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Noah Brooks address students in the Student Union Building Theater for the State of ASUNM Address on April 26, 2018.

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Tuition hike, sexual assault awareness and more discussed at State of ASUNM

Anthony Jackson | April 27

Associated Students of New Mexico President Noah Brooks and Vice President Sally Midani each gave a State of ASUNM address Thursday afternoon. The address highlighted campus events, improving campus lighting, promoting sexual assault awareness and this year’s tuition bump. “We had a lot of big challenges that we faced from the very beginning,” Brooks said, addressing students in the Student Union Building theater.

Sports

Softball: Offensive woes continue for Lobos

Cameron Goeldner | April 26

Defensive struggles for the University of New Mexico softball team once again reared their head on Wednesday night in a 3-1 loss to the No. 10 Arizona Wildcats in Tucson. Jensen Main had put in one of her best performances of the season for the Lobos, holding the Wildcats to just four hits on the night. The Wildcats opened the scoring in the second with two unearned runs after an error by Kristyn Whitley at third on what would have been the third out allowed a runner to reach. The next batter, Ivy Davis hit a two run home run to give Arizona an early 2-0 lead.

Sports

Softball: Lobos travel to take on San Jose State

Cameron Goeldner | April 26

The Lobos are coming off a series loss to Utah State at home last weekend, as well as a midweek loss on Wednesday night to No. 10 Arizona, 3-1. The Spartans come into the weekend with a 27-15 (11-6 MW) record and are coming off a series victory on the road at Colorado State last weekend. SJSU is currently sitting third in the conference.

Community members listen to a lecture titled “Our Abundant Universe,” presented by the New Mexico Philharmonic Music and Arts Festival on April, 24, 2018.

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Prof gives lecture on the abundance of the universe

Annie Edwards | April 26

On Tuesday night, Patricia Henning, Ph.D. of the University of New Mexico’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, spoke about solar systems, stars and other elements of the universe, while also touching on her own research. She gave a lecture titled “Our Abundant Universe” as part of the New Mexico Philharmonic’s series, “Discovering Abundance.” Held on the third floor of Hodgin Hall, Alexis Corbin, operations coordinator and personnel manager of the New Mexico Philharmonic, introduced the lecture.

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Lecture series explores sacred Medieval objects and places

Ariel Lutnesky | April 25

The Institute for Medieval Studies hosted their 33rd Annual Spring Lecture Series this week. Speakers came from many different universities around the world to talk about elements pertaining to this year’s topic: “Sacred Objects and Places of the Middle Ages,” according to Timothy Graham, director of the Institute for Medieval Studies and regents' professor at the University of New Mexico. “We're...examining that concept of sacred objects and places through four different religious and cultural traditions: the Western European Latin Christian tradition, the Greek Orthodox tradition, the Hebrew tradition and the Islamic tradition,” Graham said. “The individual lectures are going to be talking about particular revered books within those traditions, buildings or locations.”

Gina McCarthy, the former EPA administrator under President Barack Obama, talks with students after her speech at the University of New Mexico Law School on April 25, 2018.

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Former EPA admin gives talk at UNM

Danielle Prokop | April 25

The glasses came off, and on and no punches were pulled. Gina McCarthy, the former administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama, gave an animated speech to community members at the University of New Mexico School of Law about the concerns of climate change Wednesday evening. The focus of the speech was reframing how climate change and policy is discussed.

Opinion

Letter: No human being is illegal

Daily Lobo Readers | April 25

I strongly support full human rights for all immigrants. Many immigrants flee here from war, persecution and severe poverty caused largely by the United States. Since 1950 the U.S. government under both Republican and Democratic presidents has overthrown multiple governments — many of them democracies, has bombed about 30 countries and has murdered millions of people. The U.S. government routinely and deliberately sides with the filthy rich to rob and oppress the poor. Many immigrants would prefer to stay in their native countries if living conditions there greatly improved.

Opinion

Letter: Just when you thought 'Russiagate' couldn't get any sillier

Daily Lobo Readers | April 25

Editor, April 20 is cannabis culture's high holiday, and the Democratic National Committee celebrated it with fervor this year: blaze up, get silly, file a bizarre lawsuit accusing the Russian government, Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and transparency activist group WikiLeaks of conspiring to steal an election. The suit confirms that after more than a year, special counsel Robert Mueller still hasn't amassed the evidence required for a successful criminal prosecution, requiring proof "beyond a reasonable doubt." A civil suit lowers that bar to "a preponderance of the evidence."

Opinion

Letter/Poem: Unspoken Thoughts

Daily Lobo Readers | April 25

A moment frozen which melts away

Tannia Esparza, the executive director of Young Women United, speaks with attendees of the Resource Walk and Survivor’s Stand on April 25, 2018.

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Student org hosts sexual assault awareness event

Catherine Stringam | April 25

University of New Mexico community members gathered at Cornell Mall Wednesday evening to advocate and raise awareness for sexual violence. The event, formerly called Take Back the Night, was renamed Survivors Stand. It was hosted by the Student Alliance for Reproductive Justice, a student run group on campus. Survivors Stand was one of the last events at UNM held during April for Sexual Assault Awareness month.

