Daily Lobo new mexico
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friday August 29, 2014 | Volume 119 | Issue 11
President Frank challenges Lobos to join cause By Daniel Montaño Nearly $2,200 has been raised since President Bob Frank challenged the UNM community to donate to ALS research after taking the Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday. Frank took the icy bath with several other top UNM administrators in Smith Plaza in front of Zimmerman Library after being challenged by Mayor Richard Berry and head Soccer Coach Jeremy Fishbein last week, Ethan Rule, University marketing representative, said. Frank said campus administrators will collectively match the donations up to $1,000 dollars. Frank was proud to accept the challenge on behalf of all people afflicted by ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, but especially for members of the UNM community, such as former tennis coach Loren Dils, who has ALS and attended the event, he said. At the event, Frank challenged the entire UNM community to donate to the cause, he said. “We encourage all of you, whether you do the Ice Bucket Challenge or not, to donate money to try and cure this horrible disease,” Frank said. “We’re here today to try and make a difference.”
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GPSA President Texanna Martin, left, UNM President Robert Frank, center, and ASUNM President Rachel Williams get drenched with ice water Wednesday morning at Smith Plaza. The three accepted the Ice Bucket Challenge to spread awareness of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Other UNM leaders participating in the challenge included Provost Chaouki Abdallah, Vice President of Student Affairs Cheo Torres and Dean of Students Tomás Aguirre.
Hokona’s Cellar soon to get facelift By Matt Reisen
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The New Mexico football team makes an entrance onto University Stadium before the start of the game against UNLV last September. The Lobos’ 2014 season kick-off begins on Saturday at 6 p.m. against UTEP at University Stadium.
Football vs. UTEP Saturday | 6 p.m. | University Stadium Streaming video online at www.campusinsiders.com
Lobos needs time to flourish By Thomas Romero-Salas Expectations for the New Mexico football team have been low the past several seasons. There’s not much to expect from a program that has gone 1049 the past five years. Under head
coach Bob Davie, the Lobos have gone 7-18 the last two seasons. This year’s prospects for UNM appear bleak despite the fact that the Lobos have depth at almost every position and the team is filled with experienced players. Davie, entering his third sea-
son with the team, said the Lobos are still a couple of seasons away from being a consistently competitive football team. It’s hard to argue with Davie, mainly because of a defense that ranked 119th out
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The Cellar recreation area in Hokona Hall may be getting a makeover for the first time in 40 years. The proposed budget, at nearly $400,000, will add 10 fixtures to the existing bathrooms, which will be the first improvements since The Cellar was established as a recreation area in the 1970’s, Chris Vallejos, Institutional Support Services’ associate vice president, said. The renovations would reduce wait times at the bathrooms in The Cellar, where two stalls each in the men’s and women’s restrooms serve about 750 people. But the project needs to be approved by the Higher Education Department, according to a memorandum submitted to the board of regents. Vallejos, who made a formal request for a renovation on Aug. 8, said if the project is approved, work should begin in early October and finish in January. “The bathrooms no longer meet our needs since they were designed for a different era,” he said. Aside from the number of facilities, improvements will be made to the plumbing, partitions, hand dryers, trashcans, lighting, tile and the walls will get a new coat of paint, according to the proposal memo. Dustin Woods, a freshman living in Hokona, said the proposal is a good idea and will improve student living.
“It could use an update,” he said. “Make it a little bit bigger for everybody, maybe a little bit more modern. Some of the faucet heads in there, you can tell they’re a little bit older and don’t work the way that they should.” Vallejos said Hokona Hall opened in 1957 as a residence and dining hall and The Cellar has not had any work done to it since the 1970s. However, Hokona’s ballroom, dining room and theater were refurbished late last spring, he said.
“...two stalls each in the men’s and women’s restrooms serve about 750 people” The facilities in The Cellar have needed to be addressed since the last renovation, he said. “The layout, tiling and fixtures are original from the 1950’s and appear very worn and the space in general is poorly designed,” he said, ”It wasn’t a conscious decision to delay as much as finally addressing a growing need to upgrade our facilities to better meet resident and user needs.” According to the proposal memo, the improvements will bring the building into compliance with the
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