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Multi-million dollar training center to be built for UNM student-athletes

New facility to solve UNM Athletics’ Title IX deficiency By Madeline Pukite @madelinepukite The University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents recently approved the New Mexico Mu-

tual Champions Training Center, a $4.3 million project for student-athletes, on Aug. 19. This extensive training center will be exclusively for student-athlete use, replacing the tent that teams currently train in that stands as a

Title IX compliance deficiency. The construction of this center is important in fulfilling a Title IX requirement that the University currently fails to meet, which is that more women than men are training in the 7,200-net-square-

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Resident physicians continue to bargain with UNM for better benefits By Megan Gleason @fabflutist2716 Bargaining for fair work conditions is ongoing between the Committee of Interns and Residents and the University of New Mexico. This union, representing all intern and resident physicians who work for UNM, has been in contract negotiations with the University for about two and a half months. CIR is an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union and has had a collective bargaining agreement with the University since 2007. These contract negotiations take place every three years to determine agreements on working conditions, including stipulations on salaries, benefits, supplies and more. The current agreement,

which began on August 1, 2019, expires on Aug. 31 this year. Dr. Kate Kollars, a resident physician at UNM and resident of CIR speaking as a union member, discussed more about the Union with the Daily Lobo. “The goal of it is to help empower residents to advocate for better training, better patient care (and) better working conditions that benefit not just themselves but also the hospitals and the patients we care for,” Kollars said. Some notable contract articles that the Union is trying to gain revolve around the physical and mental wellness of healthcare workers. Some of these protections include access to appropriate personal protective equipment, adequate time off and childcare stipends. “We want to be able to have

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foot outdoor tent rather than in climate-controlled indoor facilities, according to Eddie Nuñez, UNM Director of Athletics. Previously, the football team had access to their own indoor weight room, and a temporary solution to this problem was created four years ago when all athletics teams were transferred to using the tent as well as the indoor weight room in rotations. However, because there are more female sports teams than mens’ at UNM, this still remains a Title IX inequity. “The way we're structured today is where I wanted to be four years ago, to address all our student athletes and have the available facilities to be able to do what is necessary for all sports; in particular, many of those are our female sports,” Nuñez said. According to the proposal presented to the Board of Regents, this 11,312-gross-square-foot center will be located on south campus as an extension to the Tow Diehm Facility. The twostory building with plans for a future roof deck will be “flexible to accommodate multiple train-

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ing equipment layouts, and to incorporate adjacent outdoor areas for training.” The new facility is focused primarily on UNM’s Olympic sports teams, including men’s baseball and football; men’s and women’s tennis, golf, cross-country and track and field; and women’s swimming and diving, softball, volleyball and soccer. This facility will “cure UNM’s Title IX compliance deficiency, by providing a permanent facility for the majority of UNM’s female athletic teams,” according to the proposal. The funding for this project predominantly stems from capital outlay appropriation money, which are funds specifically directed toward a certain project by state legislators, and private donations; approximately $2.3 million will be drawn from the appropriation funds and another $1.1 million will be funded by private donors. The last $900,000 will come from the University. Nuñez said the athletic department is still

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Students walk near the Duck Pond and Mitchell Hall on Thursday, Aug. 26, during Welcome Back Days.

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Students walk through Smith Plaza on Friday, Aug. 27. Graphic by Joseph McKee.

By John Scott @JScott050901 On March 13, 2020, University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes announced that the University of New

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Mexico would be extending its spring break until April 5 in an effort to reduce COVID-19 transmission on campus. Weeks turned into months as the pandemic forced all classes to an online-only format and campus buildings were deserted. The university we knew, filled with a familiar buzz of minds eager to learn, had become a ghost town.

Now, nearly a year and a half later, students have finally returned to campus for in-person classes, even if this return may not look like what campus looked like before the COVID-19 pandemic. How does one “return to normal” after a year that was

