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ABQ teachers union ‘surprised, alarmed’ by plans to resume in-person K-12 classes Safety of students, parents remains nebulous with return to learning amid pandemic
By Jasmine Casillas & Gino Gutierrez @jaycasillas @GGutierrez48
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Two students hold up signs protesting Albuquerque Public Schools’ plans to restart in-person classes.
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A car parked outside the Albuquerque Public Schools administrative building where protesters gathered to urge APS to keep schools closed.
One week after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that K-12 schools across the state can return to in-person learning regardless of their red to green risk designation, most elementary and secondary students remain at home. While the announcement came as welcome news to a number of students around the state, many teachers were skeptical, suspicious or downright bewildered about the abrupt about-face regarding convening groups of five or more people while the coronavirus vaccine is still slow to roll out. “All of the members of the union were surprised at the early date,” Ellen Bernstein, president of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, said. According to the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED), reopening schools would allow all schools to choose from one of three options for in-person learning. The first option would allow schools to implement a “hybrid model” and bring back up to half of their students at a time, provided they’re in accordance with social distancing guidelines and organize students into smaller classroom groups. “The hybrid model allows schools to divide their student population into at least two cohorts, bringing back up to 50% of students at a time. Cohorting cuts in half the number of students who would have to quarantine if one member tested positive for the virus,” according to NMPED. The second option would see school districts with fewer than 100 students allowed to bring back students at a ratio of five students for every teacher. The last option would allow districts who are not ready to implement a hybrid learning environment to expand small group instruction to all grades with up to 50% of their students participating at a time. Bernstein said the union had been working collaboratively with Albuquerque Public Schools and the state Board of Education on a learning model that would take effect after Bernalillo County had met the state’s requirements to be considered at the
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Inside this Lobo
GUTIERREZ: 40th anniversary of Rush’s ‘Moving Pictures’ hits closer to the heart (pg. 4)
BUTLER: NM’s ‘Student Athlete Endorsement Act’ passes first hurdle (pg. 2)
WARD: Drag bingo takes center stage for SAC (pg. 5)
DEBONIS: Preserving the Indigenous sign languages of Nigeria (pg. 3)
DEBONIS: Zen and the art of tea brewing (pg. 7)
MATA: Women’s hoops complete San Diego season sweep (pg. 6)
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“green” level for a period of two consecutive weeks. The red to green risk framework is the state’s county-by-county designation of COVID-19 transmission risk based on pre-established infection threshold levels. A county has to hold the next tier’s infection rate levels for two weeks before it can be moved to the next level. As of Sunday, Feb. 14, Bernalillo County is in the yellow category, joining 19 other counties in the state who are now eligible for less stringent coronavirus prevention measures. Still, some educators in Albuquerque remain concerned that it’s too early yet to resume in-person classes. “When the governor announced that it’s possible for school districts to open as early the 8th of February, teachers here became very alarmed,” Bernstein said. Bernstein said that many teachers felt confused due to the lack of detail and context in the governor’s initial announcement. Secretary of Education Ryan Stewart released a statement that described the three options for the return to in-person learning and made clear that the return to school was an option, not a mandate. Another issue of concern for the union and its members was the vaccine and when teachers
will be able to receive it. “A lot of (educators) would just feel better if they could just get vaccinated before they came back,” Bernstein said. “That’s fear, that’s a reality.” Currently, the state is in phase 1B of the vaccination rollout, which includes early education and K-12 educators and staff. Once the state is able to vaccinate the state’s 75 and older population, it will be educators’ turn to receive the next batch, Bernstein said. Matt Salas, a teacher at charter school Mark Armijo Academy who received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, said getting inoculated was a big relief for him but the reopening announcement was shocking. As events to vaccinate teachers were canceled, he felt the governor’s plan was made public with poor timing. “Vaccinations are the foundation of any decision being made. There has to be clear progress in making sure the schools and physical space are safe,” Salas said. “To ease the tension of it, it goes back to the vaccine. You have to first build that safety net before anyone can go forward.” Jamie Phillips, a teacher from Jimmy Carter Middle School, said that it would be irresponsible to put children without vaccines at risk.
