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October 28, 2010
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ASUNM: Quit printing so much by Alexandra Swanberg and Chelsea Erven news@dailylobo.com
Gabbi Campos / Daily Lobo Erika Burleigh draws a lobo at Smith Plaza on Wednesday. Burleigh is trying to get students to sign a petition for lobo reintroduction in New Mexico.
The Faculty Senate endorsed a printing resolution that encourages professors to reduce class printing requirements Tuesday. ASUNM president Lazaro Cardenas and ASUNM Attorney General Jaymie Roybal presented the resolution to the Senate two months ago. They were met with concerns about having material available online. Cardenas said the resolution raised awareness about student printing strain, especially in light of last year’s 250-page printing restriction. “It can become more cumbersome to some students, especially if they’re required to print over the 250-print limit,” he said. The revised resolution addresses copyright concerns and questions about unfamiliarity with electronic documentation, said Judith White, an assistant journalism professor. “I told them that they had to be conscious of two objections: That is that some faculty won’t know how to do it electronically, because they haven’t been doing it,” she said. “No. 2, some faculty are concerned about copyright and intellectual property.” To make the transition from a paper format to an electronic one, Cardenas and Roybal teamed with IT members and professors to explain how to use eReserves, WebCT and E-Textbooks. Roybal said they also explored legal issues on posting electronic material. She said IT verified that all the online material remains the property of its original owner. “Obviously, we’re not asking you guys to put the entire course online, to switch your entire methods of teaching,” she said. “But if the syllabus were to be available online rather than a printed form, it could
Groups to rally in search of reason by Sofia Sanchez
“Sitting on the sideline is a complicit act in socially reproducing the status quo.”
sanchez@unm.edu
In a world gone mad, Douglas Daugherty said, the University needs a “A Day of Sanity.” Daugherty, the event organizer, said violent outbreaks have produced a need for community dialogue. He said what happened Monday at a debate in Kentucky is an all-too familiar reminder. There, a Rand Paul volunteer stepped on a liberal activist’s head after she was tackled. “Sitting on the sideline is a complicit act in socially reproducing the status quo,” Daugherty said. “We must remember there is no such thing as a ‘real world’ out there. The real world is a social construction,
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~Douglas Daugherty Event Organizer and only through the social deconstruction of that world can we begin the long and arduous task of producing a better world for our children and grandchildren and future generations of
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humanity.” The rally takes place Friday and will focus on local community issues. Between an issue table and mic sessions, students will speak out against injustices. Among others, El Centro de la Raza and the ANSWER Coalition plans to set up booths aimed at stopping war and ending racism. The rally will produce peaceful methods to solve social injustices, said Tony Padilla, organizer for the ANSWER Coalition. “We need to open a dialogue from people from different perspectives and try to understand one another about prominent social justice issues,” he said. Student Nate Peavler said the event allows students to
form and share opinions, but it also stimulates learning. “It puts our educational perspectives on the spot,” he said. “We are learning how to create a formulated opinion here at UNM. This rally is a way to test if we are learning or just going through the motion.”
“A DAY OF SANITY” Friday
save you guys money now that we’re going through these terrible budget cuts, and us money as well.” White said the Department of Communication and Journalism has already taken steps to alleviate printing costs and is pleased with results. “I know that some professors do need to do that in order to achieve their course objectives, but I’ve pretty much modified all my objectives to make them web-friendly,” she said. “Many of our students fall into the definition of the Millennial Generation, and many of them have learned to learn on the Internet.” Other Faculty Senate decisions: The Senate approved a proposal asking to establish an academic council as a committee of the Faculty Senate. The measure passed in a 20-3 vote. The proposal says the Faculty Senate needs an academic council to address academic issues that existing committees can’t handle, such as academic program prioritization and elimination and possible changes to the University’s core curriculum. The Senate endorsed an e-mail proposal originally presented at a Sep. 28 meeting. At that meeting, the Office of the Chief Information Officer suggested consolidating email systems into a University-wide system. Senators were asked to discuss the suggestion with their departments. Faculty senators raised concerns about the e-mail security, but it passed in the end. The Senate struck down a proposal from Daily Lobo Editor-in-Chief Pat Lohmann to make the University’s salary book available online. The proposal was tabled at the Senate’s last meeting, but addressed Tuesday. Senators said they feared that online access to their financial information could make them targets of robbery, sales companies and realtors. The salary book is only available at Zimmerman Library. Douglas Daugherty, left, and Rocky Romero work to organize for “A Day of Sanity.” The event, which takes place Friday, is dedicated confronting student social issues. Laurisa Galvan/ Daily Lobo
East side of the SUB For more information, contact Douglas Daugherty at dkees@unm.edu.
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