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Opinion

Letter: Regent Clifford was wrong to criticize UNM's product

Daily Lobo Reader | November 19

I write in response to Regent Tom Clifford’s comments made during last week’s Board of Regents meeting as reported by Andrew Gunn on Thursday, Nov 15. Regent Clifford is reported as saying UNM graduates “get nothing of value that they can show.” It is disheartening to hear that a regent — a person who has been called on to lead the University — carries an opinion so far from the truth.

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News

NM county debates mine construction

Anthony Jackson | November 19

The small town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico still holds a part of its past. Its yucca strewn, sunbaked roads include names like Ore Street, Iron Street and Copper Street. Half a block from Radium Street, on Oct. 23 – 24, the New Mexico Minerals Division listened to some 35 area residents on whether to grant a mine operating permit to the New Mexico Copper Corporation (NMCC). The hearing is the last hurdle in NMCC’s pursuit to reopen a copper mine in Hillsboro, New Mexico, about 35 miles south of T or C. The hearing exposed divisions within the community — those who want to see economic opportunities in Sierra County and those who fear the mine will damage the environment.

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News

Crime briefs for November 18, 2018

Elizabeth Sanchez | November 19

On Oct. 22, an officer was sent to the University of New Mexico Police Department Substation because someone reported an assault, according to a report. The officer spoke with a female and her 16-year-old student, who said he was walking to school around 9 a.m. when he began passing a roundabout north of Lomas Boulevard NE and Yale Boulevard NE. That was when a male driving a green pickup truck called the student a racial slur and spat — the saliva landed on the ground in front of the student. “The student reported the incident to his school’s head administrator (who) then escorted the student to the UNM Police Substation to report the incident,” the report states. The student completed a written statement.

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Culture

Pueblo Film Fest hosts focuses on female filmmakers

Tiffani Watteyne | November 19

This past weekend the fifth annual Pueblo Film Festival showed off films created by Native American filmmakers from across the world. The main theme for this year’s film festival was to focus on the female filmmakers of the Native American community. “The theme is ‘Empowering Women Through Film’ in the Native American filmmaker community, which is a very important theme,” said Jonathan Cabada, the coordinator of the volunteers of the event.

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News

Stokes announces new research program

Alyssa Bitsie | November 19

University of New Mexico’s President Garnett Stokes launched the Grand Challenges Initiative in the Student Union Building on Wednesday Nov. 14. Stokes, along with other speakers of the Grand Challenges Initiative, addressed what UNM is doing to foster a more dynamic economy. Grand Challenges are problems of global, national and regional significance that require researchers to work together across disciplinary boundaries to develop and implement solutions, according to UNM’s Grand Challenges website.

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Opinion

Column: How to handle dietary restrictions for Thanksgiving

Megan Holmen | November 19

Turkey day is only a few days away, and Americans across the country are preparing for the annual day of thanks, followed by the day of supermarket and mall chaos — black friday. But to be prepared to scavenge for the best deals in stores and online, it is an accepted fact that a well-stuffed belly (and a well-stuffed turkey) is a must. However, for vegetarians, vegans and other dietarily restricted folks out there a belly for battle is harder to achieve. Gathering with friends and family it’s likely we all know someone with a dietary restriction — or two — myself included. This Thanksgiving have no qualms about what will be served for dinner, as there are modern options for all. Turkey may be known as the cornerstone of Thanksgiving dinner, but it doesn’t have to be. Soy options are available at most local grocery stores, meaning vegetarians and vegans can enjoy tofurkey, and even vegetarian stuffing.

