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BULLETINS

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February 2-February 15, 2016

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CNM Free Bus and Parking Passes

Student Clubs Open Chemistry Study Sessions

Current students qualify for a free general The weekly study session for any chemistry subject. Meet people and get your homework parking pass and AbqRide bus pass. Name, schedule, and student ID number are done at the same time! We always have free coffee and snacks. required. Saturdays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Main Campus, SSC111, MondayMain Campus JS Hall, Room 303 Friday 8am-5pm Contact Abigail Walraven at awalraven1@ Montoya Campus, TW107, or cnm.edu for more information Westside Campus, WSII-104, 8:00am-12:30pm/1:30pm-5:00pm The South Valley Campus (Admissions Office) and Advanced Technology Center The Executive Council (South Lobby reception desk) can also of Students provide the bus pass to the CNM community. For a general parking pass, vehicle and The Executive Council of Students (ECOS) drivers license information must be provided. is looking for new students to join the CNM To register your vehicle, log in to myCNM student government this semester. Students and follow links from the “transportation” must have a minimum GPA of 2.5, be section. The passes can then be obtained at enrolled for at least 3 credit hours, have a the Main campus Student Activities Office. letter of recommendation, and be willing to be an active student in the CNM community. For more information or to apply to ECOS students can pick up an application in the Montoya Campus Student Services building in room 201, Traveling Library student life office of Main campus. With the Traveling Library, you can conveniently check out the latest in fiction and nonfiction books, or make requests for Join Physics League other CNM Library materials from your The CNM Physics League is a chartered office! On February 2 from 10:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m student organization with a goal of supporting physics students. at the G Building in Rm. 211 Physics league meets every Saturday in JS301 at Main Campus from 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. with the Math League. STEM Up Open House/ Physic League Officers: Orientation (Main Campus) President- Chris Bryer at cbryer@cnm.edu Come join us for drop-in advising, discuss of Undergraduate Pathways, talk with other students in your same major and students in Student Math League your major that have transferred to UNM. On February 4 from 9 a.m - 4 p.m at the The purpose of the CNM Student math League at Central New Mexico SRC Community College (CNM) is to cultivate fellowship among organization members and students interested in math. HWPS/CPE (Health, If Interested please contact Judy Lalani at Wellness, & Public Safety/ (505) 224-4000 ext. 50061 or Coordinated Entry Program) jmlalani@cnm.edu Info Session (Main Campus) Information for HWPS/CPE Programs will be presented by Advisor Paul Fornell to CNM LGBTQ+ Support Group attending audience. On February 11 from 12 p.m -1 p.m in Jeanette Stromberg Hall We are as students of CNM to meet and provide an environment where everyone Rm.209 can feel safe, no matter their sexual orientation, gender identity, or questions thereof. The group shall provide support Suncat Story Time and education concerning the LGBTQ+ (Montoya Campus) community. We’ll also collaborate with Story Time’s mission is to provide a positive, various organization that deal with similar interactive experience that encourages early communities throughout Albuquerque New childhood literacy and instills reading as a Mexico.If interested please contact Philip source of joy. All are welcome. On February Lister at 224-4000 ex 50325 or plister@ 12 from 9:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m in J Building cnm.edu Rm. 123C

Soul Food Cooking Class (Main Campus) If you’ve always wanted to learn how to cook authentic soul food, here’s your chance to do it. You will prepare a three course meal and have a chance to sit down and enjoy what you made with your fellow classmates. Veteran Chef Pete Witter will walk you through step by step preparation instructions and you’ll go home with your recipes. The icing on the cake (or glazing on the yams) is that this cooking class is free! What a sweetheart of a deal. RSVP Required. Reserve your seat here: http://goo.gl/forms/Qi2YABTkkv on February 14 from 3 p.m -5 p.m in the RP Matteucci Hall (RPM) building

Mom/Moms 2 B Purpose: will work within the guidelines of internationally acclaimed baby Café UK in providing up to date information, a hands off and non-medical support environment, and to support mothers in their breastfeeding goals.If interested contact Chioma Heim at (505) 224-4000 ex 51879 or cheim2@ cnm.edu

Events FRIENDS & LOVERS BALLOON RALLY Bring your family, a warm cup of coffee or hot chocolate, and enjoy the view as a closeknit group of local balloon pilots launch up to 135+ hot air balloons. On February 13 and 14 at 7 a.m at Baloon Fiesta Park. Admission is free

CONCERT: R5 SOMETIME LAST NIGHT TOUR R5 is an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of Ross Lynch, Riker Lynch, Rocky Lynch, Rydel Lynch and Ellington Ratliff. In March 2010, they self-released an EP, Ready Set Rock. On February 2 at 7 p.m at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Tickets range from $45.70-$60.55

TASTY WEDNESDAY: HOT SAUCE Calling all hot sauce connoisseurs- this is the moment you’ve been waiting for! Our farmers and chefs have teamed up to create one of the most sophisticated yet simple hot sauces in the country. Handcrafted by our kitchen team using organic peppers grown right here on the farm, this sauce captures the true essence of Los Poblanos. This small batch hot sauce is as good as it gets. Stop by the Farm Shop for a taste today and get yours before they’re gone! On February 3 at Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm from 10 a.m - 4 p.m. Admission is f ree.

