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Campus briefs for Nov. 13, 2014

Erika Eddy | November 13

University Student Cabinet discusses key issues affecting students The University Student Cabinet met for the first time last Friday. According to UNM, more than 40 Cabinet members participated in focus group-style discussions on subjects identified as critical to students at UNM. The meeting revolved around four topics: campus safety and civility, transparency and communication, student support services and tuition and fees. Students circulated every 15 minutes between four focus group tables. The student-initiated conversations were directed at UNM administrators, who took notes and answered questions.

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UNM crime briefs

November 12

Frat house break-in On Oct. 30, UNMPD responded to an alarm around 10:20 p.m. at the Alpha Chi Omega House.

UNM Hospital received a D in safety based on the Fall 2014 update to Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Score website, which assigns a standard letter grade to hospitals based on their ability to prevent medical errors.

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UNM Hospital receives a D in safety score rating

Marielle Dent | November 12

UNM Hospital received a D in safety from an industry watchdog group, but a spokesman for the hospital said the numbers are not what they seem. The D rating came from the Fall 2014 update to the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Score website, which assigns a standard letter grade to hospitals based on their ability to prevent medical errors. But UNMH spokesman John Arnold said the hospital doesn’t accept the assessment.

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Event showcases local researcher's various projects

Tomas Lujan | November 12

The College of Education is set to host the fourth annual IFCE Research Showcase, an event bringing together a diverse group of UNM researchers to present their work in the spirit of collaboration. More than 45 different research projects will be on display demonstrating the efforts of some of the brightest students and faculty at the UNM COE in an event that is free and open to the public.

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Ladies' night shows women fun without alcohol

Matthew Reisen | November 12

It’s ladies night with a twist — and not a twist of lime. The Campus Office of Substance Abuse and Prevention is hosting Lobo Ladies Night, an event with the goal of showing women that drinking is not the only way to have fun, but just one of many options.

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New Mexico college graduates struggle with loan debt

Sayyed Shah | November 11

New Mexico colleges have the highest number of student loan defaults in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The recently published Cohort Default Rate shows New Mexico’s student loan default rate was the highest in the country at 20.8 percent in the financial year 2011, whereas the national average percentage was 13.7, according to the press release.

UNM biomedical engineering sophomore Lynne Tucker, left, German senior Nate Webb, center, and political science junior Torin Hovander, right, destroy a cardboard replica of the Berlin Wall outside the Humanities Building on Monday afternoon. Sunday, Nov. 9 commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall being brought down.

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German Club commemorates fall of Berlin Wall

David Lynch | November 11

“Freedom is for everyone.” “No more walls, no more wars.” “Forbidden.” These phrases and others were scrawled in German and English on a replica of the Berlin Wall erected by the UNM German Club on Monday in front of the Humanities building.

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Professor studies perils of mixing medications

Lauren Topper | November 11

Start with daily allergy medicine. Then throw in something stronger for cold and flu season.Add a helping of painkillers for that splitting headache or your lingering sports injury. Each of these things by itself may be harmless enough, but together they could be a recipe for disaster.

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Aggies burned by OSU, Lobos rally in support

David Lynch | November 10

The Associated Students of UNM has voted to support New Mexico State University, UNM’s main sports rival, in the lawsuit NMSU is facing over its mascot, Pistol Pete. NMSU is being sued by Oklahoma State University over the use of the mascot, a pistol-wielding cowboy that OSU claims to have exclusive rights to. ASUNM unanimously passed Resolution 7F during Wednesday’s meeting stating that the student government body is in support of NMSU in the lawsuit. Sen. Tori Pryor, a graduate of Oñate High School in Las Cruces, authored the resolution, which essentially states that ASUNM is on the side of UNM’s in-state sister school in the wake of the lawsuit.

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LGBTQ Resource Center gets national recognition

Matthew Reisen | November 10

UNM has been named one of the top 30 schools in the nation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning students, thanks to the efforts of a resource center on campus. The list, compiled by BestColleges.com, ranked UNM number 17 in the nation for LGBTQ college students based on high levels of support and innovative resources at the university, according to the website. “The LGBTQ Resource Center at UNM provides a significant array of services, such as hosting awareness events, conducting Safe Zone training, providing safe sex resources and hosting educational lectures at cafes,” the website stated.

