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UNM loses ‘freedom of speech’ lawsuit against conservative student organization
By Lily Alexander & Nate Bernard
The University of New Mexico can no longer enforce its security fee policy for on-campus speech events after the judge made a decision in a First Amendment lawsuit filed by the student chapter of conservative group Turning Point USA.
The University is not prohibited from enforcing security fees for nonspeech events, like sports, according to the lawsuit.
In the initial complaint, the Turning Point USA UNM chapter and the Leadership Institute alleged that UNM’s security fee and free speech policies were unconstitutional, in part citing the First Amendment. The
‘Speaking
complaint resulted from the security fees UNM imposed last year for conservative speaker Riley Gaines’ event on campus, according to the lawsuit.
Prior to the Gaines event, UNM Police Department Lieutenant Timothy Stump told TP-UNM it was required to pay over $10,000 in security fees, according to the lawsuit. This money would cover the presence of 33 police officers.
Lawyers of the Southeastern Legal Foundation — the firm representing the Leadership Institute and TP-UNM — argued that the imposed security fees were an act of “viewpoint discrimination” because the University chose not to implement security fees for other on-campus events, according to the lawsuit.
Stump told TP-UNM that an oncampus event such as the screening of the “Barbie” movie would likely not require police presence, accord-
ing to the lawsuit.
In February, the SLF filed the lawsuit against members of the University administration, including Stump and President Garnett Stokes. It filed a request for the court to issue a preliminary injunction, which is an order that preserves the status quo before the court makes a final judgment on the issue, according to Cornell Law School.
On Sept. 26, U.S. District Judge David Herrera Urias granted the request for preliminary injunction.
The court ruled that UNM was prohibited from enforcing its security policy for speech events and collecting payment for security fees for the Gaines event.
“This is a major win in the battle to protect the First Amendment rights of college students, regardless of the viewpoint they express,” Kimberly Hermann, executive di -
of Genocide’: Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies presents at UNM
By Shin Thant Hlaing
On Sept. 30, Brown University professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Omer Bartov, delivered a talk at the University of New Mexico about the war in Gaza.
Bartov is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on genocide, according to UNM Newsroom. He held a talk, called “Speaking of Genocide: the Holocaust, IsraelPalestine and the War in Gaza since
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FERNANDEZ: Hurricane Helene signals a rocky future as global temperatures rise (pg. 2)
SUAREZ FLINT: Artist Karl Orozco maps abandoned signs (pg. 2)
October 7,” at Anthropology Hall.
The hall — designed to accommodate 290 people — was filled with attendees, and more people stood outside in the hallway.
The talk was delivered the same day that the Israel Defense Forces began ground operations in southern Lebanon, according to the Washington Post.
Bartov fought for the IDF in the 1970s. However, as a genocide scholar, he was concerned by the parallels between Israeli attitudes toward Palestinians and German attitudes during the Holocaust, ac-
LIFKE: REVIEW: Logical fallacies in the vice presidential debate (pg. 3)
RITCH: REVIEW: One album from caving in: How Katy Perry’s career led to ‘143’ flopping (pg. 3)
FULTON: UNM hosts AI racial bias webinar with ‘Coded Bias’ director (pg. 4)
cording to the Guardian.
A Palestinian Mexican bilingual graphic exhibition titled “Enough is Enough! Stop the Genocide in Gaza” was displayed in the hallways outside the talk.
The event was co-sponsored by the UNM Department of Anthropology, Office of the Provost, Department of History, International Studies Institute and Jewish Voice for Peace, according to the UNM Anthropology website.
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas killed over 1,000 civilians in Israel, according to Human Rights Watch. According to Bartov, one cause of the attack was the attempted “judicial coup” by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July 2023. The Israeli parliament passed a bill that limited the power of the Supreme Court, according to Al Jazeera.
The political controversy created by this action led to polarization in Israeli society, according to Bartov. To Hamas, this was a sign of vulnerability that ultimately prompted it to launch the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, Bartov said.
In June, a United Nations commission declared Israeli authorities responsible for war crimes in Gaza, including willful killing and torture.
The IDF’s May offensive into Egypt-Palestine border city Rafah ultimately led to Bartov defining the war in Gaza as a genocide, he said. Before this offensive, he wrote in the New York Times that while “war crimes and crimes against human-
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rector of the SLF, wrote in a press release. “Governments at every level — including state universities — must equally protect the right to free speech and expression.”
In a statement to the Daily Lobo, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Cinnamon Blair wrote that the University is dedicated to upholding the First Amendment, and it intends to comply with the court’s order.
“While UNM is currently prohibited from charging fees for the security it provides for speech events, it remains committed to ensuring the safety of our campus and the safety of our students, faculty, staff and visitors,” Blair wrote.
TP-UNM plans to hold future events on campus, according to the lawsuit. TP-UNM co-President Jonathan Gonzales did not respond to two requests for com -
ment about future events.
The Albuquerque Party for Socialism and Liberation and its student chapter, Students for Socialism, wrote in a collective statement to the Daily Lobo that TP-USA’s representatives and politics would not be welcomed in Albuquerque at any venue.
“Albuquerque is a diverse city with a large international population, and ideas spread by Turning Point USA are dangerous to these already-vulnerable populations,” the statement reads.
