The Lobos capped a perfect 7-0 home season with a brilliant 63-44 win over BYU Saturday at The Pit. With the win, UNM secured the second-place slot in the Mountain West Conference, following only Utah, who the Lobos defeated Thursday night. UNM has now beaten every team in the MWC.
The wheels of justice are turning slowly for UNM senior running back Quincy Wright -- at both the state and University levels. In January, detectives from the Albuquerque Police Department began investigating Wright's involvement with the alleged forging of nine Oklahoma drivers licenses, which were found at a local Kinkos.
Senior center Jordan Adams of the women's basketball team and Bart Scott of the men's tennis team are this week's New Mexico Daily Lobo Athletes of the Week. Adams helped her team to crucial victories over Utah and BYU. She had nine points and seven rebounds in a 51-48 comeback victory over Utah Thursday.
Skiing UNM's ski team finished the 2003 NCAA Skiing Championships with a final score of 541.5 -- fourth-place overall. The University of Vermont and Colorado University slid past the Lobos on the last day of competition with CU taking third at 546.5 points, just five points ahead of UNM.
A UNM student has been busy this weekend contacting New Mexico politicians while working with 100 other students in Washington, D.C., to better protect the nation's wildlands. Willa Hafich, a freshman studying within University College, began attending the Public Lands Action summit in Washington, D.
Staff Report Just five of 15 teams finished under-par at the Toyota Las Vegas Intercollegiate golf tournament last weekend; UNM was not one of them. The Lobos finished the event in 13th place, with a three-day total of 879; 15 shots over-par and a distant 23 shots behind winner Oklahoma State University.
Hundreds of people gathered at Kirtland Air Force Base Saturday to show their support for Bush and the military. Two anti-war protesters were arrested and cited for disorderly conduct after they tried to stop traffic and get the other protesters to join them.
Editor, I am a liberal. I support many liberal ideas and concepts, though it is becoming increasingly difficult to be taken seriously because of ignorant displays such as some of the events that took place at the recent anti-war protest. Although there were many people and speakers that were well informed, there were also many students, or possibly non-students, that were sitting in little groups smoking pot.
Staff Report The UNM baseball team pulled out some late-inning heroics against the University of Texas-Arlington for a 17-12 victory Saturday afternoon at Lobo Field. The game began with the Mustangs getting off to an early one run lead courtesy of Ryan Roberts solo home run.
UNM officials announced Thursday that local contractor K.L. House, Inc., which built The Pit and other landmarks on campus, will complete the SUB renovation project.
Testing centers at UNM may be lacking the proper facilities to help students excel in the LSAT and MCAT tests, according to Kaplan Test Prep. In 2002 Kaplan surveyed more than 7,000 LSAT and MCAT test takers to find out their favorite testing centers -- UNM was not among them.
Editor, To the students of UNM: You have joined with thousands of students around the nation in being willing to raise your questions of concern. As a nation, we face an administration that is preparing to launch a war that poses most serious and devastating consequences for the world.
According to the Dean of Students Office, 10 cases of academic dishonesty were reported this year. "There are lots of cases of students who aren't sent to the Dean of Students Office," said Randy Boeglin, the Dean of Students. "There are cases we don't even know about.
Editor, On Wednesday, March 5, I was personally disgusted by the way my fellow Americans acted. This is my response: For weeks now, I have noticed the "No War on Iraq" campaign put on by the people who don't understand what this conflict is truly about.
The Lobos rallied to a stunning second-half victory over 25th ranked Utah, 51-48 Thursday night at The Pit. UNM lost to the Utes in overtime last month and have been anticipating revenge ever since. However, instead of coming out confident on its home floor, UNM seemed somewhat intimidated throughout the first half.
by Scott Darnell Daily Lobo Columnist Last week, I had the privilege of interning for Rep. Tom Taylor at the Capitol in Santa Fe. The experience was wonderful and while there were many bright spots, the most riveting policy debate took place in the N.
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