CARNAVAL 2016: TICKET TO PARADISE Frank and Pilar Leto and the NHCC continue their annual celebration of Carnaval with a festive and colorful evening of music, dance, and theatre featuring the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium. Carnaval 2016: “Ticket to Paradise” transports the audience to exotic Carnaval destinations. You are invited to join the party at our first stop in Rio de Janeiro, then on to Trinidad, Cuba, and our final destination, New Orleans. Pilar Leto, founder and artistic director of the Odara Dance Ensemble, and Frank Leto, composer and leader of PANdemonium, have once again created a new production with enchanting music, vibrant dance, exquisite costumes, and an engaging story. On February 6 and 5 at the Hispanic Culturzl Center at 7:30 p.m. Admission ranges from $15-$27

1ST ANNUAL MAGICAL WINTER BALL Join in the magic at the first annual Winter Ball! The two days of events include a Winter Wonderland formal dinner (February 6) and the “Snow Ball” (February 6 and 7) with appearances from a snow princess, ice queen and warm hug snowman. A percentage of proceeds benefit UNM Children’s Hospital, and 200 Boys & Girls Club kids are sponsored to experience the various kids’ events. On February 6 and 7 at the Albuquerque Hyatt Regency. Snow Ball: 10:30 a.m & 2 p.m, Winter Ball: 7 p.m. Admission is Snow Ball: $40, Winter Ball: $150

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February 2-February 15, 2016

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Vince LaVolpa

By Guadalupe Santos-Sanchez

Green Joe in Italian is the Guiseppe Verde, and the Guiseppe Verde was a transatlantic passenger ship that made voyages from Italy to Ellis Island and Vincent LaVolpa is the owner of Green Joe Coffee Truck and a CNM brought his grandfather to this country, he said. alumni who has led an eventful life and is soon to add author to his list of “So I named the coffee shop after that vessel because that was the vessel accomplishments that started when he first enrolled at CNM. that he used to follow his American dream, and this is the vessel that I’m using “My story began at CNM and that’s kind of cool,” LaVolpa said. to follow my American dream,” he said. LaVolpa dropped out of Highland High School and soon after enrolled at LaVolpa gave the truck an Italian feel with the canopy, the shutters, and CNM to receive his GED. the red and white checkered floor, he said. He then enlisted in the Army but not before receiving a certificate in And the whole idea behind the old newspapers on the ceiling of the truck Call Center Operations from CNM, then TVI, he said. was to have a little bit of America’s history up there, he said. He did a tour overseas in Iraq and Germany, and a year after returning “The whole concept behind this was to follow your dreams basically, which home, enrolled again at the CNM paramedic program. is a big jump sometimes, it’s not easy to leave a steady paying job,” he said. “I was an EMT basic, I had no experience and I was the only one in my The coffee truck does deliveries for staff, they can text LaVolpa their class that they let through with no experience,” he said. order and location, he said. He worked for the Albuquerque Ambulance as a paramedic until 2013 They give discounts to teachers and staff, public service, prior and current and after was a lead paramedic at MD Urgent Care, he said. city of Albuquerque employees, all medical staff, social workers, volunteers, He also went on to get his bachelor’s degree at UNM in the same and single parents, he said. field, he said. They serve free coffee to Purple Heart veterans and cancer patients, he said. “It had been about 10 years at that point that I went from the combat field “I think if someone can take a bullet for the country or go through chemo to the emergency medicine field and I was just tired of kind of seeing people and radiation, they deserve a cup of coffee on me,” he said. kill each other,” he said. The Green Joe Coffee Truck can be contacted at 505-385-2663 and at the LaVolpa wanted something different, so the thought was to open up a website www.greenjoecoffee.com. coffee shop, he said. The e-book will be up for sale on the website, iBooks, Kindle, and a He had been working as the operations director of a local nutrition fitness couple other e-book platforms, he said. company 70 hours a week, 6 to 7 days a week, he said. “I’ve been working on it since the beginning of the truck and I’ll have that “It paid well but I never got to see my wife and it was just a mess, so I on the website hopefully in the next 30 days,” he said. remember having the conversation with my wife, very specifically saying, I It is going to be a document with pictures and videos and information on think I want to open a coffee truck,” he said. how to build the floors, how to install plumbing and how to make different espresso drinks, he said. It will be a resource for people that are looking into getting into the coffee truck business and something that they can start off of, he said. “And to be honest, if I could have bought an e-book when I started this thing it would have saved me $4,000 because I made so many mistakes, like I’ve burned out generators from too much wattage and I put in this floor twice, this was a penny floor at one point and I had to put tile over it because it was a mess,” he said. LaVolpa likes coffee because for him it is all about community, he said. This community has been really good to him and he has enjoyed taking care of them as well, he said. “I call coffee the fuel of passion. When someone comes to get a cup of coffee it’s because they got something to do, they’re on a mission and coffee is like this catalyst of people’s dreams, and I’m stoked about that,” he said. VINCE LAVOLPA INSIDE HIS COFFEE TRUCK PHOTO CREDIT: GUADALUPE SANTOS-SANCHEZ

