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Opinion

Letter: US should commit to complete nuclear disarmament

Daily Lobo Readers | November 26

Editor, On Nov. 15, U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and US Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced one of the shortest bills in the histories of their two parliamentary bodies. Shorn of the obligatory "be it enacted, blah, blah, blah" boilerplate, the bill's content comes to 14 words: "It is the policy of the United States to not use nuclear weapons first." It's a short bill and it's a good bill, but it could be made both shorter and better by eliminating the word "first." What America needs is a "no use of nukes, period" policy, followed quickly by an "elimination of the nuclear arsenal" policy.

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Opinion

Guest Column: New partnership commits to improving Lobo Gardens

Hanes Motsinger | November 26

Editor's Note: This piece submitted by a student in the UNM Geography & Environmental Studies Department is part of our project to help connect the Daily Lobo audience to more members of our community. A new partnership at the University of New Mexico’s Lobo Gardens is enhancing opportunities for the UNM and Albuquerque community to learn how the health of our urban communities and natural worlds are connected. The new collaboration among the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AmeriCorps VISTA, UNM’s STEAMLabs, the Community Engaged Learning and Research Office and the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies increases the resources and enhances the focus of Lobo Gardens, which was first established in 2010.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos remain undefeated, winning three games at UNM Thanksgiving Tournament

Matthew Narvaiz | November 26

Three games. Three days. Three wins. The University of New Mexico women's basketball team made 18 shots from beyond the arc and willed its way to a 97-68 victory over Illinois on Sunday at Dreamstyle Arena—giving the Lobos the Thanksgiving tournament sweep, while also improving to an unblemished 7-0 record so far this season.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos unable to climb out of early hole, lose 80-65 to Maryland

Robert Maler | November 26

A pair of big early runs by Maryland proved to be too much for University of New Mexico men's basketball team to overcome Saturday afternoon, as the Lobos lose again at the Emerald Coast Classic. Maryland (6-1) jumped all over New Mexico on Saturday in the tournament's consolation game. The Terrapins scored the first eight points of the game and then responded with a 19-0 run after UNM was finally able to put its first points on the scoreboard. The shaky start for the Lobos put them in a 27-3 hole to start the game—a deficit that seemed insurmountable as the Terrapins cruised to an 80-65 victory.

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Sports

Football: Lobos end season with seventh-straight loss, suffering 35-10 defeat to San Diego State

Robert Maler | November 26

New Mexico football didn’t quite live up to expectations as last season’s No. 1 rushing team and as Mountain Division champion, seemed to take a major step back, suffering its seventh consecutive loss to end the season. For the fifth time in the last seven games, New Mexico (3-9, 1-7 MW) failed to score an offensive touchdown in the first half and found itself in the familiar position of playing from behind. The Lobos were never able to mount a serious comeback and succumbed to San Diego State by a score of 35-10. The offense showed glimpses during the season of what it was capable of — but Friday wasn’t one of them. UNM was held to a season-low 82 rushing yards — the lowest output during Bob Davie’s Lobo coaching tenure.

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Sports

Women’s Basketball: UNM defeats UC Irvine, will face Illinois tomorrow

Matthew Narvaiz | November 25

After a sloppy first half, the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team cruised to an 83-61 victory over UC Irvine in the team’s second game of the Thanksgiving tournament at Dreamstyle Arena. In the first half, the Lobos (6-0) commuted 12 turnovers, with seven of those coming from senior guard Cherise Beynon. The team’s season average, though, was only 9.8 per game, so to see them commit that much in the frame alone wasn’t a pretty sight. Head coach Mike Bradbury took the blame for Beynon’s 11 total turnovers in the game, saying that a lot of them were his fault since he put his senior guard in bad positions.

