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LoboAlerts delays still causing concern By Denicia Aragon @deniciaaragon98

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Justin Kerstetter holds out his cell phone displaying a LoboAlert on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 on UNM Main Campus. It is a federal mandate that UNMPD must provide students with information of dangerous situations that may unfold on campus. UNMPD sends out LoboAlerts when urgent, need-to-know situations around the University take place.

At UNM, there is a communication time delay regarding safety advisories between the University and the campus community. The delay — the amount of time from when an incident occurs until a LoboAlerts is distributed — exposes potential dangers on or around campus that are cause for concern for some in the campus community. LoboAlerts is the means of communication that lets the campus community know, via text message and email, when there is a safety issue on campus, typically related to a reported criminal act. “I’m frustrated with the lack of time the University takes to tell us about something serious happening on campus,” UNM freshman Elijah Barela said. “It’s confusing how something will happen at 10 a.m. and we wouldn’t get (notified) until 2 p.m. What if I was there?” The time frame referred to by Barela was in regards to a LoboAlert sent out to the campus community warning of an individual who threatened a student with a gun at the intersection of Central Avenue and Yale Boulevard on the morning of Feb. 8.

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Grad rates discussed Brown leads team in Boise win at Regent meeting MEN’S BASKETBALL

By Isabel Gonzalez

By Hannah Eisenberg @DailyLobo Innovation Academy Professor Robert DelCampo, of Anderson School of Management, attended UNM’s Board of Regents meeting Tuesday morning to discuss The Innovation Academy, a new school program of which he is the executive director. The Innovation Academy launched in August 2015 with the intention to foster innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship among students. With over 541 students signed up across 31 different majors since its conception, the program has blown past the goal set by former President Bob Frank of 15 students enlisted per year. DelCampo highlighted that of these students enrolled in the Innovation Academy, the majority are women, people of color and first-generation college students. “It’s a great group that we try and struggle to reach and provide

programming for that this concept…very much resonates with, and we would like to continue to make that happen,” DelCampo said. The program has made major steps in the past few months, including making UNM one of five U.S. colleges, including Harvard and Stanford, to work with The Darwin International Institute for the Study of Compassion. As a partner with this institute, The Innovation Academy will be working toward the goal of offering four graduate students a full-ride scholarship, allowing them to focus their research in compassion studies. The Innovation Academy is also opening a site on Broadway Boulevard and Central Avenue in August where they will launch their new program, Lobo-labs, a 6 credit sequence offered to students across all UNM schools taught by key members of New Mexico’s creative start-up industry.

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On the Daily Lobo website NARVAIZ: Lobo Women’s basketball BACA: Recently appointed UNM Regent Don Tripp has stepped down due to a legal conflict

@cisabelg The win gets the Lobos closer to the peak of the Mountain West standings The UNM men’s basketball team gifted Lobo fans a sweet 7873 victory, and a season sweep, over Boise State on Valentine’s Day. The Lobos pulled off a win over the Broncos, closing the gap between the two teams. With the win, New Mexico is now only half a game behind Boise State, who slipped to second place in the Mountain West with the loss, behind the Colorado State Rams. Thanks to a persistent defense and several Lobos stepping up in the offensive side of the affair, New Mexico improved to 16-10 overall, and 9-5 in the Mountain West. Head coach Craig Neal said he can see his team is maturing, and that he was pleased with what he saw on Tuesday night. “Very good win. I thought our guys were terrific,” Neal said. “I

Dainel Ward / Daily Lobo / @DailyLobo

Freshman guard Damien Jefferson makes an open layup against Boise State on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 at WisePies Arena. The Lobos defeated Boise State on Tuesday 78-73.

thought they played with a lot of energy and effort. They were really in-tune with what we were trying to do.”

The Lobos opened up the night with a jumper from redshirt

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