Daily Lobo 04/01/2019

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UNM students win diplomacy award in Spain

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Albuquerque celebrates Cesar Chavez

By Justin Garcia @Just516Garc

From bioweapons to blockchains, Andrew Baker and James Goodman know their stuff. During Spring Break, while a lot of students were taking it easy, the student organization World Affairs Delegation was winning awards in Madrid, Spain. Baker and Goodman both took diplomacy awards home, given out to members who “seek to empathize, to understand, and to collaborate with their fellow members to produce the most positive change and advancement they can,” according to the Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN). It’s the second year in a row Baker and Goodman have won the diplomacy award. This year, there were 45 countries in their committee and just four awards were given out. According to Baker and Goodman, last year’s committee was larger. “We were pretty well prepared,” Baker said. “I don’t really set many expectations for these kinds of things. It’s just to compete and have fun first, and awards second.” Baker and Goodman spoke highly of their committee. They said the level of competence was engaging. This year, WAD picked blockchain computing technology as their topic. Goodman said it wasn’t something he was familiar with, but it seemed interesting. When they weren’t competing, Baker and Goodman said they attended some of WorldMUN’s social events, including Global Village where delegates get the chance to sample food and speak with other teams from other countries. “My favorite was the tables from an Australian university — they had vegemite on toast.” Goodman said. “I’m a big fan of vegemite.” Combined, Baker and Goodman have been doing Model UN for 10 years. They’ve been going to school together since fourth grade and went to La Cueva High School. “I started Model UN as a sophomore (in high school),” Goodman said. “I really got into it going through high school and

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Scores of people celebrate Cesar Chavez Day at the Hispanic Cultural Center with a march on Saturday March 30, 2019.

GPSA presidential elections begin today By Justin Garcia @Just516Garc Two graduate students are running to become the next president of the graduate student government in an election that runs (online) from April 1 to April 4. Graduate and professional students at the University of New Mexico will select either Muhammad Afzaal or Sara Gutierrez as the next president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association. “Are you prepared for your whole life to change?” asked Andrea Abeita to Afzaal during his pitch to the council at the March meeting, referring to the responsibility and stress that she said comes with the job. Azfaal is studying community outreach and planning and Gutierrez is studying public administration. Both candidates have limited experience with GPSA. Afzaal said he volunteered for a few days under the administration of Glenda Lewis, whose term ended in 2017. Gutierrez said she became involved in GPSA during the appropriation process for World Affairs Delegation in February. During that meeting, the chair put out a call to the gallery for new members to fill vacancies on the finance committee — Gutierrez volunteered. “I saw an opportunity to get

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Sara Gutierrez and Muhammad Afzaal.

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