Pfizer — one of three pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. manufacturing coronavirus vaccines — has a head start on trials to determine whether inoculation is safe for school-aged children, but results won’t be available until at least the end of the summer, according to Ars Technica. “The vaccine piece of the puzzle (for teachers and staff alone) isn’t the solution by any means. Transmission is still quite possible,” Phillips said. “Oh yeah, the teachers are protected, but the students — good luck. My kids are under 16, so they can’t get vaccinated.” The science regarding vaccinations for school-aged children is still murky, however. The New York Times recently conducted a survey of 175 pediatric experts who asserted that transmission in the school setting is actually not as simple as previously assumed. “Many of the common preconditions to opening schools — including vaccines for teachers or students, and low rates of infection in the community — are not necessary to safely teach children in person,” the Times reported. Public health experts told the Times that in-person schooling could be safe as long as “universal masking, physical distancing, adequate ventilation and avoid-
ance of large group activities” were adhered to. Outside of vaccinations, New Mexico educators are concerned about if physical spaces in schools can in fact provide adequate ventilation and if classrooms can provide enough space to keep students socially distanced for transmission prevention. “The potential for something terrible to happen just weighs on me all the time ... the unknowns of kids and their families and the increase of spread,” Salas said. Phillips, a seventh grade teacher who usually oversees the Garden Club at Jimmy Carter, also worried about the detrimental impact reopening schools may have on communities. “The impact it might have, the community spread that can happen, the students going back to their families and it having a ripple effect … As a teacher, I’m really concerned about what we’re going to do if we lose somebody because we brought them back to campus,” Phillips said. Natalie Thomas, an educator at Sandia High School, co-organized a “Return to Schools Safely- Park and Protest” that was held the afternoon of Feb. 3 at APS headquarters to protest the reopening of Albuquerque Public Schools. The protest saw over 100 cars, as well
as counter-demonstrators. Over the past three weeks, schools have been scrambling to prepare and despite their concerns are doing what they can to gear up for an imminent return to in-person learning. “The school is ready, the teachers are poised for whatever comes next and I am prepared to Gumby myself into whatever surprises are revealed this week … Just trying to breathe through it all,” said Anne Marie Strangio, the principal at Lew Wallace Elementary. The APS school board won’t decide on an official reopening plan until Feb. 17, according to Strangio. APS has delayed their decision to reopen schools until at least Feb. 19. Lissa Knudsen contributed reporting to this article. Jasmine Casillas is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @jaycasillas Gino Gutierrez is the managing editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @GGutierrez48
NM’s ‘Student Athlete Endorsement Act’ passes first hurdle Bill would defy NCAA restrictions, allow college athletes to profit By Spencer Butler @SpencerButler48 On Feb. 3, the Senate Education Committee passed SB 94 — known as the “Student Athlete Endorsement Act” — clearing a hurdle for the bill to become law and allow student-athletes to make money from their name, image and likeness (NIL). Similar laws passed or proposed in sundry states across the country would allow student-athletes to profit from their NIL, with several due to take
effect on July 1. Thus, if a student were to appear in a commercial and earn money off the appearance, for example, a “post-secondary educational institution” — i.e. the University of New Mexico — couldn’t prevent that athlete from doing the commercial or receiving compensation from the appearance. SB 94 also aims to prohibit UNM from either withholding or revoking an athlete’s scholarship due to the athlete participating in commercials and profiting from them. Another part of the bill would allow student-athletes to
hire legal professional representation without consequence. The bill was sponsored by Sens. Mark Moores, R-Albuquerque, Bill O’Neill, D-Albuquerque and Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque. Ramogi Huma, president of the nonprofit advocacy group College Athletes Players Association, was present for the virtual committee meeting and urged committee members to pass the bill. SB 94 passed the education committee with a 7-1 vote, with Shannon D. Pinto, D-Tohatchi, voting against.
