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Artist to give talk on travels, land use

Ariel Lutnesky | March 8

Nina Elder, an artist who specializes in drawing and painting pieces about land use, will be giving a talk this Thursday on “Processing Place” at the Tamarind Institute. Elder will discuss her travels, artwork and how she relates to place. The event will display some of her artwork, as well. “The work that I'm printing at the Tamarind is looking at the historic moments when individual surveyors would go out into the land with a pickaxe and a shovel,” Elder said. ”They'd be isolated and would strike a vein of gold or copper and there would often be this single stone that would prove that element (was there)."

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Opinion

Letter: Republicans are repeating dark history through mass deportations

Daily Lobo Readers | March 8

Editor, The Republicans' 30-year lock on the Supreme Court has made them extremely reactionary and unwilling to legislate. “Ethnic cleansing” has been defined as the attempt to get rid of (through deportation, displacement or even mass killing) members of an unwanted ethnic group in order to establish an ethnically homogenous geographic area.

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News

Financial surplus, cost-saving strategies discussed at Board of Regents HSC Committee meeting

Brendon Gray | March 8

Changes to the Sandoval Regional Medical Center Cost-saving changes to the Rio Rancho-based UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center will be implemented over the coming weeks, said UNM officials at Tuesday’s Board of Regents Health Sciences Committee meeting. UNM Hospital CEO Steve McKernan and Mike Richards, executive physician-in-chief for UNM Health Systems, announced the changes to the committee. Clinical growth initiatives, personnel reductions and the closing of certain units were mentioned as cost-saving mechanisms to compensate for changes in New Mexico healthcare.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos face off against Fresno State in MW quarterfinals

Isabel Gonzalez | March 8

March Madness is finally here, and with it comes the much-awaited Mountain West Tournament for the UNM men’s basketball team. After a 64-59 victory over San Diego State on Saturday, the Lobos (17-13, 10-8 MW) were able to finish the regular season in the top five of the conference, which earned them a bye that sent them straight into next Thursday’s quarterfinals to face the Fresno State Bulldogs. The tournament is a big deal because it will most likely decide who gets to go to this year’s NCAA Tournament. “I think (the Lobos) understand that and are hungry for that. We’ll find out,” said UNM head coach Craig Neal. “You can’t win the championship unless you win the first one.”

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News

UNM researchers win $7 Million Air Force contract

Andres Del Aguila | March 8

Students in the School of Engineering are set to play an integral role in an Air Force project that seeks to create next-generation material and technology to improve space satellites. Cosmiac, a research center at the School of Engineering, received a $7 million 5-year contract with the Air Force to research, design and test semiconductor materials for electronics that can survive the harsh conditions of space. “This is a major project — one of the largest research contracts that the School of Engineering has ever received — and it is another great example of the strength of UNM as a top-tier research institution,” said Engineering School Dean Joseph Cecchi.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: 1-and-done for Lobos in Mountain West Tourney

Matthew Narvaiz | March 8

A buzzer-beater jumper ended the Lobos’ hopes of advancing further in the Mountain West Tournament. New Mexico (15-15, 10-8 MW) lost a heartbreaker on Tuesday afternoon to Boise State with the final score favoring the Broncos (23-7, 12-6 MW) 64-62 — the same score as the previous matchup between the two teams on Feb. 15. Despite the loss, first-year head coach Mike Bradbury had nothing but praise for his team.

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News

National Briefs for March 8, 2017

Matthew Reisen | March 8

G.O.P. healthcare bill faces revolt from the right According to a New York Times article, the long-awaited plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act and revise the American health care system faced a revolt as conservative groups and lawmakers criticized a bill Republican leaders and President Donald Trump hoped to jam through Congress this month. “This is not the Obamacare repeal bill we’ve been waiting for.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos take down NMSU 8-2 in El Paso, Texas to end road trip

Robert Maler | March 7

New Mexico baseball saw a slowdown in offensive production, but still had plenty to get by in-state rival New Mexico State Tuesday night. The Lobos (8-3) averaged nearly 20 runs per game in their most recent three-game series sweep against Air Force. And though the team didn’t reach that lofty benchmark, the bats were anything but silent as UNM notched an 8-2 neutral site win in El Paso, Texas. UNM sophomore lefty Austin Isenhart (1-0) only saw two innings of work but put himself in line for the win—his first of the season.

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Sports

Men's Tennis: Lobos fail to repeat Mountain Pacific Invite success

Matthieu Cartron | March 6

After stringing together five wins in a row, the Lobos were eager to continue their fine run of form. The Lobos traveled to Stockton, California last weekend to participate in the 3rd annual Mountain Pacific Invitational, a tournament they had won the previous year. This time, though, it wasn’t meant to be. The Lobos played Fresno State University for their first round match, which consistent solely of singles play, and the Lobos lost all but one.

