UCAM's News clips for Thursday, August 7, 2008

1. ER Wait Times Growing (Albuquerque Journal)
By Journal Staff Report

New federal statistics show people are facing longer waits in emergency rooms across the country, and the waits are even worse in New Mexico.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07er.htm

2. Gov. Unveils Scaled-Down Health Proposal (Albuquerque Journal)
By Winthrop Quigley, Journal Staff Writer

With a nod to political reality, the Richardson administration on Wednesday unveiled a scaled-down health care financing proposal for the Legislature to consider during the special session beginning Aug. 15.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07proposal.htm

3. Special session: Governor narrows focus to children (Santa Fe New Mexican)
New proposal targets health care for those 18 and younger
Kate Nash | The New Mexican

Gov. Bill Richardson's administration has scaled back its proposals to insure the 400,000 New Mexicans who lack health care coverage.

With legislators scheduled to convene Aug. 15 for a special session, the governor narrowed his focus to children. He wants to require all parents to get coverage for children 18 and younger.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07session.htm

4. NM among states legislating culturally competent health care (Las Cruces Sun News)
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Writer

Most doctors know that being sensitive to their patients' vastly different individual needs is a basic requirement of the job.

But for Dr. Elizabeth Szalay, a request from American Indian patients for bloody sponges and amputated body parts caught her off-guard. Navajos, for example, believe they are descendants of Mother Earth and everything from toes and fingers to bodily fluids must be returned as part of a life circle.

"That kind of was a little surprising," said Szalay, an associate professor of pediatric orthopedics and pediatrics at the University of New Mexico's Carrie Tingley Hospital. "That was a little further than most go."
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_10118004

5. Mayor's Manager Pick Unopposed (Rio Rancho Journal)
By Rosalie Rayburn, Journal Staff Writer

From the opening pledge of allegiance to the roll call, it took city councilors about 15 minutes to approve Mayor Thomas Swisstack's pick for a new city manager.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07jimenez.htm

6. Manager Greatly Expanded UNM Endowment (Albuquerque Journal Obit)
By Lloyd Jojola, Journal Staff Writer

Guided by Chuck Vickers, UNM's endowment portfolio expanded greatly, an outcome on par for the man who loved swinging a golf club, but even more so loved boosting the school and the state.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07vickers.htm

7. Job's a Snap for Lobo Senior (Albuquerque Journal)
By Greg Archuleta, Journal Staff Writer

Jake Bowe's University of New Mexico football career has been about being the ultimate role player. It's only fitting that the senior now finds himself atop the depth chart at the most unsung position on the team.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07lobo.htm

8. One-On-One with Deborah Johnson (Albuquerque Journal)
By Autumn Gray, Assistant Business Editor

There's really no way to talk with Debbie Johnson, CEO of ad agency Rick Johnson & Company, without getting a little of the Rick.

This is a cosmic pairing, and it might be bad juju for a reporter to separate them even for these purposes.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07johnson.htm

9. NMSU, fired professors in another fight (Las Cruces Sun News)
By Ashley Meeks Sun-News reporter

In the ongoing dispute between two dismissed professors and New Mexico State University, John Moraros and Yelena Bird now say they are being threatened with revocation of their graduate degrees.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_10121321

10. Tech Learns a Lesson (Albuquerque Journal Editorial)

When the local institution of higher learning gets involved in extracurricular activities like air-to-ground gunnery, the neighbors get curious.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07editorial.htm

11. UNM sets opening event for integrative medicine clinic (New Mexico Business Weekly)

The University of New Mexico's Center for Life Integrative Medicine Specialty Clinic will hold a grand opening Aug. 15.

The clinic plans to offer preventive and wellness services incorporating physical, social, spiritual and emotional components in a healing environment, according to a news release.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07clinic.htm

12. Junior Achievement awarded $20k (New Mexico Business Weekly)

Junior Achievement of New Mexico was awarded a $20,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation to help expand the JA Hispanic Initiative across the state, with a focus on southern New Mexico.

The program provides Hispanic youth with the foundations of the Junior Achievement curriculum via culturally specific lessons presented by "Hispanic role models who inspire them to dream big and reach their full potential," according to a news release.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07jrachievement.htm

13. Sun-News publisher leaving post (Las cruces Sun News)
By Jim Lawitz/Sun-News editor

Las Cruces Sun-News President and Publisher David McClain will be returning to Colorado to join his former publication, effective Sept. 1. A successor will be named at a later date.

McClain, who has served as top executive for the daily newspaper for nearly three years, will take on a comparable role at the Sterling Journal-Advocate, the same newspaper he led prior to his arrival in southern New Mexico in early 2006.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_10119006

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

* Expert Explains Why Strategies To Retain Students Fail
Someone on a college's campus must take ultimate responsibility for keeping students enrolled and devote resources to students who are not at the highest risk of failing, said an enrollment official at DePaul University.

* Public Universities Strive To Keep Coveted Faculty Members
Administrators at public universities are using incentives that go beyond salary increases to persuade key faculty members not to leave.

15. News from Diverse Issues in Higher Education:

* Tribal Colleges Stay True to Mission
Celebrating 40 years, the tribal college movement remains committed to sustaining native culture, language and community, officials say.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11509.shtml

* Course Helps Foster Hispanic-Jewish Bonds
When Randy Brown visited Hispanic Pentecostal congregations in Southern California, he was stunned by displays of Star-of-David flags, fervent prayers for peace in Israel and Hebrew words in their church names.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11517.shtml

* Hispanic Caucus Applauds Higher Education Bill
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) applauded the passage of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, H.R. 4137, on July 31 by a vote of 380-49 in the House and 83-8 in the Senate. The bill now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11516.shtml

* Homeland Security and UT Brownsville Reach Accord on Campus Border Fence
The University of Texas at Brownsville and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement this week barring the government from condemning any university land and committing the school to beefing up security along its existing fence, according to wire reports...
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11515.shtml

* 3 States to Consider Affirmative Action Ban
With one brief criticism of affirmative action, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has brought new attention to ballot issues aimed at dismantling preferential treatment programs for women and minorities.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11530.shtml

16. Other News:

* A late try to salvage student loans (Boston Globe)
"Governor Deval Patrick has asked the state pension fund to invest $50 million and will ask Harvard University and other local colleges to invest millions more to provide student loans to thousands of families struggling to pay college tuition bills that are due in the coming weeks."
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2008/08/07/a_late_try_to_salvage_student_loans?s_campaign=8315

* Yale students name alleged harasser in Web libel suit (Boston Globe)
Two female students at Yale Law School who say anonymous, defamatory comments were made about them on the Internet identified one of the defendants yesterday in their federal lawsuit.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/07/yale_students_name_alleged_harasser_in_web_libel_suit?s_campaign=8315

* Ex-CSU chief OKs $18,000 book on ... self (Chicago Tribune)
Before leaving Chicago State University, embattled university president Elnora Daniel signed off on spending more than $18,000 to publish a tribute book honoring herself, a glossy coffee table publication featuring pictures of Daniel posing with lawmakers, university staff and her family.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-chicago-stateaug07,0,7438228.story

17. Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Wednesday, August 7 include stories about:

* Arson Investigators Looking at Overnight Fire in Fraternity House
* Emergency Room Waits are Getting Longer
* Lobos Beginning Fall Football Practice
* UNM Psychiatrist Talks About Students Returning to School http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/07media.htm

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