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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo President David Schmidly enters the Glenn L. Emmons Room and looks at the pictures of past UNM presidents during the grand re-opening of Hodgin Hall Wednesday. The Glenn L. Emmons Room in Hodgin Hall is now a room for displaying photos and brief biographies of all past UNM presidents.
Jesikha Williams / Daily Lobo ASUNM President Jaymie Roybal and Executive Director of the Alumni Association Karen Abraham pull items out of the time capsule Wednesday night.
Hodgin Hall re-opens, time capsule unearthed by Tamon Rasberry news@dailylobo.com
UNM parking officials enforced penalties in 1908, the same way they do 2011. A century-old parking ticket was one of the items discovered inside a time capsule buried at Hodgin Hall in 1908 and opened Wednesday night at the alumni building’s grand re-opening. A college newspaper, a Lobo banner, a magazine, books and a
letter from a student were also unearthed inside the 103-year-old time capsule. Alumnus David Swan said he was fascinated by the items because they showed the leaps UNM has made from its humble beginnings, when Hodgin Hall was the only building on campus. “To think about what that very tiny beginning has spawned in this state is just amazing,” he said. “To be part of this is really something special.”
The black-tie event allowed faculty, students and staff from many generations to learn about the University’s past and bury its present history inside the time capsule to be opened in another 100 years, ASUNM President Jaymie Roybal said. “We are a part of history, and that’s a really exciting thing because whoever is at this University in 100 years is going to open up something that we were involved in,” she said.
Students travel for tips on innovation by Charlie Shipley
charlieshipley84@gmail.com Some UNM students had the opportunity to visit colleges across the southwest this summer to bring back ideas for improving student life at UNM. The visits were arranged by Walt Miller, associate vice president for Student Life, and included delegates from ASUNM and GPSA who observed recreation facilities, housing facilities, student health centers and food service/dining options. ASUNM president Jaymie Roybal said the trips were worthwhile because UNM has a unique campus. “We’re different from a lot of schools,” she said. “We’re a big commuter campus, we have lots of nontraditional students and we have a lot of alumni that are still involved in the University. I think the socioeconomics of a UNM student are different from a student at UNLV.” Brittany Jaeger went on the trips as a representative for Miller. She said the findings will be shown to
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At Wednesday’s event, students wrote letters to commemorate their time at UNM. One will be chosen to be buried in the new time capsule to be opened in 2111. Swan said despite the problems the University’s faces today, UNM’s rich history is something of which we can all be proud. “I think, even with all the issues that go on from time to time, UNM has whole treasures its roots,” Swan said. “We have culture in New Mexico, and this University
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organizations such as the Student Health Center and the Honors Program. “We asked every school the same exact questions,” she said. “If the regents wanted to see it, we’d take it to the regents. We’d take it to student housing, to student affairs, the health center, the rec center … They’re all interested to see what students found.” Jaeger said the trips were no longer than a day, with the exception of a trip to Texas Tech. “We’d get to the Sunport at about 4:30 a.m. and return to Albuquerque at around 11:30 at night,” she said. Miller refused to give exact costs for the trips, but said the short duration of each trip was meant to be economical. “Most of what we had to learn could be packed into a tight schedule,” he said. “These were factfinding trips, they weren’t visits.” Miller said the trips weren’t funded using student fees.
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is part of the roots we have here at this community, and it binds us together.” University President David Schmidly also attended the event. “People love history, and the idea of having time capsules is a great idea, and I think that it shows students that the history of their university is important,” he said.
Zach Gould / Daily Lobo Chile roasting season is upon us. See photo essay on page 2.
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Photo essay: Chile roasting
“Chile goes from the plant, to the gunny sac, to the roaster, to the peeler, to the mouth.” ~Kathi Caldwell
After his first season roasting chile with a family friend, Donovan Caldwell, 12, was hooked. “He came home after roasting and made us buy him his own roaster,” said his mother, Kathi Caldwell. Starting in February, the Caldwell family sells chile plant seedlings along the Rio Grande valley as far south as Socorro and as far north as Pojoaque. Donovan hopes to follow in his elders’ footsteps and continue growing chile with the family business, Rio Grande Greenhouses.
