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In the flesh

by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Painted people will become an art exhibit on Saturday. A body-painting festival at Factory on 5th will have live music, nude models to paint on and lots of food. Pam Trent, co-founder of the event, said the public should realize body painting is an art.

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Letter: Gallery closure shows an indifference to art

Editor, I write this letter in response to the infuriating news that the Art Student Association gallery in the Student Union Building is soon to be replaced with a workout room. I'm not sure why ASUNM is hell-bent on destroying all of the cultural enclaves of the flagship university in New Mexico, but it is doing a bang-up job.

Mentor program to cut recreation

by Felicia Fonseca Daily Lobo More work and less play for the participants of Natural High. The Natural High program is moving. On May 15, it will have a new home at Special Programs, and the focus will be narrowed to mentoring students, said Tim Gutierrez, director of Special Programs.

Group's beats tap into culture, politics

by John Bear Daily Lobo His name is Jared Bridgeman, but you can call him Akrobatik. Akrobatik is one-third of the hip-hop trio The Perceptionists. He flows alongside fellow emcee Mr. Lif. DJ Fakts One provides the cuts and produced many of the tracks on their debut album, Black Dialogue.

NIN album a taste of the familiar

by Matt Gomez Daily Lobo Nine Inch Nails' latest release is a mouthful of the same pop-industrial formula the band has relied on for so long. The group's mastermind and main contributor, Trent Reznor, didn't risk anything on With Teeth. The album is laced with familiar, industrial-sounding programmed rhythms, distorted guitar chords and delicate piano parts.

Artist tries out different medium

by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Chris Uphues' favorite thing at the Frontier Restaurant is the sweet roll. "That thing is a killer," Uphues said. "It totally sent me on a sugar high and flipped me out." Uphues, a Chicago artist, was in Albuquerque doing a series of lithography prints for the Tamarind Institute.

Editorial: Politicians mixing up incarceration priorities

With anti-terror efforts taking precedence over the American war on drugs, one would think since less resources are available, they would be focused on the deadliest, most hard-core drugs, such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Instead, though the United States spends an estimated $35 billion every year on the drug war, the easing of the crack epidemic has led to a major increase in arrests and prosecutions for, of all things, marijuana possession.

Group: Cinco de Mayo not about liquor

by Karina Guzzi Daily Lobo El Centro de La Raza is on a mission to inform people what Cinco de Mayo is really about. "It's about a battle, not booze. Our culture is not for sale," is the slogan for the event in the SUB today. Angelica Delgadillo, co-organizer of the event, said as Cinco de Mayo gets closer, people see more billboards and beer commercials advertising it as a drinking holiday.

Poetry takes a ride with the public

by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo Poet Danny Solis wrote a haiku about Mayor Martin Ch†vez's dog. "Dukes the dog jumps. Don't be scared. It's not a muffle. It's a head collar," he recited. Ch†vez announced his plan last week to put slam poets on Rapid Ride buses after Memorial Day.

Farris copy center can't afford to stay open

by Patricia Dworzak Daily Lobo Charles Reuben compares himself to Amtrak. "I'm a valuable service that just can't pay for itself," he said. Reuben has been the manager of the Farris School of Engineering Copy Center for 11 years, but it will close at the end of the month.

Letter: Awareness not enough when dealing with scams

Editor, In Friday's Daily Lobo, Manuelita Beck wrote an interesting column about spam e-mails and people getting suckered into scams. She provides figures as to how much money financial institutions have lost because of these scams, and she discussed an interesting research project.

Film examines capital punishment

by David Barnes Daily Lobo The documentary "Deadline" tells the story of Republican former Gov. George Ryan who granted clemency to 171 people on death row in his last days in office. "With this film, we were interested in finding a story that was going on in a contemporary way that would help us to understand what is happening with capital punishment now," director Katy Chevigny said.