Lily Alexander is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on X @llilyalexander
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Pro-Palestine protests recognize one year of war in Gaza Protesters blockade roundabout, hundreds march downtown
By
Leila Chapa
& Paloma Chapa @lchapa06 & @paloma_chapa88
On Oct. 4 and 5, two separate pro-Palestine protests took place in Downtown Albuquerque as the oneyear anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel neared. University of New Mexico students, faculty and alums were among those protesting.
Friday, Oct. 4
Pro-Palestine protesters gathered and marched from Civic Plaza to Robinson Park, where members of the group formed a blockade at the roundabout on Eighth Street and Central Avenue. The blockade lasted about five hours.
Protesters picketed and chanted, chalked and spray painted the pavement with pro-Palestine messages, and blocked off each exit of the roundabout with wood pallets. Other participants directed traffic on an alternate route.
UNM students and alums, including some members of the newly chartered UNM student organization UNM Students for Justice in Palestine, attended the protest in solidarity and called for UNM’s divestment from Israeli companies.
Over 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks and more have been displaced since Oct. 7, 2023, according to Al Jazeera.
Rakin Faruk, a UNM alum who was barred from campus following an on-campus protest, spoke during the rally at Civic Plaza.
“It is now 2024, and Israel is bombing not only Palestine, but Lebanon, Yemen and Syria,” Faruk said.
Mark Campell is a UNM graduate student involved with UNM Students for Justice in Palestine.
“The organization formed out of the ashes of the encampment,” Campbell said. “We’re not going anywhere until we get divestment.”
The Albuquerque Police Depart-
ment arrived at the blockcaded roundabout at 6:30 p.m. and blocked off Central Avenue with multiple vehicles on two sides of the roundabout.
At about 7:10 p.m., an altercation occurred with a counter-protester who was driving a vehicle decorated with “Trump Vance” campaign signs and flags. He exited his vehicle and approached the group, mocking chants and verbally threatening protesters. He threatened to pepper spray the group before eventually being escorted away by members of the protest.
About 30 minutes later, an APD officer arrived and declared the demonstration an unlawful assembly.
“You need to disperse or it could lead to your arrest,” the officer said from the vehicle’s megaphone.
Just before 9 p.m., protesters lowered the United States flag mounted on a pole at the roundabout and replaced it with the flag of Palestine. Ten minutes later, at least five APD officers showed up to take down the Palestinian flag.
Tara Smith, a protester at the roundabout, said she will not stop showing up to similar actions until the bombs in Palestine stop.
“Any of the fears that I have when I show up to something like this just get erased out of my mind when I think about why I’m here,” Smith said. “It is nothing compared to what so many people are facing because of this war happening.”
The protest concluded at about 9:30 p.m., when protesters collectively dispersed from the roundabout and marched down Central Avenue. The march coincided with the ABQ Artwalk, where some onlookers chanted alongside the group.
Saturday, Oct. 5
The next day, hundreds of people rallied and marched from Robinson Park to the office of Sen. Ben Ray Luján at Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue. The event was part of an in-
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Omer Bartov speaks to the crowd at UNM’s Anthropology Hall on Monday, Sept. 30. The UNM anthropology department hosted Bartov to give a talk about the war in Gaza.
Hurricane Helene signals a rocky future as global temperatures rise
By Maria Fernandez @dailylobo
With NASA’s estimated 140 mile per hour winds and the reported
8-foot wall of water crashing ashore in Florida, Hurricane Helene was projected to be the strongest the state had seen since 1851. After it unexpectedly encroached onto Appalachia, conversations sparked about regions that
used to be deemed climate “safe havens” — including New Mexico.
By the time Helene hit the Big Bend region of Florida as a Category 4 storm, it wreaked havoc from the Gulf Coast all the way to North Carolina, flooding neighborhoods and damaging buildings, according to NBC. At least 227 people were dead as of Oct. 5, according to the Associated Press.
Evacuation orders sent residents scrambling to escape the storm’s path in the hours leading up to He-
lene’s hectic arrival on land late in the evening of Sept. 26 it brought with it a reminder of the devastation Hurricane Katrina caused in 2005.
The last 20 years have seen the dawn of more powerful and costly hurricanes, including Hurricane Michael in 2018 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Scientists say the phenomenon is due to global climate change and the increase of sea levels and water temperatures as the ice covering 10% of Earth’s surface melts, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The number of Category 3 or stronger hurricanes — deemed “major” hurricanes — has doubled since 1980, and the time it takes for hurricanes to intensify has decreased in that same time frame, according to the Environmental Defense Fund.
The increase in casualties and destruction caused by hurricanes in the modern era has brought up an important question: Why are hurricanes seemingly becoming deadlier than they used to be?
Elizabeth Ripley, a middle school science teacher who lives in North Carolina, believes rising temperatures may be the reason.
Ripley lives in Weaverville, a small town near the North Carolina-Tennessee border that was impacted by Hurricane Helene.
“With warmer ocean waters causing hurricanes to be more intense and frequent, I definitely think climate change played a part in what happened,” Ripley said.