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UNM gets nanoscience lab by Felipe Medina-Marquez news@dailylobo.com
UNM dedicated a wing on the third floor of the Centennial Engineering Center Aug. 23 to a small, but still emerging branch of science. The nanomaterials and nanomedicine lab is a major initiative that involves federal and state funding, along with grants, and features collaborative efforts from different academic disciplines at UNM, including the Cancer Center and the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, as well as Sandia National Laboratories. Catalin Roman, dean of the School of Engineering, said he is excited about the potential for this laboratory and that having joint partnerships is important for the future. “In the long term it is going to be critical for the engineering school and the medical school to come together and build joint programs and make joint investments in research,� Roman said. The ongoing collaborative effort, which began three years before the lab was dedicated to nanoscience, is already yielding results. Jeffrey Brinker, a distinguished UNM professor and Sandia fellow, and UNM Cancer Center Director Cheryl Willman have been working together to create a groundbreaking concept that will deliver tretments to cancer patients through nanotechnology. “We’re making particles that are very small so they can penetrate throughout the body, and they have within them very small
pores that can be loaded with various types of cargos, let’s say chemotherapeutic agents, or perhaps what’s called small interfering RNA or DNA plasmate,� Brinker said. She said the problem with current treatments, such as chemotherapy, is that the drug has toxic effects not only on the cancer but on other parts of the body. The treatment designed by UNM researchers, called a “protocell,� targets the specific cancer and binds itself to it, while remaining harmless to other tissues.
“In the long term it is going to be critical for the engineering school and the medical school to come together...� ~Catalin Roman dean of engineering “Our technology — at least as tested in cell cultures — was something like nearly 1 million times more efficient than the current FDA-approved approach,� Brinker said. Their work, published in a prestigious journal called “Nature Materials� in April, has also drawn the attention of several pharmaceutical companies. “We’ve been getting calls from big biotech companies,� Willman
said in an interview with New Mexico Business Weekly. “It could be a major industry for New Mexico. I would love to see that happen. We would like to get venture capitalists on board to do it here.� Brinker, who has spent decades working on building materials that are structured on one-billionth of a meter (a nanometer) helped lead the drive to get funding to create this laboratory. “Our technology is one of the main areas of research we’ll be conducting in that laboratory to develop this protocell and a particle drug delivery agent,� he said. This work has also earned the UNM two grants, totaling $4 million, from the National Cancer Institute’s Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer. Other members of that alliance include schools such as Harvard, MIT, Cal Tech, Northwestern. “We’re part of this alliance with these other very famous universities,� Brinker said. “I think that’s great for the state, I think it’s great for UNM’s reputation, and I think it has exciting prospects for impacting cancer. We have technology that could be a game changer.� At the nanomaterials and nanomedicine lab, students from high school to the post-doctoral level will have the opportunity to be mentored under the tutelage of senior researchers. “Think of it as if you were a student in physics and you had an opportunity to work with Einstein,� Roman said. “You may not get a Nobel Prize, but your horizons would be incredibly opened.�
Donation to aid Mexican students by Kayla Smith
kk_09_1@hotmail.com The Mexican consulate in Albuquerque granted UNM and the UNM Foundation $50,000 for student scholarships during a press conference Wednesday. The Institute for Mexicans Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico donated a total of $70,000 for three scholarship funds: $50,000 for the UNM Foundation, $10,000 for La Plaza de Encuentro and $10,000 for the CNM Foundation. The $50,000 UNM received was matched by a private donors, which will allow 50 UNM students
to receive scholarships for this semester and next semester. The donation was made to improve higher education opportunities for Mexican immigrants and students from immigrant families in the United States. Mexicans living abroad and Mexican-Americans are also eligible for funds. “This important donation will provide support to students who are not only bilingual, but bicultural,� said Eliseo “Cheo� Torres, UNM vice president for Student Affairs. “These students will be uniquely prepared to contribute positively to the future of our community.� Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de Leon, Consul of Mexico in Albuquerque
representative, said helping advance Mexican students will also advance the economy and culture of Mexico. By partnering with UNM, IME is hoping to make its vision of strengthening literacy and education of Mexican immigrants a reality. Mexican immigrant and student Jose Ogaz said he hopes the scholarships will help promote a positive image of Mexicans in the United States. “I am really pleased to hear the Mexican government, through various institutions, is giving financial support to Mexican students,� he said.
