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Men’s Tennis: UNM places third in Mountain Pacific Invitational

Matthieu Cartron | March 6

The University of New Mexico men's tennis team took third in the annual Mountain Pacific Invitational after beating Brown University 4-1 on Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Mountain Pacific Invitational is an eight-team tournament that consists of singles competition only on day one, and doubles play being introduced into the fold on the following day — guaranteeing all schools a total of three matches.

Jasmine Smith drives to the basket for the Lobos during the second half of the game on March 5, 2018 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Lobos won 84-54.

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Women's Basketball: Lobos crush San Jose State 84-54 in MW Tournament opener

Matthew Narvaiz | March 5

LAS VEGAS — A well-balanced performance from the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team helped it grab a win in the first round of the 2018 Mountain West Tournament over the No. 11 seed San Jose State Spartans. UNM (23-9), the conference's No. 6 ranked team, got big performances out of its starters to dominate the Spartans (7-23) en route to an impressive 84-54 victory. Junior post Jaisa Nunn had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead the Lobos, while senior guards Tesha Buck and Cherise Beynon had 18 and 14 points, respectively. Beynon led New Mexico in rebounding with 11 boards on her way to a double-double.

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Dept. of IFCE research showcase aims for visibility, community collaboration

Michele Arbogast | March 5

The Department of Individual Family and Community Education hosted a research showcase in Travelstead Hall Thursday. There were approximately 35 different presenters from programs within the IFCE department including nutrition, counselor education, educational psychology and family and child studies. Topics included diversity, grief, social behaviors and discrimination among young adults, diabetic patients, food insecurities and the relationship between maltreated adolescents (11 to 17 years old) and their academic outcomes.

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Women’s Basketball: Lobos to face San Jose State in first round of Mountain West Tournament

Matthew Narvaiz | March 4

On Monday, the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team will play in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament against San Jose State. UNM (22-9), after a 10-8 performance in the conference this season, entered the tournament as the sixth seed, whereas the Spartans are the eleventh seed—the lowest of all seeds in the tournament. The winner of the matchup between UNM and SJSU (7-22, 4-14 MW) will then move on to play third seeded Wyoming on Tuesday, since they locked in a bye for the first round. Entering Monday’s first round tip-off, the Lobos have had a late trail of success. In its last two games, UNM has won both while also getting big performances from some of its players in the process.

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Men's Basketball: A look at the swan song for three Lobo seniors

Robert Maler | March 4

Three seniors with very difficult career arcs played their last regular season finale in a Lobo uniform on Saturday at Dreamstyle Arena. They apparently didn't want the moment to end — opting to give the fans five additional minutes of basketball to appreciate their career contributions. The University of New Mexico men's basketball team led for almost the entirety of the game, but found itself tied up at the end of regulation after squandering a seven-point lead in the final minute of the second half. The Lobos got big contributions from everyone, but when the outcome was no longer in question — head coach Paul Weir gave fans an opportunity to show gratitude and his seniors a chance to savor the moment.

Photo courtesy of Sonia Maria Gipson Rankin

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Sonia Rankin loves watching students learn

Shayla Cunico | March 4

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of five profiles on women associated with the University of New Mexico, who have been recognized by Albuquerque Business First as women of influence in New Mexico. Sonia M. Gipson Rankin is an Africana Studies senior lecturer, the Associate Dean of University College and the director of first-year success projects at the University of New Mexico. She teaches a course at UNM’s School of Law and is also a wife and mother of three. She never fails to find inspiration from her students, she said.

UNM World Affairs Delegation members participate at the club's weekly meeting on Feb. 25, 2018.

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UNM students prepare for Model UN conference

Tom Hanlon | March 4

Debating world problems in a Central American country is not on the list of typical spring break plans, but the University of New Mexico’s World Affairs Delegation club will be doing just that. Members from WAD will travel to Panama City, Panama on Saturday to compete in Harvard University’s World Model United Nations conference. The conference is an annual event held by Harvard in partnership with a university in the host country, and this year it will take place from March 12 to 16. “This conference is really exciting, because it’s in Central America, which is a place our club hasn’t gone in a while, so this will be a new experience for our members,” said Devrim Tiryaki, president of UNM WAD and a senior studying economics and political science. Tiryaki is one of the 16 members who will travel to Panama.

