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Campus briefs for Nov. 20, 2014

Jonathan Baca | November 20

Last Friday the UNM Board of Regents voted to expand the board of Innovate ABQ from seven to 11 members, according to a UNM press release. The board also elected its leadership team. New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union President and CEO Terry Laudick will serve as the chair, with PNM Resources President and CEO Patricia Vincent-Collawn as vice chair. Charles I. Wellborn, former president of STC.UNM, will be the secretary/treasurer. Innovate ABQ is the proposed innovation hub and small business incubator created by UNM with the goal of bringing together members of the community, local government and small businesses in an effort to create new opportunities for entrepreneurs in Albuquerque and New Mexico.

James Silva from East Mountain Wood waits for customers at the ASUMN Arts and Crafts Fair on Wednesday. The Arts and Crafts Fair will continue through Friday in the SUB Ballrooms.

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ASUNM invites local craftspeople to fair

Sayyed Shah | November 20

The 51st annual ASUNM Arts and Crafts fair, hosting more than 70 vendors of handmade art and crafts, began at the Student Union Building on Wednesday. The event, hosted by the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, will continue through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Every year we organize the arts and crafts fair; it is run entirely by the undergraduate students,” said Stella Bell Kemper, executive director of ASUNM Art and Crafts Studio.

Former Lobo redshirt senior center Ebony Walker holds two basketballs while waiting to start a passing drill during Lobo Howl at the Pit on Oct. 17. Women’s basketball head coach Yvonne Sanchez announced that Walker has been released from the team following her arrest for a domestic dispute earlier this month.

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Basketball: Walker dismissed after domestic violence arrest

Liam Cary-Eaves | November 20

The New Mexico women’s basketball team will remain without its starting center for the 2014-15 season. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez dismissed Ebony Walker from the team after Walker was charged with domestic violence following an alleged altercation with Tredarius Moten on Nov. 4. “The decision was made with thoughtful consideration for Ebony and our basketball program,” Sanchez said.

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Crime briefs for Nov. 19

November 19

Car robbed in R Lot On Nov. 2, a report was made with UNM Police Department in reference to an auto burglary.

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Study shows pot has impact on brain

Tomas Lujan | November 19

UNM researchers are looking into the science of getting high in their latest study analyzing the long-term effects of marijuana on the brain. While initial results cannot say whether the enduring effects of cannabis are positive or negative, one thing is certain — habitual use changes the structure of the brain.

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Land commissioner race awaits recount

Isabel Gonzalez and Dominic Aragon | November 19

The unofficial results for the Nov. 4 general election show Republican Aubrey Dunn Jr. as the winner of the New Mexico land commissioner race — at least for now. The results were so close that incumbent Democrat Ray Powell still has a chance at retaining his position. Not every state offers a recount in the case of close elections, but New Mexico does. In this state, an automatic recount is required when the margin of votes between two candidates is “less than one-half of one percent of the total votes cast for that office”.

A wall full of keys hangs in the lost and found room at the University of New Mexico Police Department. The UNMPD office is located at 2500 Campus Blvd. NE and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Lost and found houses unclaimed items

David Lynch | November 19

Students lose things every day from water bottles to Lobo ID cards, hats to keys. But what few Lobos have in the first place is an idea of where to go to find these things. That place is the lost and found office at the UNM Police Department, located at 2500 Campus Blvd. NE. Darlene Trujeque works at the office, which is the primary one on campus, and said she is skeptical about students’ awareness of the lost and found.

Students take their bicycles onto campus on Oct. 13. UNM was recently awarded a Bronze level recognition for being a Bicycle Friendly Campus.

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UNM declared a Bicycle-Friendly Campus

Jonathan Baca | November 18

UNM is among 100 universities recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Campus. The University’s bronze-level award, which was given out by the League of American Bicyclists, was based on evaluations of what the league calls the “Five E’s”: engineering, encouragement, education, enforcement and evaluation and planning.

Estevan Pina, a senior mechanical engineering student, reaches into UNM’s Formula SAE motorsports program 2014 car on Nov. 14. The program has been ranked No. 5 in the country and No. 18 in the world, according to a poll issued by the Formula Student Combustion World Rankings.

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Motorsports club ranked in world

Tomas Lujan | November 18

One fast-moving club on campus is moving up the national and world leader boards. UNM’s Formula SAE motorsports program has been ranked No. 5 in the country and No. 18 in the world, according to a poll issued by the Formula Student Combustion World Rankings. The competition, put on by SAE International, focuses on engineering and design education.

Geetha Yedida works on a fruit sculpture during the International Cook-off event at the SUB. The cooking competition was put on by the Global Education Office with teams comprised of international students from Bangladesh, China, the Czech Republic, India, Iran, and Japan.

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Students share cultures, cuisines at international cookoff

Sayyed Shah | November 18

UNM’s international education week started Monday with the second international cook-off competition. The event, organized by the Global Education Office in collaboration with the Department of Enrollment Management, featured teams from Japan, China, Iran, Bangladesh, India and the Czech Republic participating in the live “Iron Chef” style competition for the best cuisine.

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ASUNM voter turnout slumps in recent election

David Lynch | November 17

Voter turnout for last week’s Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate elections was a fraction of that seen in previous semesters. The 682 Lobos who voted last Wednesday amounted to a meager 40 percent of those who got to the polls a year ago.

