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By Brendon Gray @notgraybrendon During a meeting Wednesday, the University’s Diversity Council heard presentations from the UNM KIVA Club and the LGBTQ resource center. UNM Diversity Council hears KIVA Club’s concerns on campus climate and funding After presentations made by KIVA Club representatives, the UNM Diversity Council agreed on resolutions to support the club and its leaders and strengthen the campus climate. During the presentations, the three representatives for KIVA Club — Demetrius Johnson, Jennifer Marley and Tiayrra Curtis — noted an uptick in campus
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The ABQ Art Museum showcases the Southwest Films exhibit that features props and costumes from the TV show “Breaking Bad”.
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Club brings fellowship MacDougall works hard, plays hard to cancer survivors MEN’S BASKETBALL
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@cisabelg His whole life, UNM basketball player Connor MacDougall has been reaching for new heights — and not just physically. MacDougall, listed as a 6-foot9-inch player on the UNM roster, was a highly recruited power forward from the 2014 class. After playing four years at Corona del Sol High School, where he earned a Division I state title his senior year, the Arizona native got an offer from head coach Craig Neal to play at UNM. However, MacDougall opted to play with the Sun Devils at Arizona State. He was there for the 20142015 season, but after a shoulder surgery, he transferred to South Mountain Community College, where he earned his associate’s degree in psychology while also being named NJCAA Division 2 All-American. He then decided that it was time to take his original offer at New Mexico. “It meant a lot to me,” MacDougall said. “When it came time to choose again, (Lobo coaches) were some of the first people at the gym to come see me and they were some of the first
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Redshirt Sophomore Connor MacDougall towers over Colorado State players as he shoots an inside jump shot on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 at WisePies Arena.
people to come talk to me. Coach Neal was calling me personally.” He also added that his friendship with sophomore guard/ forward Dane Kuiper also helped with his decision. “I guess the second time around I was thinking, ‘where can I go and feel like family?’” he said. The 21-year-old said he has always loved sports due to his competitive nature. He played football until high school, and admitted that he mostly started playing basketball
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to stay in shape during the offseason. However, his priorities eventually changed. MacDougall said there are plenty of advantages to have played football, including being able to take hits without any pads. “I try to remind myself, ‘hey, you played football, you’ve dealt with worse,’” he laughed. “And probably mentality. Football players have that ‘let’s go get it’ mentality. They’re tough, and you
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Every Monday afternoon for the last 12 years, everyday people who are battling or have survived cancer get together to share their experiences through journaling. Survivors Writing Together is a journaling support group for individuals who have a current or past cancer diagnosis and will have been going strong for 12 years this May. The group, which is co-facilitated by cancer survivors Eleanor Schick and Anjanette Cureton, welcomes survivors of cancer and defines a “survivor” from day one of diagnosis until death. The idea of a writing group came to Schick, who previously wrote for the UNM Rio Grande Writing project, she said. “When I got cancer, I knew I used writing to process all of my experience,” Schick said. Schick then took her idea of a writing group for survivors to Cureton, who is senior clinical psychologist at the UNM Cancer Center. The group initially set up a pilot program of four weeks. In the second week one of the participants asked the two if they were going to
abandon them after the four weeks were up. The two looked at each other and together replied “no,” Schick said. Although participants are never required to share with the group, Schick finds that most people choose to share even about difficult topics, she said. “Interestingly most people do (share), because we began to really care about sharing our process with each other, and it’s become a very close community,” Schick said. The focus of the writing done within the group is expressive writing — purely emotional writing with no goal of creating or crafting anything for publication, Cureton said. “It’s been remarkable over these 12 years. We’ve had some people that have been in here since the first day, and we’ve had many people die over the years and we’ve had many people join. Not everyone stays, but this group is remarkable in the way it embraces all colors,” she said. Despite additional guidelines such as confidentiality, taking care of yourself and holding the space for the person who’s speaking,
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