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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.

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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.