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Meet Gwich’in elder, caribou protector Sarah James

By Leila Chapa & Paloma Chapa

@lchapa06 & @paloma_chapa88

Albuquerque’s final annual Gathering of Nations Pow Wow drew over 100,000 participants and attendees from tribes across the country to Expo New Mexico on April 24-25.

One of the attendees was Neets’aii Gwich’in elder Sarah James from Arctic Village, who came from Alaska for the Pow Wow. James is internationallyknown for her efforts to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas development.

She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002, and is among multiple Native women authors in the book “Worlds within Us: Wisdom and Resilience of Indigenous Women Elders.”

The Gwich’in peoples live in the northwestern limits of boreal forest, and are also known as Caribou people, for their ties to the Porcupine Caribou, native to the area and one of the people’s sources of food, tools and clothing.

“I grew up protecting the caribou because that’s who I am, caribou people, and that’s the food on our table, and that’s our way of life, so it’s a human right to us,” James said, pointing to a map of the caribou’s breeding and migration patterns.

Recent oil and gas developments are threatening the caribou and the Gwich’in people, James said.

The Bureau of Land Management plans to hold an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on June 5. This would be the first time commercial oil drilling would occur within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

“You have a voice there as an individual, each and every American has a right to say no to gas and oil in Coastal Plains,” James said.

James said she has seen the threat of oil and gas in the ANWR since the 1980s, when she observed drilling projects beginning without adequate consultation with local

Indigenous people, and is now seeing the threat again under the Trump Administration.

The reserve is approximately the size of South Carolina, and has no roads or facilities, providing critical habitat to migratory and resident wildlife. Located on the homelands of the Iñupiat and Gwich’in peoples, it has the largest designated Wilderness within the National Wildlife Refuge System, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“A whole ecosystem still works here,” James said. “This is coastal plain, and there’s mountain here, along the foothills of the mountain, (predators) are birthing there too. Grizzly, eagle, wolverine, wolves, they’re raising young, while caribou (are) raising their young.”

James said she was among the elders and tribal leaders who helped create a resolution in 1988, called Gwich’in Niintsyaa, to prohibit oil development on calving and postcalving grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd.

James said she grew up with both a Western and traditional way of life.

“I had to live in those two worlds since I can remember because the government said we have to go to school, so that kind of put us into village colonization,” James said.

James was a speaker at the first United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, where she spoke in defense of the Arctic, and in her youth, was part of the 19-month occupation of Alcatraz during the start of the Red Power movement.

“If we don’t protect places like that, (future generations) will never get to see it,” James said. “This is not only for my generation, but your generation, too, down the line and unborn generations.”

Leila Chapa is the social media and photo editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at socialmedia@dailylobo.com or on X @lchapa06

Paloma Chapa is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at multimedia@dailylobo.com or on X @paloma_chapa88

UNM Sustainability Expo showcases resilience initiatives

By Leila Chapa & Paloma Chapa

@lchapa06 & @paloma_chapa88

The University of New Mexico Cornell Mall transformed into a growers’ market as dozens of local organizations, businesses, UNM departments and student groups lined the mall with booths, displaying and highlighting

sustainability initiatives at the annual campus Sustainability Expo.

On Thursday, April 23, Hundreds of students passed through the expo and networked with different vendors, some leaving with plants and fresh eggs.

Freshman Avah Trujillo and sophomore Taylor Alwin said it was their first time at the expo and they both enjoyed the Lobo Garden table, which was handing out fresh herbs.

“I think it’s super cute. It’s really well organized and everyone’s been super friendly,” Alwin said.

Indigenous Institute of the Americas President Itsa-Lichii Gomez tabled near Lobo Gardens, teaching visitors about regenerative agricultural methods that Indigenous people have been using for thousands of years.

“We feel like education about

Spring game sees team

escape team

By Edge Garcia @ByEdgeGarcia

If there’s one true takeaway from Saturday’s spring game, the Jason Eck effect is as real as it gets.

On April 26, University Stadium saw its biggest attendance in a long time for their annual spring game.

In a game of the University of New Mexico Lobos battling Lobos, it wasn’t hard to see that the defense is ahead of the offense at this point in the year. Given the returning players on defense, that should be expected.

The Lobos had an intrasquad style of scrimmage for their spring game.

Team Cherry comprised of the first team offense and defensive reserves versus team Silver, comprised of first team defense and offensive reserves.

It wasn’t the usual first half of football, and that’s saying a lot when referring to a spring football game.

Team Cherry got on the board first, not by touchdown, not by field goal, but by two safeties. Quarterback Gabriel Motschenbacher stepped out of bounds in the back of the endzone. Shortly after, linebacker Hayes Baum made a great tackle on running back Darrion Bowers in the endzone.

