Forward James Rogers became the second former Lobo taken in the MLS SuperDraft when Sporting Kansas City selected him 53rd overall Tuesday. The Sierra Leone native joined former teammate Oniel Fisher as one of the 84 players selected in this year’s draft. Fisher was selected by Seattle Sounders FC with the40th overall pick on Thursday during the second round.
The UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology hosts the Ancestors Lecture with senior archaeologist for the Yukon Government, P. Gregory Hare, on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Hibben Center. According to UNM, the lecture supports the Archeology on Ice exhibition, funded by the National Science Foundation, currently on display at the Maxwell Museum.
New Mexico will have its hands full when the Mountain West’s most potent female basketball scoring duo steps onto the Wise Pies Arena floor tonight. UNLV’s senior point guard Danielle Miller, along with senior guard Alana Cesarz, are a frightening tandem. Miller averaged 19.1 points a game, best in the Mountain West, while Cesarz has the fourth most points in the conference at 15.9 points per contest.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez delivered her State of the State address Tuesday as the state legislative session began its 60-day session in Santa Fe. Here is a transcript of her prepared remarks, provided by the governor’s press office.
Consistency has been the Achilles’ heel for New Mexico this season, and the Lobos have yet to find their “go-to” guy after sophomore guard Cullen Neal went down with an ankle injury on Nov. 20. Seniors Deshawn Delaney and Hugh Greenwood have been looked at for leadership throughout the season but have struggled at times during the season. The two are combining for 23.5 points per game.
UNM announced late Tuesday it will host a presentation and panel discussion addressing sexual assault on campus, as well as announcing the results of an investigation conducted by an outside team of experts. The external review was conducted by Pilgrim & Associates, a firm with a background in the areas of sexual violence and federal anti-discrimination laws pertaining to campuses, according to a UNM press release.
A program studying the effects of concussions on student athletes is trying to get a three-year approval of funds from the legislative assembly to continue its work and eventually extend the program to other schools. UNM’s Brain Safe team is now waiting on the New Mexico Legislature to decide whether the project will be funded further, allowing them to expand their research to other campuses, said project director Kent Kiehl.
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez focused on education, economy and improving the lives of New Mexico’s children in her fifth State of the State Address on Tuesday. “I ask that, in every decision, we will choose courage over comfort, change over stagnation, reform over the status quo,” Martinez said, opening this year’s 60-day legislative session.“Choose the courageous route, paved with policies that will outlast each of us and fundamentally improve New Mexico.”
January is named after the god Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, who is also known as a guardian of doorways. Janus has two faces, one looking back and the other looking forward. Ancient Romans believed that when you passed through the doorway from one year to the next Janus would help you shed old baggage and bless you for a better year ahead.
The New Mexico swimming and diving team put together a dominating 174-126 performance against Colorado State on Saturday, ending conference competition on senior day. Seidler Natatorium played host for the final time in the 2014-15 season against the Rams. The Lobos redeemed themselves after suffering an earlier 185-113 loss against the Rams in the final conference competition last season.
Two dominant performances by Boise State’s James Webb III and Derrick Marks doomed New Mexico in a 69-59 loss at WisePies Arena Sunday afternoon. The Bronco duo scored a compiled 54 points on UNM, marking the Lobos’ first home loss in Mountain West play this season.
Recently the U.S. National Weather Service, one of the agencies that each year looks at global surface temperatures from weather stations around the world and averages them, reported that 2014 was the hottest year on Earth since they began compiling data in the late 19th century. The Daily Lobo recently talked with David Gutzler, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences specializing in large-scale climate change, about the state of climate change today and what the future looks like for New Mexico.
On Thursday, activist group ActionNM held a legislative forum to educate the community about political issues that would arise during the upcoming legislative session, but none of the event’s coordinators expected the amount of interest from the citizens of Albuquerque. About 75 chairs were set up for the event, which was held at Albuquerque Mennonite Church and featured a panel of state senators and representatives. Once the event got underway, about 115 people had come, and some of them had to stand.
New Mexico’s three-game winning streak was snapped in an 86-65 loss at Boise State on Saturday. The Lobos were outscored 52-27 in the second half after going into halftime with a four-point lead.
Although cheaper gas prices carry less of a burden on our wallets, the recent drop in prices represent a significant change for the economy and environment of New Mexico. U.S. Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, and Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, introduced legislation to congress known as the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act that strives to increase and expedite U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas.
Lose weight: it’s one of the most common resolutions people make at the start of a new year. Sometimes it sticks. Sometimes it doesn’t. Vanessa Rodriguez, a first-year graduate student in public administration, said she started working out three years ago as a New Year’s resolution. There have definitely been times where she didn’t feel like working out, she said,but she dedicated herself all the same.
Many people who love to read find they have a hard time choosing their favorite books. With so many spectacular works to choose from, it can be a difficult decision. Some notice that while choosing a favorite novel seems impossible, choosing a favorite author comes much more naturally. Julie Shigekuni, director of Asian American studies and a creative writing professor, said that while she constantly changes her favorite books, she keeps going back to the same authors.
The students may have left campus during winter break, but the news kept coming out of UNM. The Howl's Michael Sol Warren looks at what happened over break, and what news to keep an eye on as the Spring 2015 semester rolls on.
Editor, Although I personally follow the Jafari Shia school of Islamic thought, I cannot idly sit by while the corporate-owned, mainstream media continues its libel my Sunni Muslim brothers and sisters.
Brianne Frias, a sophomore nursing major, hoped she could retain her Lottery Scholarship by taking an intersession course over winter break, a period when most UNM students relax and recharge before spring classes. The time she spent in the classroom, however, may not have been worth it financially, as Frias and other UNM students taking intersession courses discovered.
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