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Review: "Crack-Up" by Fleet Foxes

Kyle Land | July 5

For six years, I have eagerly anticipated the release of a new 'Foxes record. As the years waned on, I worried that that record would never come, and I would be stuck with just one perfect album. Prior to listening to Crack-Up, a nervous apprehension washed over me. With two amazing albums already under their belt, the band faced enormous pressure going into this latest release. Would this album live up to six years worth of expectations or fall flat on its face? Fleet Foxes have managed to exceed all expectations while doing so in completely unexpected ways. Helplessness Blues, as cohesive as it was, contained songs so strong, each could stand on their own apart from the others. Crack-Up, on the other hand, has a much more synthesized structure, essentially making the album seem like one big song. The tone and inspirations of the album are also much more dark and damaged.

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Music

Guide to The Mountain Goats - Part 1

Eric Ng | July 5

The Mountain Goats, the primary musical project of singer-songwriter John Darnielle, have been plenty of things throughout the years. Working with a cast of collaborators, the most consistent for a time being a Panasonic boombox, they started out in the early 90s as an acoustic lo-fi project, releasing albums and cassettes on various small labels.  The songs were as terse as they were tense, compressing moments into little sonic shells, carrying the threat of exploding at any second. At the turn of the century their sound collapsed and expanded, and when the Mountain Goats signed to 4AD they added more elements to solidify themselves as a cohesive project, working through variations on themes new and old. It’s always been Darnielle, and, as any fan will tell you, it’s always been much more.

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Sports

Women’s Soccer: Lobos set academic program record, 2017 schedule announced

Matthieu Cartron | July 4

If any team has demonstrated the ability to balance both academics and athletics, it has been UNM women’s soccer. The latest semester marked the fourteenth consecutive semester in which Lobo women’s soccer maintained a collective 3.4 GPA or higher. Additionally, the team set a program record in the 2017 spring semester by achieving a 3.77 GPA. While several student-athletes outperformed that benchmark, all 27 scored higher than the 3.5 plateau.

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Sports

Women's Tennis: Copas nets early wins at 2017 Fed Cup

Robert Maler | July 3

New Mexico Lobo women’s tennis player Ruth Copas had a solid showing playing for her home country of Ireland in the 2017 FedCup in June at the National Tennis School & Tennis Bluc Acvila in Chișinău, Moldova. Copas said she found out she was selected to the team the day after she returned home for the summer. She said it was so nice to be with her family when she got the news. “I’m so excited...I can’t wait to wear the green jersey!” she said prior to traveling for the competition.

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Music

Guide to The Mountain Goats - Part 2

Eric Ng | July 1

The two TMG albums released in the middle of the decade, The Sunset Tree and Get Lonely, are as notable, but in a different way.  There might be a greater stylistic difference between each of the three previous records—first recording in a studio, then embracing a full band—but the transition between WSABH and The Sunset Tree is perhaps just as jarring. Both center around autobiography, but the first is a character sketchbook cloaked in the language of verisimilitude. The two albums that follow are clear as day, and dark as what comes after clarity. Talking to Marc Maron on the WTF podcast, Darnielle observed that “in many ways [The Sunset Tree is] the first Mountain Goats album ... it’s like, all this stuff before that, sort of feels like a study for when I was able to tap something.” 

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Music

Review: "Is This The Life We Really Want?" by Roger Waters

Kyle Land | June 29

As the enigmatic former lead singer and bassist of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters’ solo career has been defined by a struggle to distance himself from his legendary band, with varying degrees of success.  On his latest release, Is This The Life We Really Want?, Waters manages to create a prog-rock labyrinth for the modern day, complete with the conscience protest anthems that made Pink Floyd famous. 

