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During Monday’s forum in the SUB, students looked to hold President-Elect Robert Frank to his promises to promote diversity at UNM, fix the ailing advisement system and keep tuition low. Frank said he had more to learn about UNM before making any firm decisions.
Ethnic Studies and Faculty Diversity President of the Kiva Club and Native American Studies major Makhpiya Black Elk called on the president to protect ethnic studies programs. Black Elk spoke about Arizona law HB 228, which effectively shut down ethnic studies programs at K-12 schools across the Arizona in 2010. Frank said because of budget cuts during the last three years, he can’t promise the programs will always flourish, but he said ethnic diversity is integral to the success of the University. Frank said that when more money becomes available he hopes to increase funding to ethnic centers. “I can guarantee you that I see these types of programs as a strength of the University and something that distinguishes the University of New Mexico from the rest of the universities in the country,” he said. “We should hold them up as a point of excellence.” Christopher Ramirez is the co-chair of La Raza Graduate Student Association, an organization that supports Latino/a graduate students. Ramirez said although the University prides itself on diversity, its staff is not as diverse as its student body. He pointed to recent allegations of a hostile environment on campus by African Americans and a title VI civil rights complaint filed in November. The University is still investigating the allegations.
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Jessikha Williams / Daily Lobo GPSA Student Support & Advocacy Committee Chair elisa pintor, addresses UNM President-Elect Dr. Robert Frank at a forum intended to voice the concerns of students in the SUB Atrium on Monday afternoon. Frank spoke with students about fixing the University’s advisement process, protecting and promoting on-campus diversity and keeping tuition low.
ASUNM bill would raise undergrad fees
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Dylan Smith / Daily Lobo Safety and Risk Services personnel suited up in hazmat gear to clean a hydrochloric acid spill in the parking lot east of Clark Hall and Centennial Library Monday, according to Industrial Hygiene Specialist Terese Anderson. Workers washed off the area, spread a base powder over the acid and roped off the area, closing down two disabled parking spaces in the process. Anderson was supervising the cleanup, but declined to comment further. Program Specialist for Parking and Transportation Services Danielle Gilliam said PATS will relocate the two Americans with Disabilities Act parking places affected by the spill. Gilliam said the origin of the spill is unknown
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but the area is no longer hazardous, although students should avoid walking on the area for a few days. UNM student Jose Gechem’s car tires were soaked in the acid spill. “I parked here around ten, because my brother had a handicapped permit and it looks like somebody dropped some acid and they didn’t tell our staff people and it looks like my tire is damaged from the acid.” Gechem said he planned to get the tires examined by a professional technician and bill UNM if there is any damage. “I will have to call somebody from the University and from insurance and find out if they are going to pay for my tire.” ~Luke Holmen
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ASUNM senators are considering a bill that would raise undergraduate fees by more than 30 percent. Senate Bill 6, a constitutional amendment proposed by senators Brandyn Jordan, Tyler Crawley, and Anthony Santistevan, would raise ASUNM student fees from $20 to $27 per student next year. If the bill is passed by the full Senate, it will go to undergraduates for a vote in the elections. A simple majority would be required to pass the bill. The fee increase would be the first since fees were raised from $14 to $20 in 2002. Sen. Crawley said the bill would raise the amount of money available to allocate to student groups in the ASUNM budget process. “We want to be able to have funding for appropriations as well as have room to grow, room for these student organizations to expand.” The number of requesting student organizations has been on the rise in recent years. This year 147 student groups are requesting $745,711 in funding. Last year, organizations only requested $719,798. ASUNM only has $583,050 to allocate, leaving a $162,661 shortfall.
Crawley said the fee increase would fully fund all requests. “With that the best educated guess I can give you of what the fund will increase by is probably anywhere from $160,000 to $180,000.” New dorm construction and renovation on campus will bring about 11,000 students to campus next year, all of whom need to be served Crawley said. “We want to be able to provide a high level of on-campus living to the 11,000 students that are coming on campus next year and help them get involved.” Additionally, the bill would reduce the percentage of funding allocated to Student Publications, which provides funding for the Daily Lobo, Best Student Essays, and Conceptions Southwest. The bill cuts the percentage received by Student Publications from 8.5 percent to 6.4 percent. Crawley said the dollar amount of funding to Student Publications would remain the same next year. “It doesn’t give them any more or any less money, it maintains it right around $50,000,” he said. The bill is up for debate in front of the full Senate on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. in rooms Lobo A and B on the third floor of the SUB. If the bill passes, it will require approval from the Board of Regents.
