Culture
All-male chorus hits high note in the 505
Chris Quintana | April 6It starts with a single note plucked on a guitar string. A second later, four male voices begin to croon a cappella.
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Get to know: Lazaro 'Laz' Cardenas
April 6Lazaro “Laz” Cardenas is running for ASUNM president on the Full Circle slate. The Daily Lobo sat down to talk with him about printing, parking, security and the differences between his opponent and himself.
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Plan designed to create local jobs for UNM grads
Kallie Red-Horse | April 6Mayor Richard Berry wants the Anderson School of Management’s help in rejuvenating Albuquerque’s economy. In his three-prong plan, Berry announced a partnership with the school to educate the next generation of Albuquerque business people. Dean of the Anderson School of Management, Doug Brown, said Berry’s business background gives him the skills to restructure the economy. “Economic development is clearly a high priority for Berry.
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Students help refugees live an American life
Leah Valencia | April 6Students are helping refugees make the transition to life in America. The Refugee Well-being Project, a class offered through the psychology and anthropology departments, gives students the opportunity to work with refugees who are resettling in New Mexico.
Opinion
Fraud abounds during census season
Mike Carr/Daily Lobo guest columnist | April 6When it comes to fraud, nothing is off limits, especially on the Internet. With the 2010 Census swinging into high gear and tax season already well underway, expect to see fraudulent “census” and “tax” e-mail and text messages in the near future. For starters, the Internal Revenue Service never conducts business via e-mail, text messaging or the telephone. For the most part, this is also true about the U.S.
Sports
Recruits thrown to the wolves
Isaac Avilucea | April 5On the seventh day, God took a welcome respite from work. On the seventh day of spring practice, Lobo head football coach Mike Locksley worked his quarterbacks through a day of “live” action. Goodbye, black jerseys.
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Alford gets, like, a bajillion dollars
Mario Trujillo | April 5Already the highest-paid employee at UNM, Lobo head basketball coach Steve Alford is slated to rake in nearly $100,000 in bonuses after the Lobos’ record-breaking season. Last year the Daily Lobo reported that Alford received $45,000 in “incentive pay.” This year, Alford is set to receive $95,000 in bonuses, with an extra $25,000 being added to his base salary next year.
Sports
Sense of unity replaces primadonna attitudes
Isaac Avilucea | April 5As they walked westward into the sun, all that was visible were the backs of three Lobos, the only distinguishable feature being the numbers on their jerseys. The bench that Michael Green, Levi Rossi and Patrick Pacheco had just sat on during the UNM men’s soccer team’s scrimmage against Colorado State-Pueblo now rested on their shoulders, as they carried it back toward the storage facilities.
Sports
Team loss overshadows individual victories
Mario Trujillo | April 5The fangs of inexperience sunk deep into the UNM men’s tennis team, as the Lobos dropped their match 5-2 to No.
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ABQ poets' skills nationally feared
Andrew Beale | April 5Poets paced in the Outpost Performance Space courtyard on Saturday night reciting poems one last time before the competition. It was a contest between 10 of Albuquerque’s top slam poets to determine the four that would make the national team. Chicago-based slam poet Tim Stafford emceed.
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Get to know: David Conway
Mario Trujillo | April 5David Conway is running for ASUNM president on the Wolfpack slate. The Daily Lobo sat down with him to talk about free tickets for athletic events, security and the difference between his opponent and himself. Daily Lobo: Athletics isn’t a necessary part of the educational atmosphere of UNM, so if anything has to be on the chopping block, shouldn’t it be something that is nonessential like free student tickets? David Conway: We have to be sure that we are still building a community at this University.
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Telescopes give hope to outerspace enthusiasts
Tricia Remark | April 5Researchers and students at UNM are building one-of-a-kind telescopes that may reveal secrets of the universe.
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Regents pass $10 student fee hike
Pat Lohmann | April 5The Board of Regents voted to increase tuition and fees by $405, and $64 of that increase is not covered by the NM Lottery Scholarship. The regents have until April 30 to tweak the increase, but if it stands, tuition and fees will be about $5,505 per undergraduate student per semester.
News
Pink Floyd has crossed the magenta line
Shaun Griswold | April 5The name on his driver’s license says Lawrence Floyd, but he introduces himself as Pink while strumming an air guitar and humming his favorite Pink Floyd song, “Comfortably Numb.” Floyd is one of the hundreds who will sleep on the streets of Albuquerque tonight.
Opinion
Platform accessability makes casting an informed vote easy
April 5Editor, My name is Kasey Owen and I am a senatorial candidate on the Full Circle slate in the upcoming ASUNM elections.
Opinion
Modern values lack depth, distract from true wisdom
April 5Editor, Have we replaced the Holy Trinity with a totally different trinity – materialism, money, and machine?
Opinion
Civil rights no match for U.S. politix
April 5On Saturday morning, I was driving down the highway, in some busy section of town by R.E.I., and I saw two young men dressed in suits, standing on the highway meridian.
Sports
Martinez, Hobson win big after season
Ryan Tomari | April 1It’s for the UNM men’s basketball team that the month of March has become even more momentous. Two Lobos racked up two more national awards this week.
Sports
Switching up from backfield to secondary
Ryan Tomari | April 1As if he was sitting in his favorite recliner, A.J. Butler was cozy at the tailback position on the UNM football team his freshman year in 2009. Now his role on the Lobo football has taken an uneasy turn, but maybe not for the worse. “I got so comfortable at running back, and I made good plays last year,” said Butler, who carried the ball 50 times for 177 yards and a touchdown.
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Students to send their work to space
Kallie Red-Horse | April 1New Mexico’s budding space industry is blasting off, and it’s going to take the work of UNM students with it. Spaceport America, located south of Truth and Consequences and expected to open business to passengers in summer 2011, will host an education launch May 1 with a UNM project on board. Olga Lavrova, faculty adviser for the project, said the educational value of allowing students to work on the project offered a futuristic application of classroom concepts. “This was a great opportunity for them to take what they learned in the classroom as well as see a spaceship take off and land,” she said.