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Letter Require special UNM skateboard licenses
Editor, I read with interest the article in Tuesday’s Daily Lobo, “Reckless skaters escape penalties.” One of my student employees was recently hit by someone on a skateboard. Robert Burford in the Dean of Students Office said he had only received a “few” complaints, and then goes on to say that a name is needed to file a complaint. I can see how a name might be needed to address a reckless skater issue, but how is one supposed to get this name? Then, if you happen to get a name, the process is long and drawn out, with letters and information going back and forth, and all for results that could end up being a warning to suspension (how often does suspension happen?!) with no real consequences to the skater or compensation to the victims. I have a suggestion that might alleviate some of the recklessness: How about licensing
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a segment of the population that needs real consequences to become civilized enough to interact with others on an adult level...” skateboards for use on the campus? A small fee could cover the expense. It could take the form of a brightly colored badge with a large number that could be read at a distance. Skateboarders would have to wear it when skateboarding. It would at least bring some measure of recognition that they have some responsibility to use their skateboards in a safe manner. There has to be real consequences for change to happen. Obviously there is a segment of the population that needs real consequences to become civilized enough to interact with others on an adult level and be responsible for their actions. Patricia Morris UNM faculty
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Low retention warrants more attention by Will Desmare
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Last week I read an article in the Albuquerque Journal that stated one in four UNM freshmen from 2010 did not return to the University to continue his or her studies in 2011. I thought to myself, “Hey, this is not good news for UNM. I wonder what Schmidly’s administration has to say about this, and even more importantly, what are they going to do to keep freshmen in school?” Further in the article there was a response by Terry Babbitt, the associate vice president of Enrollment Management, and his response did not surprise me. He said that it was likely a consequence of last fall’s record-size freshman class, which was less prepared for college-level work. That’s cool. Blame the retention problem on the poor-performing student, and that way you do not have to do anything to correct this situation. It gets even better: Later on in the article, Babbitt states that the two personnel who let all of these poorperforming students get into UNM (the former provost and past vice president of enrollment) have since left for other jobs. For those in the general public who do not believe that it is entirely the poorperforming student’s fault, again, those who share responsibility for this situation are gone, and the problem is solved. The final piece of the Schmidly administration’s
politically correct, male-bovine-piece-offecal-matter response is that these senior personnel acted alone when they changed admissions policies, and the great Schmidly did not order this change in policy. The one thing that I learned from this response is that at least Schmidly’s administration is consistent. That is, it has the same amount of contempt for the general public of New Mexico as it does for the faculty, staff and students at UNM.
“It is unreal to expect that the University can retain all of its freshmen, but it has to retain more than it is now.” A positive point that I saw from this article was that the Albuquerque Journal also interviewed Interim Provost Chaouki Abdallah. He stated that he felt academic preparation isn’t the only factor that influences retention. He is an engineer, and engineers like to know the facts before they comment on a topic. This is different from the rest of Schmidly’s administration, which pulls fecal matter from its rectum. What he said was true; there is not a single reason
why approximately 900 students did not return for their sophomore year. There are probably three to four top reasons. To me, it sounded like he had some ideas, but he wanted more information before he developed and presented a path forward. From the article, I also got the feeling that he had students in mind. He said there are also economic or family situations that can contribute to student decisions to not come back. He further stated UNM is evaluating programs to address those students’ needs. Again, it sounded like he had some ideas as to why students don’t come back, and it also sounded like he had some solutions that could be put in place to raise the freshman retention rate at UNM. If he could put in place a cost-effective program that would address one or two of the reasons why freshman aren’t coming back and maybe keep an additional 100-150 or so students in school, that would be real progress. It is unreal to expect that the University can retain all of its freshmen, but it has to retain more than it is now. From what I read, I am starting to respect Chaouki Abdallah. He appears to be different from the rest of Schmidly’s administration in that he wants to tell the truth, and he also has the students’ better interests in mind. We will see how long he lasts.
