After various Associated Students of the University of New Mexico slates played their best cards in November’s senate election, fate would have it that the assembly got reshuffled.
An explosion on a tourist bus in Sinai on Sunday killed three people, including the Egyptian bus driver and two South Korean tourists. According to Reuters, another 24 people were wounded by the bomb after it detonated inside or near the bus, security officials said.
As this is written, we are only days away from the end of the 2014 New Mexico legislative session. As is the pattern for our legislature, many of the important bills covering the budget, etc., are still moving through the two chambers.
Editor, In last Wednesday’s Daily Lobo the above-the-fold article, “Term ‘illegal’ raises furor,” was about future seminarian for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and current ASUNM Senator Colt Balok using the non-Catholic term of ‘illegal’ regarding the driver’s license debate.
The top two scoring threats in the Mountain West went toe-to-toe Saturday afternoon at The Pit. Advantage: Cameron Bairstow. New Mexico basketball’s senior forward moved into the top spot in the conference’s scoring title chase after hitting 24 points in the Lobos’ 90-72 win over Nevada, staying on San Diego State’s heels in the conference standings.
New Mexico head track and field coach Joe Franklin said he was lucky to have distance runner Elmar Engholm at UNM. It was easy to see how fortunate the Lobos were to have Engholm on Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center for the Don Kirby Elite Invitational.
The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team let another game slip away. This time, it was a 75-73 loss at Nevada on Saturday. The Lobos had a 73-71 advantage with less than a minute remaining before the Wolf Pack took the lead with a 4-0 run.
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UNM and Bernalillo County have kicked off renovations to the UNM North Golf Course. Maggie Hart Stebbins, chair of the Bernalillo County Commission, said reconstruction on the golf course started Monday.
UNM students showed up in force to voice their displeasure at what they believed was a lack of representation regarding the Legislative Lottery Scholarship’s solvency issue at Wednesday night’s Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate meeting.
Editor, What is with all these gangs on campus? Somehow, overnight, everywhere I look, there are gangs! Gangs, gangs, and then, just when I think we’re all out of gangs, more gangs!
Editor, I am writing in response to the article “Term ‘illegal’ raises furor” published in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo. I am just wondering, in what world does illegal and undocumented not mean the same thing?
The New Mexico men’s basketball team’s margin of error tightened with Wednesday night’s loss at Boise State, especially with a back-loaded schedule looming.
Youthfulness may be playing a large role in the team’s struggles late in the game for the New Mexico women’s basketball team. “I was looking at the roster the other day and I realized that Sara Halasz is the only player who has played in the program for more than two years,” head coach Yvonne Sanchez said.
It is definitely a start of a new era in New Mexico baseball. Gone are the likes of first baseman DJ Peterson, catcher Mitch Garver, outfielders Luke Campbell and Josh Melendez and starting pitcher Sam Wolff, all of whom signed with major league teams this past offseason.
For the second time this semester, police are investigating racially motivated graffiti in the dorms. On Feb. 5, a UNMPD officer was dispatched to Coronado Hall in reference to a report of criminal damage to property. According to the police report, “unknown offenders etched ‘fuck white people’ along with possible gang symbols resembling Sureños 13
With two clutch threes to tie the game at the end of regulation, it seemed as though New Mexico women’s basketball team’s close-game misfortunes were about to come to an end. The Lobos were able to dig themselves out of a hole and send the game into overtime with all of the momentum.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team will have to wait to catch San Diego State in the Mountain West standings. The league-leading Aztecs lost on Tuesday night at Wyoming 68-62, giving the Lobos an opportunity to tie SDSU if they won Wednesday night at Boise State.
By next week, UNM’s School of Engineering will seek new leadership. This week, UNM Provost Chaouki Abdallah said he had decided to relieve current engineering Dean Catalin Roman of his position. “I decided to replace him due to a divergence of opinions on changing direction for the school of engineering,” Abdallah said.
On Friday afternoon, police responded to a call regarding potential misconduct, said UNMPD Public Information Officer Tim Stump. A female student was studying in Mesa Vista Hall, when an East-Indian man came up to her and asked for directions. After she gave them to him, he held out his hand and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
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