Daily Lobo 11/05/18

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Three Democratic candidates hold rally at UNM By Justin Garcia @Just516garc Sen. Martin Heinrich, Deb Haaland and Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, all favored to win their respective races on Tuesday, came to the University of New Mexico to rally votes as the 2018 midterm elections come to a close. The rally was held in the Student Union Building on Thursday, and was organized by UNM College Democrats. Haaland spoke first. She said this was the most important election in her lifetime. Haaland is running against Janice Arnold-Jones to fill the open seat that represents large swaths of Central New Mexico, including Albuquerque, in the U.S. House of Representatives. Research and Polling, an Albuquerque-based firm, released a poll on Nov. 1 that showed Haaland leading Arnold-Jones by 12 percent. Haaland, a UNM graduate, formally chaired the Democratic Party of New Mexico. If elected, she would be the first Native American woman to hold a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Heinrich spoke next. He opened his speech asking the crowd, “How many of you think Donald Trump represents your values?” The crowd

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham greets supporters after speaking at UNM alongside other Democratic candidates on Friday November 2, 2018.

Slow offense leads Lobos to loss Bilingual worship FOOTBALL

at the border

By Cameron Goeldner

By Justin Garcia and Anthony Jackson

@Goeldfinger An inability to move the ball late in the game, coupled with the returns of two of San Diego State’s best offensive players, doomed the Lobos on Saturday night, as former UNM coach Rocky Long returned to town and lead his Aztecs to a 3123 win over the Lobos. The game couldn’t have started better for UNM if it had been scripted. On SDSU’s first possession of the game, Adebayo Soremekun scooped a fumble from Aztec’s backup quarterback Ryan Agnew, who started the game, and rumbled all the way down to the end zone for a touchdown to give the Lobos a 7-0 lead and electrify the sideline. The Aztecs got the ball back and did not make the same mistake, as Chase Jasmin put scored from five yards out to tie the game at seven. The Lobos offense finally got the ball with 3:35 left in the first quarter in what seemed like the fastest moving quarter of the season, and Coltin Gerhart’s first start of the season started with a whimper, as the Lobos went three-and-out for negative one yards. The Aztecs starting quarterback, Christian Chapman, came into the game at the beginning of the second quarter, something that Bob Davie

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Wide receiver Thomas Vieira (center) holds his head in his hands as the clock winds to zero during UNM’s loss to San Diego State. The Lobos gave up 17 straight points in the fourth quarter, throwing away their nine point lead.

said gave SDSU more confidence in their offense. “I thought that drive (after) we went up on Delane’s touchdown,” Davie said of when Chapman’s impact was felt. “He showed his experience there, showed the confidence they have in him… there was just a little different feel when he was in there.” The results didn’t come immediately for SDSU however, as the Lobos would score next after Daquan Baker forced a fumble by Juwan Washington and gave UNM’s offense the ball back at the Aztecs 32-yard-line.

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The offense would only move the ball forward 8-yards, but thanks to the starting field position, it setup placekicker Andrew Shelley for the 41-yard attempt that would give the Lobos a 10-7 lead that would stand through halftime. SDSU would take its first lead of the game midway through the third quarter, thanks to a 34-yard touchdown run from Washington on a toss to the left side that left most of the Lobos defenders in the dust.

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Editor’s Note: Interviews conducted in Spanish were done with the assistance of an interpreter. Shrubs dot the southern New Mexico landscape. Their dry roots cling to life atop the hills and between the steep ravines of the seemingly endless Chihuahuan Desert. A long shadow stretches across this barren landscape. A rusted fence divides the United States of America and Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Knowing no bounds, a breeze passes freely through the fence and the distant, shrill call of a hawk can be heard. On a mountaintop on the U.S. side, a large, white cross overlooks both cities — Santa Teresa, New Mexico and Puerto de Anapra, a colonia of Juarez, México. Trash is strewn along the edge of the fence in Anapra. A wedding procession spills out of the stone grey facade of Iglesia San José de Anapra. People move in and out of cinder block homes. On the U.S. side, homes are distant, but train tracks hug the curving border.

The two cities have a different look, but both countries have the same dusty, worn trail along the fence. It used to be a road that connected the countries. A four-door silver Hyundai with Texas plates approaches the rusted hulking fence, stopping within feet of the bars, the driver gets out. He pulls a table from his car, then an amplifier. He looks around as he unfolds the table’s legs and unwraps a microphone cord. He pops the hood of his car and gets to work, connecting the speaker to his battery. He is setting up a worship service. The sun casts the fence’s shadow on the U.S. side, enveloping Tim Gray as he set up his makeshift altar. His sunglasses reflect the fence’s thick iron bars as he pulls out a green sash, two loaves of bread and two chalices. He places them on the table. Gray is a pastor with the University Presbyterian Church. Before long, he was joined by other pastors from Presbyterian churches across the U.S. and Presbyterian pastors on the Mexican side of the border. Through the fence, he hands a bilingual worship service itinerary to a group of pastors.

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