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"American Horror Story" presents ambiguous season opener

Macey Rose | September 16

American Horror Story has returned to FX netflix for its eighth installment, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse.” The TV series premiered on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 11 p.m, bringing forth Ryan Murphy’s dystopian vision of how the world will come crumbling down. Fittingly, the first episode, titled “The End,” is set in Los Angeles, and opens to sirens and missile warning threats on people’s cell phones across the city. News broadcasts covering the devastating revelation then disclose that they too must evacuate, and that is when true panic starts to settle in. Within minutes of the evacuation warning, citizens are already killing one another to get out of L.A., and the audience follows a young socialite escaping on her father’s private jet with her hair stylist, her hairstylist’s grandmother and personal assistant.

The 25-foot tall Aggie Cowboy effigy burns at the 2018 Red Rally on Johnson Field on Sept. 13, 2018.

News

UNM students get ready for rivalry game at Red Rally

Anthony Jackson | September 14

Students at the University of New Mexico did not start the fire. Red Rally, UNM’s 15-year tradition of burning an effigy of New Mexico State University’s Pistol Pete mascot days before the UNM-NMSU football game, continued to burn bright on Thursday. Crowds of students covered Johnson Field just to watch the pinata-like effigy go up in flames.

UNMPD Officer Patricia Young speaks to the ASUNM Senate about the Lobo Guardian app on September 12, 2018.

News

ASUNM approve budget request, reject McCain condolence

Justin Garcia | September 13

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate met Wednesday night to vote on balance forward requests, a condolence for Senator John McCain, and receive an update about the Johnson Center renovation and the UNM Police Department’s media presence. President Becka Myers requested that $37,788 of almost $50,000 in unspent money from last year’s budget be sent to cover costs of ASUNM’s eight student service agencies not previously covered in their budgets. This is the first time the balance forward requests have gone through the Finance Committee, said Madelyn Lucas, the Finance Committee chair.

Greg Williams speaks during public comment at Tuesday’s Board of Regents meeting at the Student Union Building. Williams’ comments were regarding athletics.

News

Tempers flare between Regents and Faculty at latest meeting

Cameron Goeldner | September 13

The latest Board of Regents meeting ended with a heated exchange between Regent Tom Clifford and Faculty Senate President Pamela Pyle Tuesday afternoon. Clifford accused Pyle and the rest of the faculty leadership of being “cowardly” on their behalf following the Regents vote to cut sports and not forgive the athletic department debt, which was something that the faculty had requested last winter. When asked if the faculty had taken a position on the Board’s handling of the athletics budget, Pyle said the faculty had weighed in behind the scenes because much of the faculty was gone during the summer when the decision was being made.

Culture

State Fair returns to Albuquerque

Justine Lopez | September 13

Sept. 6 marked the first day of the 80th annual New Mexico State Fair at Expo New Mexico. Visitors were immediately greeted with the sights and smells of fair foods and brightly lit carnival rides as they walked through the entrance. Vendors lined the main street of the fair as their displays enticed people to look at their homemade goods, from t-shirts to custom wood-burned signs. Some vendors even prompted people with a challenge of physical strength. UNM professor Jonathan Eldredge was in attendance on the fair’s opening day and was accompanied by his daughter Gabriela. The two have had a father-daughter tradition of attending the fair every year since Gabriela was a child.

Patrick Nagatani, "Model A Woody, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (VLA), Plains of St. Agustin, New Mexico, U.S.A.," photo courtesy of Albuquerque Museum.

Culture

Museum exhibit highlights unique photography

Megan Holmen | September 13

The Albuquerque Museum’s exhibit “Buried Cars and Other Stories” displays the colorful photographic works of Patrick Nagatani. Nagatani’s work is known worldwide and his photographs show places far and wide. Joseph Traugott, the Albuquerque Museum guest curator and longtime friend of Nagatani, said the exhibit is a compilation of Nagatani’s life work. The exhibit consists of over 50 pieces of his work and includes multiple series. “Patrick was a photography professor at UNM for 25 years and was well loved by many,” Traugott said.

A Great Tit claims its mammalian victim.

