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Yiannopoulos event still on despite concerns Milo Mayhem
By Gabriela Garcia-Huff & Nikole McKibben
Yiannopoulos’ Friday event at the SUB is part of his nationwide “Dangerour Faggot” tour that began in the fall. Many, if not most, of his stops have been met with opposition and protests. These are just some of the outcomes of demonstrations at some universities.
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Jan. 20 University of Washington Seattle, Washington 32-year-old man shot outside Yiannopoulos engagement.
Jan. 13 University of California Davis Davis, California Yiannopoulos event cancelled following protests. “Mission accomplished,” one protester reportedly told CNN.
Dec. 16 North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota Yiannopoulos event cancelled. NDSU College Republicans cites safety concerns
Dec. 7 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Several protestors arrested after anti-Yiannopoulos demonstrators clash with police at MSU event.
Jan. 25 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado About 200 demonstrators protest outside Yiannopoulos talk.
The upcoming talk by alt-right speaker Milo Yiannopoulos on UNM campus, part of his “Dangerous Faggot Tour,” has been a controversial and hotly discussed topic for students lately. Several student groups and individuals have taken it upon themselves to protest the provocative nature of Yiannopoulos’ political views and ultimately shut down the event. The event organizers, from the University’s College Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty, have been working to promote their value of free speech throughout this entire process. Ryan Ansloan, a member of both groups, said he fears the possible actions of groups who disagree with Yiannopoulos’ political ideologies. Ansloan said he knows of one group in particular, Red Nation, who is planning on storming the stage at the event and taking the mic, essentially shutting down the event. “I just think that would be the absolute worst outcome, us having to cancel the event because people weren’t letting us engage in a dialogue,” he said. “And
that’s really the objective of this event. We host Milo because he talks about free speech issues, and then that free speech would get shut down by the other side”. Ansloan also spoke about the campaign rally for Hillary Clinton, which was held on campus earlier in the fall and featured former Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders. “When Bernie Sanders was hosted on campus last semester, there was no one on the right saying, ‘Oh he’s a socialist, we got to shut him down’. You go, you listen to what the other side has to say, you respect everyone’s opinions and then you engage in a dialogue about the content of what they’re saying. That’s where we should be. When they call for events to be shut down and threaten to take it into their own hands, that’s too far,” he said. In response to groups and individuals planning on protesting the event, Marina Herrera, president of College Republicans, said the group encourages students, who are inclined, to engage in peaceful protest. “We are strong advocates of the First Amendment, which secures all Americans’ right to peaceably assemble regardless of the content of that speech,” Herrera said. “We do not support violent or destructive protests
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Graphic by Catherine Farmer
ABQ Jedi club brings the Force to campus By Fin Martinez @FinMartinez Any fan of Star Wars remembers wanting to be Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader or Qui-Gon Jinn. Being a Jedi was the childhood dream of many Star Wars fans and for many, the main appeal of being a Jedi was wielding their legendary weapon — the lightsaber. A unique and quickly growing club on campus, ABQ Jedi, taps into this childhood dream by meeting twice a week at the Duck Pond, where members duel using recreations of the Jedi’s weapon. The club was founded by Revan Killian, a former UNM student, and a “Master Jedi” in the club. “I joined up with another group that meets here called ‘Order of The Wolf.’ It wasn’t exactly a Star Wars group, and I stuck with it for a while, but I wanted something more closely based on the lore of Star Wars,” Killian said. “I played around with the idea six years ago with a few people, and
about four years ago I set it down with three other guys. We made the basis and the foundation based off of what I was already throwing around.” ABQ Jedi is a club based around the art of lightsaber dueling. Each club meeting starts off with warm-ups and then the fighting begins, where the members break off into their respective factions, Jedi, Sith and “Gray” to duel it out for the rest of the evening. The duels are organized into various games, some of which are based off of classic first-person-shooter game modes like “Protect the General” and “Team Deathmatch.” The lightsabers the club members use aren’t your usual toy design. The lightsabers are custom made by superfan craftsmen like club member Josh Pedersen, who makes metal hilts that attach to highly durable “blades” that are able to withstand the beatings the members put them through. The hilts contain
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Members of the ABQ Jedi group gather and raise lightsabers into the air before they begin a night of objective based games on Saturday, Jan. 21 at UNM Main Campus. Players meet every Wednesday and Saturday to compete and practice at the Duck Pond.
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