Earlier this month, UNM’s College of Pharmacy named Dr. Lynda Welage its new dean. Welage will assume the position in mid-October, and said she hopes to push the College of Pharmacy and its students toward national recognition. “I think numbers of opportunities for students are growing every day,” Welage said.
The words “Special Agent” may conjure images of James Bond’s Aston Martin zooming through the alleyways of a small Italian villa, but they’re not usually associated with park rangers. A new book from UNM Press will prompt some people to rethink their conception of National Park Service employees.
Skateboarders and longboarders are uniting to “bomb” Lomas Boulevard. Fear not, pedestrians and motorists, it’s not a massive explosion, but rather a speedy descent downhill. For its fifth celebration of International Go Skateboarding Day, Warehouse 508, sponsored by New Mexico Xtreme Sports, has arranged for Lomas Boulevard to be closed to traffic from Juan Tabo Boulevard to Los Altos Skate Park. There will be a shuttle taking skateboarders and longboarders from the skate park up to the starting point for free. At 4 p.m., hundreds of participants are expected to bomb down the hill all the way to the skate park. “Every city does something different for it,” said Eddie Vargas, NMX Sports director. “It’s just to provide awareness about skateboarding and that it’s a great way to stay active and you don’t need to be out there doing tricks — just kind of encouraging people to get out there and push on a board.” Everything at the event is free of charge, including admission to the skate park, barbecue, entertainment by DJ Flo-Fader, and skate contests.
Dustin Hoffman, famous for method acting, once famously said that when it comes to Shakespeare’s work, “you can’t improvise this shit.” Daring to prove him wrong, Blackout Theatre, in its all-new, late-night Improv show “Che-Kspeare: Improvised Shakespeare” manages to produce hilarity at its finest. Thous and thees and numerous other Elizabethan idioms are liberally sprinkled through the actors’ speech. All the hallmarks of classic Shakespeare are deftly made up on the spot.
If you’ve always wanted to write for the Daily Lobo but never knew how to get your foot in the door, here’s your chance. The Daily Lobo began its first series of summer writing workshops two weeks ago, and so far they have been a great success.
Bristol Palin has a gnat problem, and we all get to hear about it. That’s how she describes her estranged baby daddy, Levi Johnston, who, if her new memoir out this week is to be believed, took her virginity when she was 17 during a camping trip while she was drunk on wine coolers.
Editor, Perhaps you have noticed more APD officers in the campus area lately? Since February, APD has been conducting a “crime reduction initiative” in our community. Members of the neighborhood and business associations, along with UNM security, have been meeting with Sgt.
There’s never a dull moment in UNM Athletics, even on the field, which is why this column is about a month overdue. With the unexpected four-game winning streak of the UNM baseball team at the Mountain West Conference tournament at the end of May, I stalled on a “2010-11 in review” of Lobo sports. But the time to look back on Athletics this past year has finally presented itself. UNM Women’s Soccer First, I’d like to give a round of applause to the UNM women’s soccer team. The team advanced to its first NCAA tournament appearance in its history in 2010. They won the MWC regular-season championship for the first time in school history.
UNM football player Deshon Marman has yet to play a single down for the Lobo football team, but he’s already made a name for himself. San Francisco Police said Marman — a junior college transfer defensive back — was arrested at the San Francisco International Airport for sagging his pajama pants while boarding a US Airways flight back to Albuquerque on Wednesday. San Francisco Police Sgt.
There was more screaming than kicking for UNM women’s soccer player Roxie McFarland growing up. McFarland, who is a Lobo midfielder, said she played on a boys’ team when she was younger.
The UNM football team has found itself deep in another controversy. Sgt. Michael Rodriguez, San Francisco police, said Lobo defensive back Deshon Marman was arrested at the San Francisco International Airport for sagging his pants while boarding a US Airways flight back to Albuquerque. Rodriguez said an employee of the airline noticed Marman’s pants were “below his buttock, but above the knees, and his boxer shorts were showing.” Rodriguez said in a statement to the San Francisco Chronicle the US Airways employee asked Marman to pull up his pants, refused and was asked to leave the plane.
Ash and smoke from wildfires in the east continues to cloud the horizon and turn Albuquerque’s normally blue sky a dull gray. Arizona wildfires spread to western New Mexico June 11, as more than 700 square miles of brush and forest continued to burn largely uncontained in eastern Arizona. Fire officials believe an unattended campfire may have sparked the Wallow fire, the largest burning in the area. The fire has consumed thousands of acres and is expected to cost more than $10 million in fire damage and containment fees. The New Mexico Department of Health issued a warning to residents on Saturday to avoid the outdoors, using swamp coolers and exercising during periods when smoke is visible.
Nearly 60 people marched Friday from El Paso, across the bridge, and into one of the most dangerous cities in the world to join a several-hundred-strong protest against violence in Ciudad Juárez. Over 3,000 people were killed in Juárez last year, which means it has one of the highest murder rates of any city across the globe, according to CNN.
UNM alumnus Mark Kachelmeier was nominated for an award in the 2011 Heartland Emmy Competition for his “Catching Predators” series. His weeklong series aired on KRDO News Channel 13 in Colorado Springs and profiled five convicted sex offenders.
Student-athletes typically attract attention for outstanding athletics, but with the release of the NCAA’s 2009-2010 Academic Progress Rate report, all of the attention is on academics.
Editor, I was pleased to read your recent coverage of the one-year anniversary of the Association of Burundian Americans in New Mexico.
Editor, Dialogue in the comments section of the Daily Lobo website is extremely off-putting. Polarized and uninformed viewpoints abound, but that’s not the only problem. Some comments are obviously trolls trying a crude hand at sarcasm or some other form of humor.
The following is a work of satire from the editor of the local ‘zine, The Nightly Noodle Monthly.
(Sonny) Reynaldo Rivera is a local sculptor and native New Mexican whose work focuses on the rugged beauty of southwest culture.
The small hours are defined as the hours in the early morning when insomniacs and natural night owls go off duty, passing the baton to the early birds.
Solutions by The State News
