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Anthony Tomaziefski and Mutazz (Tazz) Jaber win ASUNM elections

By Lily Alexander @llilyalexander

On Thursday, March 21, Anthony Tomaziefski and Mutazz (Tazz) Jaber were elected to be the next President and Vice President, respectively, of the Associated Students at the University of New Mexico.

The two current ASUNM senators campaigned on campus accessibility and safety and ASUNM involvement and outreach. A total of 1,080 students voted – 7% of the undergraduate student body – with Tomaziefski and Jaber each receiving 418 votes.

“I’m really excited to get to work because the students voted for us for a reason,” Tomaziefski said. “The students voted because they believed in us, and once we get to office, we really need to prove why we deserve the position.”

Tomaziefski is most excited to work with University officials to install free feminine hygiene products in restrooms across campus, he said. He also

wants to work with UNM resource centers and administration to advocate for gender-neutral restrooms.

“With the gender-neutral bathrooms and the free feminine hygiene products, this is something we look at as: it shouldn’t be a request, it should have been a given,” Jaber said.

Jaber is looking forward to building a stronger community between ASUNM, student organizations and Greek life, he said. As Vice President – a position that oversees the senate – he will encourage the 11 newly-elected senators to participate in the building of community.

Once they take office, Tomaziefski and Jaber want to begin collaborating with the Student Government Accounting Office and the finance committee to ensure student organizations understand how ASUNM’s budget works, Jaber said. This will allow them to fairly and accurately allocate funds and give everyone ample opportunity to receive funding, he said.

The hiring process for the pair’s

GPSA Presidential elections: Joseph Conteh

By Maddie Pukite @Maddogpukite

Joseph Conteh (ballot #2) is running for Graduate and Professional Student Association President. His campaign centers on collaboration and creating more opportunities for graduate students at the University.

Conteh is pursuing a Master of Public Administration and has served as the Public Relations Director for GPSA this past year. He also served as the Student Body Vice President for the University of Sierra Leone during his undergraduate career.

His work in the past has focused on supporting projects from rural communities in Sierra Leone, which fostered skills he said he would bring to this position.

“The experience I learned from those areas in terms of partnering with community members to re-

ally assess the needs, to really bring people together towards a common goal,” Conteh said.

Expanding the Graduate Scholarship Act would be a top priority of his, Conteh said, after it did not come to fruition in the Legislative Session this year. The Act could be particularly beneficial for international students, he said.

“It’s something that is going to benefit everyone. So many international students come in when this kind of scholarship is available and additional scholarships that (support) research,” Conteh said.

Working with the past GPSA administration, Conteh said, has been valuable to understand what works well and what can be improved. He wants to continue the work the prior administration has started on the Graduate Scholarship Act, while also striving to get more representation.

see GPSA Conteh page 8

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DAVIDSON: Men’s basketball: Lobos come home early (pg. 2)

executive cabinet will start sometime after the election results are certified, Tomaziefski said. In the coming months, they plan to prioritize student outreach to encourage people to apply.

“I think ultimately when we talk about culture and getting students involved on campus with their student government, it starts by getting these passionate and brilliant students into our positions within ASUNM,” Tomaziefski said.

In the outreach process, Tomaziefski wants to connect with students from every organization – academic, cultural and religious, he said. Jaber echoed the desire for a diverse cabinet.

“We don’t walk every walk of the students on this campus,” Jaber said. “We can’t, on our own, make decisions with full, equitable backing. It’s kind of the idea that, although we’d be the ones in office, the office would be everybody’s.”

Krystah Pacheco – current ASUNM president – said she is excited to see what Tomaziefski and

Jaber do, especially because of their dedication and ambition.

“As leaders, they’re go-getters,” Pacheco said. “I think that something special, especially for these positions, is somebody that’s willing to initiate conversation rather than wait for people to go to them.”

Pacheco is particularly interested to see the two leverage ASUNM’s ability to request funding from the state legislature for their accessibility initiatives, she said. She also hopes to see them continue campus safety efforts, like Lobo Lift.

“I think they have a great foundation and a great motivation to keep progressing a lot of the stuff that has

been done, but they can be innovative with it,” Pacheco said.

Tomaziefski and Jaber will be inaugurated on Friday, May 10.

