News
Regents mull dry Lobo Village
Svetlana Ozden and Nicole Storey | September 6Plans to make Lobo Village a safer place for students might include making the off-campus community alcohol-free.
Top Stories
Culture
Student club spotlight
Nicole Perez | September 6We get it — you’re trying to be cool by not participating in anything on campus. But all you’ve got to show for it are some thumbs calloused by a video-game controller, plus a seriously damaged liver.
Culture
Audience acts to effect justice
Justino Brokaw | September 6Theater audience members aren’t just spectators anymore — they’re “spec-actors” who participate in the outcome of the performance.
News
NM in bottom 10 for graduation rates, salaries
Svetlana Ozden | September 5Last week The Chronicle of Higher Education published the Almanac of Higher Education 2012, an interactive database that compares professor salaries, graduation rates, tuition and fees, and state and research spending of higher education institutions among the 50 states.
News
Ad astra per aspera: students build satellite payload
Antonio Sanchez | September 5UNM student Jacy Bitsoie found herself driving down Paseo del Norte, chasing a runaway balloon in the name of science.
Culture
Day of the Dead alive and well
Antonio Sanchez | September 5A six-horned, papier-mâché demon snarled over professor Regina Corritore’s shoulders as she stood by her desk.
Sports
Young roster, new coaches shine
J.R. Oppenheim | September 4UNM football fans haven’t seen a game like this in quite a while. The Lobos dominated Southern University in almost every facet of Saturday’s season opener, capturing a 66-21 victory.
News
Market brings local produce to campus
Megan Underwood | September 4A sustainability course at UNM inspired a student to start her own farm and sell her produce at an on-campus growers market. The Lobo Growers Market began in 2007 as an annual on-campus growers market in an effort to help students eat healthy, but it has become a six-week, student-run event.
Culture
Fest shares Okinawan dance
Nicole Perez | September 4Sanae Higashimori Wright spent four years saving money from yard sales to fund Sunday’s celebration of Okinawan Japanese culture.
News
Starting Fresh
J.R. Oppenheim | August 31During his first weekly press conference of the 2012 season, UNM head football coach Bob Davie shared the story of his final game as head coach for Notre Dame.
News
Lobo Village tightens leases, security this year
Svetlana Ozden | August 31Although Lobo Village is at full capacity, residents claim that they weren’t made aware of this year’s increase in security measures until after they signed lease agreements.
Sports
Lobos revved up to take down Jaguars
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 31The UNM football team will finally get its first taste of game action when it hosts Southern University at University Stadium on Saturday.
News
Privacy complaints plague advisement center
Svetlana Ozden | August 30Although UNM has made efforts to hasten and improve student advisement, students continue to argue that advisement practices ignore students’ rights to privacy.
News
Football down two more players
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 30UNM football players Rod Davis and Fatu Ulale were suspended by the NCAA on Wednesday for “impermissible benefit violations.” The UNM football program reported that the violations will cause Davis to be ineligible for the first two games of the season and Ulale the first four.
Culture
An Eastern Spin
Antonio Sanchez | August 30Tucked away behind a burial ground for abandoned trucks is a tiny pottery studio. Surrounded by scraps of metal and spare tires, the creative haven itself is quaint
News
Coach kicks second Lobo off team
Svetlana Ozden and Thomas Romero-Salas | August 29Less than a week before the first Lobo football game, a second football player was arrested and suspended from the team this week. Lobo football player David Vega was arrested after an incident in which police were called to the scene early Sunday morning. The Daily Lobo was unable to obtain a copy of the criminal complaint by Tuesday evening.
News
Partnership aims to cut drop-out rate
Svetlana Ozden and Sydney Tellez | August 29In an effort to improve high school graduation rates, a new program at UNM will help prepare high school students for college a year before they graduate high school. A partnership between UNM, NMSU and Rosemont Leadership Institute,
Sports
Holbrook on hold no more
J.R. Oppenheim | August 29Senior quarterback B.R. Holbrook has returned to the UNM football team in the nick of time.
News
Football player off team after DWI charge
Elizabeth Cleary and Thomas Romero-Salas | August 28Lobo football player Devonta Tabannah was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on Sunday and was immediately suspended from the football team.
News
HR mulls health care costs
Svetlana Ozden | August 28Annual UNM health care costs have increased by $7 million over the past three years and are estimated to cost the University about $62 million in the current fiscal year.
