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By Jonathan BacaSenior Reporter
Confusion about course requirements and the eligibility of Honors classes have left some students unable to receive diplomas, said Associate Dean of CHSS Zachary Shank.
Honors courses had been listed as Humanities or Fine Arts credits, but students who took these classes were recently informed that the classes would no longer count for Humanities credits, said Shank.
Criminal Justice major Steven Martos said he was ineligible to receive his degree for Psychology because he had believed the Honors courses he took would fulfill the
required Humanities credits for the program.
“I was told that these courses would count toward my degree,” said Martos.
Martos said he changed majors and thought he was on track to receive his diploma
By Shaya RogersStaff Reporter
Political Science major Krisztina Greene said she is collecting comic books to send to US troops serving overseas.
Her program, Comics for Commandos,
was created a year ago and benefits all branches of the mili-tary, she said.
Local comic book store
Kaboom Test Labs has allowed Greene to set up collection boxes at their east and westside locations, she said.
“I feel this is how I can still support the military in a positive way. If I can
help them pass the time or make them smile, why not?” she said.
Comics for Commandos has sent out a total of eight boxes to service members stationed around the world, she said. The program will keep going for as long as the U.S. has a standing army, she said.
“As long as we have troops deployed, we’re going to keep doing it,” she said.
Greene said the idea came to her because her brother and many of her friends are former Marines.
“When they’re in these countries, they have a lot of down time. They are in these remote bases where they have nothing, no chow hall, no internet access,” she said.
They collect everything
from comic books to popu-lar collectable strategy games like HeroClix to travel board games like Boggle, she said.
The group makes sure that the donations follow military morality guide-lines, she said.
“Some comic books, we actually have to look through and make sure there are no sexual acts or nudity. We try to keep it PG-13,” said Greene.
The program has been well received, both by sol-diers who receive boxes and civilians who request boxes for their deployed family members, she said.
Comics for Commandos does take requests and hopes that the word will spread to those troops in need.
“It’s been received so well. I m me d i a t e ly when they open it they will send me a message and say ‘Oh my gosh this is the greatest thing, I can’t believe it,’” she said.
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Nineteen of the automatic door opening buttons are not working on Main Campus, said Executive Council of Students member and Engineering major Cesar Silva.
ECOS members checked every button on Main campus after a student, who is tem-porarily in a wheel-chair, complained to the group about the problem, said Silva.
“We went around and checked all the buttons on campus and found broken ones in almost every building,” he said.
Computer Systems Information major Tariq Bashir said he has been in a wheelchair
for 10 years and has had repeated prob-lems with the buttons on campus.
“If one button is working, the other side isn’t. It’s been like that for three years at least. There’s always a door that doesn’t work,” he said.
There have been many times when he has had to force a door open because of the broken buttons, which is a task that causes a lot of stress and frus-tration, said Bashir.
“When you’re coming through a door and you can’t hit the button, you have to try to push it with your feet or bulldoze the door open. That is what I’ve become accustomed to, which is sad, because as a student, those are the things I shouldn’t have to be dealing with,” he said.
Director of Safety
Gilbert Gallegos said the door openers aren’t on a regular testing schedule, so it would be helpful if students or employees faculty would take the time to let them know about these issues.
“It’s not a staffing issue, it’s not a budget issue, it’s just we didn’t know there was a problem,” he said.
When students notice an automatic door not working, they should find a CNM employee, he said.
“A lot of people hit it and it doesn’t work, so they just open it up and go on their way, but guess what, that is one person who could’ve notified our office, not for them-selves, but for their
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Criminal Justice major Stephen Martos reads the Honors invitation letter. It lists Honors classes as Humanities credits.
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editorial boardIt has become common
for adults to treat the presi-dential race as the only time in which they should be civically engaged.
In fact, there are many local elections during the intervening four years, and important decisions are made every day by politicians on local and national levels.
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Websites like these can be helpful to gain an understanding of the issues at hand and pro-vide guidelines for con-tacting representatives.