Team Silver recorded 4 interceptions: one off of Luka Moga prior to the second safety, and three off of Toa Fa’avae. CJ McBean — who won hammer of the day — and Nick Wheeler combined for a pair of pick-6’s on defense for team Silver. It’s apparent the Lobos’ secondary improved greatly this year.

“The comradery between everybody. Out of practice we are still hanging out with each other. Football

or not we’re just always together. I feel like it built a bigger bond on the field,” McBean said.

The second quarter is where the Memphis transfer, running back Cameron Mathews, really shone. Following a 69-yard run to get team Silver to the opposing team’s 6 yardline, Mathews punched it in for a 2-yard touchdown two plays later to

Local news is failing — everyone can help fix it

By Jaden McKelvey-Francis @jadenmckelvey

For those who do not know me, I am not surprised.

I am Jaden McKelvey-Francis, the outgoing editor-in-chief of the New Mexico Daily Lobo. There’s an adage within newsrooms across the country of “we are not the story,” meaning that the focus of our content should be on the story being told, rather than the person telling the story.

This is a helpful saying, one of many I have learned over my year as editor-in-chief (journalists love their sayings), but I find it slightly lacking — if people don’t get the news, trust the news, or understand how news is created, how can we complain if they aren’t informed of the news?

This sentiment is not just a feeling; it’s fact. Trust in news has seen a steep decline in recent years, with a 2025 Pew Research Center poll finding 56% of U.S. adults trust national news and 70% trust local news, down from 76% and 82% in 2016, respectively.

Not only is trust in news down, but people are turning to traditional media sources less. Since 2018, the percentage of Americans who say they often or sometimes get local news and information from TV news stations has decreased by 5%, radio stations 4% and newspapers 7%, according to Pew.

The question of how media organizations will adapt to a world where social media is the dominant

source of information is one I am ill-equipped to answer, but I don’t think I am the only one struggling with that question.

It can be hard to adapt when outlets are simply fighting for survival. In 2005, there were 8,891 local newspapers across the country; last year, there were 5,419, according to the Local News Initiative. The 20-year change marks a closure of 40% of our local outlets, with most of what’s left located in urban and suburban areas.

Between 2008 and 2019, the number of employees in newspaper newsrooms across the U.S. decreased by 51%, 36 thousand workers, according to Pew.

In New Mexico, the story is the same. Most of those newsrooms are funded through dwindling advertising dollars, according to the New Mexico Local News Fund. There are four counties — nearly 14,000 square miles — in New Mexico without any local outlets, according to the NMLNF.

This digital age has not been beneficial to consumers either.

A researcher from New Mexico State University found people who solely consume news through social media are less politically knowledgeable than those who rely on traditional sources.

People are also avoiding news more. Over the past 10 years, the number of people who report to be extremely interested in the news has fallen dramatically and those who haven’t accessed any news source within the past week has

steadily increased, according to the Reuters Institute.

I feel the responsibility to mend these problems lies in two places. The first is with the news media. We have to meet our audiences where they are. Of course, this is easier said than done, but if there is a demand for more digital, local, engaging news, then we must provide it.

We must also regain the public’s trust. We can no longer simply publish articles and expect implicit trust from our readers, letting the reporting speak for itself. We should be showing our process, why and how we make decisions, and showcase the challenges our industry is facing, rather than sweeping them under the rug.

We should be welcoming questions from our communities and responding to them. Most importantly, we need to be doing excellent factual journalism.

If we want the public’s trust, we must earn it.

And to readers, all I ask from you is to stay engaged — do not turn away.

If you don’t like the way something was covered, write us an email or send us a letter to the editor. The easiest way to support local news is to read local news.

Jaden McKelvey-Francis is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on X @jadenmckelvey

The presence of the “Smith Family Totem Pole” in the Frank Hibben Center of the Maxwell Museum remains a profound testament to a legacy of colonial roots. While the University of New Mexico’s official narrative acknowledges that Frank Hibben (the same person that the Hibben Center is named after) stole this culturally significant piece from the Tlowitsis Nation in 1941 — using a ruse to smuggle it into the United States — the institutional response remains insufficient.

According to the University’s own timeline, an agreement was reached to keep the original pole at UNM while a replica was to be erected in its original home in British Columbia. However, in 2026, the status of this replica remains unclear. Why has there been no public accounting for the completion and installation of this promised restoration?

