UCAM's News clips for Thursday, April 24, 2008
1. Bridge Commemorates Cycling Crash Victim (Albuquerque Journal)
Journal Staff ReportPerhaps now James Quinn has a fitting memorial.
Local officials, family members and bicyclists gathered Wednesday to celebrate the completion of a bridge and other bike-trail improvements along Embudo Channel.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24quinn2.htm2. Bridge dedicated in memory of student (Daily Lobo)
By: Brandon CallUNM School of Law students and local bicyclists remembered the life of James Quinn during ceremonies Wednesday.
Quinn was a law student who was killed Sept. 15 while bicycling on Route 66 in Tijeras Canyon.
Mayor Martin Chavez dedicated a bike bridge in Quinn's honor. The bridge is one mile north of Indian School Road along the Paseo del Nordeste bicycle trail.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24quinn.htm3. UNM services aim to encourage mental wellness (Daily Lobo)
By: Jazmine RoyallStudents, staff and faculty received information about mental health Wednesday outside the SUB for Mental Health Awareness Day.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24wellness.htm4. 'Action needs to be taken' (Daily Lobo)
Student with disabilities says campus needs to be more accessible
By: Michael WesterveltFive years ago, Margaret Leicester was cleaning her basement in Taos when a black widow bit her.
A week after she was bitten, she suffered a stroke that paralyzed the left side of her body. It made me deaf in my left ear and took away my eyesight all in one moment," she said.
Leicester said being a wheelchair user at UNM is hard.
"The University of New Mexico is not handicap-accessible in the least bit, and more needs to be done at UNM and in Albuquerque in general," she said.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24accessibility.htm5. Dominguez Leaving UNM Basketball (Albuquerque Journal)
By Mark Smith, Journal Staff WriterUniversity of New Mexico director of basketball operations Silvey Dominguez is leaving the program at week's end to return to Colorado, the Journal has learned.
Dominguez's wife, Debora, lives in Loveland, Colo. She did not move to Albuquerque after Dominguez took the position at UNM last spring.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24dominguez.htm6. Dean Quits Amid Porn E-Mail Flap (Albuquerque Journal)
By Martin Salazar, Journal Staff WriterA New Mexico State University official accused of sending pornographic e-mails has resigned his administrative position.
Larry Olsen stepped down Monday as associate dean of NMSU's College of Health and Social Services after being notified he had violated NMSU policy, according to a campuswide e-mail sent Tuesday evening by the university's provost.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24nmsu.htm7. CSF Considering School Merger (Albuquerque Journal)
By Polly Summar, Journal Staff WriterThe Savannah College of Art and Design has been on Stuart Kirk's radar screen for several months.
When Kirk, president of the College of Santa Fe, announced in January that the college would not have to file for financial exigency the higher education version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy he mentioned SCAD as a school that was doing very well as an arts college.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24csf.htm8. Smoke-free zones expand at CNM (New Mexico Business Weekly)
NMBW StaffCentral New Mexico Community College will try to make its campuses healthier for students and employees by expanding smoke-free zones.
During a Clean Air for All event Wednesday, employees in every building on the college's five campuses marked designated clean air areas around their buildings.
The college has a new policy stating that that there is to be no smoking within 25 feet of a building's entrance, an open window, an enclosed walkway or a ventilation system.
The two-year college is providing wallet-sized smoking policy cards employees can hand to people smoking in the smoke-free zone. According to a college news release, the card allows the Central New Mexico community "to promote clean air for all while maintaining civility and respect for all."
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9. Session on Health Care Considered (Albuquerque Journal)
Gov. Bill Richardson is looking at a special legislative session on health care this summer.
The session wouldn't occur until after the June 3 primary election and likely would happen before the Democratic National Convention, which begins Aug. 25. No date has been set by the governor.
Richardson had considered calling a special session as early as next month because he was frustrated with the pace of work by the Senate.
But the governor said Wednesday he dropped the idea of a May special session after recent meetings with Senate leaders.
"I am satisfied that the Senate is positively engaged in trying to come up with a universal health care plan," he said at a news conference.
