Editor, Next week, Nov. 9-13, the Student Alliance for Reproductive Justice at UNM and Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center are bringing Sex Week back to UNM campus.
When life and death are determined by the passage of time, the choices a player makes can affect the past, present and future. Players come across these situations frequently in “Life is Strange,” a five-part episodic adventure game created by Dontnod Entertainment and Square Enix in January. The final episode was recently released on Oct. 20.
On Oct. 18 a report was filed with UNMPD concerning two individuals stealing bikes around UNM dorms on main campus. On the evening of Oct. 29 UNMPD was dispatched to the Children’s Psychiatric Center in response to a reported battery. On Saturday afternoon UNMPD was dispatched to the UNM Championship Golf Course in response to alerts of theft from a car. On Monday evening a report was filed with UNMPD regarding a stolen vehicle in R Lot.
New Mexico kept its season going at the Mountain West women’s soccer tournament Tuesday evening in San Diego, capturing a 2-0 victory over UNLV. Senior Lindsey Guice helped secure the win with the go-ahead goal and an assist on the insurance. The win avenged a loss earlier in the season to UNLV. It also moves No. 3 seed UNM (10-8-1) into the tournament semifinals at 5 p.m. Thursday against San Jose State. The winner moves on to Saturday’s championship bout.
Exhibition games tend not to be the prettiest games on earth, but it’s hard to ignore a 96-point effort. The New Mexico offense exploded to nearly 100 points in its first exhibition game Tuesday evening, outgunning Colorado State-Pueblo to a 96-84 victory at WisePies Arena.
The UNM Theatre Department will be presenting “The Seagull” from Friday to Sunday Nov. 15 in the Rodney Theatre at UNM’s Center for the Arts at 203 Cornell Ave. NE, according to a UNM press release.
Katarina Pacheco, a UNM biochemistry student, will be traveling to the University of Utah to participate in the finalist interview for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, according to a University press release. The scholarship was created by the will of Cecil John Rhodes for the purpose of educating future leaders of the world who will be committed to serving the public good, according to the Rhodes Trust website.
The Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention at UNM has a new program geared toward supporting students who are in recovery. Tiffany Martinez, COSAP health educator, said the Students in Recovery program is focused on “trying to get students who are in recovery, specifically at UNM, to kind of bond together and start a collegiate recovery group.” Michele Cruz, a marketing assistant for COSAP and project coordinator for Students in Recovery said the program really encourages students in recovery to get involved, as the whole program is formed around what they want.
Nonprofit businesses are a major economic force in New Mexico, employing one in 20 paid workers and generating an estimated $1.2 billion in wages in 2003, according to the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research. But Leslie Oakes, chair of the accounting department at the Anderson School of Business, says that many nonprofits fail due to poor bookkeeping. To help prevent these issues, Anderson faculty members Oakes, Craig White and Janice Moen have founded NonProfit Back Office Resources, a nonprofit accounting agency that aims to assist New Mexico nonprofits with proper bookkeeping. “One of the things when you start looking at nonprofits is you recognize how many problems they have,” Oakes said.
Undergraduate marketing students recently launched a global education and advocacy campaign to mobilize and encourage networks of youth to counter the social media presence and effectiveness of violent extremists' online messaging. The campaign is a part of the Peer to Peer: Challenging Extremism initiative. UNM is one of 45 schools worldwide participating in the program. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department and facilitated by EdVenture Partners with other interagency governmental support, the program tasks student teams to create digital media content through tools that empower youth networks to counter the social media presence and effectiveness of violent extremists’ online messaging, the campaign organizers said.
Most people are familiar with the expression “third time’s the charm.” But for British heavy metal band Saxon, it seems the 21st time is the charm. On Oct. 30, Saxon released its 21st studio album, “Battering Ram.” One might think the band’s sound would get old after 21 records, but the newest release is as great a classic metal album as any released this year.
Gone are the days of intrasquad play; the Lobos will face their first opponent of the 2015-2016 campaign Wednesday night against Western New Mexico.
New Mexico forward Madisyn Olguin earned a spot on the First Team All-Mountain Mountain West, the conference announced Tuesday. Olguin finished the regular season with six goals, including five in conference play, to lead all Lobo scorers.
In his first two years as head coach, Craig Neal didn’t want to give too much away schematically during the exhibition schedule.
If New Mexico is to take anything away from Saturday’s Cherry vs. Silver scrimmage, it is this: the defense needs to improve. UNM was out warming up early Saturday morning in anticipation of playing a live game against its male practice opponents. However, the men of the Silver team had no trouble moving the ball around against the Lobos’ defense in a 90-57 route over the Cherry squad. “There’s going to be times when you’re not going to be able to put the ball in the basket. That happens to every team,” head coach Yvonne Sanchez said. “But if your defense isn’t there to make up the difference, then you’re going to be in a little bit of trouble.”
The UNM men’s soccer team gained another Conference USA point after battling to a scoreless draw with Florida International on Saturday night. FIU (9-5-1, 3-3-1) had a tight hold on the ball and kept the New Mexico defense on its toes. The Panthers outshot the Lobos 21-5 and led 10-4 in corner kicks. It was also a very physical game, with a total of 30 fouls and five yellow cards distributed. FIU contributed 19 fouls and four yellow cards.
Random acts of violence evoke emotions of despair, frustration, sadness and anger, as well as the ever-present question, “How could this happen?” In the wake of the recent tragedies in Albuquerque and around our country, “What can I do to help?” or “What small changes can I make to ensure that this doesn’t happen again?” seem to be the recurring questions in our lives. The answer is simple: be kind. While it’s heartwarming and inspiring to see our community and businesses step up in support of Lilly Garcia and Officer Daniel Webster, I would challenge us to keep this support and assistance going—even when these tragedies aren’t in the forefront of our minds.
In all likelihood, the Mountain West will only send one representative to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament. That means the Lobos’ season lives or dies by this week’s Mountain West tournament in San Diego. And if they happen to make it, the Lobos will get some measure of revenge along the way against the only three teams they lost to during the conference schedule. UNM (9-8-1, 7-3-1 MW), as the No. 3 seed, takes on sixth-seeded UNLV Tuesday at 5 p.m. Mountain Time in the tournament’s first round. Should the Lobos advance, they’ll play No. 2 San Jose State on Thursday. UNLV defeated UNM 3-1 on Oct. 4, while SJSU claimed a 2-1 overtime win on Oct. 16.
Halloween has really got me thinking that life, at any stage, is about creating. As kids we are busy fashioning the perfect costumes; as we get older, it’s crafting the suspension of disbelief at a haunted house; and as college students, no matter what we decide is our perfect Halloween recipe, we’re making memories. As I sit here, watching movies with the people I love, I can’t help but wonder: are we actually creating enough? Or are we just doing what’s needed to get by and maintain what’s already there? Do the realities of adulthood limit our willingness to try new things? ASUNM is a strange balance between maintenance and creation. On any given year your student government is doing a lot of the same things as the year prior, because that’s what has worked habitually. But each administration runs on the promise of something different, something better.
A pack of Lobos crossed the finish line together at the Mountain West Conference Championships on Friday in Reno, Nevada. What appears to be the top women’s cross country team in the country captured the conference title for the eighth year in the row. Head coach Joe Franklin was also named Mountain West Women’s Coach of the Year for the eighth consecutive time.
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