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Culture

Five and why: Five favorite books from Blue Mesa Review's Hayley Peterson

Luisa Pennington | November 19

Hayley Peterson is the editor in chief of the University of New Mexico’s literary magazine, Blue Mesa Review. She is earning her Master’s of Fine Arts in nonfiction and is currently writing both a memoir and poetry collection. Her work explores themes of gender, sexuality and power dynamics. As an MFA student involved in the publishing community, Peterson comes across a lot of literature. So, when the Daily Lobo reached out to ask her what her five favorite books were and why, this is what she narrowed her favorite works down to.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobo commit signs National Letter of Intent

Robert Maler | November 18

There are plenty of new faces on the University of New Mexico men's basketball team, but the search for new talent is always in the works and the squad inked another baller to help bolster its roster next season. The recruiting season is seemingly never over and head coach Paul Weir and his staff were able to get a commitment for the 2019-20 season when Emmanuel Kuac signed his National Letter of Intent (NLI) to become the team's first projected incoming freshman of the class. New Mexico has benefitted from recruiting international players, especially with its ability to tap into the Australian pipeline of talent. From Luc Longley to Cameron Bairstow to Hugh Greenwood and now Makauch Maluach — the team has hit on several impact players.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos bounce back with win over Hartford

Cameron Goeldner | November 18

The University of New Mexico Women’s Basketball team beat the Hartford Hawks on Sunday, 72-65, in a close game that had no business being that way. The Lobos lead by as many as 20 with less than three minutes left in the third, and by 17 at the start of the final quarter of play against a Hartford team that they seemed to have figured out, with an increase in defense pressure from UNM forcing six Hawks turnovers in the third quarter, and the Hartford press, which had given the Lobos some trouble early on, was no longer very effective.

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Sports

Cross Country: Women earn runner-up finish at NCAA Championships

Robert Maler | November 18

The University of New Mexico women's cross country team had high expectations, a No. 1 ranking and an NCAA National Championship to defend on Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin. But UNM came up a little bit short in its bid to repeat as national champions — earning a second-place finish on Saturday. It was the ninth consecutive season the women have recorded a top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships. New Mexico probably couldn't have put itself in a better situation. The squad had seen Zimmer Championship Course twice already this season, taking third place at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in September and winning the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals last month.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Late comeback bid by Lobos falls just short

Robert Maler and Matthew Narvaiz | November 18

Fans of the University of New Mexico Men's Basketball team saw an underwhelming performance for much of its match-up with rival New Mexico State on Saturday at Dreamstyle Arena — The Pit, watching their team drop a 98-94 contest. Head coach Paul Weir credited the Aggies for playing the way they did and said NMSU's A.J. Harris had an outstanding individual performance — perhaps the best he's seen on that court since coming to Albuquerque. Weir took responsibility for the loss when asked if there was one reason besides Harris that caused the Lobo loss. "I think at the end of the day, we're not as far along as where we need to be 18 months into me being here, and that's on me," Weir said. "So if there is one reason, it's Paul Weir."

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News

UNM regent rebukes statements made by Clifford

Kyle Land | November 17

University of New Mexico Regent Thomas Clifford has drawn criticism for comments he made at the Board of Regents meeting on Thursday — including from his fellow regents. Regent Bradley Hosmer, who joined the Board in 2011, wrote a letter to the Albuquerque Journal in which he stated he does “not share Regent Clifford’s views on the UNM graduates.” As previously reported by the Daily Lobo, interim Provost Richard Wood was criticized by Clifford when he said that UNM has a six-year graduation rate of around 50 percent. 

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Music

The rising popularity of international music

Macey Rose | November 17

Within the past year, there has been a significant rise in music coming into America from a across the globe.. Similar to the well-known, “British Invasion” phenomenon in the 60s, music from different parts of Asia, Africa and Spanish speaking countries have showed themselves as a force to be reckoned with in terms of popularity among American listeners. In an age of globalization, media coming from all over the world is at our fingertips. As for music, streaming services like Spotify offer curated playlists such as, “Viva Latino,” “Afropop” and “Essential K-Pop,” to satisfy audiences with the popularity of global music. Spotify is available in over 60 countries, leaving listeners with a vast selection of music from around the world in the palm of our hand.

