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Indigenous people speak out against pollution of tribal lands

Celia Raney | March 5

“We are here after dog attacks, we’re here after (being attacked) with chemical agents, military combat tactics, grenades, aerial surveillance, military vehicles, inhumane detention — instruments of war.” These were the words of human rights lawyer Michelle Cook, describing threats posed to her and her clients while camping out at Standing Rock during the anti-Dakota Access Pipeline protests. “We are not terrorists for wanting to live,” Cook said.

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Culture

Column: Cartoons for adults are having a renaissance

Fin Martinez | March 5

Millennials grew up in an interesting era for cartoons. Many of us remember the “What a Cartoon!” show and “Nicktoons,” which produced the most iconic cartoons of the 90’s and early 2000s. With shows like “Rugrats,” “The Ren and Stimpy Show,” “Spongebob Squarepants,” “Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Courage the Cowardly Dog” and “Ed, Edd n Eddy,” it was considered a golden age for TV animation. But like many good things in life, nothing lasts forever. Around 2008 the quality of cartoons began to deteriorate. They weren’t as funny or original as they once were, and whether it was due to executives cancelling a series in favor of a new series or because cartoons were beginning to be created for a kids-only audience, the quality of cartoons took a nosedive.

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Opinion

Letter: Americans have a right to deny illegal immigrants a home in their country

Daily Lobo Readers | March 5

Editor, There is an old legal maxim: "Hard cases make bad law." The implicit knowledge behind this statement - of how society is affected by the legal institutions of this country - has universal application. More directly, it has application to undocumented immigrants in New Mexico. To invoke an adjacent topic seen often in the local community, the Native American plight that occurred in the U.S. through colonial times, in sum, fits the definition of genocide.

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News

Monday on the Street: The Trump administration so far

Matthew Reisen | March 5

What is your opinion of the Trump presidency a little over a month in?

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News

UNM study suggests medical marijuana could decrease prescription opiate abuse

Cathy Cook | March 5

Medical cannabis use is highly under-researched, according to UNM professors Jacob Vigil and Sara Stith — and their recent findings suggest that it could actually help to battle addiction. The pair, along with pain specialist Dr. Anthony Reeve, presented their research on how enrollment in the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program has affected prescription opioid use in patients with chronic pain on Friday at UNM. Vigil said the Medical Cannabis Program is unprecedented because patients manage their own care, since doctors can’t prescribe doses of cannabis, only authorize patients to obtain it.

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News

New program opens doors for mental and physical health

Elizabeth Sanchez | March 5

Many patients facing both physical illness and behavioral issues often go untreated. Their physical ailments can disqualify them from being admitted to a behavioral care facility, according to UNM psychiatry associate professor Davin Quinn, while their behavioral complications can disqualify them from physical treatment facility. The all-new Sandia Ridge Mental Health and Recovery Unit works to alleviate these obstacles, through it’s unique-to-New-Mexico, high-intensity medical and behavioral care.

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News

UNM Athletics still struggling to balance budget

Cathy Cook | March 5

The UNM Athletics Department began last fall with a $1.5 million budget deficit. This fiscal year, administrators have implemented several initiatives to reduce spending, but lower-than-expected revenues from football and basketball ticket sales have been lower than projected have hampered their efforts to get back to the green. Brad Hutchins, deputy athletics director for external operations, said football and men’s basketball are the biggest earners of the department’s 22 different programs.

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Sports

Baseball: Comeback victory leads to sweep of Air Force

Matthew Narvaiz | March 5

The Lobos completed a late-inning comeback on Sunday afternoon, riding another offensive explosion to a 16-7 win and a sweep of Air Force on the road to open Mountain West play. New Mexico’s (7-3, 3-0 Mountain West) bats were once again unstoppable, as the team managed 21 hits, led by sophomore 1B Jack Zoellner and junior OF Luis Gonzalez. The two combined for nine hits, six runs and five RBI. Zoellner had a perfect 5-for-5 day at the plate, and Gonzalez went 4-for-5.

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Sports

Beach Volleyball: Lobos split Saturday matches after winless Friday

Bo Yu | March 5

The New Mexico beach volleyball team split its results on Saturday as it defeated Colorado Mesa 4-1 and lost to TCU 3-2. The Lobos (2-3) bounced back after falling to two nationally-ranked teams in a previous matchup, and fought off the Mavericks (1-4) in the first match at GCU Beach Volleyball Stadium. In the second game, the Lobos battled hard against the Horned Frogs (3-1), but could not clinch the deciding match.

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Opinion

Column: Water is life, and clean water is a responsibility

Cathy Cook | March 5

Water is life, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Water Protectors and the astronomers who found seven potentially habitable planets in another galaxy (why are they potentially habitable? The distance between them and their star means water could exist on their surfaces). My week had a theme: I covered a NoDAPL crash course, a talk on water quality protection in an era of uncertain environmental regulation and I paid a visit to the Edward Skeats exhibit at the UNM Art Museum.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Victory over San Diego State sends Lobos to Mountain West quarterfinals

Isabel Gonzalez | March 5

After a 64-59 win over San Diego State on Saturday night, the Lobos earned themselves a ticket straight to the Thursday quarterfinals for next week’s Mountain West Tournament. “Really proud of their effort, really proud of how hard they played tonight,” said head coach Craig Neal. “This might have been the best performance they had at home. We had great fans tonight (13,958). They brought a lot of energy for us.” By taking down the Aztecs, the Lobos finished as one of the top five teams in the conference, and will therefore not have to play on Wednesday. Their overall record stands at 17-13 while they are 10-8 in the conference. They are playing Fresno State next Thursday at 2:30pm MT.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos, Falcons combine for 52 hits, 40 runs as New Mexico wins Game 2 of series

Matthew Narvaiz | March 5

In the second of this weekend’s 3-game series, New Mexico once again put on a show with their bats, beating Air Force in a game that lasted over four hours and saw 15 extra-base hits and five pitchers give up at least five runs. In the end, the Lobos would outslug the Falcons to win 24-16. Both the Lobos (6-3, 2-0 MW) and Air Force (4-5, 0-2 MW) combined for a whopping 52 hits and 40 runs, though the Lobos got the better end of the stick. Eight Lobos had three hits or more in the game, but none were more impressive than juniors Luis Gonzalez and Carl Stajduhar, who both had four hits apiece.

