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University police bodycam bill headed to Senate floor Bill passes Senate Rules Committee
By Lily Alexander & Lauren Lifke
@llilyalexander & @lauren_lifke
Lawmakers voted Monday, Feb. 24 to advance a bill that would explicitly require university police departments to use body cameras, just over a year after the Daily Lobo revealed a loophole in a state statute.
The 2020 statute, sponsored by Sen. Joseph Cervantes (D-Las Cruces), requires law enforcement agencies in New Mexico to use body cameras. While it does not explicitly exclude university police departments, it also does not explicitly include them.
“I thought we had taken care of the issue at the time,” Cervantes told the Daily Lobo. “But I learned from press coverage over the last year or so that
Lawmakers voted Friday, Feb. 28 to advance to the Senate floor a bill that would explicitly require university police departments to use body cameras, after it was substituted for clarifying language.
Sen. Joseph Cervantes (D-Las Cruces) proposed Senate Bill 505 after learning that the University of New Mexico Police Department took the stance that it wasn’t subject to a 2020 state statute that required police departments to adopt body cameras.
“I was disappointed to see and hear that,” Cervantes said. “I was happy to
UNM, my own alma mater, was refusing to comply with the state law — taking the position that the law, because it did not mention universities specifically, didn’t include them.”
In August, the University of New Mexico announced that the department would obtain the devices — more than four years after the original statute took effect. The cameras will be implemented within the next few weeks, according to UNM Police Department Lt. Tim Delgado.
The new Senate Bill 505, also sponsored by Cervantes, would add police departments of post-secondary institutions to the list of law enforcement agencies that are required to have body cameras. The Senate Rules Committee passed the bill 5-4 on party lines after amending it.
Prior to the amendments, the bill would also have strengthened the presumption that police officers who
fail to comply with their department body camera policies act in bad faith. This part of the bill was amended to remove the “bad faith” language after Republican senators raised concerns that it could unfairly punish officers who accidentally do not activate their body cameras.
The amended bill would strengthen the presumption that officers who don’t comply with their department body camera policies engage in “intentional spoliation of evidence.”
During the hearing, Cervantes said that UNMPD’s interpretation of the 2020 statute was the catalyst for the new bill.
“UNM Police Department on campus took the position that they were not captured by this law, despite the fact that state police, counties, cities, all were captured,” Cervantes said. “But UNM incredulously took the position that they were not within that
definition of law enforcement, and so did not comply with the law.”
In a March 2024 interview with the Daily Lobo, UNM Police Department Lt. Larry Bitsoih said university police were exempt from the law. Cervantes told the Daily Lobo this wasn’t the intention.
“Even more disturbing was not only that they were not using body cameras, but they felt they didn’t have to comply with the body cameras,” Cervantes said. “Since then, they’ve been working to correct it, but they’re behind the rest of the state.”
During the hearing, no public commenters spoke in favor of the bill. The four police chiefs who spoke in opposition to the bill mentioned specific objections to the part about bad faith presumption, and some mentioned their support for university police using body cameras.
Sen. Liz Stefanics (D-Cerrillos) said during the hearing that university cam-
Bill passes Senate Judiciary Committee
see that NMSU and others were compliant with our wishes.”
In August 2024, UNMPD announced that the department would obtain the devices.
The bill would add police departments of post-secondary institutions to the list of agencies required to have body cameras, and it would strengthen the assumption that officers act in bad faith when they do not activate their cameras.
SB 505 indicates that officers who fail to comply with their department’s body camera policies “shall” be
deemed to have acted in bad faith — a change from the current law, which indicates that they “may” be deemed to have acted in bad faith.
Police officers from departments across the state testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to the latter part of the bill on Wednesday, Feb. 26, before it was substituted and heard again on Feb. 28. The substitution added that officers who “knowingly or intentionally” fail to comply with body camera policies shall be presumed to have acted in bad faith.
How New Mexicans may be affected by Trump’s tariff plans
Prices of some goods will increase, UNM expert says
By Nate Bernard & Jaden McKelvey-Francis
@natebernard14 & @jadenmckelvey
New Mexicans could see increased prices on certain goods due to new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, according to a Uni-
versity of New Mexico finance expert and a local business owner.
The Trump administration plans to impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico, along with an additional 10% tariff on China, according to the White House. The tariffs will go into effect on March 4.
In the simplest form, tariffs are taxes on goods that come from other
countries, according to Reilly White, an associate professor of finance.
In 2024, New Mexico imported $2.27 billion worth of goods from Mexico, $1.92 billion from China and $855 million from Canada, according to the International Trade Administration.
China responded to the tariffs by imposing its own tariffs of 1015% on about $13.9 billion worth of U.S. exports, according to The Tax Foundation.
New Mexico exported $1.97 billion worth of goods to China in 2024, according to the International Trade Administration.
Specific industries — including steel, aluminum, automobiles, copper, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals — will be imposed with tariffs, according to The Tax Foundation. The tariffs on steel and aluminum are scheduled to take effect on March 12, and tariffs on automobiles on April 2. Pharmaceuticals and copper have
see Tariff plans page 6
Attorney Cid Lopez spoke in favor of the bill on Feb. 26.
“For the University of New Mexico, because they are police officers, they should be using these cameras,” Lopez said.
New Mexico State Police Chief Troy Weisler testified in opposition to part of the bill on Feb. 28.
“State Police is in support of the vast majority of the bill,” Wesler said. “Really, our only issue is the continued inclusion of ‘shall’ in place of ‘may.’”
Those opposing the bill argued that the presumption of bad faith could
puses expect safety and transparency.
“I see this as a safety measure,” Stefanics said. “It’s a message to the public, students, faculty, staff that they’re going to be protected.”
Western New Mexico University was the only university in the state that did not have body cameras or plans to implement them as of August 2024, according to KOB.
”It’s important, because we’re law enforcement officers also,” Lt. Delgado said. “It helps people get a perspective of what really goes on.”
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wrongfully implicate officers who have technical difficulties when activating their cameras. The substitute bill passed with a vote of 5-4.
“It makes it very clear — abundantly clear — that we expect university police departments to follow the same standards and technology that all other law enforcement do,” Cervantes said.
Lauren Lifke is the managing editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on X @lauren_lifke
UNM staff and ASUNM members serve birthday cake to students during the Lobo Day event in the SUB on Friday, Feb. 28.
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Galvanized steel is used for roofing material in Albuquerque on Sunday, March 2.
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Menstrual Equity Project seeks to become university-wide
By Elizabeth Secor & Elliott Wood
@esecor2003 & @dailylobo
At the start of the spring semester, the University of New Mexico launched the Menstrual Equity Project, which provides free menstrual products in Zimmerman Library’s high-traffic bathrooms.
The project was inspired by another that was implemented by the UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center in 2021, according to Amy Jackson, the associate dean for the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences. That project included menstrual prod -
ucts in both men’s and women’s restrooms because the library did not have gender-neutral restrooms.
Zimmerman has followed suit and provided products in both women’s and men’s restrooms. The project is funded through the Student Fee Review Board, Jackson said.
“We’ve ordered less than $1,000 worth of products so far, but we’re planning to continue through the full $5,000,” Jackson said. “I know the products are moving very fast, and they need to be refreshed every day.”
