National Geographic, one of the world’s largest science-, exploration- and storytelling-based publications, has been awarding grants since the year following the society’s founding in 1888. On Saturday, employees and grantees for the acclaimed magazine spoke on campus to students who are interested in applying for the organization’s Young Explorers Grant.
“South Park” writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone are at it again. Out to offend as many people as possible, their new musical “The Book of Mormon,” also created by Robert Lopez, focuses on the next target of their signature satire: Mormons. It’s difficult to describe “The Book of Mormon.” The plot revolves around a young Mormon missionary, Elder Price, played by Billy Tighe, and his forced companion Elder Cunningham, played by A.J. Holmes, and their adventure in Uganda. Their goal, of course, is to convert the indigenous people of Uganda to Mormonism. To put it simply, this play is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. Possibly the weirdest thing anyone will ever see.
By Skylar Griego Predicting a debut band’s sound depends on two factors: the band members’ previous presence in the music scene (if any) and the singles released before the album. The first factor is typically useless for debut bands – unless it involves a supergroup.
516 ARTS, an independent nonprofit art space located in downtown Albuquerque, is collaborating with the UNM College of Fine Arts and others to show off their new project called HABITAT: Exploring Climate Change Through the Arts. Running until January, HABITAT is a season-long program displaying and explaining what climate change is, how it impacts the way humans live and how it will affect the Earth's future. Each piece to the program highlights, in its own way, the way humans are aggravating climate change with their actions. It explains the facts and potential lifestyles caused by climate change, what life would be like if climate change causes resources to become scarce and/or how the artist or speaker is actively reducing their involvement in the world's climate change and introducing ways average people can be involved as well, according to 516arts.org.
The sun has yet to rise over the Sandias, but the UNM Spirit Program has already been practicing for an hour. Four days a week, essentially all year round, 73 members of the Spirit Program spend the first two hours of the day tucking, stunting and risking their lives in elaborate spins, jumps, throws and catches.
Eden Mahina, a 23-year-old Lobo football player, has a lot to juggle this year. Between sports, charity work and a new baby on the way, it seems there’s hardly time for anything else. But despite a hectic schedule, Mahina had a few words to say of the challenges that lie ahead: “bring it on.”
Life as a student is a busy one. With so much time spent going to classes and studying, who has time to work out anymore? However, students’ bodies need a good workout to go with the exercise their minds are getting every day. So here are some tips for staying active during a busy student life.
The Lobo football and basketball teams aren’t the only sports on campus. The University offers intramural activities for students, plus club programs for a more competitive flair.
People dancing. This is the name of local band Baracutanga translated in English. But to the band, it’s more than a name; it’s the goal. Founded by Kilko Paz, a graduate student at UNM, and Carlos Noboa, Baracutanga originally started as a South American percussion band before it evolved into its own blend of genres.
Finding adventure and challenging himself are the goals of Bill Bryson, played by Robert Redford, in the movie “A Walk in the Woods.” However, the film itself does little to challenge typical “buddy movie” conventions.
Picture a naked blue woman with fiery red and black hair flowing behind her sitting on a faceless white horse with freakishly long legs. They may say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but no one ever says, “Don’t judge a CD by its cover.” CD covers are made for judging. Combined with the first track, they give you an impression of what the disc inside will hold. First impressions aren’t everything. Lara Ruggles sneakily tricks listeners into expecting another simplistic, cookie-cutter indie rock album with the first impression of her newest release, “Cynics & Saints.”
Grandma is putting down the pruning shears and taking up the shovel. “All the Growing Things” is graphic novel about an elderly woman named Maude that begins with her fighting off the tentacle monsters invading her back garden. In the space of a moment, a sweet old lady with a green thumb turns into a shovel-wielding huntress. Jen and John Myers, UNM art school alumni, used the skills they developed to create “All the Growing Things,” as well as “Terra Farmers,” “Era of Great Wonders” and other comics.
The beautiful thing about music is the variety of emotions and urges it's able to evoke in listeners. It can serve as a cry for help, a call for action or just a way to vent. Music can soothe a restless soul, and sometimes, all one can do is lie back and get lost in it. The newest release from dream pop/indie rock duo Beach House, “Depression Cherry,” is an album made to quiet the beast within.
This week will be filled with various types of performances for Albuquerque residents. From solo vocalists to live bands to a “rag tag circus,” there is something for everyone seeking entertainment this week.
Jonathan Swinger, a junior astrophysics major, describes his top five favorite objects in the universe. From nebulae, comets, stars and a planet very similar to ours, here they are and why:
Ring Around the Rosie, Pocket Full of Posies, Ashes, Ashes, we all went to Bubonicon. Caci Cooper, co-chair for Bubonicon, said Bubonicon is a place for people to express their passions. Now in its 47th year, the convention has become a haven for local and regional science fiction fans and authors.
"Güeros" brings a frenzied drama to adolescence in a film that follows Tomas (Sebastián Aguirre), a young boy, who has a series of adventures when he is sent to Mexico City to stay with his older brother Sombra (Tenoch Huerta). Tomas’ stay in Mexico City begins after his accidentally dropping a water balloon on a baby, which is only the first of several events that set a tone of understated surrealism in the film. Tomas’ visit serves to shake his older brother, who is in a rut because of the shutdown of his school due to student strikes.
James Stone, an associate professor of cinematic arts, teaches international horror film, the cinema of Alfred Hitchcock and silent films. His expertise on these subjects grants him a way of looking at film that many viewers may not be familiar with. Here are the top five movies that appeal to Stone’s unique perspective
Why have a picnic by the beach when you can have a picnic by the waterslides instead? On Saturday and Sunday, Blue River Productions will host the first Princess & Pirate Water slide Picnic at Balloon Fiesta Park.
This is a slow week for concert-goers in Albuquerque. There are only a few venues with shows booked this week.
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