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Breonna Taylor verdict sparks nightly protests in Albuquerque

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Protesters sit in lanes of traffic on Central Avenue and listen to Black New Mexico Movement organizers speak over a PA system on Friday, Sept. 25.

By Bella Davis @bladvs Joining nationwide protests over the grand jury verdict in the police murder of Breonna Taylor, protesters in Albuquerque have taken to the streets every night since the decision to not indict the officers was announced on Sept. 23. Taylor was a 26-year-old Black woman killed in her apartment by Louisville, Kentucky. police officers during the execution of a no-knock warrant in March. A grand jury indicted one officer, Brett Hankison,

for wanton endangerment for his actions that night, but none of the three officers who fired shots are facing charges for Taylor’s murder. Night one, Sept. 23: 4 mile march on Central Roughly 100 protesters met at the University of New Mexico bookstore at 6 p.m. and occupied the Central and Cornell intersection, where Black New Mexico Movement (BNMM) organizers gave impassioned speeches. Organizer Barbara Jordan spoke about the wanton endangerment charge, which Hankison is only facing because several of the bullets he

College voters poised to impact 2020 election

Biden leads overwhelmingly among national student population By William Bowen & Liam DeBonis @BowenWrites @LiamDeBonis As the 2020 general election approaches, the role college voters might play is taking shape. Early polling indicates young voters are highly engaged and that college students strongly favor Democratic nominee Joe Biden, making them a potentially pivotal group. Voters aged 18–29 turned out in the 2018 midterm elections at a higher rate than any time in the last 30 years, according to U.S. Census data. Furthermore, over 70% of college students surveyed in a recent poll by College Pulse said they were definitely voting.

The majority of college students polled are planning to vote for Biden instead of President Donald Trump — but the trend seems to be driven by disdain for the president, not enthusiasm for Biden. The same poll shows only 19% of students view Trump favorably, while 49% view Biden favorably. When asked who they would vote for, the student population overwhelmingly chose Biden, at a rate of 70% against a paltry 18% for Trump. “I expect (Democratic voters) are treating this as a referendum against Trump and the policies that he has put in place,” said Jessica Feezell, an assistant professor of political science at the University of New Mexico. “Specifically policies that hurt people of color, children of immigrants, LGBTQ populations — a lot of those demo-

fired outside of Taylor’s apartment went into a neighboring unit. “(Taylor’s) mother was reminded that a fucking wall is worth more than her Black life, and we’re supposed to be OK with it? When will my Black life matter?” Jordan said. The crowd marched west on Central Avenue, where they briefly encountered a lone counter-protester who shouted, “Blue lives matter, the police department matters.” Organizers tried to defuse the situation by keeping the crowd moving as the man followed along before eventually leaving. The march stopped downtown graphics.” The Daily Lobo asked for feedback on social media about the election, and many of the respondents said they were unenthusiastically casting their vote for Biden. “This election I’m planning to vote Biden,” said one respondent who requested anonymity. “Consider me part of the ‘Biden, but this is bullshit 2020’ crowd.” Most respondents echoed the sentiment. “Biden. Yes, the other old white guy,” UNM senior Jordan Moats responded. “My priority right now is getting Trump out of office…We shouldn’t have to beg our leaders to believe in science, empathy and reason.” Not all respondents, though, were interested in voting for Biden. “Biden is a weak leader, period,” said UNM sophomore Son’iah Martinez-Silas, who is planning to vote for Trump. “He can barely express his thoughts and opinions.” Recent polling data is reminiscent of the 2016 election. In August 2016, Hillary Clinton’s favorability was only 42%, but she led Trump in national polls by a 7.4 point margin. Many respondents saw a similarity

near Robinson Park, where speeches continued and a moment of silence was held for Taylor, before protesters went back up Central and dispersed at the campus bookstore. Night two, Sept. 24: Protesters march through a busy Nob Hill Meeting again at the bookstore, protesters went north through main campus before circling back to Central and marching through Nob Hill. Organizers instructed the crowd to move from the street to the sidewalk to see if the Albuquerque Police Department — which, throughout the summer, responded to protests by barricading streets —

would allow traffic to pass through, which they did. Protesters then moved back into the middle of the street, where cars drove by on either side and restaurant patrons looked on. “It could’ve been any one of you all, so just know that everybody in this street would be riding for you all just the way we’re riding for who? Breonna Taylor!” organizer Arthur Bell said, addressing the restaurant patrons. The protest ended at around 9 p.m.

