UCAM's News clips for Wednesday, April 9, 2008
1. Schmidly uses Web to outline goals (Daily Lobo)
By: Christina LovatoPresident David Schmidly discussed the future of UNM during a Web cast Tuesday.
Students, staff and faculty tuned in and watched the Web cast around campus.
About 15 people watched the Web cast in the SUB Theater.
Schmidly said UNM must become a role model for higher education.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09schmidly.htm2. Flag Flap Gets Readers Writing (Albuquerque Journal)
By Jim Belshaw Of the JournalOn Friday, I wrote of the UNM flag controversy. I asked how such an easily explained incident an ROTC flag detail took down the U.S. flag at the end of the day, but mistakenly left up a Mexican flag could become a raging controversy about patriotism.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09flag2.htm3. Americans deserve justice for flag protocol violation (Letter to the Editor) (Daily Lobo)
I have been found guilty of a petty misdemeanor and received a stern punishment despite the fact that I attempted repeatedly to apologize and replace the Mexican flag.
I ask that action be taken against the criminal act that provoked me, that of breaking a federal law. I do believe in equality, and there should be justice for all. Someone at the University level or Army ROTC should be held accountable under the federal law. I feel it is ridiculous that only my actions are being punished.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09flag.htm4. UNM to survey students to determine library hours (Daily Lobo)
By: Brandon CallWhen Martha Bedard took over as dean of University Libraries a year ago, one of her goals was to extend the hours of UNM's libraries.
She's one step closer thanks to a $200,000 allocation in the budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year.
Bedard said getting funding is the first step in the process.
"One of the things we're in the middle of is a survey process," she said. "From there, we'll be able to assess exactly what the students' needs are. This summer, we'd need a few months to hire and train new employees, and if all goes as planned, we expect to implement by fall semester 2008."
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09library.htm5. Names in the news (Las Cruces Sun News)
Outstanding Student Leadership AwardMargi Miranda, a senior at University of New Mexico, is the recipient of the Outstanding Student Leadership Award for the National Association of Orientation Directors Region III. She received the award at the regional conference in Cheyenne, Wyo., last month.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/fastsearchresults/ci_8834911?IADID=Search-www.lcsun-news.com-www.lcsun-news.com6. Aramark employees must apply to keep campus jobs (Daily Lobo)
By: Maggie YbarraIf Aramark employees want to continue working at UNM, they will need to apply to the new food-service company.
About 200 food-service employees can stay and work for Chartwells or relocate to another location served by Aramark.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09aramark.htm7. '08 Lobo Football: All in the Letters (Albuquerque Journal)
By Rick Wright Of the JournalReluctantly, coach Rocky Long left the Lobo football offices Tuesday to address the news media and a regional TV audience on The Mtn.
He and his assistant coaches, he said, were having too much fun upstairs.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09football.htm8. Tuition Cut, Raises for CNM (Albuquerque Journal)
Central New Mexico Community College's governing board gave the green light Tuesday to charging students less money for tuition.
The board unanimously approved a $177.3 million budget that also gives 3 percent raises to nonunion staff. Raises for union employees are set through collective bargaining.
CNM President Katharine Winograd had asked the board not to raise tuition and to provide more of a pay raise than the 2 percent the state is providing money for.
In-district credit hour tuition will go from $41.40 to $41 while out-of-district rates will go from $51.40 to $51. Non-resident tuition will go from $220.70 a credit hour to $200.
The raises and tuition decrease were made possible because departments shaved 1 percent off their budgets.
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9. Is More Health Care Too Much Health Care? (Albuquerque Journal Editorial)
How can the best medical care in the world cost twice as much as the best medical care in the world?"
Peter R. Orszag
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09editorial.htm10. Don Chalmers Team 3rd to Make Racino Bid (Albuquerque Journal)
By Jeff Jones, Journal Staff WriterThe number of competitors seeking what could be the last racino to be built in New Mexico for decades has officially grown to three.
