Daily Lobo 03/27/2023

Pacheco and Chessman win ASUNM presidential and vice presidential elections

Senate Bill 53 blocks federal nuclear waste storage facility in Southeast New Mexico

By Gillian Barkhurst @DailyLobo

Legislation that blocks the proposed construction of a storage facility for the nation’s nuclear waste in Southeast New Mexico passed into law Friday, March 17 at the New Mexico State Legislature. The bill, formally known as Senate Bill 53, was passed 35-28 and was signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham the same day.

The company Holtec International had planned to construct and operate the site that would have housed nuclear waste from commercial power plants around the United States, transported by railway into New Mexico. The bill states that no disposal facilities can be created without the state’s consent and creates a radioactive waste consultation task force to negotiate on behalf of the state with the federal goverment.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission could still issue a permit to Holtec to build this fa-

cility, which could lead to a court case on the matter, according to Eileen O’Shaughnessy, co-founder and organizer with grassroots group Demand Nuclear Abolition.

The law signifies Lujan Grisham’s follow through on a promise made last year in reaction to the NRC’s approval of the storage facility.

“My message to the state Legislature is clear: deliver a proposal to my desk that protects New Mexico from becoming the de facto home of the country’s spent nuclear fuel and it will have my full support,” Lujan Grisham wrote in a press release.

The amount of nuclear waste that is produced by New Mexico is very low, according to Rep. Debra Sariñana, who sponsored the legislation.

“As a state, we produce very little just up at (Los Alamos National Laboratory) as far as high-level nuclear waste. So bringing it from all over this country is just not something we need,” Sariñana said.

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A small bin of radioactive waste sits at the Farris Engineering Center at the University of New Mexico on Friday, March 24.

By Elizabeth Secor @esecor2003

Krystah Pacheco won the Associated Students at the University of New Mexico presidential election and Mikenzie Chessman won the vice presidential election, both held from March 8 to 9 for the 2023-24 school year. Pacheco and Chessman ran together and were both number two on their respective ballots: Pacheco won the presidency by 296 votes and Chessman won the vice presidency by 281.

Pacheco spoke about what she thinks helped them reach students during the election.

“I think going to student organization meetings and not just presenting what our campaign was, but really opening it up for feedback,” Pacheco said.

Pacheco and Chessman plan to

Bill 53 from page 1 dustry. However, this history has often caused harm to Indigenous communities and land, according to Sariñana.

“We have not been helped by the federal government (that) much as far as cleanup. If you look at uranium cleanup, we have it from the Navajo Nation to Gallup to Laguna, and it’s just now … (that they’re) starting to clean it up after 40, 50, 60 years,” Sariñana said.

Rep. Cathrynn Brown, who opposed the legislation, said that New Mexico doesn’t have the authority to stop the NRC from greenlighting the Holtec project in the first place. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 places final authority over nuclear waste disposal in

introduce a new position within ASUNM: director of student organization relations. The idea came from a conversation they said they had with an organization’s president who expressed frustration on not knowing how to lead their organization.

“We were really letting it resonate with us and trying to figure out what we could do in our positions to fix that. And the best idea that we came up with was creating a peer position so that (a student) wouldn’t be having to go and talk to an adult advisor (because) that sometimes can be scary,” Chessman said.

They plan for the director of student organization relations to be a position that works directly with student organizations and helps to connect organizations more closely with ASUNM. Along with this position, Pacheco and Chessman hope to implement two

federal hands.

However, the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, a proposed long-term storage faclity in Nevada, was stopped due to local resistance, according to O’Shaughnessy.

Dale Janway, Carlsbad mayor, was frustrated with the site being blocked; Carlsbad is in close proximity to the proposed location of the site.

“It is also frustrating that opposition to nuclear projects often seem to be based on unfounded fears, not on actual reality,” Janway wrote in a press release.

For O’Shaughnessy, these fears are not unfounded due to the state’s long history with the nuclear industry.

more: a director of environmental affairs, to emphasize sustainability around campus, and a director of student wellness, which will focus on supporting students while they are in school.

