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Five signees lined up for next season Staff Report Daily Lobo
UNM men’s basketball head coach Steve Alford is not a pool enthusiast. Nonetheless, he keeps aptly pocketing big-time prospects. The Lobos officially announced their five 2010 signees. Apparently, adding size was chief among UNM’s concerns. To go with its core of guards, the Lobos added complimentary pieces in Tony Snell and Kendall Williams. Williams scored better than 21 points in his final three seasons at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. More importantly, though, the Lobos most shored up their blaring inadequacy on the block,
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Friday
Invest in your Voice! Starts at: 9:00 AM Location: 1700 Lomas NE, Suite 1300 Participate in World Voice Day and learn about maintaining a healthy voice. All ages welcome. Take advantage: FREE voice screenings Spring 2010 Disability Awareness Day Starts at: 10:00 AM Location: UNM North SUB Plaza (outside) Stop by and get information for people with and without disabilities to see how you can get involved in the community. UNM WRC Free Film Series Starts at: 12:00 PM Location: 1160 Mesa Vista Hall License to Thrive: Title IX at 35 (48 min.)
Chemistry Seminar Starts at: 3:00 PM location: Clark Hall Room 101 Polymer chemistry as the foundation for the performance optimization and design of materials. Speaker: Mat Celina, Organic Materials Dept., Sandia National Laboratories
Saturday
Hiking Chaco Canyon Starts at: 7:30 AM location: 1634 University Blvd NE For more information visit dce.unm.edu/ story-of-new-mexico.htm or call Joan Cok at 505-277-0563. To register visit dce.unm.edu Chaco Outliers Excursion Starts at: 8:00 AM Location: Maxwell Museum Travel to seldom visited sites in the Grants, New Mexico area defined by prehistoric roads, great houses, great kivas and changes in architecture
adding three players above 6’8” in Alex Kirk, Cameron Bairstow and UCLA transfer Drew Gordon. UNM avoided those problems for much of the season, relying on big men A.J. Hardeman and Will Brown. Inevitably, the Lobos were exposed in the interior by Montana and Washington during the NCAA tournament. But Kirk, the mosttalked-about prospect of Alford’s recruits, will decidedly look to being an intimidating factor down low. Kirk committed to UNM back in November, with fans and pundits gushing over his high-school domination. If he’s as good as advertised, it’s not unreasonable to consider the Lobos as favorites to repeat as regular-season champions, especially considering they have the core of their team back.
“Alex put up huge numbers this season,” Alford said about the hometown product from Los Alamos. “There were some games where he had 40 (points) and 20 (rebounds). He gives us that big presence that we need. We think Alex will be able to do a lot of things for us very quickly. He is strong with an incredible wingspan.” Meanwhile, Bairstow will likely draw comparison to ex-Lobo Luc Longley, if only because of his stature and the fact that he’s from Australia. Alford described Bairstow as “a blue-collar, hard-working kid.” Rounding out the three is Gordon, who enrolled at UNM in Spring 2010. By doing so, he cut down the time he has to sit out because of NCAA rules. By the rule book,
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should fans expect different results this season? Probably not. Unfortunately, patience, in this day and age, is largely a forgotten virtue. College football’s volatile, prevalent what-have-you-done-forme-lately attitude is alive and well. Loyalty is as obsolete as helmetless football players. Even Bobby Bowden, Florida State’s monumentalized head coach, was essentially run out of town after 34 years with the Seminoles. That’s why coaches dash madly from institution to institution in search of behemoth paychecks and prestige. They understand their sellby dates change daily. Their shelf lives are shorter than milk. In that vein, Locksley is armed with a six-year contract and the support of the UNM administration. However, with the exception of super fans, the greater public isn’t exactly beckoning for Locksley. Largely, Locksley was viewed as a pariah, several bloggers on DailyLobo.com and in the Albuquerque Journal’s Sports Speak Up demonizing his shortcomings on and off the field. The message posters were less than curt in their descriptions of the head coach. A Web site, Fire-MikeLocksley.com, was insurrected, calling for Locksley’s ouster. Still, Locksley said he’s never heard speculation about his job security. “I’m not worried about that. What happens is going to happen,” Locksley said. “I’m a man of faith.” This is true. But if the man of faith believes others share his convictions about the program, he must be Sa-
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Werewolf The Forsaken Starts at: 7:00 PM Location: SUB, Upper floor Santa Ana A&B Mind’s Eye Theatre UNM presents the Camarilla’s Werewolf The Forsaken venue. Please call Marco at 505 453 7825 for information/ confirmation.
