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Grad Issue: Guinean student finds success at UNM

Macey Rose | December 10

One of the University of New Mexico’s fall 2018 graduates represents the non-traditional route to achieving a degree that many students take. Mamadou Sidibe moved to the United States when she was 20 years old from Guinea, a country in West Africa. After almost 10 years going after a bachelor’s degree, she has reached her goal of earning a bachelor's degree from a U.S. institution. After graduating high school in Guinea in 2009, Sidibe attended a local university for two and a half years. In May of 2011, Sidibe made her way over to the U.S. Sidibe said that's when her whole life changed.

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Sports

Grad Issue: Leadership skills has student-athlete poised for success

Robert Maler | December 9

Students often find it difficult to attend college and balance priorities — and student-athletes make it that much more challenging when they decide to throw playing a sport into the mix. Muñoz, who decided to pursue communication as a major while minoring in marketing said she knew right away that the University of New Mexico was the right fit for her.

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Opinion

Letter: Why soccer

Daily Lobo Reader | December 9

At 9 pm on a summer day in Germany, Mario, from Mexico, waited to be seen by emergency doctors for an injury to the chest. His friend Arturo from Colombia had driven him to a nearby hospital — in northwest Germany, this past July. The husband of an elderly German couple waiting in line in front of them could hardly contain his impatience with a young immigrant family whose infant needed treatment. It took that family a long time to get registered. Finally, the couple was seen. Then it was Mario’s turn. He, too, took a long time to get registered. Two hours later, after several x-rays and an ultrasound, Mario and Arturo left the hospital, relieved, no ribs broken, lungs and spleen intact.

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News

Protests continue after teacher cuts Native American student’s hair

Justin Garcia | December 9

Another protest ensued days after the Albuquerque Public School District “severed” their relationship with a teacher who allegedly cut off the braid of a Native American student. The packed Board of Education’s meeting saw about 30 speakers address APS’s governing body. Many speakers were there to express their outrage at the board for allowing the incident to happen and for not removing the teacher. “It took more than a whole month for this apology to happen,” said Demetrius Johnson, the brother of the student who said her teacher referred to her as a “bloody Indian.” Johnson, his parents and the other speakers were limited to one minute each during the public comment period, instead of the typical five minutes. Board member Yolanda Montoya-Cordova said the change was to give all the speakers time to speak.

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Culture

River of Lights comes back to ABQ

Veronica Apodaca | December 6

With the holiday season officially beginning, Albuquerque marked by the change of seasons with Albuquerque BioPark’s annual River of Lights display. Set up in the BioPark’s botanical gardens, the River of Lights features millions of glowing Christmas lights covering nearly every inch of the gardens. Many of the lights are arranged into the 550 sculptures designed to amaze the crowds attending.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Strong defense helps Lobos overcome sluggish start against UTEP

Robert Maler | December 6

It looked very much in doubt about midway through the first quarter, but the University of New Mexico women's basketball team turned up the defensive intensity to shift things in its favor and won its fifth straight game by taking down UTEP at Dreamstyle Arena on Wednesday. New Mexico (6-1) was down early, struggling to take care of the ball and, even when it was able to do so, couldn't seem to put the ball in the hoop. UTEP had no such trouble.

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Opinion

Column: How to prepare yourself for finals week

Tom Hanlon | December 6

The weeks between Thanksgiving and winter break have previously been described as torture for college students. After enjoying a food-filled weekend with family and friends, University of New Mexico students return to school to face final projects, papers and dreaded final exams. But fellow students, don’t be discouraged, the end is in sight. Here are seven ways to prepare for finals and regain some energy to finish strong.

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News

Photo Story: La gente between

April Torres | December 6

Since March 2018, a caravan of migrants from Central America began their journey to ask for asylum in the U.S.. The caravan grew, and more people desperately ran from the violence and hunger experienced in their home countries.

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News

Photo Story: Laid bare

Colton Newman | December 6

Homelessness in Albuquerque is an unavoidable beast that, when last tallied in 2015, stood at 1,287 Albuquerque citizens — and that’s not the whole story. Sharpie scrawled across stained cardboard, shopping carts overflowing with people’s lives and humanity laid bare.

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News

Photo Story: School's out(side)

Megan Holmen | December 6

University of New Mexico students took to the San Pedro Mountains earlier this month for a three day backpacking trip. Students enrolled in the UNM Honors College Anthropology and Archaeology of Trails program spent the semester taking day hikes in Albuquerque and elsewhere in New Mexico. This backpacking trip was a part of the course’s final project. Students hiked for an hour and a half into the mountains before setting up camp in the snowy wilderness. Students cooked food over a fire, stargazed, hiked and engaged in other outdoor activities for the duration of the trip.

