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Art show stretches what can be done with books

Nichole Harwood | March 26

Zimmerman Library Frank Waters Room 105 will play host to the event “Crazy Paper: A Book Arts Open House Back to Events,” displaying the work of artists who take the traditional format of a book and try to do new things with its material, all while expanding ideas about how books communicate information and ideas. The event is set for Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to the public. Michael Taylor, a public services librarian, said the event showcases different ways artists expand on the potential of traditional formats, including the use of alternative materials, moving parts or arranging text in unusual ways.

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News

NM employment rate sags to bottom

Hannah Eisenberg | March 26

While the average national unemployment rate has reduced by a miniscule level percent since February of 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, New Mexico’s unemployment rate has remained stagnant, floating around seven percent throughout most of last year. As of this February, New Mexico now has the highest unemployment rating (6.8 percent) out of all U.S. states. It’s a title that has been passed back and forth between New Mexico and Alaska since early 2016. According to Jeff Mitchell, director of the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research, as estimates are revised it has been revealed that New Mexico has in fact been in this position for longer than reports say.

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Sports

Women's Tennis: Lobos earn back-to-back wins for first time of season

Robert Maler | March 26

New Mexico women’s tennis took advantage of home court to earn back-to-back wins for the first time this season. The team failed to garner the point awarded for winning doubles play, though all three matches were tightly contested. Falling behind 1-0 in the team score didn’t seem to faze the Lobos though, as all six women raced out to win their first set in singles play. Head coach Stephanie Wooten-Quijada said she saw the effort she wanted and gaining control of the matches early on was key.

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News

Baseball: Lobos continue winning ways with 4-2 victory over UNLV

Matthew Narvaiz | March 26

Unlike Friday evening’s win where the University of New Mexico baseball team beat UNLV  29-8 and racked up 24 hits total, Saturday's matchup with the Rebels took a much different turn. Instead, offense wasn't the key factor in the win. Both strong pitching and well-timed offense is what got the Lobos their second win over UNLV (10-15, 5-6 MW) in the series in Las Vegas, Nevada as UNM (14-9, 8-0 MW) escaped with a 4-2 victory. Johnathon Tripp – who got the start on the mound for the Lobos – had a strong performance on the mound despite allowing nine hits and two runs in seven innings of pitching. However, Tripp struck out seven UNLV batters, too.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos crush UNLV 29-8 in road win

Matthew Narvaiz | March 25

The University of New Mexico got back to its hitting ways again on Friday evening at Wilson Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. UNM (13-9, 7-0 MW) racked up 24 hits on its way to a 29-8 victory over a veteran UNLV (10-14, 5-5 MW) squad – the most the Lobos have ever scored on the conference foe. And though that's the most runs the Lobos have ever produced against UNLV, it was also a night for the record books, as it was the third most points UNM has ever scored and a season-high thus far. The school record for most runs in a single game is 31.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos resume conference play with three-game series against UNLV

Matthew Narvaiz | March 24

After a 22-3 blowout win at Santa Ana Star Field on Wednesday, UNM baseball will look to get back on track in Las Vegas, Nevada, taking on conference foe UNLV. But, even facing a team whose win-loss record is below .500 23 games into the season, Lobo head coach Ray Birmingham said he realizes that a veteran team like UNLV is capable of anything. “UNLV is an older club,” so they're playing pretty well,” Birmingham said. “UNLV beat Fullerton. They've got a good team—they can hit and they can pitch.”

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News

Guest lecturer discusses civil rights loss in border region

Elizabeth Sanchez | March 23

On Wednesday dozens piled into the Waters Room at Zimmerman to hear Yale University professor Alicia Schmidt-Camacho speak about the effects of militaristic surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border. Her talk — “U.S. Border Surveillance, State Optics and the Production of Migrant Illegality” — was the last of the month-long Borderlands Event Series spearheaded by UNM English assistnt professor Bernadine Hernández. The series was a nod to Women’s History Month and a branch off Hernández’ Borderlands Cultural class, which she described as “on the ground,” “grassroots” and “multidisciplinary.”

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News

ASUNM Election: The presidential candidates at a glance

David Lynch | March 23

Election season for the Associated Students of UNM is in full swing, with early voting for the next ASUNM president and vice president taking place on Thursday. Election Day is March 29, while senatorial elections will be held in a few weeks. The Daily Lobo reached out to the four presidential candidates on the ballot to find out what their priorities would be, if elected, as well as their previous ASUNM experience and their thoughts on UNM's current weaknesses and areas of improvement.

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News

Crime Briefs for March 23

Elizabeth Sanchez | March 22

Domestic Violence Battery on a Household Member at UNMH On March 5, two UNMPD officers were dispatched to the New Birth room at UNMH, in reference to a potential domestic violence battery, according to a report. During the call, UNMH security stated a male struck his wife, a female patient, in the face during a dispute.

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Culture

UNM Hobbit Society digs deep into Middle Earth

Ariel Lutnesky | March 22

We may only be able to go to J. R. R. Tolkien’s Shire in our imagination with the help of his books and Peter Jackson’s movies, but at the UNM Honors College Forum, club members meet to do the second best thing: dive as deep as possible into Tolkien’s world. The club is called UNM Hobbit Society and is run by Tessa Snyder, the club’s president, and Sarah Collins, the vice president. “We try to bring in all different kinds of literature and popular culture and talk about how maybe it was influenced by Tolkien and his work,” Collins said. “He was considered by a lot of people to be the first of his kind, and everything kind of stems from that. So not only do we talk about the movies and the books and his life and everything, but we also to bring in a lot of different topics.”

