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SUB closer to installing solar panels Four reportedly shot By Colin Peña & Alyssa Martinez
in downtown ABQ
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By Makayla Grijalva
@amart4447 The University of New Mexico is inching closer to having solar panels installed on the roof of the Student Union Building (SUB) now that state funding was designated for the project. Talk of installing solar panels on the SUB has been brewing since Fall of 2017 when a resolution calling for the University to push towards 100% renewable energy sources was unanimously passed by the Associated Students of UNM Senate, the legislative body of undergraduate student government. The solar panel installation will be a collaborative project between ASUNM and Facilities Management, formally known as Project Plant Development. The installation will be funded through capital outlay money previously granted at the request of former President Becka Myers, former Vice President Emily Wilks and the Governmental Affairs Executive Director, Libertie Green, during their 2018-19 administration. According to newly-elected ASUNM President Adam Biederwolf,
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the project is in the works. “Becka [Myers] and Emily [Wilks] during their administration, that was their project,” Biederwolf said. “They requested money to get and install the project, and now that they’re gone, we are basically finalizing the project.” Although there are significant amounts of money appropriated for this project, concrete information about the timeline seems to be scarce. When Biederwolf and ASUNM Chief of Staff Jacob Silva attended a subcommittee to the University Capital Outlook Committee meeting in midJune to discuss the project, they found that deadlines are not finalized. “My Chief of Staff and I went to
a meeting regarding this project, so obviously it’s started, but I really don’t know when it’s going to finish,” Biederwolf said. Lisa Marbury, Executive Director of UNM Institutional Support Services, and Craig Barnard, Facilities Management Project and Construction Manager, were in attendance at the planning meeting. “Monies were just received from the State, so we could begin the process," Marbury said. According to Biederwolf, the installation will be executed in phases in order to cut costs. Before the installation can begin, weathering damage on the roof of the
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Albuquerque police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning in downtown Albuquerque. Four people were reportedly shot outside of Tantra nightclub — formerly known as Lotus — and were taken to local hospitals. Albuquerque Police Department said their injuries are not life-threatening. The identities of the victims have not been released. Tantra is located at 211 Gold SW, between 2nd and 3rd streets. When police arrived at the scene around 2:30 a.m., they reported finding blood and bullet casings in a nearby parking lot. They said that they have also located a vehicle with “visible firearms” and sealed it while awaiting a search warrant. No arrests have been made in connection to the shooting at this time. Detectives are still investigating. “Numerous interviews were conducted, but there were conflicting
statements and insufficient evidence to make an arrest without additional investigation,” Simon Dobrick, APD spokesperson told the Albuquerque Journal. According to the mid-2019 APD Crime Stats, there was 8% decrease in shootings with injury since 2018. There have been 94 shootings with injury since the start of 2019 according to the APD crime statistics. The statistics were compiled from data developed June 26. In early May, APD, UNM Police and the New Mexico State Police department announced a joint effort to increase patrols, presence and coordination efforts in light of recent shootings — namely the shooting death of University of New Mexico baseball player Jackson Weller. APD said for any witnesses to Sunday’s incident to contact Crime Stoppers at 843-STOP. Makayla Grijalva is the managing editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @MakaylaEliboria
Zimmerman acquires NMU falls in standings after loss large Orwell collection NM UNITED
By Robert Maler @Robert_Maler
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By Justin Garcia @Just516garc For thousands of American High School students, George Orwell is a mainstay of their literary education. Now, hundreds of firstedition Orwell's classics in over a dozen languages belong to Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico. Retired UNM professor and curator emeritus Russ Davidson pledged his 600-plus collection to Zimmerman Library, and he is in the process of planning an exhibit. Davidson and Tomas Jaehn, the Director of the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, said they see the Orwell collection
as having a utility value to scholars at UNM and beyond. “We cataloged the books that were donated and many, many of them we didn’t have. So my hope is that the History department, English (department), Literature department, our department and also art students will at some point use this,” Jaehn said. Before the collection opens, Jaehn and his colleagues are planning an exhibit and a lecture series around the collection. Jaehn said UNM history professor Caleb Richardson and Stanford history professor emeritus Peter Stansky are lined up to speak some time after the exhibit opens. Jaehn said he’d like to have at least two
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Inside this Issue
New Mexico United continued to struggle in regular season play as the team dropped another tight contest on Saturday evening. United is now winless in its last five matches when it hasn't competed in the 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup — the most recent defeat, a 1-0 loss to Real Monarchs. Saturday's match saw both squads encounter early scoring chances in the first half, though neither were able to convert. New Mexico missed a good opportunity in the opening minutes, but goalkeeper Cody Mizell was able to patrol the net and keep things scoreless after 45 minutes of play. Mizell made another acrobatic save just over three minutes into the second half — laying out to get a glove on a free kick and to deflect a ball that appeared to be tracking toward the upper right hand portion of the goal. But Maikel Chang and the Monarchs eventually broke the stalemate in the 59th minute after his teammate was taken down. Chang stepped up and buried the penalty kick to notch the match's only goal. United had other looks later in the match, but Monarch keeper David Ochoa saved all of the shots on goal he faced to record a clean sheet and preserve the 1-0 shutout. The loss sent New Mexico
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A young girl runs onto the field prior to kickoff against Fresno Football Club, with a New Mexico United flag, on March 9. 2019.
tumbling further down the western conference standings, where the team is currently seventh and trailing conference-leading Phoenix Rising FC by nine points. United's last non-cup victory came on May 25 when it took down Austin Gold FC by a count of 3-1. New Mexico has been white-hot in the US Open Cup and will have a chance to advance to the semi-final round if it can get past quarterfinalist Minnesota United. The squads will face off against each other on
Wednesday, July 10 at 6 p.m. A win will crown the respective United club Midwest Champions and earn a date with the winner of the West Championship match between Portland Timbers 2 and Los Angeles FC. New Mexico will resume its regular schedule on Saturday, July 13 when it heads to California to take on Fresno Football Club and complete its lengthy road trip against Sacramento Republic FC later in
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