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February 2, 2010
Senate votes in Regent Koch for another six years LEGISLATIVE SESSION
by Pat Lohmann Daily Lobo
Regent Jamie Koch was reappointed to a six-year term to the Board of Regents by the New Mexico state Senate by a vote of 31-5. Students, staff and faculty drove to Santa Fe to speak for and against Koch’s reappointment. Koch said his margin of victory speaks for itself. “I knew I was going to be in good shape, because the presentation I made was on accountability and that’s what the legislators wanted to hear,” he said. “It’s very humbling to
get that kind of vote with the kinds of e-mails and phone calls and all of the blasting.” Koch said his reappointment should send a message to faculty members who are still reeling after their no-confidence vote last February. “I would hope that we can all sit down together now and talk to move this University on and get away with all this negativism,” he said. “We’ve got to get away from all this vote of no confidence and this all this other stuff, because all that does is make the outside community not to happy with us.” Faculty Senate President Doug Fields said around 15 faculty members attended the confirmation hearing. Fields said he spoke out against Koch’s confirmation to another term
on the Board of Regents, because Koch hasn’t addressed faculty concerns since their no-confidence vote. “My individual concerns were that we had voted no confidence and nothing has changed really to improve our confidence in him,” he said. Fields said the faculty’s efforts toward administrative accountability did not undermine the mission of the University. “The faculty is always doing everything it can to help the University, and we will continue to do that regardless of who is in power,” he said. Regent President Raymond Sanchez said the reappointment of Koch — as well as Regent Gene Gallegos and Student Regent Emily “Cate” Wisdom by similar margins — will serve as a turning point in tough economic times.
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“I’m certainly looking forward to moving forward instead of … backward at this juncture and am hoping to start a dialogue that is meaningful and will re-establish trust and hope among all of us,” he said. Senators who voted against Koch included Dede Feldman, Cisco McSorley, Eric Griego, Jerry Ortiz Y Pino
Emily “Cate” Wisdom
and Stephen H. Fischmann. Griego, who also voted against Gallegos’ reappointment, is sponsoring a resolution encouraging the Regents to cut UNM administrative salaries. Sanchez said President Schmidly is evaluating administrative salaries. “I know that President
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SUB showcases best teaching practices by Andrew Beale Daily Lobo
UNM’s most effective and diverse teaching methods will be showcased Thursday in the SUB. “Sharing Best Practices: Culture and Identity” is a first-ever seminar highlighting UNM’s methods in teaching a diverse student body, said Jennifer Gomez-Chavez, director of Title V, an organization cohosting of the event.
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“The whole focus of (the seminar) is to really celebrate how we recruit and retain our faculty, students and staff,” Gomez-Chavez said. She said UNM is a national leader in the area of campus diversity. “UNM serves as a national model for other universities, and they look toward UNM to figure out how they can work with their students from underrepresented populations,” she said. “The main goal of it all is that we’re going to start to document so
“Sharing Best Practices: Culture and Identity” Booths in SUB Ballroom C Presentations in Santa Ana A&B 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. titlev.unm.edu Call 505-988-1234 to buy tickets
we can publish the best practices of our institution.” President Schmidly emphasized the importance of the seminar in his “Monday-morning message.” It is well worth the time of faculty, staff and students who want to learn more about innovative teaching methods, scholarly research and training modules used in departments,” Schmidly said in the e-mail.
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If you don’t recall sending Facebook messages to your friends with links to ‘Get your best body now!’ or ‘Make money today!’ you are not alone. Online viruses have become a common problem on the social networking site Facebook. These viruses take over accounts and distribute false information. Student Amanda Aragon said she didn’t send Facebook messages to several of her friends, but they certainly received them. “My friend called me and asked, ‘What is with that message you sent me?’ and I asked what she meant,” Aragon said. “It said ‘Look at the pictures from the SAE blacklight party, click here.’ My friend couldn’t click on it because she got it on her phone, but two other friends did and both of their accounts got hacked.” Students often overlook the dangers of the Internet, said Mike Carr, UNM’s chief information security officer of Information Technology. “There are bad people on the Internet that want to steal your money and your identity — it is an unfortunate fact,” he said. “Oftentimes, people will overlook their security or not think that it is that big of a deal because it only happens to other people.” Profile infiltration can occur in a variety of ways, Carr said. “There are Facebook polls that, if
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