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Faculty backs benefits for part-timers by Luke Holmen holmen@unm.edu
Since July 2010, much of UNM’s part-time faculty retirement contributions were significantly scaled down, and in some cases slashed altogether. But on Monday faculty passed a proposal that could provide more benefits to more part-time faculty members. The proposal passed 312 to 23 in a faculty-wide vote and would amend the faculty handbook to create a new faculty position called “term-teaching faculty.” The proposal will be submitted to the Board of Regents for review. Term-teaching faculty would be guaranteed to work 520 hours per year, the requirement for faculty members to be eligible for retirement contributions. This change is the first proposed amendment to the faculty handbook this semester. Former math department chair Deborah Sulsky helped write the proposal and said amendments to the handbook are rare because they require a two-thirds majority of all UNM faculty to pass. In July 2010, the President’s Strategic Advisory Team and the Office of the President cut retirement benefits for instructors who work fewer than 520 hours per year. Before the cut, UNM supplemented each part-time faculty member’s Educational Retirement Board fund, providing 11 percent of the total contribution.
Sue Niemczyk, a part-time instructor who said she’s nearing retirement, said she feels UNM doesn’t care about its part-time instructors, and that many of them fear losing their jobs if they speak out. Niemczyk said parttime instructors previously accrued retirement the moment they started working, but now they miss out on the 520 hours of benefits. She said they aren’t paid retroactively for obtaining the 520 hours to be eligible for retirement pay. “Most PTIs are afraid of their own shadows,” she said. “In the math department, PTI contracts are written for one semester at a time and no one is given a contract until the Friday before the semester starts. There is no PTI job security. And even if PTIs are hired back, they can be given miserable teaching assignments if they upset someone of significance.” Helen Gonzales, vice president of human resources, developed the plan to cut parttime faculty’s ERB benefits, which has saved UNM over $1 million, said Michael Dougher, vice provost for academic affairs. Sulsky said the money saved isn’t worth the cost to part-time faculty. “The flagship institution of higher learning in New Mexico has adopted a policy which hurts some of its worst paid yet most dedicated, hardest working and, some would say, most important employees,” she said. “For example, the overwhelming number of students taking math classes at UNM are taught
by PTIs. These retirement cuts save UNM only a very small amount, but some PTIs will be hurt substantially for the rest of their lives.” Sulsky said faculty suggested a number of solutions, such as UNM paying retroactively into the ERB once employees reach 520 hours of work, but each suggestion hit “a wall of red tape.” Also, legal difficulties in the ERB kept part-time faculty without a solution for more than a year. “For every proposal or suggestion, there is a reason why they can’t do it that way, and
there has not really been a suggestion from Helen Gonzales on exactly what needs to be done,” she said. Sulsky said Interim Provost Chaouki Abdallah and Dougher helped develop the new proposal, which is the first submitted to the faculty as a viable solution since funding was cut in July. “The unintended negative consequences needed to be redressed,” Dougher said. Gonzales and ERB representatives did not respond to multiple calls and emails as of Tuesday afternoon.
312, or 93.13 percent - Yes, I approve 23, or 6.87 percent - No, I do not approve
Faculty-wide vote to create a position called “term-teaching faculty,” part-time faculty who are guaranteed at least 520 hours of work per year, and therefore are eligible for retirement contributions from UNM Proposal subject to approval by the UNM Board of Regents
UNM research may prevent cancer recurrence UNM Cancer Center discoveries of the past 5 years
Anatomy of a breast tumor
by Stephanie Hoover
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UNM researchers have contributed significant discoveries in the field of breast cancer research. Here are some of UNM’s most recent discoveries:
July 2011
UNM Cancer Center researchers Larry Sklar and Bruce Edwards unveiled a power ful new screening approach used to discover molecules that target the regulation of a cancer cell’s life and death. The screening tool will allow researchers to identify and characterize molecules that show promise as the basis for anti-cancer drugs.
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May 2011
Edward Flynn and fellow researchers at the UNM Cancer Center developed nanotechnology that detects breast cancer cells earlier and more effectively than mammograms. The new technology may allow doctors to detect breast cancer up to two and a half years earlier than conventional screening methods, as well as detect smaller tumors at earlier stages of the disease.
May 2009
Researchers at the UNM Cancer Center discovered a new compound that regulates cell responses to estrogen, which could have implications in the fight against cancers in women including breast, uterine, endometrial and ovarian varieties.
