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Frank’s agenda makes headway
University president presents progress in various long-term goals for students By Lena Guidi UNM President Bob Frank gave a promising update on his strategic eight-year plan for improving the University during this month’s Board of Regents meeting. According to the presentation he gave during the president’s administrative report, UNM has made progress on 18 out of the 27 goals in the plan, and completed four of them. “There are a couple of places where we’re struggling,” Frank said, “but by and large we’re making excellent progress.”
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UNM President Robert Frank speaks to the Board of Regents during Friday’s meeting. Frank said, UNM has made progress on 18 out of the 27 goals in his strategic eight-year plan and completed four of them.`
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Sam Donaldson kicks Boot Camp into shape By David Lynch
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Sam Donaldson, right, arrives at the Daily Lobo Journalism Boot Camp on Saturday. Donaldson served as the keynote speaker during the conference, which included panels and sessions for students interested in pursuing journalism.
Among the panels and sessions during this weekend’s Daily Lobo Journalism Boot Camp, one worldrenowned television reporter took center stage Award-winning reporter Sam Donaldson served as the keynote speaker during the conference, and he had a simple message for young journalists: “Work really hard,” he said. “Beat the competition by doing the job better than they do. Just do your job.” Donaldson, a native New Mexican, worked for ABC News for most of his nearly 50-year career. He was a White House correspondent for much of it, covering many historical political events including Watergate, the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He has also interviewed “every president beginning with Lyndon Johnson through George W. Bush.” Donaldson said that among the things his career taught him is that audiences respond differently to different stories. “Because of the changes in technology and the way that audiences work, I learned what was interesting to people,” he said. “Some things you ought to tell people whether they think they want to hear it or not, but you also try to find things that do interest them.” Donaldson also said young journalists should be aware of the
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Brain Bee stresses education over competition By Lauren Topper
Twenty-five high school students competed in the state’s first New Mexico Brain Bee held at the Health Sciences Center, but only Taos High School senior, Alayna Barela, will move on to the national competition. The event, hosted by the UNM Department of Neuroscience, in-
cluded guided tours of some of the UNM Neuroscience research labs, viewing and handling of real human brains and live EMG scans of each student’s brain. “We’re really excited because this is the first time that we’ve had a statewide Brain Bee in New Mexico,” said Dr. Jonathan Brigman, assistant professor of Neuroscience. “We’re excited to
have support from the Brain and Behavioral Health Institute to send the winner of this statewide competition to the national competition, which is in Baltimore this year.” The competition itself is based on the Brain Facts publication freely available from the Society for Neuroscience, and covers material from neuroanatomy to brain diseases.
“We wanted to make sure that this was a fun and exciting event for everyone, rather than a stressful competition,” Brigman said. “So everyone got to participate in the practical event first — see the videos, see the brain slices, do all of the questions. Then everybody got to participate in the written portion, where the questions were presented via PowerPoint. We did four
rounds; then, based on that, we picked a cumulative score.” The finalists participated in a spelling bee-style competition on stage. At the end, Barela was victorious. “Brain Bee was a great experience for me,” Barela said. “My classmates and I got to visit labs and learn about research
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