Furthermore, the University’s messaging on this matter is not credible as long as it remains a one-sided institutional history. For the Maxwell Museum to truly move toward reconciliation, they must go beyond static plaques and

website explanations. The museum should consider stripping Hibben’s name from the building and incorporating and displaying video testimony from recent generations of the Tlowitsis Nation alongside the pole. Hearing the history and the impact of this theft directly from the voices of the Tlowitsis people is the only way to provide the necessary context that a university-controlled website cannot.

By continuing to house this “cinematic heist” in a building named after the very man who stole it, UNM prioritizes a thief’s legacy over indigenous sovereignty. Without the promised replica or the inclusion of the Smith family’s own narrative, the University’s gestures remain empty. It is time for UNM to provide a transparent update on the replica and cede the narrative to the rightful owners of this history. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Sincerely,

Lissa Knudsen, MPH

Ph.D. Candidate, Communication and Journalism

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but also the future ways of

that include everybody,” Gomez said. “So it’s really about connecting the dots and bringing as many of these people together, whether they’re Indigenous or not. We like to allow everybody to learn from us.”

Gomez said the Indigenous Institute of the Americas teaches the “Three Sisters” farming method, which has been around for generations. The Three Sisters method involves planting corn, beans and squash together so they form a symbiotic relationship in which the beans climb the corn and provide nitrogen to the soil, and the squash shades the soil.

Ana Magdalena, representing Food and Water Watch, tabled at the expo, collecting signatures for a moratorium of AI data center development in New Mexico, including Project Jupiter, the AI data center proposed for Santa Teresa.

“This is the wrong time to be constructing incredibly water-costly infrastructure that will not directly benefit the people whose water and air it’s polluting,” Magdalena said.

Project Jupiter could emit more than 14 million tons of greenhouse gases per year according to Source NM — more than the emissions of Albuquerque and Las Cruces combined.

“New Mexico is at this pivot moment where we’re either going to sell out our communities for this infrastructure build-out, or we’re

Football from page 1 give team Cherry an 11-7 lead.

“We (want to be) mentally focused, no (missed assignments). Once we get rolling we gotta be bowling balls to knock down all the pins,” Mathews said.

As the half was winding down, defensive end Darren Agu made a big time sack, while cornerback Jahmir Torres had back-to-back pass breakups to force a hail mary attempt by team Cherry that resulted in a sack by Clay Martineau. Team Silver led at halftime 14-11 thanks to McBean and Wheeler’s touchdowns.

Wide receiver Zhaiel Smith was a bright spot on team Cherry throughout the game. His 27-yard catch and run was one of the best plays by any receiver. He was a consistent target for Moga and Fa’avae.

“He’s my guy, he’s an awesome kid. Always smiling. I was happy to get (Smith) back out there,” Moga said.

Following Smith’s big play, team Cherry decided to get cute with their play calling. A trick-play — turned disaster — is what led to team Silver’s third interception.

With the half winding down, team Cherry wide receivers Massiah Mingo and DJ Darling combined for a pair of 10-yard catches on back-to-back plays

going to take a stand and stop the establishment of this industry,” Magdalena said.

The UNM Accelerating Resilience Innovations Drylands Institute was one of multiple University entities tabling at the expo.

ARID forms research teams across different departments on campus, including health sciences, to work with communities or agencies that will further the state’s “ability to be resilient” to environmental changes including rising temperatures and less water, ARID Senior Program Manager, Debbie Lee said.

Lee said one of ARID’s ongoing research projects, called “Changes,” is a collaboration between departments on Main Campus and the Health Sciences Center looking at the health impacts of extreme wildfire, including wildfire smoke inhalation and cancer risk.

“It’s really merging health data, community work and geospatial data,” Lee said. “I think there’s a lot of potential here to make the state more resilient overall. We just have to work together in communities and break out of the silos that we traditionally have operated in.”

Leila Chapa is the social media and photo editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at socialmedia@dailylobo.com or on X @lchapa06

Paloma Chapa is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at multimedia@dailylobo. com or on X @paloma_chapa88

to set up a 39-yard field goal by Nick Romero to tie the game at 14 apiece.

McBean and team Silver came through in the clutch by picking off Fa’avae for the fourth time, setting up a 39-yard game winning field goal by kicker Grant Glasgow to win the game 17-14.

The win was an encouraging sign for Glasgow, as he hopes to take over for the Lobos’ all-time leading score kicker Luke Drzewiecki, who was invited to the Baltimore Ravens rookie minicamp this weekend.

It wasn’t a memorable performance for Fa’avae. His three interceptions are obvious mistakes, but ones you want to make now, not in September. He and Moga continue to battle it out for the QB2 spot.

“I thought it was definitely a great spring for sure,” Moga said. “I thought we accomplished a lot. I’m excited for this break to go attack some things that I want to work on personally, and to just get back and go get bigger, faster, stronger as a team before we go into (fall) camp.”