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UNM Cancer Center and New Mexico State University researchers published findings of a newly identified estrogen receptor, GPR30. The discovery has a dramatic impact on the understanding of how women develop estrogen-related cancers, as this receptor was unrelated to already-known receptors.
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Researchers: More tissue around tumors should be removed
A. Tumor tissue:
• Looks like cancer under a microscope. • Typically removed during a lumpectomy.
B. 2-5 millimeters around the tumor:
• Infected with abnormal cells containing cancercausing telomerase. • Typically removed during a lumpectomy.
C. 1 centimeter (10 millimeters) around the tumor:
• Appears normal under a microscope, but a UNM Cancer Center study found this tissue could still contain cancer-causing telomerase. • Not typically removed during a lumpectomy, but the UNM study found removing this tissue might drastically reduce the chance of a recurrence of the cancer.
D. 3-5 centimeters around the tumor • Normal tissue. • Doesn’t need to be removed.
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UNM researchers recently made a discovery in breast cancer surgical procedures that could drastically reduce the number of women who experience recurrences of the cancer. Surgeons typically remove 2-5 millimeters of tissue around a tumor during a breast cancer lumpectomy, which can leave abnormal cells behind causing a recurrence. Research Assistant Professor Kristina Trujillo said scientists at UNM found removing one centimeter (10 millimeters) around the tumor eliminates the chance of leaving behind harmful tissue containing telomerase, which is predisposed to cause cancer cells. “Telomerase is a protein that makes cells immortal,” Trujillo said. “Usually cells can only divide a certain number of times, so they start getting old and they know that they’re getting old and so they die. Cancer cells, though, can divide forever and ever and ever, they bypass this and can become immortal. We found that a lot of cells in these one-centimeter tissues express this telomerase, too.” The discovery will help improve surgery techniques so women suffering from breast cancer are less likely to experience a relapse, Trujillo said. “An adequate surgical margin is 2 millimeters, which kind of
blows my mind; that’s really tiny,” she said. “A lot of times this tissue with all this weird stuff going on is getting left behind in the woman, and the average rate of recurrence is 20 percent.” A study outlining the discovery was published in the September issue of UNM’s Molecular Cancer Research. Marco Bisoffi, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and a senior investigator in the study, said this discovery must undergo several more years of clinical trials before doctors will consider using the research in practice. “We are very excited about this because we think that it could actually in the future change clinical practice,” he said. Seven UNM doctors began research for the study nearly three years ago, and the cost of research so far is nearly $35,000 for materials and human tissues, Bisoffi said. The study is being funded by the American Cancer Society, the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institutes, New Mexico Cancer Center and the UNM Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Trujillo is currently working on a “proof of principle” study among 136 breast cancer patients that she predicts will show a correlation between her discovery and local recurrence rates.
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Steve Thoma, AKA Doc Atomic, is an Albuquerque-based artist who specializes in creating sculptures from salvaged electronics and scientific equipment. If you have ever strolled down Coal Avenue between Buena Vista Drive and University Boulevard, you may have noticed his very peculiar truck. Top left: Thoma sits behind the wheel of the “Art Truck.” The Chevy is retrofitted to run on both propane and gasoline. Top right: Thoma has been decorating his 1975 Chevy C-20 truck since 1985. It was initially covered in postcards, but now scrap electronics adorn the truck’s hull. Right: Thoma specially makes some sculptures for paying customers. Many of his materials are donated by passers-by into the bed of the Chevy parked outside his house. Photos by Gabriela Ventola / Daily Lobo
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In this Nov. 2 photo, distributed by Russian Roscosmos Space Agency, Russian space engineers work to prepare the unmanned Phobos-Grunt probe on the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The daring Russian mission to fly an unmanned probe to Phobos, a moon of Mars, and fly will be provided samples of its soil back to Earth was derailed by equipment failure on Wednesdayright after its launch.
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MOSCOW — A Russian space probe became stuck in orbit Wednesday after an equipment failure, raising fears that it could come crashing down and spill tons of highly toxic fuel on Earth unless engineers can steer it back to its flight path. The spacecraft was headed for one of Mars’ two moons when it developed technical problems. United States Defense Department officials are tracking it. Officials at NASA in Washington figure it will be at least a week before the errant space probe falls back to Earth, if it does. The Russians are trying to get it back on course. One independent U.S. expert on the Russian space program said the spacecraft could become the most dangerous man-made object ever to hit the planet. But those at the U.S. space agency and other space debris experts are far less worried. They believe the fuel will probably explode harmlessly in Earth’s upper atmosphere.
NASA chief orbital debris scientist Nicholas Johnson says the spacecraft’s orbit is already starting to degrade slightly. “From the orbits we’re seeing from the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, it’s going to be a couple weeks before it comes in,” Johnson said Wednesday afternoon. “It’s not going to be that immediate.” The unmanned $170 million Phobos-Grunt craft was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 booster rocket just after midnight Moscow time Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It separated from the booster about 11 minutes later and was supposed to fire its engines twice to set out on its path toward Mars, but never did. The craft was aiming to get ground samples from Mars’ moon Phobos. The mishap was the latest in a series of recent Russian failures that have raised concerns about the condition of the country’s space industries. Federal Space Agency chief Vladimir Popovkin said neither of the two engine burns worked,
probably because the craft’s orientation system failed. He said engineers have three days to reset and fix the spacecraft’s computer program before its batteries die — but the space agency later said the probe’s orbit and its power sources could allow it to circle the Earth for about two weeks. Russia’s news agencies cited space experts who offered widely varying estimates of how long the craft could stay in orbit before crashing down — from five days to one month. James Oberg, a NASA veteran who has written books on the Russian space program and who now works as a space consultant, said it’s still possible to regain control over the probe. “This is not an impossible challenge,” Oberg said in an email to The Associated Press. “Nothing irreversibly bad has happened, the full propellant load is still available, and short-term ‘stay healthy’ maneuvers can be performed” like deploying the craft’s solar panels to boost its power.
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FROM THE WEB In the article “UNM condemns (un)Occupy at teach-in,” published Wednesday, student Donald Gluck called the (un)Occupy Albuquerque movement “un-American” and said protesters should no longer be allowed to organize on campus. Readers on DailyLobo.com responded:
by: Betty Fry I am disappointed that the teach-in is a venue for conservatives to scapegoat the president. I thought the teach-in would give us a history of de-regulation. Consumer protection is the focus of the Occupy protests all over the country. What is un-American about that?
by: JD Boy, I wish I’d have been there to witness this travesty. You know what’s REALLY un-American? Calling your fellow Americans un-American simply because you disagree with them — now THAT’S un-American, especially when you’re talking about the vast majority of your fellow citizens. Most of us find the hideous “conservative” agenda to be anti-human, pro-corporation and counter to the democratic ideals this country was founded upon. I also take issue with these people calling themselves “conservatives”. They are anything but. These so-called conservatives are subversive, political ideologues and RADICALS of the highest order.
by: Gift of the Brain Look, the lefties clamor about democracy while they protest for some unknown economic utopia where profitable banks and corporations voluntarily begin to pay higher wages and all but give money away. The protesters are feeling the restrictions that relative poverty imposes upon them; and their knee-jerk reaction is to blame money and the system (particularly those in the system who have a lot of money). But this is a mistake! It is much truer to say that money is one of the greatest instruments of freedom ever invented by man. It is money in a society that opens up an astounding number of choices to the poor man or woman. If we better understand that by disposing or limiting economic incentives; more societal rewards are replaced by public distinctions and privileges, public housing and free stuff. This means we would approach giving up freedom and more closely resemble zoo animals, being cared for in a manner that someone else determines is best. The economic system, imperfect as it is, is still the only system that provides us with the most freedom.
