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For your entertainment
Skylar Griego | September 30Here are some performances and events this week for Lobos seeking entertainment to check out. Brandon Powers, Rey Pila Sunshine Theater
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Trebel Music app aims directly for UNM user base
Skylar Griego | September 29With 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.
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Movie review: Surreal documentary confronts perpetrators of Indonesian genocide
Nathan Reynolds | September 28The 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.
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Semicolon fundraiser marks third year
Robert Maler | September 24The 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.
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Five and why with Eva Encinias
Jenna Stoff | September 23Eva 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.
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Nat. Geo. grants encourage research in conservation, exploration
Josh Lane | September 21National 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.
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Play review: 'Book of Mormon' an entertaining show ... if you're not offended
Skylar Griego | September 18“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.
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Album review: Supergroup's first album makes a great first impression
Skylar Griego | September 16By 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.
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Albuquerque art exhibit explores unexpected effects of climate change
Denicia Aragon | September 15516 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.
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Sports Issue: Spirit Program fights stigma with peerless work ethic
Josh Lane | September 14The 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.
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Sports Edition: Student, athlete, volunteer, father: UNM football's Eden Mahina does it all
Jenna Stoff | September 14Eden 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.”
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Sports Issue: Fitness tips for the busy student
Skylar Griego | September 14Life 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.
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Sports Issue: UNM's intramural, club sports often struggle to keep members
Robert Maler | September 14The 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.
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Ensemble band Baracutanga boasts UNM flavor
Skylar Griego | September 11People 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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'A Walk in the Woods' is about as compelling as the name implies
Nathan Reynolds | September 10Finding 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.
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Album review: Sinners and saints alike will love 'Cynics & Saints'
Skylar Griego | September 9Picture 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.”
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Comic's success encourages arts majors
Imani Lambert | September 3Grandma 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.
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Album review: "Depression Cherry" soothes with simplicity
Skylar Griego | September 3The 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.
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For Your Ears: Russian Girlfriends, Brutally Frank, Jonny Cats; Discotays; and more
Skylar Griego | September 2This 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.
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Five and why with John Swinger
Nick Fojud | September 1Jonathan 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:
