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Festival shares Native tradition
Nancy Seplveda | April 20Student Jovita Belgarde loves to powwow. "It's so energizing, with all the drumming and dancing and singing," she said.
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Engineering students hit the auction block
Nancy Seplveda | April 16Students sold themselves to support women in engineering Friday. The Society of Women Engineers held a date auction in the SUB to raise money for its members to attend a national engineering conference. Participants were asked questions about themselves while they were onstage, including "Star Trek, or Star Wars?" Thirty-three men and women were up for bid.
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Multicultural Greeks bring color to campus
Nancy Seplveda | April 13Greek life at UNM doesn't end on Sigma Chi Road. "A lot of people don't realize there's an entire group of multicultural Greeks, who don't have campus houses, don't participate in rush week and are very community-oriented," said Erica Gallegos, a member of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin sorority.
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Photos take a different angle
Nancy Seplveda | April 11Art can bring healing and closure after a difficult experience, said student Hayley Richardson, vice president of the Art Student Association.
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Celebrating Chávez through music, dance
Nancy Seplveda | April 2About 250 people marched down Avenida CÇsar Chávez on Saturday to celebrate the life and accomplishments of a human rights activist who died in 1993. CÇsar Chávez founded the United Farm Workers of America and organized nonviolent boycotts, marches, strikes and political demonstrations to fight for the rights of farm workers and immigrants.
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Price of birth control to increase on campus
Nancy Seplveda | March 29The price of birth control offered at student health centers in universities across the nation increased this year, doubling or tripling in cost. The hike is a result of federal policy changes that make it more expensive for drug manufacturers to participate in Medicaid if they give discounts to colleges.
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Panaderia bakes Mexican favorites
Nancy Seplveda | March 22Long before Dunkin' Donuts and Little Debbie, Latino families were perfecting the art of making pastries. Flour, eggs and heaps of sugar were whipped together to produce breads, cookies and cakes - confections to complement a morning cup of cafe con crema or an afternoon snack.
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Every dog deserves its day
Nancy Seplveda | March 7UNM is trying to get pit bulls out of the doghouse. El Centro de la Raza hosted a pit bull awareness and pet adoption fair Tuesday in the Mesa Vista Hall courtyard. The event was held to educate the campus community about the breed and provide information on pet adoption, city pet ordinances, and dog care and training, said student Laura Hernandez, who helped organize the event.
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Low-priced apparel for the full-figured fashionista
Nancy Seplveda | March 6I'm fat. Not fat in the newly celebrated bootylicious, real-women-have-curves way. I am simply overweight and wear a clothing size in the double digits. This makes it difficult to dress fashionably. I am not one to proudly wave the "big is beautiful" flag, but I do think plus-size gals need not dress like tent-wrapped goat herders.
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Putting the spotlight on women's heritage
Nancy Seplveda | March 1UNM's Women's Resource Center is sponsoring a series of cultural and educational events in honor of Women's History Month, which begins today. "This month provides wonderful opportunities to celebrate the accomplishments and hard work of women on this campus and in the community," said Sandrea Gonzales, director of the center.