“A lot of times in ASUNM, we put a lot of focus on financial aid up in Santa Fe, or we do a lot of focus on the opportunity scholarship (and the) lottery scholarship,” Pacheco said. “And it’s great because it brings students to campus, but we really need to focus on that student support while they’re here, while they’re enrolled.”

In order to get these positions instated, Pacheco and Chessman will have to draft the legislation and then do outreach to ASUNM members and students to get input. After, it will be sent to the ASUNM rules committee and finally to the full senate to be approved.

“Our vision is to get the bare bones of those positions into the

“(Janway) completely negates this entire history of the way that New Mexico in particular has been negatively impacted by the nuclear industry … (There) are real horrific things that have happened in the past connected to nuclear production, and there are continuing to be things that communities are having to deal with, like intergenerational trauma and harm. And that is not unfounded.” O’Shaugnessy said.

The largest radioactive spill in U.S. history occurred near Churchrock, New Mexico in 1979. 94 million gallons of radioactive waste rushed into the Puerco River after the dam of an evaporation pond that contined radioactive materials burst, according to

law books so we’re able to hire them and really work over the summer to kind of bring them into what we want them to be,” Chessman said.

In addition to adding new positions, they also plan to address student safety concerns by taking inspiration from a program they saw when visiting New Mexico State University, which would provide an alternative to the UNM Police Department’s escort service.

“They had a student-led escort service — it’s called Pete’s Pickup. And so what it does is it gives students rides around campus to their cars or to their dorms late at night … And we realize that right now, UNM has an escort program for the UNM Police Department, but it’s heavily underutilized, just because the perception of riding in the back of a cop car late at night isn’t the most inviting to students,” Pacheco said.

a study conducted in May 2014 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

With the Holtec site blocked in New Mexico, the nation will still have to find somewhere to store the nation’s high-level nuclear waste. O’Shaugnessy said that the nuclear industry is, as a colleague once described to her, like “a plane without landing gear.”

“We gotta find some landing gear for this plane that we’ve built and try to land it in a way that is not gonna harm future generations.” O’Shaugnessy said.

The implications of this bill stretch beyond today to future generations of New Mexicans, according to Sariñana.

“I have a granddaughter who

Pacheco and Chessman will be transitioning into office in May. Until then they will go through training for their respective positions and work on the legalization they hope to pass during their time leading ASUNM.

Elizabeth Secor is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at culture@dailylobo. com or on Twitter @esecor2003

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was born during this session. She is almost 6 weeks old, and I don’t want her to look up in 40 years and look at me and say ‘Grandma, why didn’t you stop this? Why did you allow all this nuclear waste to come to our state.’ That’s what I don’t want to hear,” Sariñana said.

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

Courtesy Photo / Daily Lobo / @DailyLobo President-elect Krystah Pacheco and Vice President-elect Mikenzie Chessman pose by “The U” outside of Hodgin Hall. Photo courtesy of Pacheco.

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Revision cuts most of UNM Mission Statement

By Victoriano Cárdenas @DailyLobo

When I taught expository writing at the University of New Mexico in 2018, my students read “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. A staple of most high school English classes in the U.S., a lot of students dismiss the book as being just “a fairy story.” A few students asked me why they had to read it again in college, and I asked them to be patient and see if they could glean anything new. Once you understand a story’s plot, you can focus on dialogue, setting, characterization, theme, historical context — all elements of a good story that point a reader toward its deeper ideas.

One section we focused on was when under cover of darkness, Squealer the Pig starts erasing the rules that the barnyard animals democratically

agreed upon and written on the side of the barn, changing: “All animals are equal” to “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.” Through an incremental regression of values, the pigs slowly undermine the egalitarian Animal Farm, and before long, the animals are in a similar spot as before: overworked and in despair as loved ones, fundamental rights and casks of whiskey disappear into the farmhouse.

This February, the UNM Board of Regents endorsed a revision of UNM’s mission statement, which “supersedes” the previous mission approved by Regents in 2001. The revision removed entire sections — Academic Freedom, Excellence, Integrity and Professionalism, Creativity and Initiative, Diversity within the Academic Community, and Access and Student Success — keeping a few words from each

to form a single sentence.

