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Heinrich easily wins reelection to Senate

Cameron Goeldner and Megan Holmen | November 7

Martin Heinrich retained his Senate seat on Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mick Rich and Libertarian Gary Johnson to earn a second term. According to a poll by the Albuquerque Journal, Heinrich was predicted to win by 21 percent. Libertarian candidate and former Governor of New Mexico Johnson was only predicted to earn 16 percent of the vote. With 876 precincts reporting, Heinrich was leading with 53 percent of the vote. Rich was in second with 31.60 percent, and Johnson was a distant third with 15.36 percent, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State website.

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Haaland wins, becomes one of first Native American congresswomen

Tom Hanlon and Anthony Jackson | November 7

Deb Haaland was elected as the representative for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District Tuesday night. She became the first Native American women elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, beating out Republican Janice Arnold-Jones and Libertarian Lloyd Princeton. Sharice Davis won her race in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District, making her and Haaland the first two Native American congresswomen.

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Libertarians come up empty in New Mexico elections

Megan Holmen | November 7

While Democrats and Republicans each held their watch parties in sizable hotels, Libertarians met at Blue Agave Republic, a bar in Albuquerque. The small group of candidates gathered around televisions and snacked on a cornucopia of finger food, as none of their candidates were elected to office in 2018. Gary Johnson, Lloyd Princeton, Ginger Grider and A. Blair Dunn were some of the Libertarian candidates running for office.

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Bilingual church service held at the border

Anthony Jackson and Justin Garcia | November 5

Shrubs dot the southern New Mexico landscape. Their dry roots cling to life atop the hills and between the steep ravines of the seemingly endless Chihuahuan Desert. A long shadow stretches across this barren landscape. A rusted fence divides the United States of America and Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Knowing no bounds, a breeze passes freely through the fence and the distant, shrill call of a hawk can be heard.

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Three Democratic candidates hold rally at UNM

Justin Garcia | November 5

Sen. Martin Heinrich, Deb Haaland and Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, all favored to win their respective races on Tuesday, came to the University of New Mexico to rally votes as the 2018 midterm elections come to a close. The rally was held in the Student Union Building on Thursday, and was organized by UNM College Democrats.

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Culture

Marigold Parade celebrates Dia de los Muertos

Marco Torrez | November 5

Dia de los Muertos, the Day of The Dead, is a multi-generational, deep-rooted Mexican tradition and for almost the past three decades it has been celebrated as a public parade throughout the South Valley in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This past Sunday marked the 26th annual Dia De Los Muertos Marigold Parade. The event began at 2 p.m. but crowds of people started to gather on the streets up to an hour before to get the best spots to see the upcoming parade. Kristin Barendsen, a New Mexico local, said that she has come to the South Valley’s Dia De Los Muertos Marigold Parade for more than five years. She said that she dresses up every single year with her friends and family.

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Football: Lobos blow 4th quarter lead, lose 31-23 to Aztecs

Cameron Goeldner | November 4

An inability to move the ball late in the game, coupled with the returns of two of San Diego State’s best offensive players, doomed the Lobos on Saturday night, as former UNM coach Rocky Long returned to town and lead his Aztecs to a 31-23 win over the Lobos. The game couldn’t have started better for UNM if it had been scripted. On SDSU’s first possession of the game, Adebayo Soremekun scooped a fumble from Aztec’s backup quarterback Ryan Agnew, who started the game, and rumbled all the way down to the end zone for a touchdown to give the Lobos a 7-0 lead and electrify the sideline.

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Jewish student organization hosts voting party

Tom Hanlon | November 4

The University of New Mexico Hillel student organization hosted a non-partisan voting party in the Student Union Building called MitzVote on Thursday. The event was held to encourage students and the public to vote, and highlighting the voting the process as something to celebrate. “Voting can be scary and it’s scary for young voters who see the political climate we have now,” said Zoe Wiesel, a member of Hillel and senior studying geology. “And making it fun and accessible and something celebrate is a better approach than the normal shouting to get people to vote.”

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Crime briefs for Nov. 5, 2018

Elizabeth Sanchez | November 4

When the officer arrived, dispatch received a call stating the male was yelling he had a gun. Over the radio, the officer asked for assistance at Ortega Hall and notified other officers there was a possible firearm.

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UNM receives grant to study diabetic blindness

Anthony Jackson | November 4

The University of New Mexico received a $2.8 million grant in September from the National Institutes of Health to study diabetic blindness, also known as diabetic retinopathy. According to Dr. Arup Das, the the division chief in the Ophthalmology Division at UNM Hospital, diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in Americans aged 20 to 64. There are two types of diabetic blindness, Das said. There is mild diabetic retinopathy and moderate diabetic retinopathy.

