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Lobo Gardens cultivate community and sustainability on campus

UNM alum celebrates home and family in solo art exhibition

ABQ Street Meet fosters creativity and community

 Update: Since the publication of this article the location of the next street meet on Central New Mexico Community College West Side has been changed to the CNM East Side.  

Hit or miss: Isotopes jersey review

Aerial gunning of feral cattle is met with backlash

The National Forest Service began an aerial gunning operation in the Gila National Forest to kill the population of feral cattle in the area which descend from cattle that were abandoned on a grazing allotment within the Wilderness area in 1976. The operation, which started on Thursday, Feb. 23, is in response to the damaging effects the cattle have on the habitat and water quality of the Park, though the operation has been met with contention due to claims of animal cruelty.

5 and Why: 5 fresh book recommendations

UNM celebrates Black History Month

African-American Day at Legislature celebrates and furthers progress in New Mexico

On Friday, Feb. 10, hundreds gathered at the state Capitol in Santa Fe to advocate for legislation that supports the Black community in the state. This was a part of African-American Day, a biannual celebration to recognize achievements in the African American community and educate on legislation which impacts them.

John Sommers Gallery serves up fresh student works this semester

Loboscopes: February general predictions

 February kicked off with a dreamy start as Venus, planet of love, entered Pisces, where it will thrive for the next several weeks. With Jupiter and Venus entering Aries and reaching a conjunction at the end of the month, this will be the perfect time to get a jump-start on plans that have lied stale for a while — the active energy of the first sign of the zodiac calls you to action. 

City council continues to postpone decision on fate of zero-fare bussing

The Albuquerque City Council continues to stall the final decision on whether or not to continue zero-fare bussing and replace it with a pass system, deferring the ordinance for the eighth time on Wednesday, Jan. 18. This time, a third floor substitution was presented that combined the original pass system ordinance with two other ordinances meant to add additional security measures to the transit system.

President Stokes’ speechwriter brings impressive resume back to New Mexico

 When Brian Jay Jones graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in English literature, his aspiration to be a novelist was dashed by a realization that he was a terrible fiction writer. Now, with a decades-long career as a legislative staffer and four biography credits in tow, UNM President Garnett Stokes’ official speechwriter has found his own voice in writing by breathing life into others’.

Graduate Micaela Pacheco takes her final bow at UNM

She said that she first got seriously into intuitive healing after meeting with curanderas, or Mexican and Latin American folk healers, at a fair held by UNM. Later, she found out  great great grandmothers had been curanderas, and she ended up training in curanderismo after that experience. She moved onto learning about reiki healing and is a practitioner of that as well.

New ordinances stall future development of safe outdoor spaces for unhoused

On Monday, Dec. 5, the Albuquerque City Council passed an ordinance on a 5-4 vote to effectively stop zoning privileges and new proposals for the creation of safe outdoor spaces, an initiative to create dedicated spaces for the unhoused to temporarily stay at and receive social service support.

New UNM art curator breaks barriers between art and audience

On Wednesday, Dec. 7, the University of New Mexico Art Museum will welcome Angel Jiang as their first curator of collections and study room initiatives. In her new position, she hopes to craft a dynamic and intimate experience with artwork for students at the University.

City council passes resolution to donate animal tissue to UNM HSC

The city’s Animal Welfare Department will now be directed to donate animal tissue from spay-and-neuter clinics to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center for biomedical research, after a resolution unanimously passed during the Monday, Nov. 21 Albuquerque City Council meeting.

UNM student killed, NMSU student injured in gunfight on campus

Update: On Nov. 21 Jonathan Smith was charged with aggravated battery, conspiracy and tampering with evidence, for his involvement on Nov. 19, according to the Albuquerque Journal. 

OPINION: It’s about time to put an end to the daylight savings dispute

The times are a-changin’: when daylight saving time ended on Sunday, Nov. 6, it wreaked havoc and confusion as I stepped into my car that morning and thought I was an hour late for work.

5 and Why: 5 films to get into the Christmas spirit

The weather has reached a frigid chill, which can only mean one thing: it’s time to stay in the house, make a cup of hot chocolate and settle in with a Christmas movie of your choice. For those looking to get into the holiday spirit, University of New Mexico student Miranda Gallegos has shared their nostalgic favorites.

City Council: Tensions high over deferred proposal to end zero fare

On Monday, Nov. 7, the Albuquerque City Council unanimously deferred an ordinance which would end the current zero-fare bus program and replace it with a bus pass model. The ordinance will be heard again on Monday, Dec. 5.