In a follow-up email, Jackson wrote that UNM has spent about $500 on 1,700 products since the end of January.
Since the project’s implementation, menstrual products have been repeatedly thrown in the trash in
men’s restrooms on the third floor of Zimmerman, according to a Feb. 14 email to Center for Teaching and Learning employees from Stephanie Sánchez, the center’s interim executive director.
“I am writing to remind all employees of CTL’s firm stance on professional and respectful conduct,” Sánchez wrote in the email.
Over the course of two days, products were placed in the trash multiple times, Sánchez wrote.
Zimmerman is combating the issue by continually replacing the products in the men’s restroom to offer them to whoever may need them, according to Jackson.
see Menstrual Equity Project page 6
Architecture student talks struggles with wheelchair accessibility at UNM
By Addison Fulton @dailylobo
Jayson Agos, a University of New Mexico junior and architecture student, called attention to difficulties that students with disabilities can face on campus.
When Agos came to UNM, he was still able to walk but was later unexpectedly paralyzed from the waist down, he said. It was then that he began to notice the ways he said UNM was unsuccessful in accommodating students with disabilities.
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“My first semester here at UNM was a dark semester for me,” Agos said. “I struggled a lot because there was so much that caused me issues just to get to class.”
The Americans with Disabilities Act protects people with disabilities from discrimination and mandates that newly constructed buildings are accessible to those with disabilities. This includes mandating that ramps must have a certain slope.
Steep ramps are difficult, or in some cases dangerous, to navigate in a wheelchair, according to Agos.
“I had a police officer two semes-
ters ago push me up the hill. And he said to me, ‘I’m having a hard time pushing you up the hill,’” Agos said. “I told him, ‘It’s hard. It would take me almost 20 minutes to get up a ramp.’ And it shouldn’t be that way.”
Some ADA door openers on campus are hard to find and use, Agos said.
For example, Agos explained that in order to get into the auditoriums in George Pearl Hall, students must swipe their Lobo IDs. The card reader is on the other side of a nearby pole, making it difficult to access or see, he said.
“Even a person that can walk — it’s
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hard to even find it,” Agos said. “So for me to swipe my card and get to the door before it locks — I can’t do it. There’s just not enough time.”
Heather Jaramillo, ADA coordinator and director of equal opportunity at UNM, said improving UNM’s accessibility is an important but difficult task that requires attention and resources. UNM hired a vendor from 2020-21 to identify needed improvements in UNM’s highest-traffic buildings, as well as older buildings on campus, according to Jaramillo.
“We are currently in the throes of updating Centennial Library in engineering to be more accessible,
and that includes some work to elevators, but also sort of outdoor spaces to make entry into and out of the building more accessible,” Jaramillo said.
The new Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology building is being built with accessibility in mind, according to Jaramillo.
Jaramillo said UNM’s age and a lack of funding are obstacles to creating more accessible spaces. Hodgin Hall, the oldest building on campus, predates the ADA by al -
Menstrual products sit in a basket on a sink counter in the women’s bathroom at UNM Bandelier Hall West on Friday, Feb. 21.
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By Addison Fulton @dailylobo
On Feb. 24, the University of New Mexico hosted a talk and documentary screening that recognized three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Erika Monahan is a UNM assistant professor of history with a focus on Russian history and politics. She has written several books about the Russian empire, including “The Merchants of Siberia: Trade in Early Modern Eurasia.”
At the event, called “‘Stories of Ukraine’: Three years of the Ukrainian People at War 2022-2025,” Monahan
By Elijah Ritch @dailylobo
discussed her experiences with people who fled the war from both Ukraine and Russia, as well as the internal pressures the war has caused for Russia.
She also emphasized the United States’ changing role in the crisis.
“This last week, we saw the U.S. administration announce a groundbreaking pivot in U.S. foreign policy,”
she said, referencing the Trump administration’s shift away from support for Ukraine. “In 2019, Vladimir Putin was interviewed by the Financial Times and asserted that the liberal, democratic order had run its course. It was over, it was dead. Putin was saying that in 2019.”
This attitude, Monahan said, is
not limited to Russia — it exists in the U.S. as well.
On Feb. 28, four days after the event at UNM, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House, where President Donald Trump, along with Vice President JD Vance, clashed with Zelenskyy.
In addition to discussing broader strokes, Monahan wanted to emphasize smaller, more intimate stories, sharing her personal experiences living in Germany when the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
She shared a story of a Ukrainian family she hosted in Germany: a mother, father and three children. She said the children desperately
wanted to get back, but their mother said she worried about ever letting her children play in the woods again for fear of Russian landmines.
The family never got the chance to return. A month later, their house was bombed, destroying all but one wall and maiming the dog who the family had been forced to leave behind.
“I could tell you many, many stories about the many people from the Ukrainian community,” Monahan said. “But I won’t; I want to spend a good amount of time talking about some of the things that have happened to people in Russia, too. Because it wasn’t random.”
She stressed the impacts of totalitarianism and propaganda in Russia.
“I think it is tragic how much freedom has been lost in Russia,” Monahan said. “The only way Russians win in this conflict is if the Russian government loses.”
The other speaker at the event was Dominika Laster, an associate professor of theater and performance at UNM. She has also studied forced migration for the last decade. Laster has familial ties to Ukraine, including an elderly disabled aunt who has opted to remain in the country.
Laster’s presentation mostly centered on her field work with
see ‘Stories of Ukraine’ page 6
Guild Cinema March preview
Reinsve’s sensitive and commanding acting style is again garnering her acclaim, with IndieWire deeming it her best performance yet.
Here are just a few of the hidden gems screening at Albuquerque’s Guild Cinema in March.
From March 7-10, the Guild will screen the new Norwegian film “Armand.” The directorial debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, the film is about a famous actress who must contend with her young son’s behavior at school.
“Armand” won the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, which is the festival’s award for best feature-film debut. It stars Renate Reinsve, whose breakthrough performance in the 2021 film “The Worst Person in the World” earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
As a part of the Guild’s monthly Arthouse Classics series, the theater will show two new restorations of 1990s independent films by Black filmmakers.
Charles Burnett, who directed the acclaimed 1977 film “Killer of Sheep” — a radical depiction of Black working-class life — made “The Annihilation of Fish” in 1999. However, the film never received an official theatrical release. After a premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, it “essentially vanished in the wake of a negative Variety review, failing to secure distribution and seemingly destined to languish in obscurity,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
Now, “The Annihilation of Fish” is receiving a theatrical release for the
first time. The film stars James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave as two eccentric middle-aged people who find love against all odds. A poignant reminder of how society views outsiders, Burnett’s film is an atypical rom-com that is sure to both delight and provoke moviegoers. It will screen March 8-9.
From March 11-13, Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s new film “Universal Language” will make its Guild debut. The film follows a group of characters — including a couple of kids who find money frozen in ice, an Iranian Canadian tour guide and a dissatisfied government worker — in a surreal, purgatorial state somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran.
Rankin’s debut film, 2019’s “The Twentieth Century,” was a hilarious and wholly original take on the biopic — a fictionalized depiction of the
life of former Canadian Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King. His use of surrealism and deadpan humor to interrogate history and explore social issues continues in his acclaimed sophomore work.
