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UNM Cancer Center among top 1 percent nationally

Marielle Dent | August 19

The UNM Cancer Center last week received the most prestigious designation available in the nation for cancer research programs, ranking it in the top 1 percent of the nation. The center announced its appointment as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. This identifies UNMCC as one of 69 nationally designated cancer centers that form the backbone for studying and controlling cancer, according to NCI’s website.

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Project seeks Navajo elementary students

Sayyed Shah | August 19

The Family Listening Project, funded by the University of New Mexico and run by the Center for Participatory Research in collaboration with the Ramah Navajo community, is recruiting elementary students from the Navajo community for the fall semester. The Family Listening Project was initiated in 2002-2003 to conserve local knowledge and improve the level of education in the community. The program also aims to reduce health disparities within the community, project officials said.

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Seven faculty members promoted to distinguished professors

David Lynch | August 18

The University recently announced the promotion of seven instructors to the status of distinguished professors, the “highest faculty title” that UNM bestows upon its employees, according to a University press release. They are Bill Gilbert, Hua Guo, Zachary Sharp, Arthur Bankhurst, Robert Sapien, Daniel Savage and Cheryl Willman.

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Sports

Players ready to put soccer hazing scandal behind them

J.R. Oppenheim | August 11

One year removed from a hazing scandal that rocked the New Mexico women’s soccer program, two returning players said Tuesday the team has put the events behind it and is ready to move forward to its 2015 campaign. Both senior goalkeeper Cassie Ulrich and midfielder Dylann O’Connor said they and the rest of the team take responsibility for their actions when upperclassmen hazed freshmen last August. UNM’s investigation uncovered underage drinking and the spraying of a “soap and water” mixture on the freshman.

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Student skips student council, vies for city council

David Lynch | August 10

Last year, Samuel Kerwin discussed with his friends what they would do if they were city councilmen. Come October, he might get the chance to turn those words into action. Kerwin, a senior American studies and journalism major, is one of three candidates on the ballot for the seat of City Councilor Rey Garduño, who is nearing the end of his second term. If elected, soon-to-be-23-year-old Kerwin would be the youngest city councilor in Albuquerque history. Kerwin’s campaign for the vacant seat began in May, when he arrived home after a vacation and read that Garduño, who had initially planned to run for re-election, was retiring. Further, a potential successor had been endorsed. Kerwin said he decided to make things interesting.

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Sports

Last chance for Davie's first four-year seniors

Thomas Romero-Salas | July 29

Time has almost run out for most of Bob Davie’s first recruiting class.The 2015 season will most likely be the last for eight of Davie’s first 24 recruits. During the last three years, those players haven’t had much success on the field, with a record of 11-35.

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Sports

Lobos predicted to finish last in Mountain Division

Thomas Romero-Salas | July 28

Expectations are still low for New Mexico. At the Mountain West Media Days in Las Vegas, Nevada, the conference announced the preseason polls for the Mountain and West Divisions.

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Men's basketball schedule features seven NCAA teams

J.R. Oppenheim | July 21

Since New Mexico won’t make the trip to Wyoming this year for a Mountain West basketball game, Lobo coach Craig Neal said he received an offer via text from Wyoming coach Larry Shyatt. Come up for a vacation and experience Laramie, Neal joked. The 11-team conference schedule means teams drop one half of a home-and-away series with two different foes, and the Lobos will not face the defending conference tournament champion in Wyoming.

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Being a Lobo: Top five issues to concern students

Matthew Reisen | July 20

Like many universities, UNM is full of students from all different walks of life, each with a perspective and opinion of their own. Lobos are not afraid to speak their minds when it comes to issues within the community. Here, we’ve compiled some of the most highly debated topics that have come up this past year in relation to college life and the Land of Enchantment.

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Basketball: Lobos howl above the rest

July 13

New Mexico fans turn out for their Lobos. For the 16th consecutive year, New Mexico fans have topped the Mountain West for attendance in both men and women’s basketball. It is the 49th straight year that UNM’s fan base scaled the top-25 plateau for attendance at men’s basketball games. “I’m not surprised at all,” New Mexico Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs said. “I truly believe we have the best fans in the country.”

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Daily Lobo to take web-first approach

J.R. Oppenheim | July 6

In its most significant shift since going to a daily publication in the 1970s, the New Mexico Daily Lobo will transition to a digital-first approach beginning this fall semester. The Daily Lobo, UNM’s student-run news organization, will focus primarily on its website and social media accounts to report news on campus and the surrounding area, relying less on its printed product. Rather than a daily newspaper, the Lobo will publish a newspaper twice a week: Mondays and Thursdays.

