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Q&A with ASUNM’s newly elected leaders By Cathy Cook @Cathy_Daily

Last week the Daily Lobo caught up with the recently-elected ASUNM president and vice president-elect, Noah Brooks and Sally Midani, to discuss the future and what they plan to do in their respective roles. DL: Why did each of you decide you wanted to be leaders in ASUNM? Sally Midani: I just really wanted to make my family proud, and I think being able to represent a minority in student government was something that was really a huge pushing point for me. I’m excited because it’s actually motivated some Arab American students to run for senate. Noah Brooks: I’m really passionate about the student body and making sure that the administration is also passionate about the student body, because the student body is the most important body on our campus. DL: Can you tell me about your campaign goal to streamline advisement? NB: When we were talking to students before we were running as senators, we’d always hear that advisement was an issue for

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ASUNM Sen. Noah Brooks speaks during a Steering and Rules Committee meeting on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at the UNM SUB. Brooks will serve as the ASUNM president for the 2017-2018 school year.

students and we’d had that personal experience where advisement could be an issue. I thought I was supposed to graduate in threeand-a-half years and I got set back

to four, which isn’t a huge deal. But that was a huge eye-opener for me. When we were campaigning on streamlining advisement, one of the things we talked about was

trying to work with IT to update the Starfish website and the LoboAchieve website that you use to make appointments with your advisor, because that website can

sometimes be really hard for students to navigate. SM: Almost every student I talked to said that website is terrible, or it could use a button that says ‘Make an appointment.’ It’s not really user-friendly. NB: We know that some colleges and departments already have surveys for their advisors, but we want to ensure that every student in every advisement they go through has that option for feedback for the advisors. If a ton of students are having the same issue with one advisor, that advisor may not even know that students are having that issue. With these feedback surveys, advisors will be able to better the way they’re advising students. The students really seem to love that idea and it’s an inexpensive, cheap way that can help make our University better in the long run. DL: How will you combat sexual violence on campus? NB: We know that we can’t totally end sexual assault in one year on our campus. What we really want to do is start that conversation on campus with the students. We want to make it so loud that once we’re gone, that conversation doesn’t stop.

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Fiestas provides authentic festival experience By Fin Martinez @FinMartinez In an age where giant music festivals in isolated deserts and forests cater to trust-fund royalty kids, famous ravers, and those with enough money to afford to go on weeklong benders, it’s a gem to find a free music festival. ASUNM’s “Fiestas” has been going on for the past 50 years, or so they say, but really it seems that it made its real debut in 2013. That year, artists like Zion-I and Tritonal played to a crowd of elated students fueled by vices and pure happiness that big name artists had come to their relatively obscure hometown. Some, like event-goer Chris Moore, wondered “Why wasn’t there cool stuff like this when I was going to school?” Maybe the answer lies in the rise of giant music festivals, with their multiple stages and jam-packed crowds. We all know Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Burning Man’s reputation for massive crowds, flower crowns, wide fields, and almost perpetual performances over their varying schedules. Fiestas 2017 exemplified these traits in a snowglobe. Compared to UNM’s Johnson Field on a regular day, for a brief period of time on April 8, Johnson Field crossed the line between realities to reveal a side of UNM that is rarely seen but greatly enjoyed. For me, the “snowglobe” experience began when I saw the line extending nearly three quarters of the length of the field. Having attending Fiestas in the past, this addition was new to me. I was used to the festival being nearly 100 percent accessible with no line and minimal fences. Apparently security has been beefed up in the past

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A crowd of attendees raises their hands during the 2017 Fiestas event on Saturday, April 8, 2017 on Johnson Field.

On the Daily Lobo website Harwood: New exhibit highlights UNM’s role in the New Deal Baghaie: Concert review, Q&A with LVL UP

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Narvaiz: UNM baseball finishes Sunday game in tie Dennis: Spotlight “Pure Comedy,” the new album by Father John Misty Check out the next episode of the Wolf Tracks Podcast, where we talk to musicians who performed at Fiestas!


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