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Music

Album of the Week: Clarence Clarity's 'No Now'

Audrin Baghaie | March 4

Real quick, right off the bat: This album is messed up, man. You are guaranteed to have never heard anything like it. On that fact alone, it’s worth your time. British experimental funk-pop producer Clarence Clarity released his debut album “No Now” two years ago in March 2015. This debut release was preceded by two extended plays: “Who Am Eye” in 2014 and “Save Thyself” in 2013, both of which showcased Clarity’s skewed, genre-bending production aesthetic. Clarence is a relatively new addition to the record label Bella Union, the same house that promotes artists like folk aesthetes Fleet Foxes, post-rock titans Explosions in the Sky and the electro-washed pop act Beach House.

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News

Regents approve bond prices, increase in UNM Foundation funding

Brendon Gray | March 4

During a special meeting Thursday, UNM regents unanimously approved prices for University bonds estimated to generate $46 million to fund the construction of the new Physics and Astronomy building, Smith Plaza renovations and other projects. “This is good for the University,” said Regent President Rob Doughty after the vote. The price-setting effort had been in the works for over a year, members of the board noted.

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Sports

Women's Tennis: Lobos end 10-game road stretch this weekend in California

Robert Maler | March 4

UNM women’s tennis has not put together the win-loss record it probably wanted at this point in the season, but seems to be eager to change that this weekend in California. New Mexico (1-7) has been close in several of the matches so far and first-year Lobo head coach Stephanie Wooten-Quijada said the team is on the right track in terms of competing. “Today has been a great practice for us,” she said. “Our won-loss record isn’t what he had hoped for, but we are in good spirits...hopefully we’ll get it turned around shortly.”

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Sports

Men’s Soccer: Lobos to face Southern Methodist in spring opener

Matthieu Cartron | March 4

The spring season has finally arrived for the Lobos, and they will play their first game away from home to Southern Methodist. It will be UNM’s first competitive encounter since the 4-1 away loss to the University of Washington in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Lobos finished the fall with a record of 12-7-3, and won their first Conference USA Championship in program history back in November, beating Florida International University 3-0 in Huntington, West Virginia.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: UNM loses regular season finale on the road to San Diego State

Matthew Narvaiz | March 4

The regular season finale didn’t go according to plan as the Lobo women’s basketball team lost on the road Friday night against San Diego State. New Mexico (15-14, 10-8 MW) trailed for nearly the entirety of the game, falling to the Aztecs 63-51. The Lobos struggled to find the hoop all night, shooting just 29 percent from the field. But the Aztecs didn't fare much better, connecting on 35 percent of its shots against UNM. With both teams having an off shooting night, the UNM scoring threats of senior center Richelle van der Keijl and junior guard Cherise Beynon were effectively neutralized.

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Sports

Beach Volleyball: Lobos fall 4-1 to both Loyola Marymount and Grand Canyon

Bo Yu | March 4

New Mexico beach volleyball assistant coach Daniel Foo said the team did not live up to expectations on Friday, dropping a pair of matches to nationally ranked opponents. “We challenged, but didn’t live up to the hype we should have been able to compete at,” Foo said in a release. New Mexico (1-2) swept Benedictine University at Mesa on Thursday to begin the 2017 regular season, but looked like a different team just a day later. The Lobos first opponent was No. 20 Loyola Marymount (2-0) in its first big test of the season at GCU Beach Volleyball Stadium. Nerves may have been to blame for the failure as New Mexico seemed to have chances in some tight games, but fell by a score of 4-1.

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Sports

Baseball: UNM bats explode for 19 runs against Air Force to start series

Matthew Narvaiz | March 4

To say it was all Lobo baseball in its first game of a three-game series at Air Force would be an understatement. The Lobos (5-3, 1-0 MW) decimated the Falcons (4-4, 0-1 MW), 19-5, as they put on a firework display offensively. New Mexico had four players that went for three or more hits in the game, out-hitting the Falcons 19 to nine on Friday afternoon. Senior first baseman Jack Zoellner led the way, going 4-of-6 from the plate racking up a home run, three RBI and two runs scored.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Mountain West tourney seeding on the line against the Aztecs

Isabel Gonzalez | March 4

The UNM men’s basketball team will host the San Diego State Aztecs on Saturday night to close out the regular season. There will likely be some added pressure to the game with conference tournament seeded still at stake on “senior night”, and head coach Craig Neal said he is not taking it lightly. “It’s senior night, which is always difficult emotionally,” he said. “Then if you win, you are in the fifth (spot), so you play on Thursday. There’s a lot on the line and I think our guys understand that. We’ll prepare accordingly.” The Mountain West Tournament starts next week, and Saturday’s match will determine the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds, an important difference because only the top five teams get a pass straight through to the Thursday quarterfinals.