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OPINION: Bobbleheads of the week

Marley Herndon | May 11

When there’s a winner there’s a loser. Sometimes a player can do everything in their power to win a game and still lose. Just as often, a player’s performance can cost their team the game. These players are favorably called bobbleheads.  Boston Celtics Blowing a 3-1 series lead is a rare and embarrassing feat. It has not happened in any major sport since 2023, and not in the NBA since 2020, until it happened twice in 2026. The Orlando Magic blew a lead to the Detroit Pistons, and much more shockingly, the Boston Celtics saw their series lead evaporate against the Philadelphia 76ers.

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REVIEW: ‘Invincible’ season 4: Bigger, better, bolder

Rodney Prunty | May 11

The fourth season of Amazon Prime's hit show “Invincible” wrapped up on April 22 and did not disappoint. Season four delivers a lot of highs and very little lows, with  this  season's main story line following the Viltrumite War — the war between our cast of heroes and the Viltrumite empire, the alien race that Omni-Man is from.   The voice acting in this season is stellar as Steven Yeun, who voices Mark Grayson aka Invincible, kills it through the entire season. Gillian Jacobs, who voices Atom Eve, doesn’t have the most screen time this season but does an amazing job as an emotional anchor for Mark, and you can hear it in her performance.  

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Sports

New Mexico United turn off the lights of Las Vegas, draw even with Locomotive

Alex Joe | May 11

Following a win versus AV Alta FC in the Prinx Tires USL Cup, New Mexico United were back at it at home for two big matchups between the El Paso Locomotive FC on Star Wars Night on Wednesday, May 6, and the Las Vegas Lights FC on Country Night, Saturday, May 9. United forward Greg Hurst used the power of the force to score his first two goals of the season, both in the first half versus the Locomotive on May 6. “It took six games to get a goal, and I managed to get two, but I've never lost any confidence,” Hurst said. 


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President Stokes looks back on eight years at UNM

Elliott Wood | May 11

For many at the University of New Mexico — and throughout the state — President Garnett Stokes’ name looms large. Stokes joined UNM as its 23rd president in 2018, the first woman to hold the position after previous stints at the University of Missouri, Florida State University and the University of Georgia.  In September 2025, Stokes informed the Board of Regents that she would be retiring at the end of the 2025-26 academic year.  Stokes was inspired to take her first real trip to the state after reading a novel by another big name in New Mexico, author Tony Hillerman, a UNM professor who taught journalism and served as an assistant to two University presidents. 

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Simon Reseigh, a reporter with many takes, retires

Rodney Prunty | May 11

Simon Reseigh’s first article was an opinion article, an article type he would continue to write during his time at the Daily Lobo. From “Bobbleheads of the Week” to predictions, Reseigh always had something to say.  “I’m a big yapper when it comes down to sports, and I have some very strong opinions on certain teams and how I feel about certain teams, so I thought, might as well just throw it out into the universe and let everyone read my ramblings and see if the agree or if they think I am a crazy person,” Reseigh said. 

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Graduating Daily Lobo cartoonist Avery Silfer illustrates a powerful legacy

Leila Chapa and Paloma Chapa | May 11

For the past year, Daily Lobo readers could always count on seeing a — very often cat-inspired — positive or thought-provoking comic strip on the last page of the weekly paper.  Daily Lobo Cartoonist Avery Silfer’s weekly comics have the ability to make readers smile and boost self-worth, or reflect on tragedy and political tension.  This semester, Silfer is graduating with her bachelor’s degree in art studio with a minor in journalism, after having produced over 100 illustrations for the paper. 

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Melissa Maldonado loves talking to people, and you should too

Shin Thant Hlaing | May 11

Melissa Maldonado is a week away from obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing and a minor in Spanish. This will be her third and final year at the University of New Mexico as a transfer student from CNM. Maldonado was initially drawn to criminology because of an interest in crime documentaries. Through this degree she was exposed to sociology, which allowed her to study how society was organized and what pushes people to make certain choices. This drew her to social work.  However, as she got further into her degree, something didn’t quite click. She began to feel concerned about the possibility of social work taking a heavy emotional toll. It was when she took a marketing class at the beckoning of a friend that everything clicked.

