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September 9, 2009
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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Allen Weh, third from left, announced his candidacy for governor of New Mexico in the SUB Atrium yesterday. Weh said that as governor he will improve government transparency.
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Allen Weh announced his candidacy for governor of New Mexico at the SUB Atrium yesterday, touting his military service, family values and business sense. “Now why am I doing this? Because I care about this state and I care about this republic we live in,” he said. “I realize the leadership experience that I’ve been afforded should be put to use in public service.” Weh received several medals during his 38-year military career, including the Silver Star and three Purple Hearts. He is the CEO of CSI Aviation and has served on the Albuquerque Policy
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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Students Ruben Pancheco, left, and College Republicans Vice President Eric Mcinteer, hold signs during Weh’s announcement in the SUB Atrium on Tuesday. Pancheco and a handful of others said Weh’s history has shown otherwise.
Earth and Planetary Science professors say Northrop Hall is sucking in secondhand smoke from a designated area in front of the building. EPS Department Chairman John Geissman said the building sometimes has negative air pressure, which draws outside air — and smoke — into the Hall. The smoking area placed near the building’s north entrance also exposes passersby to secondhand smoke. “I understand the need for designated smoking areas,” he said. “But I think this one needs to be moved.” Pug Burge, head of the SmokeFree Environment Committee, said the committee learned about Geissman’s concerns Friday and there are plans to consider moving the smoking area. “The arguments for moving the Northrop spot make sense to me,” she said. Burge said a periodic committee meeting was scheduled for November, but the Northrop Hall conflict has made her schedule a meeting open to all members of the UNM community for mid-September. EPS Professor Yemane Asmerom said the large air-intake vents on the two-story roof of Northrop Hall can conceivably suck in secondhand smoke. “The building overall is supposed to be positive (in air pressure), but there are times it could be negative, depending on other doors open,” Asmerom said. “Also, the air cycler has to reuse conditioned air — we don’t throw it out. Once smoke gets in, it’s going to be recycled, basically.” Asmerom also said the large lecture hall near Northrop’s north entrance places hundreds of students at risk for exposure to secondhand smoke. “The biggest concern is that the smoking area is located by the only
Smoke-Free Environment Committee meeting Scholes Hall Room 101 Sept. 16, 3:30 p.m. entrance to the lecture hall,” he said. “I don’t know how many students pass it each day — perhaps 500.” Burge said the Smoke-Free Environment Committee considered several factors in deciding where to place the smoking areas. “We were looking for places safe and well-lit, where we would get enough students and employees — also a space large enough so people wouldn’t have to walk through it,” she said. Geissman said the smoking area should be moved near Carlisle Gymnasium, just north of Northrop Hall. He has picked out two spots at Carlisle Gym that he thinks would make good smoking areas, one at the southwest and the northeast side of the building. “My working hypothesis is that they have greater positive air pressure than we do,” he said. Graduate student Stephanie Yurchyk said she wants to see the smoking area moved away from Northrop Hall. “The grad students used to eat lunch out there,” she said. “Now a lot of us have stopped.” Yurchyk said she will be circulating a petition to get the smoking area moved. She said the petition can be accessed in Northrop’s main office. Trigg Scettle, UNM student and smoker, said the risk for secondhand smoke is present regardless of the smoking area’s location. “The problem is that wherever you’re concentrating smokers, you’re concentrating secondhand smoke,” he said. “You’re going to be making someone angry.” Geissman said the smoking area
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SUB barber wants to “Hook You Up” with charitable chile product Staff Report Daily Lobo
The owner of the SUB barbershop is offering a way to get your chile fix and help fellow UNM students at the same time. Paul Panas, who operates his business in the bottom floor of the SUB, is donating a portion of profits from his homemade, “Hook You Up” salsa to the general scholarship
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fund. Panas is doing this by donating the money through the UNM Foundation. “I’m trying to help a little bit and lend a helping hand to someone that maybe only has enough money for one book,” he said. “You know, what goes around comes around.” Panas said he has been producing the salsa, which is made in Santa Fe and FDA approved, for six years. For every $4 he receives, he will donate $1 to the
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scholarship fund, he said. UNM Foundation spokeswoman Jill Zach said the Foundation always needs money for student scholarships. “With the current economy, a lot of people are returning to education, and I think everybody could use help,” she said. “I think it’s really inspiring that Paul has the foresight to really be giving back to those who give to his business. It’s just really nice and more people should think like that.”
Paul Panas, left, cuts student Austin Rees’s hair in his barber shop at the bottom floor of the SUB on Tuesday. Panas sells his salsa in the barber shop for $4 and donates $1 to the UNM general scholarship fund. Junfu Han / Daily Lobo
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