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May 4, 2010
Out with the old, in with the interim by Shaun Griswold Daily Lobo
Zach Gould / Daily Lobo Former UNM faculty senate president Doug Fields, left, listens to his successor, Richard Wood, speak during a press conference Monday in front of the UNM Bookstore. Fields resigned almost two months before his term ended.
Doug Fields resigned from his post as Faculty Senate president Monday, citing a lack of shared governance between the UNM administration and faculty. In a press conference Monday, Fields said the administration has not been willing to collaborate and listen to the Faculty Senate. “The role of the Faculty Senate president is to convey to the UNM administration the knowledge, wisdom and feelings of the faculty regarding the strategic direction of the University, including setting priorities,” he said to reporters in front of the Bookstore. “Since it is clear to me that this administration has no intention of listening and working together in this way, I feel that my efforts are better spent on my research and working with the students that I teach.” Richard Wood, associate professor
of sociology and Faculty Senate president-elect will now take over. “My hope is that this sends a very clear signal that we at UNM have a lot of work to do on governing the University in ways that really serve the people at UNM,” Wood said. In a statement, UNM President David Schmidly did not directly address Fields’ retirement but said he hopes to build a strong relationship with the new leadership. “I look forward to working with the Faculty Senate leadership and the entire faculty to strengthen effective shared governance at UNM,” he said. “In the interim, I will work proactively with the Faculty Senate Operations Committee for a smooth transition.” Fields’ term as president was set to end June 30. The budget process was a major concern for Fields. He said that the faculty had no leeway in the direction of the budget, was ignored from the
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Embattled south campus housing slated to open in fall 2011 by Tricia Remark Daily Lobo
American Campus Communities is taking over UNM student housing. The company builds student housing all over the country. It is currently developing a $40 million apartmentstyle housing project on south campus for sophomores, juniors and seniors. However, UNM is not investing any money in the project — it is being financed completely by ACC, said Jason Wills, ACC senior vice president of development. “The project is not being financed with University money or taxes,” he said. “It’s being funded completely by ACC shareholders. Of course, our shareholders do want to see a financial return.” The company is also analyzing housing plans on main campus and
will recommend which dorms need renovations or should be torn down within the next year, said Kim Murphy, director of UNM Real Estate. “They’re the nation’s leader in student housing,” he said. “ACC just recently developed two major projects at (Arizona State University). They have a significant track record.” UNM is working on a ground lease agreement with ACC for the south campus housing and will present it to the Board of Regents on May 11. If the agreement is approved ACC will begin construction around June 1. UNM will lease the land on south campus to ACC for 65 years with a nine-year extension option. After that, in 2075, the housing project will become UNM’s responsibility. Murphy said some are confused about the contract between UNM and ACC. He said no part of the contract
states that UNM can only work with ACC on future housing projects. UNM has the option to work with any companies and build new student housing or do renovations, he said. However, a survey must be conducted showing need for the housing and showing that the project won’t compete with existing ACC housing. “There is a lot of misinformation and confusion about this project, unfortunately,” he said. “It’s not unreasonable, we don’t think, that if we’re going to ask a private company to build housing for our students that we make sure that we don’t do anything that makes them unsuccessful.” Amy Coburn, a professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, said the project will have 864 separate rooms — each with a private bathroom. Four rooms will share one kitchen.
Wills said the south campus housing will be finished in time for fall 2011 students to move in. He said rent will probably be between $500 and $550 per month per person, with a possible additional $124 shuttle transportation fee. The leases will be for one year. “We believe that these rents compare very favorably to the off-campus market,” Wills said. “It’s a solid rate when you factor in the amenities and included services.” A community center would also be part of the housing complex, including a pool, fitness center, computer pod and meeting rooms, he said. The complex would sit between Avenida Cesar Chavez and West Road — which is near I-25 — just over a mile from campus. The south campus housing may be added onto the south lot shuttle route, Murphy said.
Examining Web censorship worldwide by Kallie Red-Horse Daily Lobo
Censorship is a touchy subject in America, but it’s a part of everyday life in other countries. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jed Crandall and Ph.D student Jong Chun Park have been working to understand the Chinese government’s methods of Internet censorship. The two will present their findings in Genoa, Italy this summer at the 30th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. China was chosen as a focal point for research because the country has one of the most interesting censorship limitations from
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a technical point of view, Crandall said. “We are more interested in the exact details of how censorship is done around the world and what is censored at the individual level, because that gives us a more detailed view of how censorship is implemented and the things that it is used for,” he said. Park said he focused on where the Chinese government’s censors are located between server and client. “The basic idea is that when a person in China tries to access a server outside of China, determining whose IP address is located where,” he said. “Certain ones are blocked by China’s government,
so we are trying to figure out how those specific pages are blocked and how effective the blocking is.” Understanding the implications and technicalities of censorship is becoming increasingly important, Crandall said. “The Internet was originally conceived as something that didn’t really have borders, but what we are seeing is increasingly countries like Australia, New Zealand, lots of European countries, countries in the Middle East (and) China are basically setting up borders around their Internet and filtering content for various reasons,” he said.
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Security UNMPD won’t be patrolling inside the housing complex, Murphy said, but ACC will hire security guards at its own expense. “Whatever security is needed, ACC will provide it, but if an incident requires a uniformed officer, UNMPD will respond,” Murphy said. He said students 21 years old and up would be allowed drink alcohol inside their apartments, even though UNM is a dry campus. “It’s similar to family housing, in that as long as individuals are able to consume alcohol under that state law, then they would be able to do that at this project,” he said. ASU student Hal Cohen said he lives in the Vista del Sol housing complex, which will be similar to the
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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Francisco Rodriguez, the owner of the Casa de Piñata, pastes on the last piece of a bull piñata in his store Thursday. Check out the Multimedia section of DailyLobo.com for the video ‘A Story of the Piñata.’
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