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Physical plant receives awards

Tomas Lujan | October 23

UNM energy engineers at the Physical Plant Department were recognized by the New Mexico Association of Energy Engineers with two prestigious awards for decades of achievements in increasing energy efficiency on campus. The PPD’s Engineering and Energy Services division won the Corporate Energy Management award for “outstanding accomplishments in developing, organizing, managing and implementing their corporate energy management program,” according to the NMAEE website.And Donald Swick, University facilities engineer, was honored with Energy Engineer of the Year award for his lifetime achievements.

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Culture

A beautiful interview

Jyllian Roach | October 23

Suggested headline: A beautiful interviewSuggested sub: The Daily Lobo has a chat with author Chuck PalahniukBy Jyllian RoachAcclaimed author Chuck Palahniuk, best known for his novel-turned-movie “Fight Club”, is coming to campus Monday night as part of the tour for his newest novel, “Beautiful You”. However, staff at the Daily Lobo just couldn’t wait that long, so Palahniuk joined us for a short phone interview on his novel and what it all means. “Beautiful You” seems to be packed with quite a few themes and ideas, but for you, what is the book about?“Superficially, it’s about a female protagonist, but really the book is about – number 1 – arousal addiction, which has become a social problem.

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Budget planning getting a head start

Marielle Dent | October 22

By Marielle Dent�UNM is getting a jump-start on its budget planning process this year in order to make it more responsive and efficient, according to a recent press release.Normally this work is done in the weeks between the end of the legislative session and the date for budget approval.

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Nobel laureate to speak on campus

Matthew Reisen | October 22

A Nobel Laureate is coming to main campus to speak today.John C. Mather, an American astrophysicist and cosmologist known particularly for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006, is doing a free public talk tonight at 7 p.m. in Keller Hall, according to a UNM press release.

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Liberal arts report grades University with 'D'

Daniel Montano | October 22

UNM does not make the grade when it comes to liberal arts offerings, according to one non-profit educational institution, but some said that grading criteria is broken.

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Grant gives colleges tools to help workers

Sayyed Shah | October 21

Eleven community colleges – including UNM’s four branch campuses – in New Mexico will receive $15 million in federal funding to create innovative training programs in partnership with local businesses to get New Mexican adults into the workforce.This funding allows colleges across New Mexico to provide workers with quality job training to help fill New Mexico’s expanding health care and technology workforce needs, U.S.

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Student program strives for positive social influence

Sayyed Shah | October 17

UNM’s International Business Students Global is empowering students to make meaningful contributions in emerging economies by sending them to developing countries where organizations are making positive social impacts. IBSG officials desire to build robust relationships with businesses throughout the world, each in emerging economies, so that UNM will have developed strong and lasting relationships to guide cutting edge scholarship on the economies of the future, Audriana Stark, program manager of IBSG’s Ivan Karp Emerging Economies Program said.“Our 10-year goal is to have the most robust archive of student-led international consulting projects in the Western United States, oriented specifically to understanding how to build business relationships with economies that will dominate in the 21st century,” she said.

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Church provides sanctuary for homeless community

Matthew Reisen | October 17

One University-area church is attempting to stem the stigma of homelessness by breaking down barriers.The Central United Methodist Church holds a service every Sunday called Community of Hope that invites everyone to worship together. Associate pastor Greg Henneman said when the program began; its aim was to break through the stigma and generalization set upon a majority of the homeless population.“If you’re not familiar with a group of people, it’s easy to be uncomfortable or feel threatened. That’s part of why we’re trying to build relationships and build communities, for those barriers to come down,” Henneman said. “Our whole motivation for starting it was to bring people together.”

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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Sports

Lobos fall to Aztecs after putting up a fight

Thomas Romero-Salas | October 13

Redshirt freshman quarterback Lamar Jordan tried to reignite New Mexico’s offense when he scrambled to his right and found sophomore halfback Dameon Gamblin downfield for a 20-yard gain and a new set of downs. Down 24-14 in the fourth quarter, it finally looked like the Lobos had some life with fewer than nine minutes to play.One problem: A holding penalty was called on the play, so instead of a 1st down, UNM faced 2nd and 22 from its 8-yard line.It was that kind of night. UNM’s offense couldn’t get anything going; the Lobos gained just 263 total yards of offense in a 24-14 loss to San Diego State at University Stadium on Friday night.