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Shin Thant Hlaing centers the people at the heart of law, journalism

Elliott Wood | May 11

Next year, Daily Lobo beat reporter Shin Thant Hlaing will be headed to one of the best law programs in the country after graduating from the University of New Mexico with a degree in political science. If you’d asked her a year ago about what her plans were after UNM, law school wouldn’t even have been in the conversation.  “I wanted to either become a researcher or a policy advisor,” Hlaing said. “My mind was going in a lot of different places, but what drew me to law was when the earthquake happened in Myanmar.” 

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In a world of stress and somberness, be an Addison Fulton

Nate Bernard | May 11

If you’ve visited creative spaces around the University of New Mexico campus, then you’ve likely encountered Addison Fulton. Whether through student films, local arts events, satire magazines or newsroom conversations, Fulton has spent much of her college career immersing herself in the communities creating culture around Albuquerque. On top of being a serial contributor to Conceptions Southwest, the founder of satire magazine Weekly Coyote and a writer, actress and director, Fulton is also the outgoing culture editor at the Daily Lobo.

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Wyatt Padilla leaves the Lobo after a rewarding year

Marley Herndon | May 11

“Wyatt Padilla is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo,” is not a phrase readers are going to see at the end of new articles anymore as the UNM senior out of Los Lunas retires and his contributions to the paper become reflected upon fondly. Wyatt Padilla got his start at the Daily Lobo in the spring of 2025, after being a student manager for the UNM women’s basketball team for two years. When he left that job, he knew he wanted to stay in sports in some way, but he didn’t know how.  That was until he met the Daily Lobo Sports Editor Rodney Prunty, who encouraged him to apply for a job as a freelance sports writer.

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Haaland talks data centers, free graduate tuition during Law School visit

Paloma Chapa | May 4

During a Q&A style conversation at the University of New Mexico Law School on Monday, April 27, Law Students spoke to New Mexico gubernatorial candidate from the Pueblo of Laguna Deb Haaland about a variety of topics including data centers, economic stimulus, healthcare and the Israel and Palestine conflict.  Haaland opened her remarks by recalling her “depression and frustration” over not passing the  bar exam after graduating from the UNM Law School.  “You do all the work, and the Creator makes you take a sharp right turn or a left turn, and you have no clue why,” Haaland said. “I feel very strongly that if I had passed my bar exam, I wouldn't be standing here as the Secretary of the Interior.”  

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Culture

Popejoy Hall showcases Dance Theatre of Harlem

Leila Chapa | May 2

  On Saturday, May 2, Popejoy Hall invites the internationally-renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem to take the stage for a dynamic classical ballet performance. The program features “Donizetti Variations” by George Balanchine, Robert Garland’s “Higher Ground” — set to the music of Stevie Wonder — and “New Bach,” a fusion of neoclassical and modern styles, the Popejoy press release reads.

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City Nature Challenge puts local biodiversity on the map

Paloma Chapa | April 27

The Albuquerque City Nature Challenge, taking place from April 24-27, is inviting everyone to become citizen scientists through documenting the city’s biodiversity in Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia Counties, as part of a global collaborative effort to document wildlife observations of all kinds.  R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography Associate Director Laurel Ladwig said the City Nature Challenge is a way to get people to know the nature around them while helping create an urban biodiversity map using the iNaturalist app or website, and that Albuquerque has participated in the challenge since 2019. Ladwig said that habitat is everywhere in the city, citing her experience with some trees in a restaurant parking lot along I-25. 