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Editor’s note: Each semester, students set off for foreign lands to immerse themselves in a location and culture, and they continue their academics while doing so. Study abroad programs give students the opportunity to live in another country and earn academic credit while paying no more tuition than they would at UNM. Through UNM, students have the option to study in about 50 different countries. With so many options, it’s important to know what you want to get from the experience. The Daily Lobo sat down with the Office of International Programs and Studies to get advice on how to start the process. Step 1: Know where you want to go Having an idea about where you want to go and why is the first important step in studying abroad. Once you’re there, it’s important to make the most of your time abroad. Noel Blair is a study abroad veteran who has studied in Canada and India. She said while there might be some culture shock and isolation, taking on the challenge of the unknown is what studying abroad is all about. “Feel it,” Blair said. “It will get better so embrace it and decide to be social and be openminded about new experiences. Step 2: Set up an appointment with OIPS Talking to a program assistant gets you started on the application process. This office will assist from that point on, helping you with
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everything from mailing your application internationally to applying for a visa. Step 3: Prepare to Apply Getting the required materials to apply is critical in the application process. You will need a personal statement explaining why you want to do a certain program, two letters of recommendation (at least one from a professor), a signed risk and conditions form, a $200 application fee and a foreign language report. Later, students will also need to do an interview with OIPS. Students accepted into OIPS still need to apply to the host university, where they will actually be studying. The application process for each institution may vary, but OIPS will assist students with the rest of the process. You should also be aware that acceptance into OIPS does not guarantee acceptance into a host school. Step 4: Plan out finances Studying abroad doesn’t have to be expensive, because you can take your financial aid with you. Keep in mind that you will still be responsible for traveling costs and, depending on the program you select, room and board. You might not be allowed to get a job while abroad, and you should take into account currency exchange rates in your chosen country. Step 5 Print a checklist: OIPS provides students with a checklist on their website unm.abroadoffice.net, that you can use to figure everything out on time. Step 6: Make deadlines For the fall, the deadline to apply is Feb. 15. For the Spring, the deadline is Sep. 15. Editor-in-Chief Chris Quintana Managing Editor Elizabeth Cleary News Editor Luke Holmen Staff Reporter Avicra Luckey Photo Editor Dylan Smith
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Frank said more diversity within the faculty is one of his top priorities, but said he has no concrete plans to make this happen. Only 23 percent of UNM’s tenure track faculty are people of color.
Advisement During the forum, Frank addressed the concerns of what students called “a bottleneck effect” when it comes to advisement. Students said there are not enough career advisers and when they do receive advisement, they are often given incorrect information, which sometimes leads to longer stays in their programs. Frank said most big universities don’t have a routine and have to find ways of dealing with growing student populations and too few advisers. “They don’t establish common practices, so a student gets different advisement in two different colleges; they don’t hold students to a pathway to graduation,” he said. Frank said he and Provost Chaouki Abdallah have come up with a few possible solutions to the advisement problem. He said these include a program similar to the one at Kent State University, where Frank is currently provost. Each student has a graduation pathway and progress on that path is measured. He also suggested a coaching
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program that will look at how advisement is designed at UNM. “(We will) probably look at something around mandatory advisement for every student that focuses not just on ‘Are you in the right classes?’ but, ‘Is this the right path in life for you?’” he said. Before he can make any real changes, Frank said he has to learn how advisement works at UNM and wants to make sure advisement is more than what he called “curriculum management.” “I know the problems, I’m not sure I know all the things that have to be done here, but I agree we need to work harder at it. We will and it’s going to be big on my agenda,” he said.
Tuition Rates Frank said keeping tuition low is a high priority. “The more we raise tuition, the more debt you have; the more debt you have, the harder it is to establish your career, so the University wants to work with you on it,” he said. But Frank also said the University depends on state funding and when the cost isn’t offset by state, the University has to increase tuition. “What we can do and what we work hard at doing is keeping our costs as low as we can, so that our cost part of our equation doesn’t go up,” he said.
