Daily Lobo 04/24/2023

Student housing rates increase for next year

Considerable increase seen in the past four years

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

The University of New Mexico’s Residence Life and Student Housing full-year contract rates are going up for the 2023-24 school year by $150 for traditional rooms and on-campus apartments, $80 and $120 for doubles and singles in suites, respectively, and $190 for apartments at Lobo Rainforest.

This follows significant increases in rates over the past four years with total increases of $560 and $1,510 for doubles and singles in traditional rooms, $660 and $1,610 for doubles and singles in suites, and $1,460 for on-campus apartments, and $1,750 for Lobo Rainforest since fall 2019.

The increase in rates is due to a variety of factors, according to Megan Chibanga, the director of Residence Life and Student Housing.

“Housing is responsible for paying for every cost it incurs, including the rising costs of utilities, maintenance on the buildings, student programming and events, student employee and

staff salaries, and large-scale facility improvements and renovations,” Chibanga wrote.

Solis Lucero, a first-year student currently living in Santa Clara Hall, is concerned about the housing rates increase next year after they lost a scholarship. In the 202122 academic year, 81% of UNM students received financial aid, according to UNM.

“I wish that they considered the fact that not everybody has a stable income. Not everybody has a job. Not everybody has the financial aid that they need. And I wish that UNM really thought about the fact that not everybody has the same privilege,” Lucero said.

The decision to reduce rates was considered amongst other options, Chibanga wrote.

“RLSH also considers costcutting measures such as reducing staffing, working with our teams in Purchasing to assure we are getting the best prices possible on goods and services, implementing energy-efficient measures to reduce utility costs and exploring new partnerships that can offer

UNM libraries evacuated due to anonymous threat

By Lauren Lifke @DailyLobo

On Sunday, April 16, the University of New Mexico library buildings on central campus were evacuated as a result of an anonymous threat which turned out to be a hoax, a statement shared on behalf of the University Libraries read.

A Lobo Alert informed students of police activity at Zimmerman, Centennial, Parish Libraries and George Pearl Hall at 4:34 p.m. A second alert was sent at 5:00 p.m. stating that police had cleared the area.

Police notified the on-site staff at Zimmerman immediately, according to the statement. It was the only library that was open during this time, and it was closed for the remainder of the day after the evacuation.

Andrea Juarez, an online graduate student at Ball State

University, was in Zimmerman Library at the time of the incident. A library employee told the students that there was an active shooter and everybody needed to leave, Juarez said.

“I found out later that it was the libraries that were being targeted,” Juarez said. “There wasn’t a lot of information on where the person was, or if there was even a person, and that’s when I started feeling a little unsafe.”

Juarez said that she evacuated at around 4:04 p.m. To inform employees that there was an active shooter when there wasn’t one could create dangerous situations because of the way people might react, Juarez said.

“That information needs to be relayed equally across the board and with enough detail,” Juarez said. “We need everybody to be on the same page so that we don’t freak anybody out. Give us all of the information, make sure

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mutually beneficial cost savings,” Chibanga wrote.

Rosalia Tolentino, a current resident in Coronado Hall, plans to move out next year because she can no longer afford current rates. She would have preferred to stay on campus, especially given the easy access to resources that on-campus housing can provide, Tolentino said.

“I can’t really afford to live on campus, especially with the meal plans. So, me and my roommate found a place that would be about half of what we’re paying right now. So I figured that was probably a better choice,” Tolentino said.

Graham Akoh, a student currently living in ResLife housing, said the nature of being on campus and the accessibility of resources justifies a higher cost compared to more affordable options near campus.

“I’ve tried to look for cheaper places outside of campus. But then again, it being on campus is a good resource because I don’t have to drive to classes or I don’t have to be late to class even though the price is increasing. It’s still a good

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hosts 13th annual Sustainability Expo

By Annya Loya @annyaloya

In celebration of Earth Day, the University of New Mexico held its 13th annual Sustainability Expo on Thursday, April 20. The event occurred outside the Student Union Building on Cornell Mall, where various UNM student and city organizations presented their sustainable projects, proposals and products.

The Sustainability Expo had about 70 booths, both from the University and around the city. They showcased sustainability initiatives that could apply both off and on campus, according to Jessica Rowland, a lecturer in the UNM sustainability studies program and organizer of the Expo.

