Editor, In the wake of the Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy, it is hard not to ask questions about how better and more effective mental health services might prevent future catastrophe on large and small scales.
Editor, In our country today, racism is being overtaken by religionism. That is quite a feat because there are all these completely different races constituting our epiphenomenon of a nation. Discrimination based on racism is on the decline because the laws that apply are well exercised by now. Not so with religionism, where there is dangerous regression.
The world isn’t getting any safer, the U.S. National Intelligence Council chairman told a symposium at UNM on Thursday. NIC Chairman Gregory Treverton, the keynote speaker at UNM’s “Security Trends in the Next Two Decades” symposium, addressed topics related to future security trends such as the global population increase, water scarcity and “six game changers” in global security.
A team of UNM researchers is focusing on identifying a new method that can predict cigarette smoke-induced injuries to blood vessels and potential therapeutic interventions to reduce them. Young, healthy smokers have an increased risk of developing heart and blood vessel disease, which can be prevented or even reversed when it is diagnosed early, the researchers said.
Editor, Recent events on campus have created some division on campus. This was highlighted in the “ISIS Panel” that the Muslim Student Association held on AWednesday. Sadly, this event was misunderstood by a single student, and he presumed this was a pro-ISIS panel. The MSA stands firm in saying that this event was anti-ISIS, and MSA members had made this clear throughout the panel.
Spring football has shown how thin New Mexico is at the linebacker position. The Lobos do have several linebackers with game experience on the roster, but that is mostly limited to backup minutes. The only regular starters in spring football are redshirt freshman inside linebacker Kimmie Carson and sophomore outside linebacker Donnie White. Both started eight games last season.
Cell phone footage of an ISIS panel held by the Muslim Student Association, characterized as pro-ISIS by the student who filmed it, is raising eyebrows as it makes the rounds on social media. Michael Noah Guebara, a sophomore criminology major, posted the almost two-minute long video, titled simply “pro isis panel at unm,” on his Facebook page. It was clearly shot from the stairs at a position where it is difficult to hear what the panel is saying.
Editor, If I was a photographer, a baker or a florist, it would never occur to me to deny service to another human couple because they were different? If they were Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Scientologists, or Atheists, I’d take my camera equipment to the synagogue, the mosque, the church, the temple, the celebrity center, or the botanical gardens, and take the most exceptional photographs I could. If they were in the Tea Party I’d knock out some gnarly Obama jokes.
As part of the John Field Simms Sr. Memorial Lectureship in Law, students, professors and attorneys gathered in the law school Thursday to hear best-selling author Jess Bravin discuss his coverage of Guantanamo Bay military tribunals. The lecture was part of the National Security Studies Program’s three-day symposium on the future of security trends.
It looks like there’s a jewel thief on campus. Seven incidents of theft at the student family housing — including about $10,700 worth of jewelry — have been reported to the UNM Police Department within the past month. Four of the police reports were dated on March 24. However, most of the thefts occurred in February.
In the wake of the recent reaction to the ASUNM resolution and the attacks on Muslim students across the United S. the reaction of the UNM student to an “anti-ISIS” debate arranged by Muslim Students Association was not a surprise. This is the way Muslims have been stereotyped by the mainstream media in the West, and this is the perception of Muslims some U.S. citizens have.
New Mexico turned to its defense and leading hitter to garner the program’s first win against Nevada Thursday in a 4-3 walk-off victory. In the bottom of the seventh with a runner on third, UNM’s junior center fielder Mariah Rimmer hit a shot over Nevada’s left fielder to take the first of a three game series against the Wolf Pack.
After receiving an unusually high number of suicide calls last week, campus outreach group Agora Crisis Center created a new campaign to promote the importance of reaching out and communicating with people. The group set up a tent near Zimmerman library on Wednesday and passed out pieces of paper that encouraged students to write out past or current experiences, using the Twitter hashtag #ShareTheWeight. The papers were then hung around the tent for other students to read. The idea behind the campaign is to promote an open discussion about suicide, even through social media. “We want people to share the weight of their struggles with each other,” said Jeremy Jaramillo, associate director for Agora.
