UNM student Lorenzo Jon Ireland says that his surroundings, Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes and rapper KRS-One inspire him to write poetry
The past and coming weeks are rife with matters of peculiar public display.
A UNM area resident who goes by the name Piper plays his alto saxophone while sitting on the city water reservoir's south wall on campus Sunday morning.
In his own words, Lobo columnist Craig Butler describes his analysis of globalization as "simply put."
Regarding Richard Berthold's piece from Feb. 14, I'd like to know how much time Mr. Berthold has spent in Palestine, Israel or Iraq.
Like a lot of people around the world, I was deeply disturbed by the president's State of the Union Address and think that his reference to North Korea, Iran and Iraq as the axis of evil needs closer scrutiny.
Junior center Jordan Adams of the women's basketball team is the New Mexico Daily Lobo Athlete of the Week.
The UNM men's basketball team had Brigham Young University on the ropes Saturday but could not supply the knockout blow, losing 68-62 Saturday on the road.
It was a showcase of a national powerhouse against a team looking for recognition when the UNM men's rugby team took on number one ranked University of California at Berkeley Saturday.
I commend Chris Maxwell for calling the UNM men's basketball program to task. Of course, the only response you'll get is a patronizing smile because you "don't understand the ins and outs of a major college sports program."
Regarding the recently published review of "The All Night Strut," I am very much a believer that each person who attends a show has the right to form her own opinion of it. I also realize that as much as I would like it to happen, not every person will simply love every show presented by Musical Theatre Southwest. And this certainly holds true for the publicly shared opinions of the few reviewers in Albuquerque.
Last quarter, Seattle University instructor Tim Amen assigned a book by prominent historian Stephen Ambrose in his foreign-policy class. Now, with relish, his returning students are taking swipes at Amen for selecting the work of an author who has since been accused of plagiarism and sloppy footnoting.
We can learn a lot about how society functions and sustains itself by knowing how it treats its younger generations. There are many old sayings about society's responsibility towards children and their future. With the Brad Allison fiasco and the recent voting not to raise taxes to build newer schools, these sayings could not be more appropriate and valuable than today.
Senior Lorin Yannarell, left, talks with senior Scott Larrichio, a member of THC of UNM outside Zimmerman Library Thursday. The group was seeking support in its campaign to legalize marijuana.
It's interesting that the Daily Lobo columnist Craig E. Butler opened his recent column with the supposed intention of answering why the existence of NAFTA and the World Trade Organization causes street battles between activists and police. What makes this interesting is that Butler never makes even the slightest attempt to answer the question that he poses. To merely say that globalization's "approach" is "stepping on a lot of sensitive toes" is hardly an answer.
Five members of the New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team headed to Salt Lake City to provide medical care for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The team departed from Albuquerque on Thursday and will return Feb 25.
The Dean of Students Office is advising the campus community and campus visitors that Justice for All, Inc., an anti-abortion organization, will have a free-speech photographic exhibit that includes graphic photographs at three locations on the UNM campus. One Feb. 18 and 19, the exhibit will be north of Ortega Hall along the wooden fence. On Feb. 20 and 21, the exhibit will be east of Popejoy on Cornell Mall. The exhibit also will be at the Health Sciences Center Plaza on UNM's north campus Feb. 21.
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