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News

State Legislature briefs: The bills that affect UNM

Celia Raney and Celia_Raney | March 22

Here's a quick rundown of bills that passed during the 60 day Legislative session that affect UNM. The descriptions are taken from the bill summaries as stated in the fiscal impact reports.

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News

National Briefs for March 23, 2017

Celia Raney and Celia_Raney | March 22

Terrorist attack at Parliament “A knife-wielding man went on a deadly rampage at the heart of Britain's seat of power Wednesday, plowing a car into pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge before stabbing an armed police officer to death inside the gates of Parliament,” according to an Associated Press report. Four people were killed in the incident, including the assailant, while 20 others were injured in what Prime Minister Theresa May condemned as a "sick and depraved terrorist attack," according to the report. The attack caused lawmakers, lords and staff to be locked inside buildings as the wounded were treated and police secured the area.

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Culture

Dueling pianists to throw down at Popejoy

Ariel Lutnkesky | March 22

On Friday, virtuoso pianists Paul Cibis and Andreas Kern will tickle the ivories in a “Piano Battle” at Popejoy Hall. According to Cibis, the Piano Battle is a duel between the two pianists that lasts six rounds. At the end, the audience gets to decide who won. Instead of exchanging blows, the pianists strive to outdo each other with their musical skills. Cibis said that Piano Battle all started when the two were called to play together in a place many miles from where they will be on Friday. “We both were invited to a Hong Kong city festival, and then they thought because we are both German and from Berlin, maybe we could play a concert together,” Cibis said.

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News

Students help refugee families settle into life in America

Celia Raney and Celia_Raney | March 22

After traveling across the globe in search of a home safer than the one they left behind, refugee and immigrant families coming to Albuquerque are being welcomed with open arms. Brought to the University in 2006 by associate professor Jessica Goodkind, the Refugee Well-being Project pairs UNM students with a family that has emigrated to or sought asylum in Albuquerque within the past three years. Refugee and immigrant families are recruited for the program through friends, current and past participants, employees of the RWP and partner organizations.

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News

Young American Leaders Initiative host talk on political polarization and engagement

Cathy Cook | March 22

The Young American Leaders Initiative hosted a talk on political polarization Wednesday afternoon. With only seven students, the turnout was small, but YALI founder and president Sonny Haquani said the group filmed the event so that it would be available to a broader audience. Along with Haquani, the event was led by UNM political science professor Michael Rocca, who said the event was not designed to show students how to change polarization, but to encourage students to improve the level of political discourse.

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Culture

SWFC Preview: Cult horror hit "Green Room" comes to the SUB

Fin Martinez | March 22

On March 24-26 the Southwest Film Center will be screening the cult horror film “Green Room” at the UNM SUB. The film is the third feature film directed by Jeremy Saulnier who has directed the 2013 thriller “Blue Ruin” and the 2007 horror-comedy “Murder Party”. “Green Room” is the story of a punk band consisting of members Pat, Sam, Reese and Tiger, as they tour the Pacific Northwest. After a cancellation of one of their gigs, they are booked at a rural Oregon bar which panders to skinheads.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos score 22 runs in victory over GCU

Matthew Narvaiz | March 22

Unlike their last game, the Lobos’ bats were more than present on Wednesday afternoon. In a game that saw UNM hit the ball on 25 separate occasions, the Lobos took away their first victory in over a week at Santa Ana Star Field over Grand Canyon, 22-3. Lobo head coach Ray Birmingham said that his hitters were being passive in the previous game on Tuesday. But on Wednesday that wasn’t the case. Every Lobo that took an at-bat was able to muster one hit or more, except for Justin Watari, who subbed in at second base in the latter innings.

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Opinion

Letter: Student Fee Review Board should provide funding for student journalists

Daily Lobo Readers | March 22

Editor, Recently, a working group within the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) has been reviewing portions of our Bylaws which relate to our annual budget. As a member of that working group, as well as the current vice chair of GPSA's Finance Committee, I am writing to suggest the Student Fee Review Board (SFRB) consider providing funding to the UNM Student Publications Board. According to the GPSA's Bylaws, we must take some of the money we collect from graduate students (the "GPSA Student Fee") and allocate between 1 and 1.5 percent of it to the Board, amounting to roughly $3,000 per year.

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News

ASUNM prez, VP candidates discuss issues at forum

Gabriella Rivera | March 22

On Tuesday, the candidates for ASUNM president and vice president answered questions and debated issues at the Endorsement Forum. The fate of the lottery scholarship and other avenues of funding for UNM was a major talking point, with all candidates pledging their support of the Lottery Scholarship and their commitment to keeping college affordable. “The Lottery Scholarship would be a priority if elected president for me,” said presidential candidate Gabriel Gallegos.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobo losing skid continues at home as streak reaches six games

Matthew Narvaiz | March 22

Lobo baseball and hitting have not been synonymous with each other recently, and the trend continued at home on Tuesday evening. The Lobos (11-9, 6-0 MW) combined for just four hits in a 6-1 loss to Grand Canyon at Santa Ana Star Field, marking six straight losses and its first loss at home this season.