Imagine this: It’s 1 o’clock in the morning, and you’re counting the minutes until you can finally put the notes away and sleep before tomorrow morning’s exam. To help with your struggle to stay awake, you decide to play your newest indie rock album. Immediately after pressing play, your ears are struck with a dissonant ringing that makes you cringe. This is the first impression Waxahatchee’s “Ivy Tripp” gives poor unsuspecting night owls. It might be best to wait until daytime to listen to the band’s third release. “Breathless” doesn’t improve much musically. It’s about as good as an untrained child experimenting with the effects on a keyboard. The atonal music is redeemed only by Katie Crutchfield’s mellow vocals. Her light and airy harmonies only go so far. For listeners who prefer their music to sound like, well, music, expect to skip this track often.
Domestic violence on UNM campus On March 21, two UNM Police Department officers responded to a fight in progress at 300 Redondo Drive East, NE.
Almost 10 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a group of students traveled to the city this year for the fifth annual Alternative Spring Break to assist in outreach around the community. Lisa Lindquist, student affairs specialist, said when she started Alternative Spring Break six years ago, she was looking for ways to encourage leadership development and decided that service learning was the best way to do it. “I just want to encourage students. These times in school are opportunities to take advantage of programs like these. It’s great to do the traditional spring break, don’t get me wrong, I think that’s awesome,” Lindquist said. “But I think it’s also great to consider these other opportunities, not just for growth and development, but also just because they’re kind of fun. It’s a neat alternative.”
It’s that time of year again: everyone’s favorite shows are airing the season finales. Sometimes the hardest part about having a favorite show is not knowing what to do when it’s over. Lydia Wolberg, professional intern in the Dean of Students Office, said only one of her five favorite TV shows is still running today. If she wants to watch the others, she has to catch the re-runs, she said.
The Muslim Student Association is hosting its annual Islamic Awareness Week, an event meant to inform students about Islamic faith and culture while combating negative portrayals of Muslims in popular culture. Event coordinator Masood Mirza, a sophomore chemistry major, said the main goal is to make people conscious of Islam, and to show them that it is alive and well in America. “I feel like many people at UNM don’t know that we exist. There are Muslims on this campus, we’re present and we just want to make people aware that we’re here,” he said.
It is never a good sign when any script contains five different names under the writing credits. Such is the troubled production of the original work “The Chupacabra Cantina,” created by the local activist and Latina performance troupe Las Meganenas, which recently finished performances. The play attempts to tackle a baffling number of discordant social issues while unfortunately illuminating none of them, attempting to embed them sneakily within a broadly-cast net of New Mexican culture and convention. Where to begin? “The Chupacabra Cantina” is set in a bar in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, but none of that really matters. Nothing in the play really matters. There is no conflict, no tension, no plot and certainly no story. There is a lot that’s distressingly wrong about “The Chupacabra Cantina.” But the single biggest issue is simply the atrocious writing.
In Blackout Theater’s infamous and irreverent video “S** Burqueños Say,” Lynette leans repeatedly around a corner, offering bottles of soda of varying colors and kinds (none of them Coke), asking each time, “You want a coke? You want a coke? You want a coke?” True to our melting pot nature, Americans have a variety of names for this type of beverage. Most common are “soft drink,” “pop” or “soda.” But whatever you call them, they are bad for your health. I know you know this. Sugary drinks are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic in this country. They rot your teeth and contribute to your risk of diabetes. I have seen patients who lost 20 to 30 pounds just by cutting out sodas. In 2012, New York City even made soda consumption into a public health issue by banning the sale of any soft drink larger than 16 ounces. Two years later, this ban was overturned, to public health officials’ disappointment and soda companies’ delight.
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