Maria Shehata performs at an Armed Forces Entertainment tour. Shehata, along with Adam Tod Brown, Jeff May and Cat Rhinehart, will perform two shows at “The Unpopular Opinion World Tour of One City In the Southwest United States” at the Guild Theater tonight and Tuesday night.

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Cracked comedians to crack up Albuquerque

Jonathan Baca | November 17

It would be surprising to find a college student who has never read a Cracked.com article. The website’s comedic lists, like “5 Adorable Behaviors That Mean Your Dog Hates You,” and “6 Unshakable Beliefs You Develop Growing Up a Redneck,” have made Cracked one of the most popular comedy sites on the net. And now some of the site’s contributors are coming to Albuquerque.

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School of Law fields LGBTQ legal questions

Robert Salas | November 17

For the first time in New Mexico history, volunteers from the law school’s clinical program met with members of the LGBTQ community to provide legal assistance on specific issues. In New Mexico, the LGBTQ community has made strides on their mission towards full equality with the recent legalization of same sex marriage. However, there are still challenges the community has to overcome, said John Flores, program coordinator for EQNM.

Jodie Herrera works on an oil art piece for her solo art show titled “The Shape I’m In” on Thursday. Herrera combined her show with a raffle of works by local artists to benefit Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless. The show will be held Nov. 22 at Tractor Brewery.

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Charity art raffle to benefit homeless community

Matthew Reisen | November 14

A UNM alumna is organizing a charity art raffle to benefit some of Albuquerque’s neediest citizens. Jodie Herrera, a New Mexico native and 2013 UNM graduate, said the event will combine her solo art show along with a raffle of works done by dozens local artists to benefit Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless. The show, titled “The Shape I’m In,” will be held on Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. at Tractor Brewery off of Fourth Street, she said. Herrera said she wanted to address the issue of homelessness in Albuquerque as the winter season approaches.

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Grad student one step closer to Mars

Marielle Dent | November 14

Zach Gallegos, a graduate Earth and planetary science student, is intent on being a member of the first astronaut team to establish a permanent colony on Mars. This Dutch non-profit agency has set a goal of sending the first four-person crew to Mars in 2024, and then successive crews every two years after, according to the Mars One website. There is, however, no return mission planned. The astronauts would live out the rest of their lives on the Red Planet.

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Multiculturalist braves old world

Lena Guidi | November 14

Jan. 14, 1984, was an important day for Feroza Jussawalla: Her son was born, and it was her birthday. If that wasn’t enough cause to celebrate, her first published book, “Family Quarrels: Towards a Criticism of Indian Writing in English,” arrived in the mail. The book is an analysis of how Indian writers who write in English have been shaped by criticism and Western literary trends. It is one of many works Jussawalla has published over the years in her academic specialty, post-colonial literature. “I focus on literature written by people who grew up in countries that became independent from Britain in the 1940s and ‘50s,” she said.

Nick Gannon, a biochemistry major, cultures cells in the Biomedical Research Facility on Tuesday afternoon. Gannon, among other researchers, is looking into anti-cancer agents produced naturally by the body.

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Lab studies the body's tactics against cancer

Lauren Topper | November 13

In the face of cancer, the human body is often portrayed as helpless, requiring the aid of countless hours of chemotherapy and, most likely, surgery to defeat it. However, a combination of long-standing evidence and new advances in the field is painting a potentially different story — one suggesting that a lot of what you think you know about cancer is wrong.

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GPSA funds for graduate research increase

David Lynch | November 13

The Graduate and Professional Student Association at UNM has awarded its funding grants for the fall semester, and the sum is higher than it has ever been. According to GPSA Grants Committee’s Fall Summary, $131,632 in funds was awarded this semester — more than GPSA has ever given out. For comparison, $23,140 was awarded over the summer. This fall 245 students applied for the grants, and as of Tuesday 129 have received funding, whereas only 50 students received grants last fall. Awardees were notified on Nov. 3, according to the GPSA’s website.

UNM mechanical engineering sophomore Jorge Guerrero, mid center, reacts after he learns he has the most votes in the election for Senator of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico at the SUB on Wednesday night. Guerrero will be announced as the new senator at ASUNM’s last meeting of the semester.

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STRIVE team strides onto ASUNM floor

David Lynch | November 13

Ten senate spots for the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico were up for grabs, and one team had almost all of its candidates elected. Of the nine members of the STRIVE team, eight were elected to serve as ASUNM senators after 682 Lobos voted Wednesday. One STRIVE member who made the cut was Bryce Matanis, a sophomore political science major. “It shows that the team as a whole actually put forth the effort to get elected,” Matanis said. “The fact that we got eight out of nine is incredibly, incredibly awesome.”

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Campus briefs for Nov. 13, 2014

Erika Eddy | November 13

University Student Cabinet discusses key issues affecting students The University Student Cabinet met for the first time last Friday. According to UNM, more than 40 Cabinet members participated in focus group-style discussions on subjects identified as critical to students at UNM. The meeting revolved around four topics: campus safety and civility, transparency and communication, student support services and tuition and fees. Students circulated every 15 minutes between four focus group tables. The student-initiated conversations were directed at UNM administrators, who took notes and answered questions.