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Get the full picture on NM suicides by Erik B. Erhardt
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Presenting information in a way that clearly answers interesting questions is challenging. Every plot has an implicit question (hypothesis) that it helps you answer. Therefore, it is important to align a visual display of information with the intended interesting question(s). Collaboration or consultation with a statistician can clarify interesting questions and lead to answers through appropriate data analysis. Suicide was the topic of the front cover story in the Daily Lobo last Thursday. With the story, two pie charts displayed average annual proportions of successful and unsuccessful suicides by method in New Mexico. The successful pie chart answers this statement of conditional probability: “Given a successful suicide, what percentage used certain methods?” A question I consider more interesting, however, reverses the conditioning: “Given an attempted suicide with a certain method, what percentage were successful?” Furthermore, I want to know the overall frequency and percentage of each method attempted. How can we present the information in a way that simultaneously answers these questions? The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC.org) maintains national and state suicide fact sheets, last updated September 2008, describing “deaths by suicide, estimated hospitalized attempts, and data on medical costs, work loss costs, gender, race/ethnicity, age and method of suicide.” The pie charts in Thursday’s Daily Lobo were reproductions of those found on the New Mexico fact sheet. From
their summaries, below is the SPRC table for estimated mean frequencies by method for successful and unsuccessful suicides. Their question and pie charts consider percentages down columns. When the data are reduced to row percentages for successful and unsuccessful attempts separately, you lose the relative frequency of attempts. The percentage of firearms successes (56 percent), for example, depends on all the other successful attempts. Because proportions for successful and unsuccessful attempts are separate, you can’t learn about how successful firearm attempts are. There is a temporal process: a person first chooses a method, then makes an attempt and is either successful or not. The data display and questions should follow these temporal steps. The pie chart displays ignore this process. My question and plot considers the temporal process of attempting suicide, considering percentages across rows, including row total information. First, the relative use of various methods is clear: almost two-thirds of attempts are by poisoning, and firearm and cut/pierce are each just above one-in10. But even though attempts by firearms (12 percent) and cut/pierce (13 percent) are relatively rare, the success rates are extremely different (92 percent vs. 2 percent)! The plot has been sorted by the numbers of successes to emphasize the relative risk of the methods in terms of lives, information which is lost in the pie charts. The Agora Crisis Center (505-277-3013, 9 a.m. to midnight, every day) plays a critical role in our community, and our education as individuals around these
Original pie charts from last week’s Daily Lobo that show proportions of method, conditional on suicide attempt success.
Improved visualization of average annual percentages and frequencies of NM suicides from 1999-2005 (sprc.org). issues can save someone. Using statistics and visualization to tell and understand the important story in the data can lead to improvements in strategies and resource allocation for treatment
and prevention. Erik B. Erhardt is an assistant professor of statistics and is the UNM statistics and consulting clinic director. He can be reached at erike@stat.unm.edu
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Murdoch employees speak out by Raphael G. Satter The Associated Press
LONDON — Contradicted by key former executives and challenged by his company’s ex-lawyers, James Murdoch is expected back for a second grilling in Britain’s Parliament Thursday over the phone hacking scandal that has shaken his father’s media empire. Although the senior News Corp. executive has long insisted he knew nothing of the culture of criminality whose exposure has been called “Britain’s Watergate,” mounting evidence suggests otherwise. One observer who follows the phone hacking scandal said Murdoch would be likely to have to make some kind of concession. “What I expect to happen is that James will acknowledge that mistakes have been made, probably even apologize to the committee,” said Paul Connew, a media commentator and former tabloid editor. He explained Murdoch might acknowledge that “perhaps he wasn’t as proactive as he should’ve been,” although he warned that there was a limit to how far any mea culpa could go. “What I think he won’t do — can’t afford to do — is accept that he deliberately misled Parliament,” Connew said. James Murdoch has repeatedly insisted that he was blindsided by the scandal at what was once his company’s most powerful tabloid. Revelations that journalists routinely intercepted the voicemails of public figures, including celebrities, politicians, police and even crime victims sent shock waves across the British establishment, forcing the closure of the News of the World and scuttling its parent
company’s multibillion-pound bid for full control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Murdoch’s company long insisted that the practice had been limited to a single rogue journalist, royal editor Clive Goodman, who had been jailed for phone hacking several years earlier. But in dramatic testimony to parliamentarians on July 19, Murdoch acknowledged that had never been true. “We — the company — had not been in full possession of the facts,” Murdoch told lawmakers. He added that when he took over at News International, News Corp.’s British newspaper arm, “there was no reason at the time to believe that the issue of the voicemail interceptions was anything but a settled matter.” He and his father blamed others for the lapse, with Rupert Murdoch saying he’d been betrayed by those he trusted. Lawmakers were immediately skeptical of James Murdoch’s explanation, pointing to the fact that he personally signed off on a massive settlement for phone hacking victim Gordon Taylor, a prominent sports figure who was given hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation in return for staying mum about the deal. The junior Murdoch would have had a motive to keep Taylor quiet, they argued. Taylor’s team had uncovered an email carrying transcripts of illegally intercepted voicemail messages written by a junior News of the World reporter and marked “for Neville,” an apparent reference to senior journalist Neville Thurlbeck. Because it implicated others, the document blew a hole through the claim that only a rogue reporter had been involved in phone hacking.