“Thank you to the student body for choosing us to be your next representatives,” Jaber said. “We hope we can live up to your expectations and work with the student body to create an ASUNM that they truthfully feel represents and reflects what they feel.”

Lily Alexander is the news editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @llilyalexander

GPSA Presidential elections: Michel Rivera Ramirez

By Maria Fernandez @DailyLobo

Michel Rivera Ramirez (ballot #3)

is a second-year University of New Mexico School of Law student running for the Graduate Professional Student Association President with a focus on employment and labor law.

If he were to win the election, Rivera Ramirez’s main priority would be preparing to advocate at the New Mexico legislature for more state investment into UNM, he said.

“This will include more funding for scholarships, assistantships and other services that graduate students can benefit from,” Rivera Ramirez wrote.

He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from UNM and previously served as a senator for the ASUNM Finance Committee. Rivera Ramirez has also been President of Col-

lege Democrats of New Mexico and is currently serving as second Vice President of the Student Bar Association.

“These positions have given me special insight into the many problems graduate students, and students in general, face on campus,” Rivera Ramirez said. Regarding scholarship funding advocacy in the state legislature, Rivera Ramirez wants to focus on the Graduate Scholarship.

“The Graduate Scholarship offered by the New Mexico Legislature currently awards $7,200. I will advocate for the Graduate Scholarship to cover 100% of tuition,” Rivera Ramirez said.

He believes money should not be a barrier that prevents anyone from pursuing a degree, he said.

He wants to work to support the United Graduate Workers of UNM, the graduate student union on campus who focuses on increasing student

see GPSA Rivera Ramirez page 8

HOPKINS: Love Lies Bleeding: brutal beauty and faithful 1980s Albuquerque female bodybuilders (pg. 3)

HLING: Chimps Prioritization of play (pg. 4)

FULTON: Women’s History Month lecture highlights untold stories (pg. 4)

JONES: Photo Story: Baseball: UNM beats NMSU (pg. 9)

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Anthony Tomaziefski (right) and Tazz Jaber (left) pose for a photo on UNM campus on Friday, March 22.

Joseph Conteh poses for a photo at UNM campus on Thursday, March 21.

Michel Rivera poses for a photo at UNM campus on Wednesday, March 20.

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DANIEL: Photo Story: Men’s basketball viewing party at UNM SUB (pgs. 2-3)

Men’s basketball: Lobos coming

By BillyJack Davidson @BillyJackDL

The champions of the Mountain West Tournament, the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to face off against the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Lobos were not able to take home a victory as the Tigers knocked them out early in the tournament with a dominant performance.

While it was a disappointing outcome, Head Coach Richard Pitino talked about how much growth the men’s basketball program has had in the last three years, and how proud he is of the players this season.

“It was certainly not a good day to go cold; we just couldn’t make a shot,” Pitino said. “It stings right now, but I’m extremely proud of the growth in this program. Making it to the NCAA Tournament in year three (and winning) a conference tournament championship is all great.”

The game started with the tip-off going to the Lobos, and they got the ball to Jamal Mashburn Jr. (5) who was able to get a bucket to open up the score. The Tigers came back to show a slower style that led to consistency in their offense, starting with PJ Hall (24) who sank a clean three-point bucket.

The Lobos started off with good defense against the tight and technical Tigers, but the offense was continually being rushed, leading to lots of missed shots. But the Lobos were still putting up points.

Jaelen House (10) was able to have a great steal in the defense and transferred the momentum into a three-point bucket of his own.

In the first five minutes, Mash-

burn Jr. elbowed Joseph Girard III (11), and the momentum shifted in the Riders’ favor. Things seemed to be progressively going wrong until House was able to put a fast pass to Mashburn Jr. who put the ball up, and Nelly Junior Joseph (23) was able to finish it off.

Clemson took over the rest of the game and ran with the lead, making fantastic passes and playing solid defense that led to a 14-2 run. The pressure the Tigers put on the Lobos led to a scoring drought for almost five minutes. The Tigers ended up leading by 16 points with 27-11.

Lobos began to chip away at the lead Clemson created. After making two free throws, House went to turn up the heat and made multiple scrappy plays that almost tripped the Tigers up, but they were able to maintain their composure.

