Fraternal twins don’t have as many similarities as these twoteams. Heading into the 2000 season, both squads were picked by the mediato finish at the bottom of the Mountain West Conference. Both alsolost key players to graduation, leaving rosters filled with youth. Yet with three weeks remaining in the campaign, New Mexico isstill alive in [...]

Comingon strong as of late, Derrick Lewis and J.R. Tolver have emerged asthe big-play receivers they were touted as. Quarterback Lon Sheriffconnected with both wideouts last weekend on plays of more than 60yards. Tolver is coming off a game against Colorado State in which heamassed a career-high 146 receiving yards, including a 71-yard bombthat was [...]

LAS VEGAS — San Diego State advanced to the semifinals of theMountain West Conferece Tournament yesterday, shutting out New Mexico3-0. SDSU scored its first goal — the only one they needed — in the31st minute when junior Kim Rogers took a pass from sophomore HannahGarl and put it past Lobos goalkeeper Shelly Hammock. The goal [...]

Joel Sartan, Staff Writer Lon Sheriff and the offense were huge last week. If the Aztecs can score against Colorado State, they can against the Lobos. Hopefully the defense will find its composure from the beginning of the season, and the special teams won’t play pitifully like last week. SDSU 17, New Mexico 10 David [...]

By Steve MullinsAssistant Sports Editor San Diego State linebacker Brian Berg is like everyone else — hewants respect. He doesn’t want it from his teammates, his coaches orSDSU’s fans. He knows he already has it from them. He wants it from Rocky Long. Long was Berg’s position coach at UCLA. Berg said Long told him,that [...]

Who:San Diego State, UC San Diego, UCLA and USD What: San Diego Fall Classic When: Sunday, Nov. 5 Where: Mission Bay, Calif. Aztecs Update: SDSU finished fourth out of 20 boats at the Head ofAmerican Regatta at the Cal State Sacramento Aquatic Center lastSaturday. The Aztecs A-boat finished with a time of 18:25 and itsB-boat [...]

I was sitting at my desk at the Pomerado Newspaper Group when myexecutive editor approached me and said, “Hey Chris, you know what?” “What,”I replied. “The Chargers have a good chance at not winning a game this year,”he said. “Really,” I said. After contemplating and reviewing their schedule, I agreed. But why is this so? [...]

By Richardson MironStaff Writer It would figure the San Diego State men’s golf team would betested by scary conditions at the Aztec Invitational’s final round onHalloween day. But No. 9 SDSU wasn’t spooked, as it survived the wet andtreacherous obstacles, winning its second tournament of the fallseason at the SCGA Members’ Club in Murrieta, Calif. [...]

Once considered barbaric and inhumane, the sport of mixed martialarts has fought many political battles in the past seven years. First seen in 1993, the Ultimate Fighting Championships quicklyemerged in the American lexicon and came to represent the sport. Originally known as Pankration, mixed martial arts has roots inancient Greece dating back to 648 B.C. [...]

Yesterday in the story “New drug offers option forsome pregnant women,” The Daily Aztec said the “morning after pill”contains mifepristone. It doesn’t; it contains progesterone. RU-486contains mifepristone. The Aztec regrets the error.

The Aztec College Republicans, SDSU Green Party and Young Democrats will debate Election 2000 issues at 5:30 p.m. in Hepner Hall, Room 130. Event is open to everyone. The Association of Chicana Acivists will host a Dia de Los Muertos celebration from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in Scripps Cottage. A keynote speaker will talk [...]

For the first time in six years, bars and restaurants on theSouthern Illinois University campus stayed open for Halloweenweekend. And without hesitation, a mob entered the downtown area andwreaked havoc on local businesses. Carbondale police arrested 78 people over Halloween weekend, aftercrowds broke storefront windows, tore down business signs and setfires in the streets. “Most [...]