Opinion

Predatory Songbirds: the case of the murderous tits

Jenna McCullough | September 13

Editor's Note: This piece was originally published online in the UNM BioBlog on September 4th, 2018, written by Jenna McCullough. This is part of our project to help connect the Daily Lobo audience to more members of our community. When you think of a songbird, like a finch or a sparrow, what kind of food does it eat? For many people, the first thing that comes to mind is bird seed — it fills feeders and the shelves of our local bird-watching stores. But songbirds are more diverse than finches at your neighborhood feeder and they eat more than just idyllic bird seed.

Nick Taylor chases down the ball during the first half of Tuesday’s game against UCSB at the UNM Soccer Complex. The Lobos lost 2-1.

Sports

Men's Soccer: Lobos lose heart breaker against UCSB

Cameron Goeldner | September 13

The Lobo men’s soccer team suffered a 2-1 loss to the UCSB Gauchos on Tuesday night at the UNM Soccer Complex as a pair of corner kicks in the opening minutes of the second half proved the difference. “That was a game you needed to handle,” head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. “Two bad mistakes in the first seven minutes of the second half, that’s what we talked about. I’m pretty disappointed in our performance and our maturity today.”

Culture

The best places to eat, drink in Las Cruces

Shayla Cunico | September 13

With so many students traveling to Las Cruces for the football game against the NMSU Aggies, the Daily Lobo has put together a list of the finest dining the Three Crosses has to offer. As a Las Cruces native, and with 21 years of dining experience, I have put together a list of my favorite spots for tacos, tostadas, custard and coffee.

Music

Part 2: The best hip-hop albums of the 21st century

Colton Newman | September 12

Editor's Note: The Daily Lobo is publishing a list of some of the best albums of the 21st century. This is part two of the Best Albums of hip-hop list. “Telefone” by Noname: Sadness and melancholy are daily occurrences for the Chicago rapper Noname, who finds ways to weave in small clips of happiness into her sorrow filled debut album “Telephone.” In just thirty minutes, Noname delivers a roller-coaster of emotions full of stories of love, heartbreak, life and death that make every listen feel intimate and personal. Disguised in bubbly jazz production most would assume Noname is but a joyous, hopeful rapper, amongst further lyrical analysis it’s clear that Noname has had more than a lifetime's worth of devastation.

Music

Hozier's new EP explores vulnerability and strength

Luisa Pennington | September 12

Irish singer and guitarist Hozier released an EP titled “Nina Cried Power” on Sept. 6, four years after releasing his self-titled debut album. With remnants of his original Irish folk sound, Hozier beautifully infuses strands of blues and gospel. Much like in his first album, his voice leads the way for the accompanying instruments included.

Culture

Movie Review: "The Nun" offers little variation of horror genre

Tiffani Watteyne | September 12

“The Nun” is the fifth movie in “The Conjuring” movie series, though its events occur prior to those that happened in the second film. The title gives the movie’s main antagonist away as the plot follows the same demonic nun named Valak from “The Conjuring 2” film, except now the audience is given the origin place of Valak. When trailers and teasers for the movie were released to the public, they were scary and also intriguing as a film concept. One of the teasers that was featured on YouTube was seven seconds in length showing a black screen with the volume being turned down on your device.

Tyrone Owens runs the ball with a pair of Wisconsin defenders in pursuit, Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

Sports

Football: Wisconsin running back logs career high to help erase early Lobo lead

Cameron Goeldner | September 9

MADISON, Wis. -- The University of New Mexico defense was unable to slow down Wisconsin star Jonathan Taylor, who turned in a career day with career-high 253 yards as well as three touchdowns in a 45-14 victory on Saturday afternoon. The Lobos received the opening kickoff and immediately put together a long, methodical drive that lasted 17 plays and covered 87 yards — one that included four third-down conversions and took 7:38 off the clock. The drive culminated with an 11-yard pass from Tevaka Tuioti to Delane Hart-Johnson that gave UNM an early 7-0 lead and silenced a crowd of 77,003 at Camp Randall Stadium. “I really felt offensively we had a great rhythm early in the game,” head coach Bob Davie said. “I thought honestly schematically there were some things we could do. When (Tuioti) went out...we didn’t get much done after that.”

Photo courtesy of Ariana Grande’s Instagram.

Music

Analyzing Mac Miller's death through his music

Shayla Cunico and Isaiah Garcia | September 9

Recording artist Malcolm James McCormick, more popularly known as Mac Miller, was found deceased in his Los Angeles home on Thursday, Sept. 7, the result of an apparent drug overdose. His passing came as a shock to the music community. With his upcoming tour set to start in October and his optimistic tweets, fans saw this as Mac hitting his stride and the projection of his career was looking to be increasingly successful.

University of New Mexico students continue their day leaving, or arriving to Dane Smith Hall. Of the almost 24,000 students at UNM, less than six percent use the Lobo Guardian app.

News

UNM promotes app to protect students

Anthony Jackson | September 9

Smartphones have tremendous pocket-sized power — sometimes they are used for finding memes and other times they can be used to save a life. Since 2015, the University of New Mexico has promoted a service called LoboGuardian — which runs off the RaveGuardian network — to increase campus safety. Users can send pictures and text anonymous tips to the UNM Police Department through the app. There is also a panic button for emergencies. The panic button will quickly send a distress signal to UNMPD and turn your smartphone into a tracking beacon, allowing law enforcement to respond accordingly.

A UNMPD officer stands behind a police cruiser on Sept. 23, 2015.

News

Crime briefs for September 10

Elizabeth Sanchez | September 9

Possession of Stolen Property On the evening of Aug. 23, an officer was sent to Popejoy Hall after stuffed teddy bears were stolen, according to a police report. The officer spoke with the male who reported the incident. He said someone took the bears from a cabinet inside Popejoy Hall. There were no witnesses. Another officer detained a male who was holding three stuffed bears at the bookstore and said he found them on the ground. The male is not a student and has been involved in many campus calls. Requesting that the male in possession of the bears be banned from campus, the police report will be sent to the UNM Dean of Students.

Culture

Movie Review: "The Happytime Murders" combines comedy and mystery

Tiffani Watteyne | September 9

“The Happytime Murders” is an interesting concept of a light-hearted comedy and murder mystery movie involving puppets, although, as the movie progresses, one finds a redemption story that brings up more serious topics like racism, drug abuse and objectification. The movie’s main character is Phil Philips, a puppet detective played by Brian Henson, who worked for the police force. When looking for evidence on a case, he gets caught up at a crime scene warranting the police to show up. Along with them is his ex-partner Connie Edwards, an actual human, played by Melissa McCarthy. The two trade insults upon seeing each other and mention a past event later about a career ending situation for Philips that had created a bad relationship between him and Edwards.

Culture

Photo Story: Hatch celebrates Chile Festival

Anthony Jackson | September 9

The annual Hatch Valley Chile Festival took place in Hatch, New Mexico Sept. 2 to 3. Tens of thousands of visitors trekked to the small village of Hatch and filled the streets. More than 70 vendors, many of them local to Hatch, set up shop. Most sell chile.

Clipart includes album covers from Madvillain, Tyler, the Creator, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye.

Music

Part 1: The best hip-hop albums of 21st century

Colton Newman | September 9

Editor's Note: This is part of a series of lists looking at some of the best albums to be released this century in a variety of genres. Part 2 of the hip-hop list will be published Wednesday 9/12. If you Google “the best hip-hop albums ever,” chances are you’ll find countless pages listing albums from the likes of Nas, Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., which are all wonderful and impactful albums, but many new hip-hop albums are seemingly overlooked because of how highly we value albums from the 90’s. This list contains ten albums made between the year 2000 and now that have been culturally impactful, genre changing, lyrically magnificent or conceptually brilliant.

News

UNM researcher finds a cause of mass extinctions

Megan Holmen | September 9

A geological researcher at the University of New Mexico has discovered that low oxygen levels contributed to the Earth’s great mass extinctions. Maya Elrick, the sedimentary geologist behind the research, said ocean water anoxia — the depletion of dissolved oxygen in water — can be linked to four out of the five mass extinctions on Earth. The earth has had five mass extinctions, and the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction occurred about 450 million years ago. This extinction was when most life on earth was in the sea and resulted in a drastic reduction of species.