Editor,
I would like to reinforce Luna's complaints in Friday's issue of the Daily Lobo about hidden class fees. I have been attending UNM for five years now, and I've noticed that much corruption has infiltrated UNM's economy. For instance, I paid nearly $300 for only two engineering books that I had to purchase. Furthermore, when I took Physics 161, I was forced to pay about $48 for a signaling device and an access code. But what truly caught my attention was a $15 fee for a direct deposit refund. Instead of paying this absurd fee, I waited for my check to arrive in the mail.
ASUNM is supposed to be the one committee that acts in the best interest of the entire student body. However, it seems to me that every person inside this committee is only seeking to satisfy his or her own selfish desires, not to improve this disaster.
ASUNM has been ignoring these problems for years, so something has to change. When the next ASUNM election comes around, no one will be getting my vote. Trying to drain every last dollar from students ought to be a crime.
Finally, I think the regents responsible for pampering Louis Caldera with $700,000 ought to be prosecuted - that was the students' money they threw away.
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Gerardo Saenz
UNM student