Scientists lack funds to study mass grave ASUNCION, Paraguay — Human rights investigators have found bones that probably belong to victims of Paraguay’s past dictatorship, but said Wednesday they have no money for the tests needed to identify them. A government-funded independent group known as Truth and Justice said it found new burial sites Tuesday at an anti-riot police barracks near the capital where prisoners were illegally held under the dictatorship of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, whose rule lasted from 1954 to 1989. The remains of 12 bodies have now been found there since 2006, and the group says eight more bodies have been located elsewhere. But rights activist Martin Almada said the groups cannot afford the DNA tests needed to identify them through comparisons with the
blood of relatives. “If there was a budget, the bones could be identified,” said Almada, who directs the Museum of Horror, which displays tools and techniques of torture used under Stroessner. He said investigations of torture centers and archives have determined that at least 336 people were kidnapped and apparently killed by Stroessner’s security forces. “But now more complaints are appearing, and we could reach 1,000 ‘disappeared.’” Stroessner’s government was one of several in South America that cooperated in hunting down and killing leftists during the 1970s and 1980s. Many abuses of that period are being investigated and prosecuted for the first time in countries such as Uruguay and Argentina. Stroessner was toppled in a 1989 military coup, but the regime’s allied Colorado Party held on to power until 2008 and still dominates Congress.
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In a performance described as cool and lawyerly, Murdoch denied knowing anything about the “for Neville” document when Taylor’s case was settled. But since July 19 the credibility of that denial has frayed under the weight of contradictory testimony from former executives and senior lawyers. Former News International lawyer Jonathan Chapman said Murdoch wasn’t telling the truth when he said he’d been kept in the dark by his underlings. “Nobody kept Mr. James Murdoch or any other News International/News Corporation executives from being in full possession of the facts,” Chapman wrote in a letter published on Aug. 16. Former News International lawyer Tom Crone and former News of the World Editor Colin Myler also said Murdoch wasn’t telling the truth when he said he didn’t know about the “for Neville” email. “I told him about the document,” Crone told lawmakers in a joint appearance with Myler on Sept. 6. Murdoch’s assertions have also been called into question by respected outside lawyers Julian Pike and Michael Silverleaf, who advised his company on the Taylor settlement. On Oct. 19 Pike sensationally claimed that he’d known for years that the company had been lying to the public about the extent of the scandal. Silverleaf ’s evidence, drafted in June 2008 and made public last week, was even more damning. It warned News International that there was “overwhelming evidence” that some of its most senior journalists had been involved in illegal practices.
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With cold weather and the holiday season approaching, now is the perfect time to learn how to knit. However, knitting can be much more exciting than making simple scarves and socks — The Yarn Store at Nob Hill employee Fred Whiteman said she saw a crocheted version of the Great Barrier Reef. Knitters are also expanding to graffiti, darning scarf-like strands of yarn onto bikes and stop signs around campus. The Daily Lobo is here to help keep you and your loved ones warm, as well as fashion forward (though we don’t endorse breaking the law) with a few basic instructions to start off your knitting projects, whatever form they take. The first step is casting the first stitches onto the needle. Materials needed: two knitting needles and a ball of yarn.
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Step 1: Make a slip knot on one end of the yarn. Put one needle through the loop, and pull the long end of the yarn to tighten the loop around the needle. This is your first cast-on stitch.
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Step 2: Take the needle with the stitch in your left hand, and with your right hand push the second needle through the loop, making sure it is behind the first needle. Step 3: Hold both needles in your left hand, and pull the long end of the string around the rear needle. Pull it taut. Maneuver the rear needle towards you, pulling the wrapped strand of yarn through the first stitch. Raise the needle in your right hand, so there is one loop on each needle. Step 4: Push the left-hand needle into the middle of the loop on the right-hand needle,
and pull the right-hand needle out of the loop. You should now have two loops on the left-hand needle. Continue this process until you have as many stitches as you want. Once you have finished casting on, it’s time to start knitting. The knit stitch is very similar to the casting-on stitch, so the hard part is over.
