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October 31, 2011
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Student Fee Review Board changes members
Undergrads gain a spot, grads lose one
Board breakdown
by Luke Holmen holmen@unm.edu
ASUNM members
Graduate students now have one less spot on the Student Fee Review Board. Members of the SFRB voted unanimously on Wednesday to change its composition from four undergraduate students and three graduates to five undergraduates and two graduates. GPSA President and SFRB chair Katie Richardson said the board agreed to participate in mediation when members of the group could not agree on the change. She said it was the first time mediation was needed to iron out differences between ASUNM and GPSA. “(ASUNM President Jaymie Roybal) and I were mutually committed from the beginning to come to an agreeable solution for both student populations,” she said. “When we were unable to come to a resolution on our own, we voluntarily sought mediation.” The Vice President of Student Life office provided the mediation, Richardson said. Richardson said despite the loss of graduate seats on the board, she thinks the change will be beneficial because GPSA representatives will still have a strong voice. “I think it’s an improvement for GPSA, for ASUNM and for the campus and student organizations that will be served,” she said. “I think this is a win-win-win. The representation … provides ASUNM the representation they need, but needing six out of seven votes (to increase or decrease student fees) protects the minority rights of GPSA.” It currently takes a majority of four votes of the board to increase or decrease fees on the seven member board. The board unanimously
GPSA members
Jaymie Roybal
Katie Richardson
ASUNM President
GPSA President
Angelica Gallegos Cassandra Thompson Gregory Montoya-Mora Dylan Hoffman (Alternative)
Japji Hundal Megan McRobert (Likely to step down)
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
12% 28.5%
88%
71.5%
SFRB Fee Contribution Future Board Make-up
see SFRB PAGE 3
Data from joint press release from ASUNM and GPSA
(un)Occupy rallies with themes of hunger, death Continuing Coverage
(un)Occupy Albuquerque
by Chelsea Erven
the coffin,” protester Jen Gomez told KOB. “When we reach our destination, they will be resurrected and brought back to life as if they have never disappeared before.” Protesters are also involved with the American Civil Liberties Union discussing legal action to be taken against the University.
news@dailylobo.com The (un)Occupy Albuquerque protesters have turned their attention from Wall Street to the fight for their First Amendment rights and their right to occupy UNM’s Yale Park.
Death march for First Amendment rights (un)Occupy Albuquerque protesters marched down Central Avenue with a coffin Saturday and said they were mourning what they called the death of their Constitutional rights. Protesters dressed in black carried tombstones and a coffin to symbolically protest their eviction from Yale Park last week. “We’re going to march down with our First, Second, Fifth and 14th amendment rights in
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Letter from Washington, D.C. Barbara J. Wien, former program officer and conflict resolution trainer for the U.S. Institute of Peace and co-director of Peace Brigades International wrote a letter to UNM President David Schmidly condemning his decision to kick protesters out of Yale Park. “I find your conduct most undignified and not befitting the Office of the President,” Wien wrote. “I am writing to urge you to cease and desist your Gestapo tactics and repression against protesters who are merely exercising
their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights to assembly and free speech.” Wien said legal repercussions that could occur as a result of Schmidly’s decision may prove costly to the University. “Many eyes are upon you now,” she said. “I hope you have the capacity to look into your heart and soul and reverse the errors of your ways.” Schmidly has not made a public response to the letter.
UNM offers compromise Protesters continued to hold their nightly general assembly meetings on a corner of Yale Park and the sidewalk next to westbound Central Avenue this weekend, despite the ongoing presence of UNM Police Department officers. University administrators offered a compromise Friday night that would re-open Yale Park, but only during specific hours. The compromise would open the park from
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7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends. According to General Assembly notes, the compromise was not well received. Protesters are considering other city parks for future occupation.
Student and almunus protesters go on hunger strike At least three protesters are on hunger strike in an effort to convince UNM President David Schmidly to talk to them. UNM alumnus Sebastian Pais has been on hunger strike for nearly a week, and students Kristen Gandy and Brittany Arneson joined the strike. (un)Occupy protesters have started a petition in conjunction with the hunger strike, which had 444 signatures as of Sunday evening.
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