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Student Spotlight

Administration pay raise leads to concern

of the administration, administrative assistants, advisers and offices such as the Financial Aid Managing Editor and Department. Staff Reporter The raise will not apply recently approved three to full-time faculty, part-time percent recurring raise faculty, security, maintenance, and onetime two percent operations, and instructional raise for the 2012-2013 support staff, according to an fiscal year for all employees not email from President Katharine protected by a collective bargain- Winograd to staff. “The raises are an act of good ing agreement — those whose jobs are represented by a union faith,” said Chairman of the — has caused friction between the administration and those excluded. This would mean that see RAISE on page 7 the raise applies only to members

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Kristin Gurule displays her custom jewelery at Free Radicals.

Fashion crafting

Current and future salaries for administration members

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priced and sells well. It’s local, represents what we want to do and fits into our overall theme very well,” said Morningstar. Her products meet the need of the customers they are trying to serve and he said the look fits in with everything else they have. “The fact that it’s local, and that Kristen is fantastic, makes doing business with her extremely easy. We love having her stuff in. It has always sold well,” said Morningstar. He said every dollar spent is a vote cast and he and fellow co-owner, Nan Moringstar, try and be careful who they vote for. “Voting for Kristen is a vote well cast, and giving her money is money well spent,” said Morningstar. Jewelry making is special to Gurule because of the time and thought that goes into each product, said Gurule. “It’s different. I’m not just trying to throw crap onto people. If I make a bad one or if I don’t like it, see

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and resin, but can combine things like pins or bottle caps with pictures inside and seal it with resin, she said. Staff “I make alternative Reporter style art. Kind of weird, Studio Arts major Kristen creepy, rockabilly, greaser Gurule said she has loved or punk,” she said. She started selling the art her whole life, but when she started making jewelry when her friends jewelry she became crazy would see the heaps of art work in her home and offered about it. She began crafting a to buy them, said Gurule. “I thought, maybe I year and a half ago but she has only been producing could actually sell this quality work for the past stuff. People actually like it,” she said. year, she said. Gurule loves making “I look for pictures on the internet. Stuff I would jewelry and she said she want to buy myself, but would continue to craft either I can’t find it or I even if she was not selling don’t want to pay that because it never feels like much for it. People give me work to her. “I’ve made hundreds of ideas to do different stuff and I’ll branch off of that,” pieces. It takes me 10 to 40 minutes per piece. I try said Gurule. She used to make to make new things all the beaded jewelry but she said time. That way I can keep it is too cliché and now selling and so people don’t uses mainly polymer clay, get tired of it,” said Gurule. Co-owner of Free and resin. “Polymer clay is easy Radicals John Morningstar because it can be baked in the said the store carries accessories oven. I found patterned sili- Gurule’s her products con ice trays too that I can use because encompass the store’s image. for the resin,” said Gurule. “It’s fun, quirky, She makes most of reasonably her emblems from the clay incredibly

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President of CNM: $206,000 + 3% raise = $218,180 Average VP: $145,641 + 3% raise = $150,010 Executive Director Average: $102,252 + 3% raise = $105,320 Deans: $115,416 + 3% raise = $118,875 Associate Dean: $75,036 + 3% raise = $77,287

Current instructors’ annual salary and what the raise could mean Full-Time Instructor: $54,292 = 3% raise = $55,921

Average Part-Time Instructo: $5,188 + 3% = $5,344

Average hourly wages for maintenance and security and what the raise could mean Maintenance: $16.17/hr + 3% raise = $17/hr Security: $11.80/hr + 3% raise = $12/hr GRAPHIC COURTESY JONATHAN GAMBOA | STAFF

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• Staff Conversation: April 26, Main Campus at 9-10:30 a.m. • Faculty Conversation: April 27, Main Campus at 10-11:30 a.m. • Faculty/Staff Conversation: April 23, South Valley Campus at 2-3:30 p.m. • Faculty/Staff Conversation: April 27, Rio Rancho Campus at 2-3:30 p.m. • A l u m n i / C o m m u n i t y Conversation: May 1, Main Campus at 2-4 p.m.