Letter where students could leave comMaster Plan lacks any website ments on the Master Plan. I think most students would not qualify input from students having a comment section on a website as the University trying to engage students in Editor,
I would like to respond to an article from last Wednesday, “Regents approve Master Plan, discuss funding,” which said that student engagement in the University’s Master Plan was “comfortable” and that UNM has tried “diligently to engage” with students in this very crucial plan. Firstly, the idea that students’ input into the Master Plan would be listened to was dismissed in the first few paragraphs of the article when it told us that the amendment in the Master Plan for a new recreation center was voted down by a 67 percent majority of UNM students. This tells us that even when students’ input is asked for, it is disregarded. Thus it is hard for me to agree with student regent Jacob Wellman when he said that students had already been reached out to through a
their 10-15 year Master Plan. In addition, it seems that, judging from the regents ignoring the majority vote against the new recreation center, even if students had flocked to the comment page of this website, their opinions would likely have been overlooked. I can only hope that the University and the Board of Regents do not continue to consider a comment area on a website a diligent way to engage students, and that in the future they work harder to make sure that students, who are paying greatly for their education, should be able to have a say in where their money goes. Will Thomson UNM student
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Peace programs host fair by Stephanie Hoover
stephchoover@gmail.com Students and staff interested in all areas of social justice gathered in the SUB Wednesday for the International Day of Peace. The sixth annual UNM Peace Fair was put on by the Peace Studies Program, an interdisciplinary program in which students can earn a minor or a certificate. Les Fields, Peace Studies director, said the Day of Peace provides a harmless place to talk about conflict. “We want to create a safe place
for students to talk about issues of conflict without any kind of contention around it, and have students talk about what it’s like to live in conflict,� he said. Desi Brown, a Peace Studies adviser and instructor, said the fair was about bringing together different social justice groups on campus to meet each other. He said there are nearly 30 different social justice groups on campus and he wants them to coordinate and work together. He says the goal of the Peace Studies program is to get people to think critically and ask questions.
“Peace is a really active word,� he said, “Most people are really reactive and don’t address the root of the problem in conflicts.� The fair featured nine different groups, such as Justice for Mexican Asylum Seekers, Buddhist Club and UNM Fair Trade Initiative. Savannah Guglielmo said she is currently taking a peace studies class and enjoyed seeing the groups available to students at UNM. “I hope that people start recognizing peace around the world and start taking the steps necessary to achieve it, because we all share the same planet,� she said.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he wants to make sure millionaires are taxed at higher rates than their secretaries. The data say they already are. “Warren Buffett’s secretary shouldn’t pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett. There is no justification for it,� Obama said as he announced his deficit reduction plan this week. “It is wrong that in the United States of America, a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million.� On average, the wealthiest people in America pay a lot more in taxes than the middle class or the poor, according to private and government data. They pay at a higher rate, and as a group, they contribute a much larger share of the overall taxes collected by the federal government. The 10 percent of households with the highest incomes pay more than half of all federal taxes. They pay more than 70 percent of federal income taxes, according to the Congressional Budget Office. In his White House address on Monday, Obama called on Congress to increase taxes by $1.5 trillion as part of a 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. He proposed that Congress overhaul the tax code and impose what he called the “Buffett rule,� named for the billionaire investor. The rule says, “People making more than $1 million a year should not pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than middle-class families pay.� Buffett wrote in a recent piece for The New York Times that the tax rate he paid last year was lower than that paid by any of the other 20 people in his office. “Middle-class families shouldn’t pay higher taxes than millionaires
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Both Roybal and Jaeger said they were impressed with the facilities schools had for honors students. “I really liked the honors dorms concept,� Jaeger said. “It really created a community for a specific group of people.� A task force formed last year concluded that UNM should take steps to establish an honors college. The program is currently housed in the basement of Student Health and Counseling. Roybal, who took part in two of the trips, said she would like to see a more closely consolidated honors program, such as the one at Arizona State University, which she said is ideal for student success. “The Barrett Honors College (at Arizona State) is its own facility,� she said. “It has a dining hall, their residence halls, faculty offices, classrooms, everything a student who is very, very focused on academics would need. I think our students deserve that. “
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An unorthodox, hypnotic journey of childhood and loss.
