The UNM women’s soccer team has the chance to put an inconsistent season behind it when it faces UNLV on Saturday. The Lobos took a nose dive midway through the season after they lost three games in a row, but they bounced back with a four game unbeaten streak, including three wins and a tie to San Diego State University (SDSU) last week.
The UNM volleyball team has 11 games left in its regular season, and there’s still one starting position to fill. This season, the Lobos have been shuffling through players trying to find the perfect complement to middle blocker Ashley Rhoades in the attack. “We’re really struggling in the outside hitting position in terms of people stepping up and being consistent,” head coach Jeff Nelson said.
My fellow Americans! Are you, like me, sick and tired of looking within our own borders for the cause of our economic downturn only to realize that the root of all our problems, including why our laundry doesn’t dry fast enough, can be traced to just one dirty country just a thousand miles from our shores?
Editor, I had an observation. The “Occupy” protesters are claiming to be against what we all can agree on.
Editor, I can’t say I was surprised that the “Occupy Albuquerque” protest was the cover story a few days ago.
Lobo Development officials told ASUNM they hope to drastically increase UNM’s on-campus housing. Lobo Development Board members Eliseo “Cheo” Torres and Walter Miller spoke to the senators about why they think on-campus housing benefits UNM students during a Sept. 28 ASUNM meeting. “We have to increase on-campus student housing because studies indicate that students do better if they work and live on campus,” Torres said.
UNM’s Student Health & Counseling services have begun a campaign encouraging students to get the flu shot before flu season hits.
UNM administrators released a statement to the media Wednesday telling Occupy Albuquerque protesters to apply for a permit to occupy main campus, but protesters said the administration didn’t inform them.
“Occupy Albuquerque” protestors braved the wet weather Tuesday night as they continued to protest in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, but UNM officials said protesters must get a permit before noon today if they plan to stay.
The amount of students attending Albuquerque Public Schools that don’t graduate is 37 percent and, of those, many have trouble earning their GEDs, getting jobs or attending college, GED Preparatory Program officials said.
The beginning of a new semester brings a high incidence of larcenies and thefts, UNM Police Department officials said. “It is a big problem,” UNMPD spokesman Lt. Robert Haarhues said.
“Festival” denotes a celebratory spirit, though the public can expect moments both somber and sunny at the Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The festival is in its ninth year and will feature a slew of short-and full-length films tomorrow through Thursday. Roberto Appicciafoco started the festival in April 2003.
The desolate sand lot is empty except for a vehicle in the corner and a couple green dumpsters lining the chain link fence.
Prostitution and New Mexico have shared some headline space recently. The most notable cases include the 2009 West Mesa murders, ex-UNM President F. Chris Garcia’s arrest in July on suspicions of involvement with the online prostitution ring Southwest Companions, and Judge Albert Murdoch’s arrest, also in July, on suspicion of raping a prostitute and intimidating a witness.
Editor, CAPS, in Zimmerman Library, is a critical resource at UNM. Unfortunately, because of the recent rapid increase in student population and chronic under-funding, CAPS is having difficulty handling large numbers of students in the very small area which is located at Zimmerman Library.
Editor, For thousands of years universities and public spaces have been the natural ground for the expression and debate of philosophical and political ideas.
The Internet, despite the vague conception that events on it do not affect real life, has taken on an influence in political life which is unmistakable, and defies continued attempts to relegate interactions on social media to triviality. The events now called “Arab Spring” — the protests in Egypt, Libya and the Middle East — have proven that social media has started to play a central role in political protest, organization and motivation.
Editor, The picture of former UNM president F. Chris Garcia in Thursday’s paper was in exceedingly poor taste and very mean-spirited.
The UNM men’s and women’s cross country teams finished eighth and third, respectively, at last Friday’s Notre Dame Invitational in Southbend, Ind. The teams dropped in this week’s U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll.
The UNM women’s tennis team took the gold medals this past weekend at the Boise State Invitational by winning the individual and doubles tournaments.
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