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Movie Review: “Pacific Rim: Uprising” doesn’t live up to original

Hector Valverde | April 11

2013’s “Pacific Rim” gave me exactly what I was promised: giant robots beating the living pulp out of giant monsters. The film was nothing more than a big, really fun time, but it handled itself well, and its success can be largely attributed to Guillermo del Toro’s excellent direction. Five years later “Pacific Rim: Uprising,” is pretty good — it’s just missing that special del Toro touch that made its predecessor great.

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Sports

Baseball: Albuquerque Isotopes win third straight home opener

Cameron Goeldner | April 10

The Albuquerque Isotopes opened the home portion of the schedule Tuesday night with a 7-3 win over the Las Vegas 51s. It's the third straight year that the Isotopes have opened the home half of their schedule with a victory. In place of the injured Yency Almonte, David Holmberg got the start on the mound, his first appearance in the Rockies organization and his first day officially on the Isotopes roster.

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Culture

Brief: “The Book of Mormon” returns to Popejoy

Sherri Barth | April 10

Winner of nine Tony awards including Best Musical, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s “The Book Of Mormon” will be showing at Popejoy Hall from now through April 15 for its second year at the University of New Mexico. “Part of Popejoy’s mission is to bring diverse programming to our community,” said Tom Tkach, Director of Popejoy Hall. “We’re happy to welcome back ‘The Book of Mormon’ as yet another well-received success in the Broadway in New Mexico season.”

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Sports

Spirit Program: A glimpse into life as Lobo Louie

Robert Maler and Alanie Rael | April 10

The University of New Mexico's Spirit Program members log countless hours practicing cheers and routines to meet the physical demands of performing tumbles, flips and other feats on game day. Now imagine doing all of those things while having limited vision and mobility and being weighed down by a heavy, bulky suit. That is the case for those who transform into the Lobo Louie and Lobo Lucy mascots that fans see at so many sporting events.

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Sports

Women’s Basketball: N’Dea Flye becomes second Lobo to transfer after the 2017-18 season

Matthew Narvaiz | April 10

It appears the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team will be losing another player following the conclusion of the 2017-18 season due to a transfer. N’Dea Flye, a freshman guard for the Lobos last season, announced on Twitter Tuesday afternoon her decision to leave the university. Flye would become the second player to transfer out of the program — Mykiel Burleson, a sophomore guard for the Lobos last season, decided to leave UNM too, likely hoping for more playing time elsewhere.

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Sports

Softball: Rocky start too much to overcome, Lobos lose 12-4 to Rams

Cameron Goeldner | April 10

In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, the Lobos were able to get the best of Colorado State ace Bridgette Hutton. In Sunday’s series finale, Hutton returned the favor in a 12-4, five inning run rule win. The Rams wasted no time getting scoring started, recording a four run, four hit first inning that was highlighted by a 2 run Haley Donaldson home run that opened the scoring. In the second, the Rams were able to add five more runs to their tally, driving in their fifth run after Jensen Main issued a bases loaded walk to Amber Nelson. The sixth run came across on a fielder's choice hit to shortstop Cameron O'Grady that she was unable to handle while attempting to get the lead runner, resulting in an error and a run scoring. A ground out from Danni Klein brought another run in before Hannah McCorkhill hit a single to center field that brought the other two runs in the inning across, giving Colorado State a 9-0 lead heading into the third inning.

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Music

List: Four female rappers you should listen to

Shayla Cunico | April 10

As conversation increases around females in the music industry, the importance of female acts in hip-hop culture seem to increase as well. With the dialogue circling around female empowerment and the escalation of female voices, there’s no better time to dive to into the discographies of these four diverse female acts. Listen to the compilation of all the female artists on an Apple Music Playlist here. Songs can also be found on the Daily Lobo Spotify account: Daily Lobo Music.

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News

Finance and Facilities Committee to determine fate of athletics, in light of $7.5 million deficit

Danielle Prokop | April 10

The Board of Regents Finance and Facilities Committee meeting is on Tuesday — and all eyes are on the Department of Athletics’ accumulated $7.5 million deficit and what the University of New Mexico is going to do with it. If there’s no plan by May 1, the state’s Higher Education Department is threatening to step in. In a letter to new President Garnett Stokes sent in March, HED Cabinet Secretary Barbara Damron reiterated the decision to place the University under financial supervision, warning that deadlines for a plan had passed, and HED would be prepared to enforce sanctions against UNM.