Ripley’s neighborhood suffered from flooded basements, and trees and powerlines collapsing onto see Hurricane Helene page 4
Artist Karl Orozco: ‘Signs of Life’
By Isaac Suarez Flint @dailylobo
When grappling with loss during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, artist Karl Orozco had nothing to say.
“I knew that I could reflect that moment through absence, and that would be more powerful than putting anything on a platform,” Orozco said.
After moving to Albuquerque from New York City in summer 2020 to teach art at the Albuquerque Academy, Orozco found himself not only wrestling with his role as an artist during a global tragedy, but with being placed in a starkly different environment than where he had begun his professional career.
Craving a new beginning in his creative work, Orozco wanted to change his practice to reflect his surroundings. This prompted the beginnings of his most recent body of work, “Signs of Life.”
The project began as a singular pho-
tograph of an abandoned billboard. To Orozco, it stood as a monument in the Southwest’s quiet urban landscape and a reminder of the life that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Orozco parallels this quietness to the use of the Southwestern landscape in numerous movies depicting postapocalyptic worlds with scattered signs of human life.
“For me, I’m interested in the fact that there’s an absence in messaging, and it still reads as a monument. It still reads as an object that people can recognize,” he said.
After photographing his first sign, Orozco started compiling and documenting abandoned signage across the city, creating maps and lists of where each sign was located along with a photo of the site.
As the collection grew, he experimented with different mediums to express the visual data he collected.
After finding that a print format made the project feel too static, Orozco put the images through Blender,
a 3D computer graphics software.
“When I started working with the signs in Blender, it took on this note rather than ‘Oh, how sad it is for this object to be here and out of use,’” Orozco said. “It instead became ‘It’s here, it’s in this state currently and it won’t be forever.’”
“Signs of Life” is now a video exhibition on display at Albuquerque’s Sanitary Tortilla Factory, a community art space downtown. Visitors can view the exhibition until Oct. 25. Orozco hopes viewers take their time with the exhibit, reflecting its meaning onto their own experiences.
“I want the installation to be meditative,” Orozco said. “I want it to be a space for contemplation. I want it to be a space that is invoking a mirror between two worlds.”
Isaac Suarez Flint is a freelance reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at culture@ dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
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The French Broad River floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Mills River, North Carolina on Sept. 28. Photo courtesy of Katy Nichols.
The French Broad River from Boylston Highway in Asheville, North Carolina during the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28. Photo courtesy of Katy Nichols.
A young gallery visitor looks at the “Signs of Life” exhibit notes by artist Karl Orozco at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory in Albuquerque on Friday, Oct. 4.
Logical fallacies in the vice presidential debate
By Lauren Lifke @lauren_lifke
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz met in New York for their first and only vice presidential debate.
Compared to the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the candidates used far fewer obvious logical fallacies — “reasoning that comes to a conclusion without the evidence to support it,” according to Merriam-Webster. Still, Vance and Walz each used their fair share of fallacies last week.
Texas sharpshooter
“Kamala Harris has a record. 250,000 more manufacturing jobs just out of the IRA.” — Walz
The Texas sharpshooter fallacy occurs when one “fails to take randomness into account when determining cause and effect, instead emphasizing how outcomes are
similar rather than how they are different,” according to Investopedia.
When moderator Norah O’Donnell asked Walz to address the fact that voters say they trust Trump on the economy more than Harris, Walz provided evidence that was not inherently true.
He brought up hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs that have been created since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed two years ago. He then attributed job creation to the IRA itself.
It’s still too early to discern the exact impact of the IRA on the United States manufacturing sector, according to Reuters. Though Walz isn’t inherently wrong — as the investments of the IRA created jobs — it isn’t necessarily true that the jobs were created solely due to the act.
Red herring
“Tim, I’m focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation?” — Vance
A red herring is defined as “something that distracts attention from the real issue,” according to Merriam-Webster.
When Walz asked Vance whether Trump won the 2020 election, Vance didn’t answer. Instead, he pivoted to an accusation of Harris.
“That is a damning non-answer,” Walz replied.
Later, when the results of the election were brought up once more, Vance again didn’t answer and instead mentioned the 2016 election. Vance never gave a straightforward “yes” or “no” in response to whether he believes Trump won the 2020 election.
False equivalence
“If we want to say that we need to respect the results of the election, I’m on board. But if we want to say — as Tim Walz is saying — that this is just a problem that Republicans have had, I don’t buy that.” — Vance
A false equivalence occurs when one argues that “two completely op-
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posing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not,” according to Logically Fallacious.
When Walz said that Trump did not accept the outcome of the 2020 election, Vance replied by insinuating that leaders of both parties have
committed the same act.
“Hillary Clinton in 2016 said that Donald Trump had the election stolen by Vladimir Putin,” Vance said. Clinton alleged the election see Fallacies page 5
By Elijah Ritch @dailylobo
Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of sexual assault and abuse. Katy Perry is strange. Each of the pop stars who rose to prominence in the late 2000s to early 2010s had their own carefully curated images. Lady Gaga was the eccentric auteur and the one who especially brought in the crucial gay audience. Kesha was the unabashed
party animal. Rihanna was the consistent hitmaker who could move through different sounds and styles with ease.
Perry was a curious combination of girl next door, bi-curious flirt and campy children’s cartoon come to life.