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News

Harry Potter Day brings magic to the SUB

Tom Hanlon | November 25

The wizarding world of Harry Potter came to life Tuesday when the Student Union Building buzzed with the sights and sounds of the fourth annual Harry Potter Day. The celebration, hosted by the University of New Mexico Student Activities Center and Associated Students of UNM, included: a trivia contest, photo booth complete with props, button making station where students could choose Harry Potter quotes and images to press into a button, facepainting, cookies and free “butterbeer.” Ryan Lindquist, interim director of UNM Student Activities, said Harry Potter Day is a way for students to relax before the two weeks leading up to final exams.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos defeat Wichita State at UNM Thanksgiving Tournament

Matthew Narvaiz | November 25

The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team picked up right where they left off before the Thanksgiving holiday — with a win. The team moved to a perfect 5-0 record on the season after defeating a capable Wichita State team, 76-62, on Friday evening at Dreamstyle Arena. The start is the best for UNM since the 2012-13 season, when the Lobos also began 5-0. But still have a way to go to match the record for most wins to open a season, which was set during the 1996-97 campaign, when the team started out 9-0 on the season.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos fail to get over hump against TCU, miss potential game-winner at the buzzer

Robert Maler | November 25

New Mexico got off to a good start, but faced a late-game deficit for the second time in as many games — and wound up with the same result as the Lobos failed to close the gap late. Despite a good defensive effort by the Lobos and missed opportunities for the Horned Frogs down the stretch, TCU did just enough to hang on for a 69-67 win to advance to the championship round of the Emerald Coast Classic. "We're going to play teams very similar to TCU this year, they're going to be bigger than us, stronger than us, they're going to be more experienced than us," UNM head coach Paul Weir said in a release. "They have a lot of things we don't, so we're trying to accentuate the things we have, which to me would be speed, shooting, depth and conditioning and trying to bring those into the game as much as we can."

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos off to compete in Emerald Coast Classic, faces TCU on Friday

Matthew Narvaiz | November 24

After losing two straight, the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team will try to pick itself up and get a win against the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs in Niceville, Florida. New Mexico (2-2, 0-0 MW) began the season by scoring over 100 points in each of its first two games—both wins. But followed it up with losses on the road to New Mexico State last Friday and a 104-96 defeat at home to Tennessee Tech on Tuesday.

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Sports

Women’s Basketball: Lobos to host a Thanksgiving tournament over the weekend

Matthew Narvaiz | November 24

The Lobos will head into their Thanksgiving tournament undefeated, as they’ll host Wichita State, Illinois and UC Irvine throughout the weekend, while hoping to keep their impressive streak alive. For UNM (4-0), they are coming off of two great weeks, which saw them win all four of their games, with only one of those wins coming against a lesser school in Northern New Mexico. The Lobos’ other three wins, however, have been hard-fought, well-earned battles, beating the likes of a high-ranked Marquette team, a gritty Western Michigan team and the always tough in-state rival New Mexico State.

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News

Award honors UNM students and staff for community service

Austin Tyra | November 23

Three individuals from the University of New Mexico were recognized Nov. 20 for their continued commitment to community service through the Sarah Bell Brown Award. The recipients included two UNM staff members — Kim Kloeppel and Jennifer Moore — and UNM student Jesse Yelvington. Yelvington, who is part of the UNM Honors College, geared her community service toward advocating for and the education of the LGBTQ community.

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News

Students condemn Sen. Michael Padilla after sexual harassment allegations

Kyle Land | November 22

Democratic student organizations from across the state came together to demand state Sen. Michael Padilla, an Albuquerque Democrat, to withdraw from the 2018 election for lieutenant governor due to recent allegations of sexual harassment. University of New Mexico College Democrats, Young Democrats of New Mexico and Bernalillo County Young Democrats released a written statement Tuesday night condemning the senator. They requested that, along with withdrawing from the lieutenant governor race, Padilla resign from his senate seat, which he has held since 2013. “We reject any candidate who has prior instances of sexual harassment, assault or violence,” said the organizations in a combined statement released to the media.

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News

Candlelight vigil recognizes Transgender Day of Remembrance

Rebecca Brusseau | November 22

Violence against the transgender community is on the rise — to honor those who have lost their lives, Nov. 20 is national Transgender Day of Remembrance. There have been over 300 reported cases of murdered transgender individuals since Oct. 2016, according to Trans Respect Versus Transphobia Worldwide. This number does not account for unreported murders, which could skew the statistics. The LGBTQ Resource Center gathered at the University of New Mexico’s Duck Pond on the evening of Nov. 20 to commemorate transgender people whose lives were lost as a result of hate crimes.

