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Family portraits capture hope
Sofia Sanchez | December 5Tiffanie Kidd and her three children sat at Cuidando los Niños nursery waiting for their turn to take a family photo.
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GPSA discourages cuts from academics
Alexandra Swanberg | December 5GPSA passed two resolutions at Saturday’s meeting recommending economic decisions that do not sacrifice academic success. GPSA Council Chair Megan McRobert said the recommended changes have students’ best interests at heart. “The resolution that was passed urges GPSA representatives on that board and the SFRB (Student Fee Review Board) in general to ensure … that recruitment and retention and the well-being of students are at the forefront of their priorities,” she said. One resolution called for student fees to not be raised during the next fiscal year and asked to allocate student fees to programs related to education. As it stands, 30 percent of the fees go to Athletics, 25 percent to the Student Health Center, 20 percent to the SUB, and the remaining 25 percent is divvied up among other programs, according to GPSA President Lissa Knudsen The second resolution addressed recent budget cuts that will decrease graduate student positions.
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Housing plan gets LDB’s go-ahead
Kallie Red-Horse | December 5UNM is moving forward with its American Campus Communities partnership. At the Dec. 3 meeting, the Lobo Development Board approved the “Strategic Housing Plan”. Kim Murphy, Real Estate director, said the plan is a document that provides ACC and UNM direction to enhance student housing.
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Locksley to stick it out through 2011
Isaac Avilucea | December 3Well, it’s over — no, not Mike Locksley’s UNM head coaching career. Just the buzz surrounding the head coach’s possible departure. Putting to rest rampant speculation that Locksley would be fired, Athletics Director Paul Krebs announced Thursday that UNM would retain its head coach for at least the 2011 season at an informal news conference. “I feel two years is not enough time to do what needs to be done to this program,” Krebs said. Back-to-back 1-11 seasons, ticket revenue shortfalls, a host of off-the-field incidents and around-the-clock media scrutiny was not enough to persuade Krebs to give Locksley a golden parachute.
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Widowed student soldiers on for her kids, degree
Ruben Hamming-Green | December 3Jodi Carrasco wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and starts her day by running on a treadmill for a couple hours.
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UNM introduces new bio degree
Chelsea Erven | December 2Likely starting fall 2011, UNM will offer doctoral and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering on main campus, making it the first university in New Mexico to do so. Steven Graves, associate director for the UNM Center for Biomedical Engineering, said the Ph.D.
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Student no-shows irritate would-be attendees
Shaun Griswold | December 2It’s the hottest seat in town, but some ticket-holding students stay home. Students’ men’s basketball tickets are sold out until the Dec.
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UNM soldiers on despite Schmidly’s absence
Chelsea Erven | December 2UNM President David Schmidly has spent more time out of office than any other president since at least the 1930s, but University communication, policy making and budget discussions have continued on main campus while Schmidly recuperates.
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Backstage: Bike Coop
Junfu Han | December 2Greg Overman, right, took over the Bike Coop on Central Avenue in 1998. He dropped out of New Mexico State University in 1972 because of financial problems.
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Frat on hold after club ordeal
Isaac Avilucea | December 2Agitated by a suggestion that other Kappa Alpha Psi members allegedly brawled with security at a downtown nightclub, the fraternity’s faculty adviser Richard White wanted to make one thing clear.
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The Afro-american experience
Eva Dameron | December 2This marks the last column in the Afro-American Experience series, which has ran since the beginning of the semester.
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UNM opens probe into nightclub incident
Isaac Avilucea | December 1Little by little, the news continues to get worse for three UNM football players who were allegedly involved in a brawl at a downtown nightclub early Thanksgiving morning. The latest episode: Kim Kloeppel, with the Dean of Students, said the office is investigating the incident to determine whether UNM football players breached the University’s Student Code of Conduct in allegedly fighting with members of Lotus Nightlcub’s security staff. The three players, later identified as football players Julion Conley, Joe Harris and Bryant Williams, are a part of an on-campus fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Kloeppel said the office is also looking to determine if other fraternity members were involved in the scuffle. “At this time, I don’t have any specific answers as far as what the investigation has involved,” she said, adding that she would have more definitive information later this week. On top of that, Lotus Nightclub owner Brian Craig is threatening to file a civil complaint against the three players. He said it would have been a different story if his security were fully staffed the night of the incident.
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Housing ‘plan’ confuses, worries community
Chelsea Erven | December 1The Lobo Development’s housing forum turned into a rapid-fire, question-and-answer session at the SUB on Tuesday night. ACC representatives did not present building plans, even though the forum was advertised as a public meeting to discuss American Campus Community’s main campus “Strategic Housing Plan.” “When folks hear ‘plan,’ they assume it’s a planning document and expect to see architectural deliverables and where buildings are going, and that’s not what the ‘Strategic Housing Plan’ is,” ACC representative Matt Stein said.
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Witness: Drunk fan groped Lobo Lucy
Laurel Brishel Prichard and Shaun Griswold | November 29A drunk fan allegedly groped mascot Lobo Lucy at a home football game against TCU on Saturday, according to a UNMPD report.
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UNM officials, students come together for the DREAM
Sofia Sanchez | November 29More than 20 students gathered in support of the DREAM Act on Monday afternoon in hopes of convincing the government to allow students whose parents came to the U.S.
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Provost puts degree programs on chopping block
Ruben Hamming-Green | November 29Eight UNM degree programs are in danger of being cut after the Provost’s Office flagged them for possible removal in an effort to reduce costs. Deputy Provost Richard Holder said the programs were selected based on a set of characteristics. “Academic degree programs were evaluated for up to 15 characteristics, such as number of majors, has the number declined by 10 percent or more, number of degrees granted, total number of credit hours produced, etc …,” he said.
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Mum’s the word in Locksley’s potential departure
Isaac Avilucea | November 29In keeping with an established trend, UNM officials continue to insist that, for now, Mike Locksley is the UNM football team’s head coach, pending a long-talked-about, end-of-the-season evaluation.
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Players suspended following downtown brawl
Isaac Avilucea | November 29Lotus Nighclub security guard Richard Bradberry sat inside the dimly lit club late Friday with his hands in his lap, recounting the events early Thursday morning.
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No more ‘public’ in public speaking
Andrew Lyman | November 29To cut costs, the University will offer an online version of a common core class this spring, but some students are skeptical that public speaking will not be as valuable in the privacy of their own homes. “I do appreciate the technology of the 21st century, but without a specific live audience, you’re removing the skill,” student Roba Robbinson said. Students who sign up for online sections will fulfill the traditional requirements, said Janet Shiver, public speaking course coordinator.
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UNM football players suspended after downtown altercation
Isaac Avilucea | November 26Three UNM football players have been suspended indefinitely from football-related activities for their alleged involvement in a downtown altercation at Lotus Nightclub early Thursday morning, the UNM Athletics Department announced Friday. Lobo backup linebacker Julion Conley, 22, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and engaging in a public affray, according to Metropolitan Court records.