Donovan Dent (2) was quiet the first half of the game until the last five minutes. Dent got himself a twopoint shot, but had unsuccessful drives to the rim due to the Tiger’s physicality. That physicality showed itself through RJ Godfrey (10) who pushed past Junior Joseph and made an affirmative two-handed dunk.

Coming out of the last media timeout of the half, the Lobos saw more progress as Tru Washington (3) came off the bench and assisted House in a shot from the three-point line. Washington would also go on to have a great steal of his own and put the ball up for Dent to finish.

But the Tigers held on to their lead and were up by 14 points going into halftime with the score being 42-28.

Coming out of halftime, the Clemson Tigers were hot on the court. Godfrey was able to have himself two layups off of rebounds at the rim, and Hunter was able to make a two-

point shot from the free throw line. The Lobos called a timeout quickly to stop the momentum, but nothing was stopping the Tigers.

Washington came out in the later minutes with a good three-point basket, and House was able to have a good drive to the rim. But after a timeout, the Tigers halted the Lobos’ momentum. Coming out of that timeout, Chauncey Wiggins (21) was able to make a great three-point shot to further Clemson’s dominant performance. They continued to hold the lead by 19 going into the final stretch of the game at 59-40.

House tried to bring the momentum back for the Lobos with more aggression, but only found himself in foul trouble, and eventually fouled out of the game.

Jemarl Baker Jr. (0) was subbed into the game and made a layup.

In the post game interview, Baker Jr. talked about how the Tigers played at their own pace throughout the game, and how that affected him and the team.

“We felt like we ran around, tried to scrap around and we weren’t able to make them uncomfortable the way we wanted to. Because of that, we couldn’t fight back,” Baker Jr. said.

The Clemson Tigers took home their first NCAA tournament win in six years. The Lobos will be coming home after a disappointing defeat in the first round. But it was a fantastic season with a 26-9 record, with a 10-8 conference play and then a 4-0 showing at the MWTournament win in Las Vegas.

BillyJack Davidson is a beat reporter at the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @BillyJackDL

Men’s basketball watch party at UNM SUB

By Sadie Hopkins @DailyLobo

Late last week, theaters saw the release of writer/director Rose Glass’ first feature with A24, “Love Lies Bleeding.” Since the debut of the first official trailer, this film looked like it would quickly become a massive success – not only with a specific crowd of niche filmgoers but with the public, too. Unsurprisingly, having been considered among the best at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, it delivered, brutally.

“Love Lies Bleeding” follows Lou (Kristen Stewart) in Stewart’s most powerful and excellently executed role to date, a withdrawn gym manager (Ed Davis) and Jackie (Katy O’Brien) – an aspiring bodybuilder – through an off-kilter romance, set in1980s Albuquerque.

Its cast is tight and fleshed out fantastically. Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone and Anya Baryshnikov become exactly the over-the-top characters they need to be, and deliver a performance beyond believable – some to the point of garnering true hatred, so be warned. But it does take a talented crew of actors and filmmakers to make an audience feel so strongly about their characters as this film does.

Cinematographer Ben Fordesman not only beautifully captures Albuquerque’s city life and deep desert with a carefully constructed layer of flashback ‘80s dust, he captures the characters as well. Though the performances were powerful and intense on their own, they are heightened significantly by the colorful and creative photography direction. This film is gorgeous to look at, and no scene is denied the treatment of stunning cinematography, as it should be.

In a landscape of LGBTQ+ stories becoming increasingly popular in mainstream media and film, the in-

tegrity and creativity of some films suffer leaning on the crutch of believing that simply including LGBTQ+ characters, without giving them the depth they deserve, will create a successful and compelling story. “Love Lies Bleeding” doesn’t just ignore that belief, it smashes it, and sets it on fire.

Each character is shrouded in mystery, yet Glass clearly knows them well. Though the audience may not learn all of the secrets surrounding Jackie’s past or Lou’s see Love Lies page 9

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Lobos frustrated as the score gap increases during the Lobos versus Clemson March Madness game on Friday, March 22.

Lobos celebrate a basket at the Student Union Building Watch Party event on Friday, March 22.

Lou (Kristen Stewart) and Jackie (Katy M. O’Brian) pose in the back of a truck.