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Sports

Men's Soccer: First spring exhibition results in overtime loss for Lobos

Isabel Gonzalez | March 6

The UNM men’s soccer team got back on the pitch on Saturday to kick off its 2017 spring season. Unfortunately for the Lobos, the result was not what they were looking for, as they ended up falling 2-1 in overtime to the Southern Methodist Mustangs in Dallas, Texas. The Mustangs were the first team on the board, finding the back of the net halfway through the first period. New Mexico was unable to get a goal of their own by halftime, at which point Southern Methodist enjoyed a 1-0 lead.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Three Lobos earn All-Mountain West honors

Matthew Narvaiz | March 6

Three Lobos took home individual honors from the Mountain West on Tuesday in recognition of their strong seasons. Senior Richelle van der Keijl, junior Cherise Beynon and freshman Mykiel Burleson were all named to All-Mountain West teams. Van der Keijl was awarded Newcomer of the Year, while Burleson was named to the Mountain West All-Freshman Team and Beynon was named to the Mountain West All-Defensive Team.

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News

School of Law program that helps overturn wrongful convictions facing defunding

Elizabeth Sanchez | March 6

A UNM law school program that works to overturn wrongful convictions could lose its funding soon.  Since 2009, the New Mexico Innocence and Justice Project helps UNM law students investigate claims of innocence in legal cases after the accused has already been convicted.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos, Aggies to clash in El Paso

Matthew Narvaiz | March 6

Lobo baseball will pack its bags and go on the road once again for their next matchup, this time facing New Mexico State in El Paso at the home of the Chihuahuas, the minor league Triple-A affiliate for the San Diego Padres. The game marks the 243rd meeting between the two teams, with the Lobos leading the all-time series 158-84. Last season, the Lobos won three of its four games against NMSU, with the lone loss coming in El Paso on the same field they’ll be playing at Tuesday.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: How the Lobos can win against Boise State in the MW Tournament

Matthew Narvaiz | March 6

The UNM women’s basketball team has its sights fully set on the Mountain West Tournament, as the Lobos enter Tuesday’s match in Las Vegas, Nevada as the fifth seed. New Mexico (15-14, 10-8 MW) will play fourth-seeded Boise State — a team that they split games with this season. The Lobos won the first matchup with the Broncos at WisePies Arena on Jan. 18, 75-68. But that was when the Lobo lineup still boasted sophomore Jaisa Nunn – who in February tore her ACL and is out for the season.

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Music

Album Review: Within the Ruins refuses to fizzle out with 'Halfway Human'

Fin Martinez | March 6

Western Massachusetts band Within the Ruins has come a long way from their massive, rhythmic metal albums of the early 2000s. With each new record they’ve released, the group has made strides in the genre, transforming a brutal deathcore atmosphere into melodic and highly technical progressive metal. Their most recent release, “Halfway Human,” sees the band exploring unfamiliar territory with old techniques to forge an album that, while true to style, incorporates the risks and experiments they’ve taken throughout their musical career.

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Music

Album Review: '÷' continues Ed Sheeran's evolution

Fin Martinez | March 5

Ever since the release of “+” in 2011, Ed Sheeran has emerged as a profoundly influential solo artist. Coming from his humble roots as a travelling musician in England to filling stadiums around the globe, Sheeran has earned fame with his earnest songwriting style and unique “one-man band” performances, but it’s his studio albums that showcase his true creative potential. Last week, Sheeran released “÷," the highly anticipated follow-up to 2014’s “X.” He took his creative process in a new direction this time around.

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News

New state legislation would keep victim identities confidential

Brendon Gray | March 5

Legislation approved by the state Senate over the weekend looks to keep confidential the names of victims and witnesses of certain crimes including rape, stalking and harassment. But some critics argue that these changes decrease transparency and could hinder journalists and other public investigators from seeing all the facts of a case.

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Opinion

Letter: Regardless of political differences, students should support each other

Daily Lobo Readers | March 5

Editor, It’s been a long year of transition and change for many groups of people, specifically students. It seems hard to believe that political differences can cause so much hate and violence against one another. As I read this article ("Column: The importance of kindness in times of political tension") I thought to myself, 'What do the red gloves mean to me?'

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News

UNM lab makes groundbreaking finds on chimpanzees

Elizabeth Sanchez | March 5

Chimpanzees are an endangered species, with their continued survival relying on new knowledge of health and ecological change, according to UNM researchers. Melissa Emery Thompson. That’s where the Hominoid Reproductive Ecology Laboratory at UNM comes in. “Our project has been leading the way in demonstrating that research, which is completely non-invasive, can yield an incredible amount of detail on health and behavior,” said Melissa Emery Thompson, an assistant professor of anthropology and co-director of the HREL. “This is valuable for understanding the chimpanzees, but also for retracing the evolutionary processes that have shaped human biology.”

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Neal thanks seniors for contributions

Isabel Gonzalez | March 5

Four seniors were honored after a season-high crowd of 13,958 witnessed the Lobos take a 64-59 win over San Diego State on Saturday night. Two of the seniors are current players while the other two are not on the roster. Still, each of them brought something special to the program in his own way.