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The art of manipulating your e-lovers

Playing games is common in dating. And online dating is a whole other playing field. Lauren Greenwald, a student in the group art show “Fun and Games” said online dating sites give people an opportunity to play themselves up.



	Amy Murtagh shows off the new snowshoes at the UNM Bike Shop on Wednesday night. You can rent snowshoes for $20 per day for the full-moon hike in the Valles Caldera National Preserve on Saturday.
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These shoes were made for snowing

If you’ve ever wondered what Bigfoot feels like running awkwardly through the snow, you might want to check out the full-moon snowshoe hike on Saturday. UNM Recreational Services lets students rent snowshoes ($20/day) to explore the Valles Caldera National Preserve.


	On Monday Roman Wagner ponders the crisis in Haiti, and how he can help. Wagner plays guitar for the local band Radio Fig Jungle. They have a show on Saturday at El Rey Theatre to benefit Haiti’s earthquake victims.
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Radio Fig Jungle throws charity bash for Haiti

Radio Fig Jungle to Albuquerque: Don’t be Haitin’. You’ll find reggae, rock, grunge and funk if you go to the benefit concert for Haiti earthquake victims at El Rey Theatre on Saturday. Four bands — the Ground Beneath, Good Old Hiroshima, Stain Glass and Radio Fig Jungle — are giving all of the proceeds to the Red Cross and Food for the Poor.


The Setonian
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Doing It In the Duke City

Ladies, it’s time to stop limiting yourselves sexually – no matter what time of the month it is. I think it’s just plain unfair that during a woman’s period, it’s expected that she either transform into her partner’s oral sex slave or behave as if she belongs to a convent.



	Students Evan Root, left, and Natasha Glazener, right, begin the Amoroso dance steps, while Laura Smalley instructs them at a Society for Creative Anachronism meeting in the SUB on Monday. The Society will host a medieval workshop Saturday.
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Medieval society frolics on campus

Escape into history and leave modern society behind with the Society for Creative Anachronism. The Society is a research organization that focuses on the Middle Ages, such as medieval history and times between the 6th and 16th centuries.





The Setonian
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Doing it in the duke city: Clean and painless anal sex- no butts about it

Clean and painless anal sex — no butts about it Your sphincter is smarter than you think. That’s what I learned after going to Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center and buying anal sexpert Tristan Taormino’s two educational, erotic DVDs, “Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women and Men,” available as a visual counterpart to her book, Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women.



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Ecstasy

“Under the Influence” is a new Daily Lobo series about drug use in Albuquerque.   It’s a natural thing for humans to desire intimacy with one another. How people reach that feeling of closeness is changing, especially in younger people who are reaching out to drugs such as methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as ecstasy or MDMA.


	Student Alex Denbaars serenades the plants in Castetter Hall’s biology greenhouse Monday. Denbaars plays the ukulele in a folk-punk band called Arroyo Deathmatch. Denbaars is the promoter for the house/venue called Heaven and Hell.
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Artist's Avenue

Alex Denbaars, UNM student, plays the ukulele and sings lead vocals in the punk-folk outfit “Arroyo Deathmatch.” The band returned from its first tour, which lasted 10 days and stretched from Albuquerque to San Francisco.




	Jimmy Petit clears away dead brush in preparation for new crops on Friday at Erda Gardens. Erda Gardens participates in a Community Supported Agriculture program, which provides local produce to community residents.
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Rent-able garden boasts local greens

Eating local fruits and vegetables doesn’t have to come at a high price. Albuquerque residents have a couple options for getting local produce — they can rent a garden bed at a community garden or they can buy a produce box from a local farm. Wade Patterson, community planner for the Harwood Art Center, said about four years ago residents from Wells Park/Sawmill neighborhood wanted a way to connect with their food and produce it on their own.


	Adam Hevey and Jessicah Adkins share a private moment after their wedding ceremony in the Guild Cinema on Jan. 9. They have known each other since they were 9 years old.
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Film lovers say vows in front of silver screen

A lot of strange things can happen in a dark movie theater. Adam Hevey and Jessicah Adkins decided to share their love of movies and movie theaters with friends and family on their big, but not extravagant, day. Hevey and Adkins have known each other about 14 years, and, on Saturday, they took their vows at the Guild Cinema.



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