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Artist's Avenue: Bryan Jurus

Bryan Jurus, Political Science, Sophomore Bryan “JurusDiction” Jurus is making noise in the Duke City, Las Cruces, El Paso and Denver.

Poet aims to illustrate reality of war

Ken Stewart wants to change the way UNM students think about war. Stewart is a poet, Vietnam veteran and physician working at UNM Hospital.

4/20 a day of celebration, education

The legalization bus is coming to town, and Albuquerque is getting ready to hop on. Students for Sensible Drug Policy president, Marcus Lucero, is helping to host a protest/party at the Duck Pond today on 4/20 in honor of marijuana reform day. Lucero said this is the first event the organization has held on April 20. “The war on drugs disproportionately affects minorities than it does white people,” Lucero said.

Election fudged yet again

GPSA presidential candidate Martin Gutierrez ignored the GPSA council’s recommendation to disclose all of his campaign funding and expenses by Monday at 5 p.m. On Sunday evening, Gutierrez said GPSA should be focusing on issues that matter to students, such as tuition — not where campaign funds are coming from or how much he is spending.

Government seeks college campus spies

A new UNM program is hosting a national security event on campus today to discuss “challenges and opportunities” in the field of national security. The National Security Colloquium takes place in the Southwest Film Center in the lower SUB today.

Lobos' lightning-fast finish against TCU beats weather

As if it sensed the weather turning, the UNM tennis team finished TCU quickly 6-1, almost exclusively in straight sets.

Old-fashioned astronomical kicking

It was a colossal loss for Coppin State. All day at Lobo Field, the Eagles endured apathetic pitching, nowhere-to-be-found defense, all while struggling to get runners on base. Did we mention the bad pitching? The UNM baseball team racked up 29 hits to Coppin State’s seven while running the Eagles out of Albuquerque, 29-3, on Sunday at Isotopes Park, part of a three-game sweep. UNM head coach Ray Birmingham said his players had a team meeting on Sunday morning, and, as a result, put together an error-free performance against Coppin State. “It was a big pow wow, actually, a couple of big pow wows,” Birmingham said.

Silver-tongued Locksley charms potential recruit

Surrounded by Washington D.C.’s political breeding grounds, UNM head football coach Mike Locksley inescapably learned the art of shaking hands and kissing babies. How else could Locksley convince five-star offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandijo to visit UNM during Saturday’s Cherry-Silver scrimmage after the Lobos’ 1-11 season? Ask Kouandijo, and he’ll enlighten you.

Spring report card reads progress

Mission somewhat accomplished. The UNM football team ended its spring practice sessions on Saturday with the annual Cherry-Silver scrimmage. The Cherry squad took care of business, downing Silver, 21-7, in a low-scoring, defensive affair at University Stadium. Head coach Mike Locksley hadn’t viewed the scrimmage tape yet, but he said it was a good culmination of spring ball. “I thought that, for the most part, we got a lot of things we wanted to get accomplished this spring,” he said.

Par exellence golfer wins fifth individual title

Having won it twice before, Jodi Ewart was hardly lauded a dark horse to win the individual title in the Mountain West Conference Women’s Golf Championship at the Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course in Seaside, Calif. Yet, even favored, Ewart continues to amaze.

Blindsided by reality

It’s the same recycled storyline, devoid of plot and tension. The downtrodden UNM softball team, 10-26 overall and 0-6 in the Mountain West Conference, was train-tracked 9-1 by Utah in a shortened, five-inning affair on Saturday at the UNM Softball Complex.

Council representatives claim GPSA fudged election process

The GPSA Council Chair was elected on Saturday, but some council representatives called the results into question only an hour later. Graduate student Megan McRobert got 12 votes and current GPSA Council Chair Danny Hernandez received nine.

Capital Projects layoffs a product of poor decisions

Employees being laid off from the UNM Office of Capital Projects said the budget shortfalls are caused by a combination of mismanagement and hard economic times. Alec Mottershead, an OCP architectural draftsman, said jobs could have been saved if it weren’t for bad management decisions.

Project Share feeds the masses

Thanks to the efforts of Project Share, Inc. hundreds of people that would otherwise go hungry can eat every week.

Question and Answer: Timothy Graham

Timothy Graham, director for the Institute of Medieval Studies, specializes in medieval manuscripts.

Tea Party activists' views steeped in hypocrisy

Editor, As I was driving up Menaul Boulevard Thursday evening, I realized traffic was moving slower than usual, and as I got closer to the Louisiana intersection, cars in the right lane were blocking traffic by cheering and honking at protesters holding sings depicting our current president as some sort of fascist and a monster.

Use of porn a graphic indicator of societal sickness

Editor, This letter is in reference to the last Doing It In The Duke City column, by Hunter Riley. Though Ms. Riley organizes and expresses her thoughts very well, her advice to women, “it’s time to let go of your porn inhibitions,” is stunningly immature and myopic.

U.S. military the deadliest weapon of mass destruction

Editor, I am writing in support of Andrew Beale’s recent column. Regardless of the details of the engagement that killed the two Reuters photographers, his overall point stands.

Question of the Week: What would you like to see from your student government?

Column calling US terrorists is inaccurate, ill-researched

Editor, Andrew Beale’s last column is ill-informed, offensive and idiotic. He claims that the “United States government is the largest terrorist organization operating today,” but fails to even bother fact checking before he published.