Culture
Weekly free
Jyllian Roach | March 24Welcome back! If you’re not quite out of the Spring Break mindset, check out these free events to stretch out the fun a little longer.
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Crime spikes in South Lot area
Chloe Henson | March 24The UNM Police Department has boosted patrol at south campus parking lots to combat theft in the area. UNMPD public information officer Tim Stump said the department is warning the public of an increase in criminal activity in the area.
Culture
Plays must prove their worth
Graham Gentz | March 24Theater has a bit of a PR problem. People have a lot of preconceived notions about what it is and what it can do. I would even go so far as to generalize that most people have zero interest in watching plays.
News
Lobo Village assault
Ardee Napolitano | March 24The UNM Police Department on Friday arrested a woman who threatened to shoot a Lobo Village security officer after a heated argument. Amber McDonald, wife of Kenneth McDonald, who is also a Lobo Village security officer, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly pulling a handgun on a female officer.
Opinion
Insurance providers threaten our health
James Besante / Daily Lobo guest columnist | March 24When contract negotiations went sour between Presbyterian Health Plan and the University of New Mexico Hospital, more than 13,000 Presbyterian plan members were denied access to providers and services at UNMH.
Opinion
Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | March 24Dear Dr. Peg,While shopping at my local grocery store, I stopped by the pharmacy to measure my blood pressure. The machine told me that it was 127/75. Is this a healthy blood pressure?
News
Lobo Spotlight: Heidi Hopkins
Ardee Napolitano | March 24Growing up, Heidi Hopkins used to eye cockroaches as they stuck their long, thread-like antennae out from beneath her furniture. Wondering why these critters get so much disdain, she decided to study them. “I’ve always been a fan of the underdog,” she said.
News
Women's health center relocates
Ardee Napolitano | March 24After UNM announced last week a planned relocation of its Center for Reproductive Health, anti-abortion activists continue to protest the facility. On Tuesday, the University announced that the center, currently located at 1701 Moon NE, will move to 2301 Yale SE.
Sports
Sports briefs
J.R. Oppenheim | March 23The New Mexico softball team won its first Mountain West game Sunday with an 8-6 victory over San Diego State. The win followed losses to the Aztecs on Friday and Saturday.
News
World briefs
Chloe Henson | March 23New satellite data provided by French officials on Sunday could have helped discover debris from Flight 370, the Malaysia Airlines jet that went missing midflight, according to the Associated Press.
Sports
Baseball: Birmingham fires up Lobos for two SJSU wins
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 23Head coach Ray Birmingham thought it was necessary to pump up starting pitcher Josh Walker before Sunday’s series finale against San Jose State at Lobo Field.
News
Chief of staff charged with strategic plan
Chloe Henson | March 23After a month-long internal search, UNM President Robert Frank’s office has found a new chief of staff. Frank appointed Amy Wohlert to the position on March 12. Wohlert, who holds a doctorate in speech-language pathology from Northwestern University
News
Protesters target UNMH CEO's neighborhood
Ardee Napolitano | March 23LOS RANCHOS, N.M. – Anti-abortion protesters swarmed the neighborhood in which the CEO of UNM Hospital lives to demand the closure of the University’s Center for Reproductive Health.
News
Nobody has right to violate another's body
March 23Editor, This last weekend I had the distinctly unpleasant experience of being on the receiving end of sexual harassment from a woman to myself, a man.
Opinion
Lobo Letter
Gene V. Henley | March 23Let’s talk ice cream! In my younger days, Baskin Robbins was the place to go for delicious, high-quality ice cream. True, it cost a bit more than the local drugstore, but the difference was all in the taste, texture and smile on my face. The few extra cents back then was well worth it.
Sports
Men's Basketball: Another NCAA second-round loss for No. 7 seed Lobos
J.R. Oppenheim | March 21New Mexico’s #UnfinishedBusiness remains incomplete. For the second straight year the Lobos exited early from the NCAA tournament after 58-53 second-round loss to Stanford in Friday’s South Region contest. It ends the Lobos’ season with a 27-7 record in Craig Neal’s first year as head coach.
Sports
Men's Basketball: Lobos face Stanford in NCAAs Friday
March 20Some call Stanford the “Harvard of the West” because of its reputation for high academic excellence, but New Mexico basketball fans hope that’s where the similarities end. The No. 7 seed Lobos open NCAA tournament play against the 10th-seeded Cardinal Friday at 11:40 a.m. MT in St. Louis, looking to avoid a repeat of last year’s stunning upset to Harvard.
News
Fraternity fire closes Sigma Chi Road
March 19Albuquerque Fire Department firefighters respond to a fire at Lambda Chi Alpha, a closed fraternity on 1805 Sigma Chi Road, on Wednesday morning. The department received a call at 9:33 a.m. saying that smoke was going out of a window of a house, according to an Albuquerque Police Department officer at the scene.
Sports
Track & Field: Four UNM athletes competed at NCAAs in Albuquerque
Liam Cary-Eaves | March 17sports@dailylobo.com @Liam_CE The New Mexico track and field team is accustomed to competing at a mile high above sea level. UNM sent four contestants to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at The Convention Center, a familiar place for each of the athletes.
Sports
Men's Basketball: Lobos' next chapter begins as No. 7 seed at NCAAs
J.R. Oppenheim | March 17“To win the conference was a big relief because as a coach you felt like you let them down a little bit not winning Saturday (March 8),” New Mexico coach Craig Neal said on Monday. “Now we start a new chapter, and our guys have been pretty resilient and played at a high level.” That chapter begins this week at the NCAA tournament.
