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ASUNM: Students share why they voted

Justin Garcia | April 4

If you were one of the 1,476 undergraduates who voted in the 2019 undergraduate presidential and vice presidential elections, you might have noticed a couple of survey questions underneath the candidate's name. The poll was conducted by the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Elections Commission during Adam Biederwolf and Madelyn Lucus’s successful bid for President and Vice President, respectively. The election saw nine percent of the 15,609 UNM undergraduates turnout to vote.

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ASUNM prepares for senate election

Justin Garcia | April 4

Two down, one to go. Starting on April 15, the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico will conduct their third and final election of the 2018-2019 school year. This time around, 15 undergraduates are looking to fill no less than 10 open seats on the ASUNM Senate. Every semester at least 10 Senate seats are automatically up for election. Some senators elected in the fall term may decide to resign, opening up more seats. “If you want to win, you got to campaign,” said Executive Director of Elections Commissions Jordan Montoya to the 15 students at the candidates' meeting on Tuesday.

Culture

UNM readies for Fiestas

Shayla Cunico | April 4

This Saturday, Johnson field will be transformed into a gated performance space that will play host to DJ, Ookay and Boogie for Fiestas 2019. Every year the Associated Students of New Mexico Student Special Events (SSE) puts on Fiestas, an annual music festival held at the University of New Mexico. The festival starts at noon and will be lighting up the faces of attendees until around 9 p.m.

Sports

Albuquerque Isotopes ready for upcoming season

Cameron Goeldner | April 4

The Albuquerque Isotopes are almost ready to play ball and kick off the 2019 season against the Salt Lake Bees on Thursday, April 4 at 6:35 p.m. The team returns familiar faces such as 2018 Pacific Coast League MVP Josh Fuentes as well as top prospects Brendan Rodgers and Peter Lambert. A trio of the longest tenured 'Topes, Jordan Patterson (368 games), Mike Tauchman (351) and Tom Murphy (215) will not return after moving on to new organizations during the offseason. 10 players on the opening day roster will make their Triple-A debuts, a group that is headlined by Sam Hilliard, an outfielder who is listed as the No. 10 prospect in the Rockies Organization according to MLB Pipeline.

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Baseball: Lobos win after dramatic comeback

Matthew Narvaiz | April 4

It looked as though it was going to be Texas Tech baseball's day for the second game in a row over the Lobos, on UNM’s home field early Wednesday afternoon. But after going down 8-2 to the Red Raiders, who put together a six-run inning in the third, a mix of relief pitching and timely hitting helped the Lobos make the improbable comeback, as they went on to win 12-9 and split the series against the 11th best team in the nation. But UNM (15-14) didn’t shy away from Texas Tech’s (19-8) large lead and was able to put up a run each in the first and second innings. The Lobos big break came in the bottom of the fifth when they put together their first three-run inning.

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ASUNM event promotes student self-care

Anthony Jackson | April 4

Booths lined Smith Plaza on April 2 during an Associated Students of the University of New Mexico event centered around self-care. Students and faculty came together to promote on-campus resources at the self-care carnival. ASUNM Vice President Emily Wilks and Outreach and Appointment Chair Emerald Goranson spearheaded the event. “(UNM Students) should know that there are a lot of resources on campus, and there are a lot of people who care about them on campus,” Goranson said.

Culture

UNM community has mixed reactions to smelly trees

Danielle Prokop | April 4

The smell of spring is in the air at the University of New Mexico. The birds flutter and tweet, people and turtles alike sun themselves at the Duck Pond and the flowers are all a-bloom — some more noticeable than others. The Bradford Pear's flowers can be especially “pungent.” That’s how Alan Billau, the arboriculture supervisor for UNM, described the white blooms located around the Anthropology Annex, North Zimmerman and around the Student Resource Centers.

