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Fleet Foxes: Live at Santa Fe Opera House

Kyle Land | October 4

If there exists one universal complaint among music fans in New Mexico, it’s that your favorite band will likely never play in your home state. Instead, you will be forced to make the six-hour trek to either Denver or Phoenix to see them. Therefore, when that beloved band somehow finds their way to the Land of Enchantment, whether it be in Albuquerque or Santa Fe, it’s a big deal. One example of this was when Fleet Foxes and Beach House, two titans of the indie-rock world, graced the stage of the beautiful Santa Fe Opera House. I found it very fitting that these two acts would be performing at an opera house. Their music is not made for simply dancing and having fun, but to be felt as a complete emotional experience. It did not feel weird sitting for most of the show, eyes firmly fixed upon the act before me. In a strange way, I did not feel far removed from the epic stage performances that the venue usually hosts.

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News

After election night, Keller and Lewis prepare for runoff

Brendon Gray , Celia Raney , Celia_Raney , Rebecca Brusseau and Ludella Awad | October 4

Daniel “Dan” Lewis and Timothy “Tim” Keller will now go head to head in a runoff election for Mayor of Albuquerque after citizens crowded polling places Tuesday to cast their vote for the next leader of the city. The University of New Mexico’s polling location in the Student Union Building saw a line across the top floor of the building all day, at times trailing down the stairs. There were three candidates polling ahead when voting opened Tuesday morning; Keller, Lewis and Brian Colón. The final results of Tuesday’s election showed Keller winning 39.35 percent of votes, Lewis winning 22.93 percent of votes and Colón winning 16.55 percent of votes.

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Movies

Review: "War for the Planet of the Apes" makes for good finale, lackluster standalone film

Hector Valverde | October 4

I wasn’t expecting much from the “Planet of the Apes” reboot back in 2011, but I vividly remember walking out of the theater thoroughly impressed. The tragic origin of the first super-intelligent ape, Caesar, left me entertained, excited, but most of all, totally emotionally wrecked. “Rise’s” sequel, “Dawn,” only increased the stakes as humanity struggled to survive alongside a growing ape population. As such, my expectations for “War” were high. “War for the Planet of the Apes” picks up two years after the fallout of “Dawn.” Following the ape attack on San Francisco led by the rogue ape, Koba, the remaining humans on the West Coast have banded together with the remnants of Koba’s ape faction for a last stand against Caesar’s tribe. A surprise attack and capture of the clan leads Caesar on a path to liberate his people while internally struggling with a thirst for revenge.

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Opinion

Letter: Football players must be allowed the same right to protest as the rest of us

Daily Lobo Readers | October 4

To Dr. Glenn Mollette, In your letter on Oct. 2, you said that if we allow players to protest during the National Anthem (which is an inalienable right granted to all Americans by the First Amendment), that there is nothing stopping them from throwing games in protest, as well as other more dramatic forms of protest. This is a traditional slippery slope fallacy, in which it is argued that if A is allowed to happen, B-Y will also happen until finally Z, the absolute worst situation imaginable, is reached (I stress “imaginable” here). However, this kind of fallacious and illogical argument shifts the attention away from the issue at hand: protesting the police brutality and institutionalized racism that is flowing freely in the undercurrent of our society. What you propose is ignoring politics, ignoring the inequality and targeted racism that is a reality for many of our fellow Americans here and now, in favor of a good time. If you truly “totally support free speech,” your argument might be a little different.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Lobos buckle down for first practice of season

Matthew Narvaiz | October 3

The Lobo women’s basketball team got on its feet and on the court inside of the Rudy Davalos Basketball Center for its first official practice this season. And, to put it in perspective, New Mexico had a practice, which looked something eerily similar to something we will see on the court this season according to head coach Mike Bradbury — a small, but gritty — fast-paced team. “I really like our athleticism and speed,” Bradbury said, according to the Albuquerque Journal. “If we can find a way to harness all that, we’ll be good.”

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Music

Review: The National explores electronic with little success

Ryan Moloney | October 2

There comes a time in many artists’ careers where they decide to go electronic. Without fail, that album’s pre-release hype discussion centers around the question of whether or not it’ll be this band’s Kid A, Age of Adz, or Yeezus, drastic reinventions from some of this era’s most critically acclaimed artists. Most often it’s not.  It generally signals an artist desperately trying to kindle the dying embers of their creative flame. For some, it opens a whole new world of possibilities like it did last year for Bon Iver, who went full bleep-bloop with heavy use of synths, auto-tune, and a track list that looked closer to Wingdings than it did English. On their seventh record, The National are the latest to dip into the electronic well.