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Call For Nominations – Faculty of Color Awards The project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC) is proud to announce the 6th annual Faculty of Color Awards. This event recognizes the outstanding work by faculty of color at the University of New Mexico in mentoring, research, community service, and teaching. These awards are a small way that students at UNM thank faculty of color for their contributions. Faculties of color at UNM contribute to the success of students of color as well as serving the entire UNM campus and the larger New Mexico Community. All nominations must be received by March 31st, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in the PNMGC ofďŹ ce or OfďŹ ce of Graduate Studies. Applications must be complete with both the nomination form and letter of support. All submitted nominations will be reviewed by a committee of UNM students and staff.
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Dylan Smith / Daily Lobo The scaffolding on UNM’s George Pearl Hall came down last week in preparation for the installation of a custom-made, 900-square-foot LCD art installation “Blue Flower. � The project features a recorded image of ink dropping into water, and the pattern is supposed to be continuously changing. City, created “Blue Flower,� a make a screen visible from the outby Jacob Hall projected image of a drop of ink er space, this would be the way to go. jhall03@unm.edu expanding in water. You’ll get only few spectators though.� “The image is reversed,� he said. Muelas said each time the image is An art installation project at George Pearl Hall is a year behind schedule “It’s flipped so you see it (the drop projected, the ink expands in a differof ink) is growing instead of falling. ent pattern through the water. and over budget by about $100,000. The project was originally Chuck Zimmer, who coordinated It’s growing like a tree. This is why it’s designed to include a system that the project, oversees the state’s One called ‘Blue Flower.’� The piece was supposed to be incorporated actual ink falling into Percent for Art in Public Places completed in 2009, but Muelas said water, but Zimmer said that due to Program (AIPP), a program that funds bureaucratic hold-ups and coordi- AIPP prohibiting water in funded public art through tax dollars. Zimmer said the project was nating the engineers and architects projects, Muelas eliminated the originally supposed to be complet- involved in the project’s creation pump and tank. Instead, Muelas ed last year, but the artist was giv- delayed the project from breaking recorded more than 500 hours of ink falling into water, and the images will en incorrect dimensions for the art ground until 2009. The piece is constructed with new be uploaded to the screen. piece’s screen, delaying the project Zimmer said the prohibition on and bumping up the cost of the in- technology developed by Muelas’s stallation from $326,289 to $419,289, team. It features an audio and a visual water is because of maintenance iscomponent. The custom-made, 900- sues. Water projects have to be conaccording to AIPP. The money to fund the proj- square-foot LCD projection screen stantly checked for leaks and other ect came from the 1987-2010 allo- allows the image to be seen at night problems. Zimmer said that under the cation of $2,712,907.88 to the state and day. A set of speakers projects the regulations pre-recording the water is within policy guidelines. of New Mexico from AIPP. Zimmer sound of the ink falling into the water. Muelas called the project “the most UNM receives money each year said that when the project went over budget, the $93,000 was pulled from energy efficient outdoor display in the from the AIPP to buy art to display on $1,531,281.97 funding that has not yet world.� It employs technology that uses campus. Zimmer said the money that the sun as a projector to create pixels as is not used each year is pooled and been allocated to projects. available for future art projects in the The project began in 2007, when big as 4 feet by 10 feet. “(The display is) the only one that following years. Federico Muelas won the design concan act as a rendering device durThe projection screen and the test for the project. Muelas, an internationally ing the day and a projection surface images are scheduled to be comrenowned artist from New York at night,� Muelas said. “If you want to pleted by May.