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between the two elections, with one calling Biden’s campaign “Hillary 2.0” and another saying it feels “like another 2016 election.” In the Democratic primary, college students supported Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Weekly polling by College Pulse shows Sanders ended his campaign with a 71% favorability rating among college students, with Biden at 24%.

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“I was really looking forward to casting my vote for Sanders,” UNM junior Ashley Varela said. “When he dropped out…I felt very disillusioned. I’ll be (voting) for Biden, but not because I believe in him. It’s the only way I think we can get through this pandemic and keep our democracy.” Sanders’ national polling against

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UNM employees plead for better working conditions, hazard pay By Jasmine Casillas &

Madeline Pukite @jaycasillas @madelinepukite With the University of New Mexico currently reporting 42 cases of COVID-19 among students, faculty and staff, some employees working on campus are requesting better working conditions and hazard pay.

Dante Gonzales, a representative of the labor union Communications Workers of America, explained some of the fears and concerns UNM employees have, many of which have been lingering since the coronavirus pandemic began over six months ago. When asked about job security and the potential for layoffs, Gonzales said the rumor mill is abuzz. “(There is) lots of fear around that, especially with temporary workers, because there are

definitely rumors about layoffs and furloughs,” Gonzales said. “But to my knowledge, there have been no answers regarding that question.” Health concerns are also high amongst staff on campus, Gonzales said. “The fear stems from the people on campus who don’t believe in the risks, don’t wash their hands, don’t social distance,” Gonzales said. “They are just the super spreaders. Even though there is a lot less density here at

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Jose Ruales, a custodian at the UNM Student Union Building.

NEW MEXICO DAILY LOBO the University, all it takes is one person to go around and just shed all of those virus particles.” The University has provided disposable masks, gloves and hand sanitizer to staff, but back in April, a custodian who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation told the Daily Lobo, “It is so difficult to obtain safety equipment (from UNM) that I’ve resorted to purchasing such items myself.” Additionally, Gonzales said the online work safety training that essential employees received from UNM could’ve gone more in depth. “It was real simple, real quick. ‘Wear your mask, stay six feet apart from people, wash your hands, don’t touch your face.’ All real simple, simple stuff like that,” Gonzales said. The greatest concern Gonzales expressed was that essential employees are not receiving hazard pay. “For the most part, everyone is still quarantined at home. Well, what happens when it’s people who don’t work from home, who have to go out and be around people to make a living?” Gonzales said. “What do you do then? I really think there should be some type of compensation for those who do not get to stay home.” In response to the question of hazard pay, the University’s human resources department said while the University “deeply appreciates the work performed by essential employees,” it’s been “faced with significant budget cuts and fiscal uncertainty but has remained vigilant in its commitment to minimize layoffs and to continue paying regular employees when possible.” Meanwhile, employees of the Student Government Accounting Office (SGAO), which processes all funds allocated by the undergraduate and graduate student governments, say that the office space they’re working in is less than ideal. Jacob Rutgerf, a student employee at SGAO who has worked there for almost two years, said the space is too small to uphold social distancing measures. “Prior to everything that happened, it was already really cramped…We frequently had six to 10 people in here pre-COVID,” Rutgerf said. “With the regulations that UNM put in place, we’re only allowed to have four people in our little section, and it kind of feels like a cage in a way.” Joanna Garcia, who has worked for SGAO for nearly five years and is the supervisor of student employees in the office, emailed Cheryl Wallace, the director of the Student Union Building (SUB), in July after hearing that Events Planning was moving to a different office. Garcia asked if SGAO could relocate to the former Events Planning office space in order to better abide by social distancing guidelines. Her email to Wallace went unanswered. “My staff doesn’t have offices: They have little cubicles, and if someone came to them for help they would have to sit knee-to-knee with their accountant,” Garcia said. “There is no

