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November 4, 2011
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Protesters capture ASUNM’s attention By Charlie Shipley
charlieshipley84@gmail.com ASUNM officially announced they don’t mind the protesters. The Senate passed a resolution acknowledging the movement as a “comprehensive example of the potential for experiential education surrounding lawful, peaceful and effective practice of grass-roots expression.” The resolution, drafted by Senators Caroline Muraida and Brandon Myers, encourages continuing dialogue between protesters and University administration including ASUNM and GPSA. Muraida said ASUNM had an obligation to address the (un)Occupy movement. “Both academically, it’s crawled into our curriculum, teachers are talking
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about it in classes, and physically, you walk by it it’s there,” she said. “You can’t ignore it. I’m sure there have been other ways people have been affected on a personal level, but it was part of our life for a moment there, and it still is today.” Senator Alberto Jacome opposed the resolution saying it was too vague. “We all acknowledge that they’re there, but if you’re going to write up such a big issue, you should at least take a stance on it,” he said. “That’s my personal belief.” Jacome said he respects the protesters’ to assemble and voice their concerns as long as things remain peaceful. “I do believe that protesting is great, especially peaceful protests, but I don’t like when they’re occupying a space and affecting other students,” he said.
OTHER ASUNM RESOLUTIONS A resolution calling for a report on the feasibility of a new student health and wellness center. The report would educate students on the geographical and financial impact building a new health center could have on the University. A resolution requesting that a member of the New Mexico Legislature complete a study on possible eligibility requirements that would maximize student enrollment and retention at UNM as well the effects those requirements could have on the New Mexico Lottery for Success Scholarship.
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A resolution congratulating UNM’s Men’s Soccer team on its No. 1 national ranking, and the Men’s Cross Country team for being Mountain West Conference Champions as well as Ross Millington and Ruth Senior, seniors on the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams respectively, for winning the Mountain West Conference’s individual conference champions.
Medieval recruiting
Senator remixes Katy Perry tune for meeting
High school students learn about the Middle Ages, why to attend UNM by Lindsay Douglas ldoug494@unm.edu
Student government notices and takes a stance on the movement by Charlie Shipley
charlieshipley84@gmail.com ASUNM President Jaymie Roybal updated the senate on her proposed bike share program. She said the bike’s vendor will be B-Cycle, a company that runs a bike share program in Denver, and bike kiosks will be solar-powered. The bikes are built to prevent students from stealing bike parts. She said advertising space will be sold on the bikes and kiosks. The plan is currently in its fund raising stage, with a goal of raising $250,000, which Roybal said would pay for seven kiosks, with 10 bikes each, for a total of 70 bikes. Five kiosks are planned for main campus and two for north campus. The program will be free to UNM students faculty and staff with a valid Lobo ID, but Roybal said recurring program costs could be between $20,000 and $30,000. Regent President Jack Fortner, father of ASUNM senator Suzanne Fortner, addressed the senate, offering advice, and giving his opinion of the proposed student recreation center. Fortner encouraged the senators to maintain a professional demeanor, but at the same time not take themselves too
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seriously. Suzanne, sang a version of Katy Perry’s “Firework” with lyrics rewritten to be ASUNM related. Suzanne’s performance received a standing ovation, after which her father said, “If you take yourself too seriously, nobody else will.” Fortner said he thinks students need a new rec. center but don’t know how to fund it. “I don’t know that the students are very excited about fees going up,” he said. “That might be one of the alternatives. There’s no question we have a need, but a question of whether people want to pay the piper for it.” Interim Dean of Students Kim Kloeppel spoke to the senate about measure being taken to prevent students from being injured by skateboarders on campus. She said several meetings had been held on the issue and that meeting will continue. Kloeppel said proposed solutions include designating dismount areas for bicycles and skateboards and perhaps hiring students with authority to police high traffic areas and talk to students. Additionally, high skateboard traffic areas may be coated with a rough coating that would make it difficult for boarders to skate in the area.
UNM does all kinds of recruiting to reel in new students, but one of the strangest ways might be talking to high school students about the plague. Nicholas Schwartz is the program’s facilitator of the Medieval Outreach Program, and he said UNM students and alumni to go to local high schools to talk about medieval culture and society and mentor students. “This semester we have presented on the Black Death in relation to Chaucer and ‘daily life’ in medieval England, among others,” he said. “We also have a peer mentoring program, which offers high school students the opportunity to work with a graduate student on a project related to the Middle Ages.” The University is the only school in the nation with a outreach program for medieval studies. He said the outreach program began in the mid 90s. Timothy Graham, the director of the Institute for Medieval Studies, said University students in the
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“Our goal, at least it is mine, is to bring a little light to ‘the Dark Ages.” ~Jeramie Barker UNM student Outreach Program also help high school students prepare projects for National History Day, which has competitive stages at both the local, state, and national levels. “Last year, one of the students we advised reached the national stage of the competition, when he had the opportunity to present his project on the Fourth Crusade of 1204 in Washington, D.C.,” Graham said. Schwartz said the program shows high school medieval studies can be interesting, which could encourage them to study it at UNM. “Giving presentations in local high schools is a great way to do that,” he continued. “Our hope is that
these presentations enrich students’ appreciation of the medieval period and, ideally, make them more interested in it.” UNM student Jeramie Barker, who gives presentations at high schools as part of the Outreach Program, said many students have misinformation about the medieval period, which he said he hopes to rectify. “While at Albuquerque High School a teacher whose class we were going to present in referred to the period that we study as ‘the Dark Ages,’” he said. “I jokingly replied that we prefer to call the period ‘the Middle Ages.’ Our goal, at least it is mine, is to bring a little light to ‘the Dark Ages.’” Patricia Gardner, a teacher at Albuquerque High School, said her students seem to enjoy the presentations. “Most enjoyed learning from the grad students, as well as the activities,” she said. “The grad students in the outreach program are a great community resource. Any time I have a student with a project from that time period, I always refer them to the Outreach Program.”
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