Cheryl Dunye’s 1996 film “The Watermelon Woman” was the first feature-length film written and directed by a Black lesbian, according to NPR. A cornerstone of the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s, the film has reached cult status among Queer fans and reappraisal from film scholars.
Dunye stars as a fictionalized version of herself — an aspiring filmmaker who, fascinated with the lives of forgotten Black actresses in Old Hollywood, sets out to make a documentary about an actress known only as The Watermelon Woman. In the process, Cheryl de -
velops a relationship with a white lesbian named Diana, forcing her to confront her own notions of race and interracial relationships, as well as the audience’s.
A brash yet immensely charming film, “The Watermelon Woman” tackles a universal Queer experience — the importance of seeing yourself represented on screen — through the specific lens of Black womanhood. Dunye’s masterpiece can be seen March 22-23.
A complete list of the Guild’s upcoming showings can be found on its website.
Elijah Ritch is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. They can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
LOBO SPORTS
Men’s basketball: Lobos fly past Air Force
By Jaden McKelvey-Francis @jadenmckelvey
After losing two games in a row for the first time this season, the University of New Mexico Lobos added another win to their record on Saturday, March 1, beating the Air Force Academy Falcons 92-71.
The Lobos had no trouble against the Falcons, as they led the other team for the entire game. The only time the game was tied was between tipoff and the first Lobo basket.
The Lobos were simply too fast and tenacious for the Falcons to han-
dle. The Falcons were rattled by the Lobos’ defensive pressure and ended up turning the ball over 20 times, which created 28 points of offense for the Lobos.
The Lobos easily got inside the paint and scored around the rim. Either through post-ups, fast breaks or drives from the outside, the Lobos seemed to be able to get to the basket at will.
Both teams hit their shots efficiently as the Lobos shot 53.1% and the Falcons shot 44.6% from the field. The Lobos created their lead through extra possessions and from the free-throw line.
The Lobos were led by guard Donovan Dent, who finished with
23 points and six assists. Four other Lobos finished with 14 or more points as they looked for each other on cuts and for kick-outs from drives.
The Lobos remain first in the Mountain West standing, and if they win the last two games on their schedule, the team will secure a Mountain West regular-season title.
“We wanted to win the regular season,” Dent said. “It’s more important in our opinion, and we wanted to win it bad.”
The Lobos have not won a regular-season Mountain West title in over 10 years, with their last one coming in the 2012-13 season.
“Our No. 1 goal is to win a regular-
season championship,” Head Coach Richard Pitino said.
The Lobos did go to a smaller lineup than usual at times. This was partially due to key players getting into foul trouble. Nelly Junior Joseph had four fouls along with his 14 points and 13 rebounds. Forward Ibrahima Sacko also picked up four fouls despite his few minutes of playing time.
Forward Mustapha Amzil was an important contributor to the Lobos’ offense. He finished with 15 points and five rebounds. He struggled with an injury recently, only playing 15 minutes the previous game and missing the two games before that.
“I thought maybe it’s good to get him back in rhythm,” Pitino said. “He’s very, very important to what we do. It’s just a hard thing, ‘cause you can’t get a lot of rest right now.”
The Lobos will hit the road to face the University of Nevada Wolf Pack on Tuesday, March 4. Then, they will return home to finish out their regular season against the University of Las Vegas Running Rebels.
Jaden McKelvey-Francis is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @jadenmckelvey
Baseball: Lobos come out swinging against the Aggies
By Elizabeth Bolke & Esmeralda Lozano @dailylobo
The University of New Mexico baseball team took on New Mexico State University on Tuesday, Feb. 25, walking away victorious with a 7-0 win.
Head Coach Tod Brown said he saw improvement compared to the previous weekend’s games against Northern Colorado University.
“It’s much better. I mean, Stevie Wonder could see that,” Brown said. “Look at nine zeros, two hits — very competitive.”
The game brought eagerness and
excitement from the crowd and the dugouts. The Rio Grande Rivalry was on full display as both teams went head-to-head out on the field. Lobo pitcher Dayne Pengelly expressed his competitiveness with the Aggies.
“We want to stick it to them every chance we can,” Pengelly said. “I just want to go out there and go big on every pitch.”
The first few innings started strong for the Lobos, who had better offense and defense compared to the games against Northern Colorado. Defense was spot-on throughout the game, and the pitches were better than they were the previous weekend.
Both teams battled it out from the fourth inning until the eighth inning, when the Lobos scored one more run. There was no doubt that the pitching in the first few innings was spot-on.
This left some questions for NMSU’s defense and offense. In previous rivalry games, the Aggies seemed to have played a little harder offensively. NMSU Head Coach Jake Angier noticed there were missed opportunities for the team when it came to pitching, which
“Dayne only got four outs on Friday,” Brown said. “That’s why we lost a lot of innings out of our two starters. So we needed him to pitch tonight, and he gave us five solid innings, which saved our bullpen.”
cost them the game.
“Offensively, we really didn’t really get anything going to have an opportunity to drive in runs. They just kind of shoved it right up our you-knowwhat all night,” Angier said.
Although the Lobos had a successful outcome, there was still some work that could have prevented four innings from going without any runs.
The Lobos have challenging games this season and have acknowledged that there is still progress to be made.
It was clear that NMSU had a hard time breaking through the Lobos’ defense, but it was also clear that the Lobos had the same trouble for a portion of the game. However, that didn’t
stop UNM from coming out on top. After the game, Lobo outfielder Jordy Oriach said it was tough that the team didn’t make any runs.
“We definitely wanted to get out of there early,” Oriach said. “But we’ll take the win. I’m glad the pitcher got scoreless innings.”
Elizabeth Bolke is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
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Lobo guard CJ Noland (#0) dunks on a fast break during the first half of the game against Air Force at The Pit on Saturday, March 1. The Lobos won 92-71.
Lobo guard Donovan Dent (#2) brings the ball up the court during the first half of the game against Air Force at The Pit on Saturday, March 1. The Lobos won 92-71.
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Rhythm India makes a stop at Popejoy Hall
By Leila Chapa & Paloma Chapa @lchapa06 & @paloma_chapa88
On Thursday, Feb. 27, Popejoy Hall hosted a colorful performance of Indian music, featuring sparkly costumes and animated dancers.
The performance was directed and choreographed by Joya Kazi, an Indian American actress, dancer and choreographer, according to a Popejoy press release.
The performance involved Indian folk dancing, which is rooted in religious rituals that honor “local deities” and “prominent Gods in temples” throughout the country,
according to the press release.
Kazi started her company, Joya Kazi Unlimited, in Los Angeles when she was 16 years old.
She has been training dancers through her company for over 20 years, with clients and credits including Disney and Netflix, according to the Joya Kazi Entertainment website.
“The show honors the powerful legacy of traditional Indian dance,” the press release reads.
Dancers, both men and women, took turns and shared the stage, dancing to a variety of Indian music from different time periods.
Arup Maji, University of New Mexico professor emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering, attended the show Thursday night.
“As a member of the UNM community for many decades, I have been exposed to many local Indian dance and music shows, a truly professional group stretches the imagination and raises awareness of what is possible,” he wrote to the Daily Lobo.