space…I have complained for years that we would like to have more space. It’s almost insulting. We’re always in the office.” Wallace said that before they were allowed to reopen, they had to submit a plan to University leadership. As part of the reopening plan, PVC pipe dividers and plexiglass were installed in SGAO in an attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “I am assuming that since (the reopening plan) was approved by UNM leadership that it’s sufficient for the health guidelines,” Wallace said. Rutgerf, on the other hand, said the installation of the dividers “feels like a bandaid to a much larger problem” that made training new employees difficult. “This is changing our very way of operating, and the solutions just seem in a way barbaric because the real solution would be to get a much larger space so we can operate safely and maintain that six feet of distance,” Rutgerf said. When asked about SGAO’s request to move to a different office, Wallace said she couldn’t comment because it isn’t under her direct supervision and redirected the Daily Lobo to Ryan Lindquist, director of the Student Activities Center. “I have not received any concerns about the setup of the space from any employees or visitors to the Student Activities Center or the Student Government Accounting Office,” Lindquist said. “If I do get any concerns, we would work with the COVID reopening administration team to reassess the space and make any changes they would recommend.” The World Health Organization has made recommendations regarding proper ventilation in offices and schools, which is crucial in preventing the spread of the virus. According to the organization’s website, there should be fresh, clean air in all workplaces, achieved through increased natural or mechanical ventilation. Lindquist said he doesn’t have any information about the ventilation of spaces in the SUB. Referring to the PVC piping, Garcia said, “I call it a COVID incubator, because that’s what it is — just trapping the air.” Rutgerf said he’s unsure whether the safety measures the University has implemented are actually capable of preventing essential workers from contracting the virus. “I’m just wondering how much is theater and how much is effective means of being safe,” Rutgerf said. Jasmine Casillas is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @jaycasillas Madeline Pukite is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @madelinepukite

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Night three, Sept. 25: Driver attacks crowd at vigil Friday’s action was called by BNMM to celebrate Taylor’s life. Attendees, some of whom had brought their children, took to the intersection in front of the UNM bookstore. “Breonna has her own legacy. We will not count her out. We will not make her the date that she was taken away,” Jordan said to the crowd. “This is about celebrating her life and that’s what we’re going to do tonight, OK?” Shortly after 8 p.m., a driver rammed through the crowd, which journalist Shaun Griswold captured on video. There were no reported injuries. Since racial justice protests be-

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gan in late May following the police murder of George Floyd, car attacks — a terrorist tactic used by ISIS — on protesters have become increasingly frequent. On July 9, USA Today reported that people had driven into protesters 104 times over the summer. Benjamin López, who was at the vigil, said that the person who drove through the crowd had been antagonizing people earlier in the night and had yelled “all lives matter.” After the attack, APD circled overhead in a helicopter and spoke over its public address system, threatening protesters with enforcement action if they didn’t move out of the street. Protesters held their ground, sitting down in the intersection and

chanting “First Amendment” and “peaceful protest.” APD has typically blocked off streets for protests. They didn’t do so on Friday night until after the car attack, however, stating in a press release that they were unaware of the protest before the incident. APD claims to be investigating and attempting to locate the driver. The crowd dispersed shortly before 10:30 p.m without further incident. Night four, Sept. 26: Students lead conversation about racism UNM students Sarah Dighigh and Franny Bevell, with the support of BNMM, organized an event in front of La Posada Dining Hall, where dozens of students convened and participated in a

discussion about systemic racism and inequality. A student who identified himself as Ryan said he ascribed to hateful, alt-right ideologies — like men’s rights activism — in high school and shared how he got out of it. “The best thing that I can share is that even though these people that disagree with us really don’t understand what may be happening, it’s still important to try and expose them to something that will force them to question why they are scared,” Ryan said. “That was the only reason why I was able to come out of it.” Another student spoke about the need to include all Black people in the Black Lives Matter movement. “Nobody really talked about Tony

McDade. He was a trans guy. I’m a trans guy. He was shot by police in Florida. What could happen to me? I could be in his shoes. That could’ve happened to me, and that’s super freaking scary,” the student said, adding that he and his friends had been pulled over by the police the previous night and that they had been fearful of what might happen. The student organizers ended the night by thanking everyone who attended and announcing that they will be at La Posada every Saturday at 6 p.m. to try to engage other students in conversation.