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People gather for the Student Union Building’s Watch Party for the Clemson versus Lobos March Madness game on Friday, March 22.

By Shin Thant Hlaing @DailyLobo

A new study led by University of New Mexico alumni and faculty members reveals that mother chimpanzees prioritize play with their children even in difficult situations, like food scarcity.

The study, published March 14 in the journal “Current Biology,” might shed light on the importance of play to development in other primate species, and help us learn more about our evolution, according to lead researcher and UNM alumna Kris Sabbi.

Co-authors include UNM professors of anthropology Melissa Emery Thompson and Martin Muller, UNM anthropology graduate student Megan Cole and UNM alumna and University of Michigan Research Lab Coordinator Isabelle Monroe.

For chimpanzees who are not mothers, periods of food scarcity

mean prioritizing themselves and conserving energy, Cole said. For mothers, it’s different.

“Mothers are having to prioritize the needs of their kids in addition to the needs of themselves,” Cole said.

This research helps challenge the notion that humans are the only species capable of play, as made canon by works like Johan Huizinga’s “Homo Ludens.” The fact that chimpanzees – which are genetically close to humans – also prioritize play may point to something in our shared evolutionary history, Sabbi said.

“We tend to be stuck in this way of thinking that human beings are the only creatures,” Sabbi said.

Mother chimpanzees will break away from the larger group to forage and hunt with their children, and often become their children’s sole playmates. This reveals to researchers how high of a priority engaging in play is to chimpanzees, according to the study.

“Based on these findings, it suggests that they are really considering the developmental needs of their kids, and that includes social development,” Cole said.

The new study is derived from the Kibale Chimpanzee Project, based in Uganda. Emery Thompson and Muller serve as directors of the project. Observations are gathered in Uganda by researchers and sent to be analyzed by research assistants

based in institutions like UNM, Cole and Sabbi said.

The idea for the study followed an observation of a gradual increase in the number of adult chimps engaging in play during the summer of 2017, Sabbi said.

“When exploring archival data, it became clear that the highest periods of play were in May - June, which was also a period of high levels of food availability,” Sabbi said.

The research challenges existing beliefs about adult play. In most species, the frequency of engaging in play drops off significantly after an animal’s development is complete. Previously, this was chalked up to play not being vital to adult animals. In reality, the reduced rates of play can probably be explained by animals having to cater to competing priorities in the wild, Sabbi said.

“They were less constrained by energetic availability or time spent eating and they could invest that into

social things, like playing,” Cole said.

According to the study – which analyzed 4,000 bouts of play during periods of interest – play happened almost once a day. When food was abundant, adult female chimpanzees also played with each other rather than with their kids.

“Our prioritization of child-parent play may have developed as a result of the structure of our social systems,” Sabbi said.

Chimpanzees tend to have a rotating social group structure, where members of the group will separate from others for some periods of time before rejoining, Cole said. Throughout evolution, humans may have had more time for play as a result of the development of agriculture, Sabbi said.

Sabbi and Cole see applications for the findings in the field of psychology, especially in regard to child development, they said. Cole,

see Chimps page 9

By Addison Fulton @DailyLobo

The University of New Mexico celebrated Women’s History Month with a special guest lecture from Alejandra Dubcovsky who presented her research on the role of women in Native American history in the Florida region.

Her book, “Talking Back: Native Women and the Making of the Early South,” provides commentary on the disservice done to women when their stories are left untold.

Contrasts across translations and cultures often highlight an important difference between how Native and non-Native cultures view women and tell women’s stories, if they tell them at all, Dubcovsky said. Gaps

where women should be but aren’t are a problem that Dubcovsky said she hopes to solve.

During the lecture, Dubcovsky provided an example by discussing the differences between the Spanish version of Adam and Eve, and the translation into the Timucua language – Native people from North Florida.

The Spanish story condemned Eve, and only Eve, while the Timucua version highlighted Eve’s inner conflict between her love for her husband and her lack of desire to serve him, Dubcovsky said. In the Timucua version, Eve has a monologue wherein she explains that she eats the apple because she wishes to be “a powerful war chief, and a knower of all things.”

Women’s History Month can be an opportunity for reflection and remembrance of often forgotten sto-

ries, Taren Warfield said – a UNM master’s student studying U.S. and West History at the lecture.

