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Election complaint filed against GPSA president-elect

Justin Garcia | April 18

The Graduate and Professional Student Association tabled certification of the 2019 presidential election until the Court of Review can hear a complaint filed against president-elect Muhammad Afzaal. The decision to table was approved unanimously by the election committee Monday evening during a special meeting. A second meeting on Monday, this one to appoint justices to the Court of Review, was called off after GPSA’s Council could not muster the six-person quorum required by the GPSA Constitution The complaint, which was provided to the Daily Lobo by GPSA, alleged that Afzaal violated GPSA’s bylaws that prohibit campaigning within 25 feet of a polling station. It also alleges that Afzaal pressured students on North Campus to vote for him.

News

Part-time vs. Full-time: The debate around who can join a faculty union

Kyle Land | April 18

Why is full-time and part-time faculty organizing together such a controversy? This debate has dominated nearly all conversation around faculty unions in the U.S., which have grown in frequency the past few years. Around 35 percent of all public colleges and universities have some sort of faculty union. The University of New Mexico is experiencing the same controversy now. Their response to a petition from the proposed union — United Academics of UNM (UA-UNM) — recommended rejecting the possibility of a union. This is partly because UNM considers adjunct and other part-time faculty to not be “regular, non-probationary employees,” a category they say the Public Employees Labor Relations Act forbids part-time faculty from unionizing.

Sports

Baseball: Lobos blow late lead, lose to Aggies in extras

Robert Maler | April 18

The Lobos and Aggies squared off on a baseball diamond for the second time this season, and history repeated itself as NMSU gave up a sizable lead — only to reclaim it later and pull out a victory. New Mexico gave up a grand slam in the opening inning before tying things up in the first meeting and allowed the Aggies to get on the scoreboard early again on Tuesday night at Santa Ana Star Field. The Lobos got an immediate response in the bottom of the first inning, starting things off with a Justin Watari single and a Tyler Kelly triple to even things up at 1-1. Sophomore first baseman Connor Mang began an outstanding individual game effort with his first hit of the day — a one-one double to left-center — to plate Kelly and put the Lobos on top 2-1 after one inning of play.

Culture

Five and Why: Inspirational Women in Fiction with Dr. Leslie Donovan

Katie Monette | April 18

Dr. Leslie Donovan is a professor at the University of New Mexico, teaching in the university's Honors College. She teaches a few interdisciplinary classes such as the introductory level seminar, "Monsters and Marvels through the Ages," which is planned to start this fall. She serves as faculty coordinator for UNM's Regents Scholars and has received honors such as the university's Presidential Teaching Fellowship. Her work involves topics including medieval studies, science fiction, disability studies, women's studies and more. Many of Donovan's writings focus on author J.R.R. Tolkien's universe and can be found in the Honors College with the other faculty publications. She took some time to share her top five favorite inspirational fictional females with the Daily Lobo. "Choosing only five was nearly impossible as there are so many other fictional female characters who have made me who I am today and, perhaps more important, who I would like to be someday and who I see clearly in my own students," Donovan said.

Sports

Men's Basketball: Anthony Mathis to return for another season

Cameron Goeldner | April 18

Anthony Mathis will return for one more season. The sharpshooter has been granted a season of competition waiver by the NCAA, which Geoff Grammer of the Albuquerque Journal reports is due to his usage by former head coach Craig Neal during the 2016-17 season. "I’m incredibly blessed and fortunate to be able to play another year of college basketball and continue my academic journey," Mathis said in a tweet. "I look forward to getting back on the court and starting graduate school."

News

Registration begins this week with new course numbers

Madison Spratto | April 15

Registration for Fall 2019 begins Monday, but the familiar process has a new look this semester. In Spring of 2017, the New Mexico State Legislature signed a law requiring universities in the state share the same subject prefix and number as lower-division courses at community colleges, the hope being to streamline the process for transfer students. This registration round will be the first since implementing new course numbers and prefixes — lower-division course numbers will be 1000- and 2000- instead of in the hundreds.