Biden pulling more support from Republican-leaning college voters than Trump is pulling from Democratleaning students. The “lesser of two evils” sentiment many voters are feeling in the 2020 race has left some frustrated with the political system as a whole. UNM alumnus Chris Murphy said he supported Trump in 2016 but isn’t planning to do the same this year because of “(Trump’s) views on racial issues, his negligence of the pandemic and his views on immigration.”

However, Murphy was less than enthusiastic with the Democratic option, saying that in his view, both parties work only to uphold their political platforms while ignoring their constituents’ feelings on the issues. “I don’t have confidence in Joe Biden,” Murphy said, noting he felt pressured to vote for the former vice president. “I wish the political system wasn’t a bipartisan system, but rather a system for the betterment of all Americans.” College voters as a whole have tremendous potential to sway the 2020

election. Feezell said young voters need to turn out and vote, despite the frustration many are feeling with the choices being offered by the two major parties. “The continual problem we have with young voters in the United States is that they don’t vote. For young people it is so important that they vote in this and every election, because then the representatives will respond,” Feezell said. “There are a lot of ways to participate. Absolutely protest, absolutely donate, but in this type of a governmental system you

also have to vote.” Voter registration is open until Oct. 6, and requests for absentee ballots are available on the Secretary of State’s website.

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Trump turned up mixed results. Vox reported in February that while the senator was polling well, his voter base was heavily youth-oriented, a notoriously unreliable group in terms of turnout — although, again, young voters appeared to be unusually mobilized in the last two years. Some argue that Biden’s nomination will help the Democrats draw support away from Trump. Indeed, several prominent Republicans dissatisfied with Trump’s presidency have endorsed his campaign. The College Pulse survey showed

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‘Boys State’ captures vitality of democracy By Gabriel Biadora @gabrielbiadora Politics is hell. There’s the systemic corruption which pervades our democratic process, as well as the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the federal government which we’re taught, and there’s that mixed bag of stale and divisive political actors we’re forced to see and deal with. “Boys State,” however, offers refuge from the bullshit of politics without censoring it and consequently creates a window into how intimate and raw a democracy could and should be. The documentary, an Apple Original Films and A24 release now available on Apple TV, follows four young men — Steven, Ben, René and Robert — as they each go through the 2018 Texas Boys State competition to lead their respective and fictitious parties for the highest office of governor over a week-long period.

The Boys and Girls State is a national program hosted by the American Legion for nearly a century, engaging juniors and seniors in high school to establish a mock government. 2018’s convention, however — while it looks like it unapologetically smelled of Old Spice and B.O. under the Texas sun — offers a simultaneously inspiring and disturbing familiarity, for these were all boys I knew and have seen before. Fortunately, the documentary captures the authenticity and complexities of its subjects rather than opting to look down on the younger population with a parental eye. The four boys are captivating as they are real. Their competitive hunger electrifies, their relationships are unpredictably dynamic, their victories are heroic and their losses are tragic. The unfolding drama is of Shakespearean caliber. Robert, during his campaign for the gubernartorial nomination, declares his pro-life stance on abortion. In an aside, he would later reveal to

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the filmmakers his hidden stance as pro-choice, admitting he is tailoring his beliefs to win the party candidacy. Robert’s actions complicate and blur the lines between morally objectionable and morally ambiguous. The subjects consistently walk between gray lines, and the filmmakers empathetically document them, adding to the relatability of the project and ultimately helping bridge whatever gap may exist between the democratic process and the 18-yearold who just registered to vote.

The modern United States, as it struggles with its identity, becomes reflected in who the boys are, how they conduct themselves, how they debate amongst each other and the types of policies discussed. The documentary gracefully fuses how the present country is influencing its sons while also offering insight into how the future of the nation may look in the leadership of this generation — for better and for worse. Amidst a time of questionable authority, economic and social up-

heaval and a global pandemic, “Boys State” is art which can inspire the younger generation — upon whose hands the country’s fate rests on — to become politically invested and active within the communities in which they live. Gabriel Biadora is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @gabrielbiadora

LETTER The time for paid family leave is now Dear editor, There is nothing more important than our families’ health. But our country needs to live up to its family values. Did you know that even before the pandemic, one in four new moms were forced to return to work within two weeks of giving birth? That’s heartbreaking and insane!