CNM students will benefit from a new student email service that will provide much greater storage space and many more email features. Students will still access the new email service through myCNM when it is launched, and all of their emails residing in the current email service will be transferred to the new service at the time of implementation in midJune. A Web page has been developed for students and will be updated with more information, including training materials, in coming weeks. HACU Scholarships available Information materials for faculty and staff members who provide support HACU is now accepting online to students will also be provided in applications for its Scholarship the coming weeks. ProgramuntilMay25,2012.Youneed not be of Hispanic race or ethnicity Montoya Campus to Close to apply for these scholarships. during Term Break May 4-18 The following scholarships are available: Due to a large electrical project related to construction at • Aetna Nursing Scholarship - Two the Montoya Campus, the campus $2,500 scholarships are available to will be completely closed from May full- and part-time undergraduate 4 through May 18. This closure and graduate students majoring in will occur between the spring and (pre-) nursing. summer terms. All employees • NASCAR Wendell Scott, Sr. at Montoya Campus are making Scholarship - Four $3,300 arrangements with their supervisors scholarships are available to fullto work from another campus for the time undergraduate and graduate duration of the closure. students majoring in business, engineering, public relations, Get a Seat for ‘Coffee and mass media, technology, sports Conversations with the President’ marketing, and marketing/ management. Faculty and staff members are • Travelers Insurance Scholarship invited to join President Winograd - Three $5,000 scholarships for conversations in small, informal are available to full-time gatherings to discuss your topics of undergraduate students majoring interest. There will be no preset topics in accounting, computer for discussion, so please have some engineering, computer science, topics in mind if you plan to participate. finance, general business, general Conversations have been scheduled management, human resources, for faculty and staff separately, since and networking (IT). there are topics of interest specific to United Health Foundation/ each group, as well as dates for mixed HACU Scholarship - Twenty-two groups and a date for alumni and $2,000 scholarships are available community members. To encourage to full-time undergraduate engaging discussions, there will be a or graduate Hispanic students limited number of seats per session. majoring in health-related fields. To participate, RSVP to one of the sessions below by emailing Samantha For more information about the Sengel. Coffee will be provided. The HACU Scholarship Program: schedule for “Coffee and Conversations www.hacu.net/NewsBot. With the President” follows:

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Students should pursue their interests in college even if the program of study is not offered. When students study what interests them, they are more likely to learn and are motivated to continue their education. It can be discouraging if one’s major is not offered or if the program is cut. The Animation program, Graphic Design courses, and Environmental Safety and Health are just a few examples of majors that were discontinued, leaving those passionate about the field without a course of study. This is the point where students may lose interest in higher education. They accept their current circumstances and choose a career path that will allow them to make a living rather than doing something they love. The Editor-in-Chief of the Chronicle was recently awarded a journalism scholarship that was intended for journalism and communication majors. This stipulation may have dissuaded other students who are interested in the field from applying because CNM does not have a journalism program. As the editor of her college’s studentrun publication she was able to overcome this obstacle and was

awarded the scholarship. This is just one example of the many ways students can pursue their academic interests and succeed. Getting involved in activities on campus and in the community can help students receive scholarships, internships, and other merits with or without an applicable major. It can also motivate students to excel in college because they are working toward achieving their personal goals and aspirations in addition to a degree. Academic advisors can also help students choose a major that will allow them to take a sequence of coursework to prepare them for their chosen occupation or for their program of study at a four-year institution. CNM also offers career option classes that can help students decide what they want to study and how to get there. Selecting a broader major such as liberal arts or integrated studies can also open up options for students with a wide range of interests. Either major can be paired with a concentration so students can take classes that appeal to them and work toward their degree at the same time.

