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Brockhampton provide odd change of pace with "Iridescence"

Colton Newman | September 24

In true Kanye fashion, Brockhampton has finally released their fourth studio album “Iridescence,” their follow up to their now hailed Saturation trilogy, following a messy and unorderly release cycle. Fans of Brockhampton’s catchy hooks, upbeat energy and quotable lyrics scattered across the Saturation trilogy will be disappointed by the new direction they have taken on their latest project. Although the more industrial sound explored on “Iridescence” is an unexpected handoff from their standard hip hop beats, it’s not something to be overlooked.

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Culture

Aki Matsuri Festival highlights Japanese culture in ABQ

Macey Rose | September 24

On Sunday, the Veteran’s Memorial Park offered a look inside a culture over 5,000 miles away. The Aki Matsuri Festival, meaning “Fall Festival,” annually incorporates a variety of diverse elements within Japanese culture. On Sunday people from out of state and fellow New Mexicans gathered to see the cultural demonstrations that took place at the sunny, outdoor venue. The Japanese American Citizens League has been hosting Japanese culture festivals since the 80s, and has been a collective effort from all those involved to make the event a success.

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News

Crime briefs for Sept. 24, 2018

Elizabeth Sanchez | September 24

Battery at UNMH On Sept. 7, a UNM Hospital employee told a UNM Police officer that another employee “slingshotted” a rubber glove, hitting her in the face, according to a police report. Before he did this, he antagonized her and her co-worker. She told him not to fling the glove at her. She thought the glove was contaminated. She informed her supervisors about the incident and was treated at UNM Employee Occupational Health Services. She later returned to work. When she met with the officer, the officer did not notice that she had any visible injuries. The co-worker who witnessed the incident completed a statement that was given to UNMPD. In her statement, she said the male employee flung gloves at the reporting employee and hit her on the cheek. The reporting employee told him to get away from her. The male said the gloves were clean and that he was sorry, and he walked away. In her statement, she said the male employee seemed to be “playing around” and did not intend to be unkind — he and the employee who was hit with the glove usually seem to get along well.

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News

Death row exoneree Juan Melendez speaks at UNM

Anthony Jackson | September 24

A death row exoneree and speaker from Witness to Innocence, a nonprofit organization against capital punishment, was hosted by the University of New Mexico Lobo Reading Experience in the Student Union Building Theatre on Sept. 19. Scores of UNM students listened to Juan Melendez — an exonerated Florida death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted — share his experience. “When they put me in death row for 17 years, eight months and one day, the world stopped,” Melendez said.

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News

UNM makes strides in bone health research

Isaiah Garcia | September 24

The University of New Mexico School of Medicine is helping make medical professionals in the state, and all around the country, more knowledgeable with diagnosing and effectively treating osteoporosis through a learning program for medical professionals called Bone Health TeleECHO. According to the UNM Bone Health website, there are available treatments for osteoporosis that can help prolong life. Only about 20 percent of patients with hip fractures are treated to help prevent the risk of future fractures.

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Culture

International Day of Peace celebrated on Johnson Field

Luisa Pennington | September 24

Dozens of children, students, activists and peace advocates joined together Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. on Johnson Field to create a human peace sign. In honor of the International Peace Day and Albuquerque Peace Week, this was the first human peace sign done in Albuquerque. Sponsored in part by the United Nations Association Albuquerque chapter, the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, GenUN at The University of New Mexico, the UNM Peace Studies Program and Campaign Nonviolence, the event was created in solidarity with several other events around the world encouraging peace.

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News

UNM changes IPRA policy due to transparency issues

Danielle Prokop | September 24

Full disclosure: Reporter Danielle Prokop is now also employed at NM Political Report, however was not employed at the time the report was released. A serious concern for the University of New Mexico for the past few weeks has been transparency, and UNM says it’s making changes. Earlier this month, the Attorney General's office sent a letter admonishing UNM’s “pattern and practice of neglecting their responsibility to allow access to public information.”