“(It is) important to specify and focus on marginalized people. There has to be a Women’s History Month so that people can recognize and hear it and be faced with it, whether they want to or not,” Warfield said.

Academics and individuals often assume that certain eras and stories throughout history did not have women in them, Dubcovsky said. This forgets stories and historical accounts wherein Native women are in power and determine not only their own fates but political outcomes as well, Dubcovsky said.

Dubcovsky sought to remind guests that women and their contributions are ever-present, as many Indigenous groups were matrilineal.

“(Matrilineality) was so much more than just deciding the line of chiefly succession … For so long, we think matrilineality means that the line passes through the mother, as if somehow that explains matrilineality,” Dubcovsky said.

Matrilineality is an entirely different framework for looking at family and social bonds, that places where women’s power is at the forefront. It places traditional “feminine” roles, such as homemaker, at the forefront of power and influence, Dubcovsky said.

Historians can have a habit of writing about women in a domestic and mundane fashion, Sam Truett said – the director of the Center for the Southwest with the UNM history department.

“They’re just cooking, or doing predictable things. It’s important when looking at societies, like the ones

(Dubcovsky) is looking at, where politics are structured around women … it’s super important for students, and all of us (to understand) that, and we’d probably need more than a month for that,” Truett said.

Women’s voices in the American South, Dubcovsky said, inspired her research.

“There wasn’t a book or an article on these women, and I thought, it’s really important to tell these stories … so we don’t imagine that Native agency and women’s voices are something (exclusively) contemporary,” Dubcovsky said.

Addison Fulton is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com

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GPSA Conteh from page 1

To push for its passage, Conteh said he wants to work with universities statewide.

Collaboration is the focal point of his campaign, to allow for a comprehensive understanding of the different departments on campus and the best ways for GPSA to support them, he said. This would be accomplished through work visits, departmental reports and collaboration with the GPSA council.

“I love collaboration because, even at the executive level, we don’t have all the solutions. We cannot push everything. So what I’m going to do is really get us to that representation,” Conteh said.

Improving the flow of information between GPSA Council and the executive branch is another priority, he said, along with improving relations with other representatives on campus — including the Alumni Association and the Associated Students at the University of New Mexico.

“We can really make UNM a bet-

ter place for every student if we work together and advocate for issues,” Conteh said.

Conteh also wants to work with other organizations to find ways to support graduate students, he said. Recently, he said he worked with Bishops’ Storehouse to donate food and supplies to the Lobo Food Pantry.

“We need partnership and collaboration,” Conteh said.

He wants to work with the United Graduate Workers of UNM and support their interests, while also advocating to create more assistantships and positions for graduate students in the University, he said.

“We want to see if we can have an increased number of graduate workers at the University. How that is possible is for us to advocate for more opportunities for students to have those positions,” Conteh said.

With University administration, Conteh said he wants to ensure they are showcasing students’

GPSA Rivera Ramirez from page 1

worker salaries and fighting for better wages, Rivera Ramirez said.

“Giving support to graduate students fighting for their wages is something I believe the GPSA President should be on top of. Without getting into the weeds of pro-union versus anti-union, if the President looks at it from the perspective of students fighting for their wages, then it’s fair for the GPSA President to take a stand on that,” Rivera Ramirez said.

Rivera Ramirez wants to campaign for increased funding for proper lighting in order to make campus a safer place for students. He also plans to address food insecurity, he said.

Ramirez plans to expand the Lobo Food Pantry by advocating for more funding to supply the pantry and a

potential second location on North Campus. He also wants to create partnerships with local charities, such as Roadrunner Food Bank, to allocate more resources to the pantry, he said.

As GPSA President, Rivera Ramirez would plan to hold “coffee hour” sessions with student organizations and resource centers to make GPSA more accessible for graduate students who want to voice their concerns or advocate for their needs, he said.

“It’s an important step to take because it is important for students to see GPSA officials on campus, so they can talk to the president’s cabinet and other officials directly,” Rivera Ramirez said.

Rivera Ramirez wants to emphasize representation in student government for UNM’s underrepresented and un-

work beyond the University and creating student-oriented activities that encourage engagement.