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Music

Fiestas brings annual fun to Johnson Field

Amy Byres | April 9

As college students grow more and more stressed throughout the semester, Fiestas at the University of New Mexico comes around for an opportunity to blow off steam and dress up, according to UNM freshman Rachel Shiver. Fiestas started as a rodeo, said Chance Hoover, the Students Special Events Executive director. “When the University was founded, a couple years after that, the festival was a three-day rodeo, and it did include live music,” he said.

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Music

Album Review: The Weeknd tightens up and changes tone on "My Dear Melancholy,"

Colton Newman | April 9

Just over a year ago Able Tesfaye, known more widely by his super star persona The Weeknd, released his overly flashy album “Starboy,” the follow up to his Grammy winning “The Beauty, Behind the Madness” (TBBTM). With Able teasing on Instagram that he was back in the studio working on new music, the world waited in anticipation for him to release the first single. On March 29, Able posted artwork for what many thought might be his new single, called “My Dear Melancholy,”. But fans in London noticed a suspicious billboard that stated “New album from The Weeknd out now.” Accidentally put up a day early and tweeted by fans, the world was now just hours away from another full album by The Weeknd.

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Opinion

Letter: Libertarian and Republican politics are socially harmful

Daily Lobo Readers | April 9

Editor, It is common to hear Republicans and Libertarians say that less government is the solution to people's problems. This idea is not new and it has it's genesis in the writings of Thomas Robert Malthus. According to their Malthusian logic programs like food stamps, medicaid, social security and affirmative action should be eliminated, because government should not interfere with the wild west capitalism. Malthus argued that human population growth would eventually exceed the amount of food that was being produced; therefore he concluded that war, disease and famine were necessary in order to not exhaust the planet's limited resources.

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Opinion

International Issue: Column — Esperanto : The universal international language / Kolumno — Esperanto: la universala internacia lingvo

Aaron Cowan and Arono Kovano | April 9

Esperanto is sometimes referred to as “the International Language,” according to esperanto.net. Unlike traditional languages, such as English, Spanish or Chinese, which have naturally emerged over many hundreds or even thousands of years, Esperanto was intentionally invented by one person. Esperanto estas foje nomata "Internacia Lingvo" laŭ esperanto.net. Kontraste al tradiciaj lingvoj, kiel ekzemple la angla, hispana aŭ ĉina, kiuj nature evoluis dum multaj centoj aŭ eĉ miloj da jaroj, Esperanton intence inventis unu persono.

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Opinion

International Issue — Column: My experience as an international student / لم: میرا امریکہ اچ بین الاقوامی طالب علم ہوون دا تجربہ

Tasawar Shah | April 9

I am from Faisalabad, Pakistan and am currently a Ph.D. Language, Literacy & Sociocultural Studies candidate at the University of New Mexico. میں فیصل آباد پاکستان توں تعلق رکھدا آں تےاج کل یونیورسٹی آف نیو میکسیکو(یو این ایم) دے شعبے زبان، خواندگی تے معاشرتی علوم اچ پی ایچ ڈی دا طالب علم آں۔ میرا پہلا واہ یونیورسٹی آف نیو میکسیکو دے نال ٢٠١٤ اچ پیا جدوں ایچ ای سی دے ٩٠ فیصد آلے غیر ملکی وظیفے دے نال میں ایتھے پی ایچ ڈی واسطے درخواست دتی۔ دنیا دیاں بوہھوں ساریاں چنگیاں یونیورسٹیاں دا گھر ہون دی وجہ توں امریکا میرا پہلا انتخاب بنیا۔حالانکہ ایچ ای سی دی فہرست اچ یورپ تے ایشیا دیاں ہور وی یونیورسٹیاں موجود سن ۔ اپریل ٢٣، ٢٠١٥ دی شام نوں اپنی منزل البقرقی، نیو میکسیکو جاندیاں ہویاں میں نیو یارک دے جے ایف کینیڈی ہوائی اڈےاتے آپنا پہلا قدم رکھیا۔

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Opinion

International Issue — Column: Isle of Ré, a gem off the French coast/L’isle de Ré, un joyau de la côte atlantique française

Matthieu Cartron | April 9

“Ce ne sont que des mouches, Matthieu.” “They’re just flies, Matthieu,” my dad said to me. “Ce ne sont que des mouches, Matthieu,” me dit mon père.

