The Associated Students at the University of New Mexico’s elections will take place from April 1, 9:00 a.m. to April 2, 5:00 p.m. There are three candidates for president, three candidates for vice president and 11 candidates for ASUNM Senate. To view all the candidates and cast your ballot, go to vote.unm.edu.
By Elliott Wood @DailyLobo
In the upcoming elections for president and vice president of ASUNM, Student Special Events Executive Director Karis Daskalos (ballot #1) and Governmental Affairs Executive Director Alana Baca (ballot #1) are vying for each position, respectively.
Daskalos is vice president
of the UNM Panhellenic Council and a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Baca is an early alum of the Chi Omega sorority.
While Baca could not be reached for an interview due to travel over spring break, Daskalos said their joint campaign focuses on three
see Daskalos & Baca page 4
By Addison Fulton @DailyLobo
ASUNM Vice President
Hope Montoya (ballot #2) is launching a campaign for ASUNM President and joining her ticket, running for Vice President, is ASUNM President Pro-Tempore Owen Salinas (ballot #3).
Montoya said she has a three-pillar plan for their
campaign: stronger for every Lobo, student life for every Lobo and a voice for every Lobo. She said stronger for every Lobo refers to expanding student support throughout campus, particularly around mental health, food insecurity and financial challenges.
“(The second pillar) student
see Montoya & Salinas page 6
By Jaden McKelveyFrancis @jadenmckelvey
ASUNM Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Bailey Rutherford is running for ASUNM President (ballot #3) alongside Office of Communications Director of Web Design Zoe Baca, running for ASUNM Vice
One of the main topics of their campaign is resisting actions by President Donald Trump’s administration, specifically policies meant to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion, they said.
“Regardless of the language that is used, regardless of
see Rutherford & Baca page 6
The University of New Mexico’s Graduate and Professional Student Association will be holding elections for president, council chair and considering nine constitutional amendments. Voting will take place from 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 23, through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27. There are two candidates for GPSA president and one candidate for council chair. To view the amendments, candidates and cast your ballot, go to gpsa.unm.edu.
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By Jaden McKelvey-Francis @jadenmckelvey
Marisa Page is a member of the GPSA council and on the legislative steering committee running for GPSA President (ballot #1).
“I think that we need to build community at the University, and I think that people, especially grad students, need a safe space to be heard and seen,” Page said.
Funding and protection for international students are some of the topics that she feels are most important at the University, along with transparency of fees, Page said.
“I’ve been talking with a lot of our graduate students,” Page said. “There’s a lot of fees that we pay that we don’t understand where that fee is going to or what it actually does to help us achieve our goals. And so, $50 or $100 may not mean a lot to some people, but sometimes it’s whether a family can eat in a week.”
Page said that, if elected, she would have a counselor committee to help advise her on issues and would reach out to student
organizations and grad students to make sure their voices are heard.
“I think it’s important to outreach to all of the student orgs and know what their concerns are, what they want to see from the University. Community building is extremely important to me,” Page said.
Page said she will always advocate for increasing engagement in GPSA and the University community along with involvement in government.
“Yes, our population is a lot smaller than the undergrads, but we’re also mighty and passionate, we’re motivated,” Page said. “I really think that once you get involved, you see all the amazing things that people are doing.”
Page said GPSA can further support students in a professional capacity through the expansion of University job boards and encouragement of UNM Student Health and Counseling services.
“I think that what we could be doing at GPSA is providing resources for graduate students, especially as they move into that professional side of their life, if they’re not already in it,” Page said.
Page suggested the next UNM president, as President Garnett Stokes will be retiring in July, participate in University classes to better understand the culture and heritage of UNM.
“One thing that I’m really big on is when you are representing people, your administration should also reflect those people,” Page said.
Jaden McKelvey-Francis is the editor-inchief of the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on X @ jadenmckelvey
By Elliott Wood @DailyLobo
incumbent GPSA President Travis Broadhurst, having previously served as sustainability director and director of boards, commissions and elections, is running again for president (ballot #2).
While president, Broadhurst reinstituted the Parking and Transportation Services Advisory Committee — with representatives from the graduate, undergraduate, faculty, staff and athletics communities among others — which provides feedback and input on parking and transportation matters around campus, he said.
Broadhurst led an initiative, in collaboration with the UNM School of Medicine Dental Hygiene Clinic, to subsidize the cost of dental cleanings for graduate students who may no longer fall under their parents’ insurance.
In both cases, Broadhurst said the work is
not yet done.
“Unfortunately, for a lot of things at UNM, it takes multiple years to really effectuate change and that’s just a product of the University setting I think, bureaucracy and different levels of governance that the University has, let alone GPSA,” Broadhurst said. “In order to do a lot of the things that I came in wanting to do, some of those things can’t be done in a year.”
