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Five and why: President Stokes' favorite books

Luisa Pennington | September 24

President Garnett S. Stokes is the first female president of the University of New Mexico. Over the course of her life, Stokes earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Carson-Newman College in Tennessee and her master’s and doctoral degree in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Georgia. Previously working for the University of Missouri, Florida State University and the University of Georgia, Stokes has received renowned praise for creating transformative academic environments. Stokes is also a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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Aki Matsuri Festival highlights Japanese culture in ABQ

Macey Rose | September 24

On Sunday, the Veteran’s Memorial Park offered a look inside a culture over 5,000 miles away. The Aki Matsuri Festival, meaning “Fall Festival,” annually incorporates a variety of diverse elements within Japanese culture. On Sunday people from out of state and fellow New Mexicans gathered to see the cultural demonstrations that took place at the sunny, outdoor venue. The Japanese American Citizens League has been hosting Japanese culture festivals since the 80s, and has been a collective effort from all those involved to make the event a success.

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International Day of Peace celebrated on Johnson Field

Luisa Pennington | September 24

Dozens of children, students, activists and peace advocates joined together Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. on Johnson Field to create a human peace sign. In honor of the International Peace Day and Albuquerque Peace Week, this was the first human peace sign done in Albuquerque. Sponsored in part by the United Nations Association Albuquerque chapter, the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, GenUN at The University of New Mexico, the UNM Peace Studies Program and Campaign Nonviolence, the event was created in solidarity with several other events around the world encouraging peace.

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Aerie comes UNM to spread body positivity

Veronica Apodaca | September 19

Aerie brought its campus pop-up tour to the University of New Mexico on Sept. 17 and 18 to promote the brand’s new fall collection and new wireless push-up bra, as well as to spread a message of body positivity to students. This was the first time that Aerie has done a promotion at UNM, since it’s opening at the Coronado Mall in 2017. “I’m not a big fan of the mall, so I like pop-ups,” said Bethany Rivera, a psychology major at UNM, when explaining the appeal that the event held for her.

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Five and why: Kathleen Clawson's favorite books

Veronica Apodaca | September 19

Much like her work in the arts, Kathleen Clawson’s taste in books is unique and dynamic. She is a professor in the University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance, where she directs shows, teaches classes in musical theatre and serves as the director of publicity for the department. Most recently, she directed the UNM production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Along with her work at UNM, she is also part of the staff at the Santa Fe Opera where she provides direction and vocal training. Here she describes her current favorite books which provide guidance and inspiration for her daily life.

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Mayor Keller promotes pop-up businesses in Downtown

Justine Lopez | September 19

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller unveiled a new business initiative to invite pop-up vendors to fill vacant business spaces downtown. This initiative is part of the One Albuquerque: Engage campaign and will feature a variety of local businesses and artisans to occupy spaces at 505 Central Avenue. This plan for economic development is aimed showcase the potential for these spaces and aims to encourage public safety. “We’re really looking to fill vacant spaces to affect the whole environment,” said Director of Marketing and Innovation Carlos Contreras. “More feet on the street and more eyes on the street. Just a more engaged area... we think that we can affect public safety and our local economy fairly positively in one effort.”

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"Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story" captures history of a national movement

Macey Rose | September 18

The six-part documentary series “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” made its dramatic close on Monday, Sep. 10. The series recapped what occurred during the 2012 trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin, and how George Zimmerman’s defense team played a crucial role in his acquittal. One of the trials that took the nation by storm occured only six years ago. UNM students were present during this evocative moment in history, and were either touched by the case through the television, social media or protests. This nationally broadcasted trial ultimately led to the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement. “The whole movement of young people becoming active started with that not guilty verdict,” Reverend Al Sharpton said in an interview on the show.

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Photo Story: Renaissance Faire offers old-time fun

Tiffani Watteyne | September 16

This past weekend at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, a history museum and historic ranch in Santa Fe, the eleventh annual Santa Fe Renaissance Faire was celebrated. The fair grounds were separated out into sections based upon activities or people who inhabited those areas. At the Royal Pavilion, one could meet the king and queen of the fair as well as their court. A town crier would announce activities from in front of their tent, these activities were from a long list of scheduled out plans for each area of the fair.

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The buzzing world of bees

Yana Apostalon | September 16

For a few of Albuquerque’s beekeepers, a Saturday morning involves prying planks of one-inch wood apart from each other to check up on the health of the hives at the Open Space Visitor Center. Among the six beekeepers were two members of the University of New Mexico’s Beekeeping Club who attended the monthly beekeeping mentoring session. One of the attendees was Elizabeth Lake, former club secretary and president. Lake said that the responsibilities of a beekeeper are adding and taking away space for the bees as the colony grows, eliminating pests and keeping them healthy.

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"American Horror Story" presents ambiguous season opener

Macey Rose | September 16

American Horror Story has returned to FX netflix for its eighth installment, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse.” The TV series premiered on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 11 p.m, bringing forth Ryan Murphy’s dystopian vision of how the world will come crumbling down.  Fittingly, the first episode, titled “The End,” is set in Los Angeles, and opens to sirens and missile warning threats on people’s cell phones across the city. News broadcasts covering the devastating revelation then disclose that they too must evacuate, and that is when true panic starts to settle in. Within minutes of the evacuation warning, citizens are already killing one another to get out of L.A., and the audience follows a young socialite escaping on her father’s private jet with her hair stylist, her hairstylist’s grandmother and personal assistant.