The revision of a mission statement, especially for conciseness, isn’t inherently negative. The 2001 mission tended toward eloquence and had a lot of sections: something most busy students won’t seek out as additional reading. But that wordy document ensured students’ rights to a certain kind of academic experience at a university that prioritized these values.

I won’t list all the revised sections here, but I will include the entirety of “Academic Freedom.”

“As a center of knowledge, the University adheres to the doctrines of academic freedom and free speech. The University will continue to protect the exploration of ideas and will encourage inquiry and creative activity by students, faculty, and staff. At the same time, the University opposes statements and activities that reflect bigotry and prejudice and that consequently tend

to diminish active participation by all elements of the academic community and to inhibit free expression of ideas.”

That last sentence might qualify as a run-on in grammar class. But the entire section was reduced to “honors academic,” a fragment of a sentence but hardly even that. Why cut the section entirely? And why now?

The revision also cut: “Our values provide a frame of reference for making decisions.”

With all past values condensed

into a single sentence, the revised mission gives little reassurance that UNM will continue to uphold them. How will they serve as a frame of reference once they’re superseded? How will we know our rights when someone erases them?

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REVIEW: Fall Out Boy makes heartbreak feel good on ‘So Much (For) Stardust’

By Marcela Johnson @DailyLobo

The newest album by Fall Out Boy proves it was never just a phase, mom. The eighth album sees the band going back to their earlier work in more ways than one, instead of feeling played out.

In the song “So Much (For) Stardust,” it feels like a reaffirmation by the band of what made them great with the intent to move forward.

This album balances long ballads with shorter pieces of spoken poetry and monologues. This album is longer than the band’s previous three albums with 13 tracks coming in at a total of 44 minutes and 20 seconds. Fall Out Boy makes good use of the time, repeating themes of moving on — but still holding on — throughout the album.

Like most Fall Out Boy records, the majority of the songs focus on love lost, especially the first half of the album, as well as love that was never there. The song “The Pink Seashell” effectively creates a divide between focusing on love and other parts of life without taking the listener out of the mood.

The album starts with the song “Love From The Other Side,” an over-four-minute track, and ends with “So Much (For) Stardust,”

which sits closer to five minutes. Both songs use string instruments and the repetition of lyrics to tie together the album in a way that leaves the listener satisfied. “I Am My Own Muse” uses similar strings to create a grounding point in the middle, bringing the sound back to the beginning while still moving the album forward.

Fall Out Boy explores many different styles of song on the album. “Hold Me Like A Grudge” manages to sound new, but at the same time, it would fit perfectly on Fall Out Boy’s 2008 album “Folie á Deux.” “So Good Right Now” sounds like it was inspired by the music of the 1950s yet still maintains the heavy drumming that is so prevalent on their tracks.

This album is entirely danceable, something that every good Fall Out Boy album should be.

Tracks like “Heartbreak Feels So Good,” “Fake Out” and “Flu Game” almost directly encourage one to dance. “The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years)” sounds like something out of the 1980s with a heavy amount of synthesizer that makes sense with “The Karate Kid”-inspired title.

I was concerned when I saw one of the tracks was going to feature Ethan Hawke. However, I was delightfully surprised to find that the track “The Pink Seashell” uses his monologue about life from the film “Reality Bites” to great effect

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over instrumentals that fit perfectly with the album. That song and “Heaven, Iowa” keep with Fall Out Boy’s long-standing tradition of referencing movies in the song titles and lyrics.

Toward the end of the album, Pete Wentz, bassist and main lyricist, performs spoken-word poetry on “Baby Annihilation” over moody instrumentals that feel like something out of “Twin Peaks.” This hearkens back to Fall Out Boy’s first three albums where many songs ended in a similar way without the “Twin Peaks” music. This song is a perfect transition into the second half of the album that deals with more topics related to isolation.

This album is also mixed well. Lead singer Patrick Stump’s voice is strong, yet it never overtakes any of the instrumentals. The drums, bass and guitar all have their chance to shine. Stump also incorporates strings and brass in a manner that doesn’t cancel out the rock nature of the pieces.

As much as I love the album, I’m tired of hearing about the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of music. Fall Out Boy manages to make an upbeat and catchy song about quarantine and isolation, but the line “livestream the apocalypse” from “What A Time To Be Alive” feels tired.