Morale captains, students who aimed to motivate the crowd, took the stage to lead participants in a choreographed dance at UNM's LoboTHON on March 3, 2018.

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Annual LoboTHON supports young cancer patients

Megan Holmen | March 4

The University of New Mexico hosted the fifth annual Lobothon Saturday. Organized and run by UNM students, this fundraiser aimed to support UNM Children’s Hospital, the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in New Mexico. LoboTHON is a 13.1 hour dance marathon created to support children who have or have had cancer, said Jessica Marrello, LoboTHON committee member. According to Marrello, LoboTHON is UNM's chapter of Dance Marathon, an organization with chapters across the country in over 300 colleges and universities.

A robot sits on a shelf during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Farris Engineering Center on March 1, 2018.

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ABQ ranks well for women in technology

Megan Holmen | March 4

Recently, a study conducted by SmartAsset evaluated cities across that nation to determine which locations were best for women in the technology field — Albuquerque was rated as No. five in the nation. The study also stated that Albuquerque has the fifth lowest gender pay gap in the technology industry. The University of New Mexico’s Computer Science Department and Computer and Electrical Engineering Department are continuously working to support and encourage female student pursuing a career in tech, said Soraya Abad-Mota, a professor of computer science and computer and electrical engineering.

Mihok’s training gloves are set and ready for use.

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Growing ABQ’s fighting community: Former Lobo athlete trades field for ring

Aleks Mihailovic | March 4

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Sept. 26 and written by New Mexico News Port reporter Aleks Mihailovic.

Culture

Movie Review: "Red Sparrow" comes short of impressing

Hector Valverde | March 4

“Red Sparrow” had me totally breathless in its opening scenes. The seamless interflow between a prima ballerina’s beautifully tragic final performance and the thrilling intrigue of a CIA spy exchange had me going well into the first chunk of the film as the situations diffused into what would become the central plot. Unfortunately this initial momentum progressively fizzles out throughout the film’s girthy 120-minute runtime. Sabotaged and permanently crippled by her fellow ballerinas, Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) is coerced by her uncle, a high-ranking member of Russian intelligence, to serve as bait for a politician. Following problematic outcomes, Dominika is sent to a secret Russian facility training spies — known as “sparrows” — for the state.

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Lecturer takes audience on a road trip through history

Megan Holmen | March 4

Jon Hunner, Ph.D. presented “Driven by History: A Road Trip through our Nation's Past” Thursday as part of a spring lecture series, “People and Places” through the University of New Mexico Southwest Research and Special Collections hosted. In his lecture, Hunner, a UNM alum and professor of U.S. history and public history at New Mexico State University, discussed a 2016 road trip across the United States, in which he visited over 100 national parks and drove 20,000 miles. According to Hunner, the national parks are an excellent place to learn about the nation’s history.

Opinion

Letter: Syria ceasefire not so good for victims of Syrian rebels

Daily Lobo Readers | March 4

Editor, The recent signing of a ceasefire at the U.N. for the area in Syria known as East Ghouta is not something that Christians, Jews and decent Muslims should necessarily be celebrating. The reason I say this is because whether it was in Syria or Iraq, these so-called rebels made it a point of ruthlessly persecute religious minorities like Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims.

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UNM opens new medical research facility

Mikhaela Smith | March 4

The University of New Mexico will host a grand opening ceremony Monday to celebrate its newest research facility — the Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism Center for Biomedical Research Excellence, or AIM CoBRE. The event will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Dominici Center and will feature an inaugural speech by Randy Schekman, who is a Nobel laureate, professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. The speech will be followed by a reception and ribbon cutting ceremony, according to Vojo Deretic, Ph.D., a professor and department chair of Molecular Genetic and Microbiologyand director of the Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism Center at the UNM Health Sciences Center.