Bookmark those pages that are comprehensible. Follow diverse types of newspapers and groups or newsfeeds on Facebook. Opportunities are also there to see official politi-cal records through the Public Records Act.
Visit county clerk and city council websites to know when political deci-sions are being discussed and decided. Perform any extra research then vote by writing, calling or emailing political officials and telling them how to represent the community.
Many feel they are not represented by their president or members of congress in some way or another, but being active on a local level better ensures that concerns are addressed by higher levels of government.
Voicing an opinion might seem inconvenient and pointless, but having no opinion will give poli-ticians the freedom to make the decisions they think are best for a com-munity without having to consider the ideas of those in that community.
The laws of supply and demand still apply in the world of politics. Always is the time to be aware of what is going on.
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We are constantly inundated with advice from fitness gurus who show us the newest exercise trends and with advertisements for fitness equipment demon-strated by men and women with chiseled abdominals.
The truth is that you cannot out-train a bad diet. No matter how many hours you exercise or what kind of exercise you perform, a bad diet will erase most benefits you gain from it.
Your diet controls 75-80 per-cent of your physical health as well as appearance. It is the single most important factor in controlling your weight and physical health; further, it is the only control we all have over our health.
While we cannot control our body type or genetic predisposition to disease, we can control what we eat and drink.
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If you love pizza or cake, keep eating it, but limit the frequency and quantity of these foods. For instance, try to make healthful food choices 75 percent of the time.
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By Daniel JohnsonStaff Reporter
Students passing by the north side of the Student Resource Center on Main campus around noon on Halloween found themselves sur-rounded by costumed students break-ing into dance.
Part-time CHSS instructor Pamela Yenser and her English 1101 class conducted a flash mob dance performance of Michael Jackson’s
“Thriller” for extra credit in her class. “The students organized this event
in the hopes of earning some extra credit,” said Yenser.
Students were initially offered 50 bonus points if they came to class in costume, said Yenser. The class instead asked if they could create
a flash mob which focused on social networking, she said.
Exercise Science major Duane Yardmen-Frank said that with the study of social network-ing and Halloween, the class just wanted to see if they could do a little flash mob as an exercise to see it all in action.
The group agreed to record the flash mob and post it to Youtube in hopes of creating a viral video.
“If the video went viral I would give the students 100 points of extra credit, but if it does not they will still get the 50 points,” said Yenser.
Nursing major Julieanna Lucero said that credit
Dancing for credit: Student performance a ‘Thriller’
PHOTO BY STEFANY OLIVAS
Students from Part-time instructor Pamela Yenser’s English 1101 class perform a choreographed flash mob of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” outside of the SRC for extra credit.
November 6, 2012 The CNM Chronicle | 5ENTERTAINMENT
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for the idea belongs to the teacher.
“Mrs. Yenser really enjoys teaching interactively, she is not
the kind of teacher that just has you read a book and learn that way,” she said.
Pharmacy major Isaac Real said that he was going to pro-
mote the video to death because he not only loves
to dance, he just really would like the extra credit.
“I am going to tell my friends and family, people who like me, people who don’t, people who like music and danc-ing and, of course, I am going to
tweet about it every thirty min-utes for the next couple of days to get those points,” he said.
Accounting major Kristin Herrera said she was a little nervous about the whole thing, but it would still be a lot of fun.
“I think we will get a lot of people to watch us while we perform and then watch the video online,” she said.
Yenser said that even though she knows it might be all about the extra credit for the students, it is a great project.
“It got us involved with one another and working outside of the normal,” she said.
Biology major Sandra Lopez said it was an interesting performance.
“That’s a pretty cool way to get extra credit,” she said.
Student performance a ‘Thriller’
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Students from Part-time instructor Pamela Yenser’s English 1101 class perform a choreographed flash mob of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” outside of the SRC for extra credit.