She could be marketed to every demographic; her silliness — think of the dancing sharks at her 2015 Super Bowl halftime show performance — appealed to kids, but her lyrics were adult enough to attract the attention of a more mature au-
dience. Her status as a pop diva garnered the admiration of the gays, and her sex appeal was all straight guys needed to tune in.
Perry was arguably the most lucrative of her peers. From 2010-11, Perry spent a record of 69 weeks with at least one song on the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 — all number-one hits from the “Teenage Dream” album. Her career only grew with her 2013 album “Prism,” which contained two more massive hits in “Dark Horse” featuring Juicy J and “Roar.” She was one of the most famous people in the world.
Now, it’s 2024 — and oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Perry has been in a tough spot for a while. She started her own designer shoe line for some reason. Her 2017 album “Witness” was a flop for her standards, while 2020’s “Smile” was a flop, period.
Perry’s 2021-23 Las Vegas concert residency “Play” became the 19th-highest-grossing concert residency of all time, according to Billboard — which is impressive, except that Vegas residencies are typically where pop stars go to die. And of course there’s “American
Idol,” which Perry was a judge on for seven years. Her stint on the singing competition show was inarguably her best career move in upwards of a decade; she made $25 million per year, according to Taste of Country.
On July 11, Perry released her first song in three years. “Woman’s World” was the lead single for her seventh album, “143.” It was instantly met with backlash for a myriad of reasons. As suggested by its title, the song is trying to be a women’s empower-
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UNM hosts AI racial bias webinar with ‘Coded Bias’ director
By Addison Fulton @dailylobo
On Oct. 2, the University of New Mexico hosted a webinar Q&A with filmmaker Shalini Kantayya, the creator of a 2020 documentary about the racial bias in artificial intelligence called “Coded Bias.”
“Coded Bias” started with Kantayya’s attempt to empower herself. She intended to make a mirror that would superimpose inspiring images — such as a lion’s head to channel strength — over her face. However, in trying to make the mirror, she realized that facial recognition technology wasn’t detecting or working on her face. It would, however, recognize an uncanny white mask as a face.
Kantayya realized that the faces used to train facial recognition technology were predominantly those of white men. The machine had never been taught that faces like hers — a Black woman — were faces too, meaning it struggled to recognize her.
Kantayya said she first “fell down
the rabbit hole” when she read the book “Weapons of Math Destruction” by Cathy O’Neil.
“I was surprised by the extent to which we as human beings are outsourcing our autonomy to machines in ways that really change lives and shape human destinies,”
Kantayya said. “And that’s when I really began to understand that AI is radically changing who gets hired, who gets health care, even how long a prison sentence someone may serve.”
The discovery led Kantayya to uncover the ways in which data and algorithms dictate our lives and the ways in which said algorithms are biased, though often unintentionally.
As the lead in the documentary, Joy Buolamwini, says, “Data is destiny.”
It further explains that AI replicates the world as it is and as it has been. This means the biases of our history are present and exacerbated by AI. The film tells the story of Amazon’s experiment with AI in hiring.
Kantayya explained that AI
regulation is currently very loose — in some cases, almost nonexistent. Its biggest problem is that it’s “not keeping pace with the technology,” she said.
Another one of the primary concerns is who owns the data, who owns the code, and the data that data goes into the code.
“I don’t think I could even find numbers on people of color AI researchers,” Kantayya said. “So that is abysmal — worse than being a woman doctor in the 1940s.”
Facial recognition and AI also poses a civil rights issue, the documentary notes. Often, people’s faces are added to databases without their consent. (And too often, facial recognition is bad at distinguishing faces of color, according to the documentary.)
The documentary specifically notes the problem that AI has caused with false positives in matching individuals to “wanted” lists, even when the person was innocent.
Concerns that were raised four years ago in the film are still relevant now, as tools like ChatGPT
become more popular and lives are increasingly automated — even in artistic mediums such as film.
“The role of arts is sometimes to give us a reflection of the world that we’re living in and to help us dream of new futures,” Kantayya said. “I will say that I’m very concerned about what’s happening as AI becomes the cultural producer and the artist … What I worry about is that we often talk about these platforms as free speech, as our public squares. But they’re not. They’re multibillion dollar tech companies.”
Kantayya is still working on films related to technology. In 2022, she created a documentary called “TikTok, Boom” and is currently working on a project about dating apps.
Addison Fulton is the culture editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
Students react to Rio Grande Rivalry win
By Paloma Chapa @paloma_chapa88
For the first time since 2021, the University of New Mexico football team beat New Mexico State University in the match known as the “Rio Grande Rivalry.”
UNM and NMSU have been football rivals since 1894, according to Source NM. On Sept. 28, the Lobos beat the Aggies 50-40 at NMSU’s
ity were happening,” there was “no proof” of genocide in Gaza.
The deliberate targeting of civilian structures to prevent displaced populations from returning and the creation of a “security zone” between Israeli settlements and Gazan populations is evidence of genocide,
homes and covering roads for the first few days after Helene hit, forcing residents to use bikes to get around.
Ripley was fortunate to have her water and power restored within four days, but she said other residents in her area were not so lucky.