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Tractor Brewing hosts Slam Poetry event

Tiffani Watteyne | September 16

On Sept. 12 at Wells Park Tractor Brewing Company, the 22nd annual Albuquerque Slam Poetry Championship was held. Ten poets competed for the right to go to the Individual World Poetry Slam in San Diego, CA. This is a festival and competition of the greatest poets across the country and world who compete for the title of best poet. The ten poets competing were — Lydia Andrews, Cathy Cook, Reina Davis, Adam Gutierrez, Jessica Lopez, Sophia Nuanez, Cat Reece, Bianca Sanchez, Jack Tapestry and Brooke Von Blomberg. Five judges were picked at random from the audience present. These judges critiqued the poets on several categories, then individually give them a numerical value on a scale from one to ten.

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State Fair returns to Albuquerque

Justine Lopez | September 13

Sept. 6 marked the first day of the 80th annual New Mexico State Fair at Expo New Mexico. Visitors were immediately greeted with the sights and smells of fair foods and brightly lit carnival rides as they walked through the entrance. Vendors lined the main street of the fair as their displays enticed people to look at their homemade goods, from t-shirts to custom wood-burned signs. Some vendors even prompted people with a challenge of physical strength. UNM professor Jonathan Eldredge was in attendance on the fair’s opening day and was accompanied by his daughter Gabriela. The two have had a father-daughter tradition of attending the fair every year since Gabriela was a child.

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Museum exhibit highlights unique photography

Megan Holmen | September 13

The Albuquerque Museum’s exhibit “Buried Cars and Other Stories” displays the colorful photographic works of Patrick Nagatani. Nagatani’s work is known worldwide and his photographs show places far and wide. Joseph Traugott, the Albuquerque Museum guest curator and longtime friend of Nagatani, said the exhibit is a compilation of Nagatani’s life work. The exhibit consists of over 50 pieces of his work and includes multiple series. “Patrick was a photography professor at UNM for 25 years and was well loved by many,” Traugott said.

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The best places to eat, drink in Las Cruces

Shayla Cunico | September 13

With so many students traveling to Las Cruces for the football game against the NMSU Aggies, the Daily Lobo has put together a list of the finest dining the Three Crosses has to offer. As a Las Cruces native, and with 21 years of dining experience, I have put together a list of my favorite spots for tacos, tostadas, custard and coffee.

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Movie Review: "The Nun" offers little variation of horror genre

Tiffani Watteyne | September 12

“The Nun” is the fifth movie in “The Conjuring” movie series, though its events occur prior to those that happened in the second film. The title gives the movie’s main antagonist away as the plot follows the same demonic nun named Valak from “The Conjuring 2” film, except now the audience is given the origin place of Valak. When trailers and teasers for the movie were released to the public, they were scary and also intriguing as a film concept. One of the teasers that was featured on YouTube was seven seconds in length showing a black screen with the volume being turned down on your device.

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Movie Review: "The Happytime Murders" combines comedy and mystery

Tiffani Watteyne | September 9

“The Happytime Murders” is an interesting concept of a light-hearted comedy and murder mystery movie involving puppets, although, as the movie progresses, one finds a redemption story that brings up more serious topics like racism, drug abuse and objectification. The movie’s main character is Phil Philips, a puppet detective played by Brian Henson, who worked for the police force. When looking for evidence on a case, he gets caught up at a crime scene warranting the police to show up. Along with them is his ex-partner Connie Edwards, an actual human, played by Melissa McCarthy. The two trade insults upon seeing each other and mention a past event later about a career ending situation for Philips that had created a bad relationship between him and Edwards.

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Photo Story: Hatch celebrates Chile Festival

Anthony Jackson | September 9

The annual Hatch Valley Chile Festival took place in Hatch, New Mexico Sept. 2 to 3. Tens of thousands of visitors trekked to the small village of Hatch and filled the streets. More than 70 vendors, many of them local to Hatch, set up shop. Most sell chile.

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BSU provides community for black students at UNM

Macey Rose | September 9

The Black Student Union at the University of New Mexico is reaching its 50th year as a student organization on campus. Since becoming chartered in 1968, the union has evolved into a growing group of driven African-American students on campus who would like to continue to see their numbers grow in terms of participation within the African-American community on campus. “The Black Student Union essentially becomes that cultural space and network that is lacking by not having a substantial African-American community on campus; it is essentially that space for us to come together and represent ourselves,” said Wade Rogers, the president of BSU.

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Harvest Wine Festival celebrates 400 year tradition in NM

Yana Apostalon | September 6

The words “it is not a race, but a marathon” was heard coming out of the mouths of attendees at the 2018 Viva Vino New Mexican Harvest Wine Festival. The 18th annual wine festival boasted award-winning musicians playing live tunes over the hum of over 20 wineries, abuzz with service to the backdrop of the Sandia mountains. This three day celebration of wine lasted from Sep.1 to 3. After entering the gates, which opened at 12 on Saturday, the lawn of the balloon fiesta was awash with aromas from food trucks and vendors selling a range of goods from jerky to message oils.

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Worries are burned away at the 2018 Zozobra

Justine Lopez | September 6

Thousands of people packed into Fort Marcy Park on Friday for Santa Fe’s annual burning of Zozobra. This 94-year-old tradition is a time for the people of Santa Fe to let go of their worries and anxieties by writing them down on pieces of paper that are then packed into the 50-foot-tall marionette to be set ablaze. “It’s like our new year,” said Kiwanis Club Press Liaison, Lisa Jaramillo. The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe has organized this event since 1964.