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	Charles Gwinn, a student employee at the UNM Outdoor and Bike Shop, works on a repair Monday. The shop is hosting a Gear In Gear Out sale on Friday for students to sell used gear.
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Gearing up for outdoor, bike shop's annual sale

Shine up your snowshoes and snowboards, because the Outdoor and Bike Shop is having its second annual Gear In Gear Out sale. Noel Ortiz, one of the sale coordinators, said there were about 1,200 participants last year. “Sales last year ranged from $50 to $600, depending on how much the equipment was and how much it brought in,” he said.



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Two-buck Chow

Don’t think of this as a food review. I’m not a connoisseur of fine dining. I don’t have a sophisticated palate.


	David Koch, on Tuesday, examines the two images he will show at the Art of Sensuality exhibit at AC2 Gallery. The exhibit explores how we use our senses.
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A brush with sensuality: an art show

David Koch said his art would be different if he had more money, but he finds a way to bring art into almost everything he does. Recycled tin foil balls are piled up about two inches high in two windows on each side of his studio door. “I put them there until they start to fall down and then I recycle them,” he said.


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Mobile theater takes the show on the road

The fame in Albuquerque’s backyard, TV series “Breaking Bad”, is coming to UNM on Friday with a portable movie theater. TV channel AMC is touring the Emmy-winning show nationwide, said Theresa Beyer, AMC’s vice president of promotion. “This is one of the best shows on television and, quite frankly, they need to check it out,” she said.



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Cinematic genius in Japanese flick

Nobuhiko Obayashi’s film “Hausu” is baffling, yet its charm is undeniable. It’s often described as a “horror/comedy,” but I’m not sure this (or any) genre-assignment does it justice.






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Concepto tambor

This Friday night, it’s all about letting your hair down and wearing that dress or suit you never thought you would ever wear again. And it will save your $2 on admission at the Launchpad on Saturday. Concepto Tambor and La Flamilia firedancing troop are in New Mexico for three nights to perform a Cabernet style show with their Afro-Latin drum songs. Christian Orellana is one of the bands many drummers.



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Italian Film Festival hopes to reel in students

You don’t have to go to Italy to be immersed in Italian language and culture. Instead, you can go to the 4th Annual New Mexico Italian Film Festival that began on Sunday. The festival is usually held over the course of one week, with film screenings such as “Gomorrah,” and, “100 Nails,” at multiple theaters around Albuquerque, such as the Guild Cinema.


	Rick Kohler flies his glider plane as he flies over Moriarty Municipal Airport on Sunday.
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Gliders On The Storm

Planes without engines soar under the cerulean expanse and o’er the rocky desert of Moriarty. It’s not magic, or so says Rick Kohler, a glider pilot with over 7,500 hours in the cockpit.



	From left, Mike Mares, Michelle Baumann, Jesse Herrera, Greg Pisotti, and Josh Herrera rehearse a song, on Saturday, during an all-day writing and practicing session for their band The Noms. The band won UNM’s Battle of the Bands in 2009.
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Artist's Avenue:Mike Mares

by Chris Quintana Daily Lobo Mike Mares sings and plays acoustic guitar for local group The Noms. The eight-month-old band is recording an album and plays a self-described “acoustic pop” that led to victory in UNM’s last Battle of the Bands. Daily Lobo: So what are you doing today? Mike Mares: Today we just had a little writing retreat and practice and hanging out and eating burritos.


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The Rosie Ledet Review

Zydeco princess Rosie Ledet is the saucy sassy Screamin’ Jay Hawkins of swamp dancing. The rural Louisiana native played with her backing band The Zydeco Playboys at the Santa Fe Brewing Company’s Pub and Grill on Wednesday, a minute’s drive from the Rail Runner’s #599 first stop in Santa Fe.


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Eco-Reps to lead campus in sustainability

Eco-Representatives unite! Last spring, the Research Service Learning Program collaborated with the Office of Sustainability to create a set of classes that will keep the environmental needs of the campus in mind. In the fall, graduate teaching assistant Andrew Marcum, from the Research Service Learning Program, taught a course that involved the Office of Sustainability.


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