Torrential rain hit the South in the days leading up to Helene’s landfall, causing saturated soils. Rivers and creeks were already full when the hurricane hit, Ripley said.
“Resources are so strained right now, and with such a large area impacted, trying to meet everyone’s needs and get sufficient resources dispersed involves a lot of patience,” Ripley said. “Everyone is working re-
home field.
Entering the game with no wins this year, the Lobos were favored to win. Despite this, people had their doubts.
Days after the game, UNM students around campus shared their thoughts on the win with the Daily Lobo.
Freshman Aylin Chavez said the win did not surprise her because she had looked into the records of both teams.
“Honestly, the records on both sides weren’t too different, so I thought we had a really good, fair
according to Bartov.
According to UNM professor Les Field, who invited Bartov to speak to the campus, the talk was meant to facilitate deeper discussions around divestment from Israeli companies. It was intended to bring together people with a variety of perspectives
ally hard to help the neighborhoods, but a lot of people are frustrated and there are still a lot of needs that need to be met.”
As production of fossil fuels has increased, the output of gases traps heat from the sun, which leads to rising global temperatures, according to ClientEarth. Consequently, sea levels and water temperatures that feed hurricanes rise, making the storms exponentially more destructive.
New Mexico is one of the largest producers of crude oil in the nation, putting out just over 1.8 million barrels per day in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
shot,” Chavez said.
On the other hand, Jarett Casalduc, also a freshman, said the result of the game came as a shock to him.
“I just heard from everyone — like even my friends and family — they’re like, ‘Oh, the Lobos are bad,’” Casalduc said. “So I was like, ‘They’re probably going to lose to the Aggies.’”
For both Casalduc and Chavez, it was their first time participating in the pregame traditions.
“I thought Red Rally was a lot of fun, too. I got to hang out with my
on the issue, as well as correct notions that anti-Semitism is the cause of student movements that are critical of Israel, he said.
In April, the Daily Lobo revealed that UNM held investments in two mutual funds that contain investments in Israeli companies. The University also
Oil production and use leaks carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — a key driving force behind climate change, according to Brookings.
While New Mexico doesn’t directly suffer the effects of hurricanes, the severity of climate change can be felt here at home.
Feleecia Guillen — the director of environmental affairs for the Associated Students at the University of New Mexico and the director of communication and outreach for UNM Leaders for Environmental Action and Foresight — wrote in a statement to the Daily Lobo that Albuquerque has been feeling some impacts of rising temperatures.
“While some of us witness the dev-
friends, listen to the music and watch the Aggie burn,” Chavez said.
Senior Isaiah Sillemon is a tight end for the UNM football team. Beating the Aggies this year was personal, he said, because his first career start was a loss against NMSU.
“A lot of coaches felt like I played my best game of the year, which I felt like, too. And it really felt good,” Sillemon said.
When it comes to the reputation that the Lobos developed after losing several games in the past few sea-
holds bonds in Honeywell — a company that produces IDF missile parts.
Field expressed his appreciation for UNM and attendees of the talk.
sons, Sillemon said the team is going to remain positive. Not everyone can play football, he said.
“Not everybody’s built for it. So if they’re gonna laugh, they’re gonna laugh,” Sillemon said. “We’re the ones putting in the work, regardless of the outcome.”
Paloma Chapa is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at multimedia@dailylobo. com or on Twitter @paloma_chapa88
“It exceeded my wildest hopes,” Field said. “The attendance was absolutely stupendous, the attendance of various groups, from regents to political figures, student activists, administration people — all of those groups were there.”
astation of hurricanes from the safety of our phones, we haven’t truly internalized what these events mean,” Guillen wrote.
Poor and disadvantaged communities bear the brunt of the devastation, Guillen said. These communities are sometimes situated in flood-prone areas. They lack resources to evacuate and the means to rebuild when everything is lost, Guillen wrote, and some aspects of Appalachia parallel those of New Mexico.
“Both regions are heavily exploited for their natural resources,” Guillen wrote. “And both are experiencing environmental destruction and economic disinvestment, leaving vulnerable com-
Shin Thant Hlaing is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
munities to fend for themselves in the face of climate disasters.”
According to Guillen, UNM students have a unique opportunity to contribute to the fight against climate change, as advocating at local universities is a key part of shaping the policies and priorities of local and state government.
“Ultimately, UNM students have a powerful role to play in driving climate solutions,” Guillen wrote. “The stakes have never been higher, and the time for action is now.”
Maria Fernandez is a freelance reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@ dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
Photo courtesy of IMDb.
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ternational day of action, according to the Albuquerque Party of Socialism and Liberation.
The protest was primarily organized by the ABQ PSL. Activist organizations, UNM students and faculty, and community members attended the protest, along with children and their families.
Five-year-old Amara Cabre De La Cruz, from Santa Fe, spoke during the rally at Robinson Park.
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was stolen because of Facebook ads, Vance said. This comparison equated Clinton’s accusations to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters who believed the election was stolen by Biden and allies. Walz called out this false equivalence.
ment anthem. But with lyrics like “Fire in her eyes/Feminine divine/ She was born to shine,” the song is merely Perry spouting platitudes that she knows the general public will agree with.
