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Sports

Volleyball: Four Lobos set to compete for national spot

Liam Cary-Eaves | February 19

New Mexico announced on Monday that four players from the volleyball team are taking part in tryouts for the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryouts today at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The three-day open tryouts will feature freshman Carson Heilborn, redshirt sophomore Victoria Spragg, alongside juniors Cassie House and Devanne Sours.

Greg Golden, student activities advisor for Greek Life, talks about the plans on renovating the campus at the SUB on Wednesday afternoon. Greek life is collaborating with the Physical Plant Development on a project to remove graffiti, clean up UNM-owned open spaces, collect recyclables and paint benches and crosswalks on campus.

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Greek life to enhance campus beauty

Denicia Aragon | February 19

Greek life is switching its focus for community service day during Greek Week by teaming up with the Physical Plant Department to beautify UNM campus. "Community service will kick off the very first day of Greek Week right here at the University on February 20th. We are contributing the time and energy of about 200 students in the morning at the UNM campus. We are going to be removing graffiti, doing some mulching and some recycling projects as well," said Greek Advisor Greg Golden. The idea to bring Greek life's community service day to UNM came from brainstorming ways the volunteers could impact their community the most, he said.

David Makovsky, who is the director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, answers an audience member's question in Hibben Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Makovsky gave a lecture on the United States' foreign policy in the Middle East and the peace negotiations in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Q&A with David Makovsky

Matthew Reisen | February 19

David Makovsky, director of Project on the Middle East Peace Process, visited the Hibben Center yesterday to talk to UNM students in a speech entitled, “Seeking Justice: Strengthening the Prospects for Middle East Peace.” Makovsky is the Ziegler distinguished fellow at The Washington Institute in addition to being an adjunct professor in Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H.

Senior guard Bryce Owens works the ball inside against a Utah State player Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 at WisePies Arena. The Lobos beat Boise State 70-60.

Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos make statement with double digit win against Boise State

Liam Cary-Eaves | February 18

New Mexico ended its two game road trip on a high note after a 70-60 victory on Wednesday night. The significance of beating the Broncos on the road was great as the Lobos are still in the hunt to finish among the top five teams in the conference and a first round bye in the MW tourney.

Sports

Skiing: Two squads separate for midseason training

Mathew Narvaiz | February 18

The New Mexico ski team is out of town every weekend, regardless of whether or not the team is competing. Although the two different squads — alpine and Nordic — don’t practice together, they often compete at the same events, and are both contributors to the UNM ski brand. Before the season makes way in the early fall, the Alpine squad for UNM’s ski team makes its way out to southern Colorado or any place that might have snow fall pre-winter, head coach Fredrik Landstedt said.

The PRESS(pelvic ring emergency stabilizing system) team is one of two teams that won the Innovation & Commercialization Award. The award consisted of $50,000 and was geared to solving issues in operating rooms.

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Biodesign course wins award for invention proposals

Denicia Aragon | February 18

Participants in a biodesign course at UNM have received the Innovation & Commercialization Award of $50,000, administered by the National Institute of Health and the Dean’s Office in the School of Engineering after brainstorming proposals for two inventions meant to solve clinical issues in the operating room.

The Lobos storm the court to celebrate after their victory against Boise State for the second place position in the Mountain West Conference Wednesday night at WisePies Arena. The Lobos beat Boise State 80-78.

Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos rally from 15 points down to beat Boise State

J.R. Oppenheim | February 18

New Mexico found itself down 15 points to Boise State with 6:01 left to play Wednesday night. Several hundred of the 12,434 fans in attendance started filing out of WisePies Arena. That proved to be a mistake. The Lobos pulled off the biggest late-game comeback in school history to lock down second place in the Mountain West standings, utilizing a 19-2 run to prevail 80-78. Boise State, who had been one half game behind UNM heading into the contest, fell back to fifth.

Opinion

Letter: Although Urdu no longer forced on Bangladeshi, English still is

February 18

The recent celebration at UNM of International Mother Language Day by the Bangladesh Student Association focused, as usual, on the formation of a sovereign Bangladesh out of East Pakistan, seeded by protesting college students there demanding the right to continue having their mother tongue Bangla as their official language and not have Urdu imposed upon them from the domineering West Pakistan. The police killed a few, but the protest succeeded.

Sports

Track and Field: Lobos sending relay team to North Carolina

Robert Maler | February 18

Most of the New Mexico track and field squad will rest this weekend before the team hosts the Mountain West Conference Championship. Head coach Joe Franklin said the team will send a distance medley relay to North Carolina. They will be competing in the UCS Invitational in Winston-Salem on Saturday, for the sole purpose of qualifying for nationals.

Opinion

Letter: The Catholic church's repressive attitude towards sex leads to priests' deviance

February 18

I have known gay priests as my friends. Many priests entered seminary as youth and never experienced much natural sexual exploration. Their sexual development was frozen! They were castrated, without knives, by strict sexual prohibitions. Years later they emerged into the world as parish priests – horny and lonely for intimacy but not prepared for mature romance. They related sexually largely to kids about the age the priests were when their sexual development was frozen. We can understand behavior without necessarily approving.

Attendees of the 2015 Perry Initiative sit in at a suturing station. The initiative aims to expose high school aged women in trainings and lectures in the engineering and orthopedic fields.