nicole11@unm.edu The busy rustling of an artist at work echoes from the cobwebby walls of the “workshop,” a decrepit garage with a makeshift wooden entrance built into the large automatic door. Inside, the artist fastens roses to a headband and puts the finishing touches on a flowering branch. An empty bottle of Jim Beam lays on the floor — presumably just another found object with which to make a prop. This is where the final preparations are being made for the Saturday production of “Ash Tree,” an unorthodox play dealing with themes of childhood and loss, said Abe Jallad, the producer of the show. “What the play capitalizes on is showing loss in all of its forms, from losing a toy to losing something that’s more tangible; something that’s more living, something that’s more meaningful,” he said. Following the story of three young sisters who have lost their mother, the play is based on the playwright Georgina Escobar’s childhood hardships, and she said she loves this kind of writing process. “I was basically taking the experience and dramatizing it and playing with the elements of fantasy and the hypnotic journey,” she said. “I’m in love with stories. I’ve always been a storyteller before, and the theater was, from an early age, the place where I felt most comfortable. I feel like this dramatic writing is the place where my creative input goes beyond just the page.” Escobar has an master’s in dramatic writing from UNM, and she wrote “Ash Tree” while in graduate school. New York-based actress Mindy Leanse said she was drawn to “Ash Tree” because of Escobar’s gift with language in expressing the fantastical elements of story. “I think Georgina’s writing is really spectacular. She’s got such a knack for dialogue, and what I think this play does is suspend your imagination and believability,” Leanse said. “A lot of times in contemporary theater, it’s about reality all the time, but this is a beautiful blend of reality and imagination, and I think she really plays with the magic of the world.” For example, Jallad said one of the characters is a garden gnome who is more like a spider, and the ash tree where the mother’s ashes are placed is a portal between reality and fantasy. Although the play deals primarily with children’s perspectives of the world, Escobar said “Ash Tree” is not just for young audiences — the play has different messages for different generations. “I would really love to have the adults in the audience walk away with a feeling of their inner child being awakened, and the children in the audience feel the adult part of them bringing consciousness to things like loss,” she said. “Imagination and believing and theater can be the place for healing.” Jallad said physical age was a negligible factor in relating to the play’s themes, because it offers a unique experience for each viewer. “More than anything it’s theater for the young of heart, and I think that’s something you can’t qualify with years,” he said. “It’s something you have to feel in your heart of hearts. It’s a very profound script, but the simplicity lies in the elegance that anyone can understand it, from a 5-yearold to a 55-year-old.” While the play is accessible to a young audience, Leanse said Escobar didn’t shy away from the more melancholic elements of life when writing it. “The moral of the story is that life has to go on,” Leanse said. “No matter what happens you have to take it and go on with your life, and it’s a hard lesson, but I think she has illustrated it well. And I think it’s really important for kids to see that everything doesn’t always happen the way it does in a fairy tale.” As an actress, Leanse, 23 years old, said the relationship between childhood and adulthood is played out within her own personal portrayal of her character, a 7-year-old child.
Dylan Smith/ Daily Lobo Mindy Leanse and Juli Hendren rehearse ”Ash Tree” Wednesday night in front of Mesa Vista Hall. The play is about three sisters coping with loss and living in a world of childlike fantasy. “I’m a woman now, so I’ve got this woman’s body, and I’ve had to fill myself into the body, so now it’s like reverting back,” Leanse said. “It’s challenging. I think the physicality is the hardest thing for me.” The play is not only unorthodox in its portrayal of youth, but also in the more technical aspects of production. Although it is supported by multiple theater groups around Albuquerque, the show has absolutely no funding; the actors were given about 25 total hours of rehearsal time, and the ‘stage’ is an outdoor courtyard between the Student Health Center and Mesa Vista Hall. “This is the Rubik’s Cube of productions, really,” Escobar said. “It has all the colors, and we’ve been twisting that cube trying to mesh the colors, and we’re getting there, and we’re doing well, but it’s not customary.” Jallad said that although this production of “Ash Tree” is unique, theater in general has the unifying quality of a powerful mode of expression. “If we can go to places where people themselves are scared to go, whether it be an imaginary place or an emotional place, if we as artists have the nerve to go there, then I think emotionally speaking our profession is justified, because we can go to those places where maybe it hurts or go to those places where maybe it’s lovely, lovelier than we’ve ever imagined before,” Jallad said. Still, he said monetary compensation doesn’t matter. “I’m paid in lots and lots of emotional satisfaction, and that’s definitely the currency of choice,” he said