Overall, this album lived up to my expectations and I’d recom -

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Local gallery partners with Domestic Violence Resource Center to raise funds

By Annya Loya @annyaloya

Weems Gallery & Framing, a local art gallery, has partnered with the Albuquerque Domestic Violence Resource Center to host a private fundraiser to increase resources at the center. The event will take place in April, according to a press release.

In the United States, almost 20 people are physically abused by their intimate partner every minute. In New Mexico, “37.6% of New Mexican women and 33.3% of New Mexican men experience intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence and/or intimate partner stalking in their lifetimes,” according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

The center focuses on helping survivors by providing shelter, safety planning, emergency restraining orders, case management, legal assistance, housing assistance, clothing and food, amongst other things, according to the press release. Currently, the resource center has an ongoing need for burner phones, according to Kristin Middleton, the DVRC executive director.

“Oftentimes, when a victim leaves their abuser and comes to us, they have nothing, possibly, but the clothes on their back and probably don’t have many financial resources. And oftentimes, they don’t have a phone or the phone they do have is trapped by the abuser. So, we really have a need for those Tracphones. We’re constantly giving those out to vic-

for safety.” Middleton said.

In Albuquerque, the DVRC receives over 600 calls per month and provides support to over 200 survivors, according to Middleton.

Besides raising funds, Middleton hopes to raise awareness of domestic violence and its cyclical nature within families.

“It tends to go through generations and generations because

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it’s been normalized when you were a child, so you end up becoming an adult and carrying on that same culture of abuse. So gotta break this cycle, and there’s no way to do it other than to make people ... go, ‘Huh, that’s not right’,” Middleton said.

This is the second year Weems Gallery has partnered with the DVRC for a fundraiser. Sheila

McVeigh, the gallery owner, as a domestic violence survivor as well, said she feels very passionate about helping the community.

“I’m a survivor, myself — left home at 14 … So this is something that hits home to me, and I believe in what they’re doing and the importance of resources like that for people who have nowhere to go and need some support in

that community,” McVeigh said.

Because of this, McVeigh said she tries to support the Albuquerque community through Weems by hosting fundraisers and similar events for different non-profits every month since 2021.

After their first year hosting such events, Weems McVeign said they raised over $70,000 and around $20,000 in years after.

Weems Gallery currently supports almost 200 local artists. For every art piece that is sold at the fundraiser, the DVRC will receive 25% of the total profit, according to McVeigh. She also said that if the turnout of the event does not reach expectations, the gallery will auction a painting and 100% of the profit will go to the DVRC.

McVeigh said she hopes that the event helps give hope to other survivors and the community in general and to normalize domestic abuse conversations.

“I just knew that we could grow from that in our society and what I’d love to put forward is people not feeling embarrassed to share their story, or embarrassed to say that it happened to them and be proud of the survival and pat yourself on the back for getting out,” McVeigh said.

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Bull riding stampedes into The Pit

Colton Fritzlan wins three-day long invitational

By Thomas Bulger

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The most dangerous 8 seconds in sports came to Albuquerque with the Ty Murray Invitational as part of the Professional Bull Riding “Unleash The Beast” tour. It was a near sold out crowd all three days of the event.

In PBR, riders have to stay on their bull for 8 seconds to receive a score. If the rider is able to do so he receives a score for how well he rode out of 50. The bull also receives a score out of 50 depending on how hard they bucked. These scores are added together for the ride’s total score.

Colton Fritzlan won the event, scoring on two bulls. He finished with a score of 172.25 points and nearly scored again on his third bull.

After the win, Fritzlan was still disappointed that he got bucked off his last bull. He commented that there is a lot of pride wrapped in with these events and that his mentality is shifting after some great performances.

“Our job is to stay on the bulls, so when you don’t stay on there, there is a little bit of pride that is taken away. But it was a great event and a great day, and I’ll just look on to next weekend and another matchup with him … The last couple weeks I’ve been changing myself a little bit. I’ve been

telling myself little things that help me out. I just tell myself I’m on a hot streak so whether I fall off or not, at the end of the day, I’m riding good,” Fritzlan said.

