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August 26, 2013
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by Ardee Napolitano news@dailylobo.com @ArdeeTheJourno
William Aranda / Daily Lobo Maddie Mayfield, Miquella Lovato and Julia Warren get into place for a serve during the volleyball alumnae match at Johnson Gym on Saturday evening. The UNM women’s volleyball team played against the alumnae team on Saturday and the current Lobos won 3-0. Story on Back Page.
GPSA chief wants better involvement Group to work more with ASUNM, faculty and staff by Ardee Napolitano news@dailylobo.com @ArdeeTheJourno
This year, UNM’s graduate student government will work to connect to students with their campus organizations in more ways. At this semester’s first meeting of the Graduate and Professional Student Association held Saturday morning, President Priscila Poliana said the organization will strive to bridge the gap between the association and UNM students. Poliana said she will endeavour to let students know about GPSA’s campus efforts in the simplest manner possible. “We must extend outreach and improve awareness,” she said. “We are trying to condense the message. Students don’t have the time to understand what the role of the Student Fee Review Board is. My job is to rephrase this message.” Over the summer, GPSA has been cooperating with the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, the undergraduate student government, to find ways for the organizations to be more open to students, Poliana said. One of these ways involves
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addressing student graduation rate problems. Poliana said although UNM’s graduation rates have increased this year, the University could do better. “(ASUNM President) Isaac (Romero) and I firmly believe that the challenges graduate and
undergraduate students face are easily taken on by our united efforts,” she said. “We, together, will be demanding the UNM administration to review the graduation model.” According to a document from the office of the provost, UNM’s
six-year graduation rate, which is at 47.3 percent, is its highest since it first released numbers in 1989. UNM’s four-year graduation rate also increased by 2.4 percentage points, from 12.6 percent in 2012 to 15 percent this year.
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William Aranda / Daily Lobo Council Chair Maria Elena Corral, left, speaks during GPSA’s first meeting of the semester while Priscila Poliana, GPSA president, listens. The first GPSA meeting was held Saturday morning in UNM SUB Ballroom A.
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Today, a local hotel will be the political arena for Albuquerque’s mayoral candidates. Incumbent Republican Richard Berry will face Democratic challenger Pete Dinelli and Republican challenger Paul Heh in a mayoral candidate forum that will be held at the Albuquerque Marriott at the intersection of Louisiana and Interstate 40. The forum will be hosted by the New Mexico chapter of the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association. New Mexico NAIOP President Lynne Andersen said NAIOP, along with 14 other similar organizations in the city, has been planning the event since last year. She said they organized the event to hear how the candidates plan to address the city’s economic issues. “It’s a good chance to see candidates talking about important issues,” Andersen said. “We’ve lost about 4,000 skilled trade workers in Albuquerque during a five-year period. It’s a good time to figure out how candidates are going to address the ongoing problem of … attracting industries not just to Albuquerque but statewide.” Andersen said her organization will ask candidates six questions during the luncheon forum. Candidates will have two minutes for opening and closing statements. Audience members will also have the chance to question candidates at the end of the forum. The forum will be moderated by Albuquerque Journal Editor-inChief Kent Walz. The questions will revolve around real estate, construction and job creation in the city, Andersen said. “We are very concerned about economic development,” she said. “We hope that they would address some of these issues in the forum.” In an email sent to the Daily Lobo, Berry said he will talk about “moving Albuquerque forward.” He said he has managed the city’s budget deficit and has ensured public safety during his mayoral term. And he is confident about the forum, he said. “I feel confident because we’re better off now than we were four years ago,” he said. “When I first took office, we were in the height of a national recession, unemployment was nearing 8 percent and Albuquerque had seen tens of thousands of jobs lost. But with steady and responsible leadership,
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