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A group of UNM students clap when Maria Valdez, a senior Early Childhood Mutual Cultural Education major, walks out of the SUB on Tuesday. Students Christian Puckett, left, and Levi Martinez started AntiSocial, a YouTube channel that records videos of themselves putting students in awkward situations.

Culture

Strangers' lives made stranger

Moriah Carty | December 4

Feeding students corndogs, smashing pies on people’s faces and holding hands with strangers are all part of one duo’s attempt to make UNM a little more social. AntiSocial, a new YouTube channel created by students Levi Martinez and Christian Puckett, captures unsuspecting students during awkward interactions. They have posted nine videos over the course of three months, each averaging 2,000 views. Martinez, a junior liberal arts major, said the idea came from watching online videos of people having fun joking with others.

Lobo junior guard Tim Jacobs, 25, attempts to get past Aggie sophomore guard Travon Landry, 0, during the game against New Mexico State University at WisePies Arena on Wednesday night. The Lobos defeated the Aggies 62-47.

Sports

Basketball: Lobos take a chunk out of Aggies

Kyle Tomasi | December 4

New Mexico fans saw a young team mature right before their eyes on Wednesday night. UNM (4-3) defeated the NMSU Aggies 62-47 in the Lobos’ first game at the newly named WisePies arena, filled with 15,335 cheering Lobo (and a handful of Aggie) fans. Junior College transfer and junior walk-on Tim Jacobs played his best game of his young Lobo career. He notched nine points on 4-7 shooting and had four assists. He made multiple plays down the stretch that don’t show up in the stat sheet, as well.

Opinion

Column: Social media may be killing our social lives

Jason Darensburg | December 4

I see hundreds of people on my way to class every week, and I try to smile, tip my hat or at least nod to anyone who walks by. Only rarely do I get any sort of response. More often than not, folks simply ignore me. Most people walk right on by, too busy sulking to acknowledge another human being crossing their path. I’m not going to stop doing it, though. As disappointed as I am with humanity, I still enjoy human interaction — and besides, I’m just trying to be polite. I mean, is it really that difficult to connect with another human being — even for a split-second? I can accept that kids are under a lot more stress than when I was growing up, and people are extremely busy nowadays. Others are not so kind, however.

Culture

Movie review: Space film grounded by too much ambition

Graham Gentz | December 4

I think I’m mostly sad that I didn’t like “Interstellar.” It seemed like everything was in place for it to be an intriguing, Chris Nolan-directed epic about space that pushed more science than science fiction. Also, it seemed to push the reality of humanity truly beginning its first steps into colonizing beyond Earth. In terms of subject matter, there is almost nothing that fascinates and excites me more. “Interstellar” is about a team of space explorers, led by a farmer (Mathew McConaughey), who search for a habitable planet because the Earth is dying. What I didn’t expect was how completely goofy it was going to be.

New Mexico sophomore forward Josie Greenwood, 3, takes possession of the ball during Sunday’s game against UC Riverside. The Lobos will play against Texas tonight in Austin, Texas at 6 p.m.

Sports

Tough schedule prepares women's team for conference

Liam Cary-Eaves | December 3

After a quick break from top-tiered opponents, New Mexico will jump right back into the fire tonight against No. 4 Texas. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez said she is getting her team ready for conference play by scheduling one of the toughest schedules in the nation. The Longhorns will be the fourth nationally ranked team New Mexico (1-5) has faced in the opening seven games of the season.

Lobo redshirt sophomore guard/forward Devon Williams, 12, makes a slam dunk during the game against USC on Sunday afternoon. The Lobos will host New Mexico State tonight at 7 p.m.

Sports

Lobos struggle in wake of injures

Kyle Tomasi | December 3

Adversity has badgered a young New Mexico team early this season, something that head coach Craig Neal predicted before the team’s first exhibition game. Now the Lobos will host in-state rival New Mexico State University on Wednesday night in the newly renamed WisePies Arena aka The Pit.

News

Student Fee Review Board lowers proposed fee hike

Sayyed Shah | December 3

After consultation with the Strategic Budget Leadership Team, the Student Fee Review Board made its final recommendations on Monday for the use of student activities fees for fiscal year 2016. The SFRB has recommended an overall increase to student activity fees of 2.45 percent for the financial year 2016.