It doesn’t work because Perry’s message is nothing new. Her simplistic lyrics have already been said by countless feminist scholars and activists — and in ways that are infinitely more eloquent.
On its own, “Woman’s World” is inoffensive at best. The music video, however, is where things start to get strange.
The content of the video is, in typi-
“Palestine children need help … we need to get genocide to quit it … Palestine is never going to leave us,” she said to the crowd.
Palestinian activist Fatima Awad told the Daily Lobo that she worries about her family living in the West Bank.
“One bomb drops, that’s my entire bloodline gone,” Awad said. “My cousins are sending me videos, and they’re scared deathly because they
“January 6 was not Facebook ads,”
Walz said.
“You can’t yell ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.” — Walz
hear bombs. I wake up in fear every day that I might be given the news that my family is dead and there’s no way to take them out.”
Awad described a recent video shared by her family members.
“Seeing my little cousin sitting in the corner crying with his ears covered — this is their childhood,” she said.
Similar protests took place around the world ahead of Oct. 7. Thousands
marched in London, Paris, Cape Town and New York City, according to Reuters.
“My passion comes from the people of Palestine the people who are suffering, the people who don’t get the chance to speak up, the people who don’t get the chance to come to protest and share the truth,” Awad said.
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When Vance accused Harris of censorship and called for the bipartisan rejection of it, Walz objected using an age-old comparison to justify his claim that there is no First Amendment right to spread disinformation.
cal Perry fashion, deeply silly. She is clearly trying to depict strong and independent women, but all that the women in the video are allowed to be are stupid sex objects.
That’s not to say that women’s sexuality and empowerment are contradictory, but they don’t come together here. At one point, Trisha Paytas — yes, you read that right — pulls a rope attached to a monster truck, and the camera takes great care to show how big her breasts are. What are we even doing here?
And then there’s the Dr. Luke of it all.
He’s one of the most successful
Walz referenced a 1969 Supreme Court decision that prohibited free speech in some cases, according to MSNBC. The ruling prohibited speech that may incite imminent violence. Yelling that there’s a fire in
pop music producers in American music history, prominently working with Katy Perry and Kesha at the height of their careers. In 2014, Kesha filed a lawsuit against Dr. Luke for “sexual assault and battery, among other claims,” while Dr. Luke countersued for defamation, according to Pitchfork.
After a series of lawsuits that went on for almost a decade, both parties reached a settlement in 2023, the details of which were not disclosed, according to NPR. While dozens of musicians spoke up in support of Kesha in 2016, Perry remained silent until two
a crowded theater when there isn’t one, for example, is not protected under free speech.
Spreading disinformation, however, does not fall under this Supreme Court decision, according to MSNBC. Walz faultily compared incitement of violence — a non-protected form of
years later, when Kesha claimed that Perry had also been assaulted by Dr. Luke — which Perry denied, according to NME.
Dr. Luke then successfully sued Kesha for defamation.
Perry did not collaborate with Dr. Luke on either “Witness” or “Smile,” but has returned to working with him on “143.”
The presence of an alleged rapist on an album about feeling empowered and in touch with the divine feminine after becoming a mother is wholly contradictory. Any crumb of worth that could be found in the message of “Woman’s World” is null
speech — to disinformation, which is often protected.
Lauren Lifke is the managing editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on X @lauren_lifke
and void because of Perry’s platforming of Dr. Luke.
The release of “143” has been the most attention Perry has received in years, but none of it has been positive. Many celebrities have come back from worse, but Perry has a tall order ahead of her if she wants to regain the public’s favor. In terms of pop icons, she may just be the one that got away.
Elijah Ritch is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. They can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
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MONDAY
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MCM Living Room
10:00am – 2:00pm Hosted by Anderson School of Management.
Manicure Monday Group Room, WRC
2:30 – 4:00pm Attend for a DIY manicure. Hang out, relax, meet new people, and do a little self care. Nail polish is provided.
Art & Music
Abraham Franck Quartet Keller Hall 7:30 – 9:00pm UNM’s graduate string quartet, coached by Dr. Christoph Wagner.
TUESDAY
Campus Events
Playlists, Snacks and Study Hacks: Midterms
MCM Living Room 10:00am – 2:00pm Hosted by Anderson School of Management.
Ghouling Pianos - Dueling Piano Show SUB, Atrium 11:30am – 1:30pm With festive décor, amusing performances, and interactive entertainment, the Midwest Ghouling Pianos promises to be an unforgettable haunting experience.
Theater & Film
NUPAC Seminar PAIS, Room 3205
2:00 – 3:00pm Dr. Darcy Barron, UNM, presents.
Meetings
French Club Ortega Hall, Lab 4 2:00 – 3:00pm Hosted by the Language Learning Center.
Sports & Recreation
UNM Men’s Golf NB3 Matchplay Twin Warriors Golf Club, 1301 Tuyuna Trail
All Day
UNM Men’s Golf has a NB3 Matchplay. Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
UNM Women’s Golf NB3 Matchplay Twin Warriors Golf Club, 1301 Tuyuna Trail
All Day
UNM Women’s Golf has a NB3 Matchplay. Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
Art & Music
Hosted by Student Health and Counseling.
