C&J 375 Beat Choices
1) CAMPUS POLITICS ON ELECTION YEAR
With a focus on campus sources and
activities (both UNM and CNM), cover the events, personalities, groups, trends
and issues related to electoral campaigns—fundraising, speeches, debates,
advertising, registration, etc. -- the elections in November and its aftermath,
and the process and meaning of democratic participation.
2)
MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
WOMEN and
MINORITY AFFAIRS -- Women's Center, women studies, NOW chapter, UMAS, MEChA,
Affirmative Action Office as it relates to women, life of women students,
employment trends, salaries, promotions, Chicano Center, Black Student Union,
Native American Center, etc., with their various programs, controversies,
projects, events, recruiting, budget problems, Affirmative Action Office,
employment trends, salaries, promotions.
3)
EDUCATION
COLLEGE OF
EDUCATION and CONTINUING EDUCATION -- Administrative affairs, deans' offices,
department heads in the College of Education, student affairs, programs,
employment potential, trends, changing requirements, graduate programs,
enrollment trends, graduate recruitment and job placement. Cover issues related to K-12 programs
and public education in general.
4)
INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS and the LATIN AMERICAN & IBERIAN INSTITUTE -- International student organizations
and their activities and projects;
campus trends and comparisons in regard to international student recruitment;
the Latin American and Iberian Institute has researchers and programs in
several countries and an active agenda of speakers on campus.
5) CRIME
AND SAFETY ON CAMPUS
CRIME AND
POLICE -- How does the crime rate on the UNM campus compare to the crime rate
on other campuses in this region? Are the types of crimes similar or
different? What concerns,
initiatives and trends are observed in campus safety for students, staff and
faculty? This reporter must check the campus police blotter
regularly to produce briefs, news, and features on relevant topics.
6) HEALTH
AND LIFESTYLE
SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE and STUDENT HEALTH CENTER -- University of New Mexico Hospital, Board
of Trustees, Cancer Research Center, subsidiary programs, dean's office,
student affairs, programs, medical research, medical costs, budget, and Student
Health Center. The student health center is a gold mine of stories; work it
well and you will be rewarded.
SCHOOL OF NURSING, COLLEGE OF
PHARMACY, MALSA -- Offices of the deans, projects, programs, student
activities, new faculty, enrollment trends, budget problems.
7) UNM GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION --
President's office, university secretary, regents, comptroller and university's
financial operations. (Regents meet the first Tuesday of each month.) The
reporter must make it a practice to become familiar with and to the denizens of Scholes Hall.
FACULTY SENATE, STAFF COUNCIL and
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION -- Faculty Senate, activities of its various
committees, salaries, fringe benefits, academic freedom and tenure cases,
STUDENT
GOVERNMENT -- ASUNM meetings (every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.), ASUNM committees
(particularly finance and steering), officers, campus politics, projects,
budget problems as they affect campus corporations and organizations; cover GSA
meetings, committees and politics. (2)
8) STUDENT
LIFE
STUDENT AID
PROGRAMS -- In the realm of student aid, you should plan stories on
scholarships, loans, loan repayment, job placement, student employment, budget
problems, student discipline, administrative decisions, and plans and programs
as they effect student welfare; in terms of library coverage, you cover the
dean of library services and general library, new services available to
students and faculty, equipment, usage, trends, budget problems.
LIVE-IN
STUDENT BODY and GREEKS -- Cover
life in the dorms, Greek‑letter organizations, student-family housing,
chartered student organizations, New Mexico Union, New Mexico Union board
meetings. This is a feature-oriented beat with lots of story possibilities such as
a restaurant review on the dining hall, crime in the dorms,
lifestyle features.
YOUTH
CULTURE – Cover events, issues, personalities and trends of interest to
young people—including politics, entertainment and social issues.
9)
ENVIRONMENT
Cover UNM
programs and departments, experts on this issue, student organizations and any
campus initiative or event involving environmental concerns.
10)
WORKPLACE AND LABOR RELATIONS
This beat
covers campus operations but also planning for the future at UNM: parking,
planning, maintenance, workplace safety, UNM architect's office, physical plant
offices, etc. Also covers
relations between university administration and staff, faculty, and student
employees; employee programs, problems and opportunities; staff labor unions;
state and federal labor law; human resources issues; hiring, firings, and
promotions at UNM, etc.
12) ARTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT
COLLEGE OF
FINE ARTS -- Administrative affairs of the college, departmental programs and
problems, student activities, enrollment trends, new faculty, Popejoy Hall,
Keller Hall, Rodey Hall, Popular Entertainment Committee, films, other
entertainment programs and other aspects of the campus culture, including
dance, books, museums, theatre, galleries, film, poetry readings, etc.
13) LAW AND
LEGAL MATTERS
LAW SCHOOL -- Offices of the deans,
projects, programs, student activities (such as the Student Bar Association),
new faculty, enrollment trends, budget problems. Cover the office of university counsel and legal affairs on
UNM campus.
14)
BUSINESS AND UNM ALUMNI RELATIONS
ROBERT
O. ANDERSON SCHOOLS OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
-- Office of the dean, administrative and student affairs, new programs,
enrollment trends, job placement, budget. Cover Delta Sigma Pi and other
student organizations.
UNM ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION and UNM FOUNDATION -- Goals, programs, activities, course
offerings, enrollment. Any major fund-raising projects under way?
15) SPORTS
AND RECREATION
ATHLETIC
ADMINISTRATION and ATHLETICS -- Athletic competition, efforts to equalize
opportunities for men and women, recruiting, general coverage of competition,
trends in women's and men's sports, staffing problems, etc. I want improved
coverage of the athletic administration, budgets, Lobo Booster Club,
athletic recruiting, Athletic Council, NCAA and WAC affairs, and the academic
performance of athletes.
LEISURE
SERVICES, INTRAMURAL SPORTS -- Cover programs, activities, and recreation trends, travel, budget
problems.
16) SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER
SCIENCES – UNM is in the midst of a major evolution in computing on
campus, including efforts to wire almost every building on campus so that
students, faculty and staff
RESEARCH -- Members of the UNM
faculty are expected to devote a major portion of their work to research in
these areas; what kind of research are they doing? External funding from the
Department of Defense and other federal agencies are a major source of revenue
for UNM; who is funding what this year? Cover the office that supports faculty
research, research projects, grants for research, individual researchers and
their projects and publications in science and technology.
COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING -- Administrative affairs, dean's office, department heads, student
activities and organizations, enrollment trends, employment success, high‑tech
projects, project contracts, grants and new facilities.
17) RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS
LIBRARIES
-- Cover the dean of library services and general library, new services
available to students and faculty, equipment, usage, trends, budget problems.
18) MEDIA
19) ALBUQUERQUE CIVIC
18) MILITARY AT UNM
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