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Workers from Friedman Recycling separate recyclable material from a conveyor belt that feeds them collected trash. Friedman Recycling receives on average 200 tons of trash each day that require sorting.
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Green Issue: Friedman Recycling aims to clean up Duke City

An old, torn shoe zooms by at 280 feet per minute through a colorful stream of crinkled paper. The shoe tries its best to blend in, but an agile hand catches the infiltrator and dumps it into a bin with other non-paper intruders such as Christmas lights and garden hoses. This kind of excitement is a daily occurrence at Friedman Recycling.


Skarsgard warehouse workers fill bags with lettuce Sunday morning. On Sundays, an average of 400 orders are packaged and sent out to Skarsgard Farm customers.
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Green Issue: Local company delivers natural food to the front door

Building a community around real organic products at a convenience is the image Skarsgard Farms aims to portray as their workers are getting ready to load up Monday’s trucks. The number 333 is written, underlined and circled, atop the colossal white board in the warehouse, signifying the amount of customers Skarsgard will be delivering to.


The Setonian
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Five ways to upcycle

There’s a fine line between being crafty and hoarding junk; that line is called upcycling. The process of upcycling focuses on the “reuse” aspect of the three Rs – with an interesting twist. The online Oxford English Dictionary generally defines upcycle as, “to repurpose, renovate, or improve (an old or unwanted item) to make something more attractive, valuable, etc.”



The Setonian
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National Poetry Month celebrated with Favorite Poem Project

UNM celebrated the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month on Wednesday with the UNM English Department hosting the third annual Favorite Poem Project reading at Zimmerman Library. The Favorite Poem Project was founded in 1997 by Robert Pinsky, the 39th poet laureate of the U.S. It is dedicated to “celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives,” according to the project's website.



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Band stands out in local Math Rock scene

It's not hard to find good experimental rock bands in Albuquerque, but the three musicians that make up CRTTRZ are bound to make an emphatic first impression. Formed in 2012, the band consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Gabriel Fuentes, bassist Tony Rivali and drummer Joel Martin. CRTTRZ, pronounced “Critters”, was created by Fuentes who leads the band lyrically and instrumentally. “When I was a kid, I knew I wanted to be a musician,” Fuentes said. “My dad is a painter and sculptor, growing up there were a lot of artistic influences. I would watch YouTube videos and just learn everything I could about guitar and piano.”


The Setonian
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Column: WrestleMania recap

WWE’s biggest annual event WrestleMania came and went this past weekend, leaving most fans with a unpleasant taste in their mouths. The 32nd incarnation of WrestleMania delivered with solid matches but had some of the most questionable booking decisions in quite some time. Let’s breakdown exactly what happened this weekend in Dallas, Texas.


Renee Reeves (left) lunges towards Sonny Christopher Haquani last Thursday night at Johnson Gym. The UNM Fencing Club practices Tuesday and Thursday nights at Johnson Gym.
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Fencing Club offers a unique pastime for novices and experts alike

Fencing offers its practitioners physical exercise and teaches them the beautiful form of swordplay, but the social culture and fun that comes with it is what keeps UNM Fencing Club members coming back. Fencing is a unique hobby that is available to UNM students through the Fencing Club, whose aim is to create a fun, social environment where students can try fencing or improve on it while going to school.


Author Michele Buchanan discusses her new book, "Scotas Harp," Tuesday afternoon at the UNM Bookstore. Buchanan is a New Mexico native, growing up in Los Alamos, and later teaching for Albuquerque Public Schools. 
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Q&A: Author Michele Buchanan

Sometimes the only history we have on an event or a person is in oral stories. This can come in the form of folk tales, folk songs or even folk poems, among other things. Michele Buchanan, a graduate of UNM’s Los Alamos branch, said she came across one of these oral-only legends when she began to research the origins of her recently acquired instrument, the harp.


