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GUESS WHAT...
Eva Dameron | December 8The real show-stopper in Joe Annabi’s painting exhibit is a cartoon horror cat with an ecstatic grin under a sign that reads, “You are going to die!”
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Creative Albuquerque
Eva Dameron | August 25Think you’re doomed to be a starving artist? “The term ‘starving artist’ is fast becoming passé,” said Regina Chavez, executive director of Creative Albuquerque and UNM teacher for Intro to Arts Management.“It’s an old term not used as much, and here’s why: ‘Starving artist’ could also be a starving business person, starving architect, starving bus driver, starving waitress — it could be anything.
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Sci fi con goes steampunk
Eva Dameron | August 25This year’s steampunk-themed Bubonicon 43 is one of the Southwest’s oldest multi-genre science fiction conventions, dating back to the Summer of Love — 1969. Co-chair Kristen Dorland said that in 1972 the name changed from NewMexiCon to Bubonicon as a response to New Mexico’s bubonic plague outbreak.
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Love reaches ignored society
Eva Dameron | August 23In Elizabeth Barrett’s experience doing social work, she found that many patients with mental illnesses were most interested in knowing how to develop meaningful friendships and healthy intimate relationships.
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Warehouse 508 mixes art, sports
Eva Dameron | July 25An unusual combination of boards and brushes dominated Warehouse 508’s Extreme Art Show. The youth-driven organization focuses on art (visual, music and writing) and nontraditional sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing and rock-climbing.
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Farewell Newsland
Eva Dameron | July 25Newsland, a magazine-shop staple of the University area for the past 30 years, closed July 17 to the despair of owner Roger Walsh’s customers. “I’ve come to tears with customers saying goodbye,” he said. “Emotional.” Walsh predicts that magazines won’t be around after five years — it’ll all be on the Internet, and print might be available as subscription only.
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Opera director and East-L.A. painter talk art philosphy, work
Eva Dameron | July 18Are you unimpressed by the general public’s take on art and what it is? If you’re on a self-improvement kick, or just want to become even more cultured than the shining beacon of culture you already are, know that the Albuquerque Museum of Art has free activities going on every third Thursday.
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Veteran adjusts to life on campus
Eva Dameron | February 3For some student veterans, navigating through a crowded campus is stressful. Joey Diaz, Student Veterans of UNM president, said he knows a student veteran who refuses to walk across Smith Plaza. “Most people don’t see anything wrong with walking through a crowded area,” he said.
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The Afro-american experience
Eva Dameron | December 2This marks the last column in the Afro-American Experience series, which has ran since the beginning of the semester.
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The Afro American Experience
Eva Dameron | November 18UNM sophomore Jo Ann Smith sang for President Obama in New York once, which is pretty cool by anyone’s standards. And she doesn’t like the N-word. Jo Ann Smith: Nigga is not a good term. I mean I can understand you saying “negro.” That’s black in Spanish. It’s literal. But saying “nigga,” saying “oh my nigga, my homie” — that was used to demean us. We were hung from trees and dragged and beaten and called that constantly. And being belittled. That’s used as a belittlement to even call your friend a nigga. Like, no! Daily Lobo: So what do you think about rappers throwing that word around?