One of the reasons for the Expo was to celebrate the Earth and educate the community on how to be sustainable, Rowland said.

“Just making it clear to folks on

campus, students, staff and faculty, how many opportunities there are to engage with a variety of organizations, both here at UNM and in the larger community to take action to make this a more resilient planet,” Rowland said. “So really thinking about how we can all engage together in sustainable actions.”

At the event, the sustainability component of the UNM 2040 Opportunity Defined was presented. It hopes to “reduce our environmental impact to ensure that UNM contributes to a sustainable world,” according to the initiative framework.

Previous initiatives by the University include the addition of solar panels on the roofs of buildings on campus, the reduction of water usage and the landscaping, according to Rowland.

“In terms of the built environment in the buildings, there's a lot of initiatives to save energy and to use

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resource that I don’t mind paying a little bit extra for,” Akoh said.

The decision to increase the rates was outlined by RLSH in the budgetary strategy and then given to the Residence Hall Association, the RLSH Student Staff Council and the Student Affairs Leadership Team for thoughts, Chibanga wrote.

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everybody has the same information, and we will comply.”

Despite this, Juarez said that she was impressed with the way that the community handled the situation. She said that she still felt safe because the library em -

less water. But there's a lot more that can be done for,” Rowland said.

Between 10 to 15 teams of students were able to showcase their sustainability projects at the Expo. One of them, from the local food systems class, is focused on increasing access to food on campus. The team partnered with a local food pantry to collect donations as well as utensils so that students who live on campus have resources to cook healthy meals, Rowland said.

Khadijah Burke, member of UNM Leaders for Environmental Action and Foresight, said that they wanted to raise awareness on the discrepancies in recycling policies between UNM and the city of Albuquerque.

“Only Plastics One and Two are recyclable (on campus), whereas in the city of Albuquerque, numbers one through seven are recyclable,” Burke said.

The main goal of the organization is to push UNM to declare a climate emergency. Currently, over 7,000 colleges, universities, technical schools and community

While the strides in scholarships, including recent funding from the state Legislature toward the Opportunity and Lottery scholarships, has helped take off some of the financial burden for students, Tolentino said that many students on campus still struggle with finances.

“College across the nation is just

ployees were calm and tried to keep everybody informed to the best of their knowledge.

“People think to take care of each other, which is really impressive,” Juarez said.

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colleges from around the world have declared a climate emergency, in which UNM is not included.

“It's important for us, as the University, to push forward with how we want our future to be,”

Burke said.

The UNM sustainability studies program implements the three pillars of sustainability, which are social, environmental and economic with a focus on incorporating all three pillars into a sustainable future, according to Jess Newman, a student in the program.

The program focuses on both local and global connections because sustainability can be approached from both perspectives, Newman said.

Sarah Blake, an administrative assistant at the sustainability studies program, said the biggest lesson that stuck with her was from Andreas Hernandez, a lecturer in the program. Hernandez had told her that on an individual level, there isn't much someone can do past not using single-use plastics and recycling. This is why it takes a col-

getting extremely expensive. And I feel like New Mexico is doing well, at least with the free tuition. But a lot of us still can’t really afford much,” Tolentino said.

Lucero plans to continue to live on campus next year, although they intend to move into a different oncampus dorm that is cheaper than the one they currently live in. Even

lege of University Libraries and Learning Sciences, was relieved that the threat was a hoax, according to the statement from the University Libraries. He also was concerned that the campus faced this threat in the first place.

lective effort to make a change and trying to be individualistic about it can lead to heavy burnout.

“I think that's important for everyone to know. Because when you take it as not an individual issue, it becomes more manageable,” Blake said.

Rowland said those involved in the program were excited about how sustainability will continue to evolve on campus and looked forward to similar projects being implemented as part of campus culture.

“That's really what we're pushing for, is to have sustainability not just be a buzzword, or an academic approach, but something that the campus is actively pursuing and that folks are seeing as this true cultural shift,” Rowland said.

Annya Loya is the news editor at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @annyaloya

with a lower cost, Lucero said the rates are still nerve-racking and they still don’t feel like they are getting what they’re paying for.

