DAILY LOBO new mexico
September 15, 2010
Man shot twice in officer dispute
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A 19-year-old man, recently released from the UNM Mental Health Clinic, was shot twice by police when he approached officers and refused to drop a knife Tuesday morning, Albuquerque Police Department Chief Ray Schultz said in a statement. Chandler Todd Barr is in stable condition at UNM Hospital, according to APD. UNMH has listed the man, “do not announce,” and cannot confirm the man is even at the hospital, a UNMH spokesperson said. Schultz said the man was sent to the UNMH with two gunshot wounds to the chest. Leah Kelly was the officer involved in the shooting, APD confirmed. “He very quickly began advancing on the officer,” Schultz said. “He was in a very close proximity to the officer, still armed with a knife, refusing to drop the knife or stop.” This is APD’s 11th officer-involved shooting this year, seven of which were fatal. Barr has no criminal record in New Mexico, according to the New Mexico Courts website. The incident occurred in Downtown Albuquerque on Tuesday morning shortly after 8 a.m., near Central Avenue and Third Street, in front of the Greyhound bus station. According to information obtained by the Albuquerque Journal, Barr was homeless and possibly from Oklahoma. The incident began after officers responded to a call about a man who was bleeding from his wrists because of self-inflicted cuts. Schultz said the man had a bus ticket but was upset he would have to pay an additional fee. He left and returned to the bus station holding a knife and bleeding from both wrists.
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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Allison Buck , No. 8, and Ashley Rhodes, No. 4, celeberate with teammates during their victory over in-state rival New Mexico State Tuesday night at Johnson Gym. The Lobos came back from a one-set deficit to win the match. See page 10 for full story.
Regents rally over looming budget cuts by Ruben Hamming-Green rhammingreen@gmail.com
The Board of Regents discussed the University’s fate in the face of grim 3.2 percent budget cuts at a meeting in the SUB Tuesday. The cut amounts to about $9.6 million less from the state. “Unfortunately that pales in comparison with what may be coming,” Regent Don Chalmers said. “Potentially another 5 percent. We also have to fill the hole (from) that onetime money we got from the stimulus package ... I think that number is close to $12 million.” Paul Roth, executive vice president for the Health Sciences Center, said the University is scaling back graduate student employment. “We are looking at some substantial financial crises,” Roth said. “Taking some of the biggest hits
in face of the cuts are graduate students. Letters from various departments all related the same thing: Graduate student employees are being cut.” During the public comment section of the meeting, four graduate students spoke out in support of graduate student employment. Megan McRobert, GPSA council chair, defended the graduate students’ role in education. She estimated that 50 percent of classes are taught by people pursuing a graduate degree, though there are no official numbers. “I think it’s incredibly interesting that we’re here today talking about a new baseball stadium at the same time that we’re talking about cuts in academics,” she said. McRobert was referring to the planned $4 million renovation to the baseball field, which was also discussed at the meeting. Regent President Raymond
Sanchez said that the funds used for construction are not the same funds used for other services. “Severance tax money cannot be used for general operations,” Sanchez said. “It is a separate item that is meant for capital improvements.” Nevertheless, attending students expressed concern about how money is being spent. “I understand that there are different lines of funding but it is hard ... to hear that that kind of money is being spent on a sports facility,” graduate student Jakob Schiller said. “I think that now is the time for creative thinking on how to proceed so that education is the No. 1 priority of this University.” While the budget dips, some numbers are going up. As of this school year, Roth said the University saw a 5.3 percent increase in student enrollment, making the student population on main campus close to 27,700 students. He
said students are also taking more credit hours than in past semesters. This enrollment increase qualifies UNM for additional state funding. In the letters from departments, offices also offered to cut phones lines and share administrative assistants to save on costs. Richard Wood, president of the Faculty Senate, presented the letters to the regents. “The budget cuts that we face pose a really grave risk to UNM’s core mission,” he said. Mark Peceny, chair for the Department of Political Science, wrote a letter on behalf of his department, which is being asked to take a $52,672 cut. “I would prefer to give up the 3 percent raise I am receiving as a department chair before any of my colleagues face reductions in their own salaries or before I break a promise of support to any of our graduate students,” Peceny wrote. “I will have to break some promises in the spring.”
hired this year, and one part-time professor. “They are wonderful role models and particularly good professors,” Brown said. Brown said strong Hispanic recruitment is equally as important as making sure students are comfortable and supported. “We hope to provide a nurturing and encouraging climate and hopefully leading to career success for all
of our students,” Brown said. John Benavidez, a marketing professor and UNM Anderson School of Management, leads graduate and undergraduate students in real-world marketing projects that have brought top honors to UNM. He said UNM business students are among the nation’s brightest. “The thing about New Mexico is that we are so isolated from big business, so our students don’t get a lot
of exposure here,” Benavidez said. The Cadillac National Case Study Competition, held annually in Detroit, Mich., gives students an opportunity to get real-world exposure.
Despite award, Anderson stresses improvement by Sofia Sanchez sanchez@unm.edu
Hispanic Business Magazine has named UNM’s Anderson School of Management the nation’s sixth best graduate business school for Hispanic students for the second year in a row. This honor measures schools’ effectiveness in attracting Hispanic
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students and providing them with academic support. Doug Brown, dean of Anderson School of Management, said the recognition is flattering, but there is always room for improvement. “(We’re) pleased, but not satisfied,” Brown said. He said the school is working to increase the number of Hispanic faculty. The school has six full-time Hispanic professors, two of which were
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