Edge Garcia is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @ByEdgeGarcia

LOBO SPORTS

Lobos host final home track meet of 202526

By Elizabeth Bolke @DailyLobo

On Friday, April 24, the University of New Mexico Lobo track and field team hosted its final home meet of the 2025-26 season with the Don Kirby Tailwind Twilight, celebrating the team’s seniors.

Going into the meet, the men’s team was ranked No. 21 nationally and the women’s team No. 22.

“We love hosting track meets,” Lobos Head coach Darren Gauson said. “This is our second Twilight meet of the year. Having an opportunity for us to have some local schools, it’s great to have UTEP here, New Mexico State, New Mexico Junior College, a few others as well.”

As the end of the season approaches, the team, their friends and family honored their team’s

Softball

seniors who were competing for the last time at home.

“So I’m kind of sad, a lot of our teammates are leaving as well,” sophomore Li-Mari Dekker said. “They’re seniors, it’s nice to still have them around, but you know, it’s also going to be the last few meets that you’re going to be racing with them, so that’s also kind of sad.”

Mackenzie Hurtubise won the Pole Vault clearing 4.08m.

Lou-Anne Pouzancre Hoyer and Hanna Kiess cracked the Top Five individuals in the 200m, with Pouzancre Hoyer barely missing her all-time best of 23.32 with a 23.51 and Kiess breaking her personal best of 24.02 seconds.

For Kyle Hatler, it was a new personal best of 5.04m in the pole vault, moving him to No. 10 all-time outdoors at UNM.

“Bring the schools in the state

and some schools out of state here to Albuquerque,” Matthew Endrödy, who competes in the 1500m and the 800m, said. “Great event. One of the best tracks, I think, and it’s a really fast track too.”

As the season comes to an end and the Mountain West Outdoor Championships draw near, the UNM track and field team is seeking to run away with a few championship titles.

“I really enjoyed this season,” Dekker said. “I’ve progressed a lot throughout this season. Last year, I was injured, so it was mostly just training and seeing a lot of my teammates race. So that was really great.”

Elizabeth Bolke is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at sports@dailylobo. com or on X @Dailylobo

Lobos come back, win second game against NMSU

By Elizabeth Bolke @DailyLobo

After their loss to New Mexico State University in March, the Lobos had been hoping to avenge the loss, and they did just that on Tuesday, April 21, winning 10-6.

“I think we were playing better softball a month later than we were a month ago,” University of New Mexico Head Coach Nicole Orgeron said.

The game against the Aggies started with NMSU scoring 4 runs in the first inning, highlighted by a 3-run home run from designated player Madi Bachman.

The Lobos began off the bottom of the first inning with a double, then scored a home run of their

own from infielder Melanie Macias, scoring 3 runs. The Lobos ended the first inning against the Aggies with a total of 5 runs, taking the lead.

In the top of the second inning, the Lobos made it clear they were going to walk away with the win, as catcher Jessica DeLeon hit the second home run of the game for the Lobos to bring the score to 7-4 and marking 7 unanswered runs from the Lobos.

“I think it’s very mature of us to be able to come back from that first inning, them scoring 4 runs, and us being able to stay grounded and making sure that we come back up and make sure they pay for it,” DeLeon said.

The Aggies scored 2 runs in the top of the fourth inning, attempting

to close the distance between themselves and the Lobos, but UNM did not give up so easily as they scored 2 runs of their own, extending their lead to 9-6.

The Lobos ended the game against the Aggies with a score of 10-6. UNM will be back at home for their series against Utah State University on April 30 through May 2.

“I think it shows how much growth we have over the past month or two. And I’m really excited for what we have coming up in the future,” Deleon said.

Elizabeth Bolke is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at sports@dailylobo. com or on X @Dailylobo

Lobos stomp Thunderwolves

By Marley Herndon @DailyLobo

Following their series against the University of Nevada, the University of New Mexico Lobos continued their home stand by crushing the Colorado State University Pueblo Thunderwolves 11-3 on Tuesday, April 21.

After starting pitcher Ethin Woltz faced the minimum, the Lobo offense promptly got the party started as the first four men in the Lobo lineup reached and plated 2 runs before the Thunderwolf starting pitcher Cole Bloomer could record an out.

Bloomer was promptly pulled from the game, but the Lobo offense continued as they batted around in a 5-run first inning that saw doubles from right fielder Anthony Diaz, shortstop Karsen Waslefsky and first baseman Gene Trujillo.

The Thunderwolves crept back into the game against Woltz with a home run from third baseman Jason Arriola, and in the second inning, an RBI single from first baseman Tyler Clementz.