“If I’m paying that much. I feel like I should be getting a little bit more. That can kind of go for anything on campus, though, because everything is unreasonably expensive,” Lucero said. “And a lot of

University Libraries continues to work closely with other UNM offices to review the response, and plans to utilize training and education to learn from the situation.

students aren’t really getting exactly what they pay for.”

Maddie Pukite is the managing editor at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at managingeditor@ dailylobo.com or on Twitter @maddogpukite

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A line of the booths, including “Ye Ole Kitchen Witch,” await vistors to visit at the Sustainability Expo on Thursday, April 20.

You’ve got a friend in seeds Storytelling event builds community, sustainability

By Addison

Key @addisonkey11

“A friend with seeds is a good friend indeed” was the theme of a storytelling event hosted at the Lobo Gardens. On Friday, April 21, participants were asked to exchange stories and gardening knowledge with their friends.

The event was to encourage community engagement through storytelling and interaction with nature, according to Amara Szrom, the Lobo Gardens coordinator.

“The event today is about building community and enjoying nature — taking a break from our computers and balancing the academic, very heady life with having our hands in the earth. And giving back to our life support systems like soil, water and plants,” Szrom said.

Marisol Meyer, a first-year master’s student at UNM who studies community and regional planning, worked with Szrom to organize the event and seeks to engage in storytelling while bringing awareness to the garden.

“We really wanted the storytelling event to be mutually exciting for me

as a storytelling host, but also bringing exposure to the garden … I think the biggest thing is just getting the word out that it’s here and that we have this wonderful space available,”

Meyer said.

Gardening and storytelling commonly work together and are linked to community building, Meyer said.

“When we’re working with the earth, stories naturally come up,” Meyer said. “When we’re planting seeds together, maybe it’s with relatives, maybe it’s with friends … I feel like stories inevitably emerge from that experience. I think there’s always a bridge between storytelling, gardening, working with the land and showing up for your neighbors.”

The Lobo Gardens class, offered through the sustainability studies and civic and community engagement programs, teaches hands-on gardening activities, permaculture design and requires students to develop a project that expands on the impact of the garden, according to Szrom. August Fowler, a student in the Lobo Gardens class, said that his project was focused on creating more gardening resources on campus.

“I’m planning on expanding the

garden library,” Fowler said. “I want to expand it to either include more stuff about how to garden for people in our community who might want that resource or put more little community libraries on campus.”

Fowler said that the class is a low-stress environment that teaches students how to live more sustainably by working with the earth.

“It’s a really light workload, and we just come here and actually get our hands in the dirt and learn how to garden and how to maintain

(it), and how to do it sustainably,”

Fowler said.

Szrom said she hopes she can expand the garden onto the mowed and irrigated lawn next door. This would create more opportunities for students and bring more appropriate biodiversity for the local climate.

“We could have a lot more hands-on experimental sustainability practices happening here. We could have more biodiversity than the lawn is able to offer,” Szrom said.

Beyond the class, Szrom hopes

that the garden will continue to grow and gain support from administration, creating more academic opportunities for students.

“I really see the garden as the potential sustainability hub on campus … I’m hoping that the administration will really understand that this garden is a valuable resource for students on campus,” Szrom said. “It’s a great place for students to connect, to learn and to experiment with their academic practices. Today is a great example of the administration supporting us, to do that by helping us with this event.”.

Getting involved in the Lobo Gardens, Fowler said, helped his overall attitude toward life while helping the local environment.

“It’s a really good way to get involved and feel better about your life because thinking about climate change all the time can get fucking depressing … The things that we can do personally to be sustainable and help our environment locally, it’s really helpful,” Fowler said.

Addison Key is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @addisonkey11

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Men’s tennis: Lobos finish regular season undefeated

By Thomas Bulger @thomasbulger10

The men’s tennis team defeated the University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4-1 to go 6-0 in conference play. The Lobos had clinched the first seed in their previous match against San Diego State University.

They will now advance to the semifinals in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team hopes to win the conference tournament for the first time since 2009. The last time the Lobos were both tournament and regular season champions was 2004.

In between the doubles and singles matches, UNM’s lone senior Alex Maggs was honored. He received flowers and a framed photograph from the team along with a standing ovation from the crowd. Maggs has one more year of eligibility but is undecided on if he will return next season.

When asked about what might be his final home match, Maggs said he was happy with how the day went and feels the team is ready for the conference tournament.