Maji was touched by the narrative that appeared between dances throughout the show, he wrote.
“The patronage of music and dance through many centuries of dominance of different religions and foreign influences on the culture of the Indian subcontinent is perhaps the binding force that has kept the region largely peaceful over my lifetime,” he wrote.
By Elliott Wood @dailylobo
An otherwise uneventful full senate meeting of the Associated Students at the University of New Mexico was punctuated by an impassioned appeal from Sens. Jayce McCloud and Hope Montoya on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The pair appealed for senators to involve themselves in the ASUNM budget process, as the time for full senate discussion of the upcoming budget is all-but-confirmed for the next meeting.
A suspension of the standing rule that time-limits senators’ opening remarks motioned by Finance Chair Montoya allowed McCloud 15 minutes — instead of the usual five — to
deliver his call to action.
In his remarks, McCloud highlighted what he said were sections of the ASUNM Lawbook and Constitution that gave the Finance Committee significant authority over ASUNM employee salaries. A packet given to senators and executive staff outlined a disparity in the percentage of available funds granted in last spring’s budget to ASUNM-adjacent organizations compared to those unaffiliated with the student government – 89.4% and 10.6%, respectively.
“It’s just not right,” McCloud said of the difference in distribution.
The bulk of the packet consisted of statements from 15 student organization leaders on how increased funding would benefit their members and the UNM community.
“Full funding would allow us to keep creating a safe community space for Queer and trans Lobos as we navigate the challenges that we currently face,” reads a statement from Juniper Reimagined.
Another statement from Tivon Oston, president of the World Affairs Delegation, highlighted how ASUNM funding serves members of student organizations, dozens of New Mexico secondary schools and UNM itself.
“Without ASUNM expanding funding for chartered student organizations in the face of inflation and rising cost, student organizations like ours will cease to exist,” the statement from Oston reads.
Nine organizations had appropriations on the agenda: the Pre-Dental Society, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, American Indian
Business Association, Health Professions Symposium, UNM Pre-Medical Society, Nepali Students Association, Society of Women Engineers, Juniper Reimagined and Automotive and Motorsport Club. All requests were passed by a vote of 14-0-0-5.
Five bills were up during Wednesday’s meeting, including three related to a new position in the ASUNM Judiciary — a student advocate role. The bill creating a student advocate role passed at last fall’s final full senate meeting but was redefined in Bill 6S as the student attorney, who is responsible for representing students who are defendants in cases brought against them by ASUNM or who bring a complaint against the organization. Bill 3S outlined the duties of the position, and Bill 4S added its definition to the Definitions Code of the ASUNM Lawbook.
Bill 5S redefined the wording for the definition of the Community Experience Agency, completing half the mission of a similar bill from the last full senate meeting. Bill 7S failed to pass after concerns among senators over the “vague” nature of its language regarding what constitutes coercion of a voter in student elections. All other bills passed by full count minus absences.
ASUNM’s next full senate meeting is March 12.
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not been announced yet, according to The Tax Foundation.
The implementation of tariffs creates fewer choices for New Mexico businesses and ultimately makes it harder for them to do business, according to White. This leads to businesses passing costs on to consumers by raising prices, he said.
New Mexico Metals, a metal supplier in Albuquerque, buys its steel from domestic distributors that get their product from local and international suppliers, co-owner Doug Cone said.
If tariffs on steel are imposed, metal products will “absolutely” become more expensive in the U.S., Cone said. And if metal products become
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more expensive, New Mexico Metals will have to raise the price of its products, he said.
“No company is going to absorb that,” Cone said.
Metals and industrial minerals are used in every sector of construction and manufacturing, according to the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
New Mexico Metals sells steel to large, medium and small “mom and pop shops,” Cone said.
Increasing metal prices could lead consumers to buy less metal, causing growth in the U.S. economy to slow down, according to Cone.
“If the economy keeps chugging away and people pay more money
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“We’ve actually been rather surprised at the number of responses so far. So, I think people are feeling very strongly about this,” Jackson said. “A lot of the feedback has been very positive. People are very thankful to have access to the products. There has been some negative feedback.”
The Student Fee Review Board approved funding last fiscal year and has been keeping an eye on the project as ASUNM President Anthony Tomaziefski, Boards & Committees Coordinator Taya Demianova and
Governmental Affairs Assistant Director Alana Baca work with state Reps. Marianna Anaya (D-Albuquerque) and Michelle Paulene Abeyta (Diné) (D-To’hajiilee) to implement projects like these at universities across the state.
House Bill 151, sponsored by Anaya and Paulene Abeyta, requires state educational institutions such as UNM to provide menstrual products in each women’s and gender-neutral bathroom and at least one men’s bathroom. The bill passed the House
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most 100 years.
“The ADA did not become law until 1990. While we do have several new buildings on campus that were built post-1990, we still struggle a lot with some of the older buildings on campus,” Jaramillo said. “In more recent years, we are beginning to get a handle on campus so that we don’t end up with new buildings that are not accessible, which unfortunately still happens sometimes.”
Jaramillo hopes to acquire more funding specifically for accessibility purposes from the New Mexico Legislature, she said.
“The University has made an ask for accessibility funding to approve physical accessibility, and I think there’s been some missed opportunity for clear communication to the Legislature about what specifically it is we’re trying to do,” Jaramillo said. “I am hopeful and more optimistic
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Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Her research specifically focuses on infrastructures of care that emerge in relation to forced migration, she said.
“In all my research with forced migration, I have not seen a situation like this where, first of all, 19 million people crossed through the border
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into Poland. Not all of them stayed, but a lot were admitted. Many were absorbed into civil society,” Laster said. “There were no refugee camps.”
Many refugees were received in homes or other quality accommodations, according to Laster.
She told one story of a man who
for it, it’s going to be better for everybody,” Cone said. “But if the people can’t afford to pay higher amounts of money for everything, then it’s going to curtail the production a bit. And how much is hard to say.”
Steel tariffs will increase the production price for U.S. automakers due to a reliance on foreign steel, according to White.
Michael Zappia, a salesperson at Sandia Toyota, said that some car manufacturers may struggle under the new tariffs, and even domestic car manufacturers may have a “tough time.”
However, the effect of steel tariffs on other car companies could help reduce competition for Toyota, Zappia said.
Health & Human Services Committee and, as of Sunday, March 2, awaits a hearing in the House Appropriations & Finance Committee.
HB 151 is modeled after a 2023 state law that ruled that public middle schools, junior high schools, secondary schools and high schools were obligated to provide free menstrual products to students.
Demianova said she was optimistic about the bill’s chances in the statehouse this session.
“Even if it doesn’t pass this year,
this session that we’ve made that ask more clear from a campus- or institution-wide standpoint.”
Agos said accessibility is important not just for disabled students’ safety, but for their emotional and social well-being and their ability to feel connected to the UNM community.
“I think when I’m not in class you often find me in a corner by myself,” Agos said. “When I come home, I’m in my room. I don’t go
“I don’t foresee us having a tariff issue that’s going to affect the cost of our cars,” Zappia said.
Reciprocal tariffs, which seek to address unfair and unbalanced aspects of U.S. trade with foreign trading partners, will be implemented by the Trump administration, according to the White House.
