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Breaking down the specifics in the DOJ-UNM agreement

Cathy Cook | October 30

The biggest challenge for UNM in meeting the requirements laid out in the agreement with the Department of Justice will be ensuring all students are given in-person interactive training on sexual harassment. The agreement, which was signed on Oct. 17, requires UNM to change its policies and procedures, its trainings on sexual harassment, and its campus climate. The University is required to review its policies related to sexual harassment to make sure that sexual harassment is clearly defined and its reporting procedures are clear. Title IX Coordinator Heather Cowan said most of the required changes to the University’s policies and procedures have already been made and given to the DOJ for review.

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Sports

Cross Country: Women win 9th straight conference title

Bo Yu | October 30

Both New Mexico cross country teams repeated the solid performances many have come to expect of them, with one squad protecting its crown in the Mountain West Championships on Friday in Kuna, Idaho. The women’s team finished on top with 42 points to hoist its ninth consecutive MW title, while the men’s team also showed a solid performance, placing fifth in the championship.

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Sports

Women's Soccer: Lobos sign off on 2016 in style

Matthieu Cartron | October 30

Despite being eliminated from the Mountain West Conference tournament, the Lobos demonstrated character and spirit in their final game of the season, winning in overtime 2-1 to beat San Diego State. For the Lobos, it was the final career game for seniors Brooke Webster, Ruth Bruciaga, Annie Wheeler, Olivia Ferrier, Katie Hinman, Victoria Archuleta and Maddie Irwin. The game was no longer about qualification, rather an opportunity for the team and seniors to sign off in an honorable fashion. Not surprisingly, the seniors ran the show.

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Sports

Football: UNM wins in Hawaii for first 3-game win streak since 2007

Robert Maler | October 30

The New Mexico defense shined in Saturday’s 28-21 triumph over Hawaii, scoring late in the game to preserve the win and give the Lobos their first three-game winning streak since 2007. The defense finished the game the way it started — by making a stop on fourth down to kill a Hawaii drive.

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Sports

Men's Soccer: Team looks to finish season with momentum before C-USA tourney

Isabel Gonzalez | October 30

The New Mexico men’s soccer team looks to finish strong with two matches remaining before the Conference USA tournament gets rolling. The Lobos will finish their regular season with two games in Albuquerque, where they are currently undefeated with a 6-0-1 home record.

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Sports

Volleyball: Lobos continue winning streak to silence Bulldogs 3-2

Bo Yu | October 29

The New Mexico volleyball team rebounded in the final two games to revenge Fresno State 3-2 in Johnson Center on Thursday. The Lobos (13-12, 3-8 Mountain West) have begun finding the win column, notching  three victories in their last four matches.

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Sports

Women's Soccer: Lobos to play season finale, can't make MW tourney

Matthieu Cartron | October 28

The New Mexico women’s soccer team was eliminated from postseason play after a match it didn’t even play in. Unfortunately for the Lobos (8-7-3, 4-5-1 MW), a 0-0 decision between Wyoming and San Diego State on Sunday means that, regardless of what happens during the last day of conference play, the Lobos cannot qualify for the Mountain West Conference tournament.

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Sports

Men's Soccer: One goal gives the Lobos two spots in C-USA standings

Isabel Gonzalez | October 27

One goal was all the Lobos needed to climb two spots in the Conference USA standings on Wednesday night. Redshirt freshman Devin Boyce scored the second-half goal that gave New Mexico a 1-0 victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers. The victory provided the Lobos with the three points they needed to move from seventh to fifth place. New Mexico — now with seven points on the season — holds an 8-6-1 overall record, including a 2-3-1 conference mark.

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News

College Affordability Fund takes big hit, impacting students

Nichole Harwood | October 27

Along with the five percent cut to the higher education budget passed during the legislative special session, New Mexico lawmaker also took $5 million out of the $6 million in the College Affordability Fund, according to Bill Jordan, government relations officer With New Mexico Voices for Children. “New Mexico is broke and couldn't pay the overdue bills from last year,” Jordan said. “They weren't able to balance the budget this year so they had two options: they could have raised new revenue (and) new taxes or they could cut the current budget.” The legislature was left with having to balance the budget with current programs, and one of the programs to suffer a cut was the College Affordability Fund — as well as higher education.