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VINCE LAVOLPA OUTSIDE HIS COFFEE TRUCK

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STUDENT NEWS

February 2-15, 2016

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Sun Catfé

open for business By Edgar Gonzalez Staff Reporter

The Sun Catfé, which is now open, is a new place that will offer students more resource to get food on main campus said Norma Cervantes, Sun Catfé department manager. It is open Monday-Thursday from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm and Fridays from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm and is located between the SSC and MS building, “What we sell here is pretty basic but we do have a lot more variety than the SRC building café and we are still bringing in new food,” she said. Some of the new food choices that will be offered in the Sun Catfé include hot dogs, corn dogs, and pizza, she said. They do not cook any food but the food comes in freshly pre-made, Cervantes said. “Dion’s for example brings us food daily and they are made fresh in the Dion’s down the street and brought to us fresh every day,” she said. Most of the variety of snacks offered at the SRC café will be served at the Sun Catfé but there are some exceptions such as the Starbucks specialty drinks which are exclusively sold there, she said.

On the menu Villa Lobo Bur ritos......................$2.99 Soft drinks...................................$1.79 Energ y Dinks...............................$2.49 Dion’s subs with chips...................$6.00 Slice of pizza..............................$2.09 *visit Sun Catfés for more food options

“I would encourage students to come and check it out and keep visiting since they are bringing in new products on a regular basis,” Cervantes said. The style of this building is very nice and it is much more accessible to many students in MS, KC, and the rest of the buildings located around this area, she said. “We are also hoping to get more frizzy drinks which is similar to an ICEE I would say with different flavors,” she said. The Sun Catfé’s opening date was delayed since some of the machines and equipment did not arrive on time, Cervantes said. “The new store makes it very convenient for students who have classes on this side of campus to get things to eat and I like that a lot since summer is coming up,” said Pre-Health Science major Jose Rascon. The nearest restaurant is very far and it is a little inconvenient for students to walk there, he said. “I’m planning to go to the Sun Catfé very often now that the summer is about to start, especially for the drinks,” said Abraham Gonzalez Business Administration major.

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STUDENT LIFE

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February 2-February 15, 2016

CEC at CNM High school students get dual-credit at CNM

By Edgar Gonzalez Staff Reporter

The Career Enrichment Center is a school where students are able to gain college credit and experience the college atmosphere while attending high school, said Carlos Corona, Lobotomy major. The teachers are better at their jobs than what is often found at a conventional public school when it comes to the way they teach, he said. “I like my high school very much, I find it very useful to take college classes while in high school,” he said. The teachers are also much better at explaining important details to students than at conventional public schools, he said. Having a small class can also contribute to this process since the teachers get more of a one-on-one experience with each student, he said. The CNM CEC offers students access to achievement coaches that can help them handle their classes, Corona said. “What makes this school better than the other high schools is that we get to schedule our classes to our liking just like we were only going to college,” he said. “What makes this school better than the other high schools is thatwe get to schedule our classes to our liking just like we were only going to college,” he said.

What made it very convenient was that the registration process is very similar to that of a regular high school, he said. “With taking some college classes it is possible to skip classes in high school, for example right now I am excited to be taking algebra two and math 1310,” he said. Depending on how many college classes a student is taking, this will make the schedules and homework different, he said. Being around college students -does not really affect how people at this school behave but people do seem to be more mature, Corona said. “Another thing that makes this high school so great is that you are treated with more respect and counselors trust you if you meet the requirements for a high school course,” he said. “The only thing you could count as a special perk would be getting our associates faster which is kind of the goal for the school and usually college students pay for their textbooks but we get ours for free,” he said. We get to schedule our classes to our liking just like we were only going to college,” he said.