Before each day, 9-time world champion and New Mexico native Ty Murray addressed the crowd to thunderous applause and on his way to the seats, stopped for pictures with fans.

On the first day, Friday, March 24, New Mexico native Dustin Martinez didn’t score, but received applause from the audience after his performance.

Later in the day, Eduardo Aparecido took an early lead with 88 points. He rode the bull Skippy who had a score of 42.75. Cassio Dias had a score of 86.25 to advance to the next round.

Fans were treated to bullfighting halfway through the day. Contestants had to stay in the ring with a bull for a full minute showing acrobatic feats — dodging and jumping over a bull that is brought into the ring for the fighter.

The next rider to earn a spot was Josh Frost; his bull Ah Hell had a score of 42.25. Frost stayed in control the entire time earning an 87.25.

Kaique Pacheco had a good outing scoring a 84.50, but Dalton Kess stole the show with a dominant ride scoring an 88.75. Kess won round 1 from the first day and on his ride against his bull Tortuga, he

seemed in control the entire time.

Saturday, March 25 was the second day of round 1. Marcus Mast had a great score of 88.25. He expertly navigated his bull Moonlight Party who had a score of 44.25.

The next rider to place was Flavio Zivieri who. He had a great ride, tying the top score with a 88.75. His bull, The Show, had a score of 43.25.

Colton Fritzlan also had a great ride: he scored an 88.25 and stayed on for a couple extra seconds. His bull Pearl’s Ghost spun incredibly fast, but couldn’t shake him. Pearl’s Ghost had a score of 42.50.

Braidy Randolph earned an 85.75 riding Grey Smoke, which was enough to earn 12th place and a spot in the next round.

To end the night, fans got another round of bullfighting as well as the start of the 15/15 tournament where the 15 best bulls faced the 15 best riders in the world. Highlights included Luke Snyder’s 90 point performance and Bourdreaux Cambell riding the #1 ranked bull Cool Whip for over 7 seconds.

The third day, Sunday, March 26, was the start of the second round. Fritzlan was the first to score in round two, taking the lead with a total score of 172.25

Pacheco added to his score with an 86.75 to secure a spot in the next round. He was in second place with 171.25 points.

Andrew Alvidrez had his first

scoring ride in round two and scored an 87.75. Silvano Alves also had his first scoring ride in round two and had a dominant 89.50, which would have won round 1.

Campbell had a clutch performance as one of the last riders of round two. He scored an 88.75 to advance to the next round.

19 riders scored but only the top 12 advanced to the championship round: none of the riders scored in the round.

Fritzlan won the event with a score of 172.25 scoring on his first two rides. Pacheco was just 1 point behind in second place with a 171.25. Alves came in third with just one ride under his belt, scoring an 89.50.

Alves was happy with his performance, and proud of those who finished ahead of him. He also gave credit to the crowd at The Pit.

“I’m really happy for the people in first and second … great place, great people, great crowd. I could really feel them. It’s nice to be in an environment where they recognize a bull rider,” Alves said.

Thomas Bulger is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @thomasbulger10

Capturing an era through film photography

By Addison Key @addisonkey11

The use of film photography has soared since 2015, according to

The New York Times. Film photography has been matched with certain aesthetics that overwhelm social media feeds with grainy, lower quality “photo dumps.” Curating posts that strive for perfection

have become “cringe,” according to an article from Vogue that explains how photo dumps have answered “overly-manicured” aesthetics with the “moodiness of Tumblr-era emo sensibilities.”

Social media platform Tumblr could have had an effect on the resurgence of film, according to Emma Ressel, a first year photography graduate student at the University of New Mexico.

“I was a teenager in 2008 when we had this Polaroid renaissance and a Tumblr era. I was totally all over that and I loved it. I think that it’s sort of like an aesthetic that resee Film page 8

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ally captured an era,” Ressel said.

Although many people come to his business to develop film, they are mostly interested in utilizing it digitally, acording to Matt Alexander, the owner of Picture Perfect Photo Lab, who has lived through the transition from film to digital.

“The vast majority of people bring in a camera, like a disposable camera, for example, or a roll of film, and they want it digitally sent to them” Alexander said.

