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Monday on the Street: Do you believe UNM is doing enough to combat sexual harassment on campus?
Denicia Aragon | April 25Do you believe UNM is doing enough to combat sexual harassment on campus?
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Three men suing UNM over dropped rape charges
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 25Three men who were accused of raping a UNM student in 2014, only to have the charges dropped, are suing the University. In the lawsuit, the men allege that UNM’s investigation, conducted by police as well as the University, was flawed. The men claim they were presumed guilty because they were black, and that investigators failed to interview witnesses or obtain evidence that would have cleared them. Attorney George Anthony Bleus represents Ryan Ruff, a CNM student, as well as Crusoe Gongbay and SaQwan Edwards, who were both UNM football players.
Culture
Inside Out: UNM uses art as medium for social change
Audrin Baghaie | April 25A global art initiative that has gained popularity all over the world has arrived at UNM to shed light on various social issues on campus. Megan Jacobs, a professor in the Honors College, and students from her Social Transformation Through Art class have recently taken part in the Inside Out Project, a worldwide endeavor led by French photo-artist JR, who works to “transform messages of personal identity into works of public art,” according to the project’s website. JR won the TED prize in 2011, a $100,000 grant given to individuals who strive to affect the world in a positive way. With his earnings, JR created the project, which in four years has become a social phenomenon, enlisting people in over one hundred countries in emphasizing citizens and social issues through art.
Culture
WWE needs to give U.S. belt more time
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 23The United States Championship has once again been relegated to second-tier status by the WWE. That’s not the fault Kalisto, the current U.S. Champ, it’s just the way the WWE has always treated the belt.
Sports
Softball: New Mexico squanders late lead for fifth-straight home loss
Wally Gallart | April 23Reminiscent of Friday night’s late game collapse, UNM once again blew a late lead Saturday afternoon. This time, the Lobos blew a two-run advantage in the seventh inning, and ended up falling to UNLV 7-6.
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Baseball: Monster second inning gives UNM series over Aztecs
Liam Cary-Eaves | April 23New Mexico took Game 2 against San Diego State University 13-7 Saturday afternoon to clinch the weekend series against the Aztecs.
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Soccer: Lobos shutout Mountain Lions in overtime victory
Isabel Gonzalez | April 23Head coach Jeremy Fishbein said he wanted a shutout this Saturday. He got it. But he wasn’t exactly thrilled at the end of the game. The Lobos needed extra time to claim their 1-0 victory over the UCCS Mountain Lions.
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Baseball: Birmingham hits milestone, Lobos keep rolling
Liam Cary-Eaves | April 23New Mexico head coach Ray Birmingham has yet another accolade to place on his mantle following UNM’s 10-5 win over San Diego State on Friday night. Birmingham now has 300 wins while at the helm of New Mexico’s baseball program.
Culture
Comical musical provides unique audience experience
Isaiah Jordan | April 22The UNM Department of Theater and Dance’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee engages the crowd through guest audience participants, quick and witty humor and relatable characters. The Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical that relates the live of nine characters and their experience of attending a middle school spelling bee.
Sports
Womens Basketball: Bradbury putting the final touches on his staff
Liam Cary-Eaves | April 22With two new hires this week, New Mexico's coaching staff is starting to take shape in anticipation for next season. Bradbury has most recently brought in two assistant coaches in the past week with the signings of Valerie King and Erin Grant. King has been coaching under Bradbury for the past six years at Wright State. Bradbury said it is nice to see a familiar face in the Land of Enchantment.
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UNM grad joins world renowned program
Denicia Aragon | April 22Kelly Speer, a UNM alumni, is one of four new students who was recently accepted year into the American Museum of Natural History's prestigious program for comparative biology. Kelly studies at the Richard Gilder Graduate School located in the American Museum of Natural History, working alongside internationally recognized staff of scientists and curators as she conducts research on the role of habitat fragmentation of blood-borne parasites.
Opinion
Letter: I drink no booze
April 21I drink no booze. Booze has devastated the lives of many of my friends. Booze causes car crashes, paralyzing and killing thousands, including my niece Rachel. Booze causes awful family fights, ruined romances, horrible holiday memories ... I do not want to make it easier for me to say or do things I later terribly regret. Men wake up in jail not remembering stabbing their wife or buddy while drunk the night before.
Sports
Mens Soccer: Team to host UCCS at only home game in spring
Isabel Gonzalez | April 21Only two more weekends remain for the UNM men’s soccer spring exhibition season. The Lobos will host University of Colorado Colorado Springs for their first and only home game this spring. The following weekend, they will hit the road once more to compete against Denver at Highlands Ranch. UNM is 5-0-1 after battling two teams through winter-like conditions at Taos last Saturday.
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Tennis: Team leads way in academic progress report
Robert Maler | April 21The men’s and women’s tennis team will both finish the season on its home court, in a position that garners special recognition among University of New Mexico athletics. UNM saw all 21 sports programs exceed a passing mark in the NCAA Academic Progress Rate Institutional Report, according to a University release. Both tennis squads were led the way with perfect four-year scores of 1000.
Opinion
Letter: A vote for Hillary Clinton will only bring more violence
April 21ld like to take this opportunity to address Hillary Clinton supporters. If you are not aware by now, then there is a certain faction within our government known as the neoconservatives or "neo cons" for short. This group published a paper called "Rebuilding America's Defenses" in which they argued that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States should use its superior military strength to dominate the rest of the world by the barrel of a gun.
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Project ECHO expands treatment oppurtunities
Denicia Aragon | April 21The University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center has created Project ECHO in an effort to improve access to high quality specialty health care in underserved and rural areas. The center recently hosted the second global MetaECHO Conference in Albuquerque, gathering together nearly 500 people from around the world involved in the global ECHO movement, all committed to the goal of impacting one billion lives by 2025.
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Research center in Zimmerman provides unique study opportunities
Ariel Lutnesky | April 21Branen Norton-Giron is a freshman business administration major. At first glance, there wouldn't seem to be much for him at the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, which specializes primarily in interdisciplinary subjects related to the surrounding region.
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ASUNM to Regents: Stay timely with big decisions
Evan Barela | April 21Associated Students of UNM has made a stance representing UNM undergraduates who feel their voice wasn’t heard before the Regents passed a2.5 percent tuition increase last month, as well as a and 10.5 percent fee increase for the 2016-2017 school year. Last week the undergraduate student government unanimously approved a resolution pushing for stronger communication between the student body and the Board of Regents. The legislation proposed that the student academic calendar be lined up with the Regent’s meetings to avoid future issues.
Opinion
Letter: Save the bees, save our food
April 21I sure like food, don’t you? Without food, as a matter of fact, there would stop being people. We are getting closer and closer to running out of bees that pollinate over 70 percent of our foods. In the last year, over 50 percent of bee colonies died in New Mexico due to a recently popular pesticide called Neonics.
Sports
Football: Adcock excels in the classroom and on the field
Robert Maler | April 21“Physically, you look at him and he’s not the most imposing figure. But he’s a self-made guy, academically and athletically; he just works his tail off.” Offensive line coach Jason Lenzmeier had that to say about his 6-foot-2-inch 290 pound senior tackle, Garrett Adcock. Football players have to give a lot on the field both mentally and physically, but there is much more than meets the eye with this student athlete.
