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Verity Bornet: Skater followed alternative path

Skylar Griego | May 4

In 2013, the average age of a UNM student was 25 years old. Verity Bornet, a senior psychology major, defies the average. Verity Bornet will graduate this semester with a bachelor’s degree in psychology at the age of 19. Bornet started figure skating when she was 13. A year later, she opted out of attending high school so she could commit more time to skating. She earned her GED and began working toward her associate’s degree at Santa Fe Community College. Four years later, she is substituting a high school graduation with a college ceremony.

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Matthew Singleton: Broken family didn't deter education major

Liam Cary-Eaves | May 4

For Matthew Singleton, getting through college was more difficult than it is for most. But he will be the first person in his family to graduate from college. Singleton spent most of his life living in Roswell with his grandparents, and rose out of hardship to receive his degree in secondary education this semester. While Singleton’s father was not around, his mother was in and out of his life.

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Photo Issue: C'est la vie

April 30

The photo desk this semester has compiled the stories of people from all walks of life. The images witnessed by our eyes and lenses and presented here serve as a celebration of life; as a means to preserve the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly; and as a means to keep moments captured forever in time. “That is life.”

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Crime briefs for April 30, 2015

Lauren Marvin | April 30

On April 15, an officer was sent to 400 Cornell Drive NE regarding multiple incidents of harassment. According to the report, a UNM advisor said she approached a female subject in the bathroom because she had suspicions that the female subject was upset. The female subject said she was dealing with harassment from a male subject who she said worked at the University of New Mexico’s School of Engineering. The female subject said the male subject had made several threatening statements towards her like “I will get you kicked out of school and kill you.”

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Annual memorial honors medical donors

Matthew Reisen | April 30

The donated cadavers of friends and family were memorialized this weekend by UNM medical students. The cadavers are donated to the anatomy lab and are used to further student’s education. The annual memorial was held at the Newman Center, across from Dane Smith Hall on Saturday and lasted from 10 a.m. until around noon.

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Evicted eatery petitions to stay

David Lynch | April 30

For six years, Sahara Middle Eastern Eatery and Times Square Deli Mart have been serving students in the SUB, making everything from lamb shawarmas to roast beef sandwiches. They had no complaints, and no issues with the SUB or University administration. Which is why Sahara’s owner, Helen Nesheiwat, and the restaurant’s employees were caught completely off guard when they received a notice early last week saying they are being replaced, and have until May 22 to pack up and leave. “We were shocked when we received the letter,” Nesheiwat said. “We never had any problems [with UNM]. We had good numbers and very very good service.”

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Dean's resignation a result of disparity

Marielle Dent | April 30

David Herring, UNM’s School of Law dean, is resigning due to disagreements with faculty members over two goals he had articulated when assuming the position in May, 2013. The resignation was announced Tuesday by Provost Chaouki Abdallah, who said it will be effective July 1. Herring will remain at the law school as a tenured faculty member. “It’s just a poor fit between me and the law school faculty at this point,” Herring said. “I have certain goals that I articulated from the beginning when I joined this law school about two years ago. The faculty was excited about those goals but now they’ve changed their minds so it’s time to part ways.”

A bronze statue of former mayor Harry E.Kinney stands in Albuquerque Civic Plaza. It is one of many public artworks that is subject to routine maintenance by the city.

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Database helps track artwork restoration

Thomas Romero-Salas , Liam Cary-Eaves and Aaron Anglin | April 30

It’s hard not to notice the many pieces of public art around Albuquerque. In fact, Albuquerque has more than 820 pieces of public art and about a third of those are outdoors, which are subject to the unpredictable weather conditions. To combat this, Albuquerque has a Public Art Program which is dedicated to maintaining and restoring public art. Dan Fuller, the Public Art Collection coordinator for Albuquerque, said the way the city goes about deciding which public arts need restoration and or maintenance is decided by several different factors.

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UNM's law school dean to resign

Staff Report | April 29

David Herring will resign from his position as the UNM School of Law dean, Provost Chaouki Abdallah announced Wednesday morning. Herring's resignation will be effective July 1, having served as law school dean since May 2013. He will stay with the law school as a tenured faculty member.

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Adjunct professors on lower end of income scale

Matthew Reisen | April 29

Part-time faculty pay has long been a subject of criticism among community colleges and universities, and UNM is no different. According to a report by the American Association of University Professors in 2013, adjuncts typically earn between $20,000 and $25,000 annually, compared to the average salary of $84,303 for full-time instructors and professors.

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Campus briefs for April 29, 2015

April 29

This past weekend the students of UNM Anderson School of Management dominated as they won the Daniels Fund Consortium Business Ethics Case’s fourth annual competition according to the UNM press release. Justin Fouts, Mercedes Pratt, Austin Tidwell, Lauren Wade, Phillip Doerges, Harry Van Buren, Shawn Berman, O.C. Ferrell and Linda Ferrell of the UNM team took on nine other consortium schools.