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Dear Editor: The March/May, 2012, issue of the NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS MAGAZINE had a very informative article on an extremely useful organization called the Small Business Partnership Program. Funded by the Federal Transit Administration, the SBP helps regional transit districts like the Rio Metro Transit District, which serves Albuquerque and other members along the Los Alamos— Socorro corridor, by helping small businesses and their employees/customers find commuting alternatives by reducing the dependency upon single-occupancy private automobiles on our roadways. Using a $257,000.00 grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ), the SBP takes several steps to educate employers and their employees on adopting alternatives to total reliance on the private automobile conveyance. SBC's major selling point is that it does NOT cost employers a cent. SBP has three levels of participation for employers: Bronze; Silver; and Gold levels. The University of New Mexico's

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main campus, its medical center, and its West/Rio Rancho campus have satisfied requirements for membership on the Gold level. CNM, although it does do its part by providing students and staff with bus passes and rail discounts, does not yet occupy any of these three levels with the SBP. Bronze participants must complete a partner sign-up form, appoint at least one onsite transportation coordinator, allow Rio Metro/ABQ Ride to survey the staff annually to determine alternative transportation's use by that company, to allow Rio Metro to set up employee presentations, to provide on-site tripplanning assistance, and to display transit schedules at the worksite. Silver partners must allow flexible work schedules when possible to accommodate public transit, to pay for a portion of employees' bus and rail passes, to create an internal incentive program to encourage alternative transit use, to add bike racks or promote existing bike rack, to provide monthly transit information in employee newsletters or paycheck stuffers and e-mail, and to

allow employees to take part in a car-pool matching party at the worksite, amongst other things. Gold participants must: create designated carpool spaces for employees who share a ride; add bicycle lockers at the worksite; host an alternative transportation event; have at least ten percent of employees pledge to use alternative transportation at least once a week; to pay for at least fifty percent of employees' transit passes; to implement a formal telework/ compressed work/flextime program; to offer a shuttle van or vanpool for employees; and to provide fleet vehicles for employee use IF those particular employees use alternative transportation. For more information about the Small Business Partnership Program, please contact Jay Faught at 1-505724-3652 or e-mail at: jfaught@mrcog-nm.gov. Let's show New Mexico that CNM cares about the future of quality transportation that overcomes gridlock for our region! William R. Delzell, DRC Dept.

A reflection on educators

Brains...

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Managing Editor

What sort of society are we, that we do not value educators? Most of these instructors love their jobs and go above and beyond to see students reach their goals, both in and out of the classroom. While adding up the numbers for the graph attached to “‘Raising’ discord’” it struck home for me, how much teachers — especially those with a part-time position — must truly love the job. The average pay for a part time instructor is $5,188 — that’s $1,360 more than the average Pell Grant award and $362 less than the maximum Pell award. It is easy to make excuses for the struggles I encounter while trying to achieve an education — but I have none for why the same obstacles are there for the ones doing the teaching. In an effort to prove these numbers wrong, I questioned some part time faculty about their lives. One tells me that she teaches five classes per term, and has done so for more than a decade. She also work three other jobs. Two others tell me that they gave up driving a car because it wasn’t affordable on

their salary. A fourth instructor – who left CNM to work at a college in another state – tells me that no one speaks up about the wage disparities because getting negative attention from one institution can jeopardize a teacher’s career. I tried talking to some of my classmates too, to make sense of this. One student tells me that he makes nearly as much as the average full-time instructor by waiting tables. Another tells me that I’ve just convinced her to give up her dream of teaching. Looking over the list of teachers I’ve learned from in my time at CNM — they were, minus a small few — wonderful, engaging instructors. More than one of them has gone well above and beyond for me. It makes me wonder — why do they do it? I cannot imagine achieving a bachelor’s, master’s or even a doctorate and then receive so little pay and recognition for my time and effort. Do they simply love their job so much that they are willing to overlook the systemic failings? I care deeply about my education, and the education of my children. To those of you who teach for the love of teaching: Thank you. I appreciate what you do and why you do it.