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anything but normal? With the last year full of increasing political turmoil, deepening socio-economic divides and most people collectively trying to navigate a new world of Zoom meetings and COVID-19 safety protocols, 2020 was an interesting year at best. At its worst, though, the year was full of anxiety and fear of the unknown. Each day brought with it new restrictions, new outrage and new tragedies. Ultimately, this was a year for loss and for grieving, and this has unfortunately made its way to 2021 as well. Now, we find ourselves inching closer and closer to the end. While the light at the end of the tunnel may seem to be getting

dimmer with recent increases in cases and deaths due to COVID-19, we know now that this will not last forever — there is still a light out there somewhere. Through all of this turmoil, let’s take a moment to appreciate just how far we’ve all come. Take a moment to honor the sacrifices made to get to this point and all of the things we’ve learned. For even in a world where technology seems to be making most parts of our lives digital, we can still find solace in seeing one another face-to-face. John Scott is the photo editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at photoeditor@ dailylobo.com or on Twitter @JScott050901

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Representatives from African American Student Services J. Gourdin (left) and Kaelyn Moon (center) hold up the iconic Lobo hand gesture with a UNM student in front of the Duck Pond on Wednesday, Aug. 25, during Welcome Back Days.

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UNM faculty ask admin to bargain with grad worker union

On Aug. 17 the New Mexico Public Education Labor Relations Board ruled that graduate employees are public employees and eligible to collectively bargain under the state's Public Employee Bargaining Act. The University of New Mexico community will be rallying Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. between the Student Union Building and Mesa Vista calling on the UNM administration to respect this ruling and begin negotiations as swiftly as possible. We, the undersigned faculty, ask the UNM administration to recognize and collectively bargain with the graduate employee union — the United Graduate Workers of UNM (UGW). An overwhelming majority of graduate workers legally authorized UGW to represent them last fall, yet the UNM administration has yet to come to the bargaining table. We call on the UNM administration to respect graduate employees' decision to unionize and to bargain with UGW over pay, working conditions and benefits. Our university would not be able to operate without the valuable labor that the 1,600 graduate employees at UNM contribute. According to UGW’s Bargaining Survey Report, graduate teaching assistants are the primary instructor of record for over 19% of courses taught at UNM. In addition, graduate teaching assistants advise students, write recommendation letters, assist faculty in grading, lead discussion sections and much more. It is likely that very few undergraduates graduate from UNM without having been taught or graded by a graduate teaching assistant. Furthermore, the important research that we produce at UNM — research that improves our communities and advances our understanding of the world — would not be possible without the hundreds of graduate research assistants who contribute to research projects across the University. Over 64,000 graduate workers at public universities across the country are represented by a union. Graduate assistants are unionized at many of the top public R1 universities in the country, including University of California, University of Michigan, University of Oregon, University of Iowa and the University of Florida. These universities have thriving research and education

programs in large part because of the contributions of unionized graduate teaching and research assistants. Graduate students at unionized universities report feeling more supported, having more work satisfaction and having better relationships with their faculty advisors and mentors. A graduate employee union at UNM will make UNM better, not worse, as it gives graduate assistants the opportunity to advocate for their needs and to thrive in their teaching, research and lives. Graduate employees at UNM are some of the lowest-paid educators in the state. The minimum stipend at UNM for a graduate teaching assistant working a half-time appointment is lower than every unionized institution in the country. The UNM Basic Needs Report has shown that almost 22% of graduate students are food insecure and over 35% of graduate students are housing insecure. Furthermore, UGW’s Spring 2021 Bargaining Survey Report showed that 65% of surveyed graduate workers reported delaying medical care due to the cost of care. As pay and benefits at UNM lag behind peer and unionized institutions and many struggle to access adequate housing and meals, graduate workers deserve the right to advocate for their needs through the process of collective bargaining. As an R1 university, UNM’s mission is to produce valuable research and provide the highest quality education to undergraduates from across the state, country and world. We know that the working conditions of graduate assistants are our undergraduate students’ learning conditions. Graduate assistants are simply asking for a seat at the table and a say in the decisions that affect their lives. We ask the UNM administration to respect graduate assistants’ decision to unionize and bargain with UGW so that we can continue providing a high-quality education and produce innovative research that advances our society and improves our communities. Sincerely, Christian Koops, Linguistics Gabriel Fries-Briggs, Architecture Ann Murphy, Philosophy Elizabeth Elia, Law Renia Ehrenfeucht, Community

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anticipating funds from donors and plans to fully repay the $900,000 before ground is officially broken on the project. “For us to be able to get this project started, with the way New Mexico works, is to have every single penny ready to go when you start design, and then get all the approvals,” Nuñez said. “We have a lot of individuals that have pledged money and it's coming, and they have come, but

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it's not at all in today.” Controversy has sparked in response to the expensive project, and Samantha Cooney, a member of the coordinating committee for the United Graduate Workers of UNM, said the athletics department continues to be approved for expensive projects, despite having just recovered from multiple deficits, while the Union continues to be dismissed.

