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COLUMN: Estrada naysayers hypocritical

by Scott Darnell Daily Lobo Columnist Miguel Estrada isn't probably someone with an immense amount of name recognition -- yet. President Bush appointed him to an open seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals, District Columbia Circuit on May 9, 2001; he immigrated to the United States from Honduras when he was 15 years old, graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 1986, has been a clerk for a Supreme Court justice, an assistant U.

Students get to see real life situations at Winter X-Games

The director of the Athletic Training Education program works double time as the director of sports medicine for ESPN, a job she uses to bring exposure to UNM and provide many of her students with hands-on education. Susan McGowen, who has worked for the Entertainment Sports Programming Network for nine years, has headed medical teams providing assistance for sporting events across the world, including the Winter, Summer and International X-Games and the Global-X Championship.

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LETTER: UNM music unethical

Editor, I read with dismay, but not surprise, about the theft of two bassoons from the UNM Music Department valued at $14,000. (See Daily Lobo News in Brief, Feb. 18.) The problem for the Music Department is not one of instrument theft but one of professional ethics.

Ski team prepares for meet

After an impressive first-place finish in Crested Butte two weeks ago, the UNM ski team heads back to Colorado for the NCAA West Regional meet this Sunday and Monday in Winter Park, Colo. The Lobos are seated third overall going into regionals, following Utah and Colorado respectively.

Lobos lasso in Cowgirls

The Lobos got sweet revenge in defeating the University of Wyoming Cowgirls, 70-37, Monday night, at The Pit. UNM lost to Wyoming 71-58 earlier in the year, but it made sure that there would be no repeat of that this time around. The Lobos (15-7, 5-4 MWC) played penny-pinching defense in forcing the Cowgirls (15-8, 5-5 MWC) to miss their first 11 shots of the game en route to a commanding 33-6 lead well into the first half.

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Delacour ahead of Venezuelan game

UNM alumnus Justin Delacour has gathered some international publicity lately by questioning the practices of Venezuela's best-known polling companies. In an online report, "Can You Believe Venezuela's Pollsters?" Delacour accuses Venezuela's largest polling firms of being against the country's president, Hugo Chavez.

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Philosopher recognized, Hollywood style

Jacques Derrida, one of the most brilliant and well-known living philosophers, is the subject of a new biographical movie, titled "Derrida," in which he reveals to the camera some personal details from his life. Most interesting, though, is what he does not explicitly say.

New regents speak to ASUNM Senate

ASUNM senators exchanged suggestions and questions with two new members of the UNM Board of Regents concerning topics such as the presidential search, tuition increases and faculty and staff salary increases. Newly appointed Regs. James Koch and Donald Salazar were guest speakers at the Associated Students of UNM meeting, Wednesday, and took the opportunity to acclimate themselves with the senators’ concerns.

LETTER: UNM hypocritical about free speech

Editor, Included in your Feb. 12 career issue was a statement of academic codes of conduct; “faculty members . . . an obligation . . . to foster and defend freedom of inquiry and instruction and free expression.” But when a respected faculty member expressed this freedom in regard to Sept.

Hours author raps about Woolf, book

Author Michael Cunningham wasn’t afraid to take a risk with his novel The Hours — that risk, writing about another book, ultimately won him a Pulitzer Prize and a movie deal with Paramount pictures. In a conference call with the Daily Lobo, Cunningham answered the question every one is dying to know the answer to — how did he write a book about one of the world’s most admired piece of literature, Mrs.

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Artist to celebrate famous composer with piano piece

Have you ever had the urge to tear apart a grand piano for no good reason? Don’t worry you’re not alone. John Cage, easily the most famous of American 20th-century composers was there with you too. But he sublimated all that destructive energy into “modifying” a piano to create a new sound space for a performer to play in.

COLUMN: On-campus bar might work

Students: Imagine the ability to unwind after a nerve-racking exam. Imagine meeting for a study group, a pen in one hand and a frothy beer in the other. Staff: Imagine sneaking away during lunch and nipping some schnapps, easing the doldrums of filing papers and answering phones.

Intacto Movie Review

By Rafael Gallegos Daily Lobo What are you willing to risk to get what you want? The enigmatic characters of writer-director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's "Intacto" face this question in a film about chance and luck. A well-assembled international cast, anchored by the Swedish Max Von Sydow, is the saving grace of "Intacto.

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Burns breaks ground in his film creations

Recent winter storms on the East Coast dealt a harsh blow to UNM’s 21st Century Speakers Series. Award winning historical documentary filmmaker Ken Burns was set to give a presentation titled “Telling American Stories” at Popejoy Hall, Thursday night, but flight cancellations kept him in the Northeast.

Administrators speak up in Chicano Studies debate

The efforts made by a coalition of students and community members to delay the search for a new director of the Chicano/a Studies Program seems to have attracted the attention of UNM administrators throughout campus. Roberto Ibarra, special assistant to the president for Diversity Issues, said he was at Wednesday’s meeting between University College Dean Peter White and the coalition to collect feedback and information for both Garcia and his own work regarding campus diversity initiatives.