DAILY LOBO new mexico
November 18, 2010
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Students are fuming about a recent change to the art building’s open hours. Because of a change to security guards’ schedules, UNMPD Lt. Robert Haarhues said the building will now close at 10 p.m. instead of 11 p.m. He said security guards used to leave at 12 a.m. but will now leave at 11 p.m. “The problem is that we’re down three security guards,” he said. “We no longer have the manpower, and UNM’s on hiring freeze. We’re not hiring any more people to replace them. We can’t be everywhere.” Angelina Skonieczka, administrative assistant for the Department of Art and Art History, said her department had no say in the open-hours policy. “I’m sure students will be upset by not being able to work as long, but unfortunately we don’t have much control over that,” she said. “If we want our building opened and closed, we have to go by what they tell us.” Student Kira Vanderkolk, who uses studio space at night, said limited hours make it difficult to complete projects. “The thing about an art major is that you can’t do it all at home,” she said. “With oil painting, unless you have ventilation you can’t do that at home. It puts on a time constraint that a lot of other majors don’t necessarily have.” Student Liz Olive said the change is detrimental to students in metalworking classes. During the day, she said, classes occupy the lab space, and the open hours are limited. The work cannot be done at home. “It’s a very time-consuming class, and when you go to lab, you have to be there for at least three hours in order to accomplish anything,” she said. “Taking an hour off of working in the small metals lab is like destroying your whole project.” Haarhues said the police department hasn’t received complaints and expected the impact to be minimal. “I haven’t heard anyone was upset about it,” he said. “That’s funny because there’s nobody in there when we close the building
Dylan Smith / Daily Lobo Brook Megah participates in the Zombie Apocalypse at UNM on Wednesday. The event, based off similar productions across the country, attracted more than 150 participants.
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eva.incognito@gmail.com UNM sophomore Jo Ann Smith sang for President Obama in New York once, which is pretty cool by anyone’s standards. And she doesn’t like the N-word. Jo Ann Smith: Nigga is not a good term. I mean I can understand you saying “negro.” That’s black in Spanish. It’s literal. But saying “nigga,” saying “oh my nigga, my homie” — that was used to demean us. We were hung from trees and dragged and beaten and called that constantly. And being belittled. That’s used as a belittlement to even call your friend a nigga. Like, no! Daily Lobo: So what do you think about rappers throwing that word around? JAS: I don’t know if they really know what they’re talking about. Not only are they belittling their own selves and their own race, they’re belittling their own people. Not only that, they’re belittling women. My mom always says this: “You’re going to be really scrutinized and belittled because not only are you black, but you’re a woman.” We’re, like, very last on the food chain. Before we were even allowed to vote, we still weren’t allowed to vote because we were black, you know? Rappers nowadays these days, they don’t know what they’re talking about. I don’t think it’s cool at all.
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JAS: I was like, “You can’t just say that stuff because you know me. If you were around any other black person saying that, you would’ve got jumped. I’m just telling you this to save your butt.” You know how they say, “A drunk mind speaks a sober heart?” Well, I was just going off, rattling, rattling, about everything that bothered me in the past. I was calling him racist and stuff. He says the N-word, clearly blond-haired, blue-eyed. I don’t think it’s OK for anybody to say the Nword. I don’t even say the N-word. And I was saying “Cracker!” like loud and I was pretty drunk, but I didn’t care. I was like, “You like that? You like that?” … And then there are the other classes where you talk about racism or slavery or whatever. I remember being in a lecture hall, and we were discussing slavery, and I’m like one of the three black people in class talking about slavery in front of like a whole classroom — about a good 50-60 people of just white people. DL: Did that make you feel weird? JAS: Yeah, they were making it seem like slavery wasn’t so bad. We were talking about the compensation they’re giving AfricanAmericans in the U.S. — $5,000. DL: They’re giving who, exactly, $5,000? JAS: African-Americans. Blacks. DL: When?
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Smith said racial tensions exist on campus, but they’re subtle, and while the school may look diverse, the attitude is not diverse. She hails from Los Angeles and wasn’t prepared for the small-town mentality she finds all over New Mexico, she said. One blue-eyed, blond-haired guy called her “Blackie Chan” and she went off on him.
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