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Sports

Track and Field: Lobos make most of opportunities at nationals, seem primed for continued success

Robert Maler | June 26

The New Mexico track and field team turned in impressive performances at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, and the future seems to look bright with some of the competitors set to return. Sophomore Josh Kerr, junior Alice Wright and senior Sam Trigg each earned All-American accolades by finishing in the top eight of their respective events. Graham Thomas was unable to advance to the finals in the men’s steeplechase, finishing 20th in the preliminary round with a time of 9:01.75. Head coach Joe Franklin lauded the way the student-athletes competed at Hayward Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, and said it was a “special day” in a recent release. One of the highlights included a national championship run by sophomore Josh Kerr.

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Culture

Food: Olo hopes to display local pride

Ariel Lutnesky | June 25

Summer’s just begun, and family-owned Olo Yogurt Studio on Nob Hill is keeping it cool with their frozen yogurt creations. Shop owner Paula Pope said she was inspired to make a froyo business while in California. “While getting my master’s degree in public health from (California) State, Long Beach, the self-serve froyo concept was booming,” she said. “I loved that it was a healthy treat, and the ability to create your own treat allowed for portion control. Plus it was super affordable, especially for a cash-strapped college student.” When it was time for the UNM alumn to think of a place to put her yogurt business, Pope said she thought about Albuquerque.

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News

UNM cuts minority org's budget

Brendon Gray | June 25

Many UNM grad students have come to rely on the Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color. Now, after a significant budget cut, the student-led group supporting graduate students of color is fighting to keep its influence. After a recommendation from the Student Fee and Review Board last semester, PNMGC funding was cut from $50,160 to $9,907 — a nearly 80 percent decrease. From event programming to assistant salaries, funding pays for everything the group does. The cuts came after an SFRB recommendation that PNMGC “functions more as a student organization and should be classified as such.” The SFRB is a student committee made up of undergraduate and graduate students who determine how student fee revenue should be spent.

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Opinion

Letter: The Castile Doctrine—Cops without consequences

Daily Lobo Readers | June 25

Editor, On June 16, a jury acquitted St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez of all charges in the 2016 killing of motorist Philando Castile. That acquittal was, in a sense, also a death sentence — not for Yanez, but for future motorists unfortunate enough to encounter cops like him. No, this is not a "bad cop" story. It's a sad tale, and I actually feel sorry for Yanez. But the facts are what they are. Yanez killed Castile. The killing was caught on video, and neither Yanez nor his attorneys denied it.

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Local

Artist Profile: Stranger Factory gives alternative art a platform

Nichole Harwood | June 25

Stranger Factory is a gallery devoted to bringing a new style of art to Nob Hill with exhibits featuring artists from around the world, including work from local artist Karl Deuble, a native New Mexican and UNM alum. Deuble’s art specializes in cartoons and character based artwork while also falling under pop surrealism and lowbrow. He started following the work of artists at Stranger Factory in college after being inspired by the gallery owner's creations for years. After graduation, he worked as a screen printer for six years and attended Stranger Factory show openings. That was when Stranger Factory contacted him for his screen printing, saw his art and invited him to participate in a Halloween show, he said.

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Opinion

Letter: ABQ residents can help preserve Bosque

Daily Lobo Readers | June 25

Editor, The past few years, city leaders and civic activists within the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area have made an increased effort to help preserve the Rio Grande Bosque. The "Bosque" as it is colloquially referred, is recognized as an "exotic" ecosystem; it constitutes a stretch of wetland unexpectedly situated in the middle of the vast, dry plains of the Albuquerque Basin's desert region. Recent measures being taken in aid of this area include: improvement of walking trails in Rio Rancho and Albuquerque, as well as the possible establishment of new trails in open space areas to encourage walking and hiking.

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News

ABQ celebrates World Refugee Day

Gabriella Rivera | June 25

In celebration of World Refugee Day, an international event voicing support for displaced persons in every community globally, one Albuquerque group hosted a crafts fair where refugee women sold handmade goods. Women’s Global Pathways is a branch of the Immigrant Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque, whose mission is “empowering the most marginalized populations of New Mexico including refugee, other immigrant local low income women, girls and their families.” Their work aims to help this population with some of the common issues they face, including acquiring transportation, breaking language barriers and securing jobs.