The Office of Management and Budget is required to propose a plan to assess the financial impacts of the reciprocal tariffs by Aug. 12, according to a presidential memorandum issued on Feb. 13.
Cone is unsure whether the Trump administration’s tariff strategy is being imposed properly and will benefit the U.S. economy, he said.
I’m hoping to expand the efforts next year so that we can come back stronger and more prepared and kind of have a more solid foundation and more connections to work off of what we’ve got going this year already,” Demianova said.
Part of those expanded efforts would include using research from the Lobo Pantry on how to potentially include other basic hygiene items, like deodorant and toothpaste, in the bill.
“This is an important topic, and I’m really glad that we’re able to do
anywhere, because to go somewhere, I have to fight.”
Agos advocated for a cultural shift within the UNM student body and community.
“There’s days I just want to give somebody my old wheelchair — because I still have to use it if I drive in somebody’s car — just for them to try to go some places on campus, to see how bad it really is,” Agos said. “It’d be nice if they would require a class
“It would be nice to bring more manufacturing back here, but tariffs on raw materials and everything else — I don’t know if that’s really going to be a successful method of doing it. Cone said. “I don’t really understand the end game.”
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hosted two Ukrainian boys who were jiu-jitsu champions, and ensured that they had a dojo and an instructor. The dojo allowed the boys to practice for free, ensuring they had a sense of normalcy and joy.
“People really stepped up. The entire infrastructure emerged from
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civil society. The Polish government, which was right-wing at the time, was really fumbling,” Laster said. “It was the people that would really emerge.”
Following the talk, there was a screening of the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” which won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Documentary. It
this and bring resources to students to support their student success and make sure we have an inclusive campus,” Jackson said.
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here at UNM your very first semester to go seven days in a chair. Gosh, that would be the best class in the world.”
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follows Ukrainian journalists trapped in the city of Mariupol as they struggle to document the atrocities of the war.
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HAPS
Monday
Ancora Cafe and Bakery
Monday Gaming Night
Board games, chess club, and more!
Hours: 6 AM - 8:30 PM, 148 Quincy St NE
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe
Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm
Monday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
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.
birthright.org/albuquerque
New Volunteers Always Welcome
Monday 10AM-1PM 3228 Candelaria Rd NE
Career Services
“All Majors” Job & Internship Fair
March 6: 10am-2pm Location: SUB
Visit career.unm.edu for more info!
Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival
March 20 - March 22
Free Workshops | Open Mics Daily cicadapoetryslamfestival.com
Happy Cat Hotel & Spa
Book a Room or Spa Today!
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
happycathotel.com/albuquerquenm
JC’s New York Pizza Dept.
Buy Pizza, Wings and more with LoboCash through Grubhub
11 AM - 10 PM 215 Central Ave, NW 87102 (505) 766-6973
Mama and the Girls
Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM- 10:30 PM
915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
The Entertainment Guide
Outpost Performance Space
Student discounts available! www.outpostspace.org For upcoming shows
Quirky Used Books & More
Books, Puzzles, Stickers, Mugs, Etc.
Mon: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater
The Amity Affliction * Hail the Sun *
Many Eyes * Unwell
March 3rd 2025
$30 - $80 | 7:00pm | All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Treasures of the Earth Show
Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club
Over 50 dealers, silent auctions, educational booths, and displays.
March 14-16, 2025 | Expo New Mexico
Test With Truman
Be Empowered. Know Your Status. Walk in HIV Testing
Monday: 8am-noon 801 Encino Pl NE
You Matter Counseling Services
You Are Important. You Matter. Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy Monday: 8am - 7pm 3809 Atrisco Dr NW
Tuesday
Ancora Cafe and Bakery Open Jam
Sober Sound Lab Hours: 6 AM - 8:30 PM, 148 Quincy St NE
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Tuesday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
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. birthright.org/albuquerque
New Volunteers Always Welcome
Tuesday 10AM-1PM 3228 Candelaria Rd NE
Career Services
“All Majors” Job & Internship Fair
March 6: 10am-2pm Location: SUB Visit career.unm.edu for more info!
Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival
March 20 - March 22
Free Workshops | Open Mics Daily cicadapoetryslamfestival.com
Happy Cat Hotel & Spa
Book a Room or Spa Today!
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
happycathotel.com/albuquerquenm
JC’s New York Pizza Dept. Buy Pizza, Wings and more with LoboCash through Grubhub 11 AM - 10 PM 215 Central Ave, NW 87102 (505) 766-6973
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM- 10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space Student discounts available! www.outpostspace.org For upcoming shows
Quirky Used Books & More
HAPS The Entertainment Guide
Treasures of the Earth Show
Career Services
Thursday
Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club
Over 50 dealers, silent auctions, educational booths, and displays.
March 14-16, 2025 | Expo New Mexico
Test With Truman
Be Empowered. Know Your Status. Walk in HIV Testing
Tuesday: 1pm-5pm 801 Encino Pl NE
You Matter Counseling Services You Are Important. You Matter. Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy
Tuesday: 8am - 7pm 3809 Atrisco Dr NW
Wednesday
Ancora Cafe and Bakery
Games & Karaoke Family Night
Hours: 6 AM - 8:30 PM, 148 Quincy St NE
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Wednesday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
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. birthright.org/albuquerque
New Volunteers Always Welcome Wednesday 10AM-1PM 3228 Candelaria Rd NE
“All Majors” Job & Internship Fair
March 6: 10am-2pm
Location: SUB Visit career.unm.edu for more info!
Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival
March 20 - March 22
Free Workshops | Open Mics Daily cicadapoetryslamfestival.com
Happy Cat Hotel & Spa
Book a Room or Spa Today! 8:30 am to 5:30 pm happycathotel.com/albuquerquenm
JC’s New York Pizza Dept. Buy Pizza, Wings and more with LoboCash through Grubhub 11 AM - 10 PM 215 Central Ave, NW 87102 (505) 766-6973
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM- 10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space Student discounts available! www.outpostspace.org For upcoming shows
Quirky Used Books & More Fiction & Nonfiction
Wed: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater Imminence * Landmvrks * Jiluka
March 19th 2025
Ancora Cafe and Bakery
Open Mic Night
Hours: 6 AM - 8:30 PM, 148 Quincy St NE
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Thursday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE 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.
birthright.org/albuquerque New Volunteers Always Welcome Thursday 10AM-1PM 3228 Candelaria Rd
$25 - $75 | 8:00pm | All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Treasures of the Earth Show Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club Over 50 dealers, silent auctions, educational booths, and displays. March 14-16, 2025 | Expo New Mexico
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312
You Matter Counseling Services You Are Important. You Matter. Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy
Wednesday: 8am - 7pm 3809 Atrisco Dr NW
HAPS
Quirky Used Books & More
Books, Puzzles, Stickers, Mugs, Etc.
Thu: 11am – 6pm
120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater
Geoff Tate’s Operation Mindcrime
March 20th 2025
$25 - $75 | 8:00pm | 21+ Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Treasures of the Earth Show
Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club
Over 50 dealers, silent auctions, educational booths, and displays.
