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Opinion

Letter: Sanders does right by speaking out against Israeli crimes

Daily Lobo Readers | April 4

Editor, It has unfortunately become par for the course nowadays in U.S. politics for Zionists to conflate criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism. Antisemitism is an ugly phenomenon which has negatively affected Jewish people throughout the ages, and all decent people should condemn it. With all that being said, I must give a tip of the hat to Sen. Bernie Sanders for using his Twitter account to criticize the state of Israel for murdering 17 Palestinians who were carrying out a peaceful protest in Gaza. The lack of human rights for Palestinians has been ignored for far too long by U.S. politicians, because they fear losing the financial support of pro-Israeli lobbies like AIPAC.

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Opinion

Letter: Immigration enforcement — Just as bad for Americans as it is for immigrants

Daily Lobo Readers | April 4

Editor, According to President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Oakland, California mayor Libby Schaaf prevented nearly 800 arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in early March. That sounds like wishful thinking, but presumably Schaaf's warning to the public of impending ICE sweeps helped at least some undocumented immigrants avoid the dragnet. Mayor Schaaf is due our gratitude for her heroism. These ICE raids highlight one side of the case for for reining in (or better yet abolishing) ICE and its sister agencies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Border patrol. That side is the human cost to immigrants: workers yanked from factories and farms. Families torn asunder. People seeking better lives dying of dehydration in the wilderness because water caches are destroyed or killed in crashes as they flee their would-be abductors.

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Culture

Movie Review: "Tomb Raider" nothing but disappointment

Hector Valverde | April 4

Video game movies have gotten a bad rap ever since “Super Mario Bros.” From their middling to terrible quality, they’ve hardly improved in recent years. Even with the A-list talents of actors, such as Michael Fassbender, Mark Wahlberg and Angelina Jolie, the video game genre can’t seem to do any good. Somehow, Hollywood seems bent on producing them after over 20 years of continual failure — and 2018’s first offering for the genre continues this trend with “Tomb Raider,” a dumpster fire of a movie without the redeeming residual warmth one could provide.

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News

Former Black Panther Party captain discusses crack cocaine epidemic

Donald Amble | April 4

A former captain of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party spoke to students at the University of New Mexico Tuesday about what lead to the crack cocaine epidemic. Aaron Dixon gave a lecture on where his book, “My People Are Rising” left off as part of Africana Studies’ annual speaker series — this year’s focus was on the African-American experience in the Southwest. Dixon said the crack cocaine epidemic had international origins and was deeply connected to the geopolitics of the Cold War.

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Culture

Movie Review: “Ready Player One” is no blockbuster for Spielberg

Hector Valverde | April 3

In 2045, the world’s most valuable economic resource is the OASIS, a massive virtual reality universe where people can escape the overpopulated, polluted slum the world has become. Upon the death of its creator, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the full ownership of the OASIS is up for grabs for whoever can complete Halliday’s last will and testament: a challenge to collect three keys hidden across the virtual world.

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Sports

Baseball: UNM drops home game to Arizona

Matthew Narvaiz | April 3

Monday’s matchup with the Arizona Wildcats didn’t go as planned for the University of New Mexico baseball team. The Wildcats (17-10), who had won their last four games heading into Monday, pounced on the Lobos from the get-go on their way to a dominating 16-6 victory at Santa Ana Star Field. Senior pitcher James Harrington struggled on the mound in the starting role. In the first inning, he gave up two hits and a run, though Harrington was able to strike out the last batter he faced in the frame.

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Sports

Softball: Lobos travel south to take on New Mexico State

Cameron Goeldner | April 2

The two teams squared off on March 21 in Albuquerque, with the Aggies taking the win by a score of 12-7. The Aggies are coming off of a three game series sweep of the University of Missouri Kansas City, and currently hold a record of 18-14 and have won six straight games, a streak that began with their win over the Lobos. The Lobos are coming off of a weekend series against Fresno State in which they lost two of the three games, including being no-hit on Saturday in the series finale. UNM is 9-26 on the season so far. For Lobos head coach Paula Congleton, this is a big opportunity to help bring some life back into a rivalry that she says has been lost.

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News

Group to host week of recognition for farmworkers

Tasawar Shah | April 2

CAMPrinos, a student organization that is part of the College Assistance Migrant Program at the University of New Mexico, is hosting the sixth Annual Farmworker Awareness Week from April 2 to 7 at the Student Union Building. Several departments as well as student and community organizations including CAMP, Student Action with Farmworkers, Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color, El Centro De la Raza, Lobo Respect and others, are sponsoring the week. The awareness campaign will kick off Monday at SUB and will conclude on Saturday at the National Hispanic Cultural Center with the 25th Annual César Chávez Day Fiesta.

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Opinion

Letter: Be as good a person as you can, but question the Bible

Daily Lobo Readers | April 2

Editor, I wish we had a fair, loving, all-powerful parent God who would rescue all who fervently prayed for help from war, starvation, cancer, addiction, tornadoes, drought, drunk drivers, rape, family violence, blindness, false charges, drones, torture and much more. Hundreds of millions of people throughout human history have prayed desperately to God the best they knew how and received no help.

