UCAM's News clips for Friday, April 25, 2008

1. Lawyer Talks of Privilege (Albuquerque Journal)
By Olivier Uyttebrouck, Journal Staff Writer

Morris Dees' "affirmative action card" gave him many privileges as a young man in Alabama, the civil rights lawyer said Thursday, including the ability to practice law without taking the bar exam.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25lawyer.htm

2. UNM Groups Host Anti-Violence Event (Albuquerque Journal)

A coalition of student groups at the University of New Mexico is hosting a "Take Back the Night" event tonight in response to violent acts against women and abortion clinics.

The event­ which includes speakers and a candlelight vigil­ will run from 6 to 10 p.m. at Johnson Field. Together, we will shatter the silence about rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, domestic violence and attacks on abortion clinics, such as the fire that took place in December of 2007," the coalition said in a news release.

The event is open to the public, said Molly Maguire-Marshall, a spokeswoman for the group.

Also planned is a Clothesline Project, where women are given a chance to write about violent experiences on T-shirts, which are then hung on a clothesline for everyone to read.

The event is hosted by the UNM Reproductive Justice Coalition, which is made up of UNM organizations Vox, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and NARAL Pro-Choice UNM.

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3. Column: Schmidly needs to be candid (Daily Lobo)
By: Richard M. Berthold / Daily Lobo columnist

Every Monday morning, I receive an e-mail from President David Schmidly - the entire University does.

This is good.

He is the first UNM president to engage in a regular communication with all of us, including retired farts like myself. The letters are like a 21st-century version of Roosevelt's fireside chats.

Unfortunately, it is all happy talk, and what the faculty, students and staff require, I suspect, is straight talk about the many problems the University confronts. Schmidly apparently saves the serious stuff for letters to the Albuquerque Journal when negative publicity about the University compels him to respond.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25column.htm

4. Growers' market brings local flavor to UNM (Daily Lobo)
By: Rachel Hill

Student Rose Chavez said the UNM Growers' Market is here to stay.

The market was set up at Cornell Plaza on Thursday with about 25 vendors, including local farmers and herbalists.

The vendors were selling organic foods, vegetables and environmental products.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25market.htm

5. Student finds rhythm despite hearing loss (Daily Lobo)
By: Jennifer Olson

Paul Twitchell can read lips and facial expressions.

But he might miss something when a teacher faces away from him in class.

So, Twitchell watches sign language interpreters in class to enhance his understanding.

Twitchell was born deaf. But he got hearing aids after his parents noticed he could hear loud noises, such as a gunshot or the engine of a low-flying plane.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25student.htm

6. Hispano Chamber day planned at Anderson School (New Mexico Business Weekly)
NMBW Staff

The Anderson School of Management and the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce will host the
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce Day at the Anderson School on Wednesday, April 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Paul R. Jackson Student Center.

This event will allow Anderson students and the university community to learn first-hand from some of New Mexico's most prominent Hispanic business leaders as they share their individual stories of business successes and failures.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25asm.htm

7. Acclaimed Poet, UNM Professor Visits Tech For Reading And Workshop (SmallTownPapers News Service)

Diane Thiel, associate professor at the University of New Mexico, is New Mexico Tech’s next guest in the Visiting Poet Series.
http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=86349739721008990

8. Findings from University of New Mexico provide new insights into asthma (NewsRx)

"In human blood basophils, cross-linking the high-affinity IgE receptor Fc epsilon RI with multivalent antigen activates a signaling pathway leading to secretion of inflammatory mediators and cytokine production. Basophils are known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma but there has been no comprehensive examination of the effectors these cells produce," researchers in the United States report.
http://www.newsrx.com/print.php?articleID=942660

9. STEADY BUT SLOW: Declines in manufacturing and construction hinder New Mexico's growth (TMC.net)

Slowing construction and manufacturing kept New Mexico's consistently solid job growth low at the end of 2007, according to the Journal's Economy Watch analysis.

"Obviously, these are going to be difficult times" but not "desperate times," said Lee Reynis, director of the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/04/24/3408150.htm

10. Report: Lobos' Neal Seeks Pro Job (Albuquerque Journal)
By Mark Smith, Journal Staff Writer

Here we go again­ and this time it looks like Craig Neal might finally be leaving.