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Sports

Men's Soccer: Lobos bounce back to beat Florida Atlantic

Cameron Goeldner | September 23

The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team secured its first shutout of the season and snapped a three game losing streak in a 2-0 win over Florida Atlantic University, with both goals coming from players who hadn’t scored yet this season. Simon Spangenberg and Billy Jones were the goal scorers for the Lobos (3-5-0, 1-1-0 C-USA) and were able to give the Lobos an offensive boost on a night when the team’s two leading scorers, Matt Puig and Omar Grey combined for only one shot on goal.

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Sports

Volleyball: Lobos fall to .500 after straight-set loss to Boise State

Alanie Rael | September 23

The Boise State Broncos defeated the University of New Mexico volleyball team, playing host to the Lobos on Saturday in Idaho. The Lobos (7-7, 1-1 MW) won its conference opener against Utah State on Wednesday, but fell to the Broncos in straight sets, looking like they were steps behind in each of them as they tried to compete. Boise State opened by scoring six of the first seven points to gain an early five-point advantage. That lead swelled to seven as the match progressed, but the Lobos were able to close the gap with a 6-0 run — one that included three kills from outside hitter Lauren Twitty and an ace from libber Mercedes Pacheco to pull with 14-13.

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Sports

Women's Soccer: Late goal halts UNM's home unbeaten streak

Robert Maler | September 23

The Lobos scored first and didn't trail for the nearly the entirety of the match — but when they finally did fall behind by surrendering a late goal to the Wyoming Cowgirls, there simply wasn't enough time to even the score. It was the 84th minute. With the match in the waning stages, things seemed to be trending toward overtime until the Wyoming Cowgirls stunned the University of New Mexico women's soccer team — knocking through a goal in the 84th minute to garner its first lead of the day. Wyoming (6-2-2, 1-1 MW) went up 3-2 on the scoreboard and the score held as it handed UNM its first loss at home this season. The three goals allowed by the Lobos on Sunday afternoon equaled the total number of goals they had given up in the previous five home matches combined.

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Music

Ms. Lauryn Hill's career goes far beyond "Miseducation"

Colton Newman | September 23

From being booed at the age of thirteen, to having the queen of rap, Nicki Minaj fall to her knees in front of her, the life and works of Ms. Lauryn Hill is a fascinating and captivating story. Just one year after the Fugees disbanded in 1997, band member Lauryn Hill released her debut solo album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” (1998). 20 years later the 16-track hip-hop, neo-soul record is hailed as one of the most valuable contributions to the world of music. For any album and artist to withstand the test of time, their work has to influence generations of future artists and albums. For example, projects like “Abbey Road” (1969) by The Beatles, “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973) by Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mack’s “Rumours” (1977) have all been sampled in other artist’s songs. These artists have influenced the albums within their genre and their lyrics have been reused or referenced within albums that have followed.

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Sports

Women's Soccer: Lobos run home win streak to five with 3-0 victory in conference opener

Robert Maler and Cameron Goeldner | September 23

The University of New Mexico women's soccer team remained perfect at home, dispatching of the Colorado State Rams in a 3-0 shutout at the UNM Soccer Complex on Friday night. New Mexico (5-3, 1-0 MW) was aggressive from the outset and applied early pressure on the opposing goalkeeper. CSU junior Hunter Peifer entered Friday night with a 79 percent save rate, giving up just five goals this season en route to putting up two clean sheets. But the Lobo attack put Peifer on her heels — registering four shots and two corner kicks within the first nine minutes. Freshman Alesia Garcia narrowly missed opening the scoring with an attempt that hit the crossbar, but sophomore midfielder Cami Floth broke through about a minute later with a goal at the 8:54 mark to make it 1-0 in favor of the Lobos.

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Sports

Men's soccer: Lobos on the road, looking to end losing skid

Cameron Goeldner | September 22

The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team (2-5-0, 0-1-0 C-USA) will look to snap a three-game losing skid on Saturday against Florida Atlantic University (2-3-0, 1-0-0 C-USA) in Boca Raton, Florida.