In a statement, Moores, a former UNM football player, said he sponsored the bill because “our student-athletes deserve the opportunity to earn a living.” UNM football head coach Danny Gonzales, in response to a question at a Feb. 3 press conference about whether the bill would be a valuable recruiting tool, voiced support for its passage. “When I took the job, I said that it was going to take everybody, and that was a big part of (coming to UNM),” Gonzales said. “Now that they are changing the rules a little bit, if we
want to be big time, people are going to have to step up.” Gonzales said that the bill could “be a recruitment tool” but added that “it depends on how the people around here want to help, and so far they’re saying and doing all of the right things.” The bill now heads to the majority-Democrat Senate Judiciary Committee, though it currently has no hearing date. Spencer Butler is a beat reporter at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @SpencerButler48
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Preserving the Indigenous sign languages of Nigeria
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Emmanuel Asonye, who holds a doctorate in linguistics and communications from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has spent years documenting indigenous Nigerian sign language.
By Liam DeBonis @LiamDeBonis In Nigeria, the Indigenous sign language of Deaf communities is disappearing. Despite making up nearly a fourth of the country’s population, the Nigerian Deaf community suffers from numerous roadblocks when considering their less than egalitarian status in society. But Emmanuel Asonye, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New Mexico, is working on a project to help Nigerians who lack access to their native language. Asonye, who earned his doctorate in linguistics and communications from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has been studying and cataloging Indigenous Nigerian sign language for years. As the founder of Save the Deaf and Endangered Lan-
guages Initiative, Asonye has spent his career advocating for the Nigerian Deaf community. “Even though Deaf people may be silent in a lot of historical documentations of the societies where they belonged, they were not isolated,” Asonye said. “They are still part of the community.” In Nigeria, deaf or hard-of-hearing people make up 23.7% of the country’s citizens, according to a research paper co-authored by Asonye. For comparison, the United States’ deaf population is 0.22% of its total population, according to Gallaudet University. In the 1960’s, a version of sign language based on American Sign Language was introduced to Nigeria by Deaf missionary Andrew Foster. As it propagated, the novel language clashed with already established Indigenous signed languages, and traditional
languages began to fade. Deaf communities in Nigeria face stigmatization from their communities, and Asonye said this is because of a cultural ideology that views deafness as unacceptable and which is often rooted in religious beliefs. “In my opinion, I would think (the stigma) has much to do with the family’s understanding, or family values or family ideology,” Asonye said. The research paper that Asonye co-authored, titled “Deaf in Nigeria: A Preliminary Survey of Isolated Deaf Communities,” also cited the lack of communication between a hearing family and a Deaf child. “Unlike many other Deaf communities in the West, where family members and members of the hearing community get integrated into the Deaf community by acquiring their language and culture, these Deaf communities don’t have much of the presence
of their hearing family members or their extended relatives,” the paper reads. “Hearing family members make little or no efforts to learn the signed language to communicate with their Deaf children.” Asonye said that this lack of communication can further isolate members of the Deaf community from their environment. “The story we hear of Deaf students there, if it is a boarding school, is (that) the students don’t go back home after the school closes,” Asonye said. “The students themselves say (it’s) because nobody signs with them ... because their families don’t know how to sign.” Now, Asonye is working on cataloging those Indigenous languages and creating an informative guide for the community to encourage communication and understanding between hearing and Deaf populations, including in house-
holds with both hearing and Deaf family members. “What if we make sign language available to communities, to homes?” Asonye said. “The sign language that we should make available should be the one that should represent the cultural identity of the Deaf persons born in this community.” Asonye said his team is seeking funding to develop a sign language app “that will be able to teach both Deaf and hearing (people) Indigenous sign languages” and plans to expand his work in the future to cover other areas on the African continent and beyond. He also teaches about his work on his YouTube channel. “I look at it as a calling for me,” Asonye said. “It is a life project.” Liam DeBonis is the photo editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at photoeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @LiamDebonis