Broadhurst said he’d like to see PATS conduct a study on which 24/7 reserved spots are being consistently used, as well as when, given that graduate students often work through the evening and sometimes park far away from their building, leading to long walks back to their vehicles at night. The goal of the study would be to see if some permits could be reallocated to graduate students who would benefit from a pass with extended hours in greater proximity to University buildings.
He also would like to expand the dental hygiene partnership to make more services free to graduate students, like X-rays and preventative care.
Broadhurst said in a second term he would seek the creation of an opt-out model for some student fees that may not be applicable to everyone, giving the example of allowing a virtual student to forgo the athletics fee or SHAC fee if they won’t ever be close enough to participate in either program.
“I think there’s caveats to that. There’s nuances. It’s not a one-size-fits-all type solution, but these are the types of things
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By Paloma Chapa @paloma_chapa88
Multiple University of New Mexico law students say they have lost trust in the UNM Law School administration, with 14 law student organizations signing an open letter urging the Provost and Board of Regents to decline to “recommend the renewal” of Law School Dean Camille Carey’s contract.
Some students’ concerns with the administration include lack of local student representation, unstable faculty retention, retaliatory and inconsistent practices and failing to protect students and ensure accountability in cases of sexual misconduct, the letter reads.
The letter comes after Carey spoke before the New Mexico House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 21, where she testified on a number of issues, some of which were brought forth to the committee by students and faculty.
The Daily Lobo reached out to Carey and Vice Dean Steven Homer for comment, which was forwarded to UNM Executive Director of Strategic Communications Ben Cloutier. Cloutier responded with a statement confirming that the University received the open letter from students at the School of Law.
“The University is reviewing the matters raised in the letter. The University remains committed to fulfilling the School of Law’s mission to supporting the students and communities it serves across New Mexico,” Cloutier wrote.
Third-year law student and UNM Native American Law Students Association President Chase Hobson said he watched the recording of Carey’s testimony for the House Judiciary Committee and
felt that she “dropped the ball on some things.”
“There’s a lot of misinformation in there,” Hobson said. “It was kind of jarring to hear some of that misinformation, like the number of Native students enrolled, and how that was quoted per class.”
During the hearing, Carey tells the committee that there are 14 Indigenous students in the graduating UNM Law School Fall Class of 2025, before correcting her statement and confirming that there are 14 Indigenous students in the entire student body of 300, when questioned by the committee.
Hobson, a member of the Elk Valley Rancheria tribe in California, said he counted four Native American students in his class of 2026, seven in the class of 2027 and six Native students in the class of 2028.
“I think we can do so much better,” Hobson said. “And if you’re talking about, give or take 300 students in the total school, and 17 Native students, it’s an underrepresentation of New Mexico and when it comes to New Mexican tribes, extremely so.”
When asked about alternative pathways to the bar exam during the committee hearings, Carey told Martinez that she wants to make sure that the alternative pathway is in line with the School of Law’s priorities. When asked about specific priorities, Carey said she is “troubled by Native American bar pass rates,” and that she is “interested in seeing an alternative pathway that can address Native American licensure in New Mexico.”
Hobson said he felt Carey’s comments were insulting and that she “threw Natives under the bus immediately.”
“She brought us in out of context
and threw us under the bus in a way that made it seem like we, Native American bar-takers and students, are the reason why the number gets lower, and that was inappropriate,” Hobson said. “When we’re in actuality, a very small portion of the school, we’re talking about four students of a graduating class.”
When sexual misconduct was brought up at the Jan. 21 hearing, Carey said the law school is required to report any cases of alleged discrimination including gender discrimination or sexual misconduct to UNM’s Office of Compliance, Ethics and Equal Opportunity.
“At UNM, and at other universities, schools do not manage discrimination claims themselves,” Carey said. “This provides a fair, informed and consistent processing of claims.”
UNM School of Law faculty member Laura Gómez attended the committee hearing and said she was pleased to see the legislature exploring questions related to how the law school is serving New Mexico taxpayers.
“I believe we have a legacy and an ongoing duty to continue producing lawyers who look like New Mexico looks, who represent the diverse counties of New Mexico from all four corners of the state, who represent the nearly two dozen tribal nations in the state,” Gómez said.
On March 12, the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association sent a letter to UNM President Garnett Stokes and UNM leadership expressing concerns about the low rate of law student admission of New Mexico residents and New Mexico Hispanics, calling for the Provost and Board of Regents to decline the
renewal of Carey’s contract.
NMHBA president and UNM School of Law alum Sarah Gorman criticized the school’s decision to eliminate the student representative from the admissions committee. Gorman said she served in this role when she was a student.
Carey told the House Judiciary Committee that the school could no longer give a student the role because they were being exposed to “federally-protected information about classmates.”
Leila Chapa contributed reporting on this article.
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By Wyatt S. Padilla @wyattspadilla
The University of New Mexico will be looking for a new head coach for its women’s basketball program, as newly appointed Athletic Director Ryan Berryman made one of his first decisions as AD in parting ways with ten-year women’s basketball Head Coach Mike Bradbury.