March 14-16, 2025 | Expo New Mexico
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. Walk in HIV Testing
Thursday: 5pm-7pm 801 Encino Pl NE
You Matter Counseling Services You Are Important. You Matter. Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy
Thursday: 8am - 7pm 3809 Atrisco Dr NW
Friday
Albuquerque Little Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire Showing at 7:30pm
$15 Student Ticket w/ ID @ window
Ancora Cafe and Bakery
Musician & Artist Showcase
Hours: 6 AM - 8:30 PM, 148 Quincy St NE
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe
Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Friday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
Big Ass Cookies
Order delicious sweets online! @bigasscookiesllc oterolane@yahoo.com 505-550-9478
Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival
March 20 - March 22 Free Workshops | Open Mics Daily cicadapoetryslamfestival.com
Happy Cat Hotel & Spa
Book a Room or Spa Today! 8:30 am to 5:30 pm happycathotel.com/albuquerquenm
JC’s New York Pizza Dept.
Buy Pizza, Wings and more with LoboCash through Grubhub 11 AM - 12 PM 215 Central Ave, NW 87102 (505) 766-6973
Mama and the Girls
Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM- 10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
The Entertainment Guide
Outpost Performance Space Student discounts available! www.outpostspace.org
For upcoming shows
Quirky Used Books & More
More than 16,000 Used Books Fri: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater Buy your tickets today! Check out sunshinetheaterlive.com for more showings!
Treasures of the Earth Show
Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club
Over 50 dealers, silent auctions, educational booths, and displays. March 14-16, 2025 | Expo New Mexico
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312
You Matter Counseling Services You Are Important. You Matter. Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy Friday: 8am - 7pm 3809 Atrisco Dr NW
Saturday
Albuquerque Little Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire Showing at 7:30pm
$15 Student Ticket w/ ID @ window
Ancora Cafe and Bakery
Sports Night
Hours: 6 AM - 8:30 PM, 148 Quincy St NE
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe
Chai Happy Hour 3-5pm Saturday: 8am-8pm 2201 Silver Avenue SE
Big Ass Cookies
Order delicious sweets online! @bigasscookiesllc oterolane@yahoo.com 505-550-9478
Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival March 20 - March 22 Free Workshops | Open Mics Daily cicadapoetryslamfestival.com
Happy Cat Hotel & Spa
Book a Room or Spa Today! 8:30 am to 5:30 pm happycathotel.com/albuquerquenm
JC’s New York Pizza Dept. Buy Pizza, Wings and more with LoboCash through Grubhub 11 AM - 12 PM 215 Central Ave, NW 87102 (505) 766-6973
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
8 AM- 10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Student discounts available! www.outpostspace.org
For upcoming shows
Quirky Used Books & More
Fiction & Nonfiction Sat: 11am – 6pm 120 Jefferson St NE
Sunshine Theater Juggalo Championship Wrestling
March 8th 2025
$25 - $75 | 8:00pm | All Ages 120 Central Ave SW, 87102
Treasures of the Earth Show
Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club Over 50 dealers, silent auctions, educational booths, and displays. March 14-16, 2025 | Expo New Mexico
Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312
You Matter Counseling Services You Are Important. You Matter. Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy
Saturday: 8am - 6pm 3809 Atrisco Dr NW
Sunday
Albuquerque Little Theatre A Streetcar Named Desire Showing at 2:00pm
$15 Student Ticket w/ ID @ window
Ancora Cafe and Bakery
Sports Night
Hours: 8AM - 4PM, 148 Quincy St NE
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
Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival March 20 - March 22 Free Workshops | Open Mics Daily cicadapoetryslamfestival.com
Happy Cat Hotel & Spa Book a Room or Spa Today! 8:30 am to 5:30 pm happycathotel.com/albuquerquenm
JC’s New York Pizza Dept.
Buy Pizza, Wings and more with LoboCash through Grubhub 11 AM - 10 PM
215 Central Ave, NW 87102 (505) 766-6973
Mama and the Girls
Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center 8 AM- 10:30 PM 915 Yale Blvd SE Ste B
Outpost Performance Space
Student discounts available! www.outpostspace.org For upcoming shows
Sunshine Theater Buy your tickets today! Check out sunshinetheaterlive.com for more showings!
Treasures of the Earth Show Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club
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Students celebrate UNM’s 136th birthday
By Maria Fernandez @dailylobo
On Friday, Feb. 28, University of New Mexico students, faculty and staff gathered in the Student Union Building to celebrate the UNM’s 136th anniversary.
The event, planned and coordinated by Lobo Spirit of the Associated Students at UNM, began with the annual group photo, featuring 136 UNM students in Lobo Day shirts.
Guest speakers included UNM President Garnett Stokes, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway, and new Head Football Coach Jason Eck — followed by the singing of “Happy Birthday,”
during which ASUNM released confetti on the SUB atrium.
“We brought in the photo booth to take 360 videos, and also had Bing Tea here, where students were able to get boba tea,” said Lily Marquez, Lobo Spirit executive director. “We also brought in a friendship bracelets activity and cake for students.”
This was Stokes’ eighth Lobo Day as president, which she said is a testament to the long history of the University.
“I have never seen the anniversary of a university’s founding to be celebrated at such a level by the students of the university, so I appreciate that our students embrace this,” Stokes said.
“This university has seen and been through a lot; that will always be true. They always emerge stronger on the other side.”
This year’s Lobo Day marked the first time since pre-pandemic that the event has been held indoors, according to Lobo Spirit Assistant Director Kiera Rosenfeld.
The event also featured a chance for students to get an event T-shirt and participate in a raffle, according to Student Activities Specialist Scotty Rudolph.
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DAILY LOBO C ampus Calendar of Events
Monday-Sunday, March 3 - March 9, 2025
MONDAY Campus Events
Manicure
2:30
3:00 – 5:00pm Hosted by the Language Learning Center.
Meetings
UNM Fiber Arts Club Meeting
Honors College Forum
11:30am – 2:15pm Join the Fiber Arts Club for their weekly meeting.
Students for Justice in Palestine General Meeting Honors College Forum
3:00 – 4:00pm
UNMSJP General weekly meeting. Anyone welcome to join.
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation
9:00 – 10:00am PAIS 1010: Work Room
Adil Wani, Biology, presents “Developmental programs regulating the fate specification, identity and function of dorsal fanshaped body neurons in Drosophila melanogaster central complex.”
Director’s Lectureship Seminar
Series
UNM Cancer Center Auditorium
11:30am – 1:00pm UNM Cancer Center Auditorium
Shikhar Mehrotra, Medical University of South Carolina, presents “THIOLs in De-Stressing Anti-Tumor T Cells for Improving Immunotherapy.”
Optimizing Irregular Data
Movement at Scale
Farris Engineering Center
2:00 – 3:00pm Ke Fan, Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Chicago presents “Optimizing Irregular Data Movement at Scale.”
Film & Digital Arts Mentor Series
CERIA
5:30 – 7:00pm Matt Deller, screenwriter for Obsidian Entertainment, Rough House Pictures, presents for this year’s Mentor Series.
Art & Music
Piano Studio Recital I
Keller Hall
6:00 – 8:45pm
Featuring the students of Professor Falko Steinbach.
TUESDAY
Campus Events
Anderson Community Closet
Anderson School of Management, MCM Living Room
10:00am – 2:00pm Find business clothing for interviews and job fairs.