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News

Friendsgiving provides support for LGBTQ students

Rebecca Brusseau | November 22

It can be difficult to go home for the holidays. It can be even more difficult for members of the LGBTQ community, according to Arielle Scherrer of the LGBTQ Resource Center. The LGBTQ Resource Center opened its doors to students and members of the community Wednesday to celebrate Friendsgiving. “The purpose of this event is to create a safe place for LGBTQ students who cannot go home for the holidays and have to go back into the closet and hide who they are,” Scherrer said. “This is a meal and an event where people can just be themselves and enjoy the company of others.”

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News

Webinar highlights hate speech vs. free speech

Elias Manriquez | November 22

Editor’s Note: This is part of a project to better connect the Daily Lobo with the University of New Mexico Communication and Journalism Department. The University of New Mexico’s Division for Equity & Inclusion and the Office of Equal Opportunity held a webinar Nov. 15 at the LGBTQ Resource Center to highlight the impact of hate speech and establish methods to prevent it on college campuses. This webinar was presented nationally and online by Senior Campus Counsel Sheila O’Rourke of the University of California, Davis and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity Raquel E. Aldana of the University of California, Davis.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos fade down the stretch, fall to Tennessee Tech

Robert Maler | November 22

Lobo men's basketball suffered another setback losing at home Tuesday night and may have left fans with more questions than answers about the identity of the team. New Mexico (2-2, 0-0 MW) dropped its second contest in a row to fall to .500 on the season, while the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles used the 104-96 victory over the Lobos to improve its record to 4-1. UNM appeared to be eager to drop the hammer on its opponent early and prove that Friday night's 75-56 loss in Las Cruses against the Aggies was an aberration. The Lobos jumped out to an early 8-0 lead by the time the first media break came around and the team looked to be on track to do just that.

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Sports

Men’s Basketball: Lobos to host Tennessee Tech in second round of Emerald Coast Classic

Matthew Narvaiz | November 21

After a 19 point loss to New Mexico State on Friday in Las Cruces, the Lobos (2-1) will try to rebound with a win at home against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. As for TTU (3-1), they only have one loss on the season to Texas Christian University—a team that had received votes in national polls. More recently, though, the Golden Eagles are coming off a victory against Kennesaw State. In UNM’s loss to the Aggies last week, they were dominated on the board, being outrebounded by their rival 50-25 while 25 of those were NMSU offensive rebounds, ultimately leading to 23 second chance points. “Spent a lot of time on rebounding obviously since the New Mexico State game,” head coach Paul Weir said at a press conference on Monday. “Very troubling execution at that end of the floor as much as we want to tip our hat to them and they did a great job there, there’s a lot that we needed to clean up and that was pretty much yesterday’s practice and will be today’s practice as well.”

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Nunn named Mountain West Player of the Week

Matthew Narvaiz | November 21

In a week that saw junior post Jaisa Nunn break a Lobo record for points scored in a game, the Mountain West has named her the conference's Player of the Week, marking the second straight UNM player to do so this season. Senior guard Cherise Beynon picked up the accolade in the team’s first week, after nearly putting up triple-double in UNM’s season opener against Western Michigan. Nunn, who is in her third year playing for UNM and in her second under head coach Mike Bradbury, followed it up with a brilliant performance against Marquette, which was ranked No. 16 at the time.

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Music

Q&A with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala

Audrin Baghaie | November 20

Deltron 3030 is a reaction of ingredients, the result that occurs when the environment is just suited for righteousness. A passionate multi-genre producer, a DJ that doesn’t sleep without a vinyl player, and a rapper may or may not have a use for inhaling. The boys teamed up and made something out of the ordinary, a space odyssey: easily one of the most definitive records in the past two decades.  You can still feel the waves of their debut release from seventeen years ago, as it was the first science-fiction hip-hop effort ever, essentially one of the first concept albums in the genre at all.