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By Adriana AvilaStaff ReporterThe Women in
Art class centers on an important historical subject that should not be forgotten, said full-time CHSS instructor Danielle Miller.
Students get excited by the Art History 2200 class because she is excited about the sub-ject matter as an artist, she said.
“It’s a class that very specifically focuses on the topic of women and individual arts,” said Miller. “It’s an impor-tant and relevant topic to cover and consider because it’s often left out of traditional art history.”
She is the only fac-ulty member on Main campus who teaches the subject, which is only offered in the fall term each year, said Miller.
The class covers
women in the visual arts and art history from the perspective of women — dating from prehistoric art to contemporary art in a broad view, she said.
“We cover some of the issues that surround images that were made of women and sort of political and cultural ideas involving artwork that had relation to the place of women in soci-eties or time basis or cul-tures,” said Miller.
Nursing major Sandra Breceda said she took the class because she wanted to know more about how women can get ahead in social and political status and it is teaching her about the formation of art history.
“I love it. It teaches me about how women used to be, how they were really good artists and how they overcame difficulties among men,” said Breceda.
It is an important
class in knowing what is happening in society and it could help her, she said. Miller puts detailed preparation into her lec-tures and her enthusiasm is enough to recommend this class to not only women, but to everyone, said Breceda.
Fine Arts major Eden Coetay said she previously had Miller as a teacher and knew she was a good instructor.
“It’s pretty fun and cool. I saw it as a great opportunity because I don’t know much about art history,” said Coetay.
Miller said the first serious discussion of women in art was a 1971 article written by Linda Nochlin titled ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’
She said people looked back and found wonderful women artists who produced work just as good as men, but were left out of art history.
Broader political and social structures kept women out of the hier-archy of art and to an extent it still happens, she said. Women were considered property and were not allowed to be educated in art unless their fathers gave consent until the early 1900s, said Miller.
“Some of the basic structures of art educa-tion like anatomy were limited to women even until the modern era,” she said. “In the 50s and 60s women were considered not to have the personality to make great art.”
Nochlin’s assertion that the art by women could be equal to men’s persuaded many women to take different sub-ject matter and express themselves, said Miller.
“It opened up bigger doors for not just women but for people of different races and
economic classes,” Miller said. “The ques-tion really became ‘Why are we not willing to include lots of differ-ent ideas and cultural productions in this idea of fine art and what fine art is, and who really gets to decide?’”
“Cool Classes” is a feature which focuses on an inter-esting program or class at CNM. To nominate a class or program, send an email to [email protected].
C o o l C l a s s e s :
Empowering women one art piece at a time
PHOTO BY SCOTT M. ROBERTS
Full-time Art instructor Danielle Miller reviews art that have women as focal points or were created by women.
PHOTO BY SCOTT M. ROBERTS
One of the slides utilized in the Women in Art Class.
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in Psychology. He said he was told
that he needed credit for one Humanities class, and that at the start of the next catalog year the two Honors classes he had taken would fulfill those credits.
When the next year began, he was told that they would no longer count toward his missing credits.
“I worked for that Psychology degree. I was under the impression that I would be able to receive it with the classes I had been taking,” said Martos.
Shank said the situa-tion was caused by poor communication and ever changing course require-ments. The language in the letter sent to stu-dents in the Honors program at the start of each term was mislead-ing, and listed Honors courses as Humanities electives, he said.
“The wording in that letter is misleading. It used to be true in the past, but it is not true anymore,” said Shank.
Martos said he never received such a letter.
He worked with an aca-demic advisor who was very attentive in helping him try to substitute his Honors courses for the missing Humanities cred-its, but that the request was denied because of the way the Psychology pro-gram is set up, he said.
Shank said many associate programs have restructured their required courses, and unless students keep up to date on the changing requirements of their programs, they end up taking unnecessary courses and missing out on mandatory credits.
“Problems often arise when students change majors. Some of the courses they took may not count toward their new degree. It’s a good problem to have because it means students are finding something they really love,” said Shank.
