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Guard excels in late-night victory by J.R. Oppenheim
assistantsports@dailylobo.com @JROppenheim Tony Snell isn’t the most outspoken player. He’s generally softspoken in his post-game interviews and he quietly goes about his business on the floor.
But when UNM needed a leader on the court in the season opener, the junior guard took that role. Snell upped his aggressiveness during Tuesday’s early-morning contest against Davidson, helping UNM rally to an 86-81 victory from 16 points down. Snell recorded a game-high 25 points along with five rebounds, three
assists, two blocks and two steals. “We had a wake-up call. It was a good first-half wake-up call,” he said. “It was at that moment that I realized that I needed to step up and be more vocal and try to lead my team to play better. I just wanted to be a leader.” A lot has been said about the void left by last year’s leading shooter and
rebounder, forward Drew Gordon, and whether Snell would be able to replace that production. Comparisons between Snell and another former Lobo star, Darington Hobson, have also been made. But UNM head coach Steve Alford said weeks ago he
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9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Centennial Engineering Library University Advisement and Enrichment Center Editor’s note: Please disregard the polling locations listed in Tuesday’s Daily Lobo as some of the locations listed are incorrect. The error was made in reporting.
Juan Labreche / @labrechemode / Daily Lobo UNM junior guard Tony Snell, left, and sophomore guard Merv Lindsay react to a dunk by Snell on Davidson during the Lobos’ season opener early Tuesday morning in The Pit. Snell scored a game-high 25 points as the Lobos rallied to beat Davidson 86-81.
Wi-Fi upgrade on campus nears completion by Ardee Napolitano news@dailylobo.com
Students should expect faster Wi-Fi on campus by the end of the semester, when UNM’s IT Department expects to complete access-point replacements. Associate Director for IT Networks Gary Bauerschmidt said the department has been working on the renovation since April. He said the department is increasing the number of Wi-Fi access points from 1,900 to 2,400. Bauerschmidt said that because the old access points were installed about five years ago, the University’s Wi-Fi system is out of date. He said the department decided to replace the access points during the spring 2012 semester in response to pressure from the student community. “One year of IT is like seven years of normal life,” he said.
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“The access points have been obsolete, so we replaced them all.” Bauerschmidt said the department did not receive extra funding from the University for the replacements, so it took about $1 million from its annual budget to fund the project. He said the department also convinced Zimmerman Library and the law school to contribute, which provided the department with an additional $100,000. Bauerschmidt said that aside from adding more access points on campus, the department also relocated access points at the Duck Pond and in the SUB to increase Wi-Fi speed. But Bauerschmidt said the increased usage of Wi-Fi, especially in popular places such as the SUB, often slows the network down. He said an average UNM student connects at least two wireless devices simultaneously.
“One year of IT is like 7 years of normal life.”
~Gary Bauerschmidt IT Networks associate director “Originally, the wireless networks were designed only for your laptop,” he said. “Now, you have your laptop, your phone and maybe your iPad. There are 6,500 unique accounts connected, and each one of them has about two devices. We’re talking about 15,000 connections in the network at any time of day.” UNM student Zach Garcia said he uses UNM’s Wi-Fi connection for about three hours every day. He said that sometimes
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while on campus he can’t connect to Wi-Fi, especially when he uses devices in the dorms and in the SUB. “Sometimes it gets really annoying, especially around midday,” he said. “I’d get booted a lot because there’s just so many people on Wi-Fi that it can’t handle the traffic.” Garcia said he tries to avoid doing schoolwork in academic buildings, such as Dane Smith Hall, because the Wi-Fi connection lags most of the time. “Recently, I’ve tried to avoid the whole Dane Smith area just because I can’t get access down there,” he said. “It definitely needs improvement.” UNM student Brigid O’Rourke said that although she can access Wi-Fi easily in open spaces, connection is often slow in basements of Zimmerman Library and some academic buildings. She said that
because many classes make use of Wi-Fi, the University should improve connection speed everywhere on campus. “A lot of people use (Wi-Fi) while taking notes for classes and stuff,” she said. “If your teacher is saying something and you don’t know a word, it’s useful to look it up real quick. So I think it’s important to have it everywhere.” Bauerschmidt said that although the department is trying to improve access, it is difficult to install access points because many buildings, such as Scholes Hall, Mesa Vista Hall and the Anthropology Building, have adobe walls that are too thick for Wi-Fi to penetrate. “The walls are so thick that the Wi-Fi does not go through, or if it does, it gets so weak,” he said. “We have to be careful and
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