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Sports

Football: Balanced attack leads Broncos to 45-14 win over Lobos

Cameron Goeldner | November 17

A career night from wide receiver Sean Modster helped propel the Boise State Broncos to a comfortable 45-14 victory over the New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque on Friday night. “First of all, we played a team that was clearly better than us,” head coach Bob Davie said after the game. “We had a hard time stopping them, although we did fight.” The Broncos wasted no time getting on the board, scoring on the first drive from scrimmage. BSU went down the field in six plays, driving 75 yards in less that three minutes, as Brett Rypien capped off the drive with a 15 yard pass to Sean Modster for the touchdown and the 7-0 lead.

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News

Cross Country: UNM has legit shot at defending NCAA Championship

Robert Maler | November 17

Moving on to the NCAA Championship. That phrase has been a reality for the University of New Mexico women's cross country team for over a decade, and continued again this season. The team earned its 11th straight berth in the NCAA Championships after taking first place in the 2018 NCAA Mountain Region Championships in Provo, Utah. Head coach Joe Franklin said winning regionals on Nov. 9 was actually not the goal, the team just happened failed to run quite as slow as Colorado did. Both schools seemed to be content to keep the pace steady and avoid sprinting down the stretch in order to save legs for Saturday. Franklin said there were pockets of runners that were holding conversations with each other during the meet. He — perhaps only somewhat jokingly — characterized the regional meet as inconsequential, other than the fact that New Mexico and Colorado had to run in it to advance to nationals.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos add four new players

Cameron Goeldner | November 16

The University of New Mexico Women’s Basketball team added four new players on Wednesday as part of the 2019 recruiting class. The Lobos added Corina Carter, Azaria Robinson, Andriana Avent and Autumn Watts, with the four officially signing to play at New Mexico as part of the early signing period that began on Wednesday. The class is rated as a consensus Top 30 class in the nation, ranked as high as No. 29 by ESPNW’s HoopGurlz. It’s the fourth straight year that UNM has had a class rated in the top 30 by at least one outlet, but the first time that has been consensus.

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News

Staff enrolled as students get to sign-up early for classes

Justin Garcia | November 16

Staff enrolled as students through the University of New Mexico had the opportunity to sign-up for Spring 2019 classes early — some of which will be free to them. The Student Union Building Ballrooms A & B were bustling as representatives from various resource centers and organizations provided staff members with information about services and tuition remission on Monday.

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News

Regents discuss UNM's enrollment woes

Andrew Gunn | November 15

The Board of Regents meeting Thursday morning was, for the most part, a business-as-usual session of the oversight body. However, the two and a half hour meeting was punctuated about halfway through by an animated debate on a theme from their previous gathering in October — the University of New Mexico’s unexpectedly large decline in student enrollment and corresponding nosedive in revenues from tuition and fees. The meeting began genially with a report from President Garnett Stokes outlining various initiatives undertaken by the University in recent weeks, most of which can be found in the President's Weekly Perspective. Stokes also announced progress in the search for the Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration position as well as future dates for her traveling office hours.

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Opinion

Letter: Religious books contain dangerous messages

Daily Lobo Reader | November 15

After the Gulf War, a large Albuquerque fundamentalist Christian church held a rally celebrating U.S. victory in Iraq. I went to that rally. I held up signs strongly opposing war. A man told me, “Blessed is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock.” That is an awful, actual verse in the Bible (Psalm 137:9). Many Christian fundamentalists believe the whole Bible is the perfect Word of God.

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Sports

Football: Lobos ready for No. 23 Boise State

Cameron Goeldner | November 15

The University of New Mexico Football team looks to break a five-game losing streak when the No. 23 Boise State Broncos come to town on Friday night. The game will kick off on CBS Sports Network at 7 p.m., the second straight week the Lobos will feature on the network. Boise comes into the game fresh off the heels of a win over the Fresno State Bulldogs, who were ranked No. 16 in the country coming into the game. The Bulldogs paid a visit to Albuquerque one month ago and went home with a fairly easy 38-7 win over the Lobos.