UCAM's News clips for Thursday, August 21, 2008

1. Lobos Hit by NCAA
By Greg Archuleta, Journal Staff Writer
       
Six hours after the Lobos beat on each other during morning football practice, they took another beating from the NCAA.
       
The NCAA rules infraction committee on Wednesday put the University of New Mexico football program on three years probation, stemming from rules violations that occurred in 2004 and 2005
      
 It reduced the number of scholarships the school can offer by five per year during that span and will limit the Lobos to 80 total scholarships per year from 2008-10, down from the NCAA allowable 85 per year.

http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/21lobos.htm

2. One-On-One with Lee Reynis (Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook)
At a Glance
By Autumn Gray , Assistant Business Editor

THE BASICS:

Born Lee A. Reynis, May 25, 1948, in Worcester, Mass.; married to David Stryker since 1979; two daughters, Anna and Kate; undergraduate degree in economics from Mount Holyoke, and masters and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of Michigan.

POSITION:

Director of the University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research — the first woman to head the organization since its inception in 1945; director of the Institute for Applied Research Services; former chief economist for the State Department of Finance and Administration and former city economist for the City of Albuquerque.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/21reynis.htm

3. Taos campus looks to sun for power (Santa Fe New Mexican)
State's largest photovoltaic project called 'community effort'
Staci Matlock | The New Mexican

The University of New Mexico campus in Taos is going solar with the largest photovoltaic system in the state.

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, UNM officials and others held a groundbreaking Wednesday afternoon for the 500-kilowatt solar panel system. It is part of a planned 1.1-megawatt photovoltaic ground-mounted system distributed among several sites and all tied into the conventional electric grid. "Kit Carson will act as the battery for when the sun doesn't shine," said Luis Reyes, Kit Carson's chief executive officer.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/21taos.htm

4. CNM Campus Land Acquired In Rio Rancho (West Side Journal)
By Rosalie Rayburn, Journal Staff Writer

State, city and education officials gathered Wednesday to mark the official transfer of state-owned land to Central New Mexico Community College for a campus in Rio Rancho’s new downtown area.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/21cnm.htm

5. Roundhouse Roundup: Once roaring governor turns decidedly quiet (Santa Fe New Mexican)
Steve Terrell | The New Mexican

Is it just me, or did Gov. Bill Richardson seem rather detached from the special session that was so important for him to call?
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/21governor.htm

6. KRQE News Director Leaving (Albuquerque Journal)

Michelle Donaldson, news director at KRQE-TV, Channel 13, announced this week that she will leave the local CBS affiliate for a news director job at KPHO-TV in Phoenix, also a CBS affiliate.

Donaldson has been at KRQE for 8½ years, the first half of that time as assistant news director. Nationally, the average length of stay for a news director at a TV station is two years, she said.

“Albuquerque has been good to me and I honestly did not see myself leaving,” she said Wednesday. “I will miss Albuquerque and everybody here at the station. They’re a great team.” Nevertheless, she said, the offer from Phoenix “was a temptation I could not pass up.”

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7. News from Inside Higher Education:

* Another Case of Academic Fraud Involving Athletes
Ex-coaches at U. of New Mexico arranged for recruited players to get academic credit in courses for which they did no work, NCAA finds. Much finger pointing ensues.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/21/newmexico

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

* Colleges Get Greener, But Not In Teaching
Colleges are putting more focus on sustainability in their operational decisions but are not warming to it as a classroom topic, a survey by the National Wildlife Federation finds.

* Growth Rate Lags In Graduate Schools' International Admissions
The number of admissions offers to foreign students was up 4 percent, but the rate of increase over the previous year lagged for the third year in a row.

* Student-Loan Woes Not Easily Solved, Federal Report Warns
A report by the Congressional Research Service on weaknesses in the government-subsidized student-loan program could embolden calls for Congress to overhaul the system.

* Community-College Students Often Change Course, Report Says
Many community-college students previously thought they would be attending four-year colleges, while others initially planned to earn two-year degrees but have since decided to progress much further, says an Education Department report.

9. News from Diverse Issues in Higher Education:

*Two UMKC Professors Speak Out About Resignations
Two tenured professors accused of sexual harassment at the University of Missouri-Kansas City said they resigned to protect their families and because they couldn’t afford to continue defending themselves against the university.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11573.shtml

* Two English-Language Learner Programs Come Under Fire
Last month, a Texas court ordered the Texas Education Agency to overhaul the state’s bilingual education system, citing low test scores and high dropout rates. In Seattle, an outside review of that public school district’s program for immigrant students was deemed weak and in need of restructuring. The program, the evaluators said, “is ad hoc, incoherent and directionless,” the Seattle Times reported.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11574.shtml

* Caught Between Two Cultures
Dr. Wai-Kwong Wong, a counselor at Gannett Health Services at Cornell University, says many of the issues that Asian students face have to do with their environment and their sense of community or lack thereof. In many ways, Asian students at Cornell University seem like a successful group. At the competitive Ivy League school, they make up about 17 percent of the student body — by far the school’s largest minority.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11578.shtml

* Arizona Law Has Undocumented Immigrants Dropping Out of College
Changing laws have made life tougher for undocumented immigrants in Arizona, including young people giving up dreams of college and better lives because they are unable to pay out-of-state tuition as required by voters.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11568.shtml

10. Other News:

* Welcome, Freshmen. Have an iPod. (NY Times)
Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to students. The always-on Internet devices raise some novel possibilities, like tracking where students congregate. With far less controversy, colleges could send messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/technology/21iphone.html?ex=1219982400&en=c4491739ef5cc387&ei=5070&emc=eta1

* Lower Drinking Age Is Criticized (Washington Post)
Politics and Safety Cloud College-Led Bid to Spur Debate
On the face of it, the notion seems counterintuitive, but to the presidents of some of the nation's most prestigious colleges, it makes a lot of sense: Lowering the legal drinking age might get students to drink less.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082003626.html?referrer=emailarticle

* All the Hoos in Hooville Hit With a Sign of the Times (Washington Times)
Gone are the days when athletes at the University of Virginia could look up at cheering fans and see signs asking, "Hoos your daddy?" The Charlottesville school, whose students are often called the Wahoos or Hoos, has banned all signs at home games. The new athletic department policy was tucked into an e-mail to students Tuesday: "Beginning this year, signs are not permitted inside athletics facilities. Thank you for your cooperation."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082001297.html?referrer=emailarticle

* Out in the open: Some scientists sharing results (Boston Globe)
"CAMBRIDGE - Barry Canton, a 28-year-old biological engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has posted raw scientific data, his thesis proposal, and original research ideas on an online website for all to see."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/08/21/out_in_the_open_some_scientists_sharing_results?s_campaign=8315

* China hopes to attract more US college students (Denver Post)
By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer
China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004. But even before the 2008 Games, China was already on its way as the hot new destination for study abroad.
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_10262354?source=email

11. Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Wednesday, August 20, include stories about:

* NCAA Disciplines Lobo Football Program
* Ralph Nader Makes Appearance at UNM on Tuesday
* John McCain Holds Town Hall Meeting at NMSU
* UNM Sells Land to CNM for Rio Rancho Campus
* APS Worried About Number of School Transfers
*NM Tech Students Recreate Stunts From Roadrunner Cartoons for Reality Show
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/21media.htm

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