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Movie Review: Tim Burton's "Dumbo" fails to entertain

Justin Schatz | April 3

The latest of Disney’s corporate ordered live-action remakes, Tim Burton’s “Dumbo,” benefits from the director’s trademark aesthetic, but fails to rise above its uninspired predecessors. The only inspired element of this movie of outcasts is a director who has made a career turning outcasts into empathetic characters. Despite its “play it safe” storytelling, “Dumbo” attempts, and largely fails to build on several themes presented within the first thirty minutes. “Dumbo” opens in 1919 with Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell), a former circus equestrian performer, returning home from the war to reunite with his two kids, Milly and Joe (Nico Parker and FInley Hobbins). A shaken and hollow Holt is without an arm and his kids are unsure of how to interact with their father. The relationship between a war-scarred father and his children never develops. The scars of both Holt and his children are immediately dismissed once Dumbo enters the story.

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GPSA presidential elections begin today

Justin Garcia | April 1

Two graduate students are running to become the next president of the graduate student government in an election that runs (online) from April 1 to April 4. Graduate and professional students at the University of New Mexico will select either Muhammad Afzaal or Sara Gutierrez as the next president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association. “Are you prepared for your whole life to change?” asked Andrea Abeita to Afzaal during his pitch to the council at the March meeting, referring to the responsibility and stress that she said comes with the job. Afzaal is studying community outreach and planning and Gutierrez is studying public administration. Both candidates have limited experience with GPSA.

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UNM students win diplomacy award in Spain

Justin Garcia | April 1

From bioweapons to blockchains, Andrew Baker and James Goodman know their stuff. During Spring Break, while a lot of students were taking it easy, the student organization World Affairs Delegation was winning awards in Madrid, Spain. Baker and Goodman both took home diplomacy awards, given out to members who “seek to empathize, to understand, and to collaborate with their fellow members to produce the most positive change and advancement they can,” according to the Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN).

Culture

March celebrates civil rights leader Cesar Chavez

Makayla Grijalva | April 1

The steady beating of drums echoed through the streets Saturday as a long line of people marched from the National Hispanic Cultural Center to downtown Albuquerque. The march happens annually— it is now in its 26th year honoring the late civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez. “I think it's important for our community and young folks to really appreciate whose shoulders we stand on,” said Emilio Huerta, son of civil rights activist Dolores Huerta. “If not for the sacrifices of folks like Cesar, my mother and other labor and civil rights leaders, we would not have a lot of the rights we have today, that we enjoy today.”

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Student org helps Lobos showcase their art

Luisa Pennington | April 1

The University of New Mexico's Arts Entrepreneurship Club was originally started by faculty sponsor Regina Chavez Puccetti of the UNM College of Fine Arts and Anderson School of Management, in collaboration with former President, Miguel Lastra, a Fall 2018 UNM Graduate, to aide students looking to meet art-focused entrepreneurs and broaden their network. "Students in all disciplines of the arts often don't take the time to develop solid entrepreneurial skills. In college, the focus tends to be only on developing their artistic talent,” Chavez Puccetti said. “The UNM Arts Entrepreneurship Club works to help all creative students build their network and find entrepreneurial opportunities... we want to help our graduates increase their chances of success as creative entrepreneurs."

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UNM Department of Art celebrates 90th anniversary

Amanda Britt | April 1

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Art held Art90 last week in celebration of its 90-year anniversary on March 30, with a graduate art exhibition, refreshments and live entertainment in Hodgin Hall. The Art Department has evolved since it first began 90 years ago. In honoring the development of the arts, UNM’s Art alumni were welcomed back to reflect on the history and success of art at the University. Associate Professor and Department Chair, Justine M. Andrews, said that in her experience working in the art department the last 15 years, she has as seen the department develop and grow.

Music

Jazz band celebrates immigrants through music

Aaron Mendoza | April 1

The Outpost, one of the venues dedicated to jazz music in Albuquerque, hosted Antonio Sánchez & Migration's sold-out show; they presented their new album Lines in The Sand, an album that, in the words of Sánchez, “is dedicated to immigrants.” Sánchez also won a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media for “Birdman” (2015), a film by Alejandro González Iñarritu. “I’m a proud immigrant, a proud Mexican and a proud American that feels torn by the injustices that are being perpetrated against so many innocent people in search of a better life," Sánchez said. "This album is dedicated to them and their journey."