Yoga with the AAPIRC Mesa Vista Hall, Room 1064 12:00 – 1:00pm Join the Women’s Resource Center, Global Education Office, and the Asian American Pacific Islander Resource Center in their weekly yoga meetings.
Mardi Gras SUB Atrium
12:00 – 2:00pm Celebrate Mardi Gras. There will be free food, a live band and mask decorating.
Break for the Ball
Johnson Center, Auxiliary Gym
6:00 – 8:30pm Hosted by the American Indian Student Services.
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
UNM Department of History, Mesa Vista Hall
9:00 – 10:00am Chase McCarter, History, presents “The Emotional World of ExConfederate Expatriates in Latin America, 1865-1870.”
Lenten Season en Nuevo México: A Living History
Chicana/o Studies 1829 Sigma Rd NE 10:00am – 1:00pm Learn about New Mexico Lenten traditions through food, music, poetry, history and lived experiences.
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
UNM Center for High Technology Materials, Room 101 1:00 – 2:00pm Collin Burt, Engineering, presents “Design and Characterization of Radiation-Hardened GaAs HBTBased Optical Transceivers.”
Meetings
Arabic Club Ortega Hall, Room 135
1:00 – 2:00pm Hosted by the Language Learning Center.
Student Advisory Council Meeting
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UNM Art Museum
4:00 – 5:00pm
Throughout the semester, students will analyze the effectiveness of
the museum’s current booking system and design an updated instruction guide. To pair with the online guide, students will curate unique object lists that highlight areas of the museum’s collection and exemplify potential areas of inquiry for appointments in the study room.
Art & Music
Cello Studio Recital Keller Hall
7:30 – 9:00pm Featuring the students of Dr. Christoph Wagner.
Sports & Recreation
UNM Women’s Basketball vs Air Force The Pit 7:00 – 9:00pm UNM Women’s Basketball face off against Air Force. Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
Workshops
Pizza & Presentation Skills: What is a Conference? Zimmerman Library B30 11:00am – 12:00pm Jairo Marshall, Graduate Support at CTL, presents a workshop about the structure of academic conferences.
Career Fair Prep Workshop
Anderson School of Management, MCM 12:00 – 1:00pm Hosted by Anderson School of Management.
WEDNESDAY
Campus Events
Hump Day HIV Testing SHAC, Health Promotion Office 11:00am – 2:00pm Free HIV Testing at the SHAC.
Women’s Resource Center 12:00 – 2:00pm Hang out, relax, meet new people, and learn a new craft. Anderson Networking Reception Jackson Student Center 4:00 – 6:00pm Hosted by Anderson School of Management.
Meetings
French Club
Ortega Hall, Room 124 2:00 – 3:00pm Hosted by the Language Learning Center.
Theater & Film
Mid Week Movies: Sonic 3
SUB, Theater 6:00 – 9:30pm
Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship soon reaches a crossroad as their lives begin to take very different paths. Sign-In at the movie.
Art
& Music
Arts in Medicine Concert
UNM Hospital, BBRP Cafe 12:00 – 1:00pm
Arts in Medicine presentsthis week with jazz standards provided by Trio No. Bring a lunch to the BBRP at noon for this weeks surprise musical guest.
Symphonic Band Popejoy Hall 7:30 – 9:00pm Conducted by Dr. Chad Simons. $15 general admission, $10 seniors and employees, $5 students.
Lectures & Readings
Creative Book Crafts: Open Mind and Open Education Session
Zimmerman Library Frank Waters Room 105 12:00 – 1:00pm
Learn about OER, play a Creative Commons matching game, do crafts with old textbooks, and enjoy snacks. Basics of Open Educational Resources, benefits and examples of OER, open licenses and Creative Commons will be discussed.
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
Advanced Materials Lab, Classroom 3:00 – 4:00pm Kyle Troche, Nano Science & Micro Systems, presents “Analytical electrochemistry of nickel, platinum, and platinum-nickel electrodepositions”.
School of Engineering Dean’s
Distinguished Lecture Series Centennial Engineering Center, Larrañaga Auditorium 5:30 – 7:00pm Dr. Edward Blandford, Kairos Power, presents “The Right Moment: How Kairos Power is Building the Future of Nuclear Energy.” Free dinner follows the lecture.
THURSDAY
Campus Events
All Majors Job & Internship Fair SUB, Ballrooms 10:00am – 2:00pm
Hosted by Career Services.
Family & Friends Cancer Support Group
College of Education & Human Sciences, Education Wing 4:00 – 5:30pm A journaling support group for anyone who has a loved one with cancer, a loved one who has survived cancer, and/or a loved one who has died from cancer.
Luther House/ Open Table Connections Dinner and Dialogue
Dane Smith Hall 5:00 – 7:30pm
Following a free community meal, The Open Table Connection will offer a variety of ways for students to learn about, connect with, and live out their faith. They offer text studies, theological dialogue, spiritual practices, prayer, worship, Holy Communion, and service opportunities LGBTQAI+ Affirming.
Lectures & Readings
Creative Book Crafts: Open Mind and Open Education Session 12:00 – 1:00pm Zimmerman Library Frank Waters Room 105
Learn about OER, play a Creative Commons matching game, do crafts with old textbooks, and enjoy snacks. Basics of Open Educational Resources, benefits and examples of OER, open licenses and Creative Commons will be discussed.
Latin American & Iberian Institute PhD Colloquium Latin American & Iberian Institute, Conference Room 12:30 – 2:15pm Join the LAII for the final presentations of the 2023-2024 PH.D. Fellowship recipients.
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Fitz Hall, Room 303 2:00 – 3:00pm Aleyah Goins, Biomedical Science Graduate Program, presents “Neuroimmune mechanisms of chronic back pain.”
Latin American & Iberian Institute Poetry Reading and Conversation Zimmerman Library, Frank Waters Room
3:00 – 5:00pm
Víctor Rodríguez Núñez and Margaret Randall, translators and poets, presents “When the Shadow Falls Everything Becomes Cuba.”
Meetings
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3:30 – 4:30pm
Come learn some study hacks to see how you can turn
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DAILY LOBO C ampus Calendar of Events
$10 Staff & Students, tickets must be purchased online.
FRIDAY
Campus Events
Craft Talk with Zoe Bossiere Zimmerman Library, Frank Waters Room
1:00 – 2:00pm Zoe Bossiere discusses writing.
Lectures & Readings
CMBD Seminar Series
UNM Hospital, Auditorium 12:00 – 1:00pm Lisa Cisneros, UNM, presents:
“MAVS: The pattern recognition receptor gatekeeper in substance driven HIV-1 dynamics from body to brain.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
UNM Speech and Hearing Sciences, Room 1350
1:00 – 2:00pm Evon Youkhana, Speech & Hearing Sciences, presents “Determining Diagnostic Criteria To Define Infant Swallowing Through Expert Focus Groups.”
Economics Seminar
Economics Department, Room 1002
Flamenco works for Voltage were choreographed by guest artists Ricardo Moro and Florencia Oz.
$15 General, $12 Faculty & Seniors,
2:00 – 3:00pm Dr. Casey Wichman, UNM, presents “Dynamics of Global Emission Permit Prices and Regional Social Cost of Carbon under Noncooperation.”