The misleading language on the letter sent to students has been corrected.
The school is request-ing that Honors courses be counted as Humanities or Social Sciences credits, said Shank.
In order for the Honors classes to be eligible as Humanities and Social Sciences credits, Shank said the curriculum needs to be sent to the state’s General Education Common Core.
The curriculum would be evaluated by a committee of teachers and administrators from around the state to see if it fulfilled certain criteria.
“It’s a fairly simple process,” said Shank.
Martos said he was told the only way to receive his diploma for his Psychology degree would be for him to take two more Humanities courses.
“I wish I could, but right now I can’t take the time to take two more classes,” he said.
He said that although they did not count toward either of his degrees, he does not regret taking the two Honors courses.
“I learned so much stuff that is invaluable to me now, so I wouldn’t take it back,” he said.
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Greene will be at the eastside Kaboom Test Labs location on Sunday, Nov. 11, from noon to 4 p.m. in honor of Veterans Day to get the word out about the project, she said.
There will be donation boxes for items that will be mailed out in time
for the holiday season and pens and paper for people to write encouraging letters to soldiers, she said.
“These guys are going to be away from their families. You don’t have to be financially involved, but be a part of it, be a part of something, just for them to have a nice card to read is enough,” she said.
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Bashir said that CNM needs to be more proactive about issues like this. He said he feels that there has been a lack
of care coming from the administration about the needs of the disabled.
“It’s inhumane. As a person with a disability you already feel like you’re excluded when it comes to certain things,” he said.
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8 | The CNM Chronicle November 6, 2012
By Daniel JohnsonStaff Reporter
Prescription medica-tions, like Percocet; Vicodin; morphine and Fentanyl, are opiates that can induce sleep and alleviate moderate to severe pain. They can assist in the treatment of opium addiction. These drugs can also cause fatigue, depres-sion, restlessness, anxiety, dry mouth, muscle and bone pain, confusion, severe respiratory depression, or cardiac arrest, according to Opiates.com.
Director of the Student Health Center Marti Brittenham said opiates are used for pain relief, but if misused can slow respiratory functions to fatal levels.
“If not taken as pre-scribed, a person could fall asleep and never wake up,” she said.
Culinary Arts major Martha Baldizan said she had used prescription pills recreationally, but stopped when she realized she had become addicted.
“When I first tried them, I enjoyed the high they gave. It was kind of like smoking weed, but without the munchies or paranoia,” she said.
She began chewing the pills instead of swallowing them whole so the opiates would enter her system faster, said Baldizan.
Brittenham said a danger of opiate use is that the body builds a resistance to the
effects of the drug, so a user must ingest more each time to feel the same high.
Baldizan said she realized that that was not what she wanted her child to grow up with, and quit.
The quitting pro-cess was terrible, but it was worth it for her son, she said.
Nursing major Julia Maestas said that she used prescription pain killers for a pinched nerve in her shoulder.
“It worked well at reliv-ing the pain and felt great to be able to get stuff done, but there were some side effects to the use of the drug,” she said.
Painkillers are impor-tant because they allow the body to focus more on fight-ing off infections and repair-ing itself than having to worry about relieving pain, she said.
“When you are in severe pain, all you can do is medi-cate and try to relax, so painkillers are important and useful as long as the user can handle the possible side effects and resist the development of addiction,” said Maestas.
She said she experienced mild withdrawal symptoms like nervousness and shakes once she stopped use.
Amphetamines stimu-late the central nervous system by increasing cer-tain chemicals in the body. This increases energy and alertness and is used to treat narcolepsy, Attention
Deficit and Attention D e f i c i t
Hyperactivity Disorders. These drugs can cause many problems including depression, seizures, diz-ziness and anorexia.
Brittenham said Adderall, Ritalin, and other ADD or ADHD drugs are perscription forms of speed and can harm the body if taken recreationally.
A u t o m o t i v e Transportation major Herman Jackson said he has ADHD and the pills have helped him to concentrate.