“Whenever the athletics department requests funds, it is almost done without reason, without a problem, there's almost no hesitation … But when the graduate workers or even the faculty union tries to negotiate higher stipends, other benefits and even adequate working conditions, we are met with constant refusal, push back and antiunion rhetoric,” Cooney said. Greg Romero, the Associated Stu-

dents of University of New Mexico president, said that he doesn’t know all of the nuances of the project but that, despite the drawbacks associated with the cost of the project, the regents did approve it; in turn, he is focused on the benefits for UNM’s athletes. He did say, however, that there are also other places on campus that could use this kind of funding. “It will benefit a lot of student-athletes on our campus, and I think the

tough part is that everything costs money,” Romero said. Nuñez said the construction on the project is estimated to start sometime after the football season ends in early winter.

especially prone to burnout due to the number of hours spent at work each week, the large body of clinical knowledge to master and the challenges of balancing work and home life.” Residents work up to 80 hours a week and rarely have more than one day off per week. New Mexico currently faces a physician shortage and the NIH said the state has the second-worst projected shortage ratio in America, attributing this to an inability to gain and keep young physicians. According to the NIH, 37% of New Mexico’s physicians are over 60 years old and face retirement within the next decade. “To maintain the status quo, New Mexico will require an additional 2,118 physicians by 2030, a 40.4% increase of the state’s current 3,128 physicians (as of 2017),” the NIH said. “The aging physician population reflects the difficulty New

Mexico has in attracting and retaining young physicians.” This inability to attract physicians largely stems from a disproportionately low salary, according to another anonymous member of CIR that spoke as a union member. They said UNM is 7% behind other residency programs in the region in terms of salary, which has become a larger challenge now that the cost of living in Albuquerque has seen a significant rise in the past year. According to the Albuquerque Journal, only about 25% to 30% of UNM medical school graduates stay in the state to work. “We work just as hard and have to demonstrate better outcomes for less money,” Paul Roth, chancellor for UNM Health Sciences and dean of the School of Medicine, told the Journal. The average resident salary in

2020 was around $64,000, according to a 2021 Medscape residents salary and debt report; UNM’s average resident salary currently sits at about $60,000, as decided per standing contract negotiations. According to the Medscape report, 57% of residents think that their compensation is unfair for their work. Looking forward, Kollars is afraid of being hit with another dark wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. As someone not originally from New Mexico, Kollars was unable to see her family throughout the pandemic; she grappled with the need for a support system, but this collided with her fear that she could get someone sick. Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is readily available in America, Kollars has melancholic feelings about entering severe hospitalization waves again because it’s preventable. “It’s just very emotionally tax-

ing to see people sick in the hospital with this disease and passing away. And this time around knowing that there is an option to prevent it — at least the hospitalizations and the death (since we can) dramatically reduce that — makes it even sadder,” Kollars said. “Just overall, our country was not prepared in the way that we could have been to manage it.” Ultimately, Kollars said these contract negotiations will benefit UNM and will lead to recruiting more residents that will want to stay in the state and “serve the communities of New Mexico.”

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residents come to New Mexico and start families and stay here, and our salaries make it pretty difficult so (we’re) trying to add onto some other things to support people being able to move their families here,” Kollars said. Many articles have already been “gutted and eliminated from our negotiations,” according to a member of CIR, speaking as a union member, who requested to remain anonymous for protection purposes. Some of the denied articles included stipulations to help diversify the residents that are recruited, allow employees to take Martin Luther King Jr. Day off as a holiday and add preparations in the case of another national emergency. Burnout among resident physicians is also something Kollars brought up, and the National Institutes of Health reported that resident physicians “appear to be