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Sports

Women's Soccer: Lobos open conference play hoping to extend home winning streak

Robert Maler | September 21

Home is what you make it. And the University of New Mexico women's soccer team has made the UNM Soccer Complex a workshop where it manufactures one thing — wins. New Mexico (4-3) is winless on the road, but has gone undefeated so far on its home field. That should be good news since the team is in Albuquerque again to host the Colorado State Rams — a team that is 0-5 all-time against the UNM — in the Lobos' Mountain West conference opener. The match is also the conference opener for Colorado State, which has posted a 3-3-2 record so far this season. The Rams have only scored two goals over their last five matches, but have managed to win two of the last three to get back to a .500 record. The most record win came on Sunday, Sept. 16 — a 1-0 shutout over the Southern Methodist Mustangs.

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News

Dion's and UNM Innovation Academy team up for "Keep It Cool" Challenge

Mikhaela Smith | September 20

The University of New Mexico’s Innovation Academy has partnered with Dion’s to kick off the “Keep It Cool” Challenge. The challenge will provide possible ways to ship Dion’s ranch across the country — it starts Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. in the Lobo Rainforest Collaboration Space.

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News

Black Student Alliance condemns sorority for racial remarks

Kyle Land | September 19

The Black Student Alliance (BSA) of the University of New Mexico released a statement Wednesday condemning members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) sorority for using “racial remarks” during a workshop for incoming Greek Life members. The workshop was part of Monday’s 2018 Greek New Member Summit, an event that educates incoming Greek Life members on various topics, with the incident occurring during a portion of the event covering mental health. According to the statement, the comments were made when Dr. Stephanie McIver, director of counseling at Student Health and Counseling (SHAC), was making a presentation about the services available at SHAC.

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News

ASUNM discuss finances, compliance at latest committee meetings

Madison Spratto and Justin Garcia | September 19

The Associated Students of New Mexico Senate Finance and Steering & Rules committees met yesterday evening to discuss an investigation into Lobo Motorsports Formula SAE, appropriations and four resolutions. Finance Committee Among the nearly $25,000 in appropriations discussed, Vice President Emily Wilks announced the Finance Committee was investigating Lobo Motorsports Formula SAE who received about $20,000 in appropriations last year. Lobo Motorsports Formula SAE is a student organization, partly funded by student fees, that builds and races formula one vehicles against other universities.

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News

Temporary waterways may lose environmental protections

Megan Holmen | September 19

Temporary waterways in the United States could potentially lose protection under the Clean Water Act through the Environmental Protection Agency — 90 percent of New Mexico’s water comes from temporary waterways according to Cliff Dahm, a University of New Mexico biology professor. Dahm said temporary waterways can be defined as any waterway that does not flow all year long. Some temporary waterways flow most of the year, but some only flow a few days out of the year.

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Culture

Aerie comes UNM to spread body positivity

Veronica Apodaca | September 19

Aerie brought its campus pop-up tour to the University of New Mexico on Sept. 17 and 18 to promote the brand’s new fall collection and new wireless push-up bra, as well as to spread a message of body positivity to students. This was the first time that Aerie has done a promotion at UNM, since it’s opening at the Coronado Mall in 2017. “I’m not a big fan of the mall, so I like pop-ups,” said Bethany Rivera, a psychology major at UNM, when explaining the appeal that the event held for her.

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Culture

Five and why: Kathleen Clawson's favorite books

Veronica Apodaca | September 19

Much like her work in the arts, Kathleen Clawson’s taste in books is unique and dynamic. She is a professor in the University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance, where she directs shows, teaches classes in musical theatre and serves as the director of publicity for the department. Most recently, she directed the UNM production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Along with her work at UNM, she is also part of the staff at the Santa Fe Opera where she provides direction and vocal training. Here she describes her current favorite books which provide guidance and inspiration for her daily life.