A tractor blows a freshly dumped pile of garbage at the Cerro Colorado Landfill on April 6, 2018.

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UNM student invents plastic bag-compressing device

Hazel Simmons | April 25

Mostafa Peysokhan, an international student studying optical science and engineering at the University of New Mexico, is not willing to stand by and watch plastic bags pollute waters and harm marine wildlife. In February of this year, Peysokhan came up with an idea that could potentially change the impact of plastic bags on our world. He designed a device that can compress up to 50 plastic bags and by using heat and pressure, will turn them into a small compact disk.

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UNM partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters for bowling fundraiser

Megan Holmen | April 25

Big Brothers Big Sisters will be hosting the 35th Annual Bowl For Kid’s Sake this Saturday at Isleta Fun Connection. Each year, the University of New Mexico works in partnership to help put on Big Brothers Big Sister’s largest annual fundraiser, said Meredith Chapman-Doborski, the development associate of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Opinion

Guest Column: BioBlog — Can ant robots help humans go to space?

Maria Oroyan | April 25

Editor's Note: This piece was originally published online in the UNM BioBlog on March 16, 2018, written by Maria Oroyan.

Collage of characters Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory and Mark Zuckerberg from SNL.

Opinion

Column: Autism is no laughing matter

Kyle Land | April 25

There’s been no shortage of jokes directed toward Facebook’s CEO and co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in the wake of the Facebook scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. While most jokes are tame enough, some jokes are far more pointed and lacking in taste, especially regarding Zuckerberg himself. A frustrating example of this appears in a recent sketch in Saturday Night Live. On SNL’s Weekend Update, a mock interview between Zuckerberg (played by Alex Moffat) and Colin Jost first portrays the CEO exhibiting some strange behaviors. For example, Zuckerberg starts the conversation by telling himself aloud to make eye contact and then saying, “2...3...look away.”

Culture

Movie Review: "Final Portrait" an intellectual treat

Timber Mabes | April 25

Released on March 23, “Final Portrait” tells the story of artist Alberto Giacometti as he paints a portrait of his old friend, James Lord. Sitting for the painting was only supposed to last Lord a single day, but the process slowly turned into three weeks. The film was adapted from the 1965 memoir Lord authored, detailing his experience and interactions with the pessimistic and selfish artist Giacometti. Lord’s memoir is titled “A Giacometti Portrait.”

Sports

Baseball: Lobos fall to Grand Canyon in first of a two-game set

Matthew Narvaiz | April 25

The University of New Mexico baseball team fell to Grand Canyon by a score of 7-3 on Tuesday evening on the road in Phoenix, Arizona in the first of a two game series between the two teams. Grand Canyon started off the game hot, scoring three runs in the first inning while holding the Lobos scoreless in top half of the frame. Senior right-hander James Harrington, New Mexico’s starter on Tuesday, pitched a lot better as the game progressed. But after a sloppy first inning, which was aided by a fielding error that scored an unearned run, the Lobos were playing from behind.

Photo courtesy of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative

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UNM students win second place in business ethics competition

Catherine Stringam | April 25

Earlier this month, a team of students from the University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management won second place at the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Case Competition in Denver, Colorado. The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative collegiate program was established in 2009. It includes 10 different business schools from across New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. According to the Daniels Fund website, the purpose of the ethics initiative is to “deliver principle-based ethics education and reinforce the value of ethical business and personal conduct.”

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Editorial: Daily Lobo joins #SaveStudentNewsrooms movement

The Daily Lobo Editorial Board | April 25

To say that newspapers are struggling is a dramatic understatement. Newsroom staff numbers are being slashed, subscriptions are dwindling and more publications than ever are moving away from print media, opting to go online instead either because of finances or a shift in culture.

Two demonstrators hold signs to show their support of adding a master's, master's certificate and doctoral degree program to the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department on April 24, 2018 . The Faculty Senate unanimously passed the proposal.

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Faculty Senate unanimously approves Chicana and Chicano Studies grad certificate and programs

Madison Spratto and Danielle Prokop | April 25

Cheers from demonstrators filled Scholes Hall Tuesday afternoon after the University of New Mexico Faculty Senate unanimously approved a master’s, master’s certificate and doctoral program for the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department. Established 50 years ago, the department is now one step closer to achieving their goal of having students pursue advanced degrees in understanding Mexican-American culture, language, identity and history across disciplines.

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Faculty member honored as 2018 Innovation Fellow

Catherine Stringam | April 24

Sang M. Han, Ph.D. was recognized April 12 as the 2018 Innovation Fellow at the University of New Mexico STC Innovation Awards Dinner. The award was created in 2010 to honor faculty who have worked hard to develop new technologies. According to Lisa Kuuttila, STC CEO and Chief Economic Development Office, it is based off of inventions, as well as the patents received, license agreements, new companies started and income generated from these inventions.