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Protesters plead for peace during Requiem

Tricia Remark | December 10

Philip Bock protested outside of Popejoy Hall on Wednesday just like he did 40 years ago. Bock, a retired anthropology professor, held basically the same sign and had the same message, while the same performance went on inside Popejoy — Johannes Brahms’ “A German Requiem.” Forty years ago, Bock said he and a dozen other protesters stood outside the performance hall to speak against the Vietnam War. “We didn’t argue with people,” he said.

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Student-designed campus courtyard in the works

Nicole Raz | December 10

Thanks to a design by students for students, the dirt field outside the Centennial Engineering Building will no longer be an eyesore next semester. Tapy Hall housed the civil engineering department until Aug.

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Growers rally for medical cannabis

Staff Report | December 10

The pot pioneers of New Mexico are meeting in Santa Fe on Friday to show support for the Department of Health’s Medical Cannabis Program. The DOH is holding the meeting to consider approving new medical conditions, including Hepatitis C, that could warrant patients having a cannabis I.D.

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Carlsbad threatened by potential sinkhole

Kallie Red-Horse | December 10

Pre-historic caverns in Carlsbad may have put the small city on the map, but locals are concerned a man-made cavern might take the city off it. Salt mining has left a cavity beneath a main intersection on the south side of town that threatens to collapse any day, said George Veni, member of a city committee working on the issue. “What we have right now is a cavity down below.

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Hokona vegetable garden flourishes

Andrew Beale | December 9

In a few short months, students living in the Hokona residence hall will have fresh vegetables growing outside their windows. Alex Borowski, a freshman living in Hokona, planted a garden in the courtyard about a month ago, and he said most of the produce should be ready by March or April. “It used to just be this big patch of dirt.

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Crisis center gets record number of finance-related calls

Abigail Ramirez | December 9

By the end of this week, the Agora Crisis Center may reach a record 10,000 calls for the year, said Jeremy Jaramillo, ACC director of public relations. Jaramillo said when he first started working at Agora nine years ago, the center received about 1,200 calls per year. “We’ve been increasing steadily,” he said. The Agora Crisis Center is an all-issue hotline that community members can call to talk about issues from everyday stress to suicides in progress.

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Foundation president will pass on new legacy

Kristian Macaron | December 9

The launch of the UNM Foundation’s fundraising campaign next fall will coincide with a transition of the organization’s administration. Foundation President John Stropp announced Friday that he plans to retire at the end of this fiscal year, after a replacement is found and trained for his position. In January, the Foundation should launch a nationwide search for a replacement who can take over the campaign, Stropp said. Stropp, 65, became Foundation president in June 2008.

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Public Records tries to keep up with requests

Pat Lohmann | December 9

The number of requests for public records has increased more than twofold this year, forcing the University Custodian of Public Records to ask for narrowed searches and extended deadlines. Between 2005 and 2008, the average number of Information and Public Records Act requests was 65.

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Daily Lobo Spotlight

Tim Mousseau | December 7

Daily Lobo: What is your favorite Christmas song? Travis Smith Houston: 30 Days by NeverShoutNever! DL: Who do you celebrate the holidays with? TSH: I did celebrate with extended family, but now my parents live around south Texas.

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UNM Press to cut back

Andrew Beale | December 7

The Provost’s Office will not outsource the UNM Press warehouse operation, but several employees still aren’t confident that their jobs are safe. Joyce Perz, who works in Accounts Receivable at UNM Press, said a memo sent by the Provost’s Office contains language that makes her question the future of UNM Press’s warehouse department.

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Students use Giving Tree to help community

Tricia Remark | December 7

Students in ASUNM Community Experience are helping bring holiday cheer to Albuquerque charities. In the middle of the SUB Atrium, ASUNM CE has put up the Giving Tree — a large holiday tree decorated with requests for presents from children and families, said Hallee Kells, Community Experience events director.

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Question and Answer

Marie Reyes | December 6

Bill Hlavacek, a researcher with the Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, is working on a project that builds mathematical models used to describe cell signaling.

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Students join in worldwide protest of Italian prime minister

Andrew Beale | December 6

An international protest against the Prime Minister of Italy came all the way to Albuquerque on Saturday. Vito Sparacello and Sergio Tassoni, who are both UNM students from Italy, organized the event in Albuquerque and got attention from passersby as they rallied outside the UNM Bookstore.

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GPSA ballot won't include Gonzales

Pat Lohmann | December 6

Graduate and professional students will have winter break to consider their level of confidence in Athletics Director Paul Krebs and whether they want their student fees to support the Athletics Department. After nearly four hours of deliberation Saturday, the GPSA decided to place four items on the ballot for a vote in a special election that will be held online next semester.

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Race car program funds refueled for another year

Nicole Raz | December 3

UNM’s race car building team won’t have to skid to a stop after all. The Formula Society of Automotive Engineers is an annual international collegiate engineering competition that allows students to design and build their own race cars.

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Chief legal officer leaves University for PNM post

Staff Report | December 3

Patrick Apodaca, University counsel, is leaving UNM for a senior legal and executive position at PNM, New Mexico’s largest electricity provider. Apodaca, a Harvard graduate, served as an associate counsel for President Carter from 1977 to 1981 and served as University counsel since 2006. Apodaca said he expected to work at UNM until his retirement, but then he got an offer from PNM.

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No check on tile company's background

Tricia Remark | December 3

UNM didn’t ask Vernon Tile for any past work experience or qualifications before the company completed the tile work at Johnson’s Olympic pool, said Robert Notary, Johnson pool project manager. The tiles around Johnson’s Olympic pool are already coming up and cracking, and the pool remodel was completed in March.

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ASUNM passes DREAM Act resolution with no contest

Mario Trujillo | December 3

With over 19 Senators and 40 spectators packed into the ASUNM Senate hall to debate a resolution to endorse the DREAM act, Sen.

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Nobel Prize laureate to discuss his new book

Pat Lohmann | December 3

A Nobel Peace Prize laureate has come to the desert to be an advocate for ice. Henry Pollack shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with his colleagues on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former Vice President Al Gore.

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Correction and apology

Daily Lobo | December 3

From the editor-in-chief I apologize on behalf of myself and my staff for this error. I apologize to Crystal, her family, the staff and interns at El Centro de la Raza, and all UNM students for the distress this has caused. From the news editor I take responsibility for writing that Crystal Quiñonez was an undocumented student. Quiñonez is actually a U.S. citizen.