The UNM English Department is celebrating the seventh annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest. This year’s talk will be given by celebrated Chicano author Rigoberto Gonzalez on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 6:30 PM in George Pearl Hall 101. Gonzalez will be discussing masculinity in Chicano literature.
Students are apparently responsible for parking citations made by roommates and family members they share their home with — a lesson learned the hard way by UNM student Mark Davis, who was threatened with disenrollment for outstanding tickets. Davis and his family had fallen victim to a UNM Parking policy that states students must take the hit and be held responsible for multiple tickets that they themselves did not receive.
My sister is a UNM student who lives on campus in the newest dorms. Her car was stolen last night from one of the dorm lots (on Sept. 19), which is also one of the more expensive lots. This is a problem on campus and happens 1 to 3 times a week,the officer said.
In response to calls for UNM to remove offensive elements from the University’s official seal — which some say is offensive to the history of indigenous peoples — UNM art students are drafting potential new designs, which hasn’t been changed in 50 years. The current seal has been under review for months, after several Native American student groups alleged that it was racist.
Just a few short days ago the City Council set the city of Albuquerque up for the future by making a realistic goal of switching over to solar energy. Right now Albuquerque is getting a measly three percent of all of our energy coming from solar energy and the change put forth will put us at 25 percent by the year 2025.
"Ponyo" is Hayao Miyazaki’s eighth animated feature film. Originally released in 2008, the movie details the adventures of the titular character Ponyo, a water deity, and her serendipitous encounter with a Japanese boy and his mother. This movie is, unsurprisingly, absolutely adorable. "Ponyo" is definitely Studio Ghibli’s most playful film since 1993’s My Neighbor Totoro, though perhaps just due to its demographic. "Ponyo" is unapologetically a kid’s film, not that it has anything to apologize for. There’s not much under the surface here besides a sweet adventure flick and a few metaphors.
What were the founding fathers actually thinking when they made the Constitution? That question, among others, is what UNM history professor emeritus Melvin Yazawa seeks to answer in his latest book, “Contested Conventions: The Struggle to Establish the Constitution and Save the Union, 1787-1789.” The Daily Lobo spoke with Yazawa to find out more about what inspired “Contested Conventions.”
According to a UNM press release, the UNM Departments of American Studies, English, History and Linguistics — along with 28 other colleges and universities — have been chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities to rethink and transform the education of the “next generation” of humanities doctoral candidates.
According to a UNM press release, the Global Education Office, in partnership with the College of Education and the German-American Institute, recently sponsored a visit from 12 German educators to UNM. “My ultimate goal was to tap into as many sources that I can to promote global understanding,” German native and GEO Program Specialist Susi Knoblauch is quoted as saying in the press release. “I want people across the globe to know New Mexico and the special university we are here at UNM. Hopefully this program recruits people to come study with us.”
Earlier this year the mobile game “Pokemon Go” was released, after monumental amounts of hype that had Pokemon fans new and old waiting anxiously for its release. Upon its release, the game generated between $3.9 million and $4.9 million in its first day, according to a Digital Market Ramblings, an online aggregator that tracks video game statistics.
Millions of men, including many who love their wives and girlfriends, are terrified of having family and friends find out that they want sex with men. Some try to smother their desire with religion. Some yell “faggot” at gays. Some curse and bully gays. Some kill themselves with booze or a bullet. Some, like Omar Mateen in Florida, murder LGBT persons.
According to a University press release, new research conducted by UNM and the Mind Research Network, supported by a five-year $3.6 million National Institute of Health grant, will study the effects of alcohol on the brain over time. The study is led by Psychology Department associate professor Katie Witkiewitz and MRN assistant professor of translational neuroscience Eric Claus.
According to a University press release, TEM-XRD is a UNM facility that works primarily in nanoscience, a field that studies extremely small structures and materials usually less than 100 nanometers in size, down to the atomic scale. To be able to see things on this scale, researchers need extremely sensitive equipment, according to the release, which can be found at UNM’s Department of Earth and Planetary Science.
A UNM graduate has accused Brick Light District security guards of racial profiling and battery. An APD report confirms that Xavier Vera was in a “physical altercation” with a security guard on July 6 in the Brick Light District on his way to Satellite Coffee, on the corner of Central and Harvard Avenues.
The New Mexico women’s tennis team got off to a decent start and performed well, although one of its players had to retire from a match. UNM split in its first action this season at the Midland Racquet Club Invitational.
When New Mexicans think “green,” it’s usually chile that comes to mind. For a local rapper born and raised in the Land of Enchantment, a different shade of green was featured in his music video, and it’s causing a stir.
New Mexico had a long day on Saturday, splitting its final doubleheader of the year while taking both non-conference matches the full five sets. UNM (9-4) couldn’t quite close things out in a 3-2 loss to Samford for the morning contest. After dropping the first set 25-21, the Lobos rebounded to take sets two and three with 25-17 and 25-22 scores, respectively.
An external report was recently made public evaluating the effectiveness of the UNM IT department — and UNM has work to do. There was a general agreement across the board, according to the report, that the present IT structure is inoperative and does not benefit the University. The report also shows an absence of trust in Central IT altogether.
It can be tough for some to find examples of how media has impacted and shed light on social justice movements, but students will soon have the opportunity to talk with someone who does it day in and day out. The Daily Lobo was able to speak with Barni Axmed Qaasim before her lecture at UNM.
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