“I don’t know 100% if it’s my last home game, but if it is, it’s a great way to go out,” Maggs said. “It was really fun, great atmosphere, great crowd and it helps when you play well and rise to occasion. It was a really fun day … We are full of confidence now. We had a great regular season, but we know it’s not done yet and know to not get complacent and keep pounding the stone.”

The Lobos lost the doubles point, but that ended up being the only match they lost. On court one, Arda

Azkara and Maggs made quick work of their opponents, winning 6-0. Ryoma Matsushita and Georgio Samaha were defeated by Anton Ornberg and Jackson Atherton 7-6 after going 7-4 in the tiebreaker.

Rafael Abdulsalam and Aram Noroozian almost pushed their match into tiebreakers, but gave up the final point for UNLV to take an early 1-0 lead in the match.

UNM then took over the singles matches with five Lobos winning the first set. Azkara kept his personal

undefeated streak alive, winning his match 6-1 and 6-4. Noroozian was the second to finish: he took care of business, winning 6-1 and 6-2, on court three. The Lobos were up 2-1 when Maggs finished his match. He won the first set 6-2 and won the second set 6-1. On court five, Samaha was battling Dusan Rsovac. Samaha went 9-7 to break the tie and win the set 7-6. In the second set, he was 5-3 and, with the score at 40-40, he had the ability to win the game. He came through for

the team, going 6-3 in the set and giving the Lobos their 4-1 victory. For the unfinished matches, Abdulsalam dropped his first set 2-6 but rallied back to win 6-3; the match was over before the third set started. Matsushita won his first set 6-4 and was down 5-4 when the match ended. After the match, head coach Chris Russell talked about the team’s resilience and his hopes for carrying that resolve into the tournament.

“They just have some resolve. We have some guys that love to compete. We’ve been in that situation where we haven’t won the double point and they just kind of battle. They get their heads down and they go … When they get it going, they are really tough,” Russell said. “We have to perpetuate that and keep reminding them of the momentum they have and get that started every day.”

The Lobos will play in Las Vegas, Nevada against the winner of Utah State vs. UNLV on Thursday, April 27.

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

Blade Runners dominate in St. Louis

NM’s only sled hockey team finds solidarity on the ice

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

The New Mexico Blade Runners recently became national champions in Sled Hockey. They dominated in Division 6 during the Disabled Hockey Festival in St. Louis, Missouri.

During the tournament, the team had 45 unanswered goals. Forward and University of New Mexico student Deavon Tabish-Moran said that communication and speed were key for the team to come back to the competition and take first after being third last year.

“We went back and we competed in the same division. We wanted to do well in it before moving up, and we came out and (were) much more dominant than we were anticipating,” Tabish-Moran said.

Placing first in the qualifying round allowed the team to clinch a bye for the first round where they went on to have an astounding showing. Isaac Lill, a forward on the team, scored the first point in the championship game and earned 11 points in total at the tournament. He credited the team’s defense for the win.

“I have to give it off to a goalie. The goalie played phenomenally … We have a very good shot, and we definitely can play good defense,” Lill said.

Thomas East is a defender on the team and is also acting as the team’s coach. He has been with the Blade

Runners since the team’s formation in 2014, when they received grants from the Carrie Tingley Foundation to buy equipment and get the team started.

“This year, the team really came together. We got some guys that are really maturing … and so it all came together this year,” East said.

Being the only sled hockey team in New Mexico, they have to travel to participate in tournaments. East is now also the CEO of the nonprofit that the team started to be able to fund their travel.

Not having a formal coach has provided challenges, but Tabish-Moran said it ultimately forced the team to come together and work on their coordination and communication.

“Once we figured out our synchronicity issue, we learned how to communicate,” Tabish-Moran said.

“It’s interesting, we go back and forth between having a coach and not having a coach. We’re loyal to our coach, but he’s got other commitments right now. And so we have to do a lot of analysis, endless analysis, for ourselves and a lot of self coaching, where we have to sit together, talk as a community.”

Communication is also important for athletes on the team who work in tandem with a pusher to move around the ice. Willam Schnurnberger, who works with a pusher, said that working closely has allowed him to form a close bond with his pushers.

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“It’s fun, but you have to get used to what the other person is doing and coordinate what you’re trying to do so everything matches up,” Schnurnberger said.