News

Winning Coffee to go out of business

Kyle Land | April 15

Winning Coffee — a coffee shop located in the University of New Mexico area — will be closing its doors after 24 years of business. Matt Jacobsen, a partner at Winning, said they were hoping to keep the store open until the end of the month, but it's much more likely they will be closing their doors one last time on April 20. On Sunday, baristas were informing customers that it would be the last Sunday the shop would be open. Jacobsen told the Daily Lobo that the restaurant, which serves coffee and baked goods, needs to bring in about $4,000 to $5,000 more per month in order to stay afloat.

News

ASUNM passes budget bill

Justin Garcia | April 15

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico passed a budget bill on Wednesday allocating $634,406 for the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 semesters. The bill included budgets for student organizations along with the salaries, stipends, events and administrative costs of the ASUNM government and the student service agencies. The ASUNM Senate unanimously voted to fund student organizations $120,788. In the same vote, ASUNM internally allocated $513,618 to the various agencies and bodies of student government, about 81 percent of the total amount. “We funded all the student organizations within the same realm, sort of the same way we do with standing rules,” said ASUNM Vice President Emily Wilks after the Full Senate meeting last Wednesday.

News

ASUNM Senate holds election today

Justin Garcia | April 15

Monday marks the start of the last undergraduate-student government election of the school year. This go-around, 15 candidates are running to fill 10 vacancies in the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico. The election runs from Monday, April 15 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. All main campus undergraduates are eligible to vote online at myUNM, or in person on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Student Union Building. In alphabetical order by first name, the candidates are Abby Lutz, Abigale Aldrich, Adam Lopez, Briana Flores, Dequez Irving, Emma Hotz, Erik Neal, Gabriel Ruja, Giovanni Chioda, Matthew Zank, Michel Rivera, Mohammad Jaber, Nolan McKim, Taysear Ali and Victor Ryan Regalado.

Sports

New Mexico United: Undefeated streak continues with 5-1 victory over Real Monarchs SLC

Andrew Gunn | April 15

The train from Spain stayed mainly on frame. New Mexico United's undefeated start to their inaugural season continued Saturday night at Isotopes Park as the club humiliated visiting Real Monarchs of Salt Lake City to the tune of 5-1. Spaniard Santi Moar, the reigning USL Championship player of the month, recorded his first professional career hat trick to lead the home side to a cruise control victory.

Culture

"Hamilton" to come to Popejoy

Justin Garcia | April 15

Last week Popejoy announced that "Hamilton" will be coming to the University of New Mexico sometime during the 2020-2021 season. The dates of the performance, the price of tickets and the sale date of the tickets have not yet been announced. However, Popejoy said that 2019 - 2020 season pass holders will have first access to purchase tickets.

News

UNM to hold tree planting event for Arbor Day

Danielle Prokop | April 15

Smelly trees aside, the University of New Mexico has some upcoming events for the arboreal-lovers around campus. In honor of Arbor Day on April 26, an international holiday dedicated to planting trees, UNM will host plantings all week across campus. “We’ve been doing arbor week plantings for a long time,” said Alan Billau, the supervisor for the UNM arboriculture department. “We always encourage people to come and pick up a shovel and help plant the tree.”

Culture

Movie Review: "Pet Sematary" fails to live up to standard of other Stephen King adaptations

Justin Schatz | April 15

“Pet Sematary,” continues the critical revival of Stephen King film adaptations, but fails to reach the heights of “It” and “1922.” The movie begins with the Creed family— husband Louis Creed (Jason Clark), wife Rachel Creed (Amy Seimetz), daughter Elle Creed (Jete Laurence) and son Gabe Creed (Hugo Lavoie), moving from Boston to the small town of Ludlow, Maine. The house is idyllic and situated on fifty acres of pristine Maine wilderness, yet comes with a catch: there is a highway frequented by speeding, and often out of control, semis just off of their driveway. Shortly after moving in, Rachel and Ellie explore the property and come across an unnerving procession of kids adorning paganistic animal masks disappearing into their backyard. The girls come to discover, from their neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow) that a pet cemetery, noticeably misspelled as “sematary,” is located on their property. Crandall explains that local kids have been using the “sematary” since he was a child, and from there a sense of dread grew.

