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Letter: Campus weapon policy enables predators, creates victims

August 24

On Friday, there was another student alert of a female being groped on UNM main campus. That makes five groping reports in a month (according to KOB Channel 4 news). As people on campus are being targeted by predators, the UNM policy office states: “No person may use or possess a weapon on any part of campus.” Also, any weapons found could lead to materials being impounded by law enforcement and disciplinary or criminal action. (The only persons exempt are campus police and “inoperable” weapons by ROTC).

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Sports

Football: Lobos show off air game in final Fall Camp scrimmage

Thomas Romero-Salas | August 24

The passing game is starting to look like the real deal for New Mexico. After three years of not being a threat in the air, the Lobos showed off their new aerial attack in their third and final scrimmage of fall camp. Both the quarterbacks and the receivers made several plays throughout the scrimmage, including a couple of nice plays by sophomore wide out Delane Hart-Johnson.

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Opinion

Letter: Slow erosion of communities can be averted by purposeful involvement

August 24

We live in a society that is more connected, and yet at the same time more disconnected, than ever before. Social media has transformed the way we communicate, and has made creating social connections that previously would have been improbable as easy as clicking a button. At the same time, repeated studies show that the number of close friends the average American says she/he can talk to in a time of need has dropped sharply over the last half-century. Other evidence points to the same trend: the number of people who would describe themselves as lonely, who live alone and who don’t interact outside of work/school situations have all increased steadily over the last 50 or so years.

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Culture

Movie review: 'American Ultra' underestimates the potential of its own story

Nathan Reynolds | August 24

Small-town American angst meets ultra violence in “American Ultra.” At least, that’s supposed to be the joke in the new stoner comedy. Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart are cute and convincing as characters Mike and Phoebe, a slacker couple whose mundane lives are upturned when Mike finds he might be something more than he thought. Mike is a nervous, unambitious guy who works nights at a convenience store and smokes heavily with his girlfriend, who is the best thing in his life. In one of the funnier recurring jokes, he tries to find the perfect time to propose to Phoebe.

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Sports

Women's soccer: Lobos drop two in opening weekend

J.R. Oppenheim | August 24

There's no tougher way to start the season than what the New Mexico women’s soccer team experienced at the Lobo Invitational this past weekend. The Lobos faced two top-15 teams, including No. 1 in the nation, at their season-opening classic in Florida State and Texas Tech. The Lobos dropped both games, 3-1 on Friday night to the defending national champion Seminoles, and 1-0 Sunday to the No. 15 Red Raiders.

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Opinion

Letter: Trump dominates the media, but other candidates are more frightening

August 24

I’ve been reading your letters pages and am happy to find something better than what appears in the local dumb rag (the Journal). Trump reminds me of Rupert Pupkin, the comic wannabe in Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy” who kidnaps a talk show host (Jerry Lewis) to get ten minutes on the program. I kind of like Trump’s unfiltered rant -- it’s audacious, but what he proposes is usually ugly, in line with the Republican agenda.

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News

NIH grant shows faith in UNM research capabilities

Fin Martinez | August 24

The UNM Clinical and Translational Science Center has received a $23 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health through its Clinical and Translational Science Award. UNM shares this award with more than 60 other institutions around the United States, including many of the nation’s top universities and Ivy League schools such as Harvard and Dartmouth, according to the CTSA website. The CTSA is among the most prestigious awards from the NIH, said John Arnold, director of news and multimedia services at HSC.

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Sports

Soccer: Youth tournament produces strong, experienced players

Liam Cary-Eaves | August 24

The New Mexico Soccer Tournament Complex in Bernalillo witnessed plenty of action throughout the Rio Rapids Open on Saturday and Sunday. Youth teams affiliated with the Colorado Rapids from New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Colorado made the trek to the biggest soccer complex in the Albuquerque area. The preseason tourney showcased players ranging from U-9 through U-14 for both boys and girls. More than 125 teams across four age classes competed in a minimum of three games for a chance to take home some hardware.

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News

UNM researchers study transforming cultures in developing countries

Sayyed Shah | August 24

New jobs are beginning to emerge in developing and underdeveloped countries. Economies are opening up and people are moving to major cities in search of new career opportunities. Agrarian societies are turning into industrial societies. A UNM researcher is examining how these recent changes in socioeconomic opportunities affect the distribution of wealth in China and Bangladesh. “Previously, these societies have been agrarian and most people subsisted in fairly similar ways. Everyone was a farmer and everyone had similar things. But now that the economies are opening up and they are integrating with regional economies, people have different opportunities,” said Siobhán Mattison, assistant professor of evolutionary anthropology.