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News

Photo Story: Wish you were there

Anthony Jackson | December 6

I wish I could share some of my childhood memories with you. I wish you could inhale the same heavy, humid lake air that I did. I wish you could feel the sand between your toes. I wish you could see the water, smooth as glass, in the morning and see the reflection of millions of stars sway during a cool summer night.

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News

Photo Story: Crane calls

Danielle Prokop | December 6

New Mexico fall means achingly blue skies, contrasted behind golden-crowned trees and high above is the cacophony of flight. In the stands of cottonwoods south of Socorro, thousands of sandhill cranes come to rest, picking their way through shallow water and waving grasses for seeds and tubers. Coyotes prowl around the edges looking for tired snow geese to catch.

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News

Photo Story: The real thing

Sarah Groth | December 6

Rock climbing has developed into a popular sport over the past decade, more than doubling the amount of climbing gyms in the U.S. Drastically increasing the amount of gyms provides vast communities of people to be exposed to this once-elitist sport.

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News

Photo Story: Roaming with Rosales

Morgan Ledden | December 6

An audience can always enjoy, critique or copy the wonderful work of a photographer. However, they can never truly understand what it is like to be in that photographer’s shoes, unless they learn how to do the job themselves.

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Culture

Navajo artist blends indigenous and queer identities

Macey Rose | December 5

This past Friday, the University of New Mexico Arts Research Technology Science (ARTS) Lab hosted an artist talk and performance event featuring Ryan Dennison. Guests were invited to complementary dishes as a piece of Dennison’s Navajo culture. They were seated in a dimly lit ambient atmosphere noted with subtle hues peeking through the ceiling. The Diné transdisciplinary artist hails from Tohatchi, New Mexico, and began his talk by introducing himself to the audience in Navajo. “Diné,” meaning “person” in Navajo, reviving the indigenous, Navajo way of life as a means to connect one back to their indigenous roots to keep the culture alive. Although admittedly not fluent in the language, Dennison explained through archives of pictures from his community work, artwork and even childhood memories, that he manages to keep in touch with his roots through a variety of artforms.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos crushed by New Mexico State

Matthew Narvaiz | December 5

Chants of “Judas” and “You’re a sellout” filled the air of the Pan American Center in Las Cruces on Tuesday evening. Other ill-natured chants about the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team filled the air, too. Inevitably, the negativity directed at UNM and its head coach had a grueling effect on the outcome of the game: A 100-65 thrashing on the road courtesy of rival New Mexico State. It was the largest margin of victory in the series since a 37-point win from UNM more than 50 years ago.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos prepare to take on UTEP

Cameron Goeldner | December 5

The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team will look to build on its four game winning streak when it welcomes the UTEP Miners to town on Wednesday at 7 p.m.. The Miners are 2-5 on the season and have lost five straight, most recently at home to Arkansas State last Saturday. However, those five losses have come by a combined 14 points, including losing by one on Saturday. It’s the first time in program history that the team has lost five straight games by five points or less. The Miners have already played New Mexico State, the one common opponent between the two this year, and lost by five at home, the first game of the losing streak

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Culture

Theatre Review: "Hamilton's" greatness still holds after four years

Justin Garcia | December 4

New York Times co-chief theater critic Ben Brantley opened his second “Hamilton” review writing “Yes, it really is that good.” Four years later, it is still that good. “Hamilton: an American Musical” began its Broadway run on August 6, 2015 at the Richard Rogers Theater. Since then, the smash hit, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, has gained a level of fame few other performances could imagine. That stardom, dozens of different cast members, the tsunami of cash (cheap seats at Rogers start at $300) and criticisms of historical inaccuracies are seemingly unable to worsen the performance. It is still that good.

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News

UNM alumni create their own crepe restaurant

Anthony Jackson | December 3

Their restaurant, Crêpeology, like their pastry, has a rich flavor from its beginning. In 2017, two of the three founders travelled out of state and brought their experiences of crepes and street food back to Albuquerque. An evening get together with friends and a few beers later, Crepeology was born. “We got together and at that point we were like, ‘Why not — why can’t we do this?’” said Jeff Rieder, Crepeology co-founder and a former UNM mechanical engineering major. “We brought our heads together and started with a food truck first.”

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos win big over the Aggies

Cameron Goeldner | December 3

The New Mexico Lobos cruised to an easy victory over New Mexico State on Saturday at Dreamstyle Arena behind a big first half run in a game that finished 83-58. The Lobos played probably their most complete half of basketball of the season in the first half against the Aggies. Things were close early on, until the Lobos put together an impressive 17-point scoring run that saw NMSU held scoreless for over seven minutes of game action and build a 20 point lead that set up the rest of the game. “I thought from about the five minute mark in the first quarter until about five minutes left in the second quarter, defensively we were really good and converted down there in transition” head coach Mike Bradbury said.