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September 30, 2013
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GPSA: Bursar website unclear
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DRAB DRIBBLES
Student representatives have proposal to fix it by Chloe Henson
news@dailylobo.com @ChloeHenson5 When Priscila Poliana assumed the presidency of UNM’s graduate and professional student government in May, she already knew she wanted to do something about the website of the bursar’s office. At a GPSA meeting Saturday morning, Poliana outlined issues with the site and reported on the progress she had made with the University administration to fix them. Poliana said multiple problems exist on the site that made it difficult for students to understand where their fees are going. “There are several problems as you all know, from no clear descriptions and code, no hierarchy of charges, no saturation between tuition and fees, duplicate charges, differential fees that are not explained and so on and so forth,” she said. The GPSA will make a presentation to the Finance and Facilities Committee of the Board of Regents about the site on Friday, Poliana said. “We are going to be explaining why we think the current model is problematic,” she said. “We are also going to make suggestions on how we think it can be improved.” GPSA Chief of Staff Matthew Rush said his organization wants to help restructure the website so students can easily discern what fees they have and what money they get from the school. “What we are trying to do is get the administration, the bursar’s office, to clearly delineate them, separate them out into different categories so students can clearly understand what they’re paying for tuition, what they’re paying for fees, some of the other charges that they have and also the reimbursements students are getting,” he said. Poliana said she thinks this change will affect the entire student body at UNM. “I think this is going to be a significant change for all students,” she said.
Outreach
GPSA will also attempt to reach out to students by collecting submissions for a new logo. Poliana said at the meeting that the new logo is one of several methods of reaching out to inform students about the student government.
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Di Linh Hoang / Daily Lobo Oniel Fisher moves the ball forward at the UNM Soccer Complex on Friday night. Fisher assisted on the play that led to the sole Lobo point of the game. See story on the Back Page.
2013 MAYORAL RACE
Proposed abortion law dominates debate Dinelli alone while Berry, Heh support ban by Ardee Napolitano news@dailylobo.com @ArdeeTheJourno
Abortion was the hot topic of the second of three televised Albuquerque mayoral candidate debates of the season. In a debate hosted by KOB Sunday morning, candidates discussed whether they support the late-term abortion ban that is going to be on the ballot in November’s runoff elections. The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance did not qualify to be on the ballot for the Oct. 8 elections because the city clerk only received 9,800 signatures, about 3,000 short of the required 12,091. But a petition organized by pro-life organizations in Albuquerque gathered 27,000 signatures to overturn the clerk’s decision. The City Council voted 5 to 4 Sept. 16 to place the ordinance on the ballot for the runoff elections in November. Incumbent Richard Berry said at the debate the measure deserves to be on the ballot because of the support it gained from the community. And he said he will support the ban. “If you can get thousands of signatures to advocate for a position that you believe in, you
can put it in the ballot,” he said. “Each one of us here today will have one vote on it … I’ve been asked if I agree with the ban on late-term abortion, and, as an individual in the city of Albuquerque, I will be voting in favor of that initiative.”
Challenger Pete Dinelli said that on the contrary, he will vote against the abortion measure. “I very much believe in a woman’s right to choose,” he said. “I believe this is a life that women have to make a decision on. This is a highly sensitive and a highly
personal issue, and I believe that a woman has to get her decision based on her friends, her family, her doctor, but most importantly, her faith.” Dinelli criticized Berry for supporting the ban, which Dinelli
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Aaron Sweet / Daily Lobo Mayoral candidates Richard Berry, left, Pete Dinelli, center, and Paul Heh, right, addressed questions Sunday morning in a debate hosted by KOB. The three candidates answered questions from the program’s panel and from those submitted via social media, concerning the city’s economic woes and the late-term abortion ban scheduled to be on ballot in November.
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