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News

GPSA voices concern over loan cuts

Charlie Shipley | August 15

UNM graduate students will have fewer options for financial aid next year. As part of the Budget Control Act, the federal government will eliminate subsidized student loans for graduate and professional students beginning July 2012. At an August 9 Board of Regents meeting, GSPA President Katie Richardson urged the board to keep graduate students in mind when considering tuition and fee increases.

Opinion

Norway terrorist didn’t hurt country’s freedom

August 15

Editor, It’s nice to know that the government of Norway has decided to counter the horrendous terrorist acts perpetrated upon it with “more democracy” instead of doing what America did, which is the exact opposite. Following 9/11, this country’s leaders passed the Orwellian, unconstitutional PATRIOT Act in October 2001, apparently deciding that restricting the rights of its citizens was the best solution to prevent future terrorist threats.

Opinion

List of Greeks’ positives could fill the Parthenon

August 15

Editor, I have been at UNM for two years now and I cannot help but realize that some of my fellow students do not appreciate the role of Greek Letter Organizations on our campus.

Culture

Producer’s goal: SXSW in ABQ

Alexandra Swanberg | August 15

Thwarted temporarily by Mother Nature, one man’s vision is taking root in drier ground. Rich Henrich said he has always wanted to create a bridge between opposing views.

Culture

Indie fest shuns Hollywood

Alexandra Swanberg | August 15

Hollywood’s trusty system of new meat, same skeleton is off the menu: The people want indie. The Albuquerque Film Festival is about to enjoy its third year exposing the community to films that deviate from the usual recycled plotlines of the Hollywood blockbusters of the last several years.

Culture

For Your Ears

Alexandra Swanberg | August 15

Aug. 27 at 9 p.m. Alibi Group Hug presents: Factory Party with Low on High, Manby’s Head, The Dirty Novels, The Scrams and DJ Cassyle The Launchpad 21 , $5 Think of this show more as a social opportunity than an entertaining music event.

Culture

Carnival folk come to Taos

Hunter Riley | August 15

Summer is over, which means it’s time to escape to higher grounds. Come September, Glad Castle Presents will host the Enchanted Circle Music and Arts Carnival in Taos. Dominic Abbott, co-creator of Glad Castle Presents, said it is an event every New Mexican can get down with.

Culture

The Weekly Free

Hunter Riley | August 15

The Daily Lobo knows you’re broke; we all are. So in the spirit of being broke we prowled the World Wide Web to find free things for you to do, see, hear and put in your mouth.

Sports

Looking to net MWC win

Cesar Davila | August 15

More and more people are beginning to notice — the UNM volleyball team is pretty good. In 2010, for the second straight season, the Lobos finished with a 20-10 record and earned a bid into the NCAA tournament. Both times UNM did not make it past the first round, but head coach Jeff Nelson said he hopes the third time is the charm. “We’ve got to start moving forward,” he said.

Sports

Game to honor father’s life

Nathan Farmer | August 15

It’s more than just a game. The UNM women’s soccer team will pay a special tribute to George D. Montoya at this Friday’s match against St. Mary’s. Montoya passed away from a sudden heart attack last April.

Sports

Soccer gets overseas assist

Nathan Farmer | August 15

Who says inexperienced players can’t win? Head coach Jeremy Fishbein hopes to take the wealth of fresh talent he brought in this season past the first round of the NCAA tournament, where the team has fallen for the past two years. “We are really excited about this season,” Fishbein said.

Sports

Who cares about football?

Cesar Davila | August 15

Wake up, Lobo fans — the next couple months aren’t only about football. With fall just around the corner, sports radio and local news stations are talking about the UNM football’s shortcomings, how the arrest of Deshon Marman will affect him on the field, and by what margin Boise State will beat the Lobos.

Sports

Keeping up with a winning streak

Cesar Davila | August 15

Take it nationally. That’s what Joe Franklin’s cross country team intends to do. After back-to-back sweeps in 2009-10 at the MWC Championships and the NCAA regionals, the Lobos are galloping toward a three-peat, but are more preoccupied with winning a national title. Franklin, the 2010 NCAA Mountain Region Coach of the Year, said how quickly the team adjusts to losing 10 seniors will determine how successful it will be.

News

Courting a new president

Hunter Riley | July 25

On July 19, Regent Board President Jack Fortner named the members of the search committee who will help choose UNM’s next president, and a firm hired to find candidates, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates (SPA), began its search. Case Manager Alberto Pimentel said the search’s first phase uses web-based surveys to identify the qualifications UNM wants for its next president.

News

Count on inconvenience in coming months

Luke Holmen | July 25

Lobo Village, UNM’s housing collaboration with American Campus Communities, has no vacancies, and main campus construction is ongoing despite questions about how much rent ACC will pay UNM. Lobo Village cost more than $39 million to build, and it opens Aug.

News

Student studying in Nicaragua dies

Chelsea Erven | July 25

Student Kathryn Rios was studying abroad in Nicaragua when she died July 9 from complications of lupus. Rios, 22, went to Nicaragua with a UNM class, Sustainable Development in Central America: Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Nicaragua, taught by Matias Fontenla. The class arrived in Granada, Nicaragua, on June 14 and returned July 12.

News

Field suits honored professor

Miriam Belin | July 25

Nelson Valdés, a janitor-turned-UNM professor emeritus, was honored with the Bernard S. Rodey Award, given to professors who exemplify leadership in education.

News

MVD targets immigrants

Charlie Shipley | July 25

Gov. Susana Martinez announced plans last week for a program that would require foreign nationals with New Mexico driver’s licenses to prove that they are state residents. The Motor Vehicle Division sent letters to 10,000 foreign nationals who have New Mexico driver’s licenses last week, requiring them to schedule an in-person appointment to verify their residency.

News

Gift for sports and smarts

Chelsea Erven | July 25

New Mexico natives Sonnet and Ian McKinnon gave UNM’s Anderson School of Management and the Athletics Department $7.5 million, the largest financial contribution given to the University by living individuals.

News

Courtrooms are classrooms

Hunter Riley | July 25

Professors and future bosses could be one and the same for law students. UNM is the only law school in the nation with an active court system on its campus, the New Mexico Court of Appeals.