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Opinion

Guest column: Teaching for a more diversified America

October 16

This month I have the privilege of celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month alongside 120 strong, resilient and tenacious eighth- and ninth-graders.In the majority African-American school where I teach, most of my students don’t share my Hispanic identity. And yet, the occasion has offered us a powerful opportunity to draw connections around what we do share.As I work to create a culturally responsive classroom where my kids find inspiration from figures like Maya Angelou and Frederick Douglass, we also learn about Cesar Chavez and Sandra Cisneros. Along the way, we see the many similarities in our struggles and our stories, along with a common future full of promise and possibility.

News

Grants gives DataONE wings

Tomas Lujan | October 16

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $15 million grant to researchers at the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences to continue developing its Data Observation Network for Earth, or DataONE, project. DataONE is a multinational cyber-infrastructure with the aim of consolidating environmental data from around the world. Researchers said the long-term benefits of creating such a resource are potentially limitless.Professor William Michener, DataONE principal investigator, said the project currently has three components composed of coordinating nodes, member nodes and the investigator tool kit.

News

Campus briefs for Oct. 16, 2014

October 16

Latino AIDS awarenessUNM Truman Health Services, along with New Mexico agencies and advocacy groups, kicked off a series of activities to promote HIV/AIDS education. According to UNM, this year’s events are free and open to the public:Today from 7 to 10 p.m., the 6th Annual Queenceñera and Kingceñera will be crowned in a competitive drag show at N’MPower, 136 Washington St. SE, Suite E.

Opinion

Letter: Incumbent's campaign avoids real opponent

October 16

I was quite surprised to see an Oct. 12 Las Cruces Sun-News op-ed piece by someone claiming to be the New Mexico lieutenant governor.

Various tools used to sculpt pueblo pottery.

Culture

Pottery making, pueblo style

Mateo Rocha | October 16

Culture and life have been carried in Southwest artisan vessels for more than 400 years, and now UNM is playing an integral role in the preservation and vitality of its practice. Clarence Cruz, an Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo native, said he aspires to perpetuate the ancient tradition in the 21st century through his students and peers.Cruz has practiced pottery making for 29 years, and is now teaching future generations of potters in his ancient traditional pottery course, he said.

Culture

Five and why: What Lobos love to read

Skylar Griego | October 16

Everyone has a different reason for reading. Books can be an escape, a learning tool, a way to bond with others or simply a method of broadening one’s perspective. Texanna Martin, Graduate and Professional Student Association president, said she likes to read books that challenge her perspective and make her see things from another point of view.

News

Colorado activists seek fetal rights

Daniel Montaño | October 16

The battle over abortion is raging again in the southwest. Just a year after Albuquerque struck down a late-term abortion ban, Colorado voters are facing a proposed amendment to the state constitution that has the potential to ban all abortions, according to election documents.The proposed Amendment 67, titled “Protection of Pregnant Mothers and Unborn Children,” seeks to change the definition of “person” and “child” to include “unborn human beings,” according to the amendment.

News

Researcher pitches in to develop Ebola vaccine

Sayyed Shah | October 16

A UNM scientist is attempting to modify experimental Ebola vaccines to make them more effective. Dr. Steven Bradfute, research assistant professor in the UNM Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Global Health, is working in collaboration with other scientists on vaccine development for the Ebola virus, Marburg virus (Ebola’s closest relative) and a group of other hemorrhagic fever viruses classified as New World Arenaviruses.“We take existing experimental vaccines and try to improve them,” Bradfute said. “There are several Ebola vaccines that are effective in monkey studies.”

Lobo redshirt junior setter Hannah Johnson (2) keeps the ball in play during the game against Utah State on Oct. 2. The Lobos will play against Colorado State at Johnson Gym on Thursday night at 7 p.m.

Sports

Injury strikes Lobo setter before rivalry game

October 15

The New Mexico volleyball team must venture on, for the time being, despite losing a key position player in redshirt junior setter Hannah Johnson.Head coach Jeff Nelson said Johnson will not be jumping against No. 6 Colorado State (18-1 6-0 MW) due to an high ankle sprain. The setter will still see playing time, but not in the customary front row.

Lobo quarterback Cole Gautsche runs with the ball during the football game against the San Diego State Aztecs on Friday night.