Community Events Saturday
Pueblo Artist Workshop Starts at: 9:00 AM Location: 2401 12th St. NW To make a reservation please contact Kay Ortega at 505-212-7052 or www.indianpueblo. org/workshops Backyard Livestock Starts at: 9:30 AM Location: Gutierrez-Hubbell House Must RSVP! vhermanson@bernco.gov or 314-0398
ran-wrapped in a bubble of naiveté. Inasmuch, the team was openly mocked on campus, said wide receiver Chris Hernandez. “You hear people on campus that don’t know that you’re on the team, and yet they’re making comments like, ‘Our football team is horrible. We’re so bad.’ And this and that,” Hernandez said. “It gets to you.” Hernandez said the worst ribbing actually came from one of his professors. “Every week, I’d go in his class on Monday, after our games, and he’d ask if we won or not,” Hernandez said. “Then he’d sarcastically say, ‘Get ’em next time.’ Every week.” A generation groomed to take solace in negativity looked at Lobo football games as weekly train-wreck occurrences, making it allegedly justifiable and all-too easy for students to besmirch players. Defensive end Jaymar Latchison shared similar instances of on-campus ridicule. “We were in class, and my teacher made a comment about Athletics,” Latchison said. “Out of nowhere, a girl in that class was like, ‘They get too much money, anyway, and they don’t even win.’ Just going off. I was sitting in my chair just thinking, ‘Man, if nobody knew me, I’d stand up and say something to this girl.’” He didn’t, instead absorbing her soapbox diatribe. If anything, Latchison said he’s now a realist when it comes to how athletes are perceived. “There’s so many people that I’m starting to realize are
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Saturday 1 p.m. University Stadium anti-Athletics,” he said. “We appreciate the support if you come to the games, but if you’re anti-Athletics, we’re anti-you.” Many will scoff at Latchison’s indignation. This, Latchison said, he knows since the only way to quiet critics is by winning football games — what his coach’s performance is judged against. “You are where you stand,” Locksley said. “(The) scoreboard’s not going to define the type of team we were. It’s not going to define where we’re going.” But ultimately it might define where Locksley’s headed, though he stops short of saying this is a make-or-break year for the Lobos or for him individually. “Part of the process when I took this job, I knew what I was getting into,” Locksley said. “I’ve been a part of rebuilding programs and rarely does it happen in Year 2. Our goal is to take the next step.” Rationally, success should be defined by pacing forward. But, fair or not, in the age of instant gratification, anything short of bowl appearances is considered a step back.
Events of the Weekend
Planning your day has never been easier! For Love & Money Seminar for Couples Starts at: 1:30 PM Location: 1901 University NE This event will give couples skills for understanding and discussing their attitudes and habits surrounding money.
The Liz Melendez Band Starts at: 7:30 PM This is a 21 event. Please note that we’ve changed our ticket outlet locations. Tickets are available for cash only at these locations: Bookworks, Encore Music, and Newsland across from UNM.
White House Black Market 2010 Fashion Show Starts at: 2:00 PM Location: ABQ Uptown White House Black Market (WHBM) is hosting the 2010 Fashion Show to bring public awareness to S.A.F.E. House
Sunday
Lecture: Russia - Rising Ambitions Starts at: 3:00 PM Location: 2000 Mountain Road NW Info at www.abqinternational.org. Tickets $15 at the door, FREE for students with a valid student ID.
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