Culture

Downtown Growers Market brings fresh produce to city

Elisabetta Mackin | April 15

On Saturday morning, vendors from across the greater Albuquerque area gathered at Robinson park to kick off this season's Downtown Growers Market. “We are the longest running farmers market in Albuquerque,” said Danielle Schlobohm, the assistant manager of the market. The market was held at the grassy park under a canopy of trees where you could find all sorts of fresh produce, handmade art, artisan bread, fresh tea and free-range eggs. Dogs and children played in the grass while live musicians performed, free yoga and Zumba classes were held and authentic New Mexican breakfast burritos were prepared and served.

Culture

UNM's Annual Sustainability Expo is back

Amanda Britt | April 15

The 11th annual University of New Mexico Sustainability Expo will be held Thursday, April 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Cornell Mall – just east of the Student Union Building on UNM’s Main Campus. This one-day event will feature local farmers and food trucks, live music from Eryn Bent– a Santa Fe folk artist, a clothing swap and a variety of opportunities to learn about sustainable practices and connect with community partners. The event is presented by the UNM Sustainability Studies Program. According to the program’s online home page, they provide hands-on, community-focused learning that informs student’s academic work, careers and personal lives.

Culture

Student's art exhibit includes how-to-cook videos

Luisa Pennington | April 15

Small electronic screens decorated the University of New Mexico's College of Fine Arts Downtown Studio as part of Zac Travis' thesis exhibition, “Recipe for Disaster." Last Friday Travis showcased his installation of videos and photographs. “Recipe for Disaster” featured five how-to-cook videos. The room was dark, except for the light from the exhibit pieces, with the only sound in the room projected from the speakers in sync with the screens. At a first glance, the exhibit seemed to host standard cooking videos. The videos included clean countertops that featured a point-of-view perspective of two hands. After patrons took a closer look, the intricacies of Travis’s exhibit came to view — not all of the ingredients were appropriate to consume.

Music

Concert Review: Kero Kero Bonito comes to Sister Bar, plays eclectic mix of genres.

Kyle Land | April 15

Kero Kero Bonito is one of those bands you come to know even less about the more you listen to their music. The image they create from each song becomes shattered on the next, and so on and so on. The indie pop trio from London recently brought their eccentric, and often bizarre, live show to Sister Bar in Albuquerque on April 8, redefining their signature fusion of indie rock, J-pop and other genres. Sister was nearly-packed as the show began (surprising for a Monday night show), with many of those in attendance donning extravagant costumes and multi-colored hair. Any review of Kero Kero Bonito would be incomplete without the voice and face of the group, lead singer Sarah Bonito. While already a charismatic vocalist, the energy she exuded on the stage served as the linchpin of the entire performance.

News

Budget Summit rescheduled to April 22

Kyle Land and Justin Garcia | April 15

On Monday, April 22, the University of New Mexico Board of Regents will decide what to do about the University’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, after rescheduling the vote twice before. The first budget summit was rescheduled to be congruent with the previously scheduled April 9 regents meeting. The second summit had to grapple with a last-minute letter from the New Mexico Higher Education Department.

Opinion

Letter: Universities should be open to challenging speech

Daily Lobo Reader | April 15

In the coming weeks, far-right PragerU speaker, Will Witt, will be coming to UNM. Whether or not that will garner the same hatred and response as when Milo Yiannopolous came to speak is yet to be seen. Being a registered Democrat and a self-described progressive, my biggest complaint with my own party is our refusal to hear others with views that don’t align with exactly with our’s. The first amendment of our Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law … prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech.” I’m not sure why we have such an animosity towards those who have opinions that do not match our own.

Opinion

Letter: Yale pump station should be preserved

Daily Lobo Readers | April 15

Editor, Years back, there was a somewhat overrated, but compelling hit song that spoke of "paving paradise" and replacing them with parking lots. Today, the University of New Mexico takes a step further towards being the kind of institution that does just that. I'm referring to the school's recent decision to raze a nearly 100-year-old pump structure off Central and Yale to add to the area's already aggressively expansive parking superstructure. Granted, an old and somewhat dilapidated pump building isn't exactly "paradise", but it will certainly be taken down, paved, and made into yet another expression of the "free market," where students and visitors can fork over more of their money for the benefit of the private companies that make these electronic "pay stations."