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Photo exhibit shows impact of industrial waste

Marielle Dent | December 3

The last segment of this semester’s ‘Meeting of the Minds’ art conversation series is centered on photographer David Maisel’s Black Maps collection and will be held on Thursday at noon in the UNM Art Museum. “David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime” is a solo exhibit surveying four chapters of Maisel’s larger Black Maps series, according to the Art Museum website.

UNM second-year graduate student Xuechen Zhu works on natural product enzyme expression in Clark Hall on Tuesday. The lab of Assistant Professor Dr. Charles Melancon has engineered a potential new screening process for the characterization of antibacterial drugs.

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New system streamlines drug testing

Lauren Topper | December 3

The term “natural product” might sound more likely to be associated with a new organic diet or retail fad, but to scientists it is a term corresponding to clinically prescribed drugs used for decades.

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Vets seek support through education

David Lynch | December 2

At a time when U.S. soldiers are returning home from conflicts overseas and enrolling in colleges across the country, UNM’s own student veterans have varying opinions on what UNM has to offer those who have served. Richard Baca, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq, said he believes that the system in which the benefits a student veteran receives are based on service time should be amended. He said he would like to see all benefits be equal.

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International students made at home through non-profit

Sayyed Shah | December 2

International Students Incorporated will be donating furniture to incoming international student starting in the spring. Non-profit ISI already provides airport pick up and home-stay for up to three days to the international students.

Men's basketball coach coach Craig Neal makes his opening statement during a press conference at recently rebranded WisePies Arena on Monday afternoon. Neal, along with UNM President Robert Frank, Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs and WisePies marketing consultant Season Elliott, made the announcement of the $5 million deal with WisePies Pizza & Salad to rename The Pit.

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WisePies gets naming rights to The Pit

Kyle Tomasi | December 1

The Pit has been a legendary name of UNM's basketball venue since it opened in 1966. Fans will have to break their habit of calling it that starting now. WisePies Pizza and Salad agreed to give $5 million over 10 years to support the UNM Athletics Department through the newly established WisePies Fund. Through this donation, The Pit will now be called WisePies Arena aka The Pit for the duration of those 10 years.

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Comp. Sci. prof. discusses privacy

Lena Guidi | December 1

In May 2013, former National Security Agency subcontractor Edward Snowden leaked information about government surveillance activities, sparking an international debate about the role of government in protecting the privacy of its citizens. For the first time, many people both in the UnitedStatesand abroad became aware of how precarious their internet privacy was. But for Jedidiah Crandall, a professor at UNM's Computer Science Department, these revelations came with little surprise. He had been studying internet surveillance and censorship since he was working on a doctoral degree in computer science from the University of California, Davis. Crandall said while he didn't become specifically interested in surveillance until graduate school, he was working with computers from a very early age.

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ASUNM brings senate to students

David Lynch | December 1

Starting in the spring, the Associated Students of UNM will begin filming and sharing their meetings in an effort to increase transparency and further connect with the undergraduate students whom the student government body represents. ASUNM Communications Director David Ishmael said the organization will experiment with uploading videos to an archive on YouTube which students will be able to access. The broadcasting of ASUNM meetings will be another step toward its goal of reaching out to students, Ishmael said. "(ASUNM) President (Rachel) Williams, at the start of her term, challenged the communications team with realizing her goal of being an open student government," Ishmael said. "We bounced around ideas as to how to boost gallery attendance at senate meetings, and then we thought, 'Why not bring the meetings to students?'"

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SFRB proposes increase to student fees

Sayyed Shah | November 26

The Student Fee Review Board has made its initial recommendations for the use of student fees for 2016, and will be making their final recommendations on Dec. 4. The SFRB has recommended an overall increase to student fees of less than 2 percent for the financial year 2016.

Kyla Joas, left, and Megan Seckler of Pi Beta Phi sorority raise a sky lantern outside Zimmerman Library on Tuesday evening. The launch came after the memorial service to celebrate the lives of UNM students Briana Hillard, a Pi Beta Phi sister, and Matthew Grant, a former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity member. Hillard and Grant were killed and two more remain hospitalized after a hit-and-run car accident in front of Hotel Albuquerque on Friday night.

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A light in the darkness

November 26

Kyla Joas, left, and Megan Seckler of Pi Beta Phi sorority raise a sky lantern outside Zimmerman Library on Tuesday evening. The launch came after the memorial service to celebrate the lives of UNM students Briana Hillard, a Pi Beta Phi sister, and Matthew Grant, a former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity member. Hillard and Grant were killed and two more remain hospitalized after a hit-and-run car accident in front of Hotel Albuquerque on Friday night.

Protesters sit on Central Avenue Tuesday night with their hands up in solidarity with Ferguson, Missouri. The protest took place a day after a Missouri grand jury announced they would not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

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Ferguson decision draws protesters in Albuquerque

Lauren Marvin , Moriah Carty and Jonathan Baca | November 26

Nearly 200 protesters took to the streets Tuesday night, in response to the failure of a Ferguson, Missouri, jury to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. The protesters, led by (un)Occupy ABQ, marched up and down the middle of Central Avenue between San Mateo Boulevard and Yale Avenue, blocking traffic, waving signs and chanting.

