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Opinion

Make an effort to stop the ‘witch hunt’ before it starts

January 25

Editor, In a school where advisement errors, scheduling mix-ups, yellow card/wait list systems that nobody understands, and seemingly endless negative Facebook status’ about UNM seem all too plenty, the last thing that we, as students, need is a witch hunt. Recently, ASUNM President Laz Cardenas created quite the stir when he asked a man videotaping the Student Fee Review Board to turn the camera off.

Opinion

Together, men and women improved women’s rights

January 25

Editor, I read with great interest Jenny Gignac’s column, “Feminism goes beyond gender,” and I thought it would be an informative piece about how men and women historically have fought for the political, social and economic equality of women, i.e.

News

Former student missing; mother asks for help

Elizabeth Cleary | January 25

The mother of former UNM physics student Colin Bentley has not seen her son since Nov. 29, and she said the state of Bentley’s mental health is cause for concern.

News

More lab space, fewer professors

Kallie Red-Horse | January 25

More students are taking biology courses, but the department doesn’t have adequate support to handle the demand.

News

Popejoy, NMSO out of sync

Chelsea Erven | January 25

To cope with declining returns, Popejoy may book fewer New Mexico Symphony Orchestra concerts in favor of more profitable events, NMSO and Popejoy officials said. NMSO currently rents Popejoy as the venue for its “Classics” and “Pops” series concerts, but the Orchestra owes nearly $250,000 in unpaid rent, which has piled up since 2008. Popejoy Director Tom Tkach said the orchestra will continue using the venue, but has to develop a better business strategy.

News

Biology faces enrollment increase

Alexandra Swanberg | January 25

A team of engineers and biologists from the UNM Health Sciences Center and Sandia Labs created an instrument that will help detect biological warfare agents and expedite the diagnosis of infections.

News

Website reviewers decry ACC properties

Chelsea Erven | January 25

American Campus Communities’ latest project, Lobo Village, will open to residents in the fall, but ApartmentReviews.com users gave nationwide ACC properties negative reviews. Reviewers said they encountered hidden parking and “cleaning” fees, floods, collapses, break-ins and poor management, and warned students to take precautions to avoid unfair charges. “Watch out for any existing damage when moving in,” a review of Nittany Crossing dorm in Pennsylvania said.

Culture

Fractals basis of curiosity

Alexandra Swanberg | January 24

The Fractal Man’s vision of future learning will coincide with a celebration of a newly designated historic building. The Fractal Foundation’s annual Fractal Challenge invites Albuquerque elementary, middle and high school students to manipulate already-existing formulas in the computer program Xaos to generate their own fractals.

News

Chile is the spice of life

Hunter Riley | January 24

After a six-month study abroad session in Chile, I learned a lot about the mysterious, unknown South America.

Culture

’Zine is the hip, new campus ‘drug’

Andrew Beale | January 24

Cryptic messages written on the sidewalk. Vaguely unsettling black-and-white pen sketches. Strange things found with the daily newspaper.

Culture

Trials and tribulations of a drama king

Graham Gentz | January 24

Frank Melcori’s “Playboy of the Western World” has been a special kind of hell. Albuquerque is dirty and bursting with community theater — the kind of theater you do for free, the kind you do for fun. Those who populate it are usually lawyers-turned-song-and-dance men, students led or ruled by a hobby and retired bodies looking for new labors. “Just try it,” our director, Frank, would repeat again and again in rehearsal.

News

Expert: no legal grounds for removing camera

Shaun Griswold | January 24

A person who wants to film a public meeting has the same right as a person who sits and takes notes, according to the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government. ASUNM President and SFRB Chair Laz Cardenas called authorities to remove a video camera at Saturday’s SFRB hearings.

News

CAMERA-SHY IN PUBLIC

Elizabeth Cleary | January 24

ASUNM and GPSA will not collaborate this year on student-fee allocation after a dispute over whether to allow Saturday’s hearings to be video recorded, as well as what ASUNM President called “irrelevant attacks” and “distracting interruptions” during the hearings. Cardenas said in a Sunday evening statement that ASUNM removed itself from the Student Fee Review Board.

Opinion

Student leaders need to focus on their constituents, transparency

Pat Lohmann | January 24

ASUNM President Laz Cardenas sent a letter to the editor Jan. 20 encouraging “input and participation” in the Student Fee Review Board deliberations.

Opinion

Politics class needs more teaching, less preaching

January 24

Editor, On Tuesday, I attended the first day of political science 200. Rather than being a nonpartisan survey or introductory course, it had a distinct activist agenda.

News

Renowned black author at UNM

Barron Jones | January 24

More than 300 people are expected to attend best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson’s Saturday seminar hosted by the Africana Studies Department. Dyson, once included in Ebony Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential black Americans, will address the brunch’s theme, “Forty Years Wandering in the Academic Desert: Does Anyone See the Promised Land?” at 11 a.m.

News

Co-op aims at fast, healthy food on campus

Hunter Riley | January 24

Students seeking locally grown, organic and preservative-free food on campus are in luck. La Montañita Co-op opened its third location in Albuquerque last week next to the UNM Bookstore. Student Jake Wellman said students want more local and organic food. “Students want to eat healthy, and students want to be environmentally conscious,” he said.

Sports

Luck’s not with ladies lately

Brandon Call | January 24

The UNM women’s basketball team has been in a funk lately. Plagued by another poor shooting performance, the Lobos dropped their fifth straight game, a 59-51 decision to UNLV on Saturday at The Pit.

Sports

Where’s the love? Fans lack faith

Ryan Tomari | January 24

I didn’t have to listen to the post-game radio call-in show with Scott Stiegler on 770 KKOB after the UNM men’s basketball team lost to UNLV on Saturday. I already could paraphrase what was going to be said about the Lobos dropping a heartbreaking loss to the Runnin’ Rebels, 63-62, in Las Vegas: It’s now time to give up on the season. Those 2009-10 bandwagoners along for the 30-5 joyride have abandoned ship this season. Fans that claim the Duke City is a “basketball town” have given up on the best act in the city.

News

Student fee hearings postponed after camera controversy

Elizabeth Cleary and Andrew Beale | January 22

The Student Fee Review Board postponed all fee deliberations following a disagreement between board members over whether to allow video recording at Saturday’s hearings. ASUNM President and SFRB Chair Laz Cardenas asked a GPSA employee, Radi Abouelhassan, to remove a video camera, which wasn’t recording at the time, from the meeting room about an hour after deliberations began.