The Lobos answered back with another crooked number — this time a 4-run fourth inning highlighted by a bases-clearing double from second baseman Luke Mansy.

The ever relentless Lobo offense continued to pour on with a 2-run frame in the fifth by a long home run from catcher Brodey Williams.

The bullpen was just as strong as the offense in the game, allowing just 1 run in 6 innings of work as they locked down an 11-3 Lobo win.

One of the pitchers out of that bullpen was Blake Lehmbeck, who made his first outing of the season.

“I’ve had a lot of fun rooting for the guys this year, but it was great to get out there, compete, and have a little bit of fun,” Lehmbeck said.

The Lobos will look ahead to their next series at home against New Mexico State University on Tuesday, April 28.

Marley Herndon is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo. com or on X @Dailylobo

One year in, 250+ hrs served by ABQ RIDE volunteers

By Shin Thant Hlaing @DailyLobo

When riding the bus in Albuquerque, passengers may have seen people in neon shirts. These people are volunteers with the newly-launched ABQ RIDE Transit Ambassador program.

Launched last year on April 1, 2025, the program is one of two programs for which ABQ RIDE recruits volunteers.

The volunteers seek to promote a safer environment for bus passengers by providing education of ABQ RIDE’s Rules to Ride, and being another set of trained eyes to monitor service, according to the City of Albuquerque.

Daniel Robinson, a volunteer who primarily rides the 11 and 66 buses, said becoming a volunteer is a great way to give back to the community.

“I moved back to Albuquerque probably three and a half years ago, because I was originally born here. What I wanted to do when I came back is be more part of the community I was living in,” Robinson said. “It’s very accessible for anybody that really wants to step up and be a volunteer.”

Volunteers are required to be between the ages of 18 and 80, and pass a background check before beginning work with ABQ RIDE. Becoming a volunteer requires four hours of training across two days, in safety, transit information, fixed routes, demand response, rapid transit and customer service procedures.

Ambassador Program Coordinator Dwayne Baker said approximately 260 hours of service have been put in the first year of operation. The program was “started from

scratch” after two to three months of development before its launch.

“We need to have (volunteers) situationally aware and trained on bloodborne pathogens and customer service, which takes time,” Baker said. “We provide them with a tablet where they are able to access and view our websites as well as show customers how our applications work.”

There are two types of ABQ RIDE Ambassadors: Ride Navigators and Care Navigators. Ride Navigators provide information on scheduling and logistics, Baker said. They are typically on the routes with the highest ridership to field questions.

Care Navigators are “interested in psychology and social services and provide resources to those experiencing substance abuse and homelessness,” according to the City of Albuquerque.

Baker said while there are no active Care Navigators working yet, there are two people currently qualified for the role, and ABQ RIDE is continuing to work with other city agencies to develop a specific training curriculum first. When it becomes available, this volunteer position would have a higher education requirement and more rigorous training, Transit Department Public Information Officer Madeline Skrak said. There are currently 13 Ride Navigator volunteers, though Baker said that their hope is to expand the program to 16 or 17 volunteers this year. Volunteers select their own hours to fill the quota of two hours per week, typically riding the most during the midday hours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to Baker. Similar systems have been implemented in California,

Alabama, Washington D.C. and Ohio, Skrak said.

One year into the program, Baker said recruitment has been the biggest challenge so far, but is optimistic about the program’s trajectory and growth.

“Operationally, I think things are moving great,” Baker said. “The concept for it came up a couple of years ago. A member of ‘Together for Brothers’ was on vacation in another city, saw it in action, came back and started to promote the concept. The word got back to the Transit Advisory Board meetings and there were discussions about how to make it happen here.”

Shin Thant Hlaing is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo

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Musings on mulch: participants reflect on ‘Campus Clean Up’

By Addison Fulton @DailyLobo

In the morning sun of Friday, April 24, the University of New Mexico hosted a Campus Clean Up as part of the Office of Sustainability Earth Month celebration.

After being served coffee and burritos, volunteers were sent to different locations around campus to pick up trash, pull weeds, spread mulch and plant trees. Office of Sustainability Director Anne Jakle said the event drew roughly 50 volunteers.

“There is a place for everybody to help implement sustainability at UNM, and there’s so many different areas that people can help in,” Jakle

said. “This helps people get out onto campus, to appreciate the trees, the grounds, the amazing wellness benefits that the community, that the campus environment brings, but also have ownership over it, too.”

One group was made up of Gabriel Quiroz, a UNM facilities manager who specializes in pest control, Molly Arévalo, the associate director of the Language Learning Center and the Parking and Transportation Services Associate Director of Business and Administration Operations Christine Evans.