Bradbury and Berryman had met previously to discuss the future of the women’s basketball
program and a contract extension, which Berryman was unwilling to grant due to the program not meeting necessary expectations, leading to a buyout of his existing contract, according to a statement put out by Berryman.
Bradbury’s contract called for a $350,000 buyout if terminated without cause.
With the separation, Bradbury and the University agreed on a settlement that saw a $150,000 buyout and a continuation of his coaching staff on salary
By Paulina Acosta-Marta @DailyLobo
The Treasures of the Earth Expo, presented by the Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club, welcomed visitors of all ages with vibrant displays of minerals and engaging activities.
From Friday to Sunday, March 20-22, at the Expo NM State Fairgrounds, guests were warmly greeted by volunteers. After buying their tickets, they could cast their vote in the gemstone display competition and entered a raffle for a chance to win prizes.
Among the organizations competing for the standout displays were the San Juan College Sherman Dugan Museum of Geology and the New Mexico Mineral Museum. Their booths showcased gems and minerals accompanied by informative pamphlets containing historical and scientific facts.
This year’s expo drew a lively crowd eager to explore the wide
variety of gemstones, jewelry, fossils and unique mineralthemed products. In addition to the marketplace and display competition, the event featured a daily silent auction where attendees bid on coveted stones and gems to take home.
Beyond raw gems and decorative jewelry, vendors offered mineral lamps, wine caps adorned with polished stones, gua shas, dinosaur teeth and an array of intricately carved figures including dragons, skulls, pirate ships, mushrooms and moon shapes.
For those needing a break, The Taco Guy provided food options, and tables and chairs were available for guests to relax and recharge.
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into April, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
Bradbury had been at the helm of the UNM women’s team for 10 years and had just reached a career milestone with the Lobos this year by winning 200 games. Bradbury went 202-112 and 114-64 in Mountain West action since 20162017 and won a Mountain West Regular-Season Title in 2021.
Bradbury had been unable to capitalize on his record when it came to taking the Lobos far in the postseason as he went 3-10 in the
Mountain West Tournament and was unable to take UNM to the NCAA Tournament.
The Lobos finished fourth this season in Mountain West action and had a record of 22-10 (14-5 in conference play) but came up short in the conference tournament, once again losing in the quarterfinals for the seventh time under Bradbury.
“I’d like to thank the University of New Mexico for the last 10 years. I am proud of the program we built and the consistency we have had to compete at the top
of the conference. This was the journey of a lifetime, but the time has come for something new,” Bradbury said, in a statement released by the University.
With the departure of Bradbury, a national search begins for the next head coach of the Lobo women’s basketball program.
Wyatt S. Padilla is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo. com or on X @wyattspadilla
By Shin Thant Hlaing @DailyLobo
On Tuesday, March 17, the University of New Mexico Board of Regents contemplated using student facility fees to close a gap in funding required to complete several ongoing infrastructure projects, namely the construction of the new humanities building. The resolution did not pass 4-1-1-1.
The proposed fee increase would be accomplished using a $30 increase to the facility fee, and a $30 decrease to the mandatory student fee. However, the Lottery and Opportunity Scholarships do not cover expenses that are associated with capital, such as facility fees. 34,000 students in New Mexico receive financial assistance through the Opportunity Scholarship, and
10,000 students received Lottery scholarships during the spring semester of 2025, according to Source NM.
The facility fee increase would correspond to a 1% increase in base tuition, according to Board Vice Chair and Student Regent Victor Reyes.
“The humanities building being completed on time is important. It is simply a question of how we will fund the completion. There is still ample opportunity to make sure that we are funding the project to the extent that needs to be funded,” Reyes said.
Associated Students at the University of New Mexico President Andrew Norton and Graduate and Professional Students Association President Travis Broadhurst spoke in opposition to the increase in base
tuition. Both parties cited rising costs associated with housing, food and general expenses facing students, arguing that further levying a fee increase on students is unwise.
“The revenue obtained from a 1%, or even 0.5% increase, is minimal at best. At only $1.4 million roughly in additional revenue, the impact to a University budget is weak. Yet, the direct student impact is significant at another approximately $60 a student,” reads a statement from Norton and Broadhurst. “As we have made evident to University leadership through numerous meetings, we believe the risk of an increase to tuition of any percentage this year significantly outweighs the benefits in potential revenue.”
Several concerns were also raised regarding the feasibility of completing the project on time
if student fee revenue was not a viable source.
While the imposition of the cost is a difficult decision in the short term, Regent William Payne said, the cost of delaying the project further would make it more expensive due to rising costs, which would in turn be passed onto students.
“Time is of the essence here,” Payne said during the meeting.
Associate Director of University Budget Operations Vahid Staples said the gap in funding would be difficult to close without student funding.