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‘My Mind’s Abyss’ author holds giveaway of latest works By Jonathan Gamboa Layout Designer

Author and English major Volatalistic Phil said he is offering a giveaway of his two newest books, “White Elephant” and “Flash Fiction 40+1: New Mexican Bread Isle.” The novels, released March 30, will be raffled off through his wordpress site, teamvolatalistic, on May 1 and 2. Phil said this approach is intended to attract readers to his novels and to help promote his writing and further his career as an author. The student author’s latest books are a continuation of self-expression and emotion from his first fiction novel, “My Mind’s Abyss,” and feature his thoughts and opinions on a wide range of everyday topics and situations, said Phil. “Some of the things I write about are an inflection of my personality or just how I’m feeling about other topics and situations,” he said. Phil said he does not consider his writings successful, per se, but only an on-going process. “Taking what is in my thoughts and writing it down, then publishing a novel that is packaged and sold is a success,” he said. Phil said that he tries

to make his novels revolve around his writing, and make it stray away from his personality and image. He uses his pen name, “Volatalistic Phil” to make his writing mysterious, so that the readers can concentrate on the content, Phil said. Phil said his pen name means optimistic good will. “I took the word volition and optimistic and combined it into Volatalistic,” he said. One of his biggest inspirations and motivators to write his short stories is part time Spanish instructor Barbra Gonzalez. Another of his inspirations is Dr. Greg Murrell, a philosophy teacher at CNM and UNM. “We’ll talk after class about philosophy and exchange ideas,” Phil said. Phil said readers can find references throughout his latest works that lead them back to characters and stories in his first novel. His first novel was written to express his emotions after sobriety and what he experienced as an alcoholic, Phil said “‘My Mind’s Abyss’ is a fiction book that was written with the intent to inspire change in some people. It was meant to help some people to possibly understand someone who is struggling with addictions and can possibly help with some information that could benefit them,” he said.

He does not have a type of audience he writes for specifically, but expresses his writing in a way so that anyone can relate to one of his short fiction stories or poems, Phil said. “I’m still a new author, and as an author friend of mine put, you just got to give time to let your audience find you,” he said. Phil said that his readers are those people that can enjoy his books, those people are his homeruns. “My readers are going to have to be the red in a black and white photo, they’re going to be going against the grain,” he said. Phil said in his newest book coming out soon, “Scribbles” he writes as if there is an outpour of pure imagination and whatever came to mind in terms of poetry or short fiction stories. “I think a lot in rhymes, and Scribbles will hopefully speak to people, I hope that it does, that I get inside their minds,” Phil said. He said that Scribbles will express a part of him that will be emotionally exposed, unlike any of his other books For more information about Volatalistic Phil visit his facebook page at facebook.com/volatalisticphil and at his website teamvolatalistic.wordpress.com.

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Graduate becomes first New Mexican to win burlesque award performances many times before but the festival was her Staff Reporter first time entering a solo comurlesque Noir troupe petition, said Rebelle. founder and Veterinary Many traditional dances Technician graduate exist in Burlesque like the boa “Holly Rebelle” was the act, red dress act or sand dance, first Burlesque performer from said Rebelle. New Mexico to win the solo After deciding on an overall competition at the recent Texas concept for a traditional balloon Burlesque Festival. dance she said she began to pick She presented a classical bal- her brain for songs all the way back loon dance act, which made her to her childhood and decided to top pick, she said. use “Little April Showers” from “They are looking for people the Disney classic, “Bambi.” to be true to the classic art form “I took the concept of a tradiof Burlesque. Having a great stage tional balloon dance and made an presence, using a classic song and act around it in which I’m a rain having a well thought out costume cloud in a balloon dress. Then I were all in my favor,” said Rebelle. would pop the balloons as the act To be recognized by her peers went on then be a rainbow, and at and idols out of about two dozen the end the sun would came out,” competitors was a great feeling said Rebelle. especially because it is something The initial planning of the she enjoys, said Rebelle. act came together easily for her The Texas Burlesque and she was surprised to always Festival is structured as a com- have so many compliments on it petition so she decided to enter because although she knew it was a solo and an ensemble perfor- a good act she did not realize she mance, which Burlesque Noir was doing anything spectacular, also won, said Rebelle. said Rebelle. “It was total shock and awe that “Michelle L’amour, one of the we took best group category and I top performers in the world from won best solo. It worked out well Chicago always said it’s good to be for us. There are only a handful of nervous because it shows that you competitions in Burlesque. Only care. I just got up there and have one person can walk away with the fun, and that showed,” said Rebelle. award,” said Rebelle. In 2009 Rebelle made a She has done solo New Year resolution to apply for