The group was responsible for weeding and mulching the flower beds near the Spanish Dancers outside of Popejoy. The bark mulch used was made from the trimmings

of trees around UNM’s campus, Grounds and Landscaping Manager Richard Schorr said.

Quiroz said as a grounds keeper, it made him happy to see other people from other departments come out and do the work.

“This is my first time, and I really like this type of program or activities where you can get the rest of the University community involved in grounds work,” Quiroz said. “I do this every day. It can be hard, sometimes. Right now, it’s pretty beautiful out here. It’s perfect for people volunteering. I really like this type of event; I love them.”

Evans said the Campus Clean Up offered an opportunity for the rubber gloves to hit the road.

“We work closely with grounds when we understand how hard that team works, and we want to support them, however we can, as well as the community, because everybody loves how beautiful this campus is,” Evans said. “I’ve turned these planters into my babies. It’s nice to come back here after a year, and weed them again, and spread mulch for them.”

Arévalo, a second-year volunteer at the Campus Clean Up, said it feels nice to help out around the campus she spends so much time on.

“This is a wonderful event to finish off a week’s worth of Earth Day and sustainability events at UNM,” Arevalo said. “I love walking around campus — such a beautiful

place, and I feel like it’s the least that I can do to give back a little bit of my time once a year, to help beautify it.”

Schorr said some sunflowers were left as the birds fed on the seeds, but others were pulled because they got too tall and fell in the paths.

“It’s everybody’s campus. Everybody walks it every day. Everybody would like to be a part of it, and this is a way for them to engage more than just being in it,” Schorr said.

Addison Fulton is the culture editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo. com or on X @dailylobo

‘Native American Business Showcase’ features artists, crafts

By Shin Thant Hlaing @DailyLobo

In an event featuring talented professionals standing by their glistening jewelry and clothing, the University of New Mexico has once again brought together Native American businesses, organizations and student entrepreneurs in this year’s Native American Business Showcase.

Hosted by the American Indian Business Association, the Thursday, April 23 event marks the third annual showcase that has been held at UNM. Executive Director of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico Marvis Aragon opened the event, encouraging entrepreneurship and collaboration among Native small businesses.

The crafts sold at the event consisted of all forms of art ranging from jewelry and clothing to other leather products.

Navajo art vendor and student Micaela Bennalley said events like these provide an opportunity for Native vendors.

“I feel very professional. It’s really nice to have the community with all these Native artists who have been vending for a while. It’s nice to get in touch with them and make professional connections,” Bennalley said.

Kathy Jojola, owner of New Mexico Bliss, said selling to the UNM community allows her to gain clients through word of mouth.

“If somebody buys a product from me and they like it, they share it,” Jojola said.

The event’s UNM based co-sponsors are the Kiva Club, Native Americans in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, American Indian Student Services and the Anderson School of Management.

“I get to hear about what opportunities are available to small businesses and it helps everybody grow,” Jojola said.

Shin Thant Hlaing is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on X @ dailylobo

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T4T is a SciComm project with the mission to empower communities through accessible science. This 3MT T4T will challenge participants to disseminate their work in 180 seconds with a Three Minute Thesis (3MT) style talk. All disciplines and career stages are welcomed, plus cash prizes will be awarded.

Meetings

Bosque Linguistics Association LLC, Ortega Room 120 4:00 – 5:00pm Study session. Help with coursework, exam prep, any linguistics questions, or just want to hang out.

Workshops

STEAM & COPH Presents: Writing Accountability Groups

TUESDAY Campus

presents.

Bate-Papos Portuguese Language Conversation Hours Ortega Hall Room 124 4:00 – 5:00pm Practice your Portuguese language skills and enjoy Brazilian food and culture.

Thirsty for Thought Ex Novo Brewing Company

6:00 – 8:30pm

Zoom 10:00 – 11:00am

Join Dr. Dolores Guest and Dr. Martha Grimes for one to two hours of focused, independent writing. Each writing group time is designed to support your individual goal achievement.The daily e-mail calendar will have the Zoom link. Art & Music

Jazz Bands Keller Hall 4:00 – 6:00pm Led by Dr. Christopher Buckholz and Robby Beasley. Tickets start at $5.

Theater & Film

The Librarians - 2025 documentary film screening Zimmerman Library Frank Waters Room 105 7:00 – 9:00pm A free screening along with snacks.

Sports & Recreation

UNM Baseball vs

Lobo Baseball Field 6:00 – 8:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.

WEDNESDAY

Campus Events

Lobopalooza 11:00am – 3:00pm Cornell Mall Join ASUNM Lobo Spirit for a spring carnival with food,

her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all. Free concessions.

