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thursday October 31, 2013
Lobos pull out win over red-carded UAB by J.R. Oppenheim
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Game tied 3-all, regulation time ticking down. New Mexico midfielder Christopher Wehan attempted a game-winning shot in the closing moments of Wednesday’s game against No. 10 Alabama-Birmingham. The shot was not good, but following the play UAB goalkeeper Raphael Ville clocked Wehan square in the chest. After a discussion by the officials, Ville received a red card ejection that set up a game-winning chance for Lobo midfielder Michael Calderon. Calderon’s attempt was true, pushing the ball past relief goalkeeper Joe Kuzminsky and lifting UNM into sole possession of third place in the Conference USA standings. “I felt like the defender pushed me from the initial cross. When I got up, the keeper approached me and I think he was speaking French, probably cursing at me,” Wehan said. “He came into me full force.” Wehan said he didn’t know why the keeper approached him and that he was caught off guard. Officially, Kuzminsky endures
Britney King / Daily Lobo Defender Nicholas Rochowski moves the ball forward during the game against UAB at the UNM Soccer Complex on Wednesday night. The Lobos won the game 4-3.
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UNM commits to 11K new degrees by 2015 by Chloe Henson
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Di-Linh Hoang / Daily Lobo A mannequin dressed in a graduation cap and gown adorns the UNM Bookstore on Wednesday. UNM agreed to participate in the “Mission: Graduate” program by setting a goal for increasing the number of graduates to 11,000 new degrees by 2015.
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UNM agreed to contribute to an initiative that will further push it to increase graduation rates. The University has agreed to participate in “Mission: Graduate,” which aims to add 60,000 graduates with college degrees and certificates to central New Mexico by 2020, according to a news release. President Robert Frank said UNM set its own goal for increasing the number of graduates in order to participate in the recently launched “Mission: Graduate” program. “For UNM, it’s 11,000 new degrees by 2015, which basically is 500 new degrees for us each year,” he said. Despite UNM’s formal agreement to achieve higher graduation rates, Frank said UNM has already shown commitment to student success. He said there won’t be changes specifically for the initiative, because UNM has already been working on increasing graduation rates. “To be honest, we’re not doing anything different than we were already doing,” he said. “We already have all of these pieces in place, and what we’re doing
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