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A Day in the Life of Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president of Student Affairs.
by Chris Quintana Daily Lobo
Cheo Torres found me wandering around the maze that is Scholes Hall trying to find him for our interview.
“Hello, can I help you with something?” he asked as he offered a friendly handshake. Torres, who is vice president of Student Affairs and perhaps the campus’ most popular administrator,
approaches all his interactions with the same helpful attitude and good spirit. He tells me his full name, but insists I call him “Cheo” like
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Terrance Siemon / Daily Lobo Cheo Torres smiles at the camera during the first of four meetings he attended Wednesday. Daily Lobo reporter Chris Quintana shadowed Torres all day Wednesday for the latest edition of “A Day in the Life of.”
New tiles in Johnson Pool cracked, need repair by Tricia Remark Daily Lobo
UNM reopened Johnson’s Olympic pool after renovations in March, and the pool already needs repairs. Tiles surrounding the pool are coming up from the floor, and Johnson Center staff taped them down with duct tape. Aquatics Manager Kenneth Lucas said people who have used the pool have
complained about the uneven tiles. “You see that there is cracked tile — there is duct tape over tile, and people have brought that to our attention,” Lucas said. “They’ve said, ‘Look, this is brand new tile, why is it cracking?’ or ‘Why is there this huge expansion joint that’s dirty?’” UNM spent 2 percent — or $114,600 — of the $5,667,000 renovation cost on the tile floor, and
the Vernon Tile one-year warranty means UNM won’t foot the bill to fix the tiles. But the warranty is void if UNM waits until after March to get the tiles fixed, Lucas said, so the repairs can’t wait until summer. Robert Notary, Johnson Pool project manager, said Vernon Tile has already done multiple repairs, but there are still problems with the tiles. “I think it’s more of a
cleanliness issue and my biggest worry is that if it’s not great, it’s going to be a problem down the road,” Lucas said. “Then we’ll have to rip it all out. We want to get the tile in there right now so it’s not two years down the road we’ll have to replace it. That would not be cheap.” Lucas said expansion joints are the caulking between tiles that allow for expansion so tiles don’t break. Notary said the tiles will be fixed
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Vanessa Sanchez / Daily Lobo Jenny Weale, vice president of the Student Veterans of UNM, places pennies in the shape of a Lobo paw for Mile of Coins on Wednesday at Smith Plaza. UNM military organizations collected spare change in honor of Veterans Day, and the proceeds will go to a student veterans scholarship.
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UNM provides 40 years of aid to historic district by Ryan Tomari
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over winter break. Lucas said before these renovations, concrete surrounded the pool instead of tiles. He said latest renovations included a new pool bottom, filters, motors and the tiled deck. “I guess the aesthetic part is the deck of the pool,” Lucas said. “It used to be concrete with paint on top, which was a bad idea. We took that out and put tile on it. Tile was a
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The historic community of Martineztown, founded in 1823, was threatened by urbanization in the late 1960s. The area, also know as South Martineztown, is east of downtown Albuquerque and north of Grand Avenue. The UNM Architecture Department has aided the small Hispanic district for 40 years. The University Grand Rounds presented a Learning From Martineztown discussion on Wednesday in George Pearl Hall to discuss academics and community work in Albuquerque. Richard Nordhaus, architecture professor emeritus, worked in the University Design and Planning Assistance Center for 40 years, until his retirement from the University. DPAC
“It’s not about poverty, but sustainability.” -Frank Martinez, spokesman for Martineztown provides services to low-income communities that can’t afford to hire professional planners or architects to ensure neighborhoods are up-to-date. “We are one of the very few community design centers that have operated continuously since the movement started in the 1970s,” Nordhaus said. “We have had 1,500 students come through the program and have done 1,200 projects all over the state of New Mexico.” DPAC is primarily staffed by
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