Sports

At midseason, Lobos struggling to compile wins

October 15

The first half of the 2014 season for New Mexico has seen a team unable to play dependable football from game to game, from half to half, or even from quarter to quarter.A recurring issue with UNM (2-4, 0-2 Mountain West) is missed tackles, resulting in big plays for opposing offenses.

A truck hauling trash enters the Eagle Rock Convenience Center solid waste drop-off in the north side of Albuquerque on Tuesday. UNM will host Pulitzer prize-winning author of “Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash” Edward Humes today at 1 p.m. in the SUB Ballrooms A, B and C as part of a lecture series titled “Talkin’ Trash.”

News

Expert talks trash in lecture series

October 15

On Tuesday a community panel met on campus with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes and kicked off the lecture series “Talkin’ Trash.”The panelists discussed garbology, the study of trash, as well as how New Mexico could move toward becoming a zero-waste state.The Office of Student Academic Success is hosting the lecture series as part of the Lobo Reading Experience, a community-building program created for all students to share a common reading experience.

Sports

Lobos third in Mountain West media poll

Kyle Tomasi | October 15

Media members aren’t predicting a down year for the New Mexico men’s basketball team.Mountain West Conference officials released the men’s basketball MW Preseason Media Poll Tuesday afternoon, where the Lobos found themselves sitting in third place.

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham meets with Zoe Economou from the Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District after the Water Innovation Summit on Tuesday. The summit focused on water resource challenges in New Mexico and the technologies, innovations and policy changes that are being utilized to continue meeting the state’s water needs.

News

Water summit discusses care solutions

Jonathan Baca | October 15

A diverse group of engineers, business people, scientists and politicians crowded into the SUB Ballroom on Tuesday to discuss the future of New Mexico’s most important resource ? water.The Water Innovation Summit was hosted by U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., with the goal of bringing together people from every side of the water conservation issue to discuss new technologies, innovations and policy changes that could be used to continue meeting the state’s water needs.

Culture

Movie review: Paul Newman film 'Harper' still holds up

Graham Gentz | October 14

I recently picked up the 1966 movie “Harper” from a bargain bin somewhere, under the logic that if it had Paul Newman in it, it would probably be good.

News

Criticism doesn't deter David Correia

October 14

It was a late summer afternoon when 32 protesters crowded in City Hall to demand justice for victims of APD shootings.

News

Assistant professor puts 'obesity gene' in new light

Lauren Topper | October 14

The Many Roles of NPC1By Lauren TopperTwo friends share a diet of fast food and sugary desserts.

Culture

Lookin' Fresh: Workout and chic, dressing for both

Courtney Salinger | October 14

So, what to wear today? Oh, maybe this adorable outfit. Wait! Today’s the day some UNM students have a fitness class, or they are going to workout today.

Ryan Fowlds repairs a Kuwahara Cougar Thursday afternoon for the shop’s “Earn-a-Bike” program. The program aims to teach adults proper bike safety and maintenance. Upon completing the course, participants have the opportunity to earn a refurbished bicycle and helmet. There is a course fee of $10 per class.

Culture

Build-a-bike builds good habits

Moriah Carty | October 14

The smell of sun-touched rubber tires and bike grease fill the air of a local non-profit bike shop that is hoping to help many residents get their own set of wheels.Esperanza Community Bike shop is giving bikes to anyone with $20 and five hours to spare.

UNM fifth-year sociology/native science double major Keioshiah Peter speaks to protesters and other UNM students during a rally against Columbus Day at the G Lot shuttle stop on Monday afternoon. Protesters hung banners and eviction notices around that area, including the University House.

News

Students rally against Columbus Day

William Aranda and Jonathan Baca | October 14

To many students, Columbus Day is just another Monday. But to others, it is a sanctioned holiday celebrating the oppression and genocide of indigenous peoples, and on Monday they took to campus and demanded change.Around noon, a group of students from numerous organizations and clubs, carrying signs with “F**k Columbus” written in bold letters, led a tour of campus to celebrate sites of past campus resistance and to point out examples of what they called UNM’s “complicity in colonization and oppression against native peoples.”

Opinion

Other campus activities more shameful than sex

October 13

Editor,I strongly support “Sex Week” at UNM, and thank and compliment Summer Little, Omar Torres, Addie Gillespie, Hunter Riley and many more.Why are campus vending machines and restaurants selling health-destroying crap more acceptable than celebrating sex?