There has been an increase in University revenue through a 4.5% increase in student enrollment from 2025, both because of a higher number of incoming students and higher retention, Reyes said. This increase has generated $6 million in
additional revenue, Reyes said. The Regents also approved several items on the FY 2026-2027 Budget Assumption, including a 1% increase in faculty and staff salaries and an increase in a deferential for the School of Medicine’s Occupational Therapy Graduate Program. The items struck were the 1% base tuition increase for the Main Campus and the 3% tuition increase for the UNM Gallup campus. The Budget Assumption approval passed 4-1-1-1.
Shin Thant Hlaing is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
By Addison Fulton @DailyLobo
Film enthusiasts, artists and advocates joined together to learn and take inspiration from Barbara Jordan, the nation’s first southern Black female Congressional representative.
After her election, in 1972 to Texas’ 18th district, Jordan played a key role in the impeachment of then-President Richard Nixon. During her testimony she said of herself, “Today I am an inquisitor. And hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now. My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.”
That quote gave title to the documentary “The Inquisitor,” which follows Jordan’s life. On Tuesday, March 17, Sanctuary Cinema, in conjunction with NMPBS, hosted a free screening of the film at Fusion theater.
The screening was in partnership with Sanctuary Cinema, which operates out of Fusion. shiloh burton, a producer with Sanctuary Cinema, said their goal is to inspire and heal with screenings of films like “The Inquisitor.”
“It’s really important that
Daskalos &
main platforms of safety, accessibility and innovation. On the safety front, they seek to improve lighting and fencing around campus, continuing work done by the ASUNM Governmental Affairs agency in securing funding from the state legislature through capital outlay.
Leveraging experience from their respective agencies is a throughline for Daskalos and Baca’s campaign, especially in gaining funding for prospective projects, but also when it comes to leading the executive team and representing the student body.
“I think SSE is a great way to lead into something like president, just like
grassroots organizers and people who speak truth to power, and don’t just go with what the establishment wants them to be, whether that’s Republican or Democratic, is crucial right now with the way that politics are in our society,” burton said.
They said Sanctuary Cinema was energized for this film because of the success of candidates Zohran Mamdani in New York City and Alex Uballez in Albuquerque.
“Younger, fresher people who are really clear about what they stand for, and how to do that in a political arena, we need leaders like that right now. So we hope it’s an inspiration,” burton said. “We also want people to know about what’s possible, what’s already been done. And this was happening in the ‘70s.”
The screening was a shortened version of a longer film, which touches on Jordan’s upbringing and campaign as well as her personal life, such as her exploration of her sexuality and her struggle with chronic autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis.
NMPBS Manager of Education and Outreach Andrea Quijada said the film is part of the Indie Lens documentary series, which NMPBS receives a grant to screen at events.
Quijada said this particular documentary, despite being a historical piece, is relevant to modern times and problems,
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any other position could, because it helps you become a spokesperson for the University and to lead large events while still keeping your head screwed on straight,” Daskalos said.
“It gives you some creativity too, and fun. You manage your own staff and learn how to be a leader.”
Daskalos said they would like to see string lights go up around campus, along with more benches, fountains and a “mini skate park area” in the plaza where the new humanities building is being built.
“We know that there’s a lot of students on campus who enjoy those types of pastimes, and we think it
prompting audiences to reflect and take inspiration.
“It’s a good reminder to me, when I listen to things she says, I think, ‘Oh, what would it be like if we had elected (officials) saying what she says now?’” Quijada said. “It is a little heartbreaking at times to hear her vision of what she thinks will come next, and where we are today. It is a good reminder that we cannot get comfortable with what we have.”
The film was followed up by a Q&A session with panelists Neema Pickett and nicholas jacobsen. Pickett is the City of Albuquerque Office of Black Community engagement liaison and jacobsen
would be a great initiative to have to build the community together, maybe get some newer tables out there, and maybe just a nice outdoor environment,” Daskalos said.
For students who get around town and campus by car, Daskalos said they would look at “next steps” for an additional parking structure and would seek to reduce parking ticket costs by 25%. She also shared plans to implement lockers for commuter students, at or near the Student Union Building, that would be available for a small fee to store belongings.
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is an artist and organizer with the Albuquerque chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice.
“I carried (Jordan) the last few weeks, I spent time in D.C. with the Institute for Justice, doing some really serious work in federal organizing on policy. And, again and again, I thought, ‘how courageous,’ ‘how brave,’ and also, ‘why was she absent from my teaching and American history?’
And little Black girls, little Black boys, Indigenous children, white children, children all over the world? She was not in the pages of this textbook, right?” Pickett said.
Alice Barczak was glad to see the screening of “The Inquisitor”
accessibility and innovation would be implementation of a digital ID system for LoboID holders through a LoboHub app, which would also give students access to LoboWeb, resource centers and other sites and resources available at my.unm.edu in a more mobile-friendly format.