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every competition she could, so Burlesque Noir decided to apply for this most recent festival because they had never performed in Texas before, she said. “There is a big circuit for Burlesque nationally, and I wanted to start performing outside of Albuquerque,” said Rebelle. When the troupe first began to travel it was tough because it was something new but progressively they have begun to travel more often. “We’ve been applying to more things and budgeting for them. Now we’ve made a network of performers and have gotten very close to people around the nation,” said Rebelle. The troupe is most likely done competing for the year but they still have many local and national performances coming up, she said. Local shows include hosting the sensational New York City troupe Dangerous Curves Ahead at the Auxiliary Dog Theatre on Thursday, April 26, and Burlesque Noir’s second annual show, entitled Burlesque in the Wild West on May 26. Nationally, they will be performing at the Beggars Carnival hosted by Vaudeville Entertainment in St. Louis at the end of May and at the Colorado Burlesque Festival in July. To keep up with Holly Rebelle and the performers of Burlesque Noir visit burlesquenoir.com

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Holly Rebelle performing a classic balloon dance act called “Little April Showers” at the Texas Burlesque Festival for which she won best solo act.

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Advisory committee members: ES&H program should not have been dropped from catalog Edwards are members of the advisory committee for the ES&H proStaff Reporter gram, although they said they have here was not strong support not been very active. After the from the Environmental Safety Environmental Safety and Health and Health program advisory program’s annual review with the committee to continue the pro- Governing Board in August 2011, gram, said Director of Marketing and the decision was made to disconCommunications Brad Moore. tinue the program because it is no Risk Management Director longer viable, said Moore. for Bernalillo County Government The program was disconJoseph Crelier and ES&H graduate tinued because there was a low Carol Edwards said they both agree number of graduates, and students that job prospects for graduates of declaring ES&H as a major was the ES&H program is high and are declining, he said. disappointed that the program is There is not currently an adebeing discontinued. quate job market for graduates of “The education received the program and the job forecast for through CNM’s program is invalu- ES&H graduates in the near future able,” said Edwards. was poor, said Moore. Moore said the committee Edwards said the degree is includes industry representatives mandatory for the many of the posiin the community with strong tions at Water Use Compliance, knowledge of the field. Crelier and and over the past 15 years, the

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company has hosted many interns and hired 17 — all of whom attended the ES&H program at CNM during their internship. “They attended the ES&H program while interning with us and many have gone on to secure excellent jobs in the environmental field,” she said. The Associate of Applied Science degree she received from CNM was mandatory when she was given the title of inspector at the Water Use Compliance Agency. She has since advanced in the company and is now a supervisor, said Edwards. “I know I would not have been able to complete my degree if it had not been for TVI/CNM and the in-depth affordable education it provided,” she said. She said the study fields of the program should be looked at more carefully

and developed into more of a high tech environmental resource program. It should be geared to future remediation and renewal energy technologies such as solar, wind, hydrogen, geothermal and the development of affordable energy conservation resources and products, said Edwards “There is a wide range of opportunities, in fact there is a whole world open to environmental issues that need to be filled with dedicated people like the ones that come from this program,” said Edwards. She said CNM is an affordable place to receive the education for ES&H and removing the program blocks people from being able to enter a very important career. “I know everyone that comes out of the ES&H program sees our world as it truly is, and how important it is to make changes

to help build a stronger, cleaner, more productive environment for us all,” said Edwards. Programs are typically funded by the state, student tuition and fees, and property taxes for residents of the CNM district, said Moore. Budgets for specific programs depend on a variety of factors, such as student enrollment in the program, technology needs and equipment needs, he said. The students can earn certifications that qualify them for similar job opportunities, he said. “All of CNM’s programs are reviewed every year and focus on the needs of Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and neighboring communities. Typically there are programs added and programs discontinued,” said Moore.

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Gurule spends most days making jewelry from the time she then I throw it away,” said Gurule. wakes up until the time she goes The first jewelry she made to sleep. “This is what I want to do was a gun necklace, and ever for the rest of my life,” said Gurule. since then she said her artwork Students can see her accessohas progressed. ries at facebook.com/kristintor“My boyfriend always wants resgurule and make purchases to go out but I always want to stay at 66 Pin-Ups, Charlie’s Record home and craft,” said Gurule. Store, or Free Radicals.

