Editor,
I'm surprised at the lack of coverage the Daily Lobo has offered on the loss of two major grants by the Latin American and Iberian Institute. The emphasis of the coverage has been on the dollar amount the institute has lost under the new director, Cynthia Radding. But why not cover the prestige that not only the institute, but UNM as a whole has lost by losing its designation as an area studies center?
Why not cover the fact that upon hearing that the institute had lost a substantial part of its funding, the director took a vacation? Why not cover the fact the director is away again from the institute and will be missing the first two weeks of classes?
It really raises the question, did the institute really lose its money because it was an unusually tough funding cycle, or could it have been that the director is never around to direct the activities of the institute?
Carlos Gonzalez
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UNM alumnus
Editor's note: An article on the Latin American and Iberian Institute's grant was published Aug. 14 in the Daily Lobo.