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News

International Issue — Photography changed worldview for Daily Lobo alum/La fotografía cambiό la visión del mundo para una exalumna del Daily Lobo

Elizabeth Sanchez | April 9

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of alumni profiles of former Daily Lobo contributors, created in an effort to connect current readers and contributors to the past and present.

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Opinion

International Issue — Column: Xenophobia must be recognized and fought/Columna: La xenofobia debe ser reconocida y combatida

Gabriella Rivera | April 9

It is easy to claim — on behalf of a nation, on behalf of a generation, on behalf of yourself as an individual — a progressive attitude much too advanced for destructive, discriminatory ideologies. It is easy to believe and maintain that you see beyond borders, that a common identity as humans makes differences in nationalities or cultures immaterial and arbitrary. Es fácil reclamar — en nombre de una nación, en nombre de una generación, en nombre de usted como individuo — una actitud progresista demasiada avanzada para ideologías destructivas y discriminatorias. Es fácil creer y mantener que usted ve más allá de las fronteras, que una identidad común como los humanos hace diferencias en nacionalidades o culturas inmateriales y arbitrarias.

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Opinion

International Issue — Column: Tips for studying abroad / コラム：留学のヒント

Anthony Jackson | April 9

The University of New Mexico’s Global Education Office has more than 250 programs held in 52 countries and spoken in 27 different languages. Students can receive credits toward graduation, depending on their program. ニューメキシコ大学（UNM）グローバルエデュケーションオフィス（GEO）には、52ヶ国、27言語での250以上の留学プログラムがあります。プログラムに応じて、卒業所要単位の取得が可能です。

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Opinion

International Issue — Guest Column: Learning Chinese can aid in variety of situations / 客座专栏. 学习中文，沟通文化.

Benjamin Yazza | April 9

In New Mexico, Spanish is a popular second language usually followed by French and German. My advisor told me this was due to its comparison to English. 在新墨西哥州，西班牙语是很流行的第二语言，继而是法语和德语。我的辅导老师告诉我这是因为这些语言跟英语很接近。

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News

International Issue: UNM professor offers unique perspective on education and culture / پروفیسر زیارت حُسین.

Tasawar Shah | April 9

Summer is just knocking at doors with sunny skies and soaring temperatures. This particular afternoon was quite bright but pleasant in his office at Hokona Hall, when Ziarat Hossain, Ph.D. pulled his chair from his desk and offered a wide smile. ج کل گرمیاں چمکدار روشن آسمان اور بڑھتے ہوئےدرجہ حرارت کے ذریعے اپنی آمد کا اعلان کر رہی ہیں۔گزشتہ دنوں ایک کافی چمکدار لیکن خوشگوار دوپہرکو پی ایچ ڈی یافتہ زیارت حُسین نے حکونا ہال میں اپنے دفتر کے اندر اپنے کمپیوٹر سے کرسی کو پیچھے ہٹاتے ہوئے مجھے بھر پور مسکراہٹ کے ساتھ خوش آمدید کہا۔

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Sports

Baseball: UNM swept by Fresno State at home

Matthew Narvaiz | April 8

It likely wasn’t the series the University of New Mexico baseball team had hoped for as the Lobos dropped their fifth straight game — and third in a row to Fresno State — falling by a score of 11-6 on Sunday at Santa Ana Star Field. Game three of series began much the same way as the opening game against the Bulldogs (20-11, 7-8 MW) as the Lobos (12-17-1, 6-9 MW) surrendered a multi-run inning in the top of the first, falling behind 3-0. Freshman Robert Gasser, UNM’s starting pitcher, was able to induce Fresno State center fielder Zach Ashford into a groundout to start the game, but subsequently walked two straight batters before giving up a three-run homer to sophomore Carter Bins to give the Bulldogs the early advantage.