The technique and thoughtfulness that is required in creating and developing film is important to Alexander who said he is confused by his customers’ lack of interest in the physical souvenirs that are produced when a roll of film is developed.

“It kind of boggles my mind that basically everybody who’s taking these film pictures, half of them,

they don’t care about the negatives. That’s kind of sacrilegious to me,” Alexander said.

The process is also imporant to Stefanie Mayfield, an undergraduate biochemistry student at UNM, who said it encourages an awareness of the photos she creates while taking and influences her enjoyment of the art.

“I like that it makes you think more about the picture you take because on your iPhone or a digital camera, you can take 20 million pictures … But with your film camera, you have to be thoughtful and conservative with the pictures that you take,” Mayfield said.

The process of shooting with film creates an experience that resists the instant gratification of digital photography, according to Ressel.

“When I’m shooting film, I’m trying to be so careful about get-

ting my exposure right … There’s this moment where you sort of like step back and you’re like, all right, fingers crossed … Sometimes it’s weeks or like even months before I get the film developed and scanned. I’ve even said that getting film back from the lab and having it come out well feels like Christmas morning … There is that part of it that’s really kind of intoxicating for me,” Ressel said.

The expense of film photography doesn’t only affect professional photographers, but also casual users. Mayfield described film’s cost compared to digital and said that she buys whatever film is least expensive, which has led her to spend approximately $28 a month on it. However, she said she is often not interested in the quality of the film.

Film may also not always be the best choice due for certain projects

or people due to its accessibility and time constraints — digital is essential to the future of photography, according to Ressel.

“Zooming out a bit, this has been a reality of photography for forever. Processes come and go and things disappear all the time. There’s something to be said for staying ahead of the curve a little bit and that’s definitely going to be digital,” Ressel said.

Still, Russel said film can also be used to capture time periods and can evoke feelings of nostalgia. This effect can also be used to capture the nostalgia that is present in our daily routines, according to Alexander.

“(Film helps people) to think about what they are doing, and what that’s gonna look like 20 years from now — kind of be nostalgic about your current day-to-day” Alexander said.

Outside of social media, the idea of documentation is important to Mayfield: While she said that, while it is fun to upload on social media, that is not where her intentions lie.

“It’s fun to post them, but I don’t do it to have an Instagram post. I do it because ... I think it’s a nice way to remember fun things that happen in my life,” Mayfield said.

Mayfield encourages anyone interested to get involved in film photography.

“I love film. If you haven’t tried it out, try it out. Just try it,” Mayfield said.

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OPINION: Isotopes unveil tasty new menu ahead of upcoming season

By Elizabeth Secor @esecor2003

The Albuquerque Isotopes unveiled their new concessions items for the upcoming 2023 season on Friday, March 24. Hungry fans can rest easy: almost everything sampled was a homerun. The executive chef of the ballpark, Jim Griego, crafted these new food creations; his inspiration came from wanting to give fans variety.

“I wanted fans to feel like when they came to the park, there was choices. There were not just, a hot dog or a hamburger,” Griego said. “I wanted them to feel like they could come here and have a food destination.”

Five new creations were introduced and will be available across the ballpark: “Pig’s Candy,” “The Dugout,” “Dentists Delight,” “Stir Fry Noodle Cart” and “Spicy Red Chili Ribs.”

“Pig’s Candy” located at Batter’s Up near section 108

This delicious concoction of fried pork ends is candied in maple sugar, seasoned with red chili flakes and topped with brown sugar. It is served in a novelty Isotopes souvenir helmet and is delish.

The pork ends offer an excellent, non messy, handheld option to munch on while watching a game. I found it to be delightfully sweet with a bit of a tang from the chili flakes. I am usually not one for spice (I can hardly handle mild salsa), but this offers up something

with spice that even I can handle. The outside has a nice crunch giving away to a meaty inside that simply melts in the mouth while bursting with flavor.

Griego himself thinks this will be a fan-favorite meal this season.

“I’m thinking ‘Pig’s Candy’ is gonna do really, really well. I’m hoping that the naan flatbread or ‘The Dugout’ does pretty well,” Griego said.