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News

Lobo Village prepares to expand its amenities

Anthony Jackson | April 2

Lobo Village is announcing two freshman Living Learning Communities in preparation for the University of New Mexico’s implementation of new freshman housing requirements, starting the Fall 2018 semester. One of the new communities, Lobo Fit, focuses on fitness goals and how students can utilize recreational campus resources. A flyer released by Lobo Village about the communities said that the other freshman Living Learning Community, Lobo Focus, emphasizes academic success for students and the development of peer-to-peer social skills.

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News

Women's Resource Center holds panel on women in STEM

Megan Holmen | April 1

The University of New Mexico Women’s Resource Center celebrated Women’s History Month on Thursday by hosting a panel discussion, featuring five women in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The center worked with UNM’s STEM Collaborative Center to plan and host the event. Anna Reser, the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Lady Science Magazine, gave the welcome address for the event. She explained the importance of history of women in STEM and how that impacts the challenges women face today.

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News

The history and future of the Lottery Scholarship

Elizabeth Sanchez and Alea White | April 1

A college education could mean everything. For some, the only way to have a college education is with the help of financial aid, and for many New Mexico residents, a large chunk of that financial aid has been slipping away. After the recent legislative session, the stability of the Lottery Scholarship — which helps some 26,000 students statewide — has been threatened again.

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Music

Top Songs of March 2018

Colton Newman and Kyle Land | April 1

In what turned out to be a surprisingly dry month for new music, March still managed to witness the release of several amazing tracks, from nostalgic pop punk to rap bangers filled with expletives. You can find all of these songs, as well as all the best songs of 2018, in the Best of 2018 playlist on the Daily Lobo Spotify.

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News

Students hope treats business will win competition

Mikhaela Smith | April 1

Editor's Note: This is the first profile in a series on students and recent alumni who are part of the UNM Business Plan Competition. Continue to stay updated with the Daily Lobo for more information. Over 20 teams from the University of New Mexico, Central New Mexico Community College and New Mexico State University will compete in the 2018 UNM Business Plan Competition on April 20. The competition has roots dating back to 2005 and aims to help teams of college students and recent alumni test their startup business ideas by writing a business plan and presenting it to judges, said Alberto Solis, the interim director for the UNM Business Plan Competition Program, in an email to the Daily Lobo.

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Culture

Art student creates exhibit dedicated to crying

Megan Holmen | April 1

Sallie Scheufler’s art exhibit, “A Good Cry,” examined the act of crying both socially and emotionally from March 12 through 30. This exhibit was her last step in earning her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Mexico. The exhibit reflected her own experiences with crying and allowed viewers to begin to reflect on their own experiences, she said.

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Opinion

Letter: Homeless people are our friends, not our enemies

Daily Lobo Readers | April 1

Editor, The University should build a homeless shelter on campus. Students and the unsheltered ought to be allies, not enemies. Yet in the three years I've been at UNM, I've seen nothing but disdain for the homeless coming from my fellow students. I've seen students walk past someone lying motionless on the sidewalk — no one stopping to help. I've seen opinion pieces that lay the blame for violence on the "shelter" of some bushes near the dorms. I've seen people walk on by from folks without homes who only wanted to ask the time. I've seen a woman wailing in the street because she had nowhere to go.

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Culture

Photo Story: Exchange students explore the beauties of the American West

Morgan Ledden | April 1

What does a University of New Mexico student do when that final class is done before spring break starts? Do they fly home? Do they stay on campus? No. If you are two foreign exchange students from England, you find two American students that love to road trip and tag along.

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Culture

How alum Russ Parsons made it big in food journalism

Elizabeth Sanchez | April 1

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of alumni profiles of former Daily Lobo contributors, created in an effort to connect current readers and contributors to the past and present. Continue to follow the Daily Lobo for more. Just one month before he was set to graduate from the University of New Mexico, Russ Parsons said he discovered he still needed six credit hours and was “schooled out.” He already had a job waiting for him and decided to leave the University in 1978. In 1973, he had just graduated from high school and was looking for something to do over the summer, he said. He lost his job at Der Wienerschnitzel, “lasted a half a day selling vacuums” and was doing phone solicitations — but he knew he wanted to be a journalist.

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Music

Column: Why contemporary classical music is relevant

Aubrie Powell | April 1

When it comes to the arts, catering to norms can be stifling. Contemporary classical music is a little-known world that brings a variety of approaches to the creation of sound within time and space, and none of these approaches can be described as completely normative. Most notably, composers in this world are alive and able to interact with other intellects and musical voices — something that Mozart and Beethoven simply cannot do. To most, this may not seem like a big deal when compared to popular contemporary musicians like Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Kanye West. These artists are alive, if not accessible. However the world of classical concert music is plagued by nostalgia, where new music often slides back to include music from the late 19th century.

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News

Security symposium covers next decade of national security

Tom Hanlon | April 1

On Monday and Tuesday the University of New Mexico’s Global and National Security Policy Institute and National Security Studies Program will host the ninth Annual National Security Symposium. The event, titled “Global, National and Human Security: Reflections on the Next Decade,” will include a number of speakers from security and government agencies, as well as faculty and student presenters from UNM. The event will open on Monday at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome from Provost Chaouki Abdallah — panels and speakers are scheduled throughout the day until 4 p.m. Tuesday’s schedule begins at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 3:30 p.m.