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UNM medical school returns to top 10

Moriah Carty | April 29

The UNM School of Medicine made a comeback this year and was recently ranked one of the top 10 schools in the nation by the American Academy of Family Physicians. UNM made the top 10 from 2011 to 2013 but didn’t make the cut in 2014. This year however, UNM made the list once more, according to a press release. The award recognizes the school’s efforts to foster student interest in family medicine and produce graduates who enter the specified field.

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Immigrants bypass New Mexico, experts say

Casey Purcella | April 29

Of the Southwestern states, New Mexico has the lowest share of residents who are undocumented immigrants. Experts cite a variety of reasons - a lack of an existing population of undocumented immigrants, few low-skill jobs that don’t require English and control of the state’s border by drug cartels - as reasons for this discrepancy.

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ASUNM taking its elections online this fall

David Lynch | April 28

Undergraduate students won’t have to visit the SUB to vote in elections for the Associated Students of UNM in the fall. In fact, they won’t even have to be on campus. ASUNM unanimously passed Bill 21S last week at its last Senate meeting of the semester, approving an initiative headed by Sens. Nadia Cabrera and Bisaan Hanouneh that would allow online access to ASUNM elections.

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Alum's effort shows locally

Matthew Reisen | April 28

Adrian Carver is a native of Albuquerque and Spanish alumnus. As a student Carver became a founding member of the New Mexico Youth Alliance, and he is now serving as the co-director of the New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community. Through the years he has served with many other organizations, including Amnesty International, the Educational Equity Working Group and the New Mexico Men’s Council for Boys and Young Men.

Brandon Schmandt, an assistant professor for the Earth and planetary science department, along with scientists from the University of Utah, recently discovered a large magma chamber under the Yellowstone caldera in the Yellowstone National Park. The chamber is about 19 miles below the caldera.

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Assistant professor studies sea of magma

Moriah Carty | April 28

Yellowstone National Park’s bowels are at least 9,000 kilometers deep. Although this may seem like an odd statistic, one of UNM’s assistant professors, who is working in conjunction with the University of Utah, said it was partially expected.

Passers-by walk past the University Grill on Sunday afternoon. The University Grill moved to a new location on 120 Harvard SE. The local restaurant had been located on Central Avenue, but a disagreement with the landlord caused University Grill owner Paul Kress to relocate the business two months after it opened.

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Grill relocates due to rent dispute

Thomas Romero-Salas , Liam Cary-Eaves and Aaron Anglin | April 27

Less than two months after opening, University Grill will be moving to a brand new location. The previous location, at 1606 Central Ave. SE, did not work out for restaurant owner Paul Kress, who said his landlord, David Souls, was charging him for the utilities of the other businesses housed in the complex where the University Grill used to be. After engaging in several conversations, Kress said the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement, and required legal assistance. Kress said he has since pressed charges against Souls and has moved his business to 120 Harvard SE. “Everyone said I was crazy for moving. My friends said I was crazy,” Kress said. “My attorneys said I made the right decision.”

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UNMH pursues plans for new building

Sayyed Shah | April 27

UNM is again planning to pursue a state-of-the-art replacement facility for the overcrowded University hospital after the plan was rejected by the State Board of Finance in 2012. The decision was made public earlier this month by UNM Chancellor for Health Sciences Paul Roth during a board of directors meeting, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The main building is aging and the flagship hospital is unable to meet the demands of the increasing number of patients, he said. “Right now we are in the planning process that includes evaluation of a replacement facility toward the main UNM hospital,” said Dr. Michael Richards, executive physician-in-chief of the UNM Health System. “This is still in the planning stages.”

A group of local gamers, who call themselves, Game Night Every Night, play Russian Railroads at Empire Board Library on opening night. The cafe opened Friday and is the first of its kind in New Mexico.

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Game cafe in Albuquerque the first of its kind in NM

Imani Lambert | April 27

The Empire Board Game Library celebrated its grand opening on Friday after a successful soft opening two weeks ago. The board game café is the first of its kind in New Mexico. Rory Veronda, the owner of Empire Board Game Library, said he was influenced by board game cafés in Europe and Canada. The Empire Board Game Library contains more than 600 games, including iconic games like Monopoly and Risk as well as the various themed boards. “The idea is that we want to build a board game community and build a collection,” he said.

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Pregnant students seek resources at UNM

Taylor Mallak | April 27

About 10 percent of pregnancies occur while the woman is in college. At the University of New Mexico, there are 14 lactation stations for breastfeeding mothers and three changing tables. Carolyn Romero is due July 19, and said she goes to school full-time. She will graduate in July, as well. She said that while staff and faculty have been supportive and understanding, she wishes there were more resources on campus for her and her baby. “More support groups and more information out there about the different resources,” she said. “There could be more resources that I just don’t know about, but it’s just not very well-known.” UNM’s Students for Life chapter offers one resource called Pregnant on Campus that focuses on women who have or will have children while attending UNM. They often provide help with rent and a finding place to stay, as well as getting food benefits such as WIC or EBT. They also work closely with other programs on campus.