Daily Lobo new mexico
The Independent Student Voice of UNM since 1895
monday August 25, 2014 | Volume 119 | Issue 7
Women’s soccer team sentenced By Thomas Romero-Salas
Sergio Jiménez / Daily Lobo / @SXfoto
New Mexico women’s soccer Head Coach Kit Vela awaits questions from the media at the Tow Diehm Facility on Wednesday. UNM Athletics Director Paul Krebs announced Friday that 22 women’s soccer players will be suspended for one game and Vela will be suspended for one week without pay as punishment for a hazing incident that occurred last week.
Twenty-two Lobo women’s soccer players will serve a onegame suspension, and head coach Kit Vela will be suspended for one week without pay after last week’s hazing incident, New Mexico Athletics Director Paul Krebs announced Friday. As punishment for the Aug. 17 incident involving all of the team’s athletes, Vela is not permitted to have any contact with her team beginning today. Assistant coaches Jorge Vela and Krista Foo have been issued letters of reprimand; the two assistants will run the team’s day-to-day operations until the head coach’s return. “We believe the disciplinary measures we have taken today send a clear message about the gravity of the incident: that it
is unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Krebs said. “We feel we have a full understanding of what happened that night through the facts we received from the thirdparty investigation.” Last Wednesday, Krebs said senior players on the team pressured seven freshman players into drinking while attending several parties. Later in the night, Krebs said, the freshmen were sprayed with “soap and water.” At one point during the night, the freshmen changed from their street clothes into only their undergarments, he said. Even though none of the freshmen were forced to drink alcohol, peer pressure is still an act of hazing, Krebs said. The suspensions will be staggered throughout the season to
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Democratic Committee chair visits campus
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee chair, left, and Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham speak after a roundtable discussion in the SUB on Sunday. The Democratic Party of New Mexico and the Young Democrats of New Mexico discussed issues like women’s health, pay equality and the 2014 election. “I’m here in New Mexico because there’s never been more at stake in an election year, and the contrast between the two paths and the two visions that voters have in front of them could not be more clear,” Wasserman Schultz said. “I think what’s critical over the next 72 days as voters ask themselves is ‘who am I going to vote for?’ that they ask themselves an extremely important question: ‘who has my back?’ Really, that’s what voters all across the country want to know.” A spokesman for Gov. Susana Martinez’s re-election campaign provided a statement regarding the roundtable. “Regardless of who Gary King brings into New Mexico, they cannot cover up the fact that he intends to take the state back to the days of Bill Richardson,” spokesman Chris Sanchez wrote in an email to the Daily Lobo. “Governor Martinez is working to move New Mexico forward by diversifying the state’s economy so small businesses can compete, hire and grow, while also reforming our schools to improve the graduation rate, which is now growing at a faster pace than any other state.” Daniel Montaño / Daily Lobo / @DailyLobo
SFRB funding applications due early this year By Aydan Sparks
The UNM Student Fee Review Board has made changes to the guidelines for organizations requesting funding for the new school year. The deadline for student organizations to submit their applications for funding has been pushed forward to Sept. 5, as part of a compromise set forth over the summer by UNM President Robert Frank. In a joint statement on Friday with ASUNM President Rachel Williams, GPSA President Texanna Martin said the two groups worked together over the summer to make changes that would adhere to the
new guidelines. “Normally this process happens in the spring, so what we had to do was expedite it so it can happen in the fall,” Martin said. “Basically, I think [the changes are] just to be in alignment with the new budget processes that the University is putting forth.” Many other dates in the new SFRB timeline have been pushed forward a few months into the fall, including the final recommendations made to the Budget Leadership Team. In light of the accelerated timeline for the SFRB to make decisions, there have also been changes to the application process. Organizations seeking funding
“Overall the changes have just been really good for us, to go around and meet all of the units that are applying and get face-to-face interaction.” Rachel Williams ASUNM President
will now have to fill out an Executive Summary, laying out the amount of money being requested and specifics about how the funds will be used to benefit students. Williams said the summary should be about a page long, and should be an argument for why the organization deserves a share of student fees. “What are you asking for? If you are asking for an increase, why? Can you justify it? Explain how this is going to benefit the students,” she said. Martin and Williams said they have taken initiative over the summer to reach out and explain these changes to affected groups, and have visited many organizations
that have historically applied for SFRB funding. Some of these organizations include KUNM, el Centro de la Raza and the Native American Student Association. “Overall the changes have just been really good for us, to go around and meet all of the units that are applying and get face-toface interaction,” Williams said. “It’s been really important to us.” Once all applications are submitted to the SFRB, they will be posted on sfrb.unm.edu for all students to access. Starting Oct. 13 students can attend forums with this
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