Editor,
UNM students will vote now on boosting their own student fees by $107 a semester to pay for a new gym.
This money will go to offset bond funding that will last the next 25-30 years.
Students already pay too much in fees. Our emphasis at UNM needs to be in supporting our academic mission, not in building a new athletic palace where we can hang our sweats.
Recent budget cuts and ongoing attacks on higher education have had exceptionally negative consequences here at UNM, as many experienced faculty are leaving the University in despair.
We don’t need yet another distraction from the central academic purpose of the University.
Congratulations to the undergrad and grad students who have the vision and foresight to oppose construction of the proposed jock monument.
James Burbank
UNM Faculty
