UCAM's News clips for Monday, April 14, 2008

1. NMSU Official Moving to UNM (Albuquerque Journal)

An associate provost at New Mexico State University has been tapped for a new administrative position at the University of New Mexico.

Josephine "Jozi" De León was selected by UNM President David Schmidly to be UNM's vice president for equity and inclusion, a new position that will lead initiatives increasing and maintaining diversity at UNM.

De León is associate provost for academic affairs and community colleges at NMSU. She holds a doctorate from NMSU in curriculum and instruction. She previously was deputy secretary of the New Mexico Higher Education Department.

De León will begin at UNM on July 1.
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2. It's About Time APS Dropped in With a Goal (Albuquerque Journal)

Albuquerque Public Schools has been studying its abysmal dropout rate for more than a decade. And while all the inevitable studies and focus groups and cluster meetings have been taking place, one thing has been conspicuously absent.

A concrete, quantifiable, achievable goal.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14aps.htm

3. Big Bill Explains Himself ... Again (Albuquerque Journal)

The governor talks to big media about the Clintons and being Judas.

We read Saturday in the Albuquerque Journal's Political Animal Jeff Jones that Gov. Bill Richardson came within an ace of throwing his support to Hillary Clinton, but he told the Los Angeles Times that he got ticked off at the negative tone of the campaign, especially Clinton's "3 a.m" ad questioning Barack Obama's fitness for command.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14governor.htm

4. The Longest Walk arrives (Daily Lobo)
About 50 people walking from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., for American Indian rights will be in Albuquerque until April 21
By: Xochitl Campos

Community members gathered at Civic Plaza on Friday to support the Longest Walk, a five-month trek from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., in support of American Indian rights.

Student Maya Peters, who organized Friday's ceremony, said about 50 people walked through Civic Plaza, but the group hopes to have thousands of marchers by the time it gets to Washington, D.C.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14longestwalk.htm

5. UNM celebrates student workers (Daily Lobo)
By: Michael Westervelt

UNM will honor student workers this week as part of Student Employment Appreciation week.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14studentworkers.htm

6. Officials honored at North Golf Course (Daily Lobo)
By: Rachel Hill

Neighbors for Green Space hosted an ice cream social at the North Golf Course to thank elected officials for supporting efforts to preserve the course.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14course.htm

7. Daily Lobo Letters to the Editor:

* It's time to move on; stop debating the flag incident
Can we simply drop the flag debate? ...

* Pedestrians must be alert when they cross the street
As I sit outside Popejoy Hall every afternoon waiting to go home, I notice that the majority of people violate one basic rule: Look both ways before you cross...

* Demonizing white males is not true multiculturalism
I don't get to read the Daily Lobo as much as I'd like to. However, I did see some letters in the Friday issue regarding the issue of flying the flags of foreign countries and about the desecration of the Mexican flag episode...

http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14letters.htm

UCAM's News clips for Sunday, April 13, 2008

8. Judge's $2.5M Gift Goes Awry (Albuquerque Journal)
By Martin Salazar

RATON— In his mind's eye, Leon Karelitz saw his late wife's portrait hanging in the University of New Mexico School of Law, looking down on students benefiting from their roughly $2.5 million gift.

The retired Raton judge imagined generations of students better prepared for the courtroom because of the couple's role as one of the law school's most generous benefactors.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14gift.htm

9. UNM Orientation Leader Awarded for Service (Albuquerque Journal)
By Liz Otero/ Of the Journal

AROUND TOWN: University of New Mexico senior Margi Miranda, a 2003 graduate of Las Cruces Mayfield High School, 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.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14orientation.htm

10. Homeland Security Conference at UNM (Albuquerque Journal)

Bennie G. Thompson, the Mississippi congressman who's on the Homeland Security Committee, will be the keynote speaker at a Homeland Security Conference today.

Sponsored by the New Mexico Black Political Action Committee, the one-day conference will begin at 11 a.m. at the University of New Mexico's Student Union Building ballroom. The cost is $30.

"The conference will focus on immigration, new regulatory efforts, bio-terrorism, university and public school campus security, transportation and cybersecurity," said Sheryl Williams Stapleton, president of the NMBPAC.

