Fans and the media might not yet be buying into the New Mexico football team, but its players are. At the team’s media day Aug. 1, head coach Bob Davie said all 115 players on the roster have decided to stay at UNM: a 100 percent retention rate, a rarity in college sports.
Kicking off a three-game exhibition tour in Australia Monday, the New Mexico men’s basketball team overcame an 11-point second-half deficit Monday to beat the Sydney Kings 87-85 at Bankstown Basketball Stadium in Sydney, according to a press release.
Craig “Noodles” Neal found out last week the difference between being the head coach of the New Mexico men’s basketball team and the lead assistant. While traversing a local mall, Neal was mobbed by UNM fans who wanted to meet the new face of Lobo basketball.
Ten Lobos and the coaching staff departed Albuquerque late Friday afternoon for a three-game tour in Australia. They will meet up with guard Hugh Greenwood and forward Cameron Bairstow, two Lobos who are already in their home country for the summer break.
During Wednesday’s media-day event at the Tow Diehm Complex, a reporter asked New Mexico football coach Bob Davie if quarterback Cole Gautsche will be a starter heading into training camp. Davie, standing at the podium, turned to his sophomore signal-caller seated off-camera and said “Cole? You going to jump out there with that first group?” That’s the plan, Davie said.
A bid by UNM’s Health Sciences Center to manage a community hospital in Gallup moves forward as the Board of Regents approved Tuesday a motion to uphold community health in the state.
The Vortex’s newest production of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” will make you laugh. A lot. Maybe that’s not a good thing. Though truly, this is not a bad idea. Melodrama can be pushed easily and effectively to the point of comedy.
Maryland native Dawinder Sidhu said he has spent most of his life close to the Atlantic Ocean. So after he snagged a job at UNM Law School three years ago, Sidhu decided to stay in sunny Albuquerque for a change.
A New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee meeting in which the committee was supposed to discuss behavioral health in New Mexico drew hundreds into UNM’s Student Union Building Wednesday afternoon.
Last year, New Mexico had a National Blue Ribbon School. Central Elementary in Artesia received the national recognition as an honor school in 2012 for showing dramatic improvement in student performance.
As the fall semester nears, UNM continues to develop initiatives in hopes of improving student success on campus.
Gay or straight, I don’t think that I will ever understand men. Things seem normal at first, and you cannot help but imagine your future with them, but the next thing you know they won’t respond to your texts or see you again.
Editor, I am an objective observer of what transpires in Washington, D.C. From my perspective as a member of no political party, it seems to me that the majority of one of our two primary political parties has opinions such as the following:
UNM students, along with others nationwide, might face higher interest rates on federal student loans, as efforts in Congress to keep the rates at their current levels remain uncertain.
UNM and CNM continue to strive to increase graduation and retention rates of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors.
UNM’s 76-acre golf course could become more eco-friendly by next spring. After the Bernalillo County Open Space Fund and the University agreed to allot $1.5 million to renovate UNM’s North Golf Course last year, the University is now taking those plans into action.
About 100 women walked into the football weight training room at the Tow Diehm Complex Thursday night during a tour of the facility.
New Mexico offensive lineman Dillon Farrell may be a little insane, he said. But when people ask him about the upcoming 2013 football season, he replies by saying his goal is to win every game on the schedule.
If this season’s nonconference schedule is any indication, coach Craig Neal’s Lobos won’t shy away from tough competition.
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