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Regent's divestment vote fuels controversy

David Lynch | July 6

Although UNM regents voted not to divest from fossil fuel companies during its June 12 meeting, pressure from pro-environment organizations and individuals continues. Several of those parties don’t think the Board’s vote serves the best interests of those whom the University serves: its students. This has left some, including Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D-Abq.), wondering whether University officials have the right priorities in mind. “I am afraid we did not light the fire that we had hoped,” Ortiz y Pino said. “They didn’t even discuss the issue behind the suggestion to divest: the reality of climate change.”

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Sports

Basketball: Old lobos, new tricks

Thomas Romero-Salas | June 29

The atmosphere of The Pit doesn’t disappear — not even for an All-Star game. The inaugural Lobo All-Star game on Sunday saw 9,497 fans watch some of the greatest UNM players in the history of the program face off against one another in a Cherry vs. Silver match. The Cherry team narrowly beat the Silver team 127-124. Drew Gordon hadn’t played a game at The Pit since the 2011-12 season, and yet he had to remind himself that he was playing in an exhibition game.

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Kirk eager for return to The Pit

Liam Cary-Eaves | June 27

Alex Kirk’s return to Wise Pies Arena will be anything but a business trip for the seven-footer in Sunday night’s Lobo All-Star game. The former New Mexico Center said he is looking forward to seeing some familiar faces after forgoing his senior season to join the NBA. “We don’t get to see each other that much,” Kirk said.

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Lobo All-Star game this Sunday

Thomas Romero-Salas | June 26

With the likes of Danny Granger, Ruben Douglas, Tony Snell and others highlighting the first ever Lobo All-Star game it was a chance that other former Lobos didn’t want to say no to. Fans will get to see some of the best Lobo players in the history of the program this Sunday at The Pit.

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Culture

Studios strip stigma from pole fitness

Imani Lambert | June 22

Gymnastics on a pole, or pole fitness, is changing the way people think about pole dancing and about exercise. It isn’t stripper training, said Julia S., a junior liberal arts major and pole fitness trainer at FIT Tease. She said she is asked that question often, and dislikes the stigma surrounding the words “pole dancing.” “When you tell someone ‘I pole dance’ or ‘I am a pole dancer,’ they immediately think, ‘oh, what club do you work at?’” she said. “That’s not what it’s about.”

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Website puts UNM law school in nation's top 20

Jyllian Roach | June 1

The UNM School of Law has made its way onto a list of the top 20 law schools in the country. Above the Law ranked the top 50 law schools, looking specifically at the cost, amount of debt and quality law jobs graduates had after their time at each school, according to the legal trade website. “Forty percent of 2014 law graduates did not secure a job in the law,” surveyors said on abovethelaw.com. “We believe the ATL Top 50 gives prospective law students a way to analyze schools using metrics that actually matter.”

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Assault campaign aims to create unity

David Lynch | May 26

A public service announcement, created by UNM students driven to spur a culture change surrounding sexual assault and other abuse on campus, was released early this month as part of a new campaign dubbed Protect the Pack. The 45-second long PSA shows a diverse group of UNM students, as well as President Bob Frank and other members of University administration, saying “it’s time for a change, of real change,” concerning issues on campus that make it an unsafe environment. The Protect the Pack initiative is the student-led side of LoboRESPECT, an initiative created in September to “combat sexual misconduct on campus, including assaults, domestic violence, dating violence and even stalking,” according to a University press release.

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Photo Issue: C'est la vie

April 30

The photo desk this semester has compiled the stories of people from all walks of life. The images witnessed by our eyes and lenses and presented here serve as a celebration of life; as a means to preserve the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly; and as a means to keep moments captured forever in time. “That is life.”

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Evicted eatery petitions to stay

David Lynch | April 30

For six years, Sahara Middle Eastern Eatery and Times Square Deli Mart have been serving students in the SUB, making everything from lamb shawarmas to roast beef sandwiches. They had no complaints, and no issues with the SUB or University administration. Which is why Sahara’s owner, Helen Nesheiwat, and the restaurant’s employees were caught completely off guard when they received a notice early last week saying they are being replaced, and have until May 22 to pack up and leave. “We were shocked when we received the letter,” Nesheiwat said. “We never had any problems [with UNM]. We had good numbers and very very good service.”