Lectures & Readings
Economics Seminar
Economics Department, Room 1002
2:30 – 3:30pm Dr. Kamal Saggi, Vanderbilt University, presents “Optimal International Price Regulations Under Endogenous Product Quality.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation PAIS 4:00 – 5:00pm Matthew Chow, Physics & Astronomy, presents “Scalable Methods for Performant Control of Hyperfine Qubits in Atoms and Ions.”
Art & Music
Symphonic Band Popejoy Hall 7:30 – 8:30pm
Conducted by Dr. Chad Simons. $15 general admission, $10 seniors and UNM employees, $5 students (18 must show student ID). This concert is included with the Student Concert Series pass.
FRIDAY
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French Film: La Pirogue Ortega Hall, Lab 4 12:00 – 3:00pm Baye Laye, a fisherman in Dakar, is asked to take thirty men to Spain. They don’t all understand one another, and some have never seen the sea. Above all, nobody knows what is in store.
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Bandelier Hall West, Room 104 1:00 – 2:00pm Madilynn Nolen, Geography, presents “New Materialism and Public Lands: Opportunities for human and nonhuman interactions at Petroglyph National Monument.”
Cello Studio Recital Keller Hall 7:30 – 9:00pm Featuring the students of Dr. Christoph Wagner.
WEDNESDAY
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Crafternoon
UNM Women’s Resource Center 12:00 – 2:00pm Hang out, relax, meet new people, and learn a new craft.
Trauma Informed Yoga SHAC Plaza 5:15 – 6:15pm
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Monday
ASUNM Southwest Film Center
View the movie schedule at swfc.unm.edu
SUB Theatre, Room 1003
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe
Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm
Monday: 8am-8pm
2201 Silver Avenue SE
Bedrock Kitchen
Vegan, Vegetarian and Meat Lovers
Monday: 8am-4pm 5333 4th St NW 87107
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM–10:30 PM
915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Check out our upcoming events at outpostspace.org
Student ticket prices available!
Quirky Used Books & More Books, Puzzles, Stickers, Mugs, Etc. Mon: 11am – 6pm
120 Jefferson St NE
Quirky Used Books & More
More than 16,000 Used Books Tue: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
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Birthright of Albuquerque
Providing love, support, and hope to woman both before and after childbirth.
http://www.birthright.org/albuquerque
Monday 10AM-1PM
3228 Candelaria Rd NE
2025 Honorary Degree Nominations
2024 Honorary Degree Nominations
The Honorary Degree Committee, a subcommittee of the Faculty Senate Graduate & Professional Committee, is charged with the solicitation of nominations for honorary degree recipients. On behalf of the Committee, the Office of the University Secretary hereby requests nominations for honorary degree recipients. Strong candidates will be eminent individuals and scholars whose contributions are of general significance, and transcend geographical limitations. Nominations of individuals who have contributed significantly to the cultural or scientific development of the Southwest or to the spiritual or material welfare of its people are especially welcome. A successful nominee must have an exemplary record of academic or public accomplishment in keeping with the University’s standards of rigor, quality, and significance. Honorary degrees are awarded at spring commencement.
The Honorary Degree Committee, a subcommittee of the Faculty Senate Graduate & Professional Committee, is charged with the solicitation of nominations for honorary degree recipients. On behalf of the Committee, the Office of the University Secretary hereby requests nominations for honorary degree recipients. Strong candidates will be eminent individuals and scholars whose contributions are of general significance, and transcend geographical limitations. Nominations of individuals who have contributed significantly to the cultural or scientific development of the Southwest or to the spiritual or material welfare of its people are especially welcome. A successful nominee must have an exemplary record of academic or public accomplishment in keeping with the University’s standards of rigor, quality, and significance. Honorary degrees are awarded at spring commencement.
Nominators should submit a letter stating in sufficient detail reasons for the nomination. Please include biographical information, a record of accomplishment, and supporting letters. Because the Honorary Degree Committee must choose among illustrious nominees, please provide as complete a nomination as possible.
Nominators should submit a letter stating in sufficient detail reasons for the nomination. Please include biographical information, a record of accomplishment, and supporting letters. Because the Honorary Degree Committee must choose among illustrious nominees, please provide as complete a nomination as possible.
The nominations should be sent to the Office of the University Secretary, Scholes Hall, Room 103 or univsec@unm.edu no later than Tuesday, October 17 , 2023
• If a nominee is proposed by a person, department, or college representing a discipline other than that of the nominee (e.g., Music nominates a poet), the Committee will consult with the appropriate faculty before making a recommendation.