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Workshop encourages young women to pursue engineering and orthopaedics

Elizabeth Sanchez | February 18

Applications are still open until the end of today for the fourth annual Perry Initiative workshop held on March 19 at the University of New Mexico. The workshop, a Perry Outreach Program (POP), invites 40 high-school-aged young women to spend a day complete with hands-on mock surgeries, lunch and engaging lectures from prominent women in engineering and orthopaedics, Manuela Restrepo, a Program Coordinator for the Perry Initiative, said. Restrepo said the non-profit is a national organization that holds annual programs in over 30 cities across the U.S.

Freshman Ruth Copas runs to return the ball Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at the Linda Estes Tennis Center. The Lobos will play Utah this Saturday at 5 p.m.

Sports

Women's Tennis: Team looking to keep undefeated home record

Robert Maler | February 18

The New Mexico women’s tennis team hopes to stay unbeaten at home when it takes on Utah this Saturday. Utah enters the matchup with New Mexico riding the momentum of a three game winning streak.

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Men's Tennis: Team prepares for tough match against Columbia

Robert Maler | February 18

The New Mexico men’s tennis team will wrap up a grueling road trip against three teams this weekend before finally returning to Albuquerque to host its home opener. The Lobos split a doubleheader last weekend in California, beating UC Irvine 4-3 and losing to Pepperdine 1-4 in some tightly contested matchups.

Culture

Five and Why: Marissa Archuleta

Skylar Griego | February 18

Busy students who also work on campus don’t always have time to get through a book during the semester, so many of them enjoy watching movies instead. Marissa Archuleta, a sophomore communications and journalism and criminology double major who works in the Student Activities Center, said she enjoys using that time to watch ‘80s chick flicks, or other “girly movies.”

News

ASUNM to handle senate election ties with coin flip

Matthew Reisen | February 18

The Associated Students of UNM passed a bill last week to change the method in which an election tie is settled. The new bill calls for a coin flip to settle the matter in the event of a tie for a final senate seat. ASUNM President Jenna Hagengruber said prior to this piece of legislation, a tie was regularly settled through a run-off election. That means if two senators tied for the same seat they would have to campaign by themselves for the next week until the run-off election.

The UNM and NMSU swimming teams leap off the starting line Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at the Seidler Natatorium. The Lobos will compete at the Mountain West Championships this Wednesday through Saturday in College Station, Texas.

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Swimming: Lobos suit up for Mountain West Championship

Isabel Gonzalez | February 18

After months of preparation, the Lobos are now ready to dive into championship mode. The UNM women’s swimming and diving team started the 2016 Mountain West Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship in College Station, Texas on Wednesday and will continue through Saturday.

Sports

Column: There are more reasons than ever to watch baseball this season

David Lynch | February 18

Major League Baseball is in somewhat of a transitional phase the likes of which neither the sport, nor its fans, have ever really seen before. It’s not experiencing an existential crisis, per se, but the sport has devoted much attention and resources towards tailoring a very traditional game for a younger generation. As it turns out, the 2016 season might be the perfect time to do just that – give the sport a try. You don’t have to fight the urge of resisting the sport any longer. And with pitchers and catchers from most major league ball clubs reporting for Spring Training duty on Friday, you’re only going to hear about it more and more as Opening Day (which has as much a right as the Monday after the Super Bowl to be a national holiday) draws ever nearer on April 4.

New Mexico head coach Craig Neal gestures to his team during a game at WisePies Arena on Saturday. Regarding Neal's allegations of threats made against his son, Cullen, UNMPD Chief Kevin McCade in a statement said "we want to emphasize that we consider them to be of a serious nature and entirely consistent with how Coach Neal characterized them to the media and police."

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UNMPD calls threats against Cullen Neal serious

J.R. Oppenheim | February 17

UNM Police Department officials deemed threats made to Cullen Neal as “of a serious nature and entirely consistent” with head coach Craig Neal’s description last week, UNMPD Chief Kevin McCabe said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. During his pregame press conference last Thursday, Craig Neal said that Cullen Neal, his son and the starting point guard on the New Mexico men’s basketball team, had received death threats that caused him to switch phone numbers and delete his accounts on social media platforms.

Movies

Review: Deadpool doesn't disappoint

David Lynch | February 17

It's almost a farce in itself, getting settled in to watch "Deadpool" as trailers for upcoming superhero flicks like "Batman v Superman" and "Captain America: Civil War" play, when we feel like we've seen those particular movies a dozen times already. Rest assured, Deadpool is the freshest Marvel entry since "Guardians of the Galaxy," combining the best elements of successful superhero films, with the creative freedom of an R rating and a passion to bring the spirit of Deadpool to the screen. The result is a thoroughly entertaining film that, while it grasps its title character’s unique nature by the horns, doesn’t go overboard with it.

ASUNM is working on a bill that will close two low turnout polling stations and focus on online voting for student government elections.

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With success of online voting, ASUNM to reduce on-campus polling stations

Matthew Reisen | February 17

In their last meeting on Wednesday, the Associated Students of UNM passed a bill that will affect ASUNM elections going forward. The bill reduces the number of polling stations by getting rid of certain locations based on voter turnout number, as well as encourages further online voting with an emphasis on allocating funds to be used elsewhere.