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Double major Michael Marquez is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and another in history. Marquez currently leads the UNM Sierra Club Student Coalition, a group that advocates for long-lasting approaches to protecting public and wild lands. He says he is driven to continue his work after graduation to help create meaningful relationships with communities in New Mexico to ensure a better future.

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Grad Issue: From high-school dropout to college graduate

Kelly Urvanejo | December 10

At 17-years-old, Michael Marquez dropped out of high school after a guidance counselor suggested that he would be better off if he just went to work instead of continuing his education. But he has advice for anyone who has been in a similar situation: “Dropping out of high school is not the end of the world. You didn’t ruin your life,” Marquez said. Being from San Juan County, Marquez said that everyone around him probably expected him to work in the oil mines, but he had a different goal in mind.

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Crime briefs for Nov. 30

Kelly Urvanejo | November 30

Criminal trespass on campus On the morning of Nov. 20, officers were dispatched to the west side of Ortega Hall in reference to a male found sleeping, according to a report. Earlier in the week, officers were dispatched to UNM, because the man was causing a disturbance and refusing to leave the property. He was escorted off the property and told not to return or he would be arrested.

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Crime briefs for Nov. 27

Kelly Urvanejo | November 26

Aggravated battery behind the Daily Lobo On Nov. 16, an officer met with a male at the Collaborative Teaching and Learning Center who was bleeding from his face and left hand, according to a UNMPD report.

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Crime briefs for Nov. 16

Kelly Urvanejo | November 15

Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon On the morning of Nov. 8, officers were sent to a parking lot near UNMH in reference to a man who pulled a knife on a groundskeeper, according to a UNMPD report. The officer observed a male subject in a white UNMH van that security pointed out. The officer called the subject out of the van with a microphone. The male complied, telling the officer that the knife was in the van. He also gave the officer permission to search the van. Upon searching the vehicle, the officer located a silver folding knife. The man said he pulled the knife, because he was annoyed that the groundskeepers were blowing dirt around his vehicle, and he was trying to rest.

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Crime briefs for Nov. 9

Kelly Urvanejo | November 8

Disorderly Conduct/Criminal Trespass Notice On Nov. 3, UNM officers were dispatched to the Robert Hartung Building in reference to a male subject, according to a report. When officers arrived, they found the male with most of his face covered with a gray blanket. The man was yelling, flailing his arms aggressively, not making sense to the officers and wanting to speak with a professor. When the man found that the professor was not there, he began complaining to other employees, scaring them.

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Crime briefs for Nov. 6

Kelly Urvanejo | November 6

Attempt to commit a felony, aggravated assault On Oct. 25, two female UNM students were walking to their vehicle when they noticed someone was following them, according to a UNMPD report. The first student was approaching the passenger side door of the vehicle when the man following them approached her. He held an object in his hand and smelled of alcohol, saying he needed $20. When the first student told him she did not have the money, he moved closer to her, and again said he needed the money.

Eliseo “Cheo” Torres smiles during an interview in his office at Scholes Hall on Oct. 31, 2017. Torres was inducted into the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Hall of Champions on Oct. 28, 2017.

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Cheo Torres inducted into HACU Hall of Champions

Kelly Urvanejo | November 5

Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, a professor in the College of Education and vice president for Student Affairs, was inducted into the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ Hall of Champions on Saturday, Oct. 28 in San Diego, California. Torres grew up in south Texas but moved to New Mexico in 1996 to work at the University of New Mexico as the vice president of Student Affairs and has stayed in the position thereafter. Torres said he was a member of the group that first came up with the concept of HACU in 1985, before the association became official in 1986.

Loreal Black Shawl, right, shakes hands with Larry Ostrem at the Coach Ken Carter talk at the UNM SUB ballroom on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.

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Coach Carter visits during midterms, hopes to inspire UNM community

Kelly Urvanejo | October 11

University of New Mexico students gathered in the Student Union Building Tuesday to hear motivational speaker coach Ken Carter. Carter is known across the nation as the man who locked his Richmond High School Oilers basketball team out of the gym and discontinued their season when they were not performing well academically in 1999.

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Brief: Participants scream, “I’m Pickle Rick!” to support hurricane relief

Kelly Urvanejo | October 5

A University of New Mexico student wants to help hurricane relief efforts — the way she did it: screaming, “I’m Pickle Rick!” On Oct. 5 people from the Albuquerque community gathered in front of the Student Union Building at the University of New Mexico to yell, “I’m Pickle Rick,” a phrase made popular by the animated comedy series Rick and Morty. Leilani Stallings, a junior at UNM, organized the event through Facebook. She said she got her idea from friends at the University of California, Berkeley, who were hosting events like “run like Naruto in front of the library or scream ‘my leg’ in front of the park,” Stallings said.

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Tim Keller makes rape kit backlog his priority

Kelly Urvanejo | September 27

State Auditor and mayoral candidate Timothy “Tim” Keller has recently partnered with the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Collaborative to help reduce the amount of rape kit backlogs in Albuquerque, which would theoretically reduce the amount of sexual assault in the city. Rape kits are taken as evidence for possible future prosecution of the offender, but Albuquerque has a backlog of over 3,000 untested kits, according to a 2016 state audit report. According to their website, “the Albuquerque SANE Collaborative serves sexual assault and domestic violence victims by providing immediate, compassionate, culturally sensitive and comprehensive medical treatment and forensic evaluation by nurse experts.”