Culture
Graham’s music is pure folk
Justin Bailey | April 12Brian Graham seems like he stepped out of a time machine that came directly from the golden age of American folk music.
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Opinion
Students' protest of small tuition increase irritating
April 12Editor, I swear, even as college students, we are always looking for some excuse to get out of class.
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Regents ratify union election
Iliana Limn | April 12Despite emphasis on tuition increases, the Board of Regents managed to cover other business Tuesday, including ratifying a staff union and selecting the site for the new Architecture and Planning Building.
Culture
UNM celebrates Latino films
Blake Driver | April 12The Southwest Film Center will premiere the films “Orfeu,” Nuyorican Dream” and “The Charcoal People” Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of its Latin American Film Festival
Opinion
Cell phone usage is annoying
April 12You. Yes, you. The one with the cell phone. I love you. I love the way your phone rings in the middle of class, two, maybe three times before you realize that it's your own electronic pocket-pal. I don't know your name exactly, but I make up names for you in my head. Nokia, if you're cute. Motorola, if you're a bit on the hefty side. Ericsson, if you're smart.
Culture
‘Blue Mesa’ full of variety
Angela Williams | April 12The 13th annual “Blue Mesa Review” may not have a theme this year, but it still has an abundance of writing talent to be proud of.
News
Lobo energy
April 12Conservation Division Director Chris Wentz speaks about New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources' role in the UNM Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station project. The company and UNM developed the station in the southeast corner of G Lot to help Albuquerque meet alternative fuel goals.
Culture
Film explores deaf life, culture
Simon Trujillo | April 12Presented through UNM’s Media Arts Department at the Guild Cinema Monday night was the Academy Award-nominated documentary by Josh Aronson, “Sound and Fury.”
Culture
Local shops offer readers best bargain book options
Liz Butler | April 12I never had a problem learning to read, unless you count when my mom told me to read in my head.
News
Storm and sun
April 12Ill Ni§o will open an all-ages show with Insolence, Shuvel and Soulfly at the Sunshine Theater tonight. Tickets cost $20 at the door.
Culture
Overlapping dance pieces ‘Merge’ to form message
Justin Bailey | April 12Artistic inspiration can come from the unlikeliest places. While waiting for a bus stop one day, choreographer Marsha Tallerico observed two people trying to light each other’s cigarettes.
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Connection sweeps student election
Alma Olaechea | April 12The Connection slate made a clean sweep in Tuesday’s ASUNM presidential election, with Sen. Andrea Cook and Sen. Steve Aguilar winning the president and vice-president positions, and the New Mexico Daily Lobo retaining $38,000 in student fees. Amendment One called for elimination of student fees that go to the Daily Lobo, allocates 3 percent to Conceptions Southwest and Best Student Essays and identifies the Student Government Accounting Office as the main budget office. The item passed a majority vote by 796-765 but did not pass the two-thirds majority needed.
News
April 2001: The Disappearing SUB
April 12The Daily Lobo continues its series on construction at UNM with pictures by Daily Lobo photographer Kristine Mitchell.
Opinion
Students shouldn’t bare brunt of budget problems
April 12Tuesday’s vote by the Board of Regents to increase UNM tuition yet another 8.3 percent is a travesty. Regents Larry Willard, Judith Herrera, Jack Fortner and David Archuleta — were you listening at all to the group of students outside Scholes Hall? Did you hear the cries of protest? How can you justify raising tuition once again without giving students what they need and deserve?
News
Natalia Beraun
Iliana Limn | April 11Natalia Bera£n, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, said that as a member of the Hispanic Engineering Society, she wants to be better represented by the ASUNM Senate. “I feel that we, on the engineering side, are rather isolated,” she said.
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Jason Schaffer
Angela Williams | April 11Senate candidate Jason Schaffer said that being a senator means to directly represent a diverse population of UNM students and responding to their needs and wants. Schaffer, a sophomore double majoring in political science and economics, said the Associated Students of UNM is a great way to get involved and help students out because he is very interested in all student organizations around campus. He said he is a resident assistant in the dorms and he’s gotten to see how things work around campus and his desire to get involved helped him decide to run for Senate. Schaffer said he wants to help senators become more connected with student groups and keep contact with student needs and support them, instead of just allocating funds to them and then leaving it at that.
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Travis Clark
Iliana Limn | April 11Travis Clark, a junior majoring in biology, said he decided to run for office to become more involved in ASUNM. Clark said the role of a senator is to represent students. “Our job is to actually express the views of students and make sure we do everything we can to meet their needs,” Clark said. Clark said he feels qualified to serve as a senator because he thinks he can represent students well. “I feel like I can stand for people equally through diversity and representation,” he said.
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Undergraduates head to polls today
Alma Olaechea | April 11All registered undergraduate students can vote for ASUNM’s president, vice-president and Senate today, and decide on two constitutional amendments that deal with Student Publications funding and Senate vacancies.
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James Cajete
Iliana Limn | April 11Senate candidate James Cajete, a senior majoring in computer engineering, said the biggest problem facing ASUNM next year basically is student apathy. “A lot of the funding questions allocations and safety issues, but student involvement it the biggest problem right now,” he said.