Thompson will also attend a reception at the African American Performing Arts Center, 310 San Pedro NE. The reception is at 6 p.m., and admission for that event is also $30.
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11. WR McQueen Could Be a Difference-Maker for UNM if He Can Find His Confidence (Albuquerque Journal)
By Greg Archuleta
Journal Staff Writer

Jermaine McQueen has been uncomfortable long enough. The University of New Mexico football team has some big holes to fill at the wide receiver position this spring, with the departure of All-Mountain West Conference first-teamers Marcus Smith and Travis Brown.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14mcqueen.htm

12. Time for Appropriate Reaction by Regents (Albuquerque Journal)

Regents at New Mexico State University should call President Michael Martin to account for his administration's handling of sexual harrassment complaints at the College of Health and Social Services.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14nmsu.htm

13. News from Inside Higher Education:

* 'Collective Sidestep' On Adjuncts
Accreditors criticized for having vague rules about use of part timers and not holding colleges accountable for relying on those off the tenure track.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/14/accredit

14. News from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://libproxy.unm.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com

* Virginia Tech Recasts 'Hokie Spirit' As Triumph Of Resilience
In the year since a deranged student killed 32 people and himself, the university has made a rapid recovery. Some marketing experts see the strategy as a wise one.

* Gap Persists Between Faculty Salaries At Public And Private Institutions
The division threatens the ability of public institutions to recruit and retain faculty members at all levels, according to the American Association of University Professors' annual report on the economic status of the profession.

* Trustees Are Playing A Greater Role In Managing Colleges' Risks
Trustees have shifted their attention beyond balanced budgets and into broader areas affecting the reputations of colleges, a panel of management experts said in Boston at the annual conference of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.

* Spellings Seeks Clearer Federal Authority In The Event Of A Student-Loan Crisis
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said the administration is figuring out ways to bolster student-loan companies under existing laws, but she did not rule out supporting new legislation that is moving through Congress.

* Growth In Foreign Applications To Graduate Schools Slows
After substantial increases in the past two years, the number of applications from foreign students to American graduate schools is up just 3 percent this year.

* U.S. Aid Agency Outlines Terrorist-Screening Program For Grantees That May Go Global
USAID would use a classified database to check the names of "key individuals" involved in controlling finances for the grant-recipient's organization.

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15. News from Diverse Issues in Higher Education:

* Student Input Helps Community Colleges Improve Overall Experience
Focus groups find out what works in the classroom, on campus.

She was in her second year at a community college in Washington state when we met. She’s the first in her family to go to college. Her parents are farm workers. She describes in English, her second language, the first time she stepped on the campus in this small northwestern community that is now her home.

“I’m from Texas,” she says. “I’m used to being around all Hispanic people. I wasn’t used to being around a lot of White people. That was intimidating.”
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_10937.shtml

* Colleges in Washington State Launch Student Mental Health Programs
High-profile campus killings spur the creation of mental health teams at colleges across Washington state. The goal is to watch troubled students. Washington campuses are getting more involved in monitoring student mental health in the wake of four high-profile campus killings within the past year.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_10989.shtml

16. National News:

* Fewer Options Open to Pay for Costs of College (NY Times)
Parents will have to navigate unfamiliar and difficult terrain when it comes time to pay for college this year, with student loan companies in turmoil and banks tightening their standards and raising rates on other types of borrowing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/business/12loan.html?ex=1208664000&en=d09969d12ea58470&ei=5070&emc=eta1

* Sallie Mae To Charge For Loans To Students (Washington Post)
Sallie Mae, the country's largest student lender, announced yesterday that it will start charging students who apply for federally backed loans and cut the type of loans available, citing the turmoil in the credit markets as a reason for this shift.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103835.html?referrer=emailarticle

* Search for UMass-Amherst head narrowed to 4 (Boston Globe)
The search for a new chancellor for the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus in Amherst was narrowed yesterday to a field of four finalists, including one from an overseas university.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/12/search_for_umass_amherst_head_narrowed_to_4/?p1=email_to_a_friend

* Gender debate revived at Harvard (Boston Globe)
The controversy sparked by former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers in 2005 when he questioned women's "intrinsic aptitude" for science may be over, but the issue continues to provoke lively debate on campus.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/12/gender_debate_revived_at_harvard/?p1=email_to_a_friend

* WBZ's Allston site focus of talks with Harvard University (Boston Globe)
By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., Globe Staff  |  April 12, 2008
Harvard University is in ongoing talks with WBZ to purchase the television and radio station's nine-acre property in Allston as part of its continuing campus expansion in Boston.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/04/12/wbzs_allston_site_focus_of_talks_with_harvard_university/?p1=email_to_a_friend

* NIU archiving its darkest hour (Chicago Tribune)
Campus shrine and other mementos show how community grieved, official says
Five times a week, Cindy Ditzler opens two locked doors, dons a pair of blue latex gloves and a surgical-type mask and steps into a sterile room filled with heartache.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-niu-archivesapr12,0,3777125.story

