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Placid study places abound
Nicole Perez | May 1Trying to reserve a study room in Zimmerman during finals week is about as difficult as registering for classes when LoboWeb crashes.
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‘Star Wars’ fans to put on fest
Nicole Perez | May 1“Star Wars” enthusiasts from across campus — a caterer in the SUB, a student who works in Residence Life and Student Housing and a member of the Dean of Students Office — join forces to host UNM’s largest “Star Wars” event.
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For Your Ears
Antonio Sanchez | May 1Rocky Votolato is an easy-listening acoustic artist with a soothing voice to accompany his quiet guitar picking.
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The Weekly Free
Alexandra Swanberg | May 1Summer vacation is right around the corner — as if you needed a newspaper to tell you that. To add to the stress of finals, you’re probably scrounging for a wild summer getaway or a string of parties to wipe out the memory of this semester.
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Where Are We?
April 30Every Monday the Daily Lobo challenges you to identify where we took our secret picture of the week.
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For the love of the larp
Nicole Perez | April 26Half-human “changelings” who try to regain their humanity and fight evil forces came to life in the minds of members of the Mind’s Eye Society on April 14th.
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‘Having fun is the big winner’
Nicole Perez | April 26Although live action role-playing (LARP) games are based on improvisation, there is still a storyteller who mediates the action.
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Lifestyled
Faerl Marie Torres | April 26This time of year is rife with preparations — prepping the garden for planting, your mind for finals and your feet for summer sandals.
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Powwow celebrates old, new
Antonio Sanchez | April 26The Gathering of Nations is the world’s largest powwow, drawing indigenous tribes from around the world,
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FASHION Q&A
Faerl Marie Torres | April 25“I think I’d probably fall into the hipster category, indie-hipster. I don’t like being called something.”
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Kiva Club hosts free powwow
Nicole Perez | April 25Organizers of Gathering of Nations place a $17-per-day value on experiencing American Indian culture, but members of the UNM Kiva Club say tradition shouldn’t cost money.
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Musical refreshes soul, mind
Alexandra Swanberg | April 24People who reject all musicals as the result of a single film experience deprive themselves of the palpable force of live musical theater.
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The Weekly Free
Alexandra Swanberg | April 24These days, faculty and students alike are scrambling to get ‘er done before the end of the semester.
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Where Are We?
April 23Every Monday the Daily Lobo challenges you to identify where we took our secret picture of the week.
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ABQ Hip Hop
Alexandra Swanberg | April 19The hip-hop culture sprouted music potent enough to provoke social change and awareness.
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Band leafs out stylistically
Alexandra Swanberg | April 19The Albuquerque hip-hop group 2bers began in 1999 with the goal of staying true to their underground identity, MC Collin Troy said.
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Eclectic energy charges graduates’ exhibition
Nicole Perez | April 19Stereotypical American imagery such as a couple kissing under a rainbow combines with metaphors of sexual orgasm such as exploding fireworks in graduate student Jamie Kovach’s art.
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Experimental films offer a nuanced view of reality
Alexandra Swanberg | April 19The cinematic stars Americans love to chase and idolize are intended to represent reality;
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Playwrights play with fire
Nicole Perez | April 17Themes such as gender identity, the Occupy Wall Street movement, alcoholism, suicide, the Iraq War and the housing and economic crises dominate this year’s Words Afire!
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The Weekly Free
Alexandra Swanberg | April 17There are three weeks left until finals, in case you didn’t start counting down as soon as spring break ended. Here are some ways you can entertain yourself this week.