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Continued from Page 1 Governing Board Blair Kaufman. The raise proves that the institution is willing to work with the union, said Kaufman. Members of faculty disagree with Kaufman’s sentiment, said part-time Communications, Humanities, and Social Sciences Instructor Julia So. “If they want to offer a gesture of good faith, the administration would not take the raise,” said So. Money has been set aside to give union employees a raise. The administration wished to respect the unions by waiting for a formal contract to be created before applying such raises, said Winograd. CNM is required to submit a formal budget for the 12-13 school year to the Department of Higher Education by May 1, according to Winograd’s email. The most important pieces of the budget are the tuition rates for students and the percentage increases or decreases for salaries, both must be passed by the governing board, she wrote. “We respect the bargaining process and understand that the members of the bargaining team and their consultants from the American Federation of Teachers or the Communication Workers of America have the right to determine alternative salary proposals for the negotiations,” said Winograd in the same email. The employees union has been in a state of impasse for the last three years, said President of the CNM Employees Union Andrew Tibble. The impasse is

over a potential clause that the administration wants to add that would allow CNM to decrease pay without negotiations, said Tibble. “As much as those pay increases may be appreciated, they are not a substitute for confidence,” said Tibble. While in an impasse, CNM is not required to give any of the raises provided by the expired contract, according to New Mexico state law. There is no language prohibiting the raises. The union currently has a Petition of No Confidence circulating to remove recently retired Vice President for Administrative Services Robert Brown as a contracted employee whose company, Management Associates, represents CNM in the bargaining process, according to the petition on cnmemployees.org. “Mr. Robert Brown and the consulting group Management Associates’ continued involvement and influence in the area of Employee Relations has been responsible for obstructing legitimate communications between the CNM Employees Union and the bargaining unit members it legally represents, restricting basic rights of Union representation, denying legitimate requests for documentation in grievance process, imposing changes to Part Time and Full Time Faculty contracts without negotiations,” according to the petition. The union has collected more than 400 signatures from students, instructors, staff and community members on the petition, said Tibble.

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Activist actor uses theater as forum to address women’s issues By Jyllian Roach Managing Editor

Theatre transfer student Julia Harris said that for her, acting is not about being famous; it’s about combining her love of acting with her love of activism. Bringing sensitive or taboo issues to the

public is something that is important to her as an actor, she said. “This is what I love about theatre — it creates a safe space to talk about those things,” said Harris. In her upcoming play “Speed the Plow,” Harris’ part, originally played by Madonna on Broadway, was initially written as a bimbo who wants to sleep her way to the top. Harris

and the director, Harry Zimmerman, decided instead to make the character a strong, intelligent woman with unclear motives, she said. “I want her to have her own kinds of strength,” said Harris. Exploring women’s issues is very important to her, she said. Last year she wrote, directed and starred in a one-woman play at the Filling Stations annual SOLOFEST ABQ. It was called “Marie Antoinette in her Toilette Eating Cake” and was centered on eating disorders, she said. “Eating disorders are the mental disorder with the highest mortality rate that affects between 7 – 10 million women,” she said. Harris has worked with many local theater companies including Mother Road Theatre Company, the runner up for the Alibi magazine’s “Best of Burque” for best theatre company. She had a lead role in the company’s fall production of “A View from the Bridge” by Arthur Miller, which also took second place in the best production category. “I’m so grateful to have been a part of such a wonderful show with such a wonderful company,” she said. Even though her degree from UNM is for theatre, Harris also enjoys acting for film, she said. All of her roles have been unpaid, so far, but there is a possible feature-length film in her future, based on the same character she plays in the currently filming short “Virtual Synnecrosis,” she said. The short is a very action-oriented piece about a soldier on a mission, directed by local director

Michael Perez, said Harris. It’s a really great idea, but I can’t give the plot away,” she said. “Speed the Plow” by David Mamet will open at the Vortex Theatre on April 27. Student tickets are $10. It will run through May 20. For more information on tickets and the play, go to vortexabq.org.

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