Marcela Johnson is a senior reporter for the Daily Lobo, and the editor-in-chief of Limina: UNM Nonfiction Review.
The Associated Students at the University of New Mexico passed nine appropriation requests, failed one appropriation request and passed six bills during their full senate meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Bernalillo County’s automated speed-enforcement cameras began sending citations to drivers caught speeding. The cameras were installed nearly a year and a half after Bernalillo County commissioners passed an ordinance to bring a software company to the county to curb speeding, according to the county website. When the cameras first started operating in August, they sent warnings through the mail to drivers caught speeding. They were not yet charging fines or sending citations, according to the website.
I will be the first to admit I grew up confused by the New Mexican identity because it is a mixture of so many different heritages and experiences. Trying to understand myself and my community through the lens of a Mexican American from southern New Mexico feels like a full-time job. I grew up in Silver City, New Mexico, in a very proud Mexican/Midwestern household. My siblings and I were lucky that we were never told to deny our heritage. While I was allowed to be proud of my Mexican heritage, this was in part because I am also white and don’t have racist views directed toward me. Not everyone has that privilege.
Prolific writer Rudolfo Anaya has deep ties to the University of New Mexico. Known especially for his first book “Bless Me, Ultima,” Anaya received three degrees from UNM and served as a professor emeritus in the English department before his death in 2020. Anaya is a foundational figure in Chicana and Chicano studies, English department associate professor Melina Vizcaíno-Alemán said. “He really put Chicano literature on the map — and I would say even more specifically New Mexico — in the larger national literary scene,” Vizcaíno-Alemán said.
The second annual Lobos y Lowriders event on Sept. 18 was one of several events that kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month at the University of New Mexico, bringing New Mexican car culture and community to campus. Sponsored by the Chicana and Chicano studies department and the Student Activity Center, the Cornell Mall held twice as many vehicles as last year. Valerie Chavez, a CCS doctoral student, organized the event — which consisted of 12 cars — for the second time. “My main goal with throwing the event is to have as much representation of the lowrider community as possible,” Chavez said. “So the more people from the lowrider community I can get here, the better.”
The Associated Students at the University of New Mexico passed six appropriation requests, appointed two new senators and passed one bill during a rushed meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
It’s almost fall, and you know what that means here in the desert Southwest: the weather drops a degree — or 20 — and then heats back up for a couple weeks. For those chilly times until the heat wave, I could not recommend the novel “Cemetery Boys” by Aiden Thomas more. “Cemetery Boys” follows Yadriel, a young brujo — a person who performs a closed practice of magic — as he works with his cousin and best friend Maritza to figure out the mystery of their cousin Miguel’s death, and help Julian Diaz — who recently became a ghost — before he goes maligno, or malignant.
Led by ranger Giessell Aguilar and artist Anna Rotty, the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge hosted its second botanical sun printing, or cyanotype, workshop on Saturday, Sept. 7. Cyanotypes are photographic blueprints made with objects laid on top of light-sensitive paper. The objects create shapes that are then made permanent in a chemical bath and hung to dry. The refuge’s primary purpose, according to Aguilar, is to serve its three main communities: the South Valley, Pueblo of Isleta and Mountain View. The refuge makes choices about its events in collaboration with the community.
The Associated Students at the University of New Mexico appointed a new senator and passed two appropriation requests and a bill on Wednesday, Aug. 28 during the first full senate meeting since the start of fall classes.
New Mexico students. This is what the community said first-years need to know to get started right. “Trust your own pace and trust yourself,” Kaycee Stine, a sophomore majoring in theatre, said. Although it can be cool to be part of clubs, starting the college experience is something completely unique and it is important to protect your peace and stress levels, she said. Sophie Anderson-Haynie, a junior majoring in English-Philosophy, emphasized the importance of exploring in college. She said it is unrealistic to expect first-year students to know exactly what they want to do.
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