by Carilyn Rome Daily Lobo The East Indian community in New Mexico offers the public chances to take part in their rich culture. This past Saturday, the Indian Association of New Mexico put on the annual Diwali Celebration at the Kiva Auditorium in the Albuquerque Convention Center.
by Mira Poling Daily Lobo Electronic music lovers have a new venue in Albuquerque where novel concepts reside in an old setting, rich in family culture and tradition. Jason Stephens, great-grandson of the New Chinatown Restaurant's founder, is keeping the family business fresh by turning it into an 18 and over "music and sound venue" on weekend nights from 11p.
by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo Columnist At first glance it might not appear that I and Terrel Owens, the premier wide receiver for San Francisco, have much in common besides a connection - as fan and player - with the 49ers. But watching any number of sports pundits chastising him for pulling a pen out of his sock after a touchdown and autographing and handing the ball to a fan, I realized that I also have been constantly on the receiving end of such hyper-seriousness and heard that inevitable phrase of the stuffed-shirts: inappropriate behavior.
by Stuart Overbey Daily Lobo Although "True North: A Mystery Play" draws on playwright Kevin Paul's long-time fascination with survival stories, he promises there is no cannibalism in the play. "There's only a brief mention of it," Paul said. "Nothing horrible happens.
by Ryan Floersheim Daily Lobo Campus groups organized a forum Wednesday addressing advertising ethics, sex and alcohol, women's portrayal in the mass media and the New Mexico Daily Lobo and their possible negative impact on students. The event, "Broken Bottles and Broken Bodies; A Forum on Alcohol, Violence and Advertisements on Campus," addressed a series of ads run in the Lobo that several campus groups have objected to due to their implied connection between sex and alcohol.
Editor, I hope the irony of Bush's visit to the Vietnam War Memorial on Monday was not lost. This from a man whose family connections let him enlist in the Texas Air National Guard ahead of an 18-month waiting list of those hoping to avoid the war. This from a man who then honored this commitment by simply not showing up, like it was a summer job, and was never prosecuted for being AWOL.
by Marisa Demarco Daily Lobo Eirik Ott, a.k.a. Big Poppa E, had to pee in a bottle once while driving at 70 miles an hour - but that's not the point of this article. The point is that this evening, two renowned poets who make up Broken Word, Big Poppa E and Matthew John Conley, will be performing at UNM while on the Busted Tooth tour.
by Jeff Proctor Daily Lobo UNM Career Services launched its latest attempt to get students to use its resources by opening an Internet cafÇ offering Web access, career development options and food in a cafÇ-type setting. The cafÇ, in room 220 of the Career Services Building, features free Internet access for students, and is meant to help them learn to use the Web for career exploration purposes, said Leslye Ellison, director of Career Services.
by Arthur Simoni Daily Lobo Duff Lill, director for the ASUNM Lobbying Committee, said that Feb.10 will be UNM Day at the State Legislature and he urged senators to go to Santa Fe to help lobby at Wednesday's Senate meeting. He said that the Associated Students of UNM Lobbying Committee's number one priority was keeping student tuition increases as low as possible.
by Arthur Simoni Daily Lobo Only 807 undergraduates voted in Wednesday's election as the Progression slate swept the ballot and both UNM Constitutional amendments passed. Amy Cook, Matthew Burgess, Melanie Giron-Carpenter, Megan Cisneros, Celestina Torres, Justin Crosby, Charlene Sevilla, Cicely Gragg, Kevin Stevenson and Christopher Chavez were chosen as senators for the Associated Students of UNM.
by Clay Holtzman Daily Lobo UNM detectives are investigating two attacks on female students on campus late last month. The first alleged incident occurred Oct. 28, when a UNM student, Justin Bacon, reportedly forced his way into a female resident's room in Coronado Hall and held her down while he made skin-to-skin contact with her breasts and buttocks without her permission.
Handstand, back-flip, jump, kick, headstand - the human body is an amazing vessel, capable of almost anything. At first glance, Capoeira seems like a martial art-based method of self-defense. An abundance of movements incorporated in Capoeira are grounded in martial arts, such as controlled kicks and front and back-flips executed slowly and precisely.
by Stanley Crouch Knight Ridder-Tribune If the murder of Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, is connected at all to the world of hip-hop, then things have gotten even worse than they already were. It is extremely bad news if hip-hop is at the point where even apparently good guys like Mizell - family men who speak out against thuggish behavior and drugs - can find themselves targets for goons in ski masks.
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