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News

All students may have to get meningitis vaccine after ASUNM passes resolution

Denicia Aragon | October 27

On Wednesday evening the Associated Students of UNM passed a resolution requiring all students to receive the meningococcal meningitis vaccination, sending the legislation to the Board of Regents to be voted on and, if passed, applied at UNM. Alexander Kapp, a nursing extern in the Surgical Specialty Unit who proposed the resolution with the help of Sen. Noah Brooks, said meningococcal meningitis can be bacterial, viral or fungal, with the potential of getting into spinal fluid and inflaming the spinal cord and protective layer around the brain.

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News

New Mexico second-worst in unemployment countrywide

Nichole Harwood | October 26

New Mexico has been named the second-worst state in the country in terms of unemployment, at 6.7 percent. This is considerably higher than the national rate, which, in August 2015 was 5.1 percent, and now as of August of 2016 is 4.9, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor statistics. Shawn Berman, an associate professor in the Anderson School of Management, said one factor which may be affecting many states’ unemployment rates is the trend of many job positions disappearing — jobs that were once available to those without higher education that lead to employment within the middle class. “It’s a fact, and I think it’s a problem for any state that has that kind of workforce. It’s going to show up in all the statistics revolving around average wage, and unemployment,” he said. “I think this is unfortunately part of a bigger trend that is not just New Mexico.”

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Opinion

Column: We let Trump, and ART, slip through the cracks

Matthew Reisen | October 26

As I navigate the city streets, bogged down with Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction, I can’t help but think: How can I stop this? ART has been a long time coming, and now that we’re here and it’s real, many of us are asking what more we could’ve done to possibly prevent it, and are looking for a time machine. Sound familiar? If it does it’s because the presidential “anti-candidate” that is Donald Trump, has come upon us in similar fashion. Trump grabbed America by the you-know-what, in such a way that America didn’t even realize what had happened until he was already bragging about it across the room. Just like ART, Trump is messy, inconvenient, bold in all the wrong ways, costly and most importantly: he is here and it is now. While ART has already broken ground and set off the road rage of a thousand suns, we still have three weeks until we find out if Trump will be another inescapable reality that somehow slipped through the cracks, and if his party — and the country he helped divide — will be able to recover.

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Culture

Another year of Humans vs. Zombies

Emma Citizen | October 26

Showing its face once more for the Halloween season is the national tradition of Humans vs. Zombies, a weeklong game of “zombie tag.” Humans vs. Zombies has been an annual event at UNM since 2011, and has captured the hearts of the student body. The rules are simple enough. When registered as a human, you wear a bandana around your arm. If a zombie attacks a human, then the human becomes a zombie and has to move their bandana. Zombies wear bandanas around their heads or necks if they are stunned. Humans can stun zombies using nerf darts or sock balls. Zombies who are hit will be stunned for about 10 minutes. The game runs continuously for a full week leading up to Halloween. “You could be at La Posada at three in the morning and people could be playing,” said Alex Luna, a moderator for the game.

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News

Crime Briefs for Oct. 27

Elizabeth Sanchez | October 26

Crime Briefs for Oct. 27, 2016

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News

UNM receives grant to train Native educators

Brendon Gray | October 26

UNM is among 20 Universities and colleges across the nation that will receive the 2016 Indian Professional Development Award. The $344,325 grant comes from the U.S Department of Education and is a part of UNM’s American Indian Professional Educators’ Collaborative. AIPEC is a four-year project designed to increase the number of Native American educators in New Mexico, according to the abstract of the proposal. The grant was submitted by Dr. Christine Sims, an assistant professor in the Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies. UNM will recruit 12 participants from the College of Education who will be trained, and will receive assistance in state licensing and financial support for graduation and job placement services.