Opinion

The Pit's new name changes nothing

J.R. Oppenheim | December 3

Got a problem with the WisePies Arena name for UNM’s basketball venue? Get used to it. If this deal runs through the length of the agreement, the fedora-clad logo will be on the building for the next 10 years.

News

Photo exhibit shows impact of industrial waste

Marielle Dent | December 3

The last segment of this semester’s ‘Meeting of the Minds’ art conversation series is centered on photographer David Maisel’s Black Maps collection and will be held on Thursday at noon in the UNM Art Museum. “David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime” is a solo exhibit surveying four chapters of Maisel’s larger Black Maps series, according to the Art Museum website.

UNM second-year graduate student Xuechen Zhu works on natural product enzyme expression in Clark Hall on Tuesday. The lab of Assistant Professor Dr. Charles Melancon has engineered a potential new screening process for the characterization of antibacterial drugs.

News

New system streamlines drug testing

Lauren Topper | December 3

The term “natural product” might sound more likely to be associated with a new organic diet or retail fad, but to scientists it is a term corresponding to clinically prescribed drugs used for decades.

News

Vets seek support through education

David Lynch | December 2

At a time when U.S. soldiers are returning home from conflicts overseas and enrolling in colleges across the country, UNM’s own student veterans have varying opinions on what UNM has to offer those who have served. Richard Baca, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq, said he believes that the system in which the benefits a student veteran receives are based on service time should be amended. He said he would like to see all benefits be equal.

Opinion

Deadly police violence driven by perception of fear

December 2

Editor, Trayvon Martin was shot to death in Sanford, Florida, on a Sunday night, Feb. 26, 2012.

Culture

Column: A coffee a day keeps the fatigue away

Ana Jayme | December 2

One venti iced coffee with two shots of espresso, please. Coffee is the the perfect beverage for pulling all-nighters but students should be wary about using copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake.

News

Five & Why: What Lobos love to read

Culture , cmn_mailfeed and cmn_appfeed | December 2

Itâ€™s hard not to be inspired when reading about the lives of heroes and their epic journeys, or even about the inner journey to enlightenment an ordinary person embarks on. Every story has something worth hearing. UNM President Bob Frankâ€™s five favorite books are full of inspiring stories that all share one theme: overcoming obstacles.

Opinion

Extra food fro dining hall could be put to better use

December 2

Editor, As a freshman attending the University of New Mexico, I am required to have a meal plan and eat at the main dining hall, La Posada.

Opinion

Joining digital age could reduce newspaper litter

December 2

Editor, With the way technology is nowadays, it seems like more and more people are going paperless.

Culture

Gifting from the heart: Homemade items worth the time

Meagan Twyeffort | December 2

By MeagenTwyeffort While throngs of people wait in line for hours at the closest outlet store, craft stores and thrift shops can be much less popular type of year.

News

International students made at home through non-profit

Sayyed Shah | December 2

International Students Incorporated will be donating furniture to incoming international student starting in the spring. Non-profit ISI already provides airport pick up and home-stay for up to three days to the international students.

Men's basketball coach coach Craig Neal makes his opening statement during a press conference at recently rebranded WisePies Arena on Monday afternoon. Neal, along with UNM President Robert Frank, Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs and WisePies marketing consultant Season Elliott, made the announcement of the $5 million deal with WisePies Pizza & Salad to rename The Pit.

News

WisePies gets naming rights to The Pit

Kyle Tomasi | December 1

The Pit has been a legendary name of UNM's basketball venue since it opened in 1966. Fans will have to break their habit of calling it that starting now. WisePies Pizza and Salad agreed to give $5 million over 10 years to support the UNM Athletics Department through the newly established WisePies Fund. Through this donation, The Pit will now be called WisePies Arena aka The Pit for the duration of those 10 years.

Opinion

The People's Dissent Decree: All lives matter

December 1

Editor, On Nov. 25 more than 300 citizens of Albuquerque collectively decided to take to the streets to disrupt business-as-usual in the wake of the decision denying young Michael Brown justice. Protesters marched peacefully between San Mateo and Yale Boulevard. Brown was assassinated by the killer cop Darren Wilson and left in the street for four hours in a way that horribly traumatized friends, families and onlookers. The police in all cities act as a cartel or gang in that they are always sending a message about their capability to inflict violence and death.