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40th anniversary of Rush’s ‘Moving Pictures’ hits closer to the heart By Gino Gutierrez @GGutierrez48
Gene Simmons once said, “What kind of band is Rush? It’s Rush.” That might be the most accurate description of this seminal band out of Toronto. Feb. 12 marked the 40th anniversary of Rush’s eighth studio album “Moving Pictures,” a record that sold over four million copies in the United States and was also certified quadrupleplatinum in Canada. The album remains the band’s most popular and recognizable entries of their extensive discography. While Rush had steadily built their following since the late ‘60s and commanded a heavy presence on the airwaves in their home country, the trio reached worldwide prominence and ascended the throne of commercial and artistic rock mastery with “Moving Pictures.” The record, the band’s first to reach No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart alongside a No. 3 peak on the U.S. Billboard 200, helped catapult Rush into the mainstream rock scene and forever altered the way future bands would approach the
idea of progressive rock. Rush has long been identified with the songs from this album, from enormously popular hits like “Tom Sawyer” and “Limelight” to the wild ride of musical experimentation found on “YYZ.” The album truly showed how fearless the group was when it came to moving their sound and music forward. A band that was never a prisoner of the moment, Rush was able to transcend the rock genre through their resistance to rock and roll traditionalism adherence. They substituted the simple guitar riffs and repetitive lyrics endemic to much of their generation with new wave synthesizers and lyrics that read more like a science fiction or fantasy novel than a pop song. Neil Peart, the band’s late drummer and chief lyricist, possessed a love for literature, and it was this love that guided the lyrics he penned. Peart was also the driving force behind the band’s best rhythms and is regarded as one of the great rock drummers of his era, with Rolling Stone ranking him fourth on their “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time.” “Tom Sawyer,” the album’s bombastic opening track, was Peart’s
reimaging of the famous Mark Twain character as a modern-day rebel who is wracked with the same type of defense mechanism that is reflected in the society around him. In Peart’s version of Sawyer, he is his own man who can’t be bought or sold to any person, god or government. “Red Barchetta” was inspired by a short story written by Richard S. Foster entitled “A Nice Morning Drive.” Given an Orwellian twist, the song’s lyrics center around a young man who takes his uncle’s sports car out for a drive. Despite the laws in this dystopian future banning high vehicular speeds, the protagonist flys down country roads as they’re pursued by hovering law enforcement vehicles. Not your typical rock song. But the one song that truly captures the essence of the album and the lyricist who brought it to existentialist life is the track “Limelight.” The song, a deeply personal statement on Peart’s experiences with fame, centered on his discomfort with the idea of being a celebrity and how it intruded into his personal life. Perhaps the one line in the song that best sums this up is, “I can’t pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend.” Peart’s lyrics, however mysti-
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cal and thought-provoking, would be incomplete if it weren’t for the musical talent that both he and his two bandmates possessed. Geddy Lee, with his unique voice and unmistakable rhythmic — and often hypnotic — bass lines. Alex Lifeson and his fearless, inventive guitar riffs and solos. And finally Peart, with his legendary stamina and ability to make you feel every drum strike through your speakers. Together, the trio represented musical purity the likes of those who grew up on Zeppelin-esque hard rock and oft-banal Summer of Love folk serenades had never seen before. Their tireless devotion to their craft and mastery
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of their respective instruments allowed them to become more than just a rock band — they became pioneers. “Moving Pictures” helped set the stage for Rush to become the world-renowned group we know today. On the 40th anniversary of their greatest musical accomplishment and scarcely a year removed from Peart’s tragic death, we owe it to ourselves to again listen to this truly once-ina-lifetime album. Gino Gutierrez is the managing editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @GGutierrez48