“I currently have all A’s in my classes, even though I have not been to school in
over 20 years. I know side effects are possible, but I have not suffered from them,” he said.
If the pills were not avail-able, handling school and other aspects of life would be difficult, said Jackson.
Brittenham said that the misuse of pills is making those in real pain or need of pills feel like they are stuck in a box.The state is doing more with rules and regula-tions when it comes to pills to try to keep them off the street, she said.
“People have to sign con-tracts, as well as submit to random drug screens and pill counts, to assure that the pills are not being misused,” said Brittenham.
“The most abused drugs are found in someone’s med-icine cabinet and not out on the street,” said Brittenham.
SPECIAL SERIES
“The Deal with Drugs” is a special series that looks at aspects of drug use and addiction.
The deal with drugs: Pills
GRAPHIC BY JASMINE CHAVEZ
Most abused drugs can be found in the medicine cabinet.
Look for These Topics in Upcoming Issues:
Issue 9 Issue 10 Issue 11 Issue 12
If students, faculty or staff members have sugges-tions or comments about any of the topics, contact Stefany at [email protected].
Marijuana MushroomsPeyoteEcstasyAcid
MethSpeed
Issue 13CocaineCrack
Issue 16Bath SaltsSpice
Issue 14Heroin
Issue 15CigarettesAlcohol
Pills
By Jonathan BacaSenior ReporterThe newly formed
Veterans Club will help veterans make the tough transition from service to college, said club adviser and full-time CHSS instructor Jim Johnson.
The club will offer guidance about the tech-nical aspects of attending college, as well as a com-munity of support that veterans can fall back on in times of need, he said.
“We didn’t have any veterans clubs here at CNM and other colleges do. We decided that this
would be a good thing to do to help veterans make the transition back into college from military ser-vice,” said Johnson.
The club’s first scheduled event is a Veterans Day Flag Ceremony and recruit-ing effort on Monday, Nov. 12 at 2:30 p.m. at the Student Resource Center on Main campus, said Louis E. Adams Jr., program specialist for the VA Department.
A color guard from Kirtland Air Force Base is scheduled to conduct the flag-raising ceremony and club members plan
to have tables set up on Main and Montoya cam-puses near the cafeterias from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an effort to raise aware-ness of the club to other veterans, said Adams.
“We’re going to let the veterans know we are here and what we are doing, in addition to honoring vet-erans,” said club adviser and full-time BIT instruc-tor Chris Burns.
Members must be current students and veterans or active duty members of the military, said Johnson.
Main campus was recently selected as one
of several campuses in the state to have a representa-tive from Veterans Affairs work directly with the school’s veteran commu-nity, said Burns.
“It’s whatever the veterans want to make it. Whatever they think is important to them and what they need as a group,” said Burns.
Commu n icat ions major and Vice President of the Veterans Club Armando Gonzalez said the school already has a vibrant veteran commu-nity, but he felt there was a need for them to have their own group.
“A lot of people come here from Kirtland and a lot of National Guardsmen choose to come here. A lot of our veterans need financial aid, a lot of them are disabled, and CNM does great work support-ing those special needs,” said Gonzalez.
Burns said they have also discussed organizing seminars to educate fac-ulty and staff about the challenges that veterans may face in the classroom.
“We have envisioned doing some veteran-to-veteran mentoring, help-ing to ease veterans back into academia, because
that can often be a very difficult adjustment,” said Burns.
Anyone interested in joining the Veterans Club can email Chris Burns at [email protected].
All members of the CNM community are also invited to join them at the Flag Ceremony on Veterans Day, Monday Nov. 12 on Main campus.
“Some veterans have a very hard time coming back to school. They are often a lot older than the average student; their life experiences are a lot dif-ferent,” said Johnson.
Veterans Club announces first event
PHOTO BY STEFANY OLIVAS
Director of the Student Health Center Marti Brittenham reviews the issues surrounding the use of prescription pills.
