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Annual ‘International Festival’ celebrates culture with food, song, dance

Lexis Lovato | April 20

The International Festival made its annual return to the University of New Mexico for the 21st time on Thursday, April 16, with food trucks and local vendors on Cornell Mall. The festival was hosted by a variety of University international programs and organizations where students and faculty created booths to teach visitors about different items of each culture, including food, crafts, jewelry, art and other souvenirs. This year featured a variety of food options made by student organizations, food trucks and local food vendors including Le Paris Bakery and Seoul Gimbap.

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REVIEW: ‘Undertone’ breaks molds for horror

Lexis Lovato | April 10

From A24, the studio that created “Hereditary” and “The Witch,” “Undertone” brings a fresh take on horror with minimal acting, setting and cinematography to emphasize fear through sound, effects and audios. The film follows a woman named Evy, played by Nina Kiri, who recently moved in with her terminally ill mother to take care of her as she nears the end of her life. Evy is the co-host of The Undertone podcast where she and her cohost talk about paranormal subjects and cases. Evy seems to have a close friendship with Justin, her cohost, who is voiced by Adam DiMarco but never appears on screen. The only characters to make a regular on-screen appearance are Evy, and Michèle Duquet as her mother.

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UNM turns 137 years young with ‘build-a-bo’ and cupcakes

Lexis Lovato | March 2

While confetti fell, students celebrated 137 years of the University of New Mexico with cupcakes, free merchandise and a class photo to commemorate the University’s birthday on Friday, Feb. 27. This year, Lobo Day was Route 66 themed with a free T-shirt for students picturing Lobo Louie and Lucy riding through the desert in a lowrider headed for the Sandia Mountains, framed in an interstate route sign. Colorful posters and stickers of the same graphic on the Lobo Day T-shirts were available to take while students waited to take the group photo.

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Heritage of hair: AFRO brings braiding services to campus

Lexis Lovato | February 16

For generations, students have done hair for other students on campus — in dorm rooms, lounges, staff offices or anywhere else they could set up. The University of New Mexico African American Student Services, also known as AFRO, recently unveiled a new addition to their building: a hair shop that will serve as a designated safe space for students to get their hair done by fellow students who perform cosmetic services on campus. The space adds a sense of security for both stylists and clients, said Kaelyn Moon, a Student Success Specialist at AASS.

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Alum-run local business brings international viral treats to Albuquerque

Lexis Lovato | February 9

People who consider themselves chronically online and can’t get the newest trend out of their head — such as Labubus or fruit-shaped ice cream — may find fulfillment from the exotic snack shop, Monaco Market. Monaco Market imports rare ingredients, drinks and prepackaged snacks that aren’t easy to find anywhere else. The store is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. University of New Mexico students receive a 10% discount when they present their student ID.

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Native American students envision the future of their communities in artwork

Lexis Lovato | February 2

Native American students demonstrated their outstanding talents through different forms of art work, each detailing what they envision for their community’s future, at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center during its 45th annual student art exhibit, which ended on Sunday, Feb. 1. The event featured art work from Native American students in New Mexico between Kindergarten and 12th grade. The first Native American Student Art Show took place just shortly after the IPCC opened its doors in 1976. This year’s theme was “Planning Our Future Homes,” where students were given prompts to help guide their artwork. The prompts were meant to evoke an idea of what each student hoped to see their community look like within the future.

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Beading workshop honors traditions of Native American Tribes

Lexis Lovato | November 24

On Friday, Nov. 21, The University of New Mexico Language Learning Center held a free beadmaking workshop featuring Native American beading, a longstanding tradition within Native communities across the United States. Adam Greenberg, a member of the Mescalero Apache and Taos Pueblo, and Alicia Clouser, a member of the Navajo tribe, led attendees through creating their own set of beaded earrings, while teaching the history behind the Native tradition. Greenberg said that beading originally traces back to 16th-century China and Europe. He said that it was taught to Native women by Victorian nuns during a time when Native Americans were forcefully evangelized. At this time, beadmaking was seen as a womanly, domesticated hobby that nuns encouraged women to learn, in addition to other hobbies like embroidery.

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‘Festival of Languages’ showcases multilingualism at UNM

Lexis Lovato | November 10

Individuals interested in sharing appreciation and education for multicultural communities and languages were brought together by the The Festival of Languages, which highlighted research, cultural and career presentations centered around language study made by graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and alumni. The event was part of Research and Discovery week — and was held on Friday, Nov. 7 — which is a list of scheduled events that promote the research enterprise of the University of New Mexico and the opportunities available to researchers. Presentations in the event focused on how, and where, multilingualism thrives throughout areas like healthcare, community service and education.

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Scares at the SUB: UNM hosts ghost hunter

Lexis Lovato | November 3

The University of New Mexico raised Halloween spirits by welcoming paranormal investigator Amy Bruni on Tuesday, Oct. 28, to speak with other believers of ghosts about some of her most memorable experiences and stories she has encountered while conducting paranormal investigations. Bruni prefaced the event by clarifying that she will never speak in absolutes about ghosts, nor dictate their existence, because she knows it is virtually impossible to prove the existence of ghosts, she said. Bruni said her thoughts and theories about hauntings change almost all of the time.

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Silent Lights’ debut at University Stadium

Lexis Lovato | October 6

Partygoers danced at the University of New Mexico’s University Stadium for the 2025 Silent Lights disco, where students wore headphones programmed with an assortment of DJ sets and music channels to tune into throughout the night. For the first time on Thursday, Oct. 2, Silent Lights took place at the University Stadium rather than Smith Plaza, due to the construction site surrounding the ongoing demolition of the Humanities Building. This year, students had a larger, unfenced, area to dance in, with the DJ stage set up near the stadium’s general admission section.