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19-year-old driver arrested for drunk driving in car registered to Locksley

Nathan Farmer | September 24

Lobo recruit Joshua Butts was arrested Saturday for aggravated DWI in a car registered to head football coach Mike Locksley. According to the police report the vehicle was registered to Michael and Kia Anika Locksley with the license plate reading, 34UNM02. Butts was also charged with a minor in possession of alcohol, reckless driving and driving without a license. Three other individuals, Brian Salazar, Desiree Cordova and Ashley Wellito, all under the age of 21, were also arrested for being under the influence of alcohol.

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No money to repair or update Johnson Gym

Luke Holmen | September 23

While none of the students, administration members or anyone on the planning committee knows if a new recreation center will be built or if Johnson Gym will be renovated, Recreational Services says it’s clear Johnson is aging and over capacity. The 7,800 seat facility, built in 1957 as UNM’s main gym, now accommodates the physical education and exercise science departments, as well as portions of Lobo Athletics and recreational services.

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Student medical records digitized

Stephanie Hoover | September 23

UNM’s Student Health and Counseling center made the switch to electronic records last month, making students’ records safer but nurses’ jobs harder. SHAC Director Beverley Kloeppel said the electronic system is safer because it eliminates risk of illegible practitioners’ notes.

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Hodgin Hall re-opens, time capsule unearthed

Tamon Rasberry | September 22

UNM parking officials enforced penalties in 1908, the same way they do 2011. A century-old parking ticket was one of the items discovered inside a time capsule buried at Hodgin Hall in 1908 and opened Wednesday night at the alumni building’s grand re-opening.

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Students travel for tips on innovation

Charlie Shipley | September 22

Some UNM students had the opportunity to visit colleges across the southwest this summer to bring back ideas for improving student life at UNM. The visits were arranged by Walt Miller, associate vice president for Student Life, and included delegates from ASUNM and GPSA who observed recreation facilities, housing facilities, student health centers and food service/dining options.

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UNM gets nanoscience lab

Felipe Medina-Marquez | September 22

UNM dedicated a wing on the third floor of the Centennial Engineering Center Aug. 23 to a small, but still emerging branch of science. The nanomaterials and nanomedicine lab is a major initiative that involves federal and state funding, along with grants, and features collaborative efforts from different academic disciplines at UNM, including the Cancer Center and the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, as well as Sandia National Laboratories.

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Peace programs host fair

Stephanie Hoover | September 22

Students and staff interested in all areas of social justice gathered in the SUB Wednesday for the International Day of Peace. The sixth annual UNM Peace Fair was put on by the Peace Studies Program, an interdisciplinary program in which students can earn a minor or a certificate.

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Mascots rally against pricey textbooks

Tamon Rasberry | September 21

Textbook Rebellion, a national movement to lower textbook prices, visited UNM Tuesday with its mascots, Mr. $200 Textbook and the Textbook Rebel. UNM’s chapter of New Mexico Public Interest Research Group sponsored the event to gather petition signatures and get students interested in ways to lower textbook prices.

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Roybal: Students want rec center

Luke Holmen | September 21

The UNM Master Plan outlines a plan to build a new recreation center and update Johnson Gym, even though a proposal to fund a new recreation center using student fees was voted down in the ASUNM elections last fall. “The University and ASUNM ask students for their input on everything and then ignore it, it seems like,” said student James Brown.

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New professor nabs ‘dream job’

Charlie Shipley | September 21

Associate Professor of History Mike Ryan will join UNM’s Institute of Medieval Studies after leaving a tenured position at Purdue University in Indiana. His new UNM office is filled to the brim with books on everything from medieval sorcery to the practices of ancient Christianity.

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Investigation of APD approved

Luke Holmen | September 20

Protesters banded together in the City Council chambers Monday, calling for the Department of Justice to investigate alleged APD misconduct in a series of 20 police shootings in the last 20 months, 14 of which have been fatal. Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry vetoed a City Council resolution last month that asked for a DOJ investigation, and the City Council failed to override the veto at a Sept.

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Reckless skaters escape penalties

Chelsea Erven | September 20

Student Veterans of UNM has decided to take action on a problem members say hasn’t been properly enforced on campus: skateboarding. Joseph Boyd, the group’s president, said out-of-control skateboarders threaten the safety of disabled veterans and students alike. “It’s a safety issue,” he said.

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Commiseration with starvation

Lindsay Douglas | September 20

The Muslim Student Association (MSA) will hold its annual Fast-A-Thon on Thursday to raise money and awareness for famine in the eastern horn of Africa. Mostafa Amini, president of the MSA, said the fast will follow traditional Islamic practices. “The practice of fasting, within the Islamic religion, consists of abstaining from eating and drinking, including water, from sunrise to sunset,” he said. Amini said fasting isn’t supposed to be easy. “It allows the UNM community to feel and not only sympathize, but rather empathize with our fellow humans that are experiencing poverty, famine and other sub-human conditions,” he said.

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Protesters demand culpability for APD shootings

Michael Howland-Davis | September 19

More than 60 people braved the rain Saturday to speak out against allegedly brutal police practices that have led to an abnormally high number of police shootings in Albuquerque. Albuquerque police officers have gunned down one person a month for 20 months — 14 of those shootings have been fatal.

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Engineering teachers dunked to raise money

Michael Howland-Davis | September 16

How do you build a better dunk tank? Add an engineering student, a barbeque grill, a water pump and about 20 feet of copper tubing. “I think the dunk tank worked just fine — I mean look at me,” Professor Arup Maji said, sopping wet after a few rounds in the dunk tank.

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Search firm partner aids at-risk students

Charlie Shipley | September 15

The front man of UNM’s presidential search said he’s seen firsthand the difference education can make. Alberto Pimentel, a managing partner of Storbeck, Pimentel and Associates, grew up in east Los Angeles, an area notorious for its poverty and high crime rates. English wasn’t Pimentel’s first language, and he and his siblings were the first in their family to go to college.

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Firm to test tech in mock town

Luke Holmen | September 15

Pegasus Global Holdings, an international technology development firm, announced plans to build an uninhabited city in New Mexico designed to test self-driving cars, smart energy grids and other new technologies. “Our center is unique,” Pegasus CEO Robert Brumley said.

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