I am the proud mother of a 6-week-old, and I have been lucky that I can teach from home, but if we weren’t working from home, I would be in the same boat. And as a teacher, I have seen firsthand when colleagues have to choose between their paycheck and staying home with a sick child or even to take care of themselves. I always felt lucky that I didn’t have to deal with that difficult decision, but now I am terrified. Every year, I have gotten sick

from students who have to come to school because their parents don’t have time off to stay home with them. That makes me even more worried for my daughter — what if I bring something home to her? With states and businesses reopening, we need paid leave to make reopening safer for our communities and our families so that people can stay home when they’re sick or caring for a loved one. If we really are a country that values

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family, then we have to have public policies that support working families. We want Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich to know that the time for paid family leave is now. Mary Bissell Rio Rancho, NM

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UNM professor spearheads project to 3D print 5,000 masks for immigrants By Megan Gleason @fabflutist2716 Dr. Christina Salas, a University of New Mexico associate professor in the department of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, was given a $150,000 grant at the beginning of September from the Con Alma Foundation to produce about 5,000 masks for the

immigrant community — regardless of documentation status — in New Mexico. Salas has been leading a project with UNM staff and students, as well as volunteers, to print masks with a 3D printer since April. The actual distribution of the masks started the first week of May, according to Salas. “It’s a lot easier for us to address the immediate need of protect-

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pandemic, we likely would keep going assuming that we have all the donations we need from the community,” Salas said. The project was initially expected to wind down in September due to a sufficient supply of masks, but the grant was awarded and pushed the project even further with stipulations to provide for the local immigrant community. “We just assumed if things started getting bad again and the need became higher, we would jump back into it,” Salas said. Salas said the project had previously relied solely on donations, such as UNM’s 3D Printing Fund and the School of Engineering Fund for Academic Excellence. “Since it was all donation based, as the need started to drop, our donations started to drop as well,” Salas said. “We were going to wrap things up until needed again, and then we got this $150,000 grant.” Salas’ team was also producing face shields for a period of time but stopped since the Central New Mexico Community College and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology were also doing that, according to Salas. “Since we’re the only ones in the state who can make the masks, we decided to just kind of leave the shields up to them, and we just took over the mask-making efforts,” Salas said. Salas said an emotional toll has had a presence on the team that has been working since April, especially since others had time off when the pandemic started while their team kept working. “We would hear these stories about these great needs for people, and people wearing trash bags over their faces if they needed because they were so low on

ing people against the pandemic, so that’s why we chose this maskmaking effort,” Salas said. Various groups on campus have been volunteering to help for the project, including the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Hispanic Engineering and Science Organization (HESO), Engineers Without Borders, Society of Women Engineers, and Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. “It gives us a great deal of joy to help and feel useful in our community and feel like we’re really having an impact right now as college students,” Diego Rodriguez, vice president of HESO, said. Rodriguez noted that volunteering amid the pandemic is essential and has clear positive impacts in the community. “Now these volunteering opportunities are turning into something more tangible, something that’s more meaningful to the students that are joining here because we are trying to connect through the minority communities through minority organizations such as HESO or AISES,” Rodriguez said. The team is trying to get the majority of the masks out by Christmas, and the future beyond that depends on the severity of the pandemic at that point in time, according to Salas. “If there’s a resurgence of the

personal protective equipment (PPE), and so those stories really kept us motivated to keep going,” Salas said. Many of the groups helping with the project are motivated to help communities that are near and dear to their heart. President of AISES Durante Ray Pioche-Lee said the pandemic has “really impacted our nation, because for a while there we were pretty bad on PPE,” reflecting on the Navajo Nation that many AISES students live in or have grown up in. He said these students want to help the communities to which they they are connected. Rodriguez echoed those sentiments, representing the Hispanic heritage that students in HESOS identify with. “There’s that emotional attachment of you identify with these people, that’s part of your ethnicity, that’s what you’ve grown up with, specifically with Hispanics. We’re trying to help them,” Rodriguez said. “We have these opportunities that we’re given, and so Dr. Salas has really linked us with our community.” Salas said she works to combine engineering and medical efforts in order to find solutions for issues that could only be fixed with collaboration and will continue doing so in her teaching at UNM beyond the pandemic. “My job has always been to kind of bridge engineering and medicine here on campus to basically bring together engineers to work with physicians to solve problems that exist within our hospitals and clinics,” Salas said. Megan Gleason is the culture editor at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @fabflutist2716