In his executive cabinet, he wants to work with people who have a similar vision of advocating for graduate students.

“If student organizations come together, things will work because it’ll really strengthen and even give more (power) to the voices of students, making (their voices) louder,” Conteh said.

The GPSA election polls open Monday, March 25 at 9 a.m. and close Friday, March 29 at 5 p.m. Graduate and professional students enrolled in a degree-seeking program are eligible to vote.

Maddie Pukite is the editor-in-chief at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at editorinchief@dailylobo. com on Twitter @maddogpukite

derprivileged groups, he said. He said he hopes to see GPSA staffed with people willing to stand up for students and make sure their needs are heard by the right people.

“I have a lot of experience in not only New Mexico affairs but also New Mexico affairs that affect the students of UNM. I have unique knowledge of local issues from living here my whole life,” Rivera Ramirez said.

The GPSA election polls open Monday, March 25 at 9 a.m. and close Friday, March 29 at 5 p.m. Graduate and professional students enrolled in a degree-seeking program are eligible to vote.

Maria Fernandez is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@dailylobo.com

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Love Lies from page 3

criminal family, what we learn is brutal, tragic and heartbreaking, but incredibly gripping.

Despite the harrowing tragedy and tasteful – maybe even beautiful – brutal violence of the film, it doesn’t take itself too seriously to get immersed. This movie knows that it’s a movie – it knows that it exists in a fictional world.

Though the film is believably realistic, it is stylized and wild, erotic, thrilling, tense and, at times, rewarding.

“Love Lies Bleeding” is still a lesbian love story for the ages. It doesn’t suffer from “romcom syndrome,” nor the stereotype of lesbianism for the

Chimps from page 4

in particular, is interested in studying the individual temperaments of chimpanzees and the correlation

male gaze. It is raw, and doesn’t seem to be geared toward any demographic manipulatively. It simply exists, and it’s nearly perfect.

If what you’re looking for in a love story is crime, revenge, murder, faithful 1980s Albuquerque, female bodybuilders and a well-rounded, gripping story, “Love Lies Bleeding” is out in theaters now. It is unpredictable and passionate, and, above all, certainly pulling no punches.

Sadie Hopkins is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com

between a chimp’s personality and their physiology.

“It’s a question that leads to even

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more questions and that’s my favorite kind of science,” Sabbi said.

Shin Thant Hlaing is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@dailylobo.com

DAILY LOBO C ampus Calendar of Events

Monday-Sunday, March 25-31, 2024 Events are free unless otherwise noted!

Current Exhibits

Borders: Created, Contested & Imagined Exhibit

Through April 17

Zimmerman Library Learning

Commons

A thought-provoking exploration of the dynamic interplay between maps and the societies they represent.

Cuneiform and Cultural Heritage: Writing, New Ways of Being, and Displaced Artifacts.

Through March 30

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

The exhibition explores the eight cuneiform tablets in the Maxwell Museum collections and their journey to Albuquerque, examining their role in Mesopotamian history and the legacy of cultural heritage removal and restoration efforts.

Hindsight Insight 4.0

Through May 11

UNM Art Museum

The UNM Art Museum’s Hindsight Insight 4.0 exhibition, featuring portraits, landscapes, and abstract artworks, delves into narratives about racism, colonialism, and gender stereotypes, highlighting curatorial authority and institutional voice.

Ancestors

Through May 11

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

This exhibit will introduce our ancestors and close relatives, first came the early apelike Australopithecus (A.)* afarensis and A. africanus; these eastern and southern African relatives were the earliest humans. Admission is free.

People of the Southwest

Through May 11

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

The exhibition celebrates the cultural history of the Southwest, especially the close relationship southwestern people have had with the land around them.

Pelton & Jonson: The Transcendent

1930s

Through May 11

UNM Art Museum

Paintings, drawings, and archival materials from the UNM Art Museum collection to illustrate the aesthetic achievements and personal connections between American painters Agnes Pelton (1881-1961) and Raymond Jonson (1891-1982).

Pedacitos de Resistencia: Socially Engaged Work in Latin American

Special Collections

Through December 2024

Zimmerman Library, Frank Waters Room

Offers archival snapshots, pieces of collections to briefly showcase how socially engaged work can capture different histories, narratives, and imaginaries.