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Student initiative seeks green proposals

Tomas Lujan | November 10

Students will have a chance to make a difference in sustainability, thanks to a new project on campus. The UNM Green Fund is a student-led collection of resources aimed at empowering innovative young minds to promote all types of sustainability, and the group is asking students to submit proposals for sustainability projects. Earl Shank, a senior business and economics major and the acting sustainability coordinator for the Green Fund, said this is the first year the Green Fund will accept project proposals. The fact that it is so new is exciting because it means they can fund almost anything, he said.

Naomi Martinez relaxes inside her home at the Sundowner apartments on Thursday. Martinez found her studio apartment through the Supportive Housing Coalition, an organization that helps find permanent housing for chronically homeless people.

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Homelessness in Albuquerque: Group helps find housing

Lauren Marvin | November 7

This story is part of a weekly series on homelessness in Albuquerque. For the last eight years Naomi Martinez was chronically homeless, occasionally staying at friend’s houses, but without a home of her own.. After applying with almost 15 different organizations, though, Martinez contacted the Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico and now has a studio apartment that is hers and hers alone.

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UNM may divest from fossil fuel companies

Marielle Dent | November 7

UNM is considering an end to its investments in fossil fuels as a way of showing the University’s commitment to sustainability, thanks a very successful petition circulated on campus by the Fossil Free campaign. On Thursday, the administrators of the UNM Foundation and the Office of Academic/Student Affairs met with Tom Solomon, co-chair of 350.org New Mexico, to discuss the University’s possible divestment from fossil fuel companies.

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Captain suspended from women's basketball team after assault charges

Liam Cary-Eaves | November 7

The New Mexico women’s basketball team will be without its starting center for some time. Redshirt senior Ebony Walker has been suspended indefinitely and stripped of her captain label after being charged with domestic violence and aggravated assault against a household member late Tuesday night.

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UNM crime briefs

November 7

Fondling suspect caught after chase On Oct. 17, UNM Police Department arrested a man on campus for false imprisonment.

Two acres of the north end of the University Stadium parking lot. This area could be the future site of a proposed sports restaurant.

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District to target scores of Lobo fans

David Lynch | November 6

UNM is in the beginning stages of planning a new sports and entertainment district that would accommodate visiting sports fans. The Lobo Development Corporation is facilitating the project, which would cover approximately two acres and sit adjacent to University Stadium, The Pit and Isotopes Park. The development of such districts is becoming commonplace in college towns across the country, said Tom Neale, director of real estate operations at UNM.

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Community draws lieutenant to service

Lena Guidi | November 6

To anyone else who had spent 20 years serving in unpredictable, often violent circumstances as an officer with the Albuquerque Police Department, a quiet retirement might have been welcome. But Lt. Tim Stump said he wanted to continue serving a community he had grown close with over the years, so he joined the UNM Police Department. “I had other opportunities when I left APD, and I chose this one out of all of them because I wanted to be part of the community,” Stump said.

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Campus briefs for Nov. 6, 2014

Sayyed Shah | November 6

Campus Briefs Annual Luminaria Awards The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion will host Sister Outsider Poetry at the fifth annual Luminaria Awards on Tuesday from 11 a.m.

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Land commissioner race is extremely close

Lauren Marvin and Casey Purcella | November 5

By Casey Purcella and Lauren Marvin The New Mexico state land commissioner election is too close to call as of press time.

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall delivers his victory speech at the DoubleTree Hotel in Downtown Albuquerque on Tuesday night. Udall, a Democrat, won re-election by defeating Republican Allen Weh.

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Udall holds off Weh to maintain U.S. Senate seat

Michael Burt and Jozelyn Escobedo | November 5

In a race that was tighter than expected, incumbent U.S. Sen. Tom Udall won re-election over his Republican challenger Allen Weh. Weh had gained steam over the last few weeks of the campaign but ended up on the losing end of a 55-45 contest, according to figures available at press time..