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President and VP run uncontested Student orgs face cuts across the board By Kyle Land
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Elections for president and vice president of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico will be held over a period of three days next week — with only two names on the ballot. President Pro Tempore Becka Myers and Senator Emily Wilks are the only candidates running for ASUNM president and vice president, respectively. Myers, a junior majoring in political science, grew up in Alaska and said she came to New Mexico for its beauty, but also for the tightknit community that UNM offered amidst a big city. “New Mexico has become my home,” Myers said. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Myers has served ASUNM since her freshman year, first with Emerging Lobo Leaders, then as Boards and Committees Coordinator under Kyle Biederwolf, and finally as a senator, where she served as chair for the Outreach and Appointments, or O&A, Committee and then as president pro tempore. Her initial desire to be involved on campus came from former
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Becka Myers (left) and Emily Wilks stand side by side. Myers is running for ASUNM president, while Wilks is running for vice president on the same ticket for the 2018-2019 school year.
ASUNM President Jenna Hagengruber, who inspired her to pursue leadership roles. This desire to lead has only been further cemented over time, motivating her to run for president, she said. “I know I would (perform in the role of ) the Office of the President with 110 percent and the passion and drive that I’ve done this position with,” Myers said. Wilks, a junior majoring in communications, is also an out-of-state
student. She grew up in upstate New York, with her first connection to the University being her father, who worked part-time at the UNM Hospital. While originally pessimistic about her time at UNM, she said she has grown to love the University and has since become very involved on campus. Elected as a senator in Spring 2017, Wilks also served on O&A
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Four alumni inducted into Anderson Hall of Fame By Catherine Stringam @cathey_stringam Earlier this month, four alumni from the University of New Mexico and Anderson School of Management were inducted into the Anderson Hall of Fame. The individuals were all honored with a banquet at Sandia Resort and Casino — the 29th Hall of Fame Awards. “The inductees were nominated by their peers,” said Dean of Anderson School of Management Craig White. “They have accomplished outstanding achievements in their professional and community activities. The members of this group represent the capability of all the alumni of the Anderson School of Management.” According to White, the nominees for the Hall of Fame go through a rigorous selection process. After being nominated, these individuals are screened, reviewed and scored by the Anderson Foundation Board’s Advancement Committee. This year, only four alumni came out on top — Gary Gordon, Sheila Mendez, Stephine Poston and Anthony Trujillo. Gordon received his law degree at UNM in 1986. He spent many years as a medical malpractice lawyer for Miller Stratvert, P.A. In 2009,
Theatre and Dance
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Rising fees, shrinking budgets and a spike in tuition — these will all be discussed at the University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents Annual Budget Summit on March 22 starting at 9 a.m. The regents will have the opportunity to decide on tuition, fees and recommendations from the Student Fee Review Board during the summit for the next fiscal year, according to their agenda. SFRB consists of five undergraduate and two graduate students who make recommendations for how student fees should be distributed to departments and resource centers across campus. Alaa Elmaoued, the president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association and the chair of SFRB, said the amount SFRB allots to different entities is based on how much money is available and the projected amount of student fees for the following year. SFRB recommendations This year SFRB implemented universal financial cuts to all units, with some experiencing larger cuts than others. Elmaoued said each unit received cuts, because student enrollment has continued to decrease each year. The first action SFRB made was implement a 1 to 1.5 percent cut to every unit’s actuals — the amount of money a unit spent after reductions — from the previous fiscal year, said Noah Brooks, the president of the Associated Student of the University of New Mexico and the vice chair of SFRB. SHAC
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Student Health & Counseling is one resource that did not experience any proposed cuts by SFRB. After the universal cut, the board allotted enough money to bring the SHAC’s amount back to what it received last year, $4.63 million. Elmaoued said SFRB kept the SHAC’s allotment, because it is a resource that benefits the entire student body, and there is not a similar center on campus. He said SFRB also tried to avoid additional cuts to “ethnic resource centers” after the universal cut, because those centers are vital to students who utilize them. KUNM
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Gordon became the treasurer for Albuquerque Academy. He has also spent 12 years as chair for the
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Gary Gordon, Albuquerque Academy
KUNM, a National Public Radio affiliate located on the UNM campus, requested $10,000 less than what they received last fiscal year, which SFRB honored, allotting roughly $51,000 to the station.
Theatre and Dance was one unit that faced substantial cuts — 62 percent to be exact. Brooks said SFRB made its decision based partly off of what was in the department’s SFRB reserves. He said the department requested $25,000, but had $40,000 in their SFRB reserves — the board recommended $10,000 to keep the department in the SFRB process. The board cut costumes, because Brooks said they can be reused and are just for students in theatre and dance. He said in other departments, items similar to costumes would receive funding from the Instructional & General fund, or ING — a general fund that is seperate from student fees and relies on student tuition and state funding. Athletics Athletics also faced hefty cuts. The department requested $4.5 million — $500,000 more than it received last year — and SFRB recommended about $3.3 million, Brooks said. The first cut Athletics received was a universal cut. That brought the department down to their actual from the previous fiscal year, which was about $3.8 million, he said. The rest of the cuts came down to the logistics of what the department was requesting. Originally, the department requested $900 per athlete for textbook scholarships with around 470 athletes at the time of the request, totaling to just above $420,000. Because not every athlete uses textbooks or receives a textbook scholarship, SFRB cut the number to $300 per athlete, Brooks said. This was based on a scenario that all 470 athletes received an equal textbook scholarship, resulting in a cut of about $280,000. Another request that saw a significant cut was one for $250,000. Brooks said SFRB was told this line item would help send athletes home if there was a family emergency or a similar event. He said SFRB decided to cut this $250,000 completely because of the NCAA Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund, which gives funding to universities for the situations laid out in the line item. Budget Leadership Team recommendations After making recommendations, SFRB sends their numbers to the Budget Leadership Team who make revisions before the Budget Summit. This year, in light of a further decrease in student enrollment, BLT had to implement another across-the-board cut on top of SFRB’s, Elmaoued said.
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