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Steve Borbas, left, who works for facility planning at UNM, donates money for the renovation of the communication and journalism building on Friday. Donors' names will be engraved on bricks outside the building once construction is done.
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C&J hosts renovation celebration

Due to a lack of space in the communication and journalism building, teaching assistant Ruben Ramirez said instructors have been forced to move public speaking classes to Mitchell Hall.



Paul Rusesabagina, left, the man who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda," and photographer Lucian Niemeyer look through Niemeyer's exhibit, Africa: The Holocausts of Rwanda and Sudan, Saturday in the Maxwell Museum.
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Recounting real-life 'Hotel Rwanda'

A man who inspired the Oscar-winning film, "Hotel Rwanda" came to UNM on Saturday. Paul Rusesabagina, who was depicted in the film, came to campus to speak about the Rwandan genocide in the '90s.


An unidentified man is arrested and placed on a gurney after police and firefighters rescued him from a vent above Ho Ho Chinese Food on Thursday.
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Man arrested after being stuck in vent

A man was arrested Thursday after he jumped into a vent above Ho Ho Chinese Food and was stuck for about two hours. Albuquerque Police officers could not identify the man and did not know if he was injured from being lodged in a vent above the ovens in the restaurant's kitchen.


Steve and Maryann Archuleta speak in support of an increased minimum wage at a City Council meeting Thursday night.
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City Council approves minimum wage hike

Albuquerque city councilors voted 6-3 Thursday to raise the minimum wage in the city. Mayor Martin Ch†vez has until April 30 to sign or veto the bill. He has promised to sign a bill that raises the minimum wage above the federally mandated $5.15 per hour within four months.



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the daily lobo asks you:

Lucas L¢pez Sophomore History "I agree with it totally because it cuts down on all the paper resources you have to have. I've been stuck a couple times without a course catalog, so it's easy when you have Internet access." Lauren Shelton Freshman Fine arts "I like the catalog.


Billy Howell, left, smokes outside Marron Hall while having a conversation with non-smoker Allen C. Jones. The Coalition for a UNM Smoke Free Campus is petitioning to eliminate smoking on campus.
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Group fights for smoke-free UNM

Within the next few years, UNM could be completely smoke-free. The Coalition for a UNM Smoke-Free Campus is petitioning to ban smoking everywhere on campus, including outside.



UNM's acting President David Harris laughs at an editorial cartoon in his office in Scholes Hall on Tuesday.
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Justifying a $60,000 raise

David Harris said taking on two roles at the University is hectic. Harris became acting president at UNM in January when Louis Caldera resigned.





Japji Hundal, right, covers Bitu Sheth with powdered colors during the Holi festival at Johnson Field on Sunday.
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Celebration lets colors fly

by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo They all started out clean. Thirty minutes later, about 40 to 50 people at Lower Johnson Field were wet and covered in combinations of green, yellow, blue and pink. Cheerful screams came from the field as people ran around throwing powder colors on one another and ...




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the daily lobo asks you:

Sam Burnett Grad student Community and Regional Planning "I guess yes, because it was the act of a few individuals, and I doubt that it represents the entire Sigma Chi fraternity. I think it was unfortunate." Stephanie Clark Senior Communication & Journalism and English "No, they shouldn't be, because even if it is new people, they've already established their name or fraternity as being swastika people that are going around thrashing things.



Sonia Johnson, right, talks about a time as a child when she physically defended herself against her brother.
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Activist rethinks thinking

Since childhood, Sonia Johnson said she always felt like an alien in society. "I was a hungry child," Johnson said. "I was full of a deep longing that I didn't understand."


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