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see CONFERENCE on page 7
By Daniel MontañoSenior Reporter
Montoya campus is ready to host more than 50 participants representing six states for the Mountain States Teaching of Psychology conference, Psychology Instructor, Shelly Metz said.
The free confer-ence will be held Oct 19, in the H building from 8:30 a.m. until 5
p.m., and will feature lectures, workshops and interactive break-out sessions that will introduce new ways to teach psychology, Metz, said.
Although the dead-line for registration has passed, some slots are still open. So, any high school, community college or university psychology instructors wishing to join can still register, Metz said.
“We’re