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‘Re-education’ podcast spotlights campus Black cultural centers By Shelby Kleinhans @BirdsNotReal99 In a time where social justice issues are constantly in the news and at the forefront of our minds, the new podcast “Re-Educated” helps process these concerns and looks at ways to better uplift the Black community. This podcast was released by the New Mexico State Office of African American Affairs on Sept. 17, and is available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. “Re-Educated” is hosted by Danni Golden and co-host Devon Williams. Golden uses her “voice, powerful conversation skills and business connections to uplift her community” and Williams “conducts community outreach for all aspects of the African American community in New Mexico, including collaboration with community stakeholders, programs and initiatives, and policy and advocacy,” according to the podcast’s website. With a similar feel to NPR’s “Code Switch,” the first episode, “Black Cultural Centers in Higher Education,” opens with a general purview of the first season and its purpose of highlighting environmental, social and physical inequities facing Black communities and modes of empowerment through legislation. The first episode is broken

up into three acts: Golden and Williams giving the audience a history lesson and discussing their experiences with Black Cultural Centers (BCC), an interview with UNM director of African American Student Services Brandi Stone and an interview with NMSU interim director of Black Programs Kimberly York. The two interviews are broken up with another segment of Golden and Williams’ rapport, which assists the pacing greatly. Golden and Williams have solid chemistry, and it shows as they go back and forth in discussing the history of BCCs. Williams then gives an insightful look at his experiences with BCCs and how they became “another dynamic of empowerment and stress relief ” that helped him connect with other Black students and achieve his master’s degree. That conversation made me desperately wish that this episode had more time for student accounts, specifically the power of BCCs and the impact that the centers have after graduation. Don’t get me wrong, the guests on this episode made some incredible points, but I couldn’t help but want to hear more from a student’s perspective. According to the podcast, Black students make up 2.96% of UNM’s student population and a similar percentage of NMSU’s student population. One of

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the aspects of the first episode that really struck me was how passionate both the hosts and the two guests were. They all emphasized that when people refer to these numbers as “statistically insignificant,” they’re missing the point that these are very real students with very real socioeconomic needs. A good variety in the questions asked resulted in some great responses about the challenges BCCs are facing, why the centers

are so impactful to students from a director’s perspective and how communities can help mitigate these challenges in new and unexpected ways. I was hesitant at first about the hosts asking both guests roughly the same questions, but it ended up working well since both Stone and York had different talking points. I won’t spoil what they had to say, but I will say it’s worth your time to hear them out. A highlight of the show was

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how they closed the episode out. The hour wraps up with a final segment called “The Glow,” which shines a light on people and organizations that are doing work that benefits and uplifts members of the Black community around the state. This week’s recipient, Alexandra Andrews, coordinates the flow of students at a COVID-19 testing site. This is an especially important aspect of the show: Even if the subject matter gets a little heavy (see next week’s episode titled “Law Enforcement”), it can end on a note of hopefulness about the future. The strongest part of the episode overall was the knowledge and passion brought to the table by the hosts and the guests. Their knowledge on the subject matter both informs and re-educates its audience in an engaging manner that leaves them curious to learn more. The passion with which they speak about meeting the needs of Black students in their communities will make anyone listening want to go out and immediately donate funds to the nearest BCC. While “Re-Educated” suffers from reduced sound quality in the interviews of Stone and York, it doesn’t hinder the audience from getting an enriching experience by listening. I would highly recommend that students and members of the administration of these two institutions give this inaugural episode, and future episodes, an attentive listen. They just might re-educate you. Shelby Kleinhans is a freelance photographer and reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @BirdsNotReal99

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