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Dr. Jonathan Stieglitz, left, a member of the Tsimane Health and Life History Project’s team, and graduate student Daniel Cummings talk about the work UNM’s team is doing to help those affected by the recent flooding in Bolivia. They met on Tuesday in Bandelier Hall.

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Help trumps research during Bolivian floods

Zachary Pavlik | March 4

Researchers in UNM’s anthropology department are helping an indigenous group combat and overcome flood devastation in Bolivia. Daniel Cummings, a graduate student pursuing his doctorate in anthropology at UNM, is part of the Tsimane Health and Life History Project, whose primary purpose is to study the Tsimane people in order to supply data for health and anthropological research, he said.

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Undocumented insight into lottery scholarship

Antonio Sanchez | March 4

Student Vanely Salinas said she never had the opportunity to ask her mother for help with her homework. Salinas, an undocumented student who has plans on being the first in her family to graduate from college, said her mother stopped attending school after second grade.

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Lobo Spotlight: Gabrielle Torres

Ardee Napolitano | March 4

While her competitors have been donning makeup since elementary school, Gabrielle Torres said she was never the typical pageant girl. “I actually started competing when I was 16, so I wasn’t a pageant girl all my life,”

Opinion

Dr. Pegs Prescription

Dr. Peggy Spencer | March 4

It’s that time of the year again. Winter turns to spring, and back into winter again. The sun shines, the wind blows, the pollen flies and the rain falls. You might have heard the saying, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.”

Culture

Theater Review: Meta-feminist play stark, witty

Graham Gentz | March 4

Comedian Louis CK once received a round of shouts and boos when he told Daily Show host Jon Stewart “Feminists can’t take a joke.” CK smiled at the negative reaction because it demonstrated the real nature of the humor: the meta reaction is the value of a joke.

Culture

The Weekly Free

Jyllian Roach | March 4

It’s Mardi Gras week, which means everyone everywhere is holding some sort of loud, color-laden event — including UNM. If that’s not your thing though, there are plenty of other free events this week

Culture

For Your Ears

Antonio Sanchez | March 4

As far as gateway melodic death metal bands go, Children of Bodom is a great introduction for those unaccustomed to the genre. This five-man group from Finland toe the line of accessibility well, knowing when the time is right for head-banging screeching vocals or for a soaring guitar solo.

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Alumni lead Lobo revelry

Chloe Henson | March 3

In 1889, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico passed a bill to create UNM. Three years later, the school opened its first building, Hodgin Hall, to a class of 108 students, said UNM Alumni Association Director Karen Abraham.

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Frank aspires to $1 billion

Ardee Napolitano | March 3

After UNM President Robert G. Frank’s State of the University address, University and student officials feel positive that UNM can raise $1 billion by 2020. In his address in Keller Hall on Friday, Frank announced “Changing Worlds 2020: The Campaign for UNM.”

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New chief of staff sought

Chloe Henson | March 3

UNM President Robert Frank’s administration is seeking a University faculty member to take over the recently vacated chief of staff post. Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Cinnamon Blair said the University has began an internal search for chief of staff after former UNM Chief of Staff Dorothy Rodriguez resigned for personal reasons.

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World briefs

March 3

The Chinese government is continuing its search for attackers that killed 29 people in a stabbing rampage in a train station in the province of Yunnan. The government has claimed the attackers were part of a separatist group from Xinjiang, according to the Agence France-Presse.

Opinion

The Lobo Letter

Isaac Romero | March 3

It’s hard to believe that spring break is only two weeks away; so much has been done and more has yet to be done.

Opinion

Letter: Conservative Republicans are not part of the GOP

March 3

Editor, The Daily Lobo’s coverage on Wednesday of what they called the “Immigration Film Festival Debate” was largely fair. However, I do have to criticize their headline “GOP: Immigrants are a threat to U.S.”

Opinion

Letter: Evicted Dominicans come with new leadership

March 3

Editor, This is an open letter to Catholic students and parishioners of the Aquinas Newman Center. It is known that the Dominican priests who have been there for decades are being moved elsewhere and new priests are moving in.

Sports

Women's Basketball: ‘We didn’t finish, we didn’t get the job done’

Liam Cary-Eaves | March 3

After a close and painful loss to Nevada, New Mexico women’s head basketball coach Yvonne Sanchez is running out of things to relate back to her squad.

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Baseball: Lobos walk away with 4 wins at Lobo Field

Thomas Romero-Salas | March 3

For the second consecutive week, the New Mexico baseball team faced the possibility of not completing a game due to time constraints. Fortunately, that scenario did not come into play as the Lobos dominated Northern Colorado 8-1 to complete the four-game sweep of the Bears on Sunday at Lobo Field.

Sports

Men's Basketball: UNM shoots past Nevada in second half

J.R. Oppenheim | March 3

The No. 25 New Mexico men’s basketball team rallied to recover from a first-half deficit, this time on the road, to keep pace with San Diego State.

Sports

Softball: Lobos get 3 wins, drop 4th

Liam Cary-Eaves | March 3

After a sluggish start to the season, the New Mexico softball team won three straight games at the Lobo Invitational. The only game they lost in the tournament ended at the top of the sixth inning due to time constraints.

Sports

Track & Field: Coach and team runoff with titles

Staff Report | March 3

The New Mexico men’s and women’s track teams swept the team titles at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday. The victory was the second in two years for the men, and the first such title for the women.

Sports

Sports Briefs

J.R. Oppenheim | March 3

Former New Mexico goalkeeper Michael Lisch signed to play for the Houston Dynamo, the Major League Soccer franchise announced Wednesday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to a release from the Dynamo, citing club and league policy.