* St. Xavier threats resonate after 2 campus shootings (Chicago Tribune)
Closing has Va. Tech, NIU slayings in mind
News of threatening graffiti found at St. Xavier University didn't alarm graduate student Jamie Brewczynski. But when school officials made the extraordinary decision Friday to shut the university down indefinitely and ordered students to leave by noon Saturday, she was frightened.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-st-xavier_bd13apr13,1,4318666.story

* Joking students called on the carpet (Denver Post)
The pair at Colorado College are rebuked over a feminist-newsletter parody seen as threatening
A satirical response to a feminist publication at Colorado College has landed the college and two of its students in the middle of a fierce debate over freedom of speech.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_8899492?source=email

* When Strings Are Attached, Quirky Gifts Can Limit Universities (NY Times)
When Stanley J. Seeger gave Princeton $2 million for Hellenic studies nearly three decades ago, the gift’s income paid for two courses in modern Greek and trips to Greece for five.
But the Seeger money, which must be spent only on matters Greek, is now worth $33 million, multiplying through aggressive investing like the rest of Princeton’s endowment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/education/13endow.html?ex=1208750400&en=76e1f256590b273d&ei=5070&emc=eta1

* Majoring in Plastic (Washington Post)
With Easy Access to Credit Cards, Students Pick Up the Debt Habit Early
Lavina Ramchandani, 20, got an American Express card two months ago so she could pay this semester's tuition at the University of Maryland.
Holly Jackson, 19, got a credit card when she needed a laptop.
Ethan Elser, 20, recently used his card to pay for a spring-break trip to Mexico.
All are college students, and all are in debt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/12/AR2008041200208.html?referrer=emailarticle

* MIT, German firm join forces (Boston Globe)
Will create energy research facility
CAMBRIDGE - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a German research giant announced yesterday that they would open a sustainable energy research center near the university's campus that will employ at least 60 people.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/13/mit_german_firm_join_forces/?p1=email_to_a_friend

* He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) (NY Times)
It’s not easy to write a book. First you have to pick a title. And then there is the table of contents. If you want the book to be categorized, either by a bookseller or a library, it has to be assigned a unique numerical code, like an ISBN, for International Standard Book Number. There have to be proper margins. Finally, there’s the back cover.
Oh, and there is all that stuff in the middle, too. The writing.
Philip M. Parker seems to have licked that problem. Mr. Parker has generated more than 200,000 books, as an advanced search on Amazon.com under his publishing company shows, making him, in his own words, “the most published author in the history of the planet.” And he makes money doing it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/business/media/14link.html?ex=1208836800&en=c78a3756fbccce2b&ei=5070&emc=eta1

* Commando Performance (Washington Post)
As the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech rampage approaches, students all over the country are storming campuses with (toy) guns. What kind of game is this?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802044.html?referrer=emailarticle

* VA Tech Killings Continue to Reverberate (Washington Post)
The rampage carried out nearly a year ago by a deranged Virginia Tech student who slipped through the mental health system has changed how American colleges reach out to troubled students.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041301136.html?referrer=emailarticle

* Decisions, decisions (Boston Globe)
Just how do we spend money? How might technology alter banking? With Bank of America's help, MIT is trying to find out
Which would you rather have: a $2 cup of coffee today, or $8.64 more in retirement savings 30 years from now?
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2008/04/14/decisions_decisions/?p1=email_to_a_friend

* St. Xavier offering assistance to some students (Chicago Tribune)
St. Xavier University put up about 10 students in a hotel and provided bus fare to others who needed it to get home after its decision to close the campus indefinitely because of threats to safety, a spokesman said Sunday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-xavier-14apr14,0,5084165.story

* U. of C. tuition to rise 4.9% next school year (Chicago Tribune)
University of Chicago undergraduate students who don't receive financial aid will have to dish out nearly $37,000 in tuition for the 2008-09 school year, after the university approved a 4.9 percent increase Friday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-u-of-c-tuition-14apr14,1,412931.story

* A new GI Bill? (Chicago Tribune)
The men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan have done a dangerous, arduous task with the professionalism that has long distinguished the American military. The demands of these conflicts, requiring many troops to do multiple tours, have put heavy burdens on these troops and their families. That's especially true of Reserve and National Guard personnel, many of whom never expected to see combat.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0414edit1apr14,0,24417.story

17. Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Friday, April 11-Sunday, April 13 include stories about:
* Lobo Senior Dionne Marsh Invited to Camp in Sacramento
* UNM Student Wins Ethics Reform Essay Contest
* Lobo Baseball Team Wins
* Incoming APS Superintendent Meets With President Schmidly
* UNM Student Jailed for Child Abuse
* Retired Judge Was Unhappy with Use of Endowment Funds
* Possible Compromise Reached on UNM North Golf Course
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/14media.htm

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