Daskalos said she had seen a similar system in place at Grand Canyon University with their GCU Halo app, and that as the LoboLift initiative was a main focus of current President Andrew Norton’s administration, they would push digital IDs to the forefront of theirs if elected.
Daskalos expressed excitement
and said Jordan is a personal hero of hers.
“Tonight’s movie was great, and one of her best quotes she ever said was, ‘If you don’t get a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.’ And I think she’s really great for that,” Barczak said. “A lot of times, we don’t get a seat at the table, for whatever reason. I think that she’s a real inspiration to a lot of different people.”
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about running for office with Baca as a female-female pairing.
“We just want to prove it doesn’t matter if you or anybody can lead in any type of pairing, because we traditionally only see male to female pairings for president and vice president,” Daskalos said.
Elliott Wood is the news editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on X @ DailyLobo
By Camillo Cretara @DailyLobo
On Saturday, March 21, the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House put on their annual Backyard Refuge Day fair in tandem with Bernalillo County where at least 20 organizations and groups came together with one common goal in mind: Make Albuquerque a safer place for pollinators.
New Mexico is home to around 1,000 of the 3,600 bee species native to the U.S. and over 300 species of butterflies, according to New Mexico Soil Working Group. As bee populations worldwide dwindle, the event sought to bring attention to strategies for taking care of and nurturing environments in our
backyards for not only the bees, but also butterflies, bats and hummingbirds.
Attendees visited booths and were encouraged to collect stamps in a backyard refuge passport. After collecting six stamps from six different booths, visitors were gifted a New Mexico plant to encourage pollinator visits and a healthy local ecosystem.
Albuquerque BioPark’s booth included a brief exhibit on the different types of bats that live in New Mexico. As a state with 22 species of bats, it’s important to recognize what they do for the state’s nature and plant diversity, BioPark representative Susan Magee said.
“Some like to pollinate agave,” Magee said. “And those are my favorite because they’re why we have tequila.”
Among the booths was Audubon, an organization dedicated to the research of birds globally with a focus on the Southwest. Staffing the booth was Kanah Waltman, their outreach educator, who informed people of the weekly Saturday bird walks hosted just south of Santa Fe at their sanctuary.
Audubon urged people to put up bird and hummingbird feeders in their yards to help protect the creatures from our rapidly changing temperature.
“The hummingbirds are out in Santa Fe a month early, but not a lot of the flowers have bloomed,” Waltman said. “It’s getting warm too early and the flowers are yet to bloom but the hummingbirds are already out.”
By Preston Rogers @DailyLobo
At the event, the Bird Alliance of Central New Mexico promoted keeping cats indoors and away from birds.
“Cats are responsible for killing a lot of birds,” cat enthusiast and Bird Alliance of Central New Mexico representative Connie Jo Baca said. “It’s okay if they just wander around your yard with supervision, but once they cross peoples’ fences and explore, it’s not only illegal, but detrimental to our native bird populations.”
They held a raffle, with the winner receiving an outdoor cat enclosure — known as a catio — in order to encourage responsible outside time for cats.
Albuquerque’s Water Utility Authority was in attendance as
well, with their booth promoting their “treebates,” encouraging homeowners and renters to turn grass lawns into desert friendly plant-scapes. Water Conservation Specialist Cody Louscher said native lawns help the planet.
“Every square foot turned into native plants becomes a $3 credit to your water bill. We’ve had clients not pay for four years because they transformed their 2,500 square foot lawn into a native plant-scape,” Louscher said.
Camillo Cretara is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at culture@dailylobo. com or on X @DailyLobo
While it might be quaint to give space to a letter writer like Thomas Abeyta (“No American Heroes Died in Kuwait”) — this non-teen (he stated a year 2000 birth year) ought to be far far less idealistic and frankly completely ignorant by age 25-26!
Of course the first seven killed in this war are indeed heroes! They served and served with honor and this is completely distinct from your beliefs on the War in Iran itself — no different than the two World Wars or the Korean and Vietnam Wars nor the two Iraq Wars nor the Afghanistan War etc!
As a 67-year-old U.S. Army Medical Corps Veteran who served from 1980-93 and was sworn in on New Year’s Eve 1980, just five years after the end of the Vietnam War ended, I thought this distinction was set in stone soon after; vets are well treated today. Thus, I naturally and blatantly recent this youth’s rather ignorantladen missive wherein he exposes his
ignorance in an even worse manner with his awful denunciation of our lost Army officers and NCOs — how pathetically horrid!
Get educated young man and grow up — you are entitled to your opinion no matter its content, thanks to our Nation’s military and history for 1/4-millennium in less than four months. You’d do well to check yourself and do some real research into our nation’s even recent history just since World War One say … before expressing such blather in the future.
Contrary to that, should you continue on your dark path, you might consider living in an actual alternative universe — there are choices aplenty sadly in our world today — rather than the mythical one that resides in your head!