Advocacy for the disabled community in New Mexico and supporting teammates is another core tenant for the group. Tabish-Moran said being on the team has been liberating, as discrimination toward disabled individuals is still prevalent.

“I want the team to be a pillar for this Albuquerque community, where disabled people can celebrate their disabilities and also help lead to be champions and celebrate themselves,” Tabish-Moran said.

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can be challenging, Tabish-Moran said. The sled consists of two blades at the back and a slider at the front.

As you progress in skill, the blades at the back of the sled can become narrower which can allow for more quick movements and a tighter turn radius.

East said the team is open to all who can not play stand-up hockey.

“It’s not limited to disabled people. It’s basically anyone who can’t play stand-up hockey. So if you have a bad knee or whatever, you can play, and we can have up to two able-bodied players on the team as well. So it’s open to anybody,” East said.

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Mountain league that would be open to those in Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, as more teams form in those states. East said it would allow them to participate in more competitions closer to home.

“I feel my favorite memory is to see all of our team and how we played this weekend and how we just clicked,” Lill said.

Fans can learn more about the New Mexico Blade Runners on their website www.outposticearena.com/ hockey/sled-hockey/.

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OPINION: NIL collectives are fan exploitation

By Thomas Bulger @thomasbulger10

How much does a fan owe their team? Unconditional love and support? Buying concessions at a game? $10 a month until the end of time?

University of New Mexico head football coach Danny Gonzalez recently announced a partnership with 505 Sports Venture Foundation — a local nonprofit dedicated to getting student-athletes endorsements and name, image and likeness deals — to create a new NIL collective with a subscription-based model.

An NIL collective is a pool of money made up of smaller donations from fans and boosters. The money is then distributed to the players with the use of a third party to work around the fact that universities can’t pay their players directly.

This new model includes different tiers for a monthly donation of $44, $22 or $10, according to the Albuquerque Journal. NIL is great for student athletes — it provides opportunities to make back some of the money they raise for their universities. But something was lost along the way, and now fans are asked to give donations for

teams to stay competitive.

Student athletes have every right and a responsibility to go for the best opportunities provided to them under current rules, but without multi-billionaire alumni or mega corporations backing teams, where does that leave cities like Albuquerque?

This burden should not be placed upon fans. Fans who go to as many football games as they can afford already pay anywhere from $86 for general admission with more exclusive seats reaching the

$1,000 mark.

With the amount of money generated from sports, fans should expect products for their purchases. Some may argue that these small donations will lead to talented players staying and coming here, and they probably will, but that doesn’t mean it’s the fan’s obligation to pay.

It was a privilege to witness The Pit come back to life this season. It surpassed my expectations from the stories and legends from before my time. Sold-out crowds and barely being able to see or hear during close

games from the media section felt pure. Everyone wanted to be there. I’m not sure if it would have come across the same way knowing that the people in the stands aren’t just paying to see their favorite players but are paying them because UNM can’t.

Athletes already have to put up with the sneers and jeers from a rowdy crowd. I don’t think it’s fair to add another layer of burden. Will athletes be able to perform the same under these conditions?

Of course, it’s not unethical for the athletes to take the money,

but they shouldn’t be working for tips. It would be weird if after the game fans threw $10 bills on the court, so how is it different if it’s via PayPal account?

If UNM can afford to pay coach Gonzalez $700,000 to win two football games, UNM can manage to directly pay their student athletes.

While this may seem like an attack on UNM and 505 Sports Venture, this is an NCAA-created issue. You can’t fault UNM for finding ways to stay competitive even if it comes at the fans’ expense. The NCAA needs to ban NIL collectives — they are fundamentally changing the fan experience for the worse.

The devotion of fans who chose to donate is admirable, but fans who opt out are not lesser fans. I respect the institution for trying to find ways to retain and attract the best players, but this is a line not easily uncrossed. If UNM thinks the football team went 2-10 overall and 0-8 in conference play because other teams were able to find their players more money, I would like to see those numbers.

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

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A recurring question asked by the Adobe Theater’s production of “The Revolutionists” is, “Who are we without a story?”

The play-within-a-play, now showing through Sunday, May 7, remixes and adapts stories about four different women during the French Revolution. Stacy Hasselbacher, who plays Marie Antoinette, said that this encourages audiences to look at people and issues from a new perspective.