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she said beginners advance quickly because everyone helps each other. “An intermediate knitter might be really good at cabling because they like putting cables in their clothing, but they may have never knit a pair of socks, and they don’t know how to do a heel turn,” Walker said. “You move from beginner to intermediate really pretty quickly.” Walker said she loves knitting because she has complete control over the final product of a garment she wants to wear, but for employee Fred Whiteman, a UNM biology TA, it’s more about the process. “I find it so soothing and meditative,” Whiteman said. “I come home from a crazy day of work, and I just put something on Hulu and knit the whole evening, I just totally decompress. It’s great.” Yarn store regular Janet Shepherd said she knits there two to three times a week, and she loves the diverse groups of people and conversations. “It’s a pretty good inter-generational group, which I just love,” Shephard said. “This is a cool area for that. A lot of kids come over from the university; there are a few kids who have been coming from one of the high schools. It’s a lot of fun, we even get some knitting done.” No matter what type of craft the customers enjoy, Walker said the community is tight-knit. The knitters also stitch others into their community. The store started a program, “Hats for the Hood,” which collects donated, patron-made hats. It started with a couple of hats, but the group contributed so many hats that the original basket overflowed. Walker said the caps will be distributed to people along Central Avenue this winter. “It’s a supportive community,” she said. “No one is obligated to take care of each other, but for some reason, you get that sort of thing with people who knit. They like taking care of each other.”
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Vehicles For Sale 2009 HONDA REBEL 250. Royal Blue. Only 3600mi. Asking $3500obo, includes free dealer servicing through 6/12. 505-312-7601.
Child Care UNM FACULTY MEMBER looking for occasional babysitter (nonsmoker with own transportation) for two children. Please send resume and references to sandia@comcast.net.
Jobs Off Campus THE GREAT ACADEMY is a high performing Public Charter High School looking for college students to fill PAID INTERNSHIPS in our 4 SMART Labs asap. Positions are flexible, and will work around your busy schedules. Seeking students who are majoring in: Business/ Marketing, Science/ Engineering, Audio & Visual Production, & Health/ Education. Please send Cover Letters & Resumes to mhaug@thegreat academy.org For more information visit, www.thegreatacademy.org
UNM STUDENT NEEDED with carpentry skills to help construct office wall with pocket door/ small window. Call 5086025. TALIN MARKET IS looking for morning stocker. Hours from 6am- 10am Monday-Friday. Starting pay at $9/hr. Please apply online at talinmarket.com or pick up application at 88 Louisiana Blvd SE. CLASSROOM ASSISTANT NEEDED. Must be available everyday. Monday through Friday mornings and afternoons. Montessori experience helpful, will train. PREFER STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EDUCATION PROGRAM or 45hrs CDC required. Send info to: 11216 Phoenix Ave. NE, ABQ NM 87112. admin@academymontes sorischool.org 299-3200.
BEEPS IN NOB Hill Shopping Center. Seasonal PT help wanted. MOST shift hours 11-3:30, must be available through 12/24, retail experience preferred. Apply in person. !!!BARTENDING!!!: $300/DAY potential. No experience necessary, training available. 1-800-965-6520ext.100.
Volunteers UNM IS LOOKING for adult women with asthma for asthma research study. If you are interested in finding out more about this study, please contact Teresa at tarchibeque@salud.unm.edu or 2691074 (HRRC 09-330).
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LARGE ROOM WITH separate entry. Own bathroom. Available now. Responsible female graduate student preferred. North Valley. $500/mo. NS, no drugs, dogs okay. Call 505-699-2207.
ROOMMATE WANTED. 3BDRM 1.5BA. 1 mile from UNM. Utilities, internet, and cable included. No pets. $435/mo. 505974-7476.
PAPER DUE? FORMER UNM instructor, Ph.D., English, published, can help. 254-9615. MasterCard/ VISA.
MATH/ CHEMISTRY TUTOR. Excellent communicator. K-College. 505-205-9317.
LOBO VILLAGE ROOM available 12/1, female student sophomore or older wanted. Contact Margo at 505-6598015 for tour and more information.
LARGE 1BDRM W/ office. Living room w/ FP, large kitchen. No pets NS. Shared laundry. $525/mo. Near CNM/UNM sports complex. 255-7874.
TUTORING - ALL AGES, most subjects. Experienced Ph.D. 265-7799.
TYPING- ANY SUBJECT, including techinical. Word Center, 512 Yale SE 8429800.
Rooms For Rent
ROOMMATE WANTED, PREFERABLY female, for condo close to UNM campus. $400/mo +utilities. Call 915-4224814 for more info.
1700 COAL SE. 2BDRM, remodeled, wood floors, W/D, $750/mo + utilities, $300dd. No pets please. 453-9745.
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