News
UNM team wins inventors contest
August 24For the second year in a row, a team from UNM has won the Collegiate Inventors Competition and will take home more than $30,000 in cash and prizes.
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Opinion
LETTER: Service workers deserve more courtesy, respect
Iliana Limn | August 24Working in the service industry has the unfortunate side effect of impressing you — with exactly how much the customer believes they buy from the company and how much the company believes its $6 per hour buys from you.
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Head over heels
August 24Senior Lateef Crowder, a member of Albuquerque Capoeira, performs outside Ortega Hall Thursday.
Culture
‘Jay and Silent Bob’ charming
Angela Williams | August 24So, Jay finally scored a chick. It took Jason Mewes’ stoner character long enough to get some action. How long? Try four movies. It looks like, however, that the fifth movie’s a charm. In fact, everything about Kevin Smith’s fifth movie, “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” is charming — although often in an immature, psychotic way.
Opinion
Parking services to close online permit sales Sunday
Iliana Limn | August 24Parking and Transportation Services will be closing the parking permit sales portion of our Web site for redevelopment beginning Sunday at 5 p.m. This closure will not affect informational portions of the Web site or the online appeals process.
Opinion
LETTER: Berthold misses boat with UNM assessment
August 24Richard Berthold’s recent bitter diatribe presents a biased and unfair portrayal slamming new students as unmotivated slobs and slighting the University’s efforts to retain and graduate students.
Culture
‘Bubble Boy’ is just full of hot air
Angela Williams | August 24Something is provocative about a boy living inside a bubble.
Sports
Men’s soccer on mission to rebound
Francisco Ojeda | August 24The UNM men’s soccer team has built a tradition of winning annually, but the Lobos took a step back last year.
News
Library says change won’t interfere
Andrew Webb | August 24Students should not expect any disruptions in services as crews begin a $187,000 network infrastructure upgrade in Zimmerman, Fine Arts, Centennial and Parish facilities during the next few weeks, according to library officials.
Culture
‘Luv’ features relatively unknown artists
August 24More than 100 artists use the electronic music medium here in Albuquerque, estimates producer and eight-year veteran of the city’s electronic scene Keith Woodell, “and no one has any clue that they exist.”
Sports
Top scorer set to inject new life in Lobo offense
Oleg Strebos | August 24Senior forward Ty Hibbert, one of the main offensive players on the UNM men’s soccer team, is ready to start the season after missing all of last season due to a knee injury.
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SUB construction doesn’t stop disabled
Ali Ellis | August 24UNM student Michael Nieto, who uses a wheelchair, said fenced off areas around construction sites on campus do not cause major difficulties for students with special mobility concerns.
News
A different beat ...
August 23James Aranda, a member of the Angry Brown Poets, reads a poem near the Duck Pond Wednesday while Carlos Martin claps the beat.
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Local couple pens new comic
Andrew Webb | August 23A team of four local writers and artists hope to put Albuquerque on the comic book map with a recently-released comic involving a Jewish Scotland Yard detective, a reluctant bounty hunter, a guilt-ridden superhero, a real-life scientist and magic bullets, set against the backdrop of Victorian England.
Opinion
Column: UNM’s priorities out of whack
Richard M. Berthold | August 23This column is addressed to all the new students at UNM, who surely received a rosy picture of the University during orientation.
News
Task force offers tactics to improve UNM
Iliana Limn | August 23The UNM Strategic Planning Task Force has recommended a lengthy list of tactics to improve the University. The group is sponsoring three forums next week seeking input on the latest draft of the UNM Strategic Plan.
News
LETTER: Parking services to close online permit sales Sunday
Iliana Limn | August 23Parking and Transportation Services will be closing the parking permit sales portion of our Web site for redevelopment beginning Sunday at 5 p.m. This closure will not affect informational portions of the Web site or the online appeals process.
Sports
Lobos to take on top teams
Ron Gonzales | August 23If experience dictates the direction and success of a team, the 2001 version of the UNM women’s soccer team may achieve more than what is being predicted of it.
Sports
Vela brings passion, intensity to field
James Barron | August 23Kit Vela has seen — and done — a lot in the world of women’s soccer.
Opinion
Lobo fails to acknowledge power outage as ‘home run’
August 23Two outs, bottom of the ninth and you hit the big home run and win the game.