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New Mexico drought hinders agriculture industry By Rebecca Hobart @DailyLobo As increased greenhouse gases force warming and greater atmospheric retention of water in arid New Mexico, severe droughts follow. Farmers along the Rio Grande have felt the implications of less water and largely criticize regional laws and decisions that regulate state water usage for limiting access to irrigation. The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District board, which manages the water through dams, voted on Aug. 20 to curtail irrigation along the Rio Grande on Oct. 1. However, the law honors Native American pueblo water rights and protects them from the

shut-off, according to John Fleck, professor and director of the UNM Water Resources Program. Now, the Rio Grande in Albuquerque is at its lowest point, for this time of the year, since 1983, according to Fleck. Ricardo González-Pinzón, associate professor of hydrology, said this comes after the river dropped 150 feet in the last 60 years. Fleck said the state has some complicated societal choices to consider because everyone has different values and ideas about where and how water from the Rio Grande should be used. “We can’t pray for rain,” Mike De Smet, a dairy farmer in Valencia County, said. “We don’t know what’s going to happen. We need to figure out how to deal with what

we have right now.” The Rio Grande River Compact was signed in 1938 between the states of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas to determine how much water states are allowed to use, according to Fleck. “When we’re in a debit situation, which we are now in because we’ve been under-delivering water the last couple of years and probably will under-deliver again this year, then there’s a bunch of rules that kick in,” Fleck said. “The rules don’t say ‘you can’t have a debit, ever’; you just have to keep it under a cap.” In the case of a debit situation, Fleck said rules on what upstream reservoirs are allowed to store are limited. “Those rules are on table and

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The Rio Grande flows through Albuquerque on the morning of Aug. 28.

(there’s) litigation (right now) because there’s a differing interpretation of those rules,” Fleck said. “Texas just filed a motion with the Supreme Court asking to reconsider how everyone’s been interpreting those rules for years in a way that would benefit Texas and harm New Mexico’s ability to use water.” González-Pinzón emphasized the complexity of this issue, highlighting that there’s not just one answer or solution to consider when addressing drought. “The requirement for (New Mexico) is to send water into Elephant Butte Reservoir, and that’s where the current conflict is,” Fleck said. “Texas is suing (New Mexico) in the Supreme Court; they argue that we’re managing water in a way that essentially cheats on the terms of the compact by allowing farmers in southern New Mexico to pump a bunch of groundwater.” Fleck said farmers of southern New Mexico rely on groundwater pumping since “rivers and groundwater are interconnected.” This means that when there’s less groundwater, the water from the rivers is lost to the hole that is left behind by the groundwater pump. De Smet added that flood irrigation by some farmers is a serious misuse of water. De Smet said farmers are especially vulnerable to the decisions of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District board. “This is how I provide! This is how I live, day to day, for my family,” New Mexico farmer Travis Harris said during public comment at a Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District special meeting on Aug. 20. With increased greenhouse

gases and consequently warming temperatures in an already arid environment, Fleck said the climate will get drier and droughts will be more common. “There’s clearly climate variability that we would see regardless of us putting out all of these greenhouse gases ... but humans have accounted for more than 50% of that variability,” González-Pinzón said. Fleck said the monsoon season, though not as crucial to our water supply as the snowpack from winter storms, can help significantly because “farmers need less water from irrigation.” Still, although it helps, he said it’s not the long-term solution. Right now, the southwest is in a “megadrought,” a decades-long period of extreme dryness, according to González-Pinzón. “Farmers were told they wouldn’t have water as of Oct. 1, which is one month less of water compared to last year — I expect that to keep happening,” González-Pinzón said. Farmers were asked by the state’s engineer John D’Antonio Jr., who administers New Mexico’s water resources, to consider not farming this year due to the prolonged drought conditions and lack of water, according to Harris. “There’s not going to be any dairies left besides (De Smet Dairy and Creamery) and, I think, three or four other guys right now, and every one of them are on their way out,” De Smet said. “They’re not going to make it through the year.” Rebecca Hobart is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo. com or on Twitter @DailyLobo

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UNM football to face tough season after start in September By Spencer Butler @SpencerButler48 UNM football will begin their 2021-22 season on Thursday, Sept. 4 against Houston Baptist University, an NCAA Division I Football Championship subdivision opponent, at University Stadium. It comes after a tough 2020 campaign, which saw the Lobos go 2-5 during a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also saw the team end the program's 14-game losing streak. Houston Baptist, who went 1-3 last season and averaged 33.75 points per game, will give UNM football a tough first game. Moving forward, things won’t get any easier. The next match UNM will partake in is the traditional rivalry game against New Mexico State University on Sept. 11; after that, they will travel to College Station, Texas to face off against Texas A&M University, who are currently ranked sixth in the nation under ESPN’s preseason college football rankings. At home this season, the Lobos will face off against Air Force Academy; Colorado State University; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Utah State University. On the

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