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Drag bingo takes center stage for SAC Karaoke night canceled as quarantine fatigue transmutes to game nights By Daniel Ward @wordsofward34 The University of New Mexico’s Student Union Building kicked off the spring semester with a back to school bingo night on Friday, Jan. 29. Only four students attended, which is the lowest group Uni Nights have had since switching to virtual events. Coincidentally, the Student Activities Center (SAC) hosted a drag bingo night the week before with over 130 students participating. While drag bingo isn’t quite the same as the more traditional event, the two are similar enough to question the scheduling process of events for both departments. Andrea Marquez, the SAC advisor in charge of coordinating events like drag bingo, said the SAC specifically planned its bingo night earlier in the term because students would have to quarantine after coming to the dorms from out of town. Marquez said the SAC tries to meet with various campus entities about every two weeks to report on the upcoming events departments have planned to schedule accordingly. She added that communicating with everyone has become more difficult now that a majority of SAC staff are working from home, so it's possible to have an overlap in different events. As a result, the SAC hosted a virtual karaoke night at the same
time as the SUB’s bingo night, but Marquez said she didn’t know the SUB had already planned an event that day. While the back to school bingo night only had four students, SAC specialist Anna Gay said not a single soul signed up to sing at the karaoke night, and the event was canceled. Before the more puritanical bingo night took place, SUB projects coordinator Anders Flagstad said all University departments are bringing in unique aspects to try and give students activities they will enjoy. Flagstad said that even if there are similar events in the same month, it’s not a problem because it gives students more options. UNM senior Shelby Ramey went to the drag bingo night because she said she likes to be competitive, but she forgot about the back to school bingo and showed up toward the end of the last game before the raffle drawing. She said it might have been better if the two events were spread out more so students could have more of a break from bingo. “Maybe there would have been more people tonight if (drag bingo) wasn’t last week,” Ramey said. “If it wasn’t so close together, people probably would have remembered.” Ramey added that more people might have gone if it had a stronger theme like the drag bingo night did. She said the event could have waited a few more weeks and done something related to Valentine’s Day.
Freshman Vanessa Mascarenas also went to both bingo events and agreed that it might have been better if the events were spread out more. Despite winning one of the rounds at the drag bingo night, Mascarenas said she felt like she could be more comfortable at the smaller event since there were only four players. Everyone at the SUB bingo night was encouraged to turn their cameras on in order to get an extra entry in the raffle for one of three $25 Amazon gift cards. Mascarenas said her roommates didn’t want to join the game because they thought they would have to introduce themselves on camera. “I feel like quarantine has made everyone a little bit more antisocial than usual, so I feel like students would be more open to going to bingo nights where they don’t specifically have to have their camera on or they can just type ‘bingo’ instead of saying it when they win,” Mascarenas said. Sophomore Araceli Ramirez said she wasn’t able to go to the drag bingo night because it was on a Thursday and she had a lot of homework, but she was glad the SUB had their bingo night on a Friday because it fit in her schedule better. “I think it's pretty fun that if you miss one night of bingo night, you get to go to another one and it’s a different organization holding it,” Ramirez said. “Every student’s schedule is dif-
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ferent, so it all depends on the student as well.” Everyone who attended the back to school bingo night was offered Lobo merchandise prizes like hats, cups, mugs, blankets and more. Students that attended the back to school bingo event were able to pick them up from
the SUB. Flagstad said the remaining prizes will be saved for future events. Daniel Ward is a senior reporter at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at culture@ dailylobo.com or on Twitter at @wordsofward34
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Women’s hoops complete San Diego season sweep
9-2 Lobos enter home stretch two games out of first By Jesus Mata @JesusMataJr99 The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team followed a 84-48 blowout of San Diego State on Feb. 3 with another easy 65-48 win to complete a midweek sweep of the Aztecs. The two victories put the Lobos at 9-2 and third in the Mountain West with eight games remaining in the pandemic-shortened season.
