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More lab space, fewer professors
Kallie Red-Horse | January 25More students are taking biology courses, but the department doesn’t have adequate support to handle the demand.
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Popejoy, NMSO out of sync
Chelsea Erven | January 25To 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.
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Biology faces enrollment increase
Alexandra Swanberg | January 25A 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.
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Website reviewers decry ACC properties
Chelsea Erven | January 25American 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.
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Expert: no legal grounds for removing camera
Shaun Griswold | January 24A 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.
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CAMERA-SHY IN PUBLIC
Elizabeth Cleary | January 24ASUNM 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.
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Renowned black author at UNM
Barron Jones | January 24More 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.
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Co-op aims at fast, healthy food on campus
Hunter Riley | January 24Students 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.
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When going gets tough, she thinks of magma
Chelsea Erven | January 20Nicole Thomas traveled the world, learned four languages and held an array of professions before deciding to study science at UNM. The future volcanologist was born in Mexico City and followed her father, an international banker, and mother, a TV/radio journalist, to places like Panama, Jamaica and Hong Kong.
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‘we don’t have any fat left’:Lack of funding leaves chem labs ‘outdated, hazardous’
Ruben Hamming-Green | January 20The University has been left scrambling for funds to renovate Riebsomer Hall in the wake of Bond D’s failure at the November elections.
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‘we don’t have any fat left’: Committee recommends cutting LAII funding to balance budget
Kallie Red-Horse | January 20A recent cost-containment recommendation could force the Latin American and Iberian Institute to close up shop. The Provost’s review committee drafted a report recommending the LAII begin to transition from a University-funded to an externally funded budget, but LAII Director Susan Tiano said it is impossible. “Depending on how they cut us, we might have to close our doors,” she said.
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GPSA supports extended Lottery
Ruben Hamming-Green | January 20House Bill 62, which would extend the time period students can apply for the Lottery Scholarship, was a hot topic of conversation at Wednesday’s GPSA Executive Board meeting.
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Who stays, who goes? Up to Martinez
Shaun Griswold | January 20His term is up, but Jack Fortner said he is confident he will retain his seat on the UNM Board of Regents. Fortner, the vice president who has served two terms spanning 12 years, said he thinks Gov.
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Regent selection process not set in stone
Chelsea Erven | January 20Two seats on the UNM Board of Regents are up for grabs, but it’s not clear how the governor will decide to fill them.
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Teachers, board reach deal
Ruben Hamming-Green | January 19Outrage over a proposal that would affect many UNM employees’ retirement plans has died down, and state officials claim the lull is a result of weeks of compromise. Jan Goodwin, N.M.
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Martinez outlines changes for administrative cuts, death penalty
Shaun Griswold | January 19SANTA FE— During her inaugural State of the State speech at the Roundhouse, Gov. Susana Martinez laid out her plan for bold change. She called for administrative cuts in education, pro-business legislation and to reinstate the death penalty.
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Dealing with the deficit
Shaun Griswold | January 19SANTA FE — The 60-day legislative session kicked off Tuesday, and UNM officials will monitor 77 bills that could impact the University’s financial and administrative future.
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Ortega classroom ‘disaster’ after leak
Tricia Remark | January 19English students walked into a mess of fallen tile and water their first day of class Tuesday in Ortega Hall Room 121, after a leak damaged parts of the ceiling, a UNM official said.
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ACC plans to demolish old dorms
Chelsea Erven | January 18The Board of Regents approved a housing plan in December that calls for the demolition of a dorm building, two Student Residence Center apartment buildings, a parking lot, two tennis courts and part of lower Johnson Field.
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Basketball revenue offsets football losses
Chelsea Erven | January 18The Board of Regents welcomed President David Schmidly back to work during its Jan. 11 meeting before discussing the University’s financial state and its Athletics Department.