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Culture

2016's most offensive Halloween costumes

Matthew Reisen | October 26

Here it is — Halloween. When the first crisp of winter rides on the breeze alongside smells of campfire smoke. Whether it’s through petty vandalism, candy accumulation or the destruction of brain cells, everyone celebrates differently. But there is one constant: Everybody wants to dress up and, in doing so, make a statement of some kind, whether it’s scary, funny or controversial. Sometimes, costumes go too far, and this is one of those lists. To be clear, these are costume statements you don’t want to make, unless you want a black eye or a Snickers bar full of razor blades. Here is a list of 2016’s top five most offensive costumes for those of you looking to be “that guy” — and by “that guy,” I mean the one who doesn’t get invited to any more Halloween parties. Matthew Reisen is the news editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @MReisen88. 

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Sports

Football: Lobos look for first 3-game win streak in almost a decade

Robert Maler | October 26

New Mexico football has a chance to do something Saturday in Hawaii that it hasn’t achieved in nearly 10 years — win three consecutive regular season games. The last time the Lobos won three in a row was the 2007 season, under head coach Rocky Long. The team actually accomplished the feat twice that season, en route to a 9-4 record. That’s not to say this team hasn’t experienced some recent success. The Lobos won seven games last season and had the Mountain division title in its reach until almost the very end. This season, New Mexico (4-3, 2-1 MW) is back over .500 and will showcase its best-in-the-nation rushing attack in the 10:00 p.m. (MT) road game against Hawaii (4-4, 3-1). The Lobos have won the last six meetings between the schools, including a 28-27 victory last season.

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Sports

Volleyball: Lobos looking for vengeance in home matches

Bo Yu | October 26

The Lobos are looking forward to a big home week, hosting Fresno State on Thursday and San José State Saturday — and they’re looking to exact some revenge on the two conference foes. The Lobos (12-12, 2-8 MW) just ended their eight-match losing skid in the Mountain West conference as they swept Air Force last Saturday after falling 3-0 to Boise State in the match prior. “Two tough road matches for us with the top teams in the conference,” New Mexico assistant coach JJ Glavan said. UNM ranks No. 10 in the conference standings, while its opponents Fresno State (12-9, 3-7) and San José State (10-12, 3-7) are tied for eighth. “(Last week) gets us going a little bit more for our big week here against Fresno State and San Jose State,” Glavan said.

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Culture

Film Review: 'Only the Brave' deserves a spot among great war films

Fin Martinez | October 26

When we think of war films we tend to think of “Saving Private Ryan”, “Apocalypse Now,” and “Fury” as examples of great contributions to the genre. “Only the Brave,” a 2006 film by Lane Nishikawa, takes the genre in a different direction. Nishikawa’s film follows the soldiers of the 100th battalion in the French combat theater of World War II comprised of Japanese-Americans who enlisted from the Japanese internment camps instituted after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Nishikawa — who wrote, directed and acted in the film — had a clear focus, and from this he created what amounts to a hidden gem in the war film genre. With many films in the genre, the focus is on the mission the soldiers must face, giving the film a distinct path. “Only the Brave” only introduces the soldiers’ mission in the second act of the film. By stepping away from the first act introduction of the mission, Nishikawa has created a different form of war film.

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Movies

Film Review: 'The Witch' offers complex themes, frights

David Lynch | October 26

At first watch, there isn’t much meat on the bones of Robert Eggers’ “The Witch.” On a superficial level – thanks to its incredibly simple premise, small production scale and what could be interpreted as an ambiguous ending – one could think it’s a skeleton of a movie, with small bits of flesh clinging to its ribs in the form of the occasional jump scare. Don’t fall into that trap. It’s easy to think that the final product far outweighs the expectations that a horror lover may have for “The Witch,” but you’d be doing yourself a disservice in the process. So how do you get the most out of the the film, and experience it the way Eggers intended the audience to?