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GPSA in turmoil after heated meeting By Justin Garcia @Just516garc Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles that will look into GPSA. This spring semester has been a busy one for the University of New Mexico's Graduate and Professional Student Association. They've experienced conflicts of interests, people in the gallery becoming voting members of GPSA in a matter of minutes, accusations of unethical behavior and presidential impeachment proceedings. And that was all in one meeting. That February meeting began with Director of Student Affairs, Ryan Lindquist, explaining to the council what abstaining means. Shortly after, it was announced that three council members had resigned since the last meeting. Those announcements were followed by a fiery public comment section wherein Council Member Andrea Aberta got into a heated debate with a representative of the World Affairs Delegation (WAD) and Mark Peceny, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Peceny and Associate Dean Philip Ganderton presented their vision for implementing differential tuition for the College of Arts and Sciences. They had given a similar

presentation to the Associated Students of UNM a few weeks prior. ASUNM had heard the presenters, asked a few questions and mulled over the idea before moving on to regular business. Some Senators supported it, others wanted to learn more about it before deciding. GPSA's version began similarly, until Aberta stood up. “Everyone in this room should be freaking out about this,” Aberta said. “Why should we give you more when we are getting less product?” Peceny and Aberta went back and forth until time ran out. No motion to extend time was made and the presentation ended. Just before that, Aberta and Sara Gutierrez, who was there to represent WAD, had an argument about the definition of per diem during public comment. “It’s a technical definition versus intent,” said Finance Chair Kyla Charlee during the meeting. Shortly after these exchanges, Gutierrez was voted on to the council unanimously. Gutierrez said her experience with GPSA up to that point had been “sitting and viewing the last week's processes.” Unlike ASUNM, council members are appointed from their academic department, such as Organization, Information and Learning Sciences and College of Education. That

UNM personnel voice concerns at accreditation panel By Danielle Prokop @ProkopDani

By Anthony Jackson/ @TonyAnjackson/ Daily Lobo

From upper left, Graduate and Professional Student Association President Boney Mutabazi, the The Student Veterans of the University of New Mexico Headquarters and GPSA Chief of Staff James Kaminski. Photos provided by Justin Garcia.

means this method, while perhaps unconventional, was perfectly legitimate by the standards of GPSA’s Constitution and By-Laws. During Finance business, seven appropriations were to be heard. Three were doomed to fail, since its representatives failed to

show up to the finance meeting, according to Charlee. Women in Computing, Speech and Hearing Science Graduate Student Association, Latino Medical Student Association,

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It seemed all the big topics at the University of New Mexico made an appearance at the final forum for the Higher Learning Commission site visit: low wages for professors, the state budget, staff-hiring moratorium, athletics funding, and transparency concerns. The last of three sessions was held at 10 a.m. in the Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education on North Campus. The final forum focused on the last two criteria: evaluations and then resources, the mission and the how effective University institutions are. The forum was moderated by visiting HLC team members. The discussion was mostly led by Jason Hornberger, University of Kansas’

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Two senators run for Lobos narrowly win Senior Night ASUNM presidency MEN’S BASKETBALL

By Robert Maler

By Justin Garcia @Just516garc

This is the first in series of stories covering the 2019 ASUNM Elections. Three senators — all of which are or have been chairs — and an agency director with a recognizable name are running for leadership of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico. Lobo Spirit Director Adam Biederwolf is running against Steering & Rules Committee Chair Mohammad Assed for president, while former finance committee chair Madelyn Lucas is running against current finance chair Holly Gallegos for vice president. Assed and Gallegos have said they are running together, while Biederwolf and Lucas are doing the same. That leaves open the possibility of a president and vice president from separate unofficial slates holding office together. President and vice president are elected in separate elections held during the same three-day

period from March 25 to the 27, according to the ASUNM Elections Commissions. The ASUNM President is responsible for managing the eight student service agencies, according to the ASUNM constitution. That includes governmental affairs who lobby the New Mexico State Legislature for student issues such the lottery scholarship. The president also sits on the Student Fee Review Board, an advisory committee that, ultimately, makes suggestions to the Board of Regents about how student fees should be spent and whether they should be increased. On the other hand, the vice president acts as president of the ASUNM Senate. That position is responsible for appointing committee chairs, training new senators on parliamentary procedures and has the ability to issue demerits, which can revoke a senator's ability to vote. This election cycle comes after one of the closest presidential elections in ASUNM history in 2017, followed by an uncontested bid in 2018. Noah Brooks narrowly beat

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On the Daily Lobo website Garcia: ASUNM Senate allots $8,000 in appropriations

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Senior night. Words that when paired together can elicit a wide array of emotions — from a feeling of nostalgia to a burning desire to put a punctuation mark on one's time at college, and University of New Mexico men's basketball senior guard Dane Kuiper was able to put a stamp on his final regular home game, sending he and fellow senior teammate Anthony Mathis off with a 73-72 victory over the visiting Boise State Broncos. New Mexico (13-16, 7-10 MW) and Boise State traded shots in the early going — swapping 3-pointers and leads before winding up tied at 8-8 through about four and half minutes of play. Boise State broke the tie with a David Wacker layup, but UNM methodically started to build a lead through good ball movement and shot selection. Kuiper and Keith McGee both connected on long-range attempts and Corey Manigualt got warmed up in the paint. Junior forward Carlton Bragg chipped in a layup as well to cap a 10-2 run and seize an 20-12 lead with just under 11 minutes remaining in the half. UNM lead by as many as 13 in the first half, and took a 41-29

By Cameron Goeldner /@goeldfinger /Daily Lobo

Carlton Bragg shoots the ball during the first half of Wednesday’s game at Dreamstyle Arena - The Pit. Bragg finished with 11 points and nine rebounds in a 73-72 win on Senior Night.

advantage into the locker room at the break. Head coach Paul Weir had to tinker with the lineup in the opening stages of the game and recalled telling his squad that Boise State was a good team and one that would not just roll over. The Broncos didn't and started chipping away at the Lobo lead, forcing Weir to find the right mix of energy and effort again to start the second half. Justinian Jessup had 10 first-half points for the Broncos and continued to find his shot throughout the game. He and Derrick Alston both

ended up with 23 points on the night, but the Lobos managed to hold things together for the stretch run. BSU's pat Dembley tied the game at 53-53 with a layup just past the midway point of the second half, but Kuiper answered with a 3-pointer to put the Lobos back on top. He said he'd been trying to find his legs and get his shot back underneath him and felt like it finally came back Wednesday night after knocking down a pair of important triples.

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