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News

Art professor's multimedia piece to be displayed in D.C.

Matt Reisen | August 24

A UNM arts professor is being honored by having her work displayed at an exhibit in the nation’s capitol this month. Fine arts professor Mary Tsiongas’ video artwork, “The Mercurial Dog Anticipates Her,”is being featured in the 2015 Women To Watch exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.  “It was a wonderful surprise, and I was just thrilled to have it go to Washington, D.C.,” Tsiongas said.

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Sports

Women's soccer: Lobos fall to top-ranked Florida State, 3-1

J.R. Oppenheim | August 21

For a moment in the second half, the Lobos were within one goal of the best team in the country. Thirty seconds later, No. 1 Florida State took it away. Claire Lynch’s goal on Florida State midway through the second half electrified the crowd and gave New Mexico a spark, but the Seminoles’ strong offense struck back leading to a 3-1 win in the Lobo Invitational.

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Culture

Sex-ed activist: Rape culture must end

Imani Lambert | August 21

Laci Green, 25-year-old sex education activist and YouTube vlogger, is taking down rape culture one college campus at a time.  Green, who recently received her degree from UC Berkeley on rape nature and causes, filled the SUB Ballroom with over a thousand students, staff, and interested persons Thursday night.

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Sports

Volleyball: Poll projects UNM to finish fifth in MW

Liam Cary-Eaves | August 21

New Mexico will play like a team with something to prove this year. Despite limping to the finish line with multiple injuries last year, the Lobos finished among the top four teams in the conference. This year: UNM has been picked to finish fifth. “We have three all-conference players, the most players returning, and two kids on the preseason (All-Mountain West) team,” head coach Jeff Nelson said. “We’re going to play with a big chip on our shoulders and make them play like they’ve got something to prove.”

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News

Developing: Student sexually harassed on campus

David Lynch | August 21

For the third time in about as many weeks, UNM is being warned of an incident of sexual harassment on or near main campus.

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Sports

Volleyball: Surprises abound at intrasquad scrimmage

Liam Cary-Eaves | August 21

In sports, it is almost guaranteed that not everything is going to go as planned. On New Mexico’s Fan Appreciation Night, it was hard to tell what the plan was amidst Silver’s 2-1 victory over the Cherry team during Thursday night’s intrasquad volleyball scrimmage. Before the match, Nelson said he was going to give fans a glimpse at what his starting rotation could potentially look like.

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News

Office of Equal Opportunity gets new director

Matthew Reisen | August 21

Francie Cordova has been appointed as the new director of the Office of Equal Opportunity. Cordova came to UNM after serving as assistant chief counsel for the California Department of State Hospitals, which is the biggest provider of long-term mental health care in the world. In that position, she was responsible for many of the equal opportunity and affirmative action functions within the office.

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News

What's the latest with the south campus entertainment district?

David Lynch | August 21

For almost a year UNM has been in the early stages of planning a new sports and entertainment district on south campus. Below is a timeline of the process, and where the University stands now with a potential partner.

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Sports

Women's soccer: Season begins vs. No. 1 Florida State

J.R. Oppenheim | August 20

It’s simply a coincidence that Heather Dyche will face her alma mater in her first regular-season coaching outing for the UNM women’s soccer team. The game was also scheduled prior to Florida State’s 2014 national championship victory and its No. 1 preseason ranking. With that in mind, Dyche said she and the Lobos expect a tough game Friday night when the Lobos host the top-ranked Seminoles in the 2015 Lobo Invitational at the UNM Soccer Complex. The game begins at 7:30 p.m. following the 5 p.m. match between USC and Texas Tech.

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Sports

Men's soccer: Lobos shut out Grand Canyon in exhibition

Isabel Gonzalez | August 20

New Mexico wanted a shutout after its first exhibition game, in which the Lobos allowed a goal 22 seconds before the final whistle was blown. The Lobos got their shutout on Wednesday night against the Grand Canyon University Antelopes, winning 3-0 in their last home preseason match.

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News

Student input sought for Johnson Center renovation

David Lynch | August 20

The University is in the preliminary stages of planning the first major renovations to Johnson Center in 15 years, and officials are asking students to help them out. Kevin Grant Stevenson, strategic planner in the president’s office, said that any eventual designs for renovation to Johnson are grounded almost completely in what students want.