Richardson pushed for a universal health care plan during the 30-day legislative session that ended in mid-February. The House approved a weakened version of his proposal but the Senate never considered it. After the session, Senate leaders met with Richardson and agreed to work with administration officials to resolve their differences on health care.
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10. News from Inside Higher Education:
* Data On Minority Doctorates Suppressed
NSF, citing privacy concerns, bars release of data on minority Ph.D. attainment when only small numbers of degrees are awarded. Diversity advocates question rationale.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/24/data11. News from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://libproxy.unm.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com* Wealthy Colleges Show Drop In Enrollments Of Needy Students
At the country's 75 wealthiest private colleges and at the flagship campuses of the 39 best-endowed public universities, the share of undergraduates from families with modest incomes appears to have dipped by more than a percentage point over a two-year period.* Bush Administration Concludes It Can't Help Lenders Without A New Law
The administration ended internal deliberations over a bailout plan for student-loan companies after concluding it did not have the authority to act on its own. Instead it will endorse a Congressional proposal that would allow the education secretary to purchase loans from private lenders.* An Online Company Tries An Unexpected Publishing Model: Free Textbooks
Flat World Knowledge expects to offer online, peer-reviewed, interactive, user-editable textbooks without charge, and hopes to make money by selling supplemental materials.* Major Software Vendor Puts Students At Many Campuses At Risk Of Identity Theft
The theft of a laptop belonging to a consultant for the vendor, SunGard, may have exposed sensitive personal data for students and former students from at least 18 colleges.12. News from Diverse Issues in Higher Education:
* Hispanic-Serving Institutions Win Grants To Spur Economic Growth
Colleges will receive much-needed funds from a Labor Department program, which works closely with businesses to fill work force gaps.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11016.shtml* Arizona Bill Would Ban Race-conscious Organizations on Public Campuses
Students attending Arizona’s public schools, community colleges and universities may be restricted from operating race-based organizations on campus following a proposal recently approved by a state legislative panel.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11040.shtml13. National News:
* Government Seeks to Buy Student Loans (NY Times)
The Bush administration is proposing that Congress authorize it to buy billions of dollars in federal student loans to make sure the nation’s credit crunch does not block borrowing for higher education.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/washington/23loans.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin* Education Secretary Offers Changes to ‘No Child’ Law (NY Times)
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings used her executive powers on Tuesday to propose a series of ninth-inning regulatory fixes to President Bush’s signature education law, No Child Left Behind, including requiring states to use a single federal formula to calculate and report high school graduation rates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/washington/23child.html?ref=education* The (Yes) Low Cost of Higher Ed (NY Times)
ON Oct. 2, 2003, board members at the University of Virginia filed into the Upper East Oval Room of the Rotunda, the centerpiece of Thomas Jefferson’s campus design, for one of their regular meetings. As usual, they were joined by the university’s top administrators. Just before the meeting began, a member of U.Va.’s public affairs staff walked over to John T. Casteen III, the university president, to hand him a clipping from that morning’s newspaper.The clipping described a sweeping new financial-aid program that the University of North Carolina had just announced. North Carolina was going to cover nearly the full cost of any student whose family made less than 150 percent of the poverty level or, for a family of four, about $30,000 in today’s dollars. Students would still have to work 10 to 12 hours a week in a campus job, but they would not have to take out any loans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/education/edlife/essay.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=login14. Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Wednesday, April 23 include stories about:* NMSU Associate Dean resigns
* Memorial to be held for murdered NMSU student
* Lobo Marcus Smith could be taken in NFL
* UNM researchers say the human body can prevent infectious diseases like tuberculosis.
* Wheelchair basketball team told they can no longer practice at UNM's Johnson Center
* NM Military Institute cadets took part in hazing ritual and will not graduate this year
* Bridge named in honor of James Quinn, UNM Law School student
* UNM study to determine feasibility of South Valley incorporating
* UNM students want the right to carry concealed weapons on campus
* Tennis Coach Alan Dils named Mountain West Coach of the year
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/24media.htmSusan McKinsey
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