Ruby, right, and Emilio play house during their playtime at Cuidando Los Ninos, or CLNkids, on Nov. 19. CLNkids is a homeless child care and family resource center that has been working with homeless families in Albuquerque for 25 years.

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Center gives homeless kids a healthy environment

Matthew Reisen | November 26

New Mexico is currently listed 46th in the nation when it comes to homeless children, but one Albuquerque organization is doing what it can to combat the issue of homeless families. Cuindando Los Ninos, or CLNkids, is a homeless childcare and family resource center that has been working with homeless families in Albuquerque for 25 years, said executive director Angela Merkert.

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UNM Crime Briefs for Nov. 26

November 26

On Nov. 21, UNM Police Department was dispatched to Dane Smith Hall in reference to battery. According to the report, a professor told a student that their conversation was over, due to the studentâ€™s behavior and began to walk away.

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Lottery CEO's proposal draws ASUNM ire

David Lynch | November 25

The Associated Students of UNM voiced their support of the current state of NM’s lottery scholarship that many students depend on, in the wake of lottery CEO David Barden proposing a lower amount going towards education. Resolution 9F, which passed unanimously at ASUNM’s final meeting of the semester last Wednesday, opposed the possible dip in the percentage of lottery profits that benefit students all across the state.

Former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow raises both his “CFO of the Year” award and prisoner identification card during his presentation at the Anthropology building on Monday. The presentation, titled “Rules versus Principles,” was put on by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at UNM, which supports business ethics education.

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Ex-Enron CFO gives ethics lecture

Jonathan Baca | November 25

In a rare public lecture, former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andy Fastow held up his “CFO of the Year” award in one hand, and his federal prison ID card in the other. “I got both of these for doing the exact same thing,” he said before a crowd of eager UNM business students.

David Mish, right, and Austin Norwood have a conversation during Con-Jikan at the SUB on Nov. 2. Con-Jikan, a local anime convention, has dealt with thefts during its first two years in Albuquerque.

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Con-Jikan hit by theft for second time

Moriah Carty | November 24

Nearly a month after the Con-Jikan anime festival, which was held at the SUB, the UNM Police Department is still investigating a theft of $2,000 worth of merchandise. Twice in two years Con-Jikan has dealt with theft. At last year’s event about $7,000 in cash and merchandise was stolen. Representatives of the SUB said they are not responsible for either crime.

Flowers scattered on bushes create a makeshift memorial in front of Hotel Albuquerque on Sunday. A stolen truck collided with a car that contained the four UNM students on Friday night, killing two and critically injuring the others.

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Two students killed, two injured in crash

Jonathan Baca | November 24

Two UNM students were killed and two more are in critical condition after a hit-and-run car accident late Friday night. A UNM spokesperson confirmed that Briana Hillard, a senior in business administration and a sister in the Pi Beta Phi sorority, and Matthew Grant, a junior in criminology and a former member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, died after the car they were driving in was T-boned near the intersection of Rio Grande Boulevard and Bellemah Avenue.

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The Howl: Nov. 22, 2014 episode

November 22

The Howl is a weekly online newscast produced by the Daily Lobo. On this week's show: UNM women's basketball loses a player, the NCAA rejects The Pit, UNM women's soccer loses a coach, Brianna Gallegos reports on 350.org's campaign on campus, ASUNM shows support for UNM's LGBTQ community, Lobo football heads to Ft. Collins.

Americorp volunteer Kristoffer Sverigeson holds a candle by the Duck Pond during a Thursday night candlelight vigil honoring individuals who identify as transgender who have died in the past year. The Associated Students of UNM announced their support for the LGBTQ Resource Center for an initiative that would make it easier for students who identify as transgender to use whatever name the want for University records.

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ASUNM resolution supports transgender students

David Lynch | November 21

The Associated Students of UNM have stated their support of the LGBTQ Resource Center in their preferred name initiative, which would make it easier for transgender students to use whatever name they choose for University records. At its final Senate meeting of the fall semester on Wednesday, ASUNM unanimously passed Resolution 8F, which states that the student government organization is in support of the campaign geared toward helping the transgender community on campus.

New Mexico women’s soccer head coach Kit Vela answers questions from the media at the Tow Diehm Athletics Center on Aug. 20. UNM announced on Thursday that it will not retain Vela for the 2015 season.

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Kit Vela's contract will not be renewed

Liam Cary-Eaves | November 21

New Mexico will take on a national party to search for a new women’s soccer head coach after the Lobos announced Kit Vela’s contract won’t be renewed. Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs released a statement Thursday afternoon thanking Vela and her staff for their efforts, but said it was time to take the team in a new direction. "At this time, we have decided to not renew the contract for Kit Vela,” Krebs said in the release.

Seth Daly, a fourth-year Ph.D. biomedical sciences student, counts bacterial colonies on agar on Wednesday afternoon. The laboratory is developing inhibitors of bacterial virulence to treat infections caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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Treatment could 'disarm' elements of staph

Lauren Topper | November 21

A combination of overuse and incorrect use of antibiotics is leading to a global epidemic of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that a recent report by the World Health Organization claims “threatens the achievements of modern medicine.” But a research team at UNM is creating an alternative for fighting a common, highly resistant infection.