The Setonian
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Rio Bravo Brewing Company hosts Geographer Tour

Indie bands Geographer and The Crookes are in the midst of their collaborative tour across North America, which brings them to Albuquerque on Wednesday, where they will play at the Rio Bravo Brewing Company. The show will be a midway point in the tour as they continue to travel around America, hitting destinations like New York, Chicago and Nashville in the near future.


Lead singer of Mayday Parade, Derek Sanders, raises his mic in the air while performing Friday night at Sunshine Theater. Mayday Parade headlines the show with opening acts by The Maine and The Technicolors.
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Mayday Parade concludes tour at Sunshine Theater

Sunshine Theater went wild Friday night when pop-punk titans Mayday Parade took to the stage and played their final show of the American Lines Tour. The European version of the tour, Black Lines, began in January and was followed up with the American Lines Tour, which began on March 10 and ended Friday night. Bassist Jeremy Lenzo has toured internationally with Mayday Parade, and called it a unique experience.


The Setonian
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Column: WrestleMania 32 predictions

Somehow the WWE always manages to bring everything together when WrestleMania comes around. Despite the fact that several top superstars are out with injuries, WrestleMania 32 is one of the strongest cards from top to bottom in recent memory.


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Albuquerque bands to play at showcase

Local bands will get a huge opportunity to show off their musical talents this Friday. From noon to 7:30 p.m., Albuquerque based bands will perform at the 2016 Local Band Showcase at Civic Plaza, presented by the City of Albuquerque Cultural Services Department in collaboration with Civic Plaza.


Lee Sillery, owner of Push Drive Studios, explains some of the equipment he uses. Push Drive Studios is an Albuquerque based recording studio on the corner of San Pedro and Constitution. 
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Recording venue helps local artists craft their sound

Independent music production in Albuquerque has never been more appealing, now that Push Drive Studios is in operation. The recording venue debuted only two years ago and has already garnered a reputation among musicians across the city. Push Drive is led solely by audio engineer Lee Sillery, a local musician and long time contributor to the Albuquerque music scene.


Amidooli “Rainbow” Pacheco speaks about his experience with the education system as a Native American at the Albuquerque TED Talk, held at the African American Performing Arts Center on Friday afternoon. The TED Talk consisted of 13 speakers and two videos on the role of equity in the education system.
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TED Talk addresses equity in education

What is educational equity, and what does it have to do with our education system? This is the question TEDxABQED sought to address at the African American Performing Arts Center on Friday afternoon with the Equity in Education lecture theme. The tagline written on the event brochures read: “fairness is providing each person with the right tools to succeed”.



Members of Sun Dog play with a projection cast upon them. Sun Dog is a psychedelic rock band based out of Albuquerque.
Music

Local band using success to promote Albuquerque

The ethereal washed sounds of psychedelic rock band Sun Dog have been permeating Albuquerque’s music scene for almost half a decade. Now with both an EP and album under their belt, the group has been touring out of state to share their music across the nation. Sun Dog is comprised of vocalist/guitarist Colin Roxford, guitarist/organist Jon Deyhle, drummer Maxwell Graves and bassist Luz Allison. It originated four years ago as dddiamonddd, a rock band.


Kriti  Mishra gives advice on getting into medical school during a panel in the Dean of Students Conference Room on Monday afternoon. The panel consisted of six students who are currently in the program.
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Panel helps women prepare for medical school

While there are a number of support groups and services offered at UNM for students seeking advice on their studies, junior biology major Ari Mishra said she wanted to coordinate a more personal group for women who plan to pursue medical school after graduation. For her first event as the coordinator for the Women in STEM collaboration between the Women's Resource Center and STEM Gateway, she chose to organize a panel for undergraduate students to get their questions answered by first year medical students. “The idea came from my personal experience as a pre-med student. I've heard a lot about the adversities that women face, non-traditional paths they take and advice they have for other women,” Mishra said. “I couldn't wait to bring people together to talk about these topics in medicine.”

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