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Letters Smokers don’t heed health of asthmatics Editor, As a student with asthma, there is one lie on campus that I constantly am frustrated with: UNM is a smoke-free campus. Yeah, right! Every day that I am on campus, I see smokers not only lighting up far from smoking areas, but walking wherever they feel like with their lit cigarettes. Simple observation makes it clear that many smokers on campus have no respect for the smoking rules, or for those of us they subject to their smoke. For asthmatics this means that at any moment, any spot outside on campus could be quite bad for us to walk through. To you smokers out there who ignore the rules: You have the right to ruin your own body with your smoke, but it’s high time you stopped ruining mine. Ken Bagnul UNM student
Universe’s trajectory tends to greater unity Editor, Today, we have evidence that since it emerged from an unknown source, our universe has always been, and continues to be, evolving in the direction of more complexity, more and larger cooperative units and more awareness of the evolving process our universe has taken. So, here we are — as far as we are able to determine today — the most aware creatures that have ever existed on this planet. One of the things we are aware of is that our universe is not static or fixed but constantly changing. There appears to be a trajectory in what has occurred in our universe from since it came into being until now, and that trajectory will continue into the future. Furthermore, we now have considerable evidence of the nature of that trajectory since life emerged on this planet — there has occurred a sequence of transitions in which smaller-scale entities were organized into larger-scale cooperatives. What appear to have been the first life forms — self-replicating molecular processes — were organized into the first simple cells, communities of these simple cells formed more complex eukaryotic cells, organizations of eukaryotic cells formed multi-cellular organisms and multi-cellular organisms became organized into cooperative societies. In human evolution, family groups organized into bands, bands organized into tribes, tribes organized into agricultural communities, agricultural communities organized into citystates and city-states organized into nations. It appears that the next transition we human beings must make if we are going to survive is from separate nations competing with each other to a global society in which all work cooperatively and compassionately to manifest what is best for all. In this society, those who function in ways that only benefit the self or the few are restricted and not rewarded. Those who function in ways that benefit all are given more freedom and rewarded. Always be seeking understanding of a larger picture of reality, not happiness in your current perception of reality. Robert Gardiner Daily Lobo reader
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Growth takes time but is well worth the wait Dear Wooley, I get really frustrated waiting for my life to happen. I feel like I’m wasting my time when I could be doing something more productive. I know I have to “seize the day” and go after the things I want in life, but I don’t like how much time it takes to find out if what I am doing or the people I’m hoping will be there for me are worth waiting for. Being in this place feels like I can’t move forward, so what do I do in the meantime? I also wonder, if I didn’t spend the time to wait for things I wished would happen, would I actually be missing anything? -At a Crossroads Dear Crossroads, As much as “seizing the day” and being intentional with our actions can shape the life we have and move us “forward,” there’s also a lot in life that we can’t control. Knowing that we’re not in control of every aspect of our lives isn’t a popular idea. We also live within the constraints of time. Our lives have “seasons” we go through. Some seasons have lessons we learn, some introduce new people into our lives and others take them away. Some are times where we can’t do what we want to do because we aren’t ready yet. We have to learn something or grow in some way before we can step into that season. They all are important though, and add to our story. For example, why can’t a sophomore in high school say, “Screw this,” drop out and go be a doctor? Well, they could, maybe … but it’d be super sketchy and dangerous, and they’d end up hurting someone. Similarly, if someone who is aspiring to be an engineer attempted to build a bridge but didn’t have the right knowledge, that bridge would fall down. In that sense, waiting isn’t a waste of time
because while you wait, you can work toward that thing you’re waiting for, through your day-to-day decisions about how to invest your time. Depending on your mind-set, with this time you can also develop the virtue of patience and a greater appreciation for that thing you’re waiting for. Sometimes, I don’t think it’s a matter of waiting in itself that causes people to wonder. It’s their desire for immediacy and a quick answer. When people don’t get that quick answer or the answer they want, they then try out their own or try to find a better answer, instead of waiting. Our generation hates delays. Waiting is not always a bad thing, though. The desire for a product to be delivered or to get to the next destination or point in our life is so in the forefront of our minds that we often discount the process that developed the product, or the journey that took us to that destination. That process is not always pretty or easy, but it is essential for people to go through in order to further themselves toward dreams and goals. When you make cookies, you can combine the dry and wet ingredients, mix them all together, add the chocolate chips, separate the individual globs of dough on to the sheet and then throw them in the oven. But then you have to wait for them to bake, and that takes time. All the things that happen to those delicious globs of dough that transform them into cookies couldn’t take place without that last step of the process: waiting. Recognizing the reason for each season or appreciating the process can help keep you focused during times of waiting. And I think you should go make cookies.