Both games featured similar starts and finishes, with low-scoring first halves for UNM before surges in the second frames. The Lobos continued their unselfish playing style with four players scoring in double digits each game. “I thought in the second half, our mental approach was much better than the first half,” head coach Mike Bradbury said in his opening statement after Wednesday’s game. “Things looked a lot sharper
and more crisp.” The Lobos bounced back after the team split a two-game series with Fresno State at the close of January. Bradbury highlighted the aggressiveness shown by UNM in the second half. “We were much more aggressive (and) much better at guarding the ball,” Bradbury said. “We didn’t give up a lot of penetration or offensive rebounds because we guarded the ball pretty good.”
Despite the win on Friday, Bradbury said it was an “ugly game.” Nevertheless, he articulated some positive takeaways. “The one thing we did good was we continued to fight, we continued to play and that was big,” Bradbury said. He commended two guards and one forward — all bench players — for their performances. “I think Corina (Carter), Autumn Watts and Kath (van Bennekom)
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saved us,” Bradbury said. “Autumn played the whole first half, Corina played almost the whole second half. Kath played 10 huge minutes.” “We couldn’t have got on the right side of the day without those three,” Bradbury said of his bench players. Bradbury said the defense “was good” and added that it kept them “in range” for the game. “I thought our help line defense was great. They didn’t beat us on the ball screen stuff and all the rolls at the basket,” Bradbury said. “Defensively we were fine, it was just the other end.” Bradbury expressed that his team had a “good approach” and mindset during a season filled with uncertainty and turmoil. “This whole season’s tough — it’s tough for everybody, not just us,” he said. The Lobos’ next two-game series comes against Wyoming on Feb. 17 and 19. The series against coconference leaders Colorado State originally scheduled for Feb. 12-13 was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test within the UNM women’s basketball program. Jesus Mata is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @JesusMataJr99
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The second most popular beverage in the world, explained By Liam DeBonis @LiamDeBonis Imagine this, if you will: You’re over at a friend’s house, and they ask “green or black tea?” You pick green, but to your horror, you hear the kettle boiling and a few minutes later, you spend the next half hour sipping profanely bitter liquid and feigning enjoyment. If you’re the friend in this scenario, don’t feel bad. I sat down with Shawn Whitehurst — who’s been with the New Mexico Tea Company for over eight years — and learned that there’s a lot that goes into making the perfect cup of tea. Whitehurst said the tannin content in the final product makes a significant difference in the flavor of tea. Tannins are naturally occurring chemical compounds found in tea and other foods and beverages. Different types of teas release their tannins in different ways, which is why water temperature is critical for a smooth, enjoyable brew. In the case of green tea, she said,
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A pot of Pai Mu Tan tea, a white tea which pairs nicely with fruit such as honeycrisp apples.
leaves are intentionally damaged to allow for some oxidation to occur until the tea is heated. “That sort of gentle damage to the leaf makes it incredibly quick to brew. If you put a green tea like that in a fully, freshly boiled pot and steep it like a black tea … what you
would have is so many tannins in that cup of tea that it might even be undrinkable,” Whitehurst said. “It would just be so, so bitter.” A general rule of thumb I use when heating water for tea is about 170°F for green teas, 180°F for oolong or white teas and a gentle
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vors to kind of bounce off of.” To enhance a cup of tea even further, you can pair it with some food that complements its flavor profile. “If (the food) is something sweet or rich, I’m more inclined to pair it with a pure, hearty black tea,” Whitehurst said. For lighter, more fruity foods, an oolong or green can enhance the flavor without dominating the palate. My favorite food and tea pairing happens to be Pai Mu Tan, a white tea, with sliced honeycrisp apples. With all of these tips in mind, though, it’s important that you experiment and figure out what works best for you. While many may not like the bitterness of an over-brewed tea, I personally know some people who prefer strong, bitter green tea. “For brewing a cup of tea, your own personal preference is the most important consideration,” Whitehurst said. Liam DeBonis is the photo editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at photoeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @LiamDeBonis
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