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6.Some consider this a holiday while other’s do not, nonetheless, it happens in february. 9.This classical mythological god usually has a bow and arrow in tow. 11.Also known as catching a flick. 12.Four letter word to express emotion to someone you care deeply about. 15.A sugary concoction that is made with cocoa and dairy products. 18.Ammo for a bow. 23.Idealized love which is pure or beautiful. 25.One is the lonliest number. 26.“_____ is in the eye of the beholder” 27.When two sets of lips meet. 28.This flower symbolizes love. 29.The day of Valentine’s Day. 30.Similie for deer. 31.Would you be my _________? 32.This is also the title of a movie featuring Steve Carrel and Tina Fey. 34.A connection between two things.

DOWN 1.Various types of sugar for your Valentine’s Day. 2.A rhyming literary composition that you could give to a loved one. 3.The state of being unhappy. 4.Freshly cut just for you. 5.Something you send via snail mail. 7.English meaning of “yo té amo” 8.“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that’s ______” 9.A verb that means the act of holding one close as a way of showing love or affection. 10.This is also known as a gift. 13.This bubbly alcholic drink is common on Valentine’s Day. 14.An organ that pumps blood through the body, and is also a symbol for love. 16.If you’re _______ and you know it clap your hands. 17.The tradition name for the mint candy with various love pharses on top. 19.This sweet fruit is usually dipped in chocolate during the month of February. 20.HUG KISS HUG KISS 21.What do these things all have in common? A pig, a flamingo, and cherab cheeks. 22.This soft and fluffy toy animal is typically given away on Valentine’s Day. 23.A color that signifies many different emotions, such as; love and anger. 24.This tasty treat brings all the boys to the yard. 32.A mineral that most jewlery comes embelished with. 33.Texting slang used for girlfriend and boyfriend.

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STUDENT NEWS

Flier Controversy

Cosmetology students react to censorship on campus

February 2-15, 2016

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Whitney Browneller Graduating CNM cosmetology students are upset over the censorship of the flier that was displayed across CNM campuses for the Fall 2015 fashion show, Aphrodite’s Apocalypse. There were two different versions of the flier for the theme of Aphrodite’s Apocalypse; one which included Cosmetology major Mustafa Alsioury, kneeling in defeat next to Cosmetology major Kelly Nolan who was portraying Greek goddess Aphrodite. The second version of the flier featured Mustafa Alsiourys’ whole body and Kelly Nolans’ right arm cut from the image The first version was inspired by a photo that the two seniors found which they felt captured their theme of the fashion show, said Nolan. The graduating cosmetology students are responsible for coming up with the theme of the fashion show and then creating a flier to portray that idea, she said. Nolan and Alsioury went to the advanced technology center to take the pictures for the flier and to have them edited by CNM technology students to create a great flier for the show, they said. Nolan said that she thought that they had got the pictures approved by MCO before they were even released. “They approved the photo and after we got the prints and passed them out and everything then that lady’s bosses boss called miss reeves and was like no we don’t like it, it objectifies him…and that’s how I got the one arm.” said student Kelly Nolan They cut him off because we weren’t informed it wasn’t appropriate and because it was too late to take the photos again Nolan said. “I think it’s kind of dumb that they cut him, I mean it’s just a picture” said Emily Pino one of the fashion show models. “It takes away the whole idea; it doesn’t show the whole apocalypse side” said Lizandra Olivas a model. “One arm and no man,” Olivas said. They passed out the edited fliers without letting the students know or see how they had been edited compared to the original said cosmetology students. “We wanted a goddess and I was basically the object that she destroyed, which was the whole idea, me being on the poster as an object was totally meant…I’m sad that it didn’t go through.” said Alsioury. The process was really strict and there were more poses that were supposed to be done but were not so it made the overall experience really frustrating, he said. The cosmetology department took their own pictures after the shoot because they wanted more options without feeling rushed, Alsioury said. Cosmetology student Gigi Sandoval said that they could have done so much better with the editing. They could have turned her arm down and around to make it look like she was dancing, she said. “The editing is horrendous and they can’t even take the time to do simple editing. I mean it’s something that I’m not even good at but I could have done a better job and they should know that.” said Sandoval. They should have done it with some heart, she said. “What I heard though is that it wasn’t actually approved by the students before it was printed.” said Sandoval. Apparently is was just a big misunderstanding but they should have done something with the edited flier rather than just letting it be posted around CNM, she said. CNM was unable to provide comment about the situation at this time.

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