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‘Reverend’ sheds light on storied past
Ron Gonzales | July 5Reverend Horton Heat’s performance Tuesday night at the Sunshine Theater went off without a hitch, just as the band’s annual stops in the Duke City usually do.
Sports
Urlacher focuses on having fun in NFL
James Barron | July 5Watching former UNM football player Brian Urlacher during his youth football camp in mid-June, it was clear that the current NFL star is just one big kid.
Opinion
Next mayor must focus on children
Jeremy Toulouse | July 5As the mayoral election nears, voters are confronted with many faces to choose from — some new and some old. Without getting into personalities and individual achievements, we need to determine the person who can best serve Albuquerque’s needs.
Opinion
Teens fail pop quiz, country fails teens
July 5One in five American teens don’t know the answer to this grade school history question: From what country did the United States declare its independence?
News
N.M. economic expansion slips
July 5New Mexico’s economic expansion slipped a bit in the first quarter of 2001, according to a report recently released by the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
Opinion
Staff union is leaving door open to merit pay in future
July 5I would like to make one correction in you article entitled, “Unions accept 6.5 percent increase.” Your final comment, “....but we have shut down merit pay and are now on a level playing field,” is not a fair representation of the union position during the recent contract negotiations.
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Staff union is leaving door open to merit pay in future
Giancarlo Messina | July 5I would like to make one correction in you article entitled, “Unions accept 6.5 percent increase.” Your final comment, “....but we have shut down merit pay and are now on a level playing field,” is not a fair representation of the union position during the recent contract negotiations.
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Faulty wiring causes outage
Iliana Limn | June 28Faulty wiring caused a power outage that affected 10 buildings on the southwest corner of main campus Wednesday. Bill Tryens, a UNM facility engineer, said an old cable likely blew a fuse in one of three main lines, which caused a transformer to overheat. “It blew smoke into the Civil Engineering Building at about 8 a.m. this morning, which prompted the fire department to treat it like a fire,” he said.
Opinion
School teaches intolerance by firing Wiccan instructor
June 28The recent dismissal of a teacher accused of being a witch from a school in New York is a reprehensible return to the Salem witch-hunts, which were commonplace in the early history of our country. Witches, or more properly Wiccans, are no more dangerous, evil or despicable than any other religious group. On the contrary, I would rather have my kids taught by a Wiccan teacher than by a Christian fundamentalist.
News
Groups turn lights on, off in response to Bush policy
June 28Local groups staged two different rallies June 21 to illustrate their opinions of President Bush’s proposed energy policy.
News
Union accepts 6.5 percent increase
Iliana Limn | June 28Members of the United Staff of UNM educational support unit approved a University offer Wednesday night that will give 1,050 employees represented by the union a 6.5 salary increase. During a voice vote, 65 members of the union, who represent a majority of active members, approved the agreement.
Sports
Lobos post 2.91 GPA for second semester
Francisco Ojeda | June 28Fans of the UNM athletic program usually look at the win-loss column to determine if it had a successful season, but the Lobos also are improving in the classroom.
Culture
Bare Jr.’s garage rock to take over Sunshine Theater
Ron Gonzales | June 28Few bands can tour with the Black Crowes and survive. The band is well-known for its debauchery and for being a tough act to have to go on before. But Nashville-based Bare Jr. pulled it off and probably made it tough for the Crowes to top its act.
Opinion
Sleep essential to healthy lifestyle
Carol WagnerAdams | June 28Sleep is one of the most understated aspects of wellness. Research is empirically demonstrating how critical sound and regular sleep is to health, mental alertness and staying even-tempered.
Culture
‘Normal’ touching, honest
Valerie Prilop | June 28Anne D. LeClaire’s novel “Entering Normal” is a touching book that became even more endearing after I discussed the characters and story with LeClaire following her book signing at a local bookstore last week.
News
This Week's Photo: "Bad Call"
June 28World Wrestling Federation wrestler Eric Watts lifts referee Burt Martinez over his head...
