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The UNM Police Department exercised a warrant to search the Lobo Village apartment of Nias Martin, a junior cornerback for the UNM football team, on February 21. While no charges have yet been filed, an alleged sexual assault and kidnapping incident occurred between Martin and a 19-year-old female student who also attends UNM. The 19-year-old reported the incident on Feb. 20, with her father and sister. The woman stated in a police report that she had previously been in a relationship with Martin, but that the two were no longer together. The woman said she had agreed to go over to his Lobo Village apartment, and that they would talk about having sex. The report states that she then changed her mind, sending a text saying she didn’t want to have sex, and wanted to remain just friends. Martin then replied that the two could watch a movie instead. After the movie ended at approximately 2 a.m., the woman told an officer she was trying to go
home when Martin grabbed her to prevent her from leaving. Martin then proceeded to tell the woman, “Don’t fight it; I’m stronger than you are,” according the female UNM student. When Martin was confronted by an officer, he initially said he didn’t have intercourse with the 19-yearold female that night and that the two had broken up in January. He said they didn’t talk about having sex over text messages, but rather over the phone. After the officer presented the evidence that the conversation had occurred over text, Martin changed his story, stating that he still had not had intercourse with his exgirlfriend, but did acknowledge the text messages. In the report, the officer told Martin “this was his chance to tell his side of the story,” which led to Martin admitting to having sex with her that night. Martin currently has two other roommates in the Lobo Village housing facility, and though they were not in the room when the alleged incident occurred, according to the report, the officer plans on interviewing the two roommates.
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Junior cornerback Nias Martin takes down a University of Arizona player during the 10th Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Martin allegedly sexually assaulted and kidnapped a 19-year-old female UNM student, according to UNMPD reports.
The officer confiscated both of Martin’s phones, his bedding and a DNA sample for evidence upon further investigation. Martin, a junior college transfer, played his first year at UNM a season ago. He recorded 35 tackles, six pass breakups and a 77yard fumble recovery for a touchdown as a junior.
Neither head coach Bob Davie or Paul Krebs were available for comment. Liam Cary-Eaves is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @Liam_CE.
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Stephen Greiman holds a jar filled with ethanol and shrews at the Museum of Southwestern Biology, located on the UNM campus. The museum houses thousands of specimens preserved in jars for use in research.
Schuyler Liphardt is a graduate assistant who works in the division of mammals and helps curate the museum. On a normal day Liphardt said he supervises employees who prep specimens that are to be added into their collections. The different specimens are donated from various sources. “We end up getting huge donations of collections. We have the Illinois Natural History Museum collection, which is about 26,000 specimens. We are getting that collection from (the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science). So when we get these really big donations we can have a lot of work. At the end of
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Biology museum hosts diverse specimens A concrete building stands behind a sign that reads “CERIA,” trees and glass windows adorning it. Through its entrance and down a flight of stairs are secured doors, access through which can only be obtained via key card. Dozens of shelves holding jarred snakes, rodents, fish and insects lay beyond the door. Looking to the second floor, one can see the northern hemisphere’s third largest collection of mammals. Acorns larger then footballs and mushrooms larger than human fists can be found on this level. Underneath its foundation are teams of researchers behind microscopes inspecting parasites from the arctic. A location that is comparable to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Smithsonian has a home in the heart of UNM’s main campus. The Museum of Southwestern Biology, a place filled with biological specimens from all around the world, is considered one of the world’s best, according to visiting researchers. The museum is home to thousands of biological collections, and resides in the lower level of the CERIA building as well as its second floor, where it houses multiple divisions of teams that curate its collections. The museum is made up of these collections, groups of biological specimens that are stored at the museum for a multitude of reasons. Specimens can range from anteater pelts, jarred tape worms, flattened flowers, coiled rattlesnakes and even preserved cockroaches. Teams of curators, researchers, students and volunteers look after these collections and work to keep the museum operational.
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the summer is when we get a whole bunch because that’s when we go out on expeditions,” Liphardt said. The donations and mass storage of so many species and specimens are used to create a catalog and baseline for future research. Some specimens are upwards to seventy years old, allowing researchers to study them from past to present day. Researchers can use collections like the ones held at the Museum of Southwestern Biology to examine modern day global issues. “Especially now with climate change, the big thing is animals are moving, so then you have these sorts of novel interactions between
species that never came together before, and by the research that we do we can sort of describe these interactions. Polar bears and brown bears are coming back into contact again, and through a lot of the genetic work we have done with collaborative labs, (we can) show that it’s not that new of a thing,” Liphardt said. With close to 250,000 mammal specimens and around 100,000 frozen tissues, researchers at the museum can do a lot of novel research, but these studies are not the museums only purpose. Creating and preserving
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The words “live,” “breathe” and “relax” hold different meanings depending on who you ask. “Live. Breathe. Relax.” is the motto of The Remedy Day Spa and Wellness Center, which recently opened its doors to the public for the first time. Natasha Leech, the executive director of the spa, said the center offers a unique set of options for customers seeking a different experience from the traditional sense of these words. This includes use of skin and body care lines like Kerstin Florian and Intraceuticals not offered in most other spas in New Mexico, use of local brands and products for some activities and unconventional wellness classes such as Metal Mondays, Leech said. She said Metal Mondays has been one of the spa’s most popular offerings since its opening in mid-February. Metal Mondays is a weekly Yoga class in which participants spend an hour doing Vinyasa Flow Yoga while listening to heavy metal music. Nicole Overholt, the instructor, said the class is open and welcome to experienced individuals or those interested in trying yoga for the first time. “I like meeting all of these people who share the interests of music,” Overholt said. “I also like meeting people who really want to be involved in yoga but maybe don’t want the vibe that music can create in a traditional yoga studio.” Mandy Warr, who co-owns the spa with her husband Casey Warr, said she takes the Metal Monday class every chance she gets. “When we started the studio, we really wanted this to be a place that was a community that welcomed creativity and the uniqueness that you find here,” Warr said. “Something like the metal class fit perfectly with our philosophy.” Warr also said that she considers yoga a personal practice, one that everyone gets something different out of, and that she is glad this class has given people who may not have been open to the yoga community before a chance to try something new they can enjoy. Other classes offered include Yin Yoga, Foundation Yoga, Hand Eye Yoga, Yoga Play, Warm Vinyasa Flow and Friday Happy Hour Yoga, offered by a variety of instructors. Classes are offered every day of the week. The Remedy is currently offering various price promotions for classes, including a $20 fee for a month of unlimited classes or a $12 drop-in fee per class, which is reduced to $5 for UNM students. For more information about spa services and wellness classes offered, contact The Remedy Day Spa at (505) 265-9219. Skylar Griego is a culture reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @TDLBooks.