“The play explores different ways to address issues: Are you going to take extreme action, or are you going to work behind the scenes? Or are you going to create some kind of protest art about it? There are different ways to try to enact change, and I think this play really gets into that,” Hasselbacher said.

Stories are the key to this piece for Georgia Athearn, vice president of the Adobe Theater’s board of directors and production director.

“The major themes are sisterhood, camaraderie, revolution, feminism and pushing the narrative forward,” Athearn said. “You’ve got to push the narrative forward so that we can talk about the things that are still present today that have been present in women’s issues for hundreds of years.”

The play makes thought-provoking connections between the past and

the present, according to Nicolette “Nicee” Wagner, who plays Haitian freedom fighter Marianne Angelle. While three of the four women are loosely based on historical figures, the character of Angelle is a composite character, Wagner said.

“It shows us the struggles that women were going through at that time in 1793, and it kind of begs the question, have those issues really been solved, or are they issues that we’re still dealing with now?” Wagner said.

The play follows French playwright Olympe de Gouges, played by Jennifer Benoit, as she writes about these women against the backdrop of the Reign of Terror. De Gouges would not have actually known two of the three women and thus created them for this fictionalized play that’s written in front of the audience, according to Gunderson’s dramaturgy notes.

“Olypme is a political activist,” Benoit said. “We might in more modern turns call her a social justice warrior. But it’s all on paper. She’s a writer. She writes plays, novels, pamphlets, posters. Anything that gets into other people’s hands. She has big ideas but not as much courage as maybe some of the other women in the play.”

In contrast, the character of Charlotte Corday, played by Lauren Jehle, prefers direct action.

“She definitely is afraid, but that isn’t something that’s going to stop her from doing the things that she thinks are right,” Jehel said. “And she’s not afraid to fight

for what she believes in, and to fight for the people that she loves and the people that she believes in, and the world that she believes everybody deserves to live in.”

Throughout the play, the dialogue addresses how stories construct the way that people get remembered in history. At one point, Wagner’s character of Angelle argues that without this play (the one within the play), nobody would remember that she existed.

Even though Marie Antoinette is the most well-known historical figure in the play, Gunderson uses creative license in her depiction of the former queen, Hasselbacher said.

“What I find the most interesting about this is that it’s not just supposed to be a straight up portrayal,” Hasselbacher said. “It’s an interpretation of who Marie Antoinette could have been if we knew her as a human person today. Or then.”

Athearn believes that this show will appeal to younger audiences due to its meta nature and other unconventional elements.

“(Younger audiences) would enjoy the set. They’ll enjoy the music. They’ll enjoy the costumes. The costumes are a little steampunk,” Athearn said. “This show breaks the fourth wall constantly; the actors and the audience are inter-

acting with each other. This set, the lights, the costumes, all come alive within each other.”

“The Revolutionists” performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 general admission and $15 for students. There is a pay what you can performance on Thursday, May 4. The show runs for approximately two hours including intermission.

Gabriel Garcia is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @GLGwrites

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OPINION: It’s time to give reboots the boot

By John Scott @JohnSnott

If you thought television was a safe space from the reboot/remake/sequel bug of blockbuster filmmaking right now, you might want to check again.

On Wednesday, April 12, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that a new “Harry Potter” television series is in development for the also newly announced combined HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming service, Max. Exactly a week later on Wednesday, April 19, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Lionsgate TV is developing a new “Twilight” TV series for an unannounced network/streaming service.

If you’re anything like me, your reaction to that news was probably to Google when the last “Harry Potter” or “Twilight” movie came out: it’s 2011 for Harry Potter and 2012 for Twilight. So, what reason could there be to reboot two franchises which are barely over 10 years old? At this rate, we should start seeing television reboots of the whole first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or yet another “Star Trek” reboot.

The answer is quite easy: money. While these television shows will certainly cost these studios an exorbitant amount of money (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings Of Power,” which is probably the best point of comparison, cost about $462 million — without marketing — for the first season), the shows will attract a solid amount of viewership if only out of curiosity.

Of course, reboots aren’t new to television. While still relatively unique to the streaming age, reboots of film franchises done through television isn’t a new concept. Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” is probably the most shining example here (every season has at least a 90% Fresh rating or above on Rotten Tomatoes). Still, reboots of this kind and scale are relatively unprecedented.