During Spring Break, rest to return at your best Dear Wooley, This week of midterms is going to be the end of me. Studying and writing papers every
waking second is all I’ve been doing. I’m exhausted. Spring Break could not come soon enough. Do you have any hope for surviving this week and enjoying the next one? -Mad over Midterms Dear Mad, Do what you have to do. Midterms and Finals weeks should be times where we just kick back because we’ve studied all semester and are perfectly fluent in the language of whatever our classes are. Of course, that’s never the case, and everyone is spending ridiculous time stressing, studying and writing papers. Do what you need to do and get it done. What most people fail to do is actually rest during Spring Break. For some, rest comes in the form of being around other people and going out. Some people may rest with simple activities such as reading or knitting. Plenty of people just shut down and sleep for three days straight, and that’s okay. Spring Break is there for just that reason. You need a break, so take it. Just make sure that however you need to rest, you actually get rest. Otherwise, you’ll come back from your break and be exhausted, unable to think and still stressing about tests and papers.
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Refreshed myth muses on memory by Alexandra Swanberg aswanny@unm.edu
A naked display of emotion between two lovers can be touching or sickening, depending on how it’s portrayed. The authenticity and the depth of the characters in “Eurydice” make it easy for the actors to play the heartstrings, hitting all the right notes. The UNM Student Theatre Organization SCRAP’s production of the Greek myth as rewritten by Sarah Ruhl lends a light-hearted tone to death by getting rid of messy memories of loved ones. According to the myth, Eurydice is a nymph who is married to the legendary musician Orpheus. Eurydice dies on their wedding day and Orpheus enters the underworld to save her. He strikes a deal with Hades and is allowed to bring Eurydice back on the condition that he walk in front of her and not look back. However, he does look back and she returns to the underworld. The underworld Ruhl creates is ruled by three Stones, catty ladies
with distaste for emotion. The Lord of the Underworld is played by Kevin O’Boyle. His twisted, darkly humorous portrayal is similar to the “Family Guy” character Stewie Griffin. He even makes stage entrances on a tricycle, accompanied by heavymetal music. Carly Moses plays a lovable Eurydice, both in relation to her slightly awkward but well-meaning father, played by Mason Tuck, and absent-minded Orpheus, played by Caedmon Holland. The dialogue between the lovers is rushed a bit at first, but Orpheus’ heart-warming marriage proposal is a bright spot. The dialogue is cutesy, as new lovers tend to be, and the actors run the risk of sounding phony. Holland and Moses pull it off though, playing an innocently intimate couple comfortable in each other’s presence. Tuck’s performance begs the question if the father’s awkwardness is his fault or the result of the father being dead. Once souls reach the underworld, they are not the same people. As the play goes on,
Courtesy Photo Carly Moses as Eurydice in “Eurydice” and Katie Farmin as Electricidad in “Electricidad” pose in character. Both pieces are presented by SCRAP at Theatre X in UNM’s Fine Art Building. “Eurydice” runs through Saturday, March 17 and “Electricidad” opens Thursday. it seems more likely that he is a father-type as unconventional as the underworld itself. Most strange is the language of the Stones, which doesn’t even seem as if Ruhl was trying to be out-there when she wrote the play. It’s easy to imagine this is the most natural way to exist after
death because the actors commit totally to their parts. Because she’s lost her memory, Eurydice casts her father in the role of servant and companion in her new life after death. Ruhl paints an endearing portrait of a gentle
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Contributors to “The Más Tequila Review: Poetry for the rest of us…” gather at Alamosa Books to read works published in the last two issues. By “poetry for the rest of us” perhaps the publisher means it is more accessible to the general population. If not, a live reading is the perfect opportunity to ask the writers for clarification. The reading is from 2 to 5 p.m. at 8810 Holly Ave. N.E. Suite D.
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Two genres of music are said to facilitate concentration: heavy metal and classical. If you’re looking for a less wasteful method of procrastination, head to Keller Hall to prepare your mind for a study session. Of course it’d be really productive of you to just bring your study material there, but that’s kind of an insult to the musicians. The performance is from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
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man who would give anything to see his daughter happy. Tuck’s hesitant, stumbling way of speaking adds dimension to the character because it falls genuinely in line with his demeanor. For the audience as
well as her father, it is hard to see Eurydice follow Orpheus, after which he asks the Stones how he can remember to forget. Even if the story is familiar, the modern humor and surrealism make Ruhl’s version a refreshing
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