“The Dugout” located at Batter’s Up near section 108

Somewhat surprisingly, I’d go up to bat for this new meal. A creation described as a sandwich “where fans will see all the players,” it truly lives up to its description. The dish consists of a naan flatbread that holds grilled chicken, fries and a fried falafel. It is then topped with a green chile tzatziki sauce.

This wasn’t my absolute favorite, but it was a surprising meal that I could see myself ordering in the future. The naan that acted as sandwich bread was the highlight of this dish as it was perfectly fluffy without being chewy. The chicken, fries and falafel with the naan can make it chewy and hard to bite into but that is easily ignored with how well all the options meld together. The falafel adds a nice crunch factor to an overly soft meal and a burst of flavor that doesn’t overpower any of the other foods.

The green chile tzatziki sauce does offer a bit of a kick that was a bit too much for me, but my tolerance for spice is low at best. It

is lightly spooned on to offer that extra kick that many, especially New Mexicans obsessed with their green chile, will enjoy.

Aside from the taste, my favorite thing about this meal is it comes with a vegetarian option. In order to make it vegetarian, all someone has to do is order it without chicken, and it will be served with double falafel. An emphasis on having a vegetarian option that wasn’t just grilled cheese or a veggie hot dog gives this meal extra points.

“A lot of people are vegetarian, and a lot of people are gluten-free … As I keep growing this, I make it so that more and more people can eat here” Griego said.

“Dentist’s Delight” located at Pecos River/Santa Fe Trail near section 116

Will I go to a baseball game to watch baseball? No. Will I go to a baseball game to eat this? Yes. By far the most surprising thing I tried (honestly, the most surprising thing I have ever tried), at first glance the ingredients in this meal sound more cavity-inducing than anything one should ever eat, but it is truly a delight.

The “Dentist’s Delight” begins with an apple fritter acting as a bun, topped with half a pound of brisket, caramel aioli and tangy green caramel coleslaw and finally topped with yet another apple fritter and some caramel popcorn sprinkled in.

While the description of this meal sounds horrid, after one bite I let out an audible “oh my god,” be-

cause the flavors simply exploded on my taste buds. Each ingredient separately was delicious, and when combined? They hit it out of the park. The apple fritter offered a warm and soft sweetness that helped balance out the crunchiness of the coleslaw and popcorn. The brisket helped take an overly sweet meal and make it less so (and was cooked so it literally felt like it melted in my mouth).

I could have probably done without coleslaw because of its sporadic crunchiness throughout the sandwich, but I think the meal would have lacked without it.

The inspiration from this meal came to Griego when he tried to come up with an alternative meal to the everyday brisket sandwich.

“I really wanted to do something with brisket, and I thought what really goes with brisket is apples … and brisket, you smoke it in applewood … (And I went), I need a bun. I need something to put that brisket in, and my first thought was an apple fritter,” Griego said.

“Stir Fry Noodle Cart” Located at The Grill Cart near section 119

Compared to everything else, the stir-fry noodles really struck out for me. I have never been a big fan of stir fry but the meal looked tasty. The noodles will be offered in the park with a choice of beef, chicken or tofu (yay, more vegetarian options), and topped with fresh seasonal vegetables and tossed in yakisoba sauce. The stir-fry did taste good, but compared to everything else, it

tasted like a basic stir-fry. The sauce, however, did elevate the noodles and beef. It was all very good, but not my favorite from what was presented. To its advantage, the meal is a much more standard option compared to the “Dentists Delight,” and will be cooked in front of customers, which is always fun to watch. I do think this, along with “The Dugout,” does bring diversity to the ballpark food, which was Griego’s goal.

“I really wanted to bring in different continents, different worlds — things like that,” Griego said.

The team will also be introducing the“Spicy Red Chili Ribs” located at Batter’s Up near section 108, but the meal wasn’t available at the time of trying the other foods.

The new creations will offer a wide variety of delicious options for fans that I’m sure will be a highlight of the season (and I guess maybe watching the game, but the food really might steal all the bases). I’d recommend the “Dentist’s Delight” and the “Pigs Candy” as my two top choices from what is being offered, but nothing is worth skipping over.

The Isotopes have their first home game on Tuesday, April 4 against the Salt Lake City Bees.

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