• The nominations should be sent to the Office of the University Secretary, Scholes Hall, Room 103 or univsec@unm.edu, no later than Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
• A listing of past honorary degree recipients is available on our website at http://graduation.unm.edu/honorarydeg.html
• If a nominee is proposed by a person, department, or college representing a discipline other than that of the nominee (e.g., Music nominates a poet), the Committee will consult with the appropriate faculty before making a recommendation. The Honaray Degree Policy and a listing of past honorary degree recipemts is avalible on our website https://secretary.unm.edu/awards/honary_degrees/
Sunshine Theater Shannon and The Clams w/ The Deslondes
Monday October 7th 2024 · 7:30pm
$22· 6:30pm Doors· All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. Walk in HIV Testing
Monday: 8am-noon 801 Encino Pl NE
University Secretary 2025 Honorary Degree Nominations
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Scholes Hall, Room 103, univsec@unm.edu
Tuesday
ASUNM Southwest Film Center
View the movie schedule at swfc.unm.edu SUB Theatre, Room 1003
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Tuesday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
Bedrock Kitchen
Vegan, Vegetarian and Meat Lovers Tuesday: 8am-4pm 5333 4th St NW 87107
Big Ass Cookies Order delicious sweets online! @bigasscookiesllc oterolane@yahoo.com 505-550-9478
Birthright of Albuquerque
Providing love, support, and hope to woman both before and after childbirth. http://www.birthright.org/albuquerque Tuesday 10AM-1PM 3228 Candelaria Rd NE
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center 8 AM–10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Check out our upcoming events at outpostspace.org
Student ticket prices available!
$28 - $78· 6:30pm Doors· All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102 Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. Walk in HIV Testing Tuesday: 1pm-5pm 801 Encino Pl NE
University Secretary 2025 Honorary Degree Nominations Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Scholes Hall, Room 103, univsec@unm.edu
Wednesday
ASUNM Southwest Film Center View the movie schedule at swfc.unm.edu SUB Theatre, Room 1003
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Wednesday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE Bedrock Kitchen Vegan, Vegetarian and Meat Lovers Wednesday: 8am-4pm 5333 4th St NW 87107 Big Ass Cookies Order delicious sweets online! @bigasscookiesllc oterolane@yahoo.com
Test With Truman
Be Empowered. Know Your Status.
801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312
University Secretary
2025 Honorary Degree Nominations
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Scholes Hall, Room 103, univsec@unm.edu
Thursday
ASUNM Southwest Film Center
View the movie schedule at swfc.unm.edu
SUB Theatre, Room 1003
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe
Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm
Thursday: 8am-8pm
2201 Silver Avenue SE
Bedrock Kitchen
Vegan, Vegetarian and Meat Lovers
Thursday: 8am-4pm
5333 4th St NW 87107
Big Ass Cookies
Order delicious sweets online!
@bigasscookiesllc
oterolane@yahoo.com 505-550-9478
Birthright of Albuquerque
Providing love, support, and hope to woman both before and after childbirth.
http://www.birthright.org/albuquerque
Thursday 10AM-1PM
3228 Candelaria Rd NE
Mama and the Girls
Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM–10:30 PM
915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Check out our upcoming events at outpostspace.org
Student ticket prices available!
Quirky Used Books & More
Books, Puzzles, Stickers, Mugs, Etc. Thu: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater Two Feet
October 10th 2024 · 7:00pm
$30· 7:00pm Doors· All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status.
Walk in HIV Testing
Thursday: 5pm-7pm 801 Encino Pl NE
University Secretary
2025 Honorary Degree Nominations
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Scholes Hall, Room 103, univsec@unm.edu
Friday
ASUNM Southwest Film Center View the movie schedule at swfc.unm.edu
SUB Theatre, Room 1003
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe
Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm
Friday: 8am-8pm
2201 Silver Avenue SE
Bedrock Kitchen
Vegan, Vegetarian and Meat Lovers
Friday: 8am-4pm
Big Ass Cookies
Order delicious sweets online!
@bigasscookiesllc oterolane@yahoo.com 505-550-9478
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM–10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Check out our upcoming events at outpostspace.org
Student ticket prices available!
Quirky Used Books & More
More than 16,000 Used Books Fri: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater
The Menzingers & The Wonder Years October 18th 2024 · 8:00pm
$32 - $82· 7:00pm Doors· All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312
University Secretary 2025 Honorary Degree Nominations
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Scholes Hall, Room 103, univsec@unm.edu
Saturday
ASUNM Southwest Film Center View the movie schedule at swfc.unm.edu
SUB Theatre, Room 1003
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Saturday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
Bedrock Kitchen
Vegan, Vegetarian and Meat Lovers Saturday: 8am-3pm 5333 4th St NW 87107
Big Ass Cookies Order delicious sweets online!
@bigasscookiesllc oterolane@yahoo.com
505-550-9478
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM–10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Check out our upcoming events at outpostspace.org
Student ticket prices available!
Quirky Used Books & More Fiction & Nonfiction Sat: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater
Snotty Nose Rez Kids*
Macchiato Music
October 12th 2024 · 7:30pm
$22 - $72· 6:30pm Doors· All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312
University Secretary 2025 Honorary Degree Nominations
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Scholes Hall, Room 103, univsec@unm.edu
Sunday
ASUNM Southwest Film Center
View the movie schedule at swfc.unm.edu
SUB Theatre, Room 1003
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe
Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Sunday: 10am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
Big Ass Cookies Order delicious sweets online!
@bigasscookiesllc oterolane@yahoo.com
505-550-9478
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center 11 AM–7 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Check out our upcoming events at outpostspace.org
Student ticket prices available!
Sunshine Theater Show Me The Body
Sunday October 20th 2024 · 7:30pm
$25· 7:00pm Doors· All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312
University Secretary 2025 Honorary Degree Nominations
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Scholes Hall, Room 103, univsec@unm.edu
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