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Lobos drop from No. 1 after loss
By Robert Maler
By Cameron Goeldner
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Dreamstyle Arena — aka The Pit has historically been a tough place for opponents to get a win, but that hasn't been the case for the University of New Mexico men's basketball team so far this season. New Mexico (10-12, 4-6 MW) entered Tuesday evening's game against San Diego State with a losing record, 5-6, at home. And the Lobos started to fall behind early — another undesired trend — trailing by double digits within the first five minutes of the game. The Lobos seemed to struggle finding its rhythm on either end of the floor, allowing Aztec shooters to get pretty much whatever they wanted. That lead to SDSU hitting 7-of-8 to start the game and manufacture a 16-6 lead just four minutes into the game. UNM dug out of the hole with an 9-0 run, sparked by a 3-point basket from sophomore point guard Keith McGee and capped by a violent Carlton Bragg slam dunk to pull within 16-15 over about a three and a half minute stretch. San Diego State continued to feed its 6-10 sophomore big man, Jalen McDaniels, and benefited from his athleticism and intelligence in attacking the Lobo zone. New Mexico tied the game on a couple of occasions and even took a brief 24-22 lead before McDaniels
An ice cold afternoon was too much for the Lobos to overcome in a school day matinee game against the San Diego State Aztecs, as UNM fell for the third time this season, 61-59. UNM failed to record a field goal in the final 3:49 of the game, which was a microcosm of the issues that plagued them all night. Apart from Jaisa Nunn, who had another terrific performance, scoring 27 points and adding 11 rebounds for her third straight double-double. She shot 10-17 from the field, while the rest of her teammates were a combined 12-52, good for a 31 percent shooting percentage, the team’s worst of the season. “We put ourselves in a bad position with silly fouls, missed a ton of open shots and didn’t execute on the last play,” head coach Mike Bradbury said in the Albuquerque Journal. “This team’s been focused and resilient all year, but this was not a good performance.” Jayla Everett was second on the team with nine points, but got there on 2-of-11 shooting from the field, and Aisia Robertson was close behind with 8 points. Shooting at 41 percent from the field, things went much better for the Aztecs. Sophia Ramos lead the way for SDSU with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting. The Lobos were
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New Mexico Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs awaits questions from the media at the Tow Diehm Athletic Center in August, 2015.
By Kyle Land and Cameron Goeldner @kyleoftheland @Goeldfinger The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office has formally charged former Athletic Director for the University of New Mexico, Paul Krebs, with five criminal complaints. The complaints listed include money laundering, tampering with evidence and fraud amounting to a total of $20,000. “We are focused on the misuse of public tax dollars that should go to higher education opportunities for our students,” said Attorney General Hector Balderas in a written statement. “We are prepared to present this important case at trial.” In an interview with the Daily
Lobo, Attorney General spokesperson David Carl said Krebs would not be placed under arrest at this time, adding that any future decision relating to the matter would be decided upon by the courts. The financial dealings of the Athletics Department have faced significant scrutiny since thenState Auditor Tim Keller performed an audit that found over $400,000 in uncollected revenue from luxury suites at The Pit and a lack of accountability in Lobo Club, which raises money for Athletics. The criminal complaints stem back to a fundraising trip to Scotland that took place back in June of 2015, and the prompted scrunity from multiple media outlets and state offices. These were included in a September 2018 Attorney General report that focused on a lack of trans-
parency in several UNM organizations, including the Athletics Department. The trip cost a total of $64,000. According to the September report, after the scotland trip Krebs reportedly paid the UNM Foundation $25,000. This payment was made with his credit card, made out to UNM Athletics. Krebs reportedly paid the UNM Foundation $25,000 using his credit card, with the money to be paid to Athletics. He then emailed his wife Marjori Krebs — an Associate Professor at the University. He instructed her to deliver a letter to the Vice President of University Development for the UNM Foundation, Larry Ryan.This was to be from an anonymous donor, and as said to read: “Larry, I am writing to document
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ASUNM budget dwindles in latest meeting By Justin Garcia @just516garc Four weeks into the spring semester, over $25,000 was appropriated to 11 student organizations at Wednesday's Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Full Senate meeting. With about $40,000 spent this semester, there is just under $64,000 left in the ASUNM budget for fiscal year 2018. According to ASUNM budget documents, Senators appropriated over $68,000 in the fall semester. Finance Chair Holly Gallegos said she was concerned that funding could run out before the semester ends. She added that most of the big appropriation requests had already gone through, however.
Club sports Lobo Hockey and Men’s rugby were the biggest recipients, receiving $5,133 and $9,639 respectively. Both clubs said the money was earmarked for away games, conference fees and facility rentals. The decision to fund rugby was not unanimous. Gabriel Ruja and Xavier Torres voted against the appropriation. After the meeting, Ruja and Torres both said they were glad the appropriation passed, but were concerned at the high cost of van rentals. Circle K International, a community service organization, received $2,545 for conference fees, lodging costs, travel costs to an event in Phoenix and office supplies. Something Major A Cappella received $2,392 for a lodging, conference fees, gas and travel fees. The group sung a brief rendition of Bella Momma
to Senators during public comment. Two non-traditional greek clubs received a combined $2,397. Kappa Kappa Psi received $2,533 and Delta Sigma Pi received $869. Three student groups received appropriations of $503. American Institute of Chemical Engineers was looking to build a small lego boxcar for competition. Student Organization of Latin American Students received the money to purchase the rights to screen a movie at their annual event. Health Occupation Student Association appropriation for conference fees was also funded at $503 after being reduced at last week’s finance committee meeting. The Association for Sustainability Corporate Responsibility was
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ASUNM Senators Mohammed Jaber (left) and Isez Roybal listen to speakers during a Full Senate meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
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