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Festival provides venue for indie filmmakers
Sean P. Wynne | October 18It’s billed as the only blacklisted film in America, and members of the original Hollywood Ten wrote, directed and produced it.
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Schmidly appoints acting president
Chelsea Erven | October 18In an e-mail sent Monday, UNM President David Schmidly announced his appointment of Paul Roth as acting President until Schmidly is given medical clearance to return. In a University-wide statement, Schmidly said he is gradually recovering from an Aug. 17 operation, and his medical team advised him not to resume his normal schedule. Roth, the executive vice president for Health Sciences, became acting president after Schmidly discussed the matter with Roth and Board of Regents President Raymond Sanchez, said Billy Sparks, a Health Sciences Center spokesman. “As acting president, Roth will do all the normal day-to-day operations of the University as well as working with the regents, faculty and staff until Schmidly’s return,” he said. Roth is on vacation and was unavailable for comment Monday. Sparks said the decision to appoint an acting president was made based on existing regent policies. Schmidly has been on medical leave since Aug. 18. Sparks couldn’t say how much medical leave Schmidly has left. “It’s a legal question as well as very murky territory. What I can say is that hopefully by naming an acting president, Schmidly will be able to focus entirely on his recovery,” he said.
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Dreams realized as Pit readies to open
Shaun Griswold | October 18Audio specialist Eric Devore walked onto the Pit court Thursday and contemplated the last three months that he worked renovating the arena. “I used to come to Lobo basketball games when I was a kid.
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Lecture celebrates Chicano, indigenous literature
Ruben Hamming-Green | October 18Author Rudolfo Anaya will come full circle Thursday evening, reflecting on his famous works and his career as a UNM professor. The lecture is part of the annual Literature of the Southwest series, which focuses on the works of Chicano and indigenous writers. The event will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the George Pearl Hall auditorium. It is free and open to the public. Kathleen Washburn, an English professor, said Arizona State University professor Simon Ortiz will speak at the event. An Acoma Pueblo native, Ortiz will talk about the significance of southwestern and indigenous literature.
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Clinton: No second Texas governor
Sofia Sanchez | October 17Gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish pulled out the big guns in Española on Thursday with campaign help from former president Bill Clinton.
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Seminar a racism reminder
Laurel Brishel Prichard | October 17More than 300 students joined to voice concerns about racism in health and educational institutions Thursday. Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, the keynote speaker, said institutional racism is just as much a problem as racism at the individual level.
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College Dems: Don't procrastinate at polls
Barron Jones | October 17Gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish and Congressman Martin Heinrich will speak at today’s Early Vote Rally.
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Forum a success despite absences
Sofia Sanchez | October 17Nearly 100 UNM faculty, students and parent association members discussed with democratic state legislators what can be done to get UNM back on track in light of budget cuts at Wednesday’s on-campus Forum on Higher Education.
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Obama selects UNM prof. to serve on board
Laurel Brishel Prichard | October 13President Obama nominated UNM law professor Gloria Valencia-Weber to a national board that helps impoverished people get legal services.
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Politics of Education
Chelsea Erven | October 12The UNM Faculty Senate is hosting an on-campus Forum on Higher Education today, where state legislators and gubernatorial candidates are invited to share their perspectives on New Mexico’s higher education. Faculty Senate President Richard Wood said community members can engage candidates and elected officials about the higher-education issues. “We want to get key higher-education issues that affect students, staff, faculty and the whole higher education community onto the table, and talk with our elected officials about them,” he said. Nine New Mexico legislators, including seven democrats and two republicans, as well as Lt. Gov. candidate Brian Colón, plan to attend the event and answer pre-selected questions, Wood said.
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UNM joins forces to teach organic farming
Sean P. Wynne | October 12UNM is teaming up with local farmers to feed and educate its neighbors. UNM students collaborated with South Valley Academy Charter School to create a program aimed at teaching students the importance of local organic food.
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ASUNM hosts blood drive
Sofia Sanchez | October 12ASUNM Community Experience is giving students a chance to shed blood. The on-campus community service program is partnering up with United Blood Services for what it hopes will be a record-breaking blood drive.
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UNM publication extends deadline
Alexandra Swanberg | October 12UNM’s biannual publication “Best Student Essays” is extending its deadline to Friday to take into consideration students struggling with academic stress. The publication anticipates students are consumed by midterms around the publication’s deadline, said Ryan Tynan, the managing and web editor. “What tends to happen is that students get really busy at the beginning of the semester, and everybody getting back on their feet,” he said.
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Lessons paused to address budget
Ruben Hamming-Green | October 12Instructors and TAs took a stand Thursday and told their students what they see as failed administrative decisions: budget cuts, rising tuition rates and University privatization. Liza Minno Bloom, a member of Graduate Employees Together, said the discussions were part of the National Day of Action to Defend Public Education, a campaign to raise awareness. “People don’t know the severity of the budget cuts,” she said. “Right now, it’s a 3.2 percent budget cut. … Next year they’re proposing a 5 percent budget cut. That’s massive. That’s going to be pretty devastating, and people don’t know about it.” Minno Bloom said some people have a misperception of how severely cuts will affect academics. “(The administration) really framed discussions as if we had to have 3.2 percent cuts across the board,” she said. “There are other more creative ways I think we could be solving some of the budget problems without going to academic lines.”
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Gallup students: Schmidly ignored us
Barron Jones | October 12President Schmidly and his administration received their latest “no-confidence vote” in a town hall meeting UNM-Gallup students held Friday. Student Senate President Josephine Brown said she hopes the vote brings ongoing issues to light.
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Fiesta valet facilitates cyclists
Andrew Lyman | October 10While some balloon fiesta attendees may have been stuck in traffic, others were using another travel option. Hundreds of people used bike trails to ride to the fiesta, event officials said. Elaine Nelson, the balloon fiesta transportation manager, said BikeABQ offered a free valet service for all cyclists. Riders left their bikes in a secure spot while they attended the event, which ended Sunday. She said she was trying to emulate other bike valet services she had seen.
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Campus gardens continue to flourish
Chelsea Erven | October 10Lobo Gardens event hosted an open house for its RED garden Sunday to celebrate the ongoing success of the program. Trishae Almaraz, event organizer, said the open house was designed to show people how community gardens can be used on campus. “We wanted to create a time and place for people to come experience the gardens because a lot of people don’t know about them,” she said. “We also wanted to raise awareness about community gardens and what effect they can have on the campus and in the community.”
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Dilapidated buildings here to stay
Chelsea Erven | October 7UNM has more than 300 buildings, some built as far back as the 1920s, And some faculty members said a number of aging buildings are in such disrepair that it affects their ability to teach.
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ASUNM hastily passes fee resolution
Ruben Hamming-Green | October 7ASUNM passed a resolution supporting the Student Fee Review Board Task Force’s recommendation to have more undergraduate students and fewer graduate students on the SFRB. At an emergency senate meeting Wednesday, ASUNM President Laz Cardenas said the resolution will give undergraduates representation proportionate to their numbers.
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The Afro American Experience: Oct 7
Eva Dameron | October 7This week’s column continues from a talk with student Justin Aderhold that ran Sept. 23. This column is for members of the African American student community to talk about whatever they want to talk about.
