Call him Tom. After moving from Jordan to New York City in 1989 at the age of 19, Haytham Khalil applied for a parking attendant job at a fancy restaurant. The manager stared at his application, then looked at him and said his name was too hard to pronounce.
After Danny Solis won the city's haiku championship Saturday night, he wept. It wasn't first place that made him cry - it was the woman who sang his haiku. He knew the song would last no more than a minute. Then it would end. He would never hear it again.
It's not that Stuart Hidalgo played too many video games. He would log maybe two or three hours of "World of Warcraft" every day. But that happened during his spare time, once dinner was out of the way and the kids were off to bed. Either way, Hidalgo's wife wanted answers.
Wednesday was an unusual day for Newsland Bookstore. It was busy. In the early hours, people swept in and out of the newsstand at 2112 Central Ave. Some bought six or seven copies of the New York Times. Others grabbed a Wall Street Journal and a USA Today.
Dijana Milosevic wants to talk tea. She flew across Europe, above the Atlantic and over several states to direct a play about three women talking tea. But it's more than just tea. It's about its history. A rich history. A history that spans from the dawn of civilization, highlighting the greatness of humanity: how man achieved flight.
The Rev. Michael Venyah preaches to a crowd outside the SUB on Thursday. Venyah and his family have been touring college campuses in their RV since 2004. Photos by Xavier Mascareñas / Daily Lobo The Rev. Michael Venyah can't count how many times students have struck him.
People say it's taboo to bring up religion and politics in conversation. But the director of religious studies said it's necessary to understand what's happening in the world.
Steve White looks at a Pez dispenser and sees more than a cartoon character made of plastic. He sees Jesus in Wonder Woman. He sees the devil in Batman. And he sees Elvis in Happy Ghost.
After Sunday, Joy Johnson will leave Albuquerque for Oklahoma. Four days later, she'll be in Dallas. A week later, it's Louisiana. By December, she will have traveled to seven states in four months. As a carnival worker, she's had the same routine for 21 years, but she wouldn't want an office job.
The Dean of Students Office is charging 17 students for violating UNM's code of conduct for their involvement in theft at the UNM Bookstore, said Randy Boeglin, dean of students. Students were taking books and other merchandise and then reselling the items, Boeglin said. They were also taking books for their own use, he said. Between $50,000 and $100,000 in merchandise and money was lost from the theft, said David Harris, UNM's acting president.
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