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Taos conference offers up quality training to writers

Applications for the 2003 Taos Summer Writers’ Conference, a week of workshops for beginning and advanced writers to sharpen their skills, are being accepted until April 15. Since its first year in 1999, the conference, sponsored by the UNM College of Arts and Sciences, has played host to more than 120 writers at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center in Taos to participate in writing workshops, public readings, writers’ panels and related special events.

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COLUMN: War means only one thing

by Dan Chan Daily Texan (U. Texas-Austin) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas — Doesn’t everyone hate it when their younger sibling plays the sympathy card to get out of trouble? Or when someone exaggerates a colossal disaster in an attempt to fight for a minuscule cause? Aren’t people perplexed when the gardener ignores the weeds and goes after the tulip? Apparently not.

Jazz genius’ new CD a sensual experience

Saxophone-playing jazz force Kenny Garrett’s musical presence is so strong it’s hard to picture him being a sideman to anyone. Perhaps having the opportunity to be jazz legend Miles Davis’ sideman is what gave him the power and confidence to deliver some of the jazz world’s freshest sounds.

Gender-bender gala

The overly constraining terms “male” and “female” no longer suffice to define gender —not within the world of drag, at least. Friday night’s drag performance, sponsored by Del Otro Lado, UNM’s Gay and Straight Alliance, smashed societal boundaries regarding gender definition and the common fallacy that, in the drag world, only men dress up as women.

News In Brief

Border patrol takes more than 1,000 pounds of pot ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Nearly 1,300 pounds of marijuana were seized by border patrol agents during five separate traffic stops over the weekend. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that the largest bust included 703 pounds of marijuana that was hidden in a load of frozen food being transported by a tractor-trailer.

Filmmaker redefines Native image

An internationally known photographer and filmmaker who has won several awards for his films about American-Indian identity and representation will be conducting workshops and speaking about his work beginning today and continuing through Thursday.

Women's golf team's young talent on display

The UNM women's golf team held its own at the Ping/ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., April 4-6, finishing sixth in a tournament that featured 12 of the top-30 teams in the nation. The 11th-ranked Lobos sat in fifth place after the first round with an 8-over-par 296, but struggled in tough, windy conditions on day two, posting a 17-over 305.

Athletes of the Week

UNM golfers Kailin Downs and Michael Letzig are this week's New Mexico Daily Lobo Athletes of the Week. Downs finished fourth at the Ping/ASU Invitational with rounds of 71-76-69-216. The sophomore birdied five of the last 10 holes in the final round. Downs is the top-ranked sophomore in the country.

Kugler says GPSA needs more visbility

Graduate Professional Students Association presidential candidate Aaron Kugler, a second-year law student, says he would like to increase GPSA visibility on campus and make funding more accessible to graduate and professional students. "GPSA has been stuck in the basement of the old bookstore for over a year now," Kugler said.

COLUMN: 'Dead Week' work in progress

by Jennifer Onuska ASUNM President and Amy Cook and Kevin Stevenson ASUNM Senators No tests, no new material and no assignments the week before finals. Wouldn't that be nice? Well, that's how it would be with ASUNM's proposed Prep Week.

LETTER: Police use of verbal brutality unneeded

Editor, I take the role of civil police seriously. However, in the past few years I have had a few run-ins with the police at parties, on the road, even at my house, that have really left my confidence in their role "to serve and protect" unsure at best.

News in Brief-Iraq

Iraq British military battles toward center of Basra g NEAR BASRA, Iraq (AP) - Led by more than three dozen tanks and armored cars, British forces battled toward the center of Basra on Sunday in their biggest incursion yet into Iraq's second-largest city. British officials said they had managed to set up base at a former college inside Basra's city limits, but did not yet control the city of 1.

Former chairman to be honored with book

A former UNM History Department chairman who died in 2000 will be honored today when the University presents his widow and the department with a book of essays commemorating his studies, writings and works. Gerald Nash worked at UNM for more than 30 years and is considered by many of his former colleagues to be a leading scholar in the field of the American West.

Professor gets $400,000 research grant

Staff Report Scott Tyo, a UNM electrical engineering assistant professor, has received a five-year grant worth $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to continue his research in the field of polarized light. Tyo will receive the money as a result of his winning a Faculty Early Career Development Award, also known as the CAREER Award, from the foundation.

CSU benefits from Lobo errors

The Colorado State Rams used a crucial five-run fourth inning to beat the UNM softball team 6-3 in the second game of a doubleheader at Lobo Field Saturday. With UNM leading 1-0, CSU got a leadoff single by Jennifer Mahoney over Lobo shortstop Ashley VanBoxmeer's head to start the fourth.

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LETTER: Horizon slate reveals mission for ASUNM

Editor, What is on your Horizon? That is the question that we are posing to the student body. On April 16, you will have the opportunity to elect your new undergraduate student government leaders in the ASUNM election. We want to educate you and convince you that your vote will not be wasted on our slate, Horizon.

Meiers aims to recruit top teaching assistants

If elected president of GPSA, first-year law student James Meiers says he will help the Board of Regents and the New Mexico State Legislature to better understand the needs of graduate and professional students at UNM. In the last month and a half, Meiers has made a concerted effort to contact the regents and express his ideas for the Graduate and Professional Students Association's future, he said.

GPSA President Profiles

Voting for the Graduate and Professional Student Association president begins Monday, April 7. Graduate and professional students can vote through Thursday by phone 24 hours a day on ITEL. Ballots can also be cast at the following locations on campus: GPSA office, Monday-Thursday, 10 a.