MFA Thesis Exhibition

Through March 29

John Sommers Gallery

Over Easy by Christopher Schuldt.

MFA Thesis Exhibition

Through April 5 fourteenfifteen gallery “How we hold the sun” by Anna Rotty.

Trzy Siostry (Three Sisters) by Drew

Trujillo

Through April 20 1 Civic Plaza NW, Suite 140

In the heart of an enchanted forest “Trzy Siostry (Three Sisters)” captures the essence of folklore and forgotten voices, crafting a performance of joy, loss, and the enduring spirit of unity.

IN BLOOM

Through March 29

Masley Art Gallery A female and queer exhibition.

MONDAY

Student Groups & Gov

CSGSA Study Nights 1829 Sigma Chi Rd NE 4:00-8:00pm A group study night for those who may need time to study and prefer to study with others. Snacks will be provided.

Campus Events

College of Arts & Sciences Student

Discussion Session

UNM SUB Lobo A&B

12:00 – 1:15pm

Attend these sessions to give input for the College of Arts and Sciences strategic planning. Separate discussion groups for undergraduate and graduate students will be organized at each session.

Manicure Mondays

Women’s Resource Center 12:00-2:00pm

DIY manicure. Nail polish is provided, but feel free to bring your own.

Lectures & Readings

SA+P Spring Lecture Series George Pearl Hall

4:00 – 5:00pm

Luc Wilson, the Global Director of Design Technology at KPF, presents on how data is driving design at KPF, is the foundation of the new Computation Design Practices program at Columbia’s GSAPP, and has shaped his career.

TUESDAY

Campus Events

Crafternoon 12:00-1:00pm

Women’s Resource Center

SUB Theater

Armed with nothing but a hatful of dreams, young chocolatier Willy Wonka manages to change the world, one delectable bite at a time. Sign-in at the movie.

Meetings

Community Experience Meeting

SUB, Room 1062 3:00-4:00pm

Art & Music

Jazz Combos 7:30-9:00pm Keller Hall

Led by Michael Anthony and John Funkhouser.

Lectures & Readings

Thesis/Dissertation Presentation

UNM

9:00 – 10:00am

Stephanie Olivas, Geography, presents, “Agroecology farmers and soil stewardship: the potential for using remote sensing to understand the impacts of smallholder food growers on soil resiliency in Bernalillo County.

Biology Brown Bags

Castetter, Room 100

12:00 – 1:00pm

Dr. Edward Braun, University of Florida, presents.

Anthropology Colloquia Series PAIS, Room 1010

1:00 – 2:00pm

Audrey Arner, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, presents, “Exploring the Mechanistic Underpinnings of Evolutionary Mismatch.”

ASPRS Annual Lecture PAIS, Room 1100 3:00-4:00pm

Dr. Alexander Josephson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, presents “Fire & Smoke.” This talk will focus on the simulation of wildland fires, the mechanisms of smoke formation and emission, and the dispersion of smoke plumes, offering a deep dive into the forefront of environmental and emergency response research.

Thesis and Dissertation Defenses PAIS, Room 2540 4:00 – 5:00pm Anupam Mitra, Physics

& Astronomy, presents, “Entanglement with neutral atoms in the simulation of nonequilibrium dynamics of one-dimensional spin models.”

UNM Annual Research Lecture PAIS, Room 1100

5:30 – 7:30pm Felisa Smith, UNM Department of Biology, presents her research on paleoecological and evolutionary research, specifically the effects of current global and past climatic change and biodiversity loss on mammals.

THURSDAY

Sports & Recreation

UNM Men’s Tennis vs. Utah State 4:00 – 6:00pm Lobo Tennis Club

UNM Men’s Tennis faces off against Utah State at the Lobo tennis club. Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.

Campus Events

SA+P Splash Bash 10:00am – 1:30pm

SA+P Courtyard (Outside the Fab Lab) Paint, brushes, balloons, canvas, and snacks provided.

College of Arts & Sciences Student Discussion Session

UNM SUB Lobo A&B

3:30 – 4:15pm Attend these sessions to and input for the College of Arts and Sciences strategic planning. Separate discussion groups for undergraduate and graduate students will be organized at each session.

