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Architecture student discovers passion in U.S.

Andrew Gunn | December 13

There is a universality to certain qualities and experiences for every student who pursues the challenge of higher education. Late night study sessions, the pressure of examinations, and steep textbook prices are reliable and ubiquitous features of most university narratives. Other stories are unique, and they serve as a reminder of the value of diversity and the power of persistence. Pablo Galarza will graduate from The University of New Mexico on Friday with a Master of Architecture degree and can tell one of these unique stories.

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Grad Issue: Former Lobo editor in chief earns her degree

Danielle Prokop | December 10

Former Daily Lobo editor in chief, Elizabeth Sanchez now enjoys sleeping in on Sundays instead of working fourteen hours straight to produce the state’s largest student newspaper. Sanchez is now getting ready to graduate from the University of New Mexico with a double major in Spanish and Multimedia Journalism. Sanchez said through journalism, she has expanded her knowledge of everything from beetles to medical devices. But her favorite part is meaningful connections and sharing the information she finds.

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Grad Issue: Music student credits wife's support for his success

Anthony Jackson | December 10

Jose Carrillo, a first generation college student, will be graduating this semester with a bachelor’s degree in music education. Carrillo was born in 1975 and raised in Zacatecas, Mexico. He first came to Albuquerque in 1991 as a teenager and brought an affinity for music with him, mariachi music specifically. Carrillo said he first got involved in mariachi music through his family, but did not have the means to play when he was growing up.

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Grad Issue: Student overcomes language barrier to graduate

Justin Garcia | December 10

Rossana Suarez’s journey, which began hundreds of miles away from Albuquerque, is far from over. She is set to graduate this fall with a degree in political science and Spanish. Already in the process of applying to law school at the University of New Mexico, she plans on practicing employment and labor law. “You get to talk to workers from all over the state and realize that there is a lot of injustices and there is really not that many lawyers that represent workers,” Suarez said. “That’s not where the money is at.”

Danielle Baker responds to comments from the crowd during public comment at an Albuquerque School Board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. The meeting focused on an APS teacher cutting a Native American student's hair about two months prior.

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Protests continue after teacher cuts Native American student’s hair

Justin Garcia | December 9

Another protest ensued days after the Albuquerque Public School District “severed” their relationship with a teacher who allegedly cut off the braid of a Native American student. The packed Board of Education’s meeting saw about 30 speakers address APS’s governing body. Many speakers were there to express their outrage at the board for allowing the incident to happen and for not removing the teacher. “It took more than a whole month for this apology to happen,” said Demetrius Johnson, the brother of the student who said her teacher referred to her as a “bloody Indian.” Johnson, his parents and the other speakers were limited to one minute each during the public comment period, instead of the typical five minutes. Board member Yolanda Montoya-Cordova said the change was to give all the speakers time to speak.

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Photo Story: La gente between

April Torres | December 6

Since March 2018, a caravan of migrants from Central America began their journey to ask for asylum in the U.S.. The caravan grew, and more people desperately ran from the violence and hunger experienced in their home countries.

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Photo Story: Laid bare

Colton Newman | December 6

Homelessness in Albuquerque is an unavoidable beast that, when last tallied in 2015, stood at 1,287 Albuquerque citizens — and that’s not the whole story. Sharpie scrawled across stained cardboard, shopping carts overflowing with people’s lives and humanity laid bare.

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Photo Story: School's out(side)

Megan Holmen | December 6

University of New Mexico students took to the San Pedro Mountains earlier this month for a three day backpacking trip. Students enrolled in the UNM Honors College Anthropology and Archaeology of Trails program spent the semester taking day hikes in Albuquerque and elsewhere in New Mexico. This backpacking trip was a part of the course’s final project. Students hiked for an hour and a half into the mountains before setting up camp in the snowy wilderness. Students cooked food over a fire, stargazed, hiked and engaged in other outdoor activities for the duration of the trip.

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Photo Story: Wish you were there

Anthony Jackson | December 6

I wish I could share some of my childhood memories with you. I wish you could inhale the same heavy, humid lake air that I did. I wish you could feel the sand between your toes. I wish you could see the water, smooth as glass, in the morning and see the reflection of millions of stars sway during a cool summer night.

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Photo Story: Crane calls

Danielle Prokop | December 6

New Mexico fall means achingly blue skies, contrasted behind golden-crowned trees and high above is the cacophony of flight. In the stands of cottonwoods south of Socorro, thousands of sandhill cranes come to rest, picking their way through shallow water and waving grasses for seeds and tubers. Coyotes prowl around the edges looking for tired snow geese to catch.

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Photo Story: The real thing

Sarah Groth | December 6

Rock climbing has developed into a popular sport over the past decade, more than doubling the amount of climbing gyms in the U.S. Drastically increasing the amount of gyms provides vast communities of people to be exposed to this once-elitist sport.

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Photo Story: Roaming with Rosales

Morgan Ledden | December 6

An audience can always enjoy, critique or copy the wonderful work of a photographer. However, they can never truly understand what it is like to be in that photographer’s shoes, unless they learn how to do the job themselves.