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News

Brief: Gunman kills over 50, resulting in deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history

Rebecca Brusseau | October 2

A weekend of excitement in Las Vegas, Nevada ended in terror and chaos as a lone gunman opened fire on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino: a moment that will be known as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, fired multiple rounds into the crowds below his room on the 32nd floor of the hotel. CNN reports that Paddock shot and killed over 50 people and injured more than 400 before turning the weapon on himself to commit suicide only moments before authorities were able to break into his hotel room. Police found more than 10 rifles in Paddock’s hotel room, according to CNN.

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News

Photo Story: Art festival brings together CO and NM

JC Santistevan | October 2

The Annual Rio Costilla Studio Tour is in its 19th year, located in north-central New Mexico and south-central Colorado. The towns participating are Costilla and Amalia in New Mexico and Jaroso and Garcia in Colorado. The tour starts at the Plaza de Arriba in Costilla, NM. The Plaza de Arriba, or "Upper Plaza," is one of seven plazas built in the area after 1849. Six plazas were connected to it: del Media, de los Manzanares, Placitas de los Madriles, de los Cordovas, de Chalifu and de Poleo. Of the original seven plazas, Plaza de Arriba is the one that is still intact and the closest to what it would have looked like in 1849. The plazas were originally built as defensive structures, and in 1854 were the sight of a historic battle between the settlers and the Ute Tribe.

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News

Krebs' scandal continues to unravel

Gabriella Rivera | October 1

Amid continued state investigations into the University of New Mexico Athletic Department finances, a closer look into the spending activities of former Athletic Director Paul Krebs has revealed more concern. A KRQE investigation found a pattern of personal spending on Krebs’ University credit card, centering around personal trips to the NCAA Final Four tournament every year since 2014. That year, he charged over $6,000 to his UNM credit card for a family trip to the Final Four, including game tickets, airfare and hotel rooms. Krebs also charged UNM almost $2,000 — which he recently reimbursed the University — in hotel room charges for his brother.

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Opinion

Letter: Dear Turning Point, nobody wants your racist muffins

Daily Lobo Readers | October 1

Editor, When is a muffin not a muffin? When Turning Point USA — appropriately acronymized as TP-USA — showed up on campus with their "Affirmative Action Bake Sale," I was happy to see crowds come and stare them down. Many of those students were black and Hispanic, but it was white folks who took the lead against TP-USA, shouting down their racist message. To me, that’s an appropriate way to be an ally and keep dangerous white supremacy in check.

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Culture

Review: Folksy festival brings art down to earth

Hannah Eisenberg | October 1

This Sunday, Oct. 1 OFFcenter Community Arts Project opened the doors to their gallery and studio Downtown, spilling out into a colorful arts and crafts frenzy in the park across the street. Over 75 artists and vendors, many of whom collaborate with OFFcenter, filled the park for their 15th Annual Folk Art Festival. Truly, that is what it was — an art festival put on by, and for, all of us everyday “folks.” A puppet parade made its way through the center of Robinson Park, while people of all ages made crafts together in the workshop tent. Others strolled through the local artist booths, and snacked on baked goods or ate from one of the many food trucks parked nearby.

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News

Candidates hold final forum before election

Jonathan Baca | October 1

Several mayoral candidates came to the University of New Mexico campus on Thursday, Sept. 28 in the Student Union Building for a final forum before the Oct. 3 election. Timothy “Tim” Keller, Augustus “Gus” Pedrotty, Michelle Garcia Holmes, Daniel “Dan” Lewis, Susan Wheeler-Deichsel and write-in candidate Stella Padilla participated in the forum. Brian Colón gave an introduction but left early due to scheduling conflicts. The forum was hosted by the Associated Students of UNM and a University political science class. ASUNM Vice President Sally Midani and UNM law student Zachary Quintero moderated the event. Candidates were chosen two-at-a-time at random and took the stage to answer a randomly selected question submitted by students.

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Sports

Men's Soccer: Lobos score winning shot in last minutes

Ajinkya Patil | October 1

The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team earned its first victory in Conference-USA by defeating Marshall 2-1 on Saturday night with a late-match goal. UNM senior Sam Gleadle and junior Aaron Herrera both scored goals for the Lobos, but Gleadle notched the game-winner in the 82nd minute to break a 1-1 tie. The match was the third of the C-USA schedule for the Lobos (5-3-1, 1-1-1 C-USA) and the victory over Marshall marked UNM head coach Jeremy Fishbein’s 299th career victory.

