other as part of the 2001 Fran Fraschilla Lobo Boys Team Basketball Camp.

‘Poses’ a colorful lament of solitude

Central to Rufus Wainwright’s sophomore album Poses, besides his strong, dominating voice, is the recurrent theme of loneliness in the face of extravagance.

Editor’s defense of ‘Our Lady’ superficial

I was disappointed with your editorial in the June 14-20 edition of the Daily Lobo regarding Alma L¢pez’s piece of garbage that depicts the Virgin Mary in a bikini.

Schedule a pillar of strength

Fans of the UNM men’s basketball team will be able to pack The Pit many times this season because of a schedule filled with home games. The Lobos’ 2001-2002 schedule has them playing 19 of their 28 games at home, including 15 of their first 17 games.

‘Procrustes’ a dark prison comedy

Set both in the days before the 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary prison riots and in ancient Greek times, “The House of Procrustes” offers hilarious commentary on present-day prison issues in the United States.

Our lady, our faith

Christina Mu§oz (left), 9, Perla Trevizo, 8, and Edgar Torres protest against Alma Lopez’s “Our Lady,” a digital rendering of Our Lady of Guadalupe dressed in a floral bikini, at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe Saturday.

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