An employee spreads whipcream on a crepe at Crepeology, a creperia founded by three University of New Mexico alumnus.

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UNM alumni create their own crepe restaurant

Anthony Jackson | December 3

Their restaurant, Crêpeology, like their pastry, has a rich flavor from its beginning. In 2017, two of the three founders travelled out of state and brought their experiences of crepes and street food back to Albuquerque. An evening get together with friends and a few beers later, Crepeology was born. “We got together and at that point we were like, ‘Why not — why can’t we do this?’” said Jeff Rieder, Crepeology co-founder and a former UNM mechanical engineering major. “We brought our heads together and started with a food truck first.”

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NM State Leg seeks to repeal anti-abortion law

Andrew Gunn | December 3

As Capitol Hill continues to cast doubt over the future of the landmark 1973 federal abortion ruling Roe v. Wade, New Mexican Democrats in the State Legislature are planning a preemptive measure to ensure abortion access remains legal at the state level. The state law being revisited is a criminal law from 1969, N.M. Stat. Ann. § § 40A-5-1, -3 (Appendix D), which makes it a fourth degree felony for abortion providers to end a woman’s pregnancy with exceptions in the case of health risks, birth defects, rape or incest. The law also stipulates that an abortion provider with moral or religious objections to the procedure is not obligated to perform it. After the Roe v. Wade ruling, this statute became unenforceable — although it has remained on the books for nearly 50 years.

ASUNM Senator Isez Roybal questions UNM students seeking money for their student organization.

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ASUNM: The Fall 2018 semester in review

Justin Garcia | December 3

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico finished up another semester last Wednesday. Here is a recap of some of the highlights of this semester. Reaction to the Cut Sports The Senate wrote profusely commending the student-athletes of men’s soccer, men and women’s skiing, and women’s beach volleyball and denouncing the regents’ decision to cut the sports.

A UNMPD officer stands behind a police cruiser on Sept. 23, 2015.

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Crime briefs for December 3, 2018

Elizabeth Sanchez | December 3

Battery on healthcare personnel at UNMH On Nov. 12, a suspect was transported to University of New Mexico Hospital after he was unresponsive during a bed check at the Metropolitan Detention Center, according to a report. When he was told nurses at UNMH would give him an IV, he became violent. As one nurse attempted to place a tourniquet on his arm in order to draw blood, the suspect kicked her in the left arm. The nurse said her arm was sore, and she thought it may bruise. Two correction officers who transported the suspect to UNMH witnessed the incident. The correction officers confirmed the nurse’s statements were true. The case will be sent to the District Attorney’s Office.

Elisa Davidson, speaks before the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico to gather support for her Title IX resolution.

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ASUNM denounces proposed Title IX changes

Danielle Prokop | November 29

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate unanimously denounced new Title IX recommendations made by the federal government Wednesday night — recommendations most of them didn’t even read. Resolution 15F was a condemnation by ASUNM senators of the recently released Title IX recommendations by the Department of Education. It also called upon President Stokes and the Board of Regents to release separate statements in opposition of the recommendations. Finally, it encouraged UNM students to participate in the 60-day comment period on policy and practices. Rather than the student government, the resolution was authored by nursing student Elisa Davidson. Sponsoring senators included Senators Selina Montoya, Rachel Montoya and Mohammed Assed. Davidson, a sophomore, also works at the Women’s Resource Center — one of two confidential reporting sites on campus.

Associated Students of the University of New Mexico at their last meeting for the Fall 2018 semester.

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ASUNM doles out last appropriations of semester

Anthony Jackson | November 29

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico convened for their final meeting of the Fall 2018 semester on Wednesday. The meeting was business as usual for UNM student senators and leaders, which resulted in six appropriations that were passed. Of the roughly $9,120 requested in appropriations, ASUNM voted to grant at least 56 percent of all requested funds.

Larry Plumlee unpacks books at the University of New Mexico Press.

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UNM Press donates books to troops

Alyssa Bitsie | November 29

University of New Mexico Press has donated over 400 pounds of books to Operation Gratitude for American troops who are away from home this holiday season. Operation Gratitude is a non-profit organization that assembles and sends care packages to troops who are deployed overseas. The non-profit organization has been in operation since 2003.The care packages are also sent to military children, first-responders, veterans, new recruits, wounded-heroes and their caregivers, according to Operation Gratitude’s website. Each care package contains snacks, hygiene products, entertainment and handmade items, as well as personal support, in the form of cards or letters.

A student serves herself hot chocolate and biscochitos during the Hot Chocolate and Gratitude event on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

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Med students raise donations for the needy

Anthony Jackson | November 29

School of Medicine students and staff at the University of New Mexico North Campus celebrated Giving Tuesday with hot chocolate and a chance to donate. The event, Hot Chocolate and Gratitude, hosted donation bins for Roadrunner Foodbank, South Valley Clinic, homeless shelters and a bin for Hoodies for Humanism. Erika Anderson, the program coordinator for the School of Medicine, said the new tradition at UNM is focusing on improving people’s lives with the little things.