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Taking Back Sunday to tour in Albuquerque

Shayla Cunico | April 1

First formed by guitarist, Eddie Reyes in 1999, Adam Lazzara, John Nolan, Shaun Cooper and Mark O'Connell of Taking Back Sunday are celebrating their 20-year anniversary as a band with a nation-wide tour. The band is stopping at Albuquerque's Sunshine Theater on April 3 to celebrate with their Albuquerque fans. 20 years ago, when the band first connected, they weren't signed to a record label and were just breaking into the scene, something that guitarist and co-lead vocalist, John Nolan, said he looked at as a step toward to a career playing music. "Realistically at that point I figured it wouldn't last that long, and hopefully though, it would lead to the next thing that would take me further," Nolan said.

Culture

Five and Why: Psych professor shares favorite movies

Amanda Britt | March 31

Dr. Bruce Smith is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico, focusing his research on clinical and health psychology. His is interested in researching the study of resilience and the ability to bounce back from stress, including the development of interventions that increase happiness and well-being. This potential for stories is what Smith calls the “hero’s journey," something he outlines when sharing his five favorite movies, and why. "Just to briefly define the terms for everyone, positive psychology is about using the science of psychology to become our best self and make the most of our lives,” Smith said. “The ‘hero’s journey’ is a set of stages that Joseph Campbell identified that are common to many of our favorite stories and reflect what we go through in becoming our best self.”

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Food Truck Friday: Differential brewery and curbside pies food truck teams up

Cade Guerrero | March 29

Earlier this year, Curbside Pies and Differential Brewery began their partnership. Owner of Differential, Tino Nellos, and Curbside owner, Steve “Steve-O” Myers, with partners Richard Meyers and Rob Empante, started serving the public last February. Inside each place had a vibe that every student can pick up on. Inside Differential you have an authentic cigarette machine from the 70’s, Wu-Tang Clan beating in your ears and a pool table surrounded with art and a colorful cast of employees ready to serve the brew. On the left side of the building is Curbside, were they built in their own pizza oven inside an old school bus. Alongside Steve-O and Meyers was Meyers' son Raven who helped with taking orders and running food inside to customers. Surrounded by a mixture of pizza ingredients, the first thing that came to my mind was ordering a slice of New Mexico.

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Questions raised about legality of ASUNM meeting

Kyle Land and Justin Garcia | March 28

An undergraduate student-government committee violated the New Mexico Open Meetings Act (OMA) during a meeting last week, according to open meeting experts. The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Steering & Rules Committee held a meeting on March 20 and unanimously voted down a series of bills that would have dramatically changed the structure of the institution. At Attorney General Emily Hartshorn's suggestion the committee adjourned to discuss the idea of changing ASUNM's makeup further.

2019 ASUNM President and Vice President Election

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ASUNM: Biederwolf wins presidential election

Justin Garcia | March 28

Adam Biederwolf won the 2019 Presidential election of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, defeating his opponent, Mohammad Assed, by just over a hundred votes. Biederwolf received 779 of the 1,476 voted in the election, according to the Election Commission. Assed received 664. Madelyn Lucas won the Vice President’s office with 868 votes, beating Holly Gallegos by 372 votes. Biederwolf said after hugging his brother, mother and father: “When you’re running a campaign you have to be dedicated mentally and physically. I guess it just went my way."

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Heated exchange takes place in SUB mall

Justin Garcia | March 28

University of New Mexico Police Department was called out to the Student Union Building Mall during a heated series of arguments for a potential assault. The incident stemmed from a series of heated exchanges between a group called Christ In The Wild Ministries and UNM students. The incident happened between Amanda Baquera and Sean (who declined to give his last name). Baquera said that Sean had shoved her while the two were arguing. Sean said that he did not. “He tried going through me, but I stayed as a wall and he shoved me and once he shoved me I said ‘you're not getting to her’ because to me that’s aggression,” Baquera said, referring to another student in the argument.