And he might not be the last one from the University of New Mexico men's basketball staff.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25lobos.htm

11. NFL Dreaming (Albuquerque Journal)
By Greg Archuleta, Journal Staff Writer

They each flourished after being rushed to service during their college football careers. Their composure will come in handy heading into the biggest weekend of their football lives and the ensuing buzz of acitivity this summer.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25nfl.htm

12. PNM Granted $34M Rate Hike (Albuquerque Journal)
By Jack King; Journal Staff Writer

State regulators on Thursday approved a $34 million rate increase for Public Service Company of New Mexico.

The roughly 6.4 percent bump, an increase of about $6 on a $100 monthly bill, is about half of the $76.9 million PNM requested.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25pnm.htm

13. Move Quickly, Carefully on PNM Rate Request (Albuquerque Journal Editorial)

State utility regulators will make some crucial decisions in the next few weeks affecting New Mexico’s biggest electric utility and its customers.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25pnm2.htm

14. Architect Combined Modernism, SW Style (Albuquerque Journal)
By Lloyd Jojola, Journal Staff Writer

Jorge de la Torre was a modernist at heart, an architect who, as a son said, had the means to elegantly combine the New Mexico vernacular style with that modernist simplicity.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25obit.htm

15. President Martin touts openness of NMSU (Las Cruces Sun News)
By Jason Gibbs Sun-News reporter

New Mexico State University President Michael Martin on Thursday said the current university administration may be among the "most transparent" in the country ­ within the constraints placed on the university by law.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_9047404

16. Professors dispute university's claims that they never filed grievance (Las Cruces Sun News)
By Ashley Meeks/Sun-News reporter

The two recently dismissed tenure-track professors in New Mexico State University's College of Health and Social Services are disputing claims made this week by President Mike Martin and Board of Regents Chairman Bob Gallagher that they never filed an internal grievance.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_9047530

17. College of Santa Fe: Merger could keep school afloat (Santa Fe New Mexican)
John Sena | The New Mexican

The College of Santa Fe and a Georgia-based art school are in discussions about a possible partnership, the latest step in trying to get the financially troubled Santa Fe school back on its feet.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25csf.htm

18. News from Inside Higher Education:

* On Texts, Tech And Teens
Students in high school distinguish between "real" writing -- which they view as important to success -- and online communication, study from the College Board and Pew finds.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/25/teens

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

* Colleges Create Facebook-Style Social Networks To Reach Alumni
The closed social-networking sites keep colleges up to date on what their alumni are doing, as well as providing the former students with opportunities to network and find jobs.

* Congressional Panel Weighs Social Science's Role In Warfare
The Pentagon must take better advantage of social scientists' insights about warfare and terrorism, several members of Congress said during a hearing on Thursday.

20. National News:

* Rockefeller Gives Harvard $100 Million (NY Times)
David M. Rockefeller is giving $100 million to Harvard University, his alma mater. It is the largest gift by an alumnus in the university’s history. Eli and Edythe Broad made a $100 million gift to the university in 2005, but they are not alumni.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/education/25harvard.html?ex=1209787200&en=e6d24383ee012712&ei=5070&emc=eta1

* Criticism for Degree to Governor’s Daughter
West Virginia University showed “seriously flawed” judgment in awarding the daughter of the state’s governor a master’s degree she did not earn, an independent panel has said in a report.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/education/25west.html?ex=1209787200&en=1310cbb3b9e21ddb&ei=5070&emc=eta1

* Q&A: New head of US colleges talks about her field
Molly Corbett Broad, former president of the University of North Carolina, takes over next Thursday as president of the American Council on Education. The group is the most prominent higher education organization and the chief voice of colleges and universities in Washington. She sat down recently with The Associated Press in her hometown of Chapel Hill, N.C., and these comments are excerpted from the interview.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_9050294?source=email

21. Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Thursday, April 24, include stories about:

* Lobo Men's Basketball has Coaching Vacancies to Fill
* UNM to Study Feasibility of South Valley Incorporation
* NMSU Associate Dean Resigns
* Lobo Baseball Team Starts a Three-Game Series at Isotope Park Tomorrow
* UNM Police are Investigating Theft by a Maintenance Worker
* NMSU Students Gather for Vigil for Slain Student
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/25media.htm

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