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DAILY LOBO new mexico

September 27, 2010

GPSA: Students left out of budget

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by Chris Quintana

news@dailylobo.com In a GPSA meeting rife with budget cut concerns, Provost Suzanne Ortega said cutting graduate student jobs is likely. “Do I think we will end this year without any budget cuts that affect TA lines?” she asked an assembly of 30-plus graduate students. “I think it would be unreasonable to suspect that everything but TA lines will be cut.” The statement comes on the heels of the unveiling of Ortega’s Academic Program Prioritization. The program is a two-staged approach to critically evaluate all spending across all departments, degree and nondegree granting alike, Ortega said. “The budget challenges are real, and they are all of our problems,” she said. “Our challenge is to think through how we will be strategic and honest and use all the skills we have as academics, scholars, scientists and researchers. We have to understand how budgets are constructed and make hard decisions where hard decisions are called for.” Some of those hard decisions involve TA salaries. GPSA president Lissa Knudsen said students are worried they won’t have the chance to be involved in deciding the proposed budget cuts. “One of the things we were really concerned about with regards to the most recent TA/GA cuts — the $500,000 cuts in the spring — is that we weren’t invited in any way to participate in that decision making,” she said. Ortega said no students would be involved with the board making budget cuts. “We are trying really hard not to use the review panel as an advocacy group,” Ortega said. “I have been trying to get as much distance as possible from the people who actually have personal stakes in the outcome of the programs.” Ortega said the College of Arts and Sciences has the greatest budgetary concerns. “There are almost no budget cuts that affect TA’s in any other college for this year,” she said, “Arts and Sciences is going back to think about different strategies.” The Academic Prioritization Program calls for a look at all departments — not just small ones, Ortega said. The first tier of the program deals with degree-granting programs and is overseen by University administrators, she said. The second tier of the program focuses on nondegree granting programs, specifically ones that are not attached to a

Amie Zimmer / Daily Lobo The guitarist from Oreka Tx plays at ¡Globalquerque! on Saturday while images are projected behind the band. The music festival took place at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and featured an array of world-renowned artists. See the photo essay on page 2.

Republicans ask Tea Party rallies for student vote for local support by Sofia Sanchez sanchez@unm.edu

New Mexico Republican candidates visited campus on Thursday to campaign and tell students how they plan to fix corruption and the economic crisis. Matthew Chandler, New Mexico’s 9th Judicial District Attorney, is running for Attorney General and said political corruption has reached epidemic levels. He said the difference between him and his opponent, current Attorney General Gary King, is that he will represent New Mexico’s people and not a political party. “We need a prosecutor to not only recognize corruption, but also handle it and hold public officials accountable,” Chandler said at the forum hosted by UNM Conservative Republicans. Candidates including Chandler, Simon Kubiak and Larry Kennedy discussed employment, limiting government and stopping

corruption. The three are running for the positions of attorney general, Bernalillo County Commissioner and state representative, respectively. Kubiak, an attorney and Albuquerque businessman, zeroed in on unemployment and what can be done to correct it. He said Democrats and liberals have endorsed deficit spending and stimulus packages to jumpstart the economy and create jobs, but it hasn’t worked. “Two years and trillions of dollars later, the economy has not recovered, and we continue to lose jobs nationwide,” he said. “The story is no different for New Mexico. Republicans and conservatives offer a better way to promote job growth and economic prosperity, which in turn will ensure there are good high-paying jobs for UNM students upon graduation.” Kennedy, a local businessman who is also a partner for Walla Engineering, said the solution for

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Upcoming Republican candidate forum: Thursday, Oct. 7 8:30 p.m. SUB Ballroom A

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by Andrew Lyman alyman@unm.edu

Hundreds of Albuquerque Tea Party supporters toting political signs gathered in an empty lot near Balloon Fiesta Park on Saturday. Charlotte Salazar, the original founder of the Albuquerque Tea Party, was one of the speakers at the “Get Out the Vote” rally. During her speech, Salazar said the Tea Party is becoming a recognizable, legitimate political force. “This is our country. This is our state, and finally our voice will be heard,” she said. The rally had guest speakers and political candidates from around New Mexico, including members of the Albuquerque Tea Party and members from nonprofit organization Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy. Rick Morlen, an Albuquerque Tea Party board member, served as the event’s master of ceremonies. He said the Tea Party plans on posting

two billboards around Albuquerque. “We’ve been collecting since January for advertising,” Morlen said. One of the signs that Morlen unveiled included the words “Liberty or Tyranny,” while the other read “Take out the Trash.” The parking lot that served as the location for the rally was filled with Tea Party supporters who donned homemade signs with phrases such as “Remember Obamacare,” and “Vote Them Out!” Christie Humphrey, a candidate for Bernalillo County Assessor who attended the event, said she is running as a Republican, but the county assessor should be less focused on political affiliation and more with results. “Politically, I am more in the middle,” Humphrey said. Douglas Daugherty, who protested against the rally, said he passed out flyers on campus about the anti-Tea Party rally but was disappointed with the counter-protest turnout.

see Tea Party page 5 Go to our website to check out the third episode of the A Simple Question for You project. This time we went to the Albuquerque International Sunport.

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