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“Ash Tree” author Georgina Escobar was born and raised in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She uses her plays to describe the Mexico in which she grew up. Escobar relates her plays to her personal life, chronicling events such as the death of her mother in “Ash Tree.” She has a master’s degree in dramatic writing from UNM and is an up-and-coming playwright who has already received numerous awards for her work. Q: What is your writing process and how has it developed into what it is? A: Well, it’s different for every play. Mostly I put myself through experiments with them, so for one play I did the whole wake-up-atfour-in-the-morning-for-five-daysa-week thing and tried to write the play that way. I think that was part of my master’s (degree), to figure out what my process was … “Ash Tree” was incubated at home, so they all have their own process, I guess. Q: So all of these had different processes behind them? A: One of the goals that I had when I started my master’s (was) to try to find the discipline, because I know I have what my professors call “monkey brain,” so I jump from a lot of projects, and I do a lot of the visual stuff. Q: How does each different writing process affect the corresponding play? Why was “Ash Tree” written from home? A: The truth of the matter is, what I find works the best for me is I create the world visually and tangibly. I turn whatever writing room I’m using or whatever space or whatever I’m carrying in my purse into things that relate to that play. Q: What drew you to writing as an art form? A: I had tried acting before, and I
do enjoy it sometimes, and I am an extremely visual person, and I do like the discipline of sketching and painting and sculpting and all that, but for some reason … stories are what inspired me … It was just second nature to try to understand the world as a fantastical narrative. Q: How do the themes of “Ash Tree” fit into your own personal life? A: One of the risks I run in talking about my writing with certain directors is they want to see the parallels, and they want to play those parallels because they think that’s what I want. It’s not; I mean, obviously I’m writing fiction, but it’s inspired by real events. So in the case of “Ash Tree,” the characters are very similar. I think they’re about one year off from what me and my sisters were when we lost our mother, and their personalities are not carbon copies but rather blurred out copies of our personalities exaggerated and fictionalized, obviously. Q: Has writing helped you cope with this kind of loss, or does it make it more difficult? A: I think in every form of artmaking, I am coping with who I am as a person. It’s so removed. I mean, especially for me with the loss of my mother, (it) is so removed by years that it didn’t upset me in the sense that I was like barely hearing something … But what it does do, especially this piece, is truly give my family an understanding of what it is to be a playwright. Although they’re very supportive, we’re an old-school Catholic Mexican family, and they are very cultured and well-read in the arts, but they didn’t really understand what playwrighting was. It wasn’t until this play came to life, and I shared a copy with them, that they were truly able to understand perhaps what you’re going at, which is the healing qualities of writing.
Dylan Smith / Daily Lobo A toy plane sits idly during rehearsal Wednesday night in Mesa Vista courtyard. The play, “Ash Tree,” features a colorful array of props and costumes that reinforce themes of childhood and fantasy.
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The Far East can be found right here in Albuquerque. Aki Matsuri, the Japanese fall festival sponsored by the New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League is this Sunday at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. The NM JACL, a civil rights and education organization, hosts Aki Matsuri every year to teach and share Japanese culture with the community, said Calvin Kobayashi, NM JACL treasurer. The festival simultaneously entertains and helps preserve Japanese culture. The festival features Okinawa dancing, Taiko drumming and singing. There are also martial arts demonstrations, including kendo, judo and karate, as well as weapons demonstrations. Past themes have included anime, calligraphy and ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. This year’s theme is kabuki, which is a highly stylized Japanese dance drama that dates back to the 17th century, Kobayashi said. In kabuki theater, the actors
wear heavy makeup or masks, and men play both male and female roles. The costumes are elaborate and oversized. Keeping in line with that theme, the festival will be showing a traditional kabuki film from Japan with English subtitles and narration. Esther Churchwell, NM JACL board member, said that in addition to cultural sharing, Aki Matsuri allows attendees to get a better idea of Japan’s history. Although there isn’t a large Japanese population in New Mexico, it has a history of which many people may not be aware, Churchwell said. “There was an internment camp in Santa Fe during World War II,” she said. “For years, the Santa Fe Council did not want to recognize that because it was right in the middle of their community.” But there was a sort of dichotomy in the Japanese experience in New Mexico, Churchwell said. Gallup was one of the towns in New Mexico that voted not to send the Japanese to internment camps, she said. “We are very much concerned about the civil and human rights of everyone, not only Japanese
Americans, and that’s because of what happened to the Japanese Americans during World War II,” Churchwell said. Kobayashi said the NM JACL also has a long-term goal of creating a Japanese Cultural Center, similar to the National Hispanic Cultural Center where the Aki Matsuri will be held this year. The event serves as a fundraiser for the effort to build that cultural center, which would include a museum, a library and a theater, along with other restaurants and businesses. Box: Aki Matsuri Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 Fourth Street S.W. nmjacl.org
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1700 COAL SE. 2BDRM, remodeled, wood floors, W/D, $750/mo + utilities, $300dd. No pets please. 453-9745. STUDIOS 1 BLOCK UNM, Free utilities, Refrigerated Air. $455/mo. 246-2038. 1515 Copper NE. www.kachina-properties.com WWW.UNMRENTALS.COM Awesome university apartments. Unique, hardwood floors, FP’s, courtyards, fenced yards. Houses, cottages, efficiencies, studios, 1, 2 and 3BDRM’s. Garages. 843-9642. Open 7 days/week.
