Graduate and professional students have the next four days to share their opinions about the UNM Athletics administration.
The GPSA decided in late-December to have a “no-confidence” vote in Athletics Director Paul Krebs and his handling of the Sept. 20 Locksley incident. Students can also vote to encourage the Student Fee Review Board to reallocate student fees from Athletics.
The election will take place from Jan. 25 to Jan. 28. All UNM graduate students will receive an e-mail notification with directions on how to vote on Monday — and are encouraged to vote, according to a Jan. 24 press release from GPSA.
GPSA President Lissa Knudsen said that of the roughly 6,000 graduate and professional students at UNM, about 500 show up to vote for GPSA president. She said she doesn’t know how many students will participate for the special election.
“It’d be good to get at least 20 percent of the population,” she said. “It’s just really important that people get engaged. This issue, in particular, is really important because only 2 percent of all athletes are graduate students.” GPSA Council Chair Danny Hernandez said the GPSA Council chose to have the election after head football coach Mike Locksley allegedly punched and choked assistant coach J.B. Gerald on Sept. 20.
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Don’t know what side to take? Flip to the Opinion Page to read opposing views regarding the election.
The four ballot questions are:
1. The GPSA membership calls for accountability and transparency of Athletics and that the Student Fee Review Board funding be reallocated to academic programs consistent with the mission of UNM.
2. That the GPSA membership has no confidence in the way Krebs handled the Locksley/Gerald incident.
3. That the GPSA membership has no confidence in Krebs’ leadership of Athletics.
4. That GPSA membership calls upon the UNM Board of Regents to launch an
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independent, third-party investigation of the UNM administration and the Athletics
Department’s handling of the Locksley/Gerald incident.
