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Rolling the dice at casino night

Rivkela Brodsky | April 27

No, it's not Las Vegas. It's Casino Night at the SUB. "I think the whole casino thing is cool," student Jessica Gallegos said. She was playing roulette, adding she was at the table because she thought she could win the most there. "I'm about even," Gallegos said. "I'm looking to win." She said she likes to play games, but she isn't old enough to get into the casinos. "It's nice to have something to practice at," she said. She put a purple chip on black 14. The dealer at the table spun the roulette wheel. Red 32. "I lost," she said. "That's OK."

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Ex-UNM lawyer passes bar

Xochtli Campos | April 27

Saundra Brown-Savoy wants everyone to know she passed the New Mexico Bar exam. The highly paid lawyer resigned from her position as deputy counsel at the UNM Health Sciences Center on March 18. Brown-Savoy hired a public relations firm to send out a news release stating she took the exam.

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Crime Watch

April 27

April 19 UNM Police were contacted when roofing materials were stolen from the Child Psychiatric Center, according to a police report. A man at the work site told the officer a heavy "roofing roll" had been stolen. The man said it usually takes two or three strong individuals to lift a roll.

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Education reform pitched to Denish

Katy Knapp | April 27

Six college students presented education reform policies to Lt. Gov. Diane Denish on Tuesday. The presentation was part of an Experiential Learning Community course that focuses on education policy training. Denish was invited to the class by the course instructor, Heather Balas, who is also a policy consultant for the government and nonprofit organizations.

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Pageant goes beyond beauty

Paula Bowker | April 26

by Paula Bowker Daily lobo Jackie Walker accepted the crown of Miss Indian UNM 2005-2006 with shaky hands and tears. "I'm was nervous," she said. "I didn't think I would cry." She said now that she has the title, she wants to travel to reservations to speak about education opportunities in New Mexico.

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English program to break molds

Katy Knapp | April 26

by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo Juan Guerra never went to school with white kids before eighth grade. He was raised in South Texas near the Mexican border. "Those kinds of experiences have led me to the idea that we lose a lot when we don't interact with different kinds of folks," he said.

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News in brief

April 26

U.S. says alleged Afghan drug kingpin arrested NEW YORK (AP) - A reputed Afghan drug lord who authorities say operated with the protection of the Taliban has been captured and faces charges that he tried to smuggle more than $50 million worth of heroin into the United States, authorities said.

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Students counter message with event celebrating diversity

Caleb Fort | April 25

by Caleb Fort Flowers with the message "God does indeed love you" were handed out to people attending a love fair at the Duck Pond on Saturday. Students from various Christian groups in Albuquerque handed out the flowers at the Love is Love is Love Fair.

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NM sues to protect land

Katy Knapp | April 25

Gov. Bill Richardson celebrated Earth Day by announcing a lawsuit against the federal government. "Today, the State of New Mexico is going to court to protect Otero Mesa," Richardson said. Richardson, with Attorney General Patricia Madrid, filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday to prevent the Bureau of Land Management from drilling in Otero Mesa in southern New Mexico.

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April 25

Magistrate heads to trial this week on rape charge LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - There's no question that a Dona Ana County magistrate met up with a woman at a Las Cruces bar and the two returned to his car together. What happened in the car will be argued in court this week.

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Team takes Crawl's dirty work

Rivkela Brodsky | April 22

by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo Six people will clean between 4,000 to 8,000 pounds of trash after Spring Crawl on Saturday night. "Six people is more than enough, or we think so," said Patrick Dyer, operations manager at the Downtown Action Team. The Downtown Action Team employs five people who clean up Downtown on a daily basis called the Clean Team.

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Putting recycling in its place

Aubrey Montoya | April 22

by Aubrey Montoya Daily Lobo Kyrsten Sanderson, the Campus Greens' co-chair, said a recycling drive in the dorms gave her hope. "There's a system that exists, but no one really utilizes it," she said. "A lot of people who are involved in the Greens live in the dormitories and are fed up with seeing all this waste go to the regular Dumpster.

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The path to better sleep

Patricia Dworzak | April 22

by Patricia Dworzak Daily Lobo Sixty-three percent of American adults do not get the recommended seven to nine hours of daily sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Kaela Kelly, a UNM student, said she got about two hours of sleep Wednesday night.

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Speaker calls Sept. 11 'conspiracy'

April 21

by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Don Fotheringham says it is important not to confuse politics with patriotism. Fotheringham, who spoke to an audience of 23 people at the SUB on Wednesday night, asked the audience to compare three events: the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec.

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Grad schools face added tuition hikes

Rivkela Brodsky | April 21

Chuck Crespy, dean of the Anderson Schools of Management, said raising tuition 39.1 percent for the graduate school was a necessary evil. The school is facing an accreditation review in the fall and needs funds to hire more tenure-track faculty and create more educational programs.

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Campuses in the news

April 21

Authorities arrest man for posing as professor EUGENE, Ore. (U-WIRE) - A Eugene, Ore., man impersonating a University of Oregon psychology professor was arrested April 13 after a student discovered he lied to her about his position, city police said. Checklin Jonathan Vaifale, 35, has been an active member of several campus clubs over the past two years under the guise of a student and a professor by the name of Jonathan Vaifalc-Valdez, according to Eugene police.

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Cairo prof explains mummified pets

April 21

by Karina Guzzi Daily Lobo Inw-Mnw, a mummified dog, followed his master into eternity, as Egyptians made sure they had everything for the afterlife. "They didn't want anything to pass them by," said Salima Ikram, professor at the University of Cairo and director of the Animal Mummies Project.

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Fee increase to upgrade athletics

Katy Knapp | April 21

Student fees are increasing by $10 but not to fund a new student section in The Pit. The Athletics Department requested an increase in the amount of money it gets from student fees to fund student-athlete scholarships. Rudy Davalos, UNM athletic director, said the increase in funding was necessary to support the 21 sports programs and more than 500 student athletes at the University.

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Crime Watch

April 20

April 13 An officer was dispatched to a Redondo East apartment after the smell of marijuana was reported coming from one of the rooms, a police report stated. The officer found a women talking to her resident adviser, according to the police report. The women told the officer she had smoked marijuana that morning and had a small pipe and marijuana in her room.

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Students to cheer, jeer from behind basket

Katy Knapp | April 20

by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo A student section in The Pit will put students next to the opposing team and closer to the floor. The student section will move from the west side of the arena to behind the basket on the north side. The new section has approximately 662 seats.