Sports Briefs
Thomas Romero-Salas | November 4For the fifth straight year, the New Mexico men’s and women’s cross country teams took the Mountain West Conference championships on Friday. It was the sixth-straight victory for the women.
For the fifth straight year, the New Mexico men’s and women’s cross country teams took the Mountain West Conference championships on Friday. It was the sixth-straight victory for the women.
Miss the College Media conference in New Orleans? Just curious about what student journalists are taught? Here’s the best tips, tricks and moments from last week’s conference.
As Kyle Stepp hiked up one of his legs during an interview with the Daily Lobo Wednesday, his pants revealed what appeared to be a regular, working leg. “My whole left leg is fake on the inside,” he said. “They removed all my bone. My femur, my knee and my tibia is fake.
For one potentially new Albuquerque nonprofit restaurant, what you could pay should correspond to what you get. Food Karma is looking for a potential location in the city. The nonprofit restaurant, which is currently in the planning process, would have a counter service and a donation box, which would allow restaurantgoers to pay what they can for the meal anonymously and judgment-free.
October’s blockbuster film “Gravity” is captivating audiences with a spectacular portrayal of the world beyond our atmosphere. Reminiscent of the Apollo era, America is once more infatuated by the thrill of exploring the cosmos.
Editor, There’s this idea that “pro-choice” is equivalent to “pro-abortion.” As if women think to themselves, “Oh, absolutely, I love invasive surgical procedures that might also make me sad.” Yeah, that’s not how this works.
Some coaches enter their first year with a program in disarray. As an outsider to the program, sometimes a coach may have to encourage his players to buy in to the new system. Players may reject the system and transfer, making it a rebuilding effort.
The New Mexico Lobo women’s basketball team is planning to turn over a new leaf this year, and is looking to accept all challenges it may face in the 2013 season.
College football defenses around the country are struggling to contain offenses and the Mountain West Conference is not immune. Eleven of 12 MWC teams are ranked 76th or lower in total defense with Utah State being the only one ranked higher, having the top defense in the MWC and the No. 19 defense in the country.
Curator Jina Brenneman will be giving a lecture on Canadian-born artist Agnes Martin. Martin lived in Taos, New Mexico from 1954 to 1957, where she created her first semi-abstract piece. Art dealer Betty Parsons saw the biomorphic piece and consequently funded Martin’s move to New York City.
UNM agreed to contribute to an initiative that will further push it to increase graduation rates. The University has agreed to participate in “Mission: Graduate,” which aims to add 60,000 graduates with college degrees and certificates to central New Mexico by 2020, according to a news release.
Game tied 3-all, regulation time ticking down. New Mexico midfielder Christopher Wehan attempted a game-winning shot in the closing moments of Wednesday’s game against No. 10 Alabama-Birmingham.
UNM might soon add yet another location to its international exchange opportunities soon. Eszterházy Károly College (EKC), located in Eger, Hungary, and UNM agreed to collaborate to allow students from each university to go exchange at the other, according to a UNM press release.
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a warrant supported by probable cause for searches and seizures. But what about searches in relationships?
“Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which first premiered on the big screen in 1975, is a movie with a simple plot: Freshly engaged and clean-cut kids Brad Majors and Janet Weiss have some car trouble on the way to visit an old mentor and seek help at a house down the road.
The sugar skull could be one of the top ways to celebrate Dia de los Muertos in Albuquerque. As spirits are welcomed back into the lives of many during this holiday season, what better way than to dress as the traditional calavera to honor the deceased?
On Oct. 23, UNMPD responded to a call about a public altercation between two women on the south side of UNM Hospital. Upon arrival, a police officer met with one of the women, who told the officer that she and the other woman exchanged words before the fight started, according to the report.
Climate change became the focus of a discussion by a UNM department Monday. In keeping with its community outreach and education programs, UNM’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences held a discussion with the League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico (LWVCNM).
Former Lobo great and NFL linebacker Brian Urlacher will accept an honor that no other New Mexico football player has received. He will officially have his number, 44, retired by UNM. The announcement came Tuesday after the University had initially decided to retire Urlacher’s jersey and not his number.
A University department is trying to learn more about synthetic marijuana. Tiffany Martinez, health educator for UNM’s Campus Office of Substance Abuse and Prevention (COSAP), said her department is conducting more research on ‘spice.