Sometimes following the gameplan and outplaying an opponent doesn’t translate into a victory. Occasionally a team just needs to get a break. New Mexico could manage to catch whatever it needed in a 2-1 loss to Air Force on Sunday afternoon.
The opportunity was there, but a sluggish start and a stumble at the finish cost UNM a perfect start to the Mountain West. New Mexico’s start to what would become a 3-2 loss to Boise State on Saturday was not how head coach Jeff Nelson drew it up in the pregame, and it took the Lobos an entire game to get going.
New Mexico’s Mountain West season started off with a bang. Unfortunately for the Lobos, it wasn’t in their favor. It took all but 15 seconds for Colorado College’s freshman Madeline Stesney to find the back of UNM’s net off of a cross from sophomore forward Clara Richter.
The Daily Lobo will soon provide episodes of its new Wolf Tracks podcast via the iTunes Store. For now, you can check out the very first episode of the podcast here, where Managing Editor Jonathan Baca and Editor-in-Chief David Lynch go in-depth into the new freshman living requirement that was recently passed by the UNM Board of Regents.
Although college basketball season has yet to begin, the University of New Mexico officially has a representative for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for 2016-17. The NCAA announced on Thursday morning that Paul Krebs, vice president for athletics at UNM, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. Krebs will be one of only 10 members chosen from universities across the nation.
UNM President Bob Frank will not seek a second term with the University after his contract expires on May 31, 2017, he announced on Tuesday afternoon via a University press release. Frank, the 21st president of the University, has been with UNM since 2012.
The Lobos certainly weren’t in midseason conference form, but the squad didn’t have to be. New Mexico came out in a 3-0 sweep over Air Force on Thursday night, while team captain Julia Warren watched from the bench with a big black brace on her right knee.
In a town hall session on Thursday, UNM President Bob Frank said the decision budgets cuts and the recent decision to implement a hiring freeze will help cover the University’s shortages in the next fiscal year. Main Campus will remain on a hiring freeze for six months and closely evaluate the need for all vacant noncritical positions within the university, Frank said in a recent University-wide e-mail.
UNM Athletics is partnering with the ride service Uber to safely transport students to and from games. “We believe this provides another alternative for students to attend the game and get home safely. It is convenient in that no parking pass is needed — the drop off/pick up is just north of University Stadium,” Deputy Athletic Director for External Operations Brad Hutchins said.
Four UNM students helped a pair of local lawyers secure a release recommendation for a Guantanamo Bay detainee, getting some work in for class in the process. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was detained in 2002 for his alleged association with al-Qaeda in the early ‘90s, authored the bestselling memoir “Guantanamo Diary.” Despite his almost 14-year detainment, he was never charged.
New Mexico running back Teriyon Gipson can’t outrun a past incident which has been brought to the spotlight, and could continue to have an effect both on and off the field. Multiple reports confirm Gipson was arrested in January while in Dallas on a pair of misdemeanor charges for marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Instead of just getting all high and mighty and righteously indignant with all these Muslims among us killing everyday citizenry, we must acknowledge that a big reason they are doing so is that by and large we are bombing their mother countries year after year without interruption. Hence we get the likes of terrorist Ahmad Rahami, who is a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan.
Despite the alleged misconduct by officers during a 2014 UNMPD sexual assault investigation, UNMPD Lieutenant Timothy Stump said there are still a lot of good officers working for the department. Stump said that although the department’s contact info is on the back of every student’s Lobo ID card, many are not aware of what the UNM police department does.
If New Mexico has taken anything away from non-conference play, it’s that the Mountain West title is wide open and up for grabs. Everyone begins conference play with the same 0-0 record, but there have been some changes on how the Mountain West is stacking up this year. For starters, powerhouse Colorado State (6-5) has already lost more games than the squad lost all last season when the Rams were 26-4 and 18-0 in MW play.
The same week President Barack Obama proclaimed National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Awareness Week, the Daily Lobo confirmed with UNMPD that a student overdosed on fentanyl — a potent synthetic opioid pain medication — in University dorms on June 16. UNMPD Lieutenant Timothy Stump said the overdose resulted in death for the student, and investigators are still working on the case.
It’s a big week for the UNM men’s soccer team. The Lobos, who are now on a riding a 5-game winning streak, are preparing to begin conference play. After last weekend’s 3-1 victory over UC Irvine, the Lobos have more than one reason to start with confidence. Senior forward Niko Hansen was named Player of the Week by College Sports News as a result of the hat trick he recorded against UC Irvine.
The UNM English Department is celebrating the seventh annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest. This year’s talk will be given by celebrated Chicano author Rigoberto Gonzalez on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 6:30 PM in George Pearl Hall 101. Gonzalez will be discussing masculinity in Chicano literature.
Students are apparently responsible for parking citations made by roommates and family members they share their home with — a lesson learned the hard way by UNM student Mark Davis, who was threatened with disenrollment for outstanding tickets. Davis and his family had fallen victim to a UNM Parking policy that states students must take the hit and be held responsible for multiple tickets that they themselves did not receive.
My sister is a UNM student who lives on campus in the newest dorms. Her car was stolen last night from one of the dorm lots (on Sept. 19), which is also one of the more expensive lots. This is a problem on campus and happens 1 to 3 times a week,the officer said.
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