Jeffrey W Glassheim MAJ, USA (Ret)
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life for every Lobo is about building a campus that works for students by expanding academic opportunities, improving essential campus systems, strengthening student safety and transportation,” Montoya said.
Student life for every Lobo also includes advocacy for better student housing.
“Then our last pillar, a voice for every Lobo, is focused on making sure that students are heard, by strengthening support for student organizations, advocating for students in University decision making, and improving accountability and transparency within ASUNM itself,” Montoya said.
Two of the campaign’s policy plans are “Getting Lobos Home” and “Lobo Print+.” The first is a continuation of an effort started under current ASUNM President Andrew Norton to partner with ride share apps Lyft and Uber to get discounts for UNM students to ensure student safety and discourage drunk driving. Lobo Print+ seeks more accessible free printing for students that allows for printing more pages and in color.
Salinas said that is and Montoya’s ASUNM experience left the pair confident and energized to continue serving.
“We’ve had a taste of what it feels like to make sure students feel heard, make sure students have equitable support, equitable funding through all of what ASUNM can do. So we’re not ready to slow down,” Salinas said.
As UNM prepares to undergo leadership changes, with President Garnett Stokes retiring and the search for a new president on-going,
Montoya said she hopes to have an active role in welcoming and working with the new president. One of the campaign’s action plans is the creation of a presidential Advisory Committee, she said.
“(The Presidential Advisory Committee) is a group of students that we hope will meet with the President, whether that’s monthly or bi-monthly, depending on how busy their schedule is,” Montoya said.
“It’ll include the ASUNM president and vice president, but then it’ll also include about another eight to 10 student leaders who are not in student government, who are leaders within, maybe the College of Engineering.
Maybe representing the Daily Lobo, College of Nursing. Students from different areas of campus where they can have an hour-long meeting.”
Both Montoya and Salinas emphasized the importance of listening to student voices which are not explicitly a part of ASUNM.
“I think with our campaign, we’re definitely trying to reintroduce and change a culture,” Salinas said.
“Because the students, we expect them to trust us, so they need to have that kind of proof, that visibility, that transparency, all of these things that under our hopeful administration we’re planning to implement. It starts now. We’ve seen how good we can do.”
Addison Fulton is the culture editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
the program, our administration is committed to uplifting those opportunities and continuing to protect those initiatives that students can lean on to help provide the service that they need,” Rutherford said.
Last year, the Trump administration directed all federal departments to terminate DEI programs and has targeted universities with racebased programs by withholding federal funding. At the same time, UNM’s administration reaffirmed its commitment to diversity in light of federal actions.
Rutherford previously served as an ASUNM senator, finance chair and president pro tempore. They have served as part of MEChA, a student organization focused on Chicanx activism, as an executive member of the Phi Iota Alpha fraternity and as chair of the UNM Joint Council.
Baca is a member of Kappa Delta Chi sorority and was a member of Emerging Lobo Leaders.
“Our campaign is rooted in somos comunidad, which is ‘we are community,’” Rutherford said. “We want to ensure that we are taking a step back from the titles that we may have, and really spotlight the fact that UNM is a space for all students, regardless of if you have a title or not, and we want to make sure that UNM thrives together.”
Baca said an initiative to increase knowledge of the resources ASUNM provides and engagement with student government is the reestablishment of traveling office hours for senators.
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“Making sure we as an administration go out within the community and make sure that students can physically see us and the resources that we have and that we offer to students that they know that that is an option, and that is something they have access to, and they absolutely should take advantage of. So just making sure to reestablish ourselves back into the community is something that we really, really are hoping to do,” Baca said.
Some of the campaign initiatives focused within ASUNM include expanding the Emerging Lobo Leaders mentorship pipeline, hiring more ELL members in ASUNM, creating a separate office for presidential advisors to create initiatives themselves, and supporting the incoming University president.
Baca’s other priorities are menstrual products provided in all bathrooms on campus and increased mental health resources for students.
“We want to work on having this proactive and policy-driven approach within the Senate,” Baca said. “Making sure that students feel supported and heard and valued, and that is something that we feel strong and passionate about, and something that we continue to we’ll continue to work on no matter what.”
Jaden McKelvey-Francis is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at editorinchief@ dailylobo.com or on X @ jadenmckelvey
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that, having been in the position for one year, I’ve noticed that these are some things that we could try to change,” Broadhurst said.
Broadhurst said, if reelected, he would continue to seek greater state allocations to the Graduate Scholarship Act to allow a greater number of graduate students to receive funding.
“If graduate students have really enjoyed what GPSA has done this year, and they want somebody who has that experience to continue pushing GPSA farther next year, then I’m the best candidate for that role,” Broadhurst said. “If they want to see it go in a different direction, then Marisa (Page) is going to do an awesome job, and she’s a truly terrific person.”
Elliott Wood is the news editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on X @DailyLobo
Monday-Sunday, March 23 - March 29, 2026 Events are free unless otherwise noted!