Philosophy Colloquium
Mitchell Hall, Room 102
3:30 – 4:30pm Paul Livingston, UNM, presents “Neither the one nor the others: Two logical critiques of anthropogenic violence.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room 304 4:00 – 5:00pm Daniel Forest, Art & Art History, presents “Sub Terra”.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Clark Hall, Room 201 4:00 – 5:00pm Sara Vaiana, Arizona State University, presents.
Panel Discussion: Frontier Energy: Feminism, Women Artists, and the Southwest
UNM Art Museum
5:00 – 6:30pm Amy Von Lintel, Professor of Art History and Director of Gender Studies at West Texas A&M University, will be in conversation with writer and activist Lucy Lippard, artist Sabra Moore and social activist Margaret Randall. The discussion will focus on artists Helen Frankenthaler and Elaine de Kooning, exploring feminism and the artists’ connections to the American Southwest. A light reception will follow.
Meetings
Qur’an Reading Group 10:00 – 11:00am
Ortega Hall, LLC Movie Room Hosted by the Language Learning Center.
Student Groups & Gov
Japanese Club SUB, Scholars Room 5:00 – 6:00pm Join this Language Learning Center group to learn more about Japanese language and culture.
Theater & Film
SWFC Movie: Nosferatu SUB, Theater 6:00 – 8:00pm In the 1830s, estate agent Thomas Hutter travels to Transylvania for a fateful meeting with Count Orlok, a prospective client. In his absence, Hutter’s new bride, Ellen, is left under the care of their friends, Friedrich and Anna Harding. Plagued by horrific visions and an increasing sense of dread, Ellen soon encounters an evil force that’s far beyond her control. SIgn-in at the movie.
You Are Alive, But Are You Living? The Experimental Theatre 7:30 – 9:00pm Original undergraduate studentproduced play by Er Case. The play is a mix of genres—think Inside Out meets Get Out. Ticket prices start at $10.
showcases works by
and international artists who have worked with UNM Dance students to bring their original creations to life. This year’s concert features Contemporary works by Vladimir Conde Reche, Donna Jewell, and guest artists Seán Curran and Elana Anderson. Flamenco works for Voltage were choreographed by guest artists Ricardo Moro and Florencia Oz. $15 General, $12 Faculty & Seniors, $10 Staff & Students, tickets must be purchased online.
Sports & Recreation
– 10:00pm UNM Men’s Basketball face off against UNLV. Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
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Worldchampion Irish dancers David Geaney and James Devine lead
a company devoted to exploring the past, present, and future of Irish and tap dance through complex rhythms and choreography. Ticket Prices $29.50 +.
UNM Faculty Dance Concert:
Voltage Rodey Theatre
7:30 – 9:00pm
Voltage showcases works by national and international artists who have worked with UNM Dance students to bring their original creations to life. This year’s concert features Contemporary works by Vladimir Conde Reche, Donna Jewell, and guest artists
Seán Curran and Elana Anderson. Flamenco works for Voltage were choreographed by guest artists Ricardo Moro and Florencia Oz.
$15 General, $12 Faculty & Seniors, $10 Staff & Students, tickets must be purchased online.
SUNDAY
Art & Music
Michael Feinstein in Because of You Popejoy Hall
3:00 – 4:00pm
Michael Feinstein’s tribute to his friend, singer Tony Bennett’s legacy with style and flair. Feinstein’s performance showcases such iconic Bennett hits as “Because of You,” “Rags to Riches,” “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “Stranger in Paradise,” and more. Ticket Prices range from $25 - $89.
Theater & Film
You Are Alive, But Are You Living?
The Experimental Theatre
2:00 – 3:30pm
Original undergraduate studentproduced play by Er Case. The play is a mix of genres—think Inside Out
meets Get Out. Ticket prices start at $10.
CURRENT EXHIBITS
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference Exhibit
Through March 14, 2025
Zimmerman Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
The exhibit will be 3 research posters and a digital display to promote the upcoming undergraduate research opportunity conference in April 2025.
Oaxaca Ingobernable: Aesthetics, Politics, and Art from Below Through March 14, 2025
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Oaxaca Ingobernable: Aesthetics, Politics, and Art from Below, explores subversive representations of embodied resistance by Indigenous and Black Oaxacan communities in Mexico and the United States through collaborative artmaking practices and largescale relief prints, on view in the Hibben Center and Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.
Entangled Cultures: How Humans and Microbes Co-create through Fermentation
Through March 14, 2025
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Entangled Cultures presents diverse global examples of traditional vessels used in the creation and consumption of fermented foods and beverages.
Sub Terra Through March 15, 2025
716 Solano Dr NE Daneil Forest’s MFA Thesis exhibition. A walk through installation of 5 immersive works. 2 years in the making.
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Seeding Radicle Futures
Through April 3, 2025
Legacy of Hip Hop: A Sonic Exploration
Center for Southwest Research, Frank Waters Room
This exhibition presents student and faculty artworks from the community-engaged art studio class. Featuring work by: Elena Bunker Ruiz, Daniela del mar, Simon Doane, Sachika Goel, Ellan Luna, Fin Martens, Lucy Osborn, Hannah Taylor, Jacob White, and Ruiqi Xu.
Tamarind Exhibition: Home Again: Artists on NM Through April 4, 2025
Tamarind Institute
Home Again: Artists on NM comprises a selection of works on paper created by artists who are either based in or inspired by New Mexico, including Andrew Dasburg, Judy Chicago, Jim Dine, Rose B. Simpson, and Emmi Whitehorse, among others. The exhibition is an expanded and extended showing of Tamarind at El Zaguán.
“Nothing Left for Me”: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah Through May 3, 2025
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
This exhibition foregrounds Diné perspectives on the intersecting and ongoing legacies of both photography and American colonialism.
Graphic Art and Revolution: Latin American Posters 1968-2000 Through May 17, 2025
UNM Art Museum
This exhibition features materials produced in response to populist, anti-imperialist, and anti-dictatorial revolutionary and resistance movements from 1968 to 2000. Representing a range of nations and organizations, it includes prints created in Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Cuba.
Through July 1, 2025
Honors College Forum, Spectra Gallery
Collaborative works from students in the Legacy of Hip Hop course, where creativity meets culture. Each group of students has designed an original album cover and produced a song, exploring the deep connections between visual art and music in hip-hop culture. Visitors can experience the full impact of these creations through a series of headphones, placed next to each album cover, allowing them to listen to the unique sounds that inspired the visual art.
Pelton & Jonson: The Transcendent 1930s
Ongoing exhibit Raymond Jonson Gallery
Paintings, drawings, and archival materials from the UNM Art Museum collection to illustrate the aesthetic achievements and personal connections between American painters Agnes Pelton (1881-1961) and Raymond Jonson (1891-1982).
Ancestors
Permanent Exhibit
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Ancestors will lead you through those aspects of modern humanity that makes us unique and successful tracing the path of evolution through the past four million years.
People of the Southwest
Permanent Exhibit
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
The exhibition celebrates the cultural history of the Southwest, especially the close relationship southwestern people have had with the land around them. Through time, the connection between people and land has produced a deep spiritual bond that continues today in the daily life of many communities