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Opinion

Guest Columnist: One refugee finds home in Highland High

October 1

Editor’s Note: This story was written by Humans of New Mexico contributors. This is part of our new project to help connect the Daily Lobo audience to more members of our community. Leaving one's homeland My name is Ramazani Mwanza, and I am from the Republic of Congo. I have been in New Mexico for two years. We were refugees, and we had been in Burundi for eight years. We are proud that we got a chance to come here. We went to immigration services, and they told us we had a chance to go to the United States. It’s hard to get approved, because hardly any Africans get to come to the U.S.

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News

Brief: UNM Prez to hold Twitter Q&A

Brendon Gray | October 1

The University of New Mexico’s Interim President Chaouki Abdallah is shaking up the traditional town hall format. Abdallah will be responding to questions from his Twitter account @chaoukita from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday. Those looking to get answers can submit questions using the hashtag #AskUNMPres. The social media effort follows two in-person town hall meetings held earlier this semester which focused largely on his push to “re-engineer” UNM. Last year, Abdallah conducted several in-person town hall meetings where he addressed hot button issues, including the recent budget cuts and free speech.

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News

UNM enrollment continues to drop

Brendon Gray | October 1

The University of New Mexico has reported its fifth consecutive year of enrollment decline with a 2.9 percent decrease compared to the same time last year, a recently released analysis outlines. The University records report 26,278 students enrolled for fall 2017 — 782 fewer students compared to fall 2016. University administration expected about 800 fewer students this semester due to Lottery Scholarship funding cuts and increased graduation rates, said Terry Babbitt, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management.

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News

Football: Lobos kneel for national anthem

Cameron Goeldner | October 1

Five different Lobos took a knee during the national anthem, which was played during halftime of last Saturday’s football game against Air Force. The players who knelt were Kimmie Carson, Michael Sewell Jr., Stanley Barnwell Jr., Elijah Lily and Garrett Hughes. Through the act, the Lobos became the second team at the collegiate level to kneel during the anthem — three Nebraska players knelt last season during a game against Northwestern. At the University of New Mexico, the anthem is usually played during the pregame, when the teams are not on the field. But due to accommodations made for the weather Saturday night, the anthem was played during the brief five minute halftime.

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Sports

Football: McQuarley shines in historic performance

Matthew Narvaiz and Cameron Goeldner | October 1

For Richard McQuarley, the first few weeks of the season were humbling. On 40 attempts through four games, the senior rushed for only 122 yards and no touchdowns. Not to mention that he fumbled three times in the opening quarter of three consecutive games, a trend that started against New Mexico State. But that all changed on Saturday night, when McQuarley rushed for 179 yards and five touchdowns on only 11 carries, setting career highs for both yards and touchdowns for a single game. The five rushing touchdowns also tied a school record, set by Reginal Johnson against Tulsa in 1996. It was McQuarley’s second career game in which the running back surpassed 100 rushing yards. All it took was a little more focus on ball control.

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Opinion

Letter: Football players should keep their activism off the field

Daily Lobo Readers | October 1

Editor, Professional football fans were treated to some relief last Thursday evening, as the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears stood arm in arm for the singing of the national anthem. People in the stands either did likewise or put their hands over their hearts. Americans felt proud but mostly relieved. Owners of the National Football League teams employ the players. Some of the owners obviously are okay with whatever the players do during the national anthem. I wonder how the owners would feel if a player decides they are simply going to let the other team score in order to make a statement? What if they decide they are going to stand back and watch while the other team kicks the field goal? Or what if they want to wear their own style of uniform? There are rules and expectations by the league and every team owner. The owners need to step up and be owners.

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Opinion

Guest Columnist — BioBlog: Middle Pleistocene or Middle Earth?

Amelia Villaseñor | October 1

Editor's Note: This piece was originally published online in the UNM BioBlog on Sept. 27, written by Amelia Villaseñor. This is part of our new project to help connect the Daily Lobo audience to more members of our community. During the late Pleistocene, around 70,000 years ago, fossil and genetic evidence tell us that there were at least four species of hominins (human ancestors) inhabiting the planet. However, rather than elves and orcs, there were Denisovans, Neanderthals and, in both Middle Earth and the real one, humans and hobbits. UNM Biology postdoctoral researcher Amelia Villaseñor discusses these near-human creatures that our direct ancestors encountered in the UNM BioBlog.