Editor, As a student here at UNM and a partner of Starbucks Coffee Company, I was surprised about the assertions made in the Daily Lobo article about Fair Trade Coffee on Tuesday. This article contained blatantly incorrect information about Starbucks and its alliance with Fair Trade Coffee.
Sophomore Natalie Montgomery, who is running for ASUNM senator on the Horizon slate, said that if elected, she wants to use her position to unite all the undergraduate organizations on campus to better UNM. "In order for everyone here to see their goals to fruition, they need all the support they can get," Montgomery said.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo The Lobos look to end a tough four-game losing streak when San Diego State University comes to Albuquerque this weekend for an important three-game series. After three narrow losses to Mountain West Conference leader UNLV, followed by another close defeat at the hands of New Mexico State University on Wednesday, the series against the Aztecs is suddenly crucial for a team looking to boost itself back to the top of the MWC.
Editor, UNM faculty, staff and its students have no understanding of other races except their own kind. I guess that mentality comes from their parents’ upbringing and from society’s bleak outlook on Aboriginal cultures and the gritty nature of “the white man’s” oppression of “colored” peoples in America and around the world.
Editor, A man named Theodore Hesburgh once said, “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision.” We feel this could not be truer. On April 16, you will elect a president, vice president and 10 senators to your undergraduate student government (ASUNM).
The Hipster’s Handbook is a book full of magazine-style, smart-ass lists that can tell you whether or not you’re cool or, excuse me, “deck,” as one would say it if they were hip. Words like “hipster” used in a non-sarcastic setting make me cringe. “How-to” books have the same effect, unless they are about house building or furniture varnish.
by Mar°a B. Del R°o Daily Lobo In the unforgettable documentary “Se§oritas Extraviadas,” director Lourdes Portillo explores the mystery surrounding 200 kidnapped, raped and missing women in Juarez. She also documents the struggle of the victims’ families making the documentary intense and effective.
Former UNM flamenco instructor Pablo Rodarte is one of the most prestigious and experienced dancers alive. As a talented ballet and flamenco dancer in Spain, he has studied extensively and toured all around the world. Some of his great achievements include Natividad Flamenca, Carmen’s Tango Bar and The Red Haired Carmen.
“Mulletville” is a movie that lives up to its moniker — this flick is definitely business up front and all party in the back. Written and directed by Tony Leahy, who also stars as Dens, “Mulletville” is loaded with the hockey hair, but the movie is also about a kid tracing his roots and trying to exact revenge on his high school tormentors.
by John D. Bess Daily Lobo Munchen, Germany — A few days into the tour and we finally got all the equipment dialed in right and all the jet lag out of our heads. This allowed us to really settle in on stage and rock with a new sense of abandon.
According to a recent report, criminal inmate populations grew 11.1 percent last year in New Mexico. With national incarceration rates at an historical high, seeking to lower the number of felonious perpetrators entering into the prison system would seem to be the next logical step for our governing body to take.
The ASUNM Senate unanimously passed its budget for the 2003-04 fiscal year Wednesday with $310,404 out of $485,747 going back to funding for the Associated Students of UNM. The ASUNM student agencies — Community Experience, the Crafts Studio, the Elections Commission, the Homecoming Committee, the South West Film Center and Student Special Events — accounted for most of the $310,404.
Despite frustration from its new members, the UNM Board of Regents on Wednesday unanimously passed the 2003-04 fiscal year budget which includes a 4.5 percent increase in tuition and fees and a 3 percent increase in faculty salaries. All undergraduate and graduate students can expect their tuition to increase 4.
Police have charged 56-year-old Thomas Newsome, a man they believe to be homeless, with murder for the shooting death of Eric Hunter, 39, at the Mail Boxes Etc. across from campus Tuesday. A witness to the incident reportedly told police Newsome was crossing the intersection at Yale Boulevard and Central Avenue when he pointed a handgun at Hunter, who was driving by in his white Ford minivan.
Renowned author Tony Hillerman said that students who wish to be writers should learn three simple rules. “Elmore Leonard once told me ‘Leave out the parts readers skip,” Hillerman said. “Another guy told me, the short way to spell writer’s block is l-a-z-y.
Editor, I am writing in response to Scott Darnell’s column in the April 4 Lobo. I agree with Darnell’s sentiment. I am part of a majority group — a heterosexual Anglo male, though I was born into the lower class. I knew that to ascend social class, I would have to do well in school and get a good education to get a good job.
by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo Columnist In Tuesday’s Albuquerque Journal, there was in an AP story about fighting in Baghdad a tiny notice that was a horrifying reminder of what war is really about and that caused me to actually weep. Following a brief discussion of the American policy of firing warning shots at approaching civilians and then shooting to kill was this: “An old man approached, disoriented and alone, faltering forward with his cane after three warning shots.
by Jacque Oldfield Daily Lobo Beyond the metal mesh exterior of Rebar, the renovated Sprockets space across from UNM, is a civilized, industrial chic — metal, yes, but definitely not scrap metal. Last Friday night, Rebar was packed with locals, mostly students watching a basketball game and a happy hour broke out.
Man exposes genitals in popular 7-Eleven store A 7-Eleven clerk’s generosity of giving a homeless man a free hotdog was rewarded with an unwarranted look at the man’s genitals after he exposed himself inside the popular convenience store just north of campus.
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