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where to park, he said. Child, Youth and Family Development Major Henry Santiago said he relies on the computer labs for school because he does not have internet access. Having to find a Wi-Fi connection in order to search for open stations at school would be more inconvenient for him, he said.
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are available because they are hoping to find a space closer to their class or their office, he said. In the early 1990s, CNM had free and reserved parking for faculty, but students parked in the lots, so eventually the reserved spaces were eliminated all together, he said. “In 1995, CNM contracted with a consultant group to assess parking at CNM and make recommendations for improvements. Those recommendations included creating paid parking lots that were closer to the
“Main Campus is a large campus with many maintenance demands. CNM has a limited budget and has to prioritize maintenance projects,” he said. The school is in the process of developing a schedule to fix the parking lots, he said. “A request for proposals is being developed for the lots that are in the most need of repair. Repairs to some lots will be made this year,” he said. Guajardo said the damage is fairly major and since the parking lots are fully utilized during the semester, timing is also an issue. “There are only certain time periods between the terms that we can close down the entire parking lots for repairs. This gives companies a very short time period to
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Santiago said he also has had trouble with the lack of computer availability, but said the program might not be very useful because not all students have the resources to use it. “Somebody would have to have a smartphone that works on the internet, so it’s a self-defeating purpose because it’s only going to work for those people that have a smartphone or an iPad,” said Santiago, “It’s a waste
of time and energy. Buy more computers and have a bigger lab.” Avila said the program is in its infancy but it is functional. He is looking for better coding to make it more appealing. In the future there will be a kiosk for students to view the maps on a larger screen that will refresh every 10 seconds, he said. While Labmaps is more convenient and suitable for students, its parent program, Labstats,
has more features to allow technicians to track trends, he said. The program generates data on the average numbers of students using a lab per day and can report what applications are being used the most. He said that Labstats will eventually show features of each computer station so students do not have to search for a particular program.
Naranjo said that Labstats has been very beneficial because the ITS department has collected enough data to allow the school to get an Adobe site license so all students can use programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator at school. There is collaboration with MCO to market the program through the CNM news link or to have it as screen saver for school computers so students can have easier
access to Labmaps. “We’ve been wanting to get it live for spring term. It is live to an extent, but the marketing for it to make students aware, we haven’t gotten that far yet,” said Naranjo. Avila said there is a link available but ACE is waiting to get it posted on the school’s computer lab page. Students should regularly check the CNM and ACE websites for Labmaps’ final release.
buildings and free parking lots on the perimeter areas,” he said. President Kathie Winograd is the only person on campus who receives a free permanent parking pass, he said. “It’s an allowance provided to the person serving as CNM President,” said Moore. Damour said he has even received a ticket from the Parking Enforcement. “I was mistaken, I thought the first week they kind of gave you a by. They didn’t. It was the first day. I got a ticket. Then I went over to security to pay for it and I couldn’t find a place to park,” he said.
He was unable to find parking anywhere on campus and saw that many others had the same problem, he said. “I couldn’t even park anywhere across the street on University. Nothing. And there were loads of cars going up and down trying to find a spot,” he said. At Montoya and Westside finding a parking space is much easier, he said. “This problem doesn’t exist at Westside Campus or at Montoya. When this place started — this is the oldest — it didn’t exist and it was not near the size it is now,” he said.
Even if students are prepared and leave early to get to school on time, finding parking can still be hard, he said. “Even if you leave 20 minutes earlier than you normally would in order to spend 20 minutes looking, you might not find a spot,” he said. What concerns him more than finding a parking spot is the effect it has on students emotionally,
thinking that this is a challenge faced everyday, he said. “A student walks in and they may have just gone through harassment of this type, you know, just, ‘Where is a spot?’ And then they’re supposed to come in bright eyed and bushy tailed and sit down for class,” he said. Damour can even recall a time when someone waited for him to
leave from his same spot around the same time everyday in order to have a place to park, he said. “I noticed after a while that the same car when I would leave hours later, the same SUV was sitting just about where I was parked, waiting for me to come out. She had seen me leave so she waited every day for me to leave at that time,” he said.
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do lot repairs,” she said. There is a plan to fix the parking lots and the stairs, and the school has put together a team to attend to the problems, she said. “We are creating a parking lot maintenance program and CNM has created a Building Maintenance Team to discuss and create not only a maintenance program for our parking lots, but also for buildings and other items like the stairs mentioned before,” she said. The Building Maintenance Team will also work on making the crosswalk areas more visible, she said. “Due to vehicle use and weather conditions, parking lot crosswalks and other markings are not permanent and need to be re-striped periodically, usually about once every three years,” she said.
Moore said that when contracting outside companies it takes time to find the most suitable contractors for the project. “CNM is responsible for initiating the projects. When repairs require CNM to hire a contractor, a Request for Proposals is issued by the Purchasing Department,” he said. The problems have been noticed and the school will be working to fix issues as quickly as the process permits, he said. Until then, he said he would like students to know if there are any issues with the parking lots or sidewalks to contact the school. “If there is a dangerous situation, CNM will react accordingly and address the issue expediently. Students can report any physical hazards on CNM property by calling 2243000,” he said.
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