Houses For Rent FOR RENT 2-3BDRM. Great condition. 10 min UNM. $875. General Hodges NE. Available Oct.1st. 719-746-2233, 505-803-2879. Mary or Joseph. SUPER CUTE!!! 4 bedroom house for rent at 825 Monroe NE, near UNM and Nob Hill. New paint and carpet. $1200 month. Call 505-872-8937. GREAT LOOKING, SMALL guesthouse. GREAT location and common yard. Graduate students. Fully furnished, utilities included. $500/mo. 414-2684.
Rooms For Rent 1 ROOMATE WANTED to share house near UNM with 2 males. $400/month. Male or female, must be clean. New kitchen/ furnace, refrigerated air, W/D. Call Zach 414-5995. LUXURY NEAR CAMPUS. 1-2BDRMS available in 3BDRM 2BA House with laidback, clean, focused roommates. Appliances included. Newly/Beautifully renovated. 6 Min from campus. $390/mo (505)-720-7959. SHARE GREAT REMODLED home. All new appliances. Energy efficient. Safe. Quiet. SE neighborhood. Near UNM, CNM and KASB. Must see. 2 unfurnished rooms. Call 505-205-8944. ROOMMATE WANTED. CENTRAL and Unser. $388/mo utilities included. Call 505-261-9045. PETS POSSIBLE, $450/MO, clean house, students only, bus/bike route, full laundry, 4BDRM house with graduate students. Nice kitchen, gym, study room, lgbtq friendly. 459-2071. FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED. 3BDRM house looking for 1 roommate. 505-310-1529. FEMALE UNM STUDENT roommate wanted. Available immediately to share 4BDRM house. $450/mo. +1/4 utilities. Less then a mile from UNM campus. Call 505 350-4711. LESS THAN 1 BLOCK FROM UNM! 2 females in house on Stanford. Male/female 19-23. Studious, clean but enjoys having fun. $400/mo. Call Jenny: 505400-1901. SPAIN/EUBANK. FURNISHED ROOM in large house. Need female student to share w/2 females & 3 dogs for fall semester only. $400/mo utl. included. 619-616-6115, renee2234@gmail.com 3BDRM HOUSE. FREE parking. Extremely close to campus. Wood floors. W/D. $400/mo. Utilities included. Call or text 505-306-0667.
Pets BALL PYTHON FOR sale. 55 gallon tank and everything you need $200. 505-400-1201. ROBO HAMSTERS FOR sale, asking for a small fee of $5. Email: cperez09@unm.edu for more info or pictures. COCKATIEL FOR SALE. Beautiful and friendly with different color. For more information call 730-2176 or 323-2176. WHITE ALBINO RABBIT comes with fairly new wooden cage and food. Cage is in good condition and a good size for him. $25/obo. 505-730-2291.
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CLEAN, QUIET, AFFORDABLE, 2BDRM $750/mo utilities included. 3 blocks to UNM, no pets. 262-0433.
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UNM/CNM STUDIOS, 1BDRM, 2BDRMS, 3BDRMS, and 4BDRMS. William H. Cornelius, Real Estate Consultant: 243-2229.
CAP AND GOWN from 2011 UNM graduation. For a person 5’3”. Reasonable price: $22. Call now: 702-7269.