A reboot can be best thought of as taking the framework of a given franchise, and creating a new story and cast of characters within said framework (2009’s “Star Trek,” for example). A remake is a direct “remaking” of a previous film (think Disney’s live-action versions of its animated films or some lauded American remake of a well-regarded foreign film) which generally hits all the same

story beats and includes the same characters.

Let’s give the studios the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps they aren’t just motivated by money. Maybe they want to update these franchises for a new generation (just think of all the advancements to special effects that have been made since “Twilight”’s CGI baby fiasco), and want the added benefit of being able to explore their universe more indepthly (after all, there’s only so much you can fit into a movie’s runtime).

Well, the first argument is easily dismissable for “Harry Potter” seeing as its effects have held up relatively well across the years.

In the case of “Twilight,” the rough combined budget, unadjusted for inflation, for all five of the original films is about $385

million — about $100 million less than “The Rings of Power” which, despite its high price tag, has film-grade special effects. Unless Lionsgate TV is shelling out $100 million more, we probably won’t see a change there (keeping in consideration that TV show special effects are just generally worse).

In terms of universe exploration, they are both planned to be adaptations of their original book series’. “Harry Potter” also already has seven books, 11 films (including the “Fantastic Beasts” spinoffs), a video game and a broadway play. For “Twilight,” the original film franchise has a rough total runtime of about 600 minutes which could already be equivalent to 10 hour-long television episodes. We better hope for a second season to get to the

new stuff.

The “Harry Potter” television series will also see JK Rowling as an executive producer, a serious misstep that has already sparked calls to boycott the show. Given Rowling’s history of transphobia and transphobic comments, her involvement is enough reason to ignore this reboot, full-stop. If a “Harry Potter” reboot must exist, it would best be done without her. Firstly because of Rowling’s transphobia, but also because crafting a version of “Harry Potter” without Rowling could help to usher in a version of the popular franchise that fosters an inclusive environment where all fans are welcome. Although, even if this were to happen, Rowling would most likely still see some of the profits, so it’s largely a lose-lose situation.

It’s frustrating to continue to see studios pour millions of dollars into reboots of franchises without addressing and fixing the issues that could actually justify a reboot. Year after year, we see demonstrations of original concepts getting franchise-level attention — just look at “Squid Game” and “The White Lotus.” Even if you hate those shows, they will always be better than whatever new “Harry Potter,” “Twilight,” or whatever franchise something comes out in the next however many years, simply because they were attempting to do something original.

John Scott is the editor-inchief at the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @JohnSnott

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Still images from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” Photos courtesy of IMDb.

By Spenser Willden @spenserwillden

Student filmmakers and fans gathered at the Student Union Building Theater on Saturday, April 22 to watch the eighth annual Cherry Reel Film Festival hosted by the Southwest Film Center.

This year’s festival was an eclectic selection, from a few traditional narratives to music videos and animation, and even a remarkably well-shot “Skinamarink” pastiche shot on a Barbie Video Girl doll. Ultimately, some of these films showcased clear talent and vision on the side of the filmmakers; others, however, illustrated a disappointing lack of thoughtful creative vision.

DISAPPOINTMENT: “Walking

Taco” by Michael Madrigal

“Walking Taco” tells the story of a student’s attempts to retrieve his hidden cheat sheet from a bathroom stall occupied by a cocaine-swilling cowboy. If it sounds immature, that’s because it is, all the way from the subject matter to the filmmaking. The camerawork is shoddy, the lighting flat and the script inconsistent with its own logic.

It opens with extended exposition to establish the stakes, but by the end, all character that existed evaporated for the purpose of the film’s “random” brand of humor. It felt like the filmmakers wanted to do sketch comedy — a perfectly acceptable impulse — but if one sets out to make a sketch, one should follow best practices for that form instead of landing somewhere in the middle.

HIGHLIGHT: “The House Always Wins” by Ryan Rindels

“The House Always Wins” was a surprising highlight of the festival — though it took a while to get to the central conceit and at times the premise ran a little thin (a James Bond-esque poker game versus a literal house), the film worked by

taking itself seriously. The lighting was engaging, the jokes well-paced, and the performances real enough. The film was 11 minutes, but it kept itself original even amid the surfacelevel plot.