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Music

Q&A: Naked Giants

Audrin Baghaie | June 25

Naked Giants are perhaps the most professionally unprofessional band on this side of the Mason-Dixon line. They dress like thieves reclaiming a burned down Burlington’s and play their instruments like habit-formed aesthetes. They “feel” instead of “think.” I’ve concluded that’s their dirty secret. A Naked Giants song is a portrayal of instinct: there’s no room to think, overthink, or, like, stress-out, man. They provide the groove and direction to take the audience on a trip, a safari tour of just how many noises three instruments are able to make.

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Sports

Baseball: Four Lobos selected in Major League Baseball draft

Robert Maler | June 19

The New Mexico baseball team did not earn a trip to the College World Series this season, but four Lobo players fulfilled what was surely a lifelong dream after being selected in the Major League Baseball draft last week. Head coach Ray Birmingham said he has had approximately 150 players become professionals throughout his coaching career, and he is extremely happy for each of them. Birmingham said he considers himself to be an old-school coach and wants to make sure his players are good students and good people, listing those qualities first before discussing the importance of what is done on the baseball field.

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Culture

Column: College Anxiety: Understanding its triggers

Nichole Harwood | June 18

Anxiety can be unpredictable and creeps into the mind beginning as a feeling of worry being presented in situations that an individual feels they have no control of. As the unease in these situations increases, anxiety can begin affecting everyday life preventing a person's ability to complete tasks they once found simple. For many college students, anxiety is simply another part of the college experience you purchase – along with your textbooks.

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News

UNM athletics under financial scrutiny

Gabriella Rivera | June 18

Two weeks after the retirement of Athletic Director Paul Krebs and the naming of Janice Ruggiero as interim director, investigations by state officials into athletic department spending continue. In a letter to President Abdallah, Attorney General Hector Balderas explained he was opening an investigation into “the University of New Mexico Vice President of Athletics, Paul Krebs, and the June 19, 2015, through June 25, 2015, golf trip to Scotland.” State Auditor Tim Keller also opened a special audit into the Spending record of UNM Athletics, which includes the same golf trip. The investigations come after the athletic department reported a $1.6 million deficit over the last fiscal year.

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Opinion

Letter: Devastating Uniform Bar Exam on UNM Law School

Daily Lobo Readers | June 18

Editor, Students Contemplating UNM Law School Should Be Leery of the UBE. In February 2015, the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners (BBE), without apparent authorization at the time, instituted the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE), nationalized, standardized bar exam questions pushed by a Wisconsin corporation, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). Reflecting a national trend, post-UBE test results have been devastating on test-takers in New Mexico. Pass rates plummeting 30 percent for UNM law school graduates post-UBE prompted the UNM Law School Deans to state, "The low passage rate is related to the adoption of the UBE..."

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Opinion

Opinion: Alzheimer's Disease — A public health crisis

Daily Lobo Readers | June 18

Editor, As a New Mexican, I am concerned by the rapidly growing public health crisis of Alzheimer’s disease. There are 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's — by 2050, it could reach 16 million. They are cared for by 15 million unpaid family caregivers. In New Mexico 38,000 citizens live with Alzheimer's (expected to reach 53,000 by 2025) and they are cared for by 106,000 unpaid caregivers. I am a volunteer advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association, N.M. Chapter, because I believe that this disease affects us all.

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News

Pollinating our future

Celia Raney and Celia_Raney | June 18

Kicking off National Pollinator week and the beginning of the summer solstice, the Open Space Visitor Center hosted the Burque Bee City and Pollination Celebration Sunday. Cities across the globe are celebrating National Pollinator week by teaching the public about the benefits of pollinators – and why we can not live without them. “Every insect, intrinsically every living creature has a job to do here and if we continue to disturb the balance of nature, we’re going to pay, and we are paying,” said Lu Lu Sage, local bee lover.