Meetings

Francophone Club LLC, Ortega Hall, Lab 2 2:00 – 3:00pm LEAF Weekly Meeting Honors College Forum 4:00 – 5:00pm How to make UNM and our community at large a better, more sustainable place for our environment, facilitate volunteer opportunities, and keep watch on legislation that make impact the environment and those who live within it.

ASUNM Full Senate Meeting SUB, Lobo A/B 6:00 – 7:00pm Lectures & Readings

Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Zoom 9:00 – 10:00am

Madeline Mendoza, English,

in 1914. Paul Bäumer and his classmates quickly enlist in the army to serve their fatherland. No sooner are they drafted than the first images from the battlefield show them the reality of war.

Midweek Movies: Scream 7 SUB Theater 6:00 – 8:00pm When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as

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study, prayer, spiritual practices, public theology intentional community and advocacy for justice and peace.

Lectures & Readings

OSE Seminar PAIS Room 2540

12:30 – 1:45pm Dr. John King, UNM, presents.

CART Astrophysics Seminar PAIS Room 3205

2:00 – 3:00pm Charlie Siders, UNM, presents.

Source Decay with Emma Ressel Lecture Zimmerman Library Frank Waters Room 2:00 – 3:00pm Center for regional studies event.

Nahuatl Cookbook Latin American and Iberian Institute Room 107

&

UNM Choirs & Health Sciences Center Orchestra

Hall 7:30 – 8:45pm

joint concert features the combined UNM Choirs and the musicians of the Health Sciences Center Orchestra performing opera choruses and oratorios, conducted by Dr. David Edmonds. Tickets start at $5.

THURSDAY

Campus Events

Open Table Connections Dinner and Dialogue Luther House

5:00 – 7:00pm Free weekly meal, along with text

3:00 – 4:00pm Ahhuiac tlacualli tlen techcahuilteuhtoqueh tototatahhuan huan yancuic iohhuic (Delicious meals that our ancestors left to us and its new path). Everyone is welcome. No previous experience with the language is required.

Biology Seminar Castetter Hall Room 100

3:30 – 5:00pm Dr. Brook Milligan, New Mexico State University, presents.

Meetings

Disabled Student Union Meeting

Women’s Resource Center Group Room 12:30 – 2:00pm

Family & Friends Cancer Support Group

CCC Education Wing

4:00 – 5:30pm A journaling support group for

anyone who has a loved one with cancer, a loved one who has survived cancer, and/or a loved one who has died from cancer.

Theater & Film

Ashes Experimental Theatre

7:30 – 9:30pm

The UNM Department of Theatre and Dance Ashes: a program of short plays by Samuel Beckett directed by Alejandro Tomàs Rodriguez. Tickets start at $8.

FRIDAY

Lectures & Readings

Thesis/Dissertation Presentation PAIS Room 2120

12:00 – 1:00pm

Patrick Baca, AS Biology, presents “Finding Fish Families: Evaluating [GD2.1]Dispersal in a Small-Bodied Minnow using GTseq-enabled Close-Kin Mark-Recapture Analysis.”

Thesis/Dissertation Presentation

Castetter Hall Room 100

12:00 – 1:00pm Jonathan Keller, AS Biology, presents “Ground-truthing multiproxy analyses of community ecological responses to climate change and biodiversity loss.”

CMBD Seminar Series Fitz Hall Room 303

12:00 – 1:00pm

The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease (CMBD) Series is the Health Sciences Center’s most prestigious seminar series and is meant to enhance biomedical science education by hosting high-profile scientists to speak on current topics in biomedical research.

Economic Seminar

Economics Department Room 1002

2:00 – 3:00pm Dr. Daniel Brent, Penn State University, presents “Behavioral Responses to Two-Part Tariffs: Evidence from the Introduction of Volumetric Water Pricing.”

Philosophy Colloquium

3:30 – 4:30pm

William Barnes, UNM, presents “Virtues of Unknowing: The Chickadee.”

Physics and Astronomy Colloquium

PAIS Room 1100

3:30 – 4:30pm

Professor Ian J. M. Crossfield, Kansas University, presents.

Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar

Castetter Hall Room 101 4:00 – 5:00pm Program TBD.

OILS Expo - Student Research Showcase SUB NEL Corner 5:00 – 7:00pm Each year students in the Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences program gather and present their research and applied projects as part of their academic and professional development. The Expo provides an opportunity for students and faculty to support, share, and learn from one another and also serves to promote the OILS program to UNM and the wider community.

Meetings

Nahuatl Club Weekly Meeting Latin American and Iberian Institute Room 107 3:30 – 5:00pm

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2:00 – 4:00pm

The UNM Department of Theatre and Dance Ashes: a program of short plays by Samuel Beckett directed by Alejandro Tomàs Rodriguez. Tickets start at $8.