A particular highlight was DeLaney Beattie’s performance as the titular “House.” Menacing but humorous, the gravity with which she approached the role tethered the absurdity of the situation back to emotional reality and trusted the audience to laugh at the jokes without having to sacrifice the story. Rindels took home the audience choice award for this film: an award well-deserved.

HIGHLIGHT: “Followed” by John Scott

My personal favorite film of the festival, “Followed” is a tense and gripping thriller. It centers around a woman who realizes she is being followed while walking home at night. Shot largely in one six-minute tracking shot, this film fires on all creative cylinders — most of all, it makes clear and decisive choices that work toward its central themes of isolation and fear, something that can’t be said of many other films in the festival.

“Followed,” which won the SWFC’s Horror Film Festival in the fall, announces a clear and distinct talent in director, writer, cinematographer and composer Scott. Also noteworthy is star Zara Roy, who plays her character with a level of realism unique to this film.

DISAPPOINTMENT: “Full Circle” by Cole Velasquez

Though “Full Circle” took home this festival’s “Best Narrative” award, it felt the most bland — a clear Damien Chazelle pastiche, it tried to capture the style of films like “Whiplash” and “La La Land” without seeming to understand how that style functions. The short follows a jazz musician saving up money for a new trumpet before eventually landing a gig, buying his trumpet, and playing at a jazz club.

One specific issue with this film was the scoring — though, like a Chazelle movie, it tried to play closely with its jazz score, there was a jarring disconnect between the slow content and editing and the fast and tight music playing in the background. Velasquez focused on minute aspects of the scenes in an attempt to creatively capture the cycle of saving the money, but ultimately, the shots weren’t creative or compelling enough to lend any visual interest to the film. Even the main character’s triumphant trumpet blast is undercut by fluorescent stage light — though the film shows a desire for style, it also illustrates a lack of understanding of what style brings to an image.

HIGHLIGHT: “Faultline” by Jaydin Martinez “Faultline” is a sci-fi short following two surveyors on an alien planet. Though the performances lack somewhat in humanity, this film is buoyed by the creative lowbudget sci-fi filmmaking. The story, flat but passable, builds to a climax involving the suspension of an

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pointing in their potential and lack of character — the lack of nuance is indicative of beginning writers and filmmakers, not those in a dramatic writing program.

DISAPPOINTMENT: “Untitled” by Larua

Olana

The winner in the experimental films category, “Untitled” purportedly presents the audience with a trip on mushrooms. Only one issue — the filmmaker’s idea of a mushroom trip is a visit to the aquarium. If the filmmaker has done mushrooms before, it’s not clear; the images are far from hallucinatory, betraying a lack of creative vision on the director’s part.

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actor off a cliff, a set piece which illustrates a clear creative eye for filmmaking on a budget. Though I’m not sure how well the script would’ve held up on a higher budget, with Martinez’s strategic filmmaking, it works.

DISAPPOINTMENT: “El Vistido De Vale” by Magdelene Gallegos and “Thumbs Up” by Amelia Ampuero

Both “El Vistido De Vale” and “Thumbs Up” were produced by graduate students in the dramatic writing program; both had promising starts, but ultimately undercut themselves with easy resolutions to complicated problems.

In “El Vistido De Vale,” after the protagonist rips her quinceanera dress, the day is saved by her fairygod partner, who comes in through the window and repairs the dress before leaving the way they came.

In “Thumbs Up,” a woman’s mental breakdown in her car is revealed to concern her impending chemotherapy; a “thumbs up” from a man who underwent similar treatment lends her the resolution she needs. These films were particularly disap-

HIGHLIGHT: “Juice” by Anna Bella “Juice” was a sleeper hit for me. A minute long clip of a girl drinking juice, what made this film so compelling was the camerawork, which left both myself and my friend who also watched the film scratching our heads, trying to figure out how she did it. There’s something to be said in making short, actually experimental films like this, rather than stretching one’s time in longer but less creative works. This film spoke more to the talent of director Bella than almost any other film in the festival, and I’d love to see more work from her.

Overall, the best films in the festival showed an interest in film as a medium, rather than just in the story that they were trying to convey. As students continue to develop their craft, I hope they treat each element of their films as conscious decisions, rather than treating their films as intermediary devices to their stories.

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Spenser Willden is the culture editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @spenserwillden

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