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For Interview 505-296-2202. PUEBLO OF ISLETA (POI) is seeking an energetic and talented individual to provide leadership and support to the Head Start/ Early Head Start and Child Care program. This position is responsible for the educational services, comprehensive family services, and management for the programs serving children age birth to 5 years from the Pueblo of Isleta. POI is a Native American Community overseeing services to over 500 Native American children and families. We offer great benefits including health, dental, and vision, 410K, company paid life insurance and STD/LTD, vacation, sick, personal and holiday time and many paid training opportunities. Requirements include a Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related area as well as experience with Head Start Performance Standards. Salary DOE. For a complete position description log on to www.isletapueblo.com, career section of the home page. Submit a POI application/resume with names/phone numbers of three professional and three personal references to Human Resources Department, Pueblo of Isleta, P.O. Box 1270, Isleta, NM 87022. Fax 869-2812, or email to poi70103@isletapueblo.com closing date: open till filled. The POI is a drugfree workplace and requires background checks. !!!BARTENDING!!!: $300/DAY potential. No experience necessary, training available. 1-800-965-6520ext.100. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES $15 Base/Appt. PT/FT schedules available, continue in the spring, customer sales/service, no experience necessary, cond. apply, all ages 18+, call now. ABQ: 505-2433081; NW/RR: 505-891-0559. VETERINARY ASSISTANT/ RECEPTIONIST/ Kennel help. Pre-veterinary student preferred. Ponderosa Animal Clinic: 881-8990/ 881-8551. TEACH ENGLISH IN Korea! 2012 Teach and Learn in Korea (TaLK) sponsored by Korean government. ●$1,300/month (15hrs/week) plus airfares, housing, medical insurance Must have completed two years of undergraduate. Last day to apply: 11/30/11 Please visit the website www.talk.go.kr 2011 English Program In Korea (EPIK) ●$1,600-2,500/month plus housing, airfare, medical insurance, paid vacation Must have BA degree Last day to apply: November 11th **this date is tentative and could change depending on circumstances** Please visit the website www.epik.go.kr Jai - (213)386-3112ext.201. jai.kecla@gmail.com
DO YOU ENJOY singing and playing music with children? Seeking Music Specialist to provide lively entertainment and informal education in After School Programs in NE, NW and University areas. Must provide own musical instrument. PT 10-15 hrs/wk, $13.00 /hr. Experience with school age children preferred. Apply online at www.campfireabq.org or in person at 1613 University NE. PROGRAMMER, ASSOCIATE. WRITE the most innovative proprietary stock and commodity trading and analysis software in the world. Collaborate with the largest and most powerful global media companies while working in a relaxed, small office environment in NE ABQ. Gain exposure to the markets. If you have object oriented coding preferably with C++, C#, or Java, send resume, code and $ requirements to drcsolutions@gmail.com and check out kaseco.com THE PUEBLO OF Isleta Head Start & Early Head Start Program is hiring for EHS Education Coordinator – Responsible for curriculum implementation and teacher supervision of enrolled children. Full-Time, 12 months. Salary: $38,300-$54,100 + benefits. BA in Early Childhood Education plus supervisor experience required. To view full job description: www.isletapueblo.com Submit a POI application/resume with names/phone numbers of 3 professional and 3 personal references to: POI Human Resources Department, Pueblo of Isleta, P.O. Box 1270, Isleta, NM 87022, or fax to: 505-869-2812, or email to poi70103@isletapueblo.com, Background checks are routinely conducted on prospective employees in order to certify compliance with minimum background standards established by the Pueblo of Isleta. Pueblo of Isleta is an equal employment opportunity employer. Closing dates: until filled. SOCCER COACHES. WE are looking for former and current soccer players to ref games on Saturdays. If you have experience working with kids, we will train you to ref. Please reply to info@ziafc.net FULL TIME LABORATORY Technologist needed for andrology and embryology procedures at the Center for Reproductive Medicine of New Mexico, in Albuquerque. A bachelor’s of science degree is required, experience with cell culture required. Fax a complete resume with references to: Laboratory dicrector 505-224-7476. ROMA BAKERY AND Deli downtown looking for kitchen/counter help Mon-Fri days. Please fill applications at 501 Roma Ave NW, 7am-2pm. !BARTENDER TRAINING! Bartending Academy, 3724 Eubank NE. www.newmexicobartending.com 2924180. UPSCALE FLOWER SHOP in NE Albuquerque. Looking for P/T: Counter help/ floral helper. Good phone etiquette and house keeping duties. Send resume and references to: Flower Shop P.O. Box 9142 Albuquerque, NM 87119.
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Volunteers VOLUNTEER TO BE on a Chase Crew at Balloon Fiesta! Register Thursday, September 29th from 9-4pm or Friday, October 30th from 9-7pm at Balloon Fiesta Park. UNM IS LOOKING for adult women with asthma for asthma research study. If you are interested in finding out more about this study, please contact Teresa at tarchibeque@salud.unm.edu or 2691074 (HRRC 09-330).
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