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October 17, 2011
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Protest nearly reaches 3 weeks Staff Report
Occupy Albuquerque now (Un)occupy Albuquerque The Occupy Albuquerque movement officially changed its name to (Un)occupy Albuquerque after a vote at its general assembly meeting Sunday.
“Wells Fargo locked their doors…and said they feared for the safety of their patrons, which is ridiculous.” ~Clint Cosper protester Protester Clint Cosper said the change addressed concerns some protesters raised about the negative connotations of the word ‘occupy.’ “Some feel ‘occupy’ has a charged connotation,” he said. “The U.S. has occupied Native American land and participated in colonization.” Cosper said some members expressed concerns that changing the
Ariana Hatcher / Daily Lobo UNM Alumna Lila Martinez protests outside the UNM bookstore Oct. 8. Martinez was part of an Occupy Albuquerque demonstration that included more than 300 protesters marching along Central Avenue. name would result in a loss of solidarity with the larger Occupy Wall Street movement, but the vote for a name changed passed. More than 500 Protesters March, Party More than 500 Occupy Albuquerque protesters demonstrated outside the Wells Fargo Bank and U.S. Bank on Central Avenue Saturday, and then returned to their camp for a fiesta. “I heard someone throw out the number 560 people, and I think that was pretty close,” Cosper said. “Wells Fargo locked their doors …
Students embark as entrepreneurs by Greer Gessler ggessler@unm.edu
A group of UNM advertising students said they weren’t satisfied with the opportunities available to them at existing advertising firms, so they decided to create one of their own. Seniors John Phan, Dylan Crouch and Son Trinh balance running Project Advertising, a firm that they created last Fall, with schoolwork. “We don’t want internships,” Phan said. “We want to create our own opportunity.” New Mexico AIDS Services, a local nonprofit, is one of Project Advertising’s clients. Phan, Crouch and Trinh created AIDS Services’ logo and its digital billboard design, which can be seen around Albuquerque. The students, all of whom are in the Anderson School of Management, also work on advertising campaigns for Rachel Matthew Homes, a local homebuilding company, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Crouch said the job can be challenging.
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“Clients are knocking at the door, but we are doing homework,” he said. They said they learned many of the skills it takes to run Project Advertising in classes at Anderson. “Everything we’ve learned at Anderson is becoming cohesive to the quality of work we do,” Crouch said. Project Advertising also represents UNM at national marketing campaign competitions. Last year it competed in San Francisco, where it placed first out of 30 universities including Dartmouth, Syracuse and The University of Kansas. Crouch said a smaller city like Albuquerque is the perfect place for Project Advertising to thrive. “A big stone in a small pond makes a big splash,” he said. “That’s something that kids in New York or Chicago don’t have the luxury of doing.” Full Disclosure: Dylan Crouch was a designer for the Daily Lobo last year. He no longer works for the paper.
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and said they feared for the safety of their patrons, which is ridiculous. We had a small group handing out fliers convincing people to move their money to credit unions.” The group hosted a fiesta after the protest that included music, dancing and food. Protester Andrew Dobin said the fiesta attracted nearly 200 people “We had lots of food, there were various musical acts, and probably the highlight of the night was a Flamenco performance with dancers,” he said. Dobin said there was no alcohol at the event.
Protesters Discuss Civil Disobedience Albuquerque Police Department officers detained Occupy Albuquerque protester and UNM student Sam Kerwin during the protesters’ march Saturday. APD closed off a lane of Central Avenue for the march, then re-opened the lane and requested that protesters stay on the sidewalk. Kerwin was detained and cited for refusing to cooperate, protesters said. “They (APD) used cruisers and SUVs to force people back on the sidewalk,” protester Clint Cosper said. Protesters debated Sunday whether to stay on campus past their 10 p.m.
curfew and risk arrest. Protester Water Singing-on-the-Rocks said it is important that the decision be made as a group. “I don’t support people staying unless we all decide to stay,” he said. “If just a few stay and get arrested, that will look bad for the group. The media will say ‘(protestors) did something illegal and got arrested.’” Protester Loren Jin said he would stay on campus even if it meant being arrested. “I will stay here,” he said. “I don’t give a s***, this is our land.” The group did not come to an agreement Sunday and tabled the issue for a later vote.
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Juan Labreche / Daily Lobo Lobo midfielder Jael Fanning goes up for a header against Air Force defender Meagan Eissele and keeper Hanna Schwartz on Sunday at University Stadium. UNM beat Air Force 4-1, and scored all four goals in the first half. See page 12.
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