MONDAY
Campus Events
Regents Scholars Open House
Honors College Forum
10:30am – 1:30pm
Honors college event.
Manicure Monday
WRC, Group Room
2:30 – 4:00pm
Attend for a DIY manicure. Hang out, relax, meet new people, and do a little self care. Nail polish is provided. Children are welcome.
Stress Reduction Yoga
SUB Room 1045
5:15 – 6:15pm
Hosted by Student Health and Counseling.
Workshops
Abroad 101 Info Session Mesa Vista Hall, Room 2120
3:30 – 4:30pm
Group sessions will review all the mandatory information you need to know before applying to study abroad.
Meetings
Disabled Student Union Meeting
Women’s Resource Center Group Room 10:30am – 12:00pm
Chinese Club Study Session
LLC, Ortega, Room 124
1:00 – 3:00pm
Conversation group follows.
Counseling Skills Support Group
Manzanita Counseling Center
2:00 – 4:00pm
Guided discussions and practical tools in a supportive, confidential space to practice self-care, improve time management, reduce stress, navigate life transitions, strengthen relationships and communication.
Honors Student Association
General Meeting
Honors College Forum
5:30 – 7:30pm
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Simpson Hall Room 135 12:00 – 1:00pm Qing Wang, Individual, Family, & Community Education, presents “Data Driven Insights into High School Dropout Prediction: Machine Learning Applications.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation PAIS Room 2540 and Zoom 3:15 – 4:15pm Sri Datta Vikas Buchemmavari, Psychics Astronomy, presents “Quantum control of qubits and qudits in neutral atom systems.” The daily e-mail calendar will have the Zoom link.
TUESDAY
Campus Events
Recovery in Academia
SHAC Workshop Room 16 12:30 – 1:30pm Skills based support for mental health and substance abuse.
Ohanami Duck Pond 3:30 – 4:30pm Japanese conversation group.
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
Farris Engineering Center Room 1240 9:00 – 10:00am
Xavier Angus, Nuclear Engineering, presents “Development And Initial Operation Of A Lead-Lithium Magnetohydrodynamic Loop For Corrosion Studies.”
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars PAIS Room 3205
2:00 – 3:00pm
Geogia McDowell, UNM, presents.
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
Bandelier Hall West Room 104
2:30 – 3:30pm Eva Gemrich, Geography, presents “Rural Transformations and Identity in Northern New Mexico.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
Farris Conference Room
6:00 – 7:00pm JJose Abel Castellanos Joo, Computer Science, presents “Computing Certificates of Members in Archimedean Quadratic Modules in $\mathbb{R} [x]$ and Certifying the Emptiness in Inconsistent Monogenic
Archimedean Quadratic Modules in $\mathbb{R}[x_1, \dots, x_n]$.”
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.
Greek Sing 2026
Popejoy Hall
6:00 – 7:00pm
Afun night of performances by students in the community in line with a selected theme. This year, with a week-long theme of Y2K, the community will be raising funds for Storehouse New Mexico. Tickets start at $29.
New Music New Mexico
Keller Hall
7:30 – 8:45pm
Directed by Dr. José-Luis Hurtado, the ensemble performs music by 20th and 21st century composers.
Captain Abu Raed Viewing and Discussion
Zoom
12:00 – 3:00pm
Abu Raed is a lonely janitor at Amman’s International Airport. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. The daily e-mail calendar will have the Zoom link.
Workshops
STEAM & COPH Presents: Writing
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.
Data Visualization
Zimmerman Library Room 254 and Zoom
12:30 – 1:30pm
Attend this workshop to learn about the basic principles of presenting data in slide or poster presentations, effective strategies to visualize your data for comprehension and impact, and tools that can help.
The daily e-mail calendar will have the Zoom link.
WEDNESDAY
Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day Honors College Forum 12:00 – 2:00pm
Tolkien Reading Day is held on the 25th of March each year to commemorate the date in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings on which the Ring was destroyed, completing Frodo’s quest and vanquishing Sauron.
Crafternoon Women’s Resource Center 12:00 – 2:30pm Hang out, relax, meet new people, and learn a new craft.
Crafternoon: Crafting Study Break! Zimmerman Library Room B30 4:00 – 6:00pm
Take an afternoon study or work break while trying out a new creative activity.
Zines & Paper Crafts Crafternoon
Zimmerman Library Ford Room 254 4:00 – 6:00pm
Celebrating Open Educational Resources and indie publishing.
International Students Social Hour
Louie’s Lounge 4:00 – 6:00pm
Dion’s pizza, and there is pool, ping pong, board games, card games, and video games. There is also
mandala coloring pages available to color.
Midweek Movies: Eternity SUB Theater 6:00 – 8:00pm In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with, and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
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.
