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Councilors Klarissa J. Peña and Rey Garduño discuss the agenda during the Albuquerque City Council meeting on Monday. Garduño’s resolution to pass a motion to have lower marijuana penalties put on the ballot for the next elections passed by a 5-4 vote.
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City Council votes in favor of adding pot penalties to ballot

Tomas Lujan | August 19

Albuquerque voters might have the chance to vote on whether or not marijuana penalties should be lessened. Late Monday evening The Albuquerque City Council voted 5-4 in favor of allowing a measure that will reduce marijuana penalties to be put on the ballot in November. This initiative seeks to reduce those penalties in the Albuquerque area to a civic penalty of $25 for anyone found in possession of up to an ounce of marijuana, regardless of prior transgressions for the same offense. According to current statutes, penalties for a first offense include a fine between $50 and $100, up to 15 days in jail, or both.

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Downtown campus plan in progress

Daniel Montaño | August 18

After 18 months of planning, the grand vision of Innovate ABQ is coming into focus. The design firm Perkins and Will publicly presented its initial master plan for Innovate ABQ to the Board of Regents on Aug 8, explaining the different possibilities for the future of the venture.

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Women's soccer hazing incident investigation launched

Thomas Romero-Salas | August 18

The New Mexico women’s soccer team may have partaken in a hazing incident over the weekend, according to a UNM Athletics Department press release issued early Monday evening. The Athletics Department is using an outside investigator to determine the details of the incident and interview team members.

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World briefs

Jonathan Baca | August 18

Iraq With the help of U.S. airstrikes, Kurdish military forces reported Monday they have won back control of Mosul Dam from the Islamic militant group ISIL.

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CDC says Ebola poses little risk to U.S.

Erika Eddy | August 18

A Santa Fe woman is being tested at UNM Hospital for possible infection of the Ebola virus, according to a press release from the New Mexico Department of Health. Although she is not considered a probable case, UNMH has isolated the patient out of caution and is following the appropriate protocols to ensure other patients and health care workers are safe, according to the press release. The woman returned from Sierra Leone, Africa, earlier this month and developed a sore throat, headache, muscle aches and fever — all symptoms of Ebola, according to NMDOH.

The UNM Marching Band performs the UNM Fight Song for approximately 2,500 incoming freshman at Popejoy Hall on Sunday afternoon. This preceded the UNM Class Crawl and Movie on the Field, which are part of Welcome Back Days.
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Ease into campus life with free food

Lauren Marvin | August 17

Free food. Most college students will go for that. That makes for a great opportunity this week, as more than 220 departments and organizations will participate in UNM Welcome Back Days. Ryan Lindquist, associate director of the Student Activities Center, said the Welcome Back Days provide an opportunity to spotlight the diverse departments and communities on campus, as well as a free meal for students.

Debris lay scattered outside the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building on Thursday. The UNM Physical Planning Department is still calculating the estimated cost of the damage to 50 buildings during the summer flooding.
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Cost of flood repairs pending

Stephen Montoya | August 17

Although details on how much damage was done by last week’s flooding are still being gathered, UNM’s Physical Plant Department is doing its best to find and fix campus-wide problems. The next step for PPD according to Department Director Mary Vosevich is looking over the damages and determining the cost for insurance purposes to get the companies on campus to start making repairs. “We have equipment that determines moisture in a wall, so they know exactly how high they need to go to cut out any drywall to do those repairs,” Vosevich said.

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Accused athletes return to football team

Thomas Romero-Salas | August 17

New Mexico head coach Bob Davie has reinstated running back Crusoe Gongbay and cornerback SaQwan Edwards to the football team after the District Attorney’s Office determined there was insufficient evidence to prosecute. The two returned to practice last week during training camp in Ruidoso, and are eligible to play in the Aug. 30 season opener. “It was my decision,” Davie said last week at a press conference. “Back in April, I suspended those two from the team because it was a criminal case and they were charged criminally. The reason I’m reinstating them is because I received word from both attorneys that the criminal case has been dismissed and it’s closed.”

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Charges against football players dropped

Jonathan Baca | August 17

The District Attorney’s Office formally dropped charges without prejudice against two Lobo football players and one former UNM student. District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said on Wednesday that due to a lack of evidence her office was unable to indict SaQwan Edwards, Crusoe Gongbay and Ryan Ruff on kidnapping and rape charges. UNM is still following up on its own investigation, which could lead to disciplinary action including expulsion from school if it is found that the student-athletes violated the school’s code of conduct.

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Arts let students 'escape for a day'

Moriah Carty | August 10

The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History is using a “magic” bus to inspire poverty-level children by giving them a chance to escape their environment for a day. Rita Butler, the program manager at the museum, said this is the 20th year of the Magic Bus Program, which is funded by the community and private donations. “The program brings school children to the museum, totally free,” she said.

The walls of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building are exposed and ready for repair on Wednesday afternoon. Several UNM buildings, including Centennial Library and Hodgin Hall, were damaged during the storm that swept through Albuquerque on Aug. 1.
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Flood damage lingers as term looms

Stephen Montoya | August 10

Back-to-back rainstorms resulted in damage to almost 40 buildings on the UNM main campus last week. Some of the departments hit hardest include the School of Engineering, the recently remodeled Honors College, Hodgin Hall and the Centennial Library located underground. Nancy Dennis, associate dean of the Centennial Library, said she has yet to find out the extent of the damage after hearing that there was standing water in the library. “All those things kind of start filtering through your head when you get that phone call at 3 o’clock on Saturday morning, and you know it’s not good news,” Dennis said. The first step to salvaging any damaged books starts with calling a book restoration company that will freeze the saturated material and thaw it out over a slow, tempered process, she said. Ninety boxes of damaged books were sent to the BMS CAT Disaster Restoration plant in Fort Worth, Texas for the restoration process to begin, Dennis said. “If print and books stay wet in a high-humidity and high-temperature environment, then mold can start growing in that material,” she said. The normal response time for saving print materials after they’ve become wet is 48 hours, she said.

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UNM 125: $4,000 of goal yet to be filled

July 18

Printed December 17, 1948 As the Lobo went to press yesterday, the Co-operative Bookstore Campaign fund hit the $16,000 mark with $4,000 in pledges still to be signed. With the option on building to house the bookstore extended until Monday, Student Council members were hopeful of reaching the $20,000 goal by noon Saturday – the absolute deadline, Dick Barrett, campaign chairman, said. Pointing out that students and faculty members may sign more than one pledge, Barrett announced that the Associated Student office will be open all day Friday and Saturday morning to issue new and additional membership pledges. Barrett also issued a call for more volunteers to canvass classes and individual students now making the rounds of classes in session, many instructors are giving the sales talk for them. Now in its fourth week, the bookstore campaign appeared to be winding up to greater proportions after a slow start in its early days. The increase in pledges signed is due largely to an intensified campaign, Barrett said, noting that as the campaign gained impetus, more volunteers showed up to aid in canvassing the campus. AS plans for the bookstore are set up, each student will buy one shared in the project at $5.00 per share, and will receive dividends on that share.

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UNM 125: Scattered violence erupts during strike

July 18

Printed May 11, 1970 The deployment of the National Guard on campus to oust students occupying the Union, joint faculty student recommendations of a “free university,” and scattered acts of violence followed in quick succession this weekend while the University was closed. A 150 man unit of the National Guard was called on campus Friday evening by New Mexico State Police Chief Martin Vigil to help city, state, and campus police to oust students who had occupied the New Mexico Union building since Wednesday afternoon. Vigil was executing a court order sought by the UNM Regents to have the building cleared.

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