The Lobo Letter
Gene V. Henley | September 16Each year the UNM Staff Council selects a theme to help frame its activities for the year. This year, the theme is “Caring for U.” The theme has an outward focus because what we do as staff is serve you.
Each year the UNM Staff Council selects a theme to help frame its activities for the year. This year, the theme is “Caring for U.” The theme has an outward focus because what we do as staff is serve you.
Editor, I have ridden in no car since April 7, 2001 — almost 12 and a half years ago. I have owned no car since 1979 — 34 years ago. I had a driver’s license for 36 years, but I did not renew it when it expired in 2000.
Editor, It certainly appears that America, a nation that not long ago promoted peace in the world, has become a nation promoting and financing war.
Missed opportunities plagued the ninth-ranked New Mexico men’s soccer team Sunday night in the Lobos’ 3-2 loss to Cal State Northridge.
The New Mexico football team survived its road contest at Pittsburgh, but only after playing one of its worst halves of football this season.
While its struggle is apparent on the offensive side of the ball, New Mexico’s Lobo volleyball team is among the defensive elite. For their second straight tournament, the Lobos completed a sweep at home, defeating all three opponents they faced this past weekend.
Senior forward James Rogers recorded his fourth goal of the 2013 season Friday night, leading the No. 9 UNM men’s soccer team to a 1-0 win over Santa Clara in the TLC Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Lobo Invitational.
During his brief tenure as head coach of New Mexico football, Bob Davie has made a habit of breaking Lobo losing streaks. Last year, UNM broke a 24-game road losing streak and an 18-game Mountain West Conference road losing streak when the Lobos won at Hawaii 35-23.
Playing an extra 34 minutes during last weekend’s road trip likely won’t impact the No. 9 New Mexico men’s soccer team Friday against Santa Clara.
There is no lack of talent on the New Mexico volleyball team, but the lack of communication between players spoils some of that talent. Despite the team’s not always on the same page, UNM (5-1) is off to a hot start in the young season.
The UNM Art, Research, Technology and Science (ARTS) Laboratory recently earned an international award for innovation in research and teaching shared by only five universities.
With the solvency issue still looming over the Lottery Scholarship, the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico continues to ask students for suggestions about how to ensure the scholarship’s long-term survival.
Despite a University policy, homeless people sleeping on UNM’s Albuquerque campus continue to be a problem for police and groundskeeping.
“We can no longer be the world’s policeman.” You hear this on both sides of the aisle these days, with such a supercilious and reluctant air! Really? Who asked us to be the world’s policeman in the first place?
Whether you’re so pale you’re pink like me, or you’re turquoise like a Smurf, it doesn’t matter if you love someone of the same gender or someone of the opposite; you’re entitled to the love only Hollywood can portray.
UNM’s effort to centralize Albuquerque’s entrepreneurial startup scene finally goes to the Board of Regents. At a Board of Regents meeting Tuesday, UNM President Robert Frank talked about the project Innovate ABQ.
The University continues to work on a new budget model this semester. UNM President Robert Frank said the administration is currently devising the Results Oriented Management (ROM) budget model to create a more “dynamic” way of allocating money to University departments.
Officials discuss yet again a plan for a north-south Bus Rapid Transit route through UNM, Central New Mexico Community College and the Sunport corridor Tuesday.
Editor, I would like to begin by saying that I appreciate the fact that the Daily Lobo is tackling important topics such as the attack that is being mounted against women’s health care providers here in Albuquerque.
ASUNM senators discussed Wednesday a resolution that would make it easier for students with no Social Security number to pay for their education. Various students showed up at the meeting to advocate for Resolution 26F.