Daily Lobo 04/16/18

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Haircuts raise sexual assault awareness

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Shulav Rawal sits for a free haircut on April 13, 2018 during the Shear Empowerment event to raise awareness for and pledge to end sexual assault on campus.

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Regent choice faces criticism ASUNM Senate elections By Anthony Jackson @TonyAnjackson Michael Brasher was selected as the new member of the University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents less than a month ago and already faces criticism for what some consider a conflict of interest. The criticisms surround Brasher’s seat on the State Board of Finance as well as the Board of Regents. Brasher was appointed as a regent by Gov. Susana Martinez on March 21, according to the UNM Newsroom. Prior to his appointment, he served for three terms as a member on the State Board of Finance, where he still serves today. “Four members (of the State Board of Finance are) appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, according to the State Board of Finance website. The committee cannot have “more than two appointed members” from the same political party, and each member serves for two years.

Similar to the procedure for the State Board of Finance, the seven appointees to the BOR must undergo a Senate confirmation and serve “staggered terms of six years,” according to the UNM Board of Regents website. UNM receives money from the State Board of Finance whenever there is a new construction project, major or program that the University wants to jumpstart. If the measure is voted in favor by the BOR and is passed by the Department of Higher Education, the State Board of Finance will determine the fate of the appropriation, according to Robert Aragon, a former UNM regent and current State Board of Finance member. Aragon described the relationship between UNM and the State Board of Finance as “symbiotic.” Appropriations for UNM’s upcoming taproom, Coronado Hall’s renovation and other University contracts in New Mexico will be decided by the State Board of Fi-

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nance based on the actions of the BOR, he said. “(The relationship between UNM and the State Board of Finance) is an interesting balance between the best interests of the University and the best interests of the state of New Mexico, and they don’t always go

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Undergraduate students will have the chance to make their voices heard during the Associated Students of University of New Mexico senatorial elections this week. Online voting will take place starting Monday at 9 a.m. and will close Wednesday at 5 p.m. Students can access the online ballot by logging into their myUNM accounts, according to the ASUNM Elections Commission website. The Elections Commission website also states that students can vote at a physical location on the second floor of the Student Union Building. This location will be open on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. near the welcome desk. There are currently 21

candidates vying for 10 Senate seats, as compared to last semester’s senatorial election, during which 28 candidates ran in hopes of becoming an ASUNM senator, as previously reported in the Daily Lobo. Last semester also saw a high number of students vote in the election — 2,149 in all. This is compared to the Spring 2017 semester in which 1,551 students voted in the senatorial election, according to results posted on the Elections Commission website. The election comes three weeks after Becka Myers and Emily Wilks were elected president and vice president of ASUNM, respectively. Presidential and senatorial elections are conducted separately. Kyle Land is a news editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @kyleoftheland.

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