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November 24, 2009
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This year’s ‘creeper’ suspect will go free by Pat Lohmann Daily Lobo
The case of the “Coronado Creeper” is closed. UNMPD had a suspect in the alleged breaking and entering and criminal sexual contact of three women in Coronado Hall that occurred Oct. 27. However, none of the three women could identify the perpetrator, said UNMPD spokesman Robert Haarhues. “That case has been inactivated. We
don’t have any more suspects or any more information,” he said. “We talked to the suspect. He’s not admitting anything.” None of the three victims were available for comment Monday. An incident similar to this semester’s Coronado creeper case occurred five years ago, but the suspect in that case was convicted. On Oct. 30, 2004, a resident of the Laguna/DeVargas dorms — wearing only tennis shoes — broke into at least three rooms occupied by
women, according to the UNMPD police report. Lucy Buecking, one of the victims, said she was awakened by a man in the early hours of Oct. 30. “It was like one of those dreams, that, like, if your clock radio goes off and the song will play in your dream,” she said. “I felt a draft in my dream and I rolled over and there was a dude in just his tennis shoes who was lifting up my bed covers, and I screamed bloody murder.” The three victims later identified
the man. Haarhues said the man was eventually charged with nine counts of criminal trespass. He was subsequently expelled from UNM and sentenced to nine months in prison. Buecking said Dean of Students Randy Boeglin mishandled the incident. “Randy Boeglin … insisted on being a part of all of it and just in charge of the taking care of the entire thing,” she said. “Nobody showed up on the prosecuting side.
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Then, my mom called Randy Boeglin and Randy said there was nothing that could be done about it.” Buecking said her mother then called UNMPD Chief Kathy
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GPSA to hold vote on Krebs question by Tricia Remark Daily Lobo
Emma Difani / Daily Lobo A gaggle of geese join thousands of other birds descending on a pond in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near Socorro on Saturday. The “Festival of the Cranes” happens every year at the refuge when thousands of birds make a migratory pit stop in New Mexico.
UNM’s second annual Skip-A-Meal a success
Students give up meals to feed New Mexico’s hungry by Kallie Red-Horse Daily Lobo
Hundreds of on-campus students skipped dinner at the dining hall last Tuesday to help New Mexico’s less fortunate. The second annual Skip-A-Meal event asked students to opt out of eating at La Posada. The monetary value of the skipped meals goes to local food and clothing banks like the Storehouse and the Bethel Community Storehouse. Marina Weisert, UNM’s
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campus relations chairwoman, said a record 1,581 residents skipped meals — more than half of the on-campus population. The total donation came to $5,000. She said data from last year’s event was not readily available. “It is very heartwarming because we know we informed students and let them make a difference,” Weisert said. “We tried to make it as accessible as possible so many students can actually participate in it and it worked. The Lobo Card office reported deleting 1,581 meals.” Resident Advisor Janea Dickson said programs like Skip-A-Meal help UNM become part of the greater community. “Hunger is a big issue in New
Mexico, and this was a great way for me to give back to Albuquerque because I’m not from here,” she said. “It makes me feel good that there are needy families getting fed out there because of my University.” Skip-A-Meal originated in Canada, and UNM is the first American university to implement the program, Weisert said. “We are hoping to increase participation nationally,” she said. “I recently presented the program at the regional conference for residence hall associations and seven different schools in audience were interested.” Last year, students who opted out of a dinner through the program received a replacement meal paid for by Residence Life. This year, no such
meal was offered. “We want to make the issue a reality to students,” Weisert said. “People should just give willingly with nothing in return. The reward is knowing that you had this huge hand in contributing to hungry families.” Student Leah Remkes said she supported not having a replacement meal, and she went home to eat with her family on the night of the donated meal. “We are donating a meal to help people, so we don’t need another one ourselves,” she said. “They shouldn’t be using money to feed us. We volunteered and they should use that money to help the people in need get a meal.”
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Graduate students will have a chance to voice their opinions about UNM athletics and two University administrators in a GPSA vote. After two hours of deliberation during its meeting on Monday, the Graduate and Professional Students Association decided to hold an online election to give graduate students a chance to vote no-confidence in Athletics Director Paul Krebs and Vice President of Human Resources Helen Gonzales. Students can also voice their opinion about the amount of student fees allocated to the Athletics Department. More than 30 graduate and professional students attended the GPSA meeting in the SUB to discuss holding such an election. The resolution passed with 15 council members in favor, five opposed and three abstentions. GPSA Council Chair Danny Hernandez said several members of GPSA deliberately stalled proceedings. As a result, Hernandez said important details of the meeting didn’t get worked out. When and how the election will be held still has to be decided. “The people who don’t want the GPSA members to vote on this election were able to stall the meeting,” he said. “By the end of it, all we were able to vote for was whether or not we could have a special election.” Hernandez said GPSA will have to wait until the next GPSA meeting on Dec. 5 to work out the details of the election. Hernandez said he and GPSA President Lissa Knudsen consulted many graduate and professional students about having an election regarding Krebs, Gonzales and athletics.
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