August 18, 2008
Daily Lobo
Shabby Coronado facilities reflect poorly on University
Editor,
I am a '93 and '96 UNM graduate who lived in Hokona Hall in 1988 and 1989. I currently work for a company that holds a camp every summer at UNM for junior high and high school students. We have several staff members and participants who travel from out of state to attend.
Every year, we are housed in Coronado Hall - a run-down, dirty, roach-infested facility that hasn't been updated since I was a freshman in 1988. These disgusting facilities do nothing to entice prospective students and do not reflect positively on the University. The only thing that should be happening in any of the basement bathrooms in Coronado Hall is the filming of a horror movie. Maybe then the housing office could raise some money to do some desperately needed renovations. As an alumna, I am embarrassed to welcome visitors to our school with such a lack of clean, well-maintained accommodations.
Carrie Smith
UNM alumna