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France bests Croatia 4-2 in World Cup final By Robert Maler @Robert_Maler It may have been difficult for soccer fans to get a sense of how palpable the energy was surrounding the 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals match, but the French people were out in full force watching the game and celebrating as France won its second ever World Cup title by defeating Croatia 4-2. Fans in the United States were some 5,500 miles away from the championship, which was held in the host country of Russia. And while French fans were much closer to the action, a University of New Mexico student and Daily Lobo sports reporter was in France during the title match and shared his experience during the clinching match. Matthieu Cartron, who primarily covers UNM men's tennis and women's soccer, was in France visiting family for the summer and explained how events unfolded in the town of La Flotte on "Île de Ré", an island off the west coast of France. He said he thought the general belief was that if France played the way it had throughout the tournament, the team would pick up the victory, but his family and many other fans were all
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tense — especially in the early going. Cartron's home team struck first, benefiting from an own goal
after France was awarded a free kick. France forward Antoine Griezmann uncorked a shot that
Parkland survivors visit ABQ By Megan Holmen @megan_holmen March for Our Lives in partnership with Road to Change hosted a rally in Roosevelt Park on Wednesday to promote gun violence awareness and to encourage young people to vote. Maggie Byers, the volunteer events and membership lead for Moms Demand Action — a group formed after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting — said that over 10 people were there registering people to vote. She said students and Moms Demand Action aimed to educate attendees on gun reform policies. According to Byers, one of the biggest problems leading to gun violence is that people are not required to get background checks — background checks are only required in 18 states. All federally licensed gun sellers are required to conduct background checks, Byers said, and 40 percent of gun purchases are through non-federal sellers. She said background checks need to be mandatory for everyone. “Obviously if they're old enough to be shot, then their old enough to have an opinion about this,” Byers said. Emma González, a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, said Road to Change decided to come to Albuquerque because of
was redirected off the head of Croatia's Mario Mandžukić and into the
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the city’s potential for strong youth leadership. Additionally, she said Albuquerque is in need of youth voter turnout. González said she hopes to open up a place for dialogue about gun reform and common sense gun law, adding that March for Our Lives has 10 different policies on gun reform. “The fact that we experienced (gun violence) isn't surprising, because bullets aren't picky. We are out here to create community and get people talking about things that matter,” González said. According to González, arming teachers is not the answer for several reasons. She said teachers are
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not paid enough to have to carry a gun and that teachers should not have to carry this responsibility. She added that teachers should never have to consider the possibility of having to shoot down an armed student. “Shootings happen not only in schools. We can't just arm teachers and say the problem is solved,” she said. “We can't arm the world, and we can't wrap out country in kevlar.” Teresa Avery, a student attending Bernalillo High School, was one of ten students that worked to create a mural displayed at the event.
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UNM promotes six new Distinguished Professors By Derek Olsen
Emma González is interviewed by one of the many media outlets covering the “March for Our Lives Road to Change Tour” at Roosevelt Park on July 12, 2018.
net, giving the French a 1-0 lead.
Multiple professors at the University of New Mexico were promoted s to the rank of Distinguished Professor last week. The recipients are professors Timothy Graham, Greg Taylor, Vallabh Shah, Mohamed El-Genk, Karl Karlstrom and Mahmoud Taha. Distinguished Professor is the highest rank and title one can earn at UNM. The process of becoming one is exceptionally thorough and unarguably objective. The process begins by a professor being nominated by a colleague, but the nomination is not required to originate from a colleague in the same department. Next, the nominations find their way to the deans of the professors colleges, and the dean decides if the nominees are qualified to proceed. If so, then the dean will ask the departments to find scholars from outside of UNM to evaluate the nominees’ research. Then, if the outside scholars agree that the nominees have earned this distinction, the evaluated nominees go back to the dean. The dean will either accept the decision of the outside scholars, or he will reject it. If the
former is the case, then the dean sends the nominees case to the office of the provost, who in turn has the final say. Meet the recipients Graham is from southern England and has been a professor at UNM since 2008. He received his bachelor's and master’s in History from the University of Cambridge, and his Master of Philosophy in Renaissance Studies from the Warburg Institute in London. The title of Distinguished Professor is a rare one, and Graham paid his respects to his fellow title earners and to UNM. “It’s truly an honor and a privilege to be recognized alongside other accomplished people,” he said. “UNM has given me the opportunity to fulfill my potential.” Graham wasn’t alone in these feelings. Taylor is a longtime New Mexico resident and has been a professor at UNM since 2005. Professor Taylor received his Bachelor’s in Physics and Computer Science from Duke University, and his doctorate in radio astronomy from University of California, Los Angeles.
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