Reverb

Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance

7:30 – 9:30pm

Artistic Directors Marisol Encinias and Kayla Lyall present Reverb –the Spring Student Dance Concert featuring new dance works in flamenco and contemporary. Tickets start at $8.

Ashes

Experimental Theatre

7:30 – 9:30pm

SATURDAY

11:00am

Patients will be seen on a walk-in basis. Appointments and insurance cards are not needed.

The Dance Program Open House

Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance

1:00 – 11:55pm Meet faculty, talk with current students, tour the studios, and sit in on short class samplers. There will be a brief session “Why Dance? Why a Dance Degree?”—covering pathways, auditions, scholarships, and careers, followed by a casual meet-and-greet with light refreshments. The day culminates with an invitation to Reverb, a student choreography concert, at 7:30 p.m.

Theater & Film

Ashes Experimental Theatre

The UNM Department of Theatre and Dance Ashes: a program of short plays by Samuel Beckett directed by Alejandro Tomàs Rodriguez. Tickets start at $8.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Popejoy Hall

7:30 – 8:30pm

The renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem presents its vibrant, groundbreaking artistry in a program blending treasured classics and contemporary works. This talented group uses the language of dance to celebrate its founding belief - that ballet belongs to everyone. Tickets start at $29.50.

Art & Music

Pintando puertas: El arte que romee fronteras, Art Exhibition Reception Masley Gallery

10:00 – 11:00am A project made possible through the collaboration of three elementary schools and the guidance of Claudio Perez.

Music Is...Our Community in Harmony

Keller Hall

1:00 – 2:00pm

This event will spotlight the instructors, interns, and organizers of the UNM Music Prep School and String Lab School.

Early Music Ensemble Keller Hall

7:00 – 8:15pm

Led by Prof. Colleen Sheinberg, the ensemble performs medieval and Renaissance music on historical instruments.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Popejoy Hall

7:30 – 8:30pm

The renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem presents its vibrant, groundbreaking artistry in a program blending treasured classics and contemporary works. This talented group uses the language of dance to celebrate its founding belief - that ballet belongs to everyone. Tickets start at $29.50.

Meetings

GPSA Council Meeting SUB, Lobo A&B

10:00am – 12:00pm

Sports & Recreation

UNM Softball vs Utah State

Lobo Baseball Field

2:00 – 4:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.

UNM Baseball vs Air Force

Lobo Softball Field

2:00 – 4:00pm

Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.

SUNDAY

Sports & Recreation

UNM Baseball vs Air Force

Lobo Softball Field

12:00 – 2:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.

Theater & Film

Reverb

Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance

2:00 – 4:00pm

Artistic Directors Marisol Encinias and Kayla Lyall present Reverb –the Spring Student Dance Concert featuring new dance works in flamenco and contemporary. Tickets start at $8.

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CURRENT EXHIBITS

Peace Dæmon

April 13 – 27, 2026

Tamarid Institue Yoma Wilson, UNM, presents.

Pintando puertas: El arte que romee fronteras, Art Exhibition Through May 2, 2026

Masley Gallery

A project made possible through the collaboration of three elementary schools and the guidance of Claudio Perez.

Metal Rules!

Through May 2, 2026

INHABIT Galerie; 4436 Corrales Rd MFA Thesis. Participating

Artists: Bailey Anderson, Bruna D’Alessandro, Welly Fletcher, Shirley Klinghoffer, Stephanie Lerma, Iulia Octavia, Karen Yank.

Collective Material

April 27 – May 8, 2026

John Sommers Gallery

Andrew Duffy BFA Capstone Thesis.

Seeds of Compromise

AC2 Gallery 301 Mountain Rd NE

April 11 – May 11, 2026

MFA Thesis Exhibition by Saul Ramirez.

Sachika Goel MFA Thesis

Open Space Visitor Center

April 10 – July 30, 2026

Sachika Goel, UNM, presents.

One Earth, One Kin

Spectra Art Gallery, Honors College

Through Spring 2026

The exhibit showcases connection and kinship with the earth through the eyes of student artists. Pieces by Arwen Lynch-Poe, Caitlyn Bizzell, Leo Brocker, Loui Burton, Maria Paez, Noheya Behay, and Phaera Fields.

Ancestors

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

Permanent Exhibit

Ancestors will lead you through

those aspects of modern humanity that makes us unique and successful, tracing the path of evolution through the past four million years.

People of the Southwest Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

Permanent Exhibit

This exhibition celebrates the cultural history of the Southwest, especially the close relationship southwestern people have had with the land around them.

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