Opinion

Letter: America's democracy hypocrisy

Daily Lobo Readers | March 4

Editor, In late February, Venezuela's government began accepting presidential candidate registrations and announced a snap legislative election for April. The country's opposition denounces the process as a sham and Maduro as a dictator, both of which may be true. Oddly, a third voice — the U.S. government — also weighed in. Per U.S. state media outlet Voice of America, "The United States, which under President Donald Trump has been deeply critical of Maduro's leadership in crisis-torn and economically suffering Venezuela, on Saturday rejected the call for an early legislative vote."

Culture

"A Chorus Line" comes to Popejoy

Sherri Barth | March 4

Tony Award-winning director, actress, choreographer and author Baayork Lee brings Michael Bennett’s original production of “A Chorus Line” back to life with a 33-city national tour stopping at Popejoy Hall for three nights, beginning Thursday, according to broadwayworld.com. Lee portrayed Connie Wong in the original 1975 Broadway play, and now she is taking the musical across the Pacific to Tokyo, Japan after the national tour. Since her outbreak performance on “A Chorus Line,” Lee has gone on to direct and choreograph 35 international productions of the musical, according to broadwayworld.com.

This collage created by Colton Newman contains movie posters from "Mother!," "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," "The Lego Batman Movie," "Blade Runner 2049" and "Twin Peaks: The Return," from IMDb.

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Top 10 movies of 2017

Hector Valverde | March 4

2017 had plenty of ups accompanying its many downs. Marked mostly by a lacking summer blockbuster season, there were a few surprise hits that kicked off early in the year, along with some later prestige films reliably packing in its conclusion. Perhaps most notable of 2017 was the diminishing returns yielded from franchise film tickets at the box office, indicating at least a moderate degree of audience fatigue toward sequels. In preparation for the Oscars, here are some of my top picks for 2017 in film.

Troy Simons drives past Fresno State's Sam Bittner during Saturday's game at Dreamstyle Arena, aka The Pit. The Lobos won 95-86 in overtime.

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Men's Basketball: Lobos pull away from Bulldogs 95-86 to finish third in Mountain West

Robert Maler | March 4

Slated as a preseason selection to finish ninth in the Mountain West, the University of New Mexico men's basketball team finished the season far from it — knocking off the Fresno State Bulldogs in overtime on Saturday night to overtake third place in the conference standings. New Mexico ensured itself of a winning record this season, finishing the regular season 17-14 overall and going 12-6 in Mountain West play. The Lobos also extended their season-high winning streak to five with the 95-86 win over the Bulldogs, but three will be the important number moving forward. UNM will shift its attention to next week's 2018 Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship in Las Vegas Nevada, where it will compete as a No. 3 seed and hope to win three games in three days to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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Men's Basketball: Lobos and Bulldogs vie for MW 3rd seed on UNM Senior Night

Robert Maler | March 3

Three University of New Mexico men's basketball seniors will try to cap the regular season with a win on Senior Night in what will likely be the last game they ever play at the Pit. Joe Furstinger and Sam Logwood are Lobo veterans, while Antino Jackson, a senior transfer, was added to the roster in the offseason to handle duties at point guard. The three have played their part in turning things around after a rough start to the season and now have their team in the thick of things in the Mountain West. That trio will be recognized following Saturday's matchup against Fresno State, a release said.

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Round table reveals what it’s like to be a transgender woman sex worker

Tasawar Shah | March 3

The LGBTQ Resource Center at the University of New Mexico hosted a roundtable discussion Friday as part of their Sex Work Education Week. Sex workers and people who work to fight human sex trafficking facilitated the discussion surrounding a variety of topics related to the life and work of transgender women sex workers. The talk featured three trans women sex workers and one member from a Native American anti-human sex trafficking group. All of them wished not to disclose their identity and will be referred to as Speaker 1, Speaker 2, Speaker 3 and Speaker 4 throughout this article per request.