UNM and NMSU are addressing similar problems of campus development in different ways. Juggling campus capacity, legislative cuts and sustainability, architects at the two New Mexico universities are implementing ten- or twenty-year development plans. Mike Rickenbaker, university architect and director of facilities, planning and management for NMSU, said the 2006 master plan is aimed at better university-community relations.… Post the First Comment

Daily Lobo: How long have you been going to UNM? Stephan Falke: Close to five years now, which means I'm going to be done pretty soon. DL: Where did you go before here? SF: I got the Master's Degree over in Germany at RWTH Aachen (University). DL: Where is that? SF: Aachen, which is about 50 miles west of Cologne, and then I came to UNM to get a Ph.… Post the First Comment

The 2000 Vietnam restaurant, located on the corner of San Mateo and Zuni, pushed me to exercise the aphorism, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Why? It shares a building with Saigon Emissions Testing. Putting aside fears of emission-tainted food, I entered the restaurant only to be greeted by overdone decorations, but that's not so unusual among Oriental restaurants.… Post the First Comment

Political sex scandals are just about all the same. Man cheats on wife. Man gets caught. Man makes tight-lipped statement at a news conference, suffocated with awkwardness. Wife looks jaded and dead inside. Kids probably take up drugs shortly afterward. It's routine stuff, and we're left to file the adulterers away as pigheaded fellows who assumed their power excused them from the rules - of governance and of matrimony.… 2 Comments

Dex Yellow Pages might not have as many listings on the West Coast as Wyking Jones. Jones, UNM's new assistant coach for men's basketball, comes to New Mexico boasting nearly a decade of experience and some heavy West Coast connections, head coach Steve Alford said.… Post the First Comment