Monday-Sunday, March 23 - March 29, 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
3:00
Leeseok Kim, Interdisciplinary: Engineering, presents “Quantum Control Protocols for Robust
3:00 – 5:00pm MFA Thesis by Fen Root. Meetings
How to make the most of your learning, even with “bad” teachers Zimmerman Library Room 254 and Zoom
4:00 – 5:00pm Snacks provided for in-person participants. The daily e-mail
Indigenous Craft Night with AISS Mesa Vista Hall Room 1119 5:30 – 7:00pm Beading 101 with Alicia Clouser.
THURSDAY
Recharge with Scribendi Honors College Forum 9:00am – 2:00pm Serving dutch bro inspired drinks alongside dirty sodas and a variety of snacks.
Zines & Paper Crafts Crafternoon
Zimmerman Library Ford Room 254
1:00 – 3:00pm Celebrating Open Educational Resources and indie publishing.
Healing Circles
Mesa Vista North Coutryard 2:00 – 3:00pm A space to slow down, reflect, and connect with other students.
Crafternoon: Crafting Study Break!
Zimmerman Library Room B30
4:00 – 6:00pm Take an afternoon study or work break while trying out a new creative activity.
Open Table Connections Dinner and Dialogue
Luther House
5:00 – 7:00pm Free weekly meal, along with text study, prayer, spiritual practices, public theology intentional community and advocacy for justice and peace.
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation ECON 10008
9:00 – 10:00am Colin Sleeper, Economics, presents “Pollution, Perception, and Payment: Air Quality Effects on Health and Healthcare Spending 2016 to 2019.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation ECON 10008
12:00 – 1:00pm
Zachary Bergstedt,Interdisciplinary :Engineering, presents “Millimeterwave SIW antenna bandwidth enhancement with integrated filter-inspired stepped-horn.”
OSE Seminar
CHTM Room 103
12:30 – 1:45pm Dr. Troy Hutchins-Delgado, Sandia National Laboratories, presents.
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Center for Fine Arts Room 1106 1:00 – 2:00pm Melissa Rios, Music, presents “The Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference: Breaking Down Constructed Borderlands.”
CART Astrophysics Seminar
PAIS Room 3205
2:00 – 3:00pm Rajorshi Bhattacharya, UNM, presents.
Spanish Video Game Lingo LLC, Ortega Hall Room 124
2:30 – 3:30pm
Spanish CTL conversation group.
Sigma Xi Public Talk PAIS Room 1100
5:30 – 6:30pm
Jean-Luc E. Cartron, UNM, presents “Assessing PFAS contamination levels and toxicity in the wildlife of Holloman Lake, New Mexico: Key Insights from Five Years of Research.”
2026 Horn Lecture
Hodgin Hall Bobo Room
5:30 – 6:30pm Dr. Elizabeth Ellis, Princeton University, presents “Recording Stories in the Indigenous Middle Ages: Ancient Iconography in Middle America.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Center for Fine Arts Room 110
6:30 – 6:30pm
Melissa Rios, Music, presents “The Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference: Breaking Down Constructed Borderlands.”
Art & Music
No Promises Artist Talk Center for the Arts 1020
5:30 – 7:30pm
MFA Thesis by Hanna Taylor.
Dolce Suono & Las Cantantes Keller Hall
7:30 – 8:45pm
UNM’s tenor and treble/bass choirs, conducted by Dr. David Edmonds and Dr. Julianna LoBiondo. Tickets start at $5.
Meetings
Disabled Student Union Meeting Women’s Resource Center Group Room 12:30 – 2:00pm Family & Friends Cancer Support Group CCC Education Wing 4:00 – 5:30pm A journaling support group for anyone who has a loved one with cancer,
Campus Events
FAF$A-FOR-U
presents her memoir. 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
Magic: Appropriation in the Paintings of Elihu Vedder and Gustave Moreau.”
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium PAIS Room 110
3:30 – 4:30pm Dylan Yost, Colorado State University, presents.
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Mitchell Hall Room 101
4:00 – 6:00pm Lucas Bao, Boston College, presents.
Sports & Recreation
New Mexico Spring Invitational
Albuquerque Convention Center
9:00am – 5:00pm
UNM Track and Field hosts the New Mexico Spring Invitational. Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
UNM Women’s Tennis vs Utah State McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium 1:00 – 3:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
UNM Women’s Softball s San Diego State Lobo Softball Field 6:00 – 8:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
UNM Baseball vs Fresno State Lobo Baseball Field
6:00 – 8:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
Nahuatl Club Weekly Meeting Latin American and Iberian Institute Room 107
3:30 – 5:00pm Nahuatl variant presentation. Everyone is welcome. No previous experience with the language is required.
Japanese Language And Culture Club SUB Sandia 5:00 – 6:00pm Theater & Film
LLC Film Screening: The Mummy LLC, Ortega Hall Movie Room 2:00 – 4:00pm The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in
the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
Landmark Musicals’ “Mary Poppins” Rodey Theatre 2:00 – 4:00pm One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical. Tickets start at $19.00.
Workshops
SATURDAY