A team headed by New Mexico auto dealer Don Chalmers has filed an application with state horse-racing regulators to build a track and 600-slot casino in Tucumcari.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09chalmers.htm11. New Mexico librarians flock to Las Cruces for conference (Las cruces Sun News)
Sun-News reportMore than 450 librarians are expected at the New Mexico Library Association's annual conference here today through Friday.
An opening reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. will be held in the exhibit hall and ballroom at New Mexico State University's Corbett Center. A poetry reading will follow at the bookstore, featuring Richard Vargas reading from "American Jesus."
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_885792312. News from Inside Higher Education:
* 'U.S. News' Adds Surveys That Could Alter Methodology
High school counselors are asked to evaluate colleges, but magazine won't decide how to use data until responses are in. Presidents asked for advice on new measures to use.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/09/usnews* Next Chapter For E-Books
New program from SUNY Press makes front-list, hardcover titles available simultaneously in electronic form at price it hopes students can afford.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/09/suny13. News from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://libproxy.unm.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com* Campus Construction Continues Despite Economy's Woes
Protected against some of the worst aspects of an economic downtown, most colleges are forging ahead with new buildings and renovations.* A University Bets On Swanky Suites To Attract More Students
Outdated dormitories at Indiana University of Pennsylvania were a turnoff for potential students and a source of complaints from those who came. So $270-million in new housing is going up.* Thousands May Lose Out On Perkins Loans This Year
Fewer Perkins Loans, and smaller ones, will be available to financially needy students at colleges across the country because of cuts in federal funds and a decline in the consolidation of student loans.14. News from Diverse Issues in Higher Education:
* Blacks in Higher Education Meet
“I really feel good” was Dr. Roland Smith’s reaction to a question about the recently held meeting of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. Smith is the AABHE’s president and driving force in its restoration after a three-year hiatus.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_10972.shtml* Breaking Down Barriers: Women of Color in the Sciences
When Angelica Patterson became program manager for the department of environmental science at Barnard College, the undergraduate women’s college of Columbia University, she saw very few fellow women of color in her department.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_10971.shtml* Johns Hopkins Pledges $5 Million Toward Faculty Diversity Initiative
Johns Hopkins University announced plans to invest at least $5 million over the next five years in the Mosaic Initiative, a program focused on hiring and retaining women and people of color.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_10970.shtml15. National News:
* Well-nurtured gift enriches two campuses (Boston Globe)
Tufts, Lesley universities will split a $272m trust. While an electrical engineering student at Tufts University in the early 1900s, Frank Currier Doble wired the campus for telephones to help pay his way through college. A century later, like a bolt from the past, Doble's work ethic and pioneering technical expertise have produced a stunning windfall for his alma mater and another local university that will help an untold number of students afford school.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/04/09/well_nurtured_gift_enriches_two_campuses/?p1=email_to_a_friend* Reject U (Chicago Tribune)
Admissions offices this month at the nation's colleges are sending them out in record numbers. They are called "deny letters," or sometimes a "soft deny" or a "short deny" or a "dollar deny." But the bottom line is always the same. It's "no."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0409rejectlettersapr09,0,4916738.story* Pepperdine University Business School Appoints Three Key Associate Deans (Denver Post)
Linda A. Livingstone, PhD, Dean of Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management, announced new associate dean appointments, naming Mark Mallinger, PhD, as Associate Dean of Full-time MBA Programs; Demos Vardiabasis, PhD, as Associate Dean of Executive Programs; and Ron D. Ford, EDM, as Associate Dean of Executive Education. John Mooney, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, will continue to oversee MBA programs and the bachelor's completion program for fully employed professionals, and will ensure effective coordination between the program areas.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8861624?source=email16. Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Tuesday, April 8 include stories about* Spring Football Begins on Thursday
* Lobo Champions Weightlifting Exhibition
* CNM Lowers Tuition
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/09media.htm
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