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Guv: Don’t taint NM chile’s good name
Kallie Red-Horse | April 14“Red or green?” may be the state question, but for the local chile industry the question is, “Is it grown here or there?” Gov.
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Cuts likely to cause layoffs
Shaun Griswold | April 14The Board of Regents approved $10.5 million in cuts to the University’s budget Monday, and the Office of Equity and Inclusion was among the hardest-hit programs. Rumored to be cut completely, OEI budget was instead cut by $136,320, meaning it will have to terminate five positions within the department.
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Mayor aims to house homeless
Chelsea Erven | April 14Anthony sits on a bench at the edge of campus with other men, surrounded by a heap of clothing, sleeping bags, a walker and grocery bags filled with old food.
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ASUNM looks for fee board influence
Hunter Riley | April 13ASUNM passed a resolution March 30 that proposed eliminating one graduate student position and adding three undergraduate student positions to the Student Fee Review Board. The resolution backs a Student Fee Review Task Force recommendation that contends changing the ratio of the SFRB would make it proportional to the student population.
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Tuition hiked, fees frozen
Shaun Griswold | April 13The UNM Board of Regents decided not to increase student fees and approved a 5.5 percent tuition-and-fee increase that will raise costs to students roughly $305 next year. Tuition alone will increase 7 percent next year.
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Undergrad ballot to offer rec center vote
Hunter Riley | April 13ASUNM plans to include two questions on its annual election ballot to determine if students are willing to pay for a recreational facility.
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Group’s relief funds staying put
Alexandra Swanberg | April 13The UNM Japanese Language Club tried to withdraw funds it raised from its ASUNM account to give to the Japan relief effort, but discovered doing so would violate of the New Mexico State Constitution. The Anti-Donation Clause, article IX, section 14 of the New Mexico Constitution states that, “Neither the state nor any county, school district or municipality shall directly or indirectly lend or pledge its credit or make any donation to or in aid of any person, association or public or private corporation.” Because of the law, University policy prohibits organizations from donating funds in ASUNM accounts to any charitable or political organizations. George Gorospe, president of the UNM Japanese Language Club, said the club wanted to donate to Japan with money from fundraisers the club sponsored to support itself.
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Former surgeon claims retaliation
Elizabeth Cleary and Kevin Forte | April 12A former UNM Hospital surgeon filed a lawsuit against the University for an alleged breach of contract and violation of the NM Whistleblower Act.
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Outcome valid, despite bugs
Kallie Red-Horse | April 12For the second year in a row, ballot software problems complicated GPSA elections. Seventy-six of 1,235 student votes were deemed ineligible and were discarded, because the link on the GPSA website allowed anyone with a NetID to participate in this year’s election, including faculty, staff and undergraduates.
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Regents: Expect more fees
Shaun Griswold | April 12The Regents Finance and Facilities Committee voted Monday to raise student fees by $40 and increase tuition 6.3 percent.
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Brazil program needs nerds
Kevin Forte | April 11UNM offers scholarships to students eager to explore Brazil’s booming job market, but few are taking advantage of the opportunity. Robyn Cote, the Latin American and Iberian Institute’s program director, said the program targets science students, but many aren’t willing to study Portuguese for four semesters, a program requirement. “Language was the major hindrance to engineers,” she said. “Unless they had a real interest in Portuguese, it would’ve been hard for them to add that to their coursework.”
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NM license plate tops national list
Kallie Red-Horse | April 11Of all the license plates in the United States and Canada, why New Mexico? The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association awarded New Mexico first place for its turquoise plates, but some New Mexicans are still bummed about the bumper decorations. Student Adam Rottler said the plate is unworthy of a national award.
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Committee to weigh likely tuition hike
Shaun Griswold | April 11UNM’s Board of Regents will take its first step to determine tuition increases and approve an operating budget for 2012. The meeting starts today at 9 a.m.
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Editor to focus on people behind stories
Andy Beale | April 11Chris Quintana, the Daily Lobo’s culture editor, will be the newspaper’s next editor-in-chief. The UNM Student Publications Board appointed Quintana Friday, and he will take over May 1. “I feel like I’ve been handed a big responsibility.
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Guv makes fake pot illegal
Shaun Griswold | April 8Just like the real thing, synthetic marijuana is now illegal. Gov. Susana Martinez signed a bill at a news conference inside a Farmington Boys and Girls Club banning the possession and sale of synthetic marijuana.
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Regent: More fees to Athletics
Hunter Riley | April 8The Student Fee Review Board spent six hours this semester trying to find a way to reduce student fees, and it did, by 31 cents. But Regent Jack Fortner said at the March 28 budget summit that the board might jack up student fees by about $30 in order to give more funding to Athletics, IT Services and UNM Libraries. He said University parties don’t want Instruction and General funds to go to Athletics, even if it’s for utility costs. “I know some people have heartburn about that, but I don’t,” he said. Fortner said the board is looking to offset a proposed $380,000 cut to Athletics by possibly raising student fees. The Finance and Facilities Committee will meet Monday to discuss the fee increase. Regents will make a decision Tuesday. SFRB chair and ASUNM President Laz Cardenas said students should expect an increase in student fees. “My reaction to it was that I wasn’t surprised, and at the same time, I was a little disappointed,” he said.
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Richardson new GPSA president
Elizabeth Cleary and Shannon Alexander | April 8Katie Richardson will be the next GPSA president. Richardson received a little more than 50 percent of the votes.
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Students go homeless for a night
Kallie Red-Horse | April 8At least 17,000 New Mexicans are homeless, and for one night UNM students can experience what that might be like. Six graduating communication and journalism students, The Happy Campers, organized the event as part of a service-learning assignment, student Bryan Wilcox said. “We hope people leave with a better personal understanding of what is like to be homeless,” he said.
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UNM, peers mismatched
Hunter Riley | April 7Most of UNM’s peer institutions don’t consider the University their equal, and soon UNM might give in to peer pressure. UNM’s peer institutions haven’t changed since at least the 1990s, and of UNM’s 16 peer institutions, only two schools, University of Utah and University of Washington, count UNM among their peer institutions. The University of Washington had UNM on only one of three lists it uses for self-evaluation, according the University of Washington website. In 2008, Mark Chisholm, director of UNM’s Office of Institutional Research, said then-provost Viola Florez asked UNM to re-evaluate its peers. Chisholm said he compared student body characteristics, such as ethnic profile and number of commuter students, but the project lost steam when Florez left the University, and it’s been on the backburner since. “I don’t know whether or not we’re going to go through the energy of going to the state and requesting a whole bunch of new peers right now,” Chisholm said. “You really need someone at a high-executive level that thinks it’s really important.” Chisholm said it’s hard for UNM to find comparable institutions that are similar across the board.
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State requires DNA testing for felonies
Kevin Forte | April 7Gov. Susana Martinez signed an expansion of Katie’s Law into legislation Wednesday at a Rotary Club meeting in Carlsbad.
