Editor, In wishing President Schmidly a speedy recovery from his current health problem, I did not “backpedal” (as your headline indicated). I continue to uphold the substance of my comments at the teaching awards ceremony about the deterioration in UNM’s educational mission under President Schmidly’s leadership. Howard Waitzkin UNM professor
The season and the dream are over. Lobo head coach Ray Birmingham was able to deliver on his promise and take the UNM baseball team to the NCAA baseball championship after only three years with UNM. The UNM baseball team was eliminated Sunday from the NCAA tournament by Cal-State Fullerton, 11-3, in the NCAA Fullerton Region. The tournament appearance for the Lobos was the first since 1962, a 48-year drought. The Titans put up a two-run home run in the first inning by Corey Jones and CSF added two more in the third inning to go up 5-0. Cal-State Fullerton never looked back. The Lobos did mend the wounds by scoring two runs in the bottom off of a Daniel Gonzalez single. Senior Max Willett added to the Lobos’ tally by a single of his own. Cal-State Fullerton’s Nick Ramirez hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third and ended Lobos starting pitcher Mike Lachapelle. Kenny Toves allowed another run in the inning and added to the Titans score, 7-2. UNM finished with a 38-22 record and won the first game of the Fullerton Region with a victory over Stanford on Friday. However, the Lobos lost to Minnesota, 7-4, on Saturday to move into the consolation bracket. If the Lobos had beaten CSF, they would have played Minnesota again on Sunday night for the opportunity to advance to the Super Regionals of the tournament.
Michael Jordan once said, “You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way.” Jordan’s wisdom became philosophy during Lobo head basketball coach Steve Alford’s basketball camp last week at the Rudy Davalos Center, one of many camps scheduled throughout the summer.
by Chris Quintana Daily Lobo Six of UNM’s best athletes gathered outside UNM’s track Friday for interviews, but everyone could tell their minds were already at Hayward Field, the venue for the NCAA Championships. When championships kick off Wednesday in Eugene, Ore., the Lobos will send seven representatives to compete — Lee Emanuel, Jacob Kirwa, Chris Barnicle, Ruth Senior, Sandy Fortner, Deanna Young and Lamaar Thomas. Of the seven, five — Emanuel, Kirwa, Barnicle, Senior and Thomas — will compete in track events, while Young will look to bring home hardware in the triple jump and Fortner in the grueling heptathalon.
It’s 100 degrees, possibly hotter, on the ground, but Daniel Richmond is on his knees pouring fine sand over searing hot metal stencils at the Downtown Civic Plaza.
The 48-Hour Film Project challenges average people to do in two days what professional film makers take months to do: complete a film from screenplay to editing.
by Andrew Beale Daily Lobo C, a member of band Cobra Moonshine, is into mashups. Popularized by the artist “Girltalk,” mashups sample different parts from different songs and mix them together to create an entirely new song.
Editor, I urge you and your parishioners to denounce violent resistance. As I’m sure you have heard, Israeli soldiers seized a flotilla carrying international activists and relief supplies from Turkey to Palestine.
Editor, Best Buddies wishes to thank the members of all the Greek organizations at the University of New Mexico for their commitment to the community.
There is a website, NewspaperDeathWatch.com, that is monitoring the decline of the printed newspaper.
New Mexico’s next governor will be a woman. Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez won 51 percent of the vote in a five-candidate primary.
UNM’s Student Family Housing facility is undergoing some major renovations and management restructuring.
Parking and Transportation Services is allowing students, faculty and staff to jump on a waiting list for permits to the new parking structure on Yale Boulevard and Lomas Boulevard. The Yale Parking Structure will add approximately 790 spaces for student use, said Bob Nelson, PATS associate director.
About 20 protesters braved the 100-degree heat June 5 to voice concerns about the government’s handling of the April 20 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Seize BP, a national organization that calls for the U.S.
Is it really worth it to pay a little more for fresh local food? Ann Simon thinks so. Simon is the economic development planner for the Agriculture Collaborative, a branch of the Mid-Region Council of Governments of New Mexico. She also helped coordinate the third annual Local Food Festival and Field Day, on Sunday. “We’re trying to raise the value of agriculture in peoples’ minds,” Simon said.
UNM senior Renée Hemsing, a violin-performance major, said violinists are more romantic than the general population because of their zest for lush, sad strings.
To ride the train and see the works of Shakespeare or to stay home alone — that’s a question that doesn’t even need asking. On Saturday, a local group of actors from UNM will perform scenes from the bard’s famous plays for the amusement of all those who happen to be riding the Railrunner.
On the continuum of sport and dramatized exhibition, there’s a difference between Deion “Primetime” Sanders and “Hollywood” Hogan. With all due respect to the entertainers, Ultimate Fighting Championship is boxing and World Wrestling Entertainment’s bastard offspring. After watching Rashad Evans tactically obliterate hulking brute Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, I was temporarily considering rescinding my stalwart belief that UFC is not a sport, but rather neatly crafted spectacle masquerading as legitimate sporting competition. In full disclosure, I must admit that Evans-Jackson and the preceding undercards were the first UFC bouts I’ve seen since the MMA has been popularized.
The Internet’s latest fit is focused on Facebook privacy concerns. Seems the company was a bit unscrupulous and didn’t completely bow down to the every whim of its users.
The Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC) is undergoing a technological makeover. Student fees for the library have been raised to $260 annually to finance new exam preparation materials, expand the number of e-books, provide access to more library resources and maintain quality computer equipment in heavily used, student-oriented areas.
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