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SUB advisory board considers renovation By David Lynch Members of the Student Union Building’s joint advisory board are in the early planning stages of what could become the SUB’s first major renovation in at least 10 years. Vice President of Student Life Walt Miller, who is spearheading the process, said the long-term needs of the SUB are their top priority. The current stage involves collecting data and conducting analysis of who uses the SUB and for what, to determine if a renovation is a part of those long-term needs, he said. “We’re starting the master planning for the SUB’s future, in a very broad sense,” he said. Among the figures under examination is the number of students using the SUB on a daily basis, as well as the number of requests they are forced to turn down from UNM’s student organizations that use the SUB regularly. “When you have a campus that has 400 student organizations, looking for meeting and office space becomes a challenge on any given day,” Miller said. “We’re going to look at a very global way of how to address that, while keeping in mind that we don’t want to move.”

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Students walk through the SUB on Thursday afternoon. The Student Union Building’s joint adversary board are in the beginning stages of what may result in a renovation to the SUB for the first time in 10 years.

Dean: intellectual dishonesty perpetuates racism By Matthew Reisen

An English professor by trade, Finnie Coleman served as the Africana Studies Department’s administrator at UNM in 2005 before he became the dean of University College. Coleman has recently completed a book that is 10 years in the making. The book, which contains chapter titles such as “Am I White Enough For You?”,

touches on a variety of subjects including hip-hop culture, authenticity, identity and postracial America. As Black History Month nears its end, the Daily Lobo sat down with Coleman to talk about issues of race in America.

Daily Lobo: What does racism mean? Coleman: “It’s such a complex conversation that it’s

not surprising that the vast majority of Americans, even scholars, don’t know how to have that conversation. Race is an artificial construct, biologically. It’s rooted in these ideas from anthropology, that at some point in time there were three races of men: Mongoloids, Caucasoids and Negroids. The problem wasn’t so much with that construction as it was with what people did with that

construction. Instead of talking about race and racism on an individual level, we have to think about personal prejudices and how those personal prejudices support institutional racism. “Institutional racism has to do with the power structures that reinforce racist thinking. It’s nothing new; there is nothing novel about racism and white supremacy

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Much at stake in season’s final home game By Liam Cary-Eaves

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New Mexico guard Antiesha Brown (15) shoots over Boise State defenders during Wednesday’s game at WisePies Arena. The Lobos host the Fresno State Bulldogs at 2 p.m. Saturday.

There is a lot on the line in New Mexico women’s basketball’s final home game, in addition to the home crowd submitting a goodbye to the two departing seniors on Saturday against Fresno State. The Lobos are gunning for a firstround bye in the Mountain West Tournament and the Bulldogs are the only team in conference the squad has failed to beat this season. UNM also has an opportunity to finish first in conference if Colorado State (21-6, 13-3 Mountain West) does not win out. A win against Fresno State will preserve the team’s current 11game winning streak at WisePies Arena. If the Lobos come out victorious, they will have the most conference wins in school history. New Mexico will also recognize guard Antiesha Brown’s and center Maddie Muraida’s final game at home. “It’s probably the most special day,” head coach Yvonne Sanchez said. “They will be honored by an

unbelievable fan base and by a really difficult game on Saturday.” This weekend Sanchez will coach the final home game in her current four-year contract. Her $264,000-per-year contract expires April 30. Neither the UNM Athletics Department nor Sanchez have released information regarding negotiations. Sanchez said she is not approaching the game emotionally; the team is focused on the difficult task of beating the Bulldogs. “It’s always a little emotional, but that’s why we do it afterwards,” Sanchez said. “Fresno is a great team, and they are the only team we haven’t beaten in conference, so we know how good they are.” Muraida is the only true center on the team and played all four years in Cherry and Silver. Muraida, an Albuquerque native, said her final home game has been a long time coming, but she said she is thrilled her final contest will be against a quality opponent. “I’m really happy I get to share

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