Art & Music

Student Gallery Talk

4:30 – 5:30pm

UNM Art Museum

Informal reception in the Coke Gallery where students will be giving talks about the images they produced through the museum’s in-gallery portrait studio.

UNM Symphony Orchestra

7:30 – 9:00pm

Popejoy Hall

Conducted by UNM Distinguished Alum Col. Jim Keene. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket box office. General Admission: $15, Student: $5

Theater & Film

SWFC: The Harvest [La Cosecha]

SUB Theater 6:00 – 9:00pm

Director U. Roberto Romano examines the plight of migrant child farmworkers, focusing on three youths as they toil around the country picking crops.

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Lobos third baseman Akili Carris (14) talks with fans before the game against NM State at Santa Ana Star Field on Tuesday, March 19.

Lobos catcher Kyle Smith (24) plays game against NM State at Santa Ana Star Field on Tuesday, March 19.

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Services

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Reed, Earth & Planetary Sciences, presents, “Differential river incision due to Quaternary faulting on the R??o JemezSalado system at the million-year timescale.”

Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Johnson Center 2:00 – 3:00pm Jessica Smith, Health Exercise & Sports Science, presents, “The Physiological and Perceptual Responses to Continuous- and Interval-based High-Intensity Functional Training.”

CQuIC Seminars

PAIS, Room 2540 3:30-4:30pm

Aashish Clerk, presents, “Manybody entanglement dynamics under adaptive quantum evolution.”

Biology Seminar Castetter, Room 100 3:30-5:00pm

Dr. Edward Braun, University of Florida, presents.

2024 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn

Lecture in Western History and Culture

SUB, Ballroom C 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Dr. Juliana Barr, Duke University, presents, “The Woman in Blue: How Native Storytellers Turned a Bilocating Nun into an Expression of Indigenous Geopolitics.”

FRIDAY

Theater & Film

SWFC: Legally Blonde 6:00-9:00pm

SUB Theater

Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon)

has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blond. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. Sign-in at the movie.

Landmark: Little Mermaid 7:00-9:00pm

Rodey Theatre

Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. Tickets are $12-$24.

Popejoy Presents: Trailblazing

Women Of Country: A Tribute To Patsy, Loretta, And Dolly 7:30-9:30pm

Popejoy Hall Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton revolutionized country music, proving women’s beauty, strength, vulnerability, and power. In a tribute, soloist Miko Marks, CMT’s “Next Woman of Country,” and Nashville-based singer Kristina Train perform their hits. Tickets are $25-$69.

Lectures & Readings

Thesis/Dissertation Presentation

11:30am – 12:30pm

PAIS, Room 2540

Birendra Dhanasingham, Physics & Astronomy, presents, “A New Effective Gravitational Lensing Approach to Constrain Dark Matter.”

Economics Seminar

2:00 – 3:00pm

Economics, Room 1002

Dr. Jeffrey Cross, Assistant Professor at Hamilton College, presents

Anthropology Colloquia Series

2:00 – 3:00pm

Hibben, Room 105

Dr. Kenneth L Chiou, biological anthropologist, presents, “Evolutionary and Environmental Dimensions of Primate Aging and Health.”

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

3:30-4:30pm

Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Room 218 Frances Chance, Sandia National Laboratories, presents, “Modeling Coordinate Transformations in Neural and Neuromorphic Systems.”

Chemistry Seminar

4:00 – 5:00pm Clark Hall 101 Pravas Deria, Southern Illinois University, presents.

Study Abroad Book Club

4:00 – 5:00pm Mesa Vista Hall, Room 3097

A weekly meet up to discuss Anu Taranath’s book, “Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel

Program. Artworks were selected by jurors Joshua Hagler and Maja Ruznic. Exhibit Reception

6:00 – 8:30pm

UNM Art Museum Reception for the exhibit “Frozen in Time” by Hannah Taylor.

52nd Annual Robb Concert

7:30 – 9:00pm Keller Hall

Featuring guitarist Daniel Lippel, composers Tania León and Reiko Füting, world premieres by Juantio Becenti, Monica Demarco, Christopher Orphal. Free admission. An all ages familyfriendly community event.

Workshops

PNMGC workshops

2:00 – 3:00pm

CTBL, Room 110

Naomi Ambriz presents, “Teaching and Research in

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