Author William Powers has stopped in his former home of New Mexico during a national speaking tour for his newest novel, “New Slow City: Living Simply in the World’s Fastest City.”
A line of black SUVs streak across a rugged southwestern landscape. The rough looking men inside the vehicles hold assault rifles, ready for violence as they weave in and out of traffic. This is one of many stark images from director Denis Villeneuve’s new drug war fable, “Sicario.” The film stars Emily Blunt, a relatively straight shooting FBI agent who runs a hostage recovery team. After discovering a house full of bodies on a raid, she is drawn into a series of shady operations on the U.S./Mexico border.
Students will vote for the 2015 heirs to the Homecoming King and Queen thrones this week. This year, not only can students pick their favorites from among the 8 men and 9 women running by voting in the SUB, they can also log in to MyUNM and cast their votes online. Both voting methods can be used on Wednesday, Oct. 14 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
With the glow of sunlight creeping over the Sandias, Balloon Fiesta Park was already buzzing as tens of thousands of people watched the first balloons rise and illuminate the morning sky this past Saturday.
It takes 15 seconds for a listener to decide if he or she likes a song enough to keep listening, according to a press release from MusicSubmit.com. This is why lead singles are so important for upcoming albums. One wrong decision and you’ve massively decreased your chances of widespread distribution. David Myles, a folk artist from Nova Scotia in Canada, chose to lead his new album “So Far,” which came out Sept. 25, with stripped-down singles, “Need a Break” and “When it Comes My Turn.”
Annual coyote-killing contests are sparking controversy across the state, leading the Southwest Environmental Center and Animal Protection Voters to continue their efforts in banning them for good. “Killing animals for fun and prizes is reprehensible and gives ethical hunters a black eye,” Kevin Bixby, executive director of the Southwest Environmental Center in Las Cruces, said in a press release. “Unfortunately, these activities are still legal in New Mexico, and put everyone in danger who wants to get outdoors and enjoy our great fall weather.”
Here are some performances and events this week for Lobos seeking entertainment to check out. Brandon Powers, Rey Pila Sunshine Theater
With all the new albums coming out this season, it’s hard for students to sort through them and decide which are worth spending hard-earned money on. Unfortunately, many students just can’t afford to buy all the music they want. That leaves them with three options: pay subscription fees for music streaming, use free downloaders and streaming services (which can work out well or end in disaster), or go without. Corey Jones, chief of product at M&M Media, Inc. said these options are inadequate to meet the desires of the students using them.
The haunting lengths that the human mind will go to to protect itself is the primary subject of Joshua Oppenheimer’s riveting new documentary, “The Look of Silence.” “The Look of Silence” serves as a companion film to Oppenheimer’s earlier film, “The Act of Killing,” which used a unique approach to bring to light the horrendous, but mostly unknown, events of the Indonesian genocide of 1965. The genocide was a result of the Indonesian military takeover of the government in response to anti-communist fervor brought on by propaganda.
The free online dictionary defines a semicolon as “a mark of punctuation used to indicate a major division in a sentence.” For many, however, the semicolon is a symbol that means much more than punctuation. The third annual Semicolon Tattoo Project will be held at local tattoo shops this Saturday as a fundraiser for the Agora Crisis Center. The project originated as a social media movement in 2013 for which people drew semicolons on their bodies and posted pictures of them to show support for those whose lives have been touched by mental illness and its effects.
Eva Encinias-Sandoval, a UNM dance instructor and recipient of the Life Achievement Award, said she has worn “many different hats in the flamenco world.” None, however, have compared to the pleasure of teaching, she said.
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.
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