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New interim Dean of Fine Arts discusses her career

Justin Garcia | November 4

Her cluttered office glows with a burnt-orange hue. Binders of music sheets, books of children's songs and a mini fridge fill up this otherwise cozy office. Yet, everything here has its place. This is the academic office of Dr. Regina Carlow. She is set to become the interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts, according to interim Provost Richard Wood. The position opened after the previous dean, Kymberly Pinder, accepted a position as provost and senior vice president at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, according to University of New Mexico Newsroom.

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Dueling pianos play in the SUB

Tiffani Watteyne | November 2

On Oct. 30 in the Student Union Building the Dueling Pianos came to the University of New Mexico. It consisted of two pianists, Kirk Garrett from Yosemite, California and Rich Wyman from Allentown, Pennsylvania under the name “Killer Keyz,” each playing their own piano and singing at the request of audience members — though there were duets as well as individual songs sung by the two. The pair has known each other for six years and have been playing together since meeting. This stop at UNM was part of their current fall tour that started Oct. 11 in Riverside, Wyoming.

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Culture

Student sculptor defines her identity through different mediums

Shayla Cunico | November 2

Editor's note: a video piece that is paired with this article is published on the Daily Lobo’s YouTube page, with segments of both the interview and shots of the art in the gallery described throughout. The John Sommers Gallery, enveloped inside the University of New Mexico’s Art Building, hosts a rotation of student work throughout each semester, with graduate student Hazel Batrezchavez taking over the last few weeks. Batrezchavez stood in an all black outfit, contrasting with the white walls of the gallery space. She is an artist, but more specifically a sculptor, standing at a solid 5 feet, 2 inches next to her sizable works of art.

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The dark role of money in politics

Anthony Jackson | November 1

During an election year, the public — including University of New Mexico students — is bombarded with political advertising, online, television radio, in the mail, or over the phone. The messages are easy to understand: stay away from — or vote for — this person. Less easy is tracking contributions for advertising, because in the current system donors are able to obscure their identities through so-called “dark money.”

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ASUNM: Finance Committee approves over $2,000 for Christian student group

Justin Garcia | November 1

A piece of legislation and two appropriations were sent through committee Wednesday night during the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico committee meetings. A resolution asserting that solutions to combat sexual violence should be pursued was passed through the Steering and Rules Committee. The resolution's author, Senator Rose Cary, highlighted fixing the broken blue light phones across campus, installing more lights in parking lots around UNM and extending shuttle hours as solutions students would benefit from.

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Sports

Football: Evah Tohi suspended for violating team rules

Cameron Goeldner | October 31

Lobos linebacker Evah Tohi has been suspended for a violation of team rules after an altercation with a teammate over the weekend, according to a report from KOB 4 that was confirmed by the team. According to KOB’s sources, the altercation was a violent fight that left the unnamed teammate in the hospital.

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A guide to New Mexico State Elections in 2018

Megan Holmen | October 30

New Mexico State Races State races include governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, auditor, treasurer, public lands commissioner, public education commissioner and public regulation commissioner.

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Men's soccer: Lobos play last home game of final season

Cameron Goeldner | October 28

Senior night occurs every season for the University of New Mexico Men’s Soccer team, but this one was unlike any other. The night began with a show of solidarity between rival teams before a crowd of 1,556, the second largest crowd of the season for the Lobos. But in the end, the result was a familiar one for the 2018, and likely final, iteration of UNM Men’s Soccer. “Their coach Chris Grasse is a class act,” head coach Jeremy Fishbein said about the moment. “Chris asked if just as a sign of solidarity they could join us. I asked our guys if they were good with it and they were. That’s kind of just been the outpouring all over the country, every college program. It’s nice.”

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Culture

Popejoy cancels student discounts for Broadway performances

Shayla Cunico | October 28

The University of New Mexico’s performance hall, Popejoy Hall, has announced they are pulling back student discounts for Broadway productions due to issues with funding provided by the Student Fee Review Board (SFRB). By mid-September most of the student fee revenue that was dispersed to Popejoy was used up due to student subscriptions and the high demand for Wicked tickets, according to Terry Davis, the marketing manager for PopeJoy Hall. That, paired with UNM’s decrease in student enrollment, hit Popejoy in their pockets. UNM’s enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year is down by 7.17 percent from last year according to the Fall 2018 official enrollment report.

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Football: New Mexico gets crushed 61-19 by Utah State

Robert Maler | October 28

The New Mexico football team scored first on Saturday, but the heavy underdog took it on the chin for the second time in as many weeks as they were decimated by Utah State 61-19 on the road. Things started off well for New Mexico (3-5, 1-3 MW) as it got a defensive stop and took its opening drive into Utah State territory and came away with a field goal to open up the scoring and take a 3-0 lead just a couple of minutes in the game. The score came off the foot of freshman kicker Andrew Shelley, who drilled the 53-yard field goal — the second-longest in school history, according to a release.