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Sports

Former Lobos Keyshawn James-Newby drafted by Eagles; Damon Bankston signed by Giants

Edge Garcia | April 27

Born in Pocatello, Idaho, becoming a standout football player in his hometown of Helena, Montana, and now competing at the highest level of professional football in the world. Former Lobo Keyshawn James-Newby has found his opportunity with the Philadelphia Eagles. On Saturday, April 25, the former Lobos defensive end became the first Lobo drafted since safety Jerrick Reed II in 2023. James-Newby is the 67th player to be drafted from the University of New Mexico all-time, and is the first Lobo defensive lineman drafted since Larry Dibbles in 1973. The Eagles selected James-Newby with the 252nd pick in the seventh round.

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Culture

UNM Sustainability Expo showcases resilience initiatives

Leila Chapa and Paloma Chapa | April 27

The University of New Mexico Cornell Mall transformed into a growers’ market as dozens of local organizations, businesses, UNM departments and student groups lined the mall with booths, displaying and highlighting sustainability initiatives at the annual campus Sustainability Expo. On Thursday, April 23, Hundreds of students passed through the expo and networked with different vendors, some leaving with plants and fresh eggs. Freshman Avah Trujillo and sophomore Taylor Alwin said it was their first time at the expo and they both enjoyed the Lobo Garden table, which was handing out fresh herbs.

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Meet Gwich'in elder, caribou protector Sarah James

Leila Chapa and Paloma Chapa | April 27

Albuquerque’s final annual Gathering of Nations Pow Wow drew over 100,000 participants and attendees from tribes across the country to Expo New Mexico on April 24-25.  One of the attendees was Neets’aii Gwich’in elder Sarah James from Arctic Village, who came from Alaska for the Pow Wow. James is internationally-known for her efforts to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas development.  She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002, and is among multiple Native women authors in the book “Worlds within Us: Wisdom and Resilience of Indigenous Women Elders.” 

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One year in, 250+ hrs served by ABQ RIDE volunteers

Shin Thant Hlaing | April 27

When riding the bus in Albuquerque, passengers may have seen people in neon shirts. These people are volunteers with the newly-launched ABQ RIDE Transit Ambassador program.  Launched last year on April 1, 2025, the program is one of two programs for which ABQ RIDE recruits volunteers. The volunteers seek to promote a safer environment for bus passengers by providing education of ABQ RIDE’s Rules to Ride, and being another set of trained eyes to monitor service, according to the City of Albuquerque. 

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Sports

Lobos host final home track meet of 2025-26

Elizabeth Bolke | April 27

On Friday, April 24, the University of New Mexico Lobo track and field team hosted its final home meet of the 2025-26 season with the Don Kirby Tailwind Twilight, celebrating the team’s seniors. Going into the meet, the men’s team was ranked No. 21 nationally and the women’s team No. 22.  “We love hosting track meets,” Lobos Head coach Darren Gauson said. “This is our second Twilight meet of the year. Having an opportunity for us to have some local schools, it’s great to have UTEP here, New Mexico State, New Mexico Junior College, a few others as well.”

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Culture

Earth Day at UNM-Valencia flourishes fun, environmental awareness

Paulina Acosta-Marta | April 27

To celebrate the progress made towards a more sustainable future and learn more about what more can be done, students came together at the University of New Mexico-Valencia campus during its Research and Earth Day.  The Tuesday, April 21 event hosted various presentations, including the art club demonstrating how to recycle paper, a biology class on how to make bird feeders with recycled materials, another class raising awareness of the effects of fast fashion and the event’s tradition of showcasing baked cookies with a solar oven.  Professor of English and member of the community garden’s table, Anicca Cox said she loved the event.

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Sports

Football: Spring game sees team Silver escape team Cherry

Edge Garcia | April 27

If there’s one true takeaway from Saturday’s spring game, the Jason Eck effect is as real as it gets. On April 26, University Stadium saw its biggest attendance in a long time for their annual spring game. In a game of the University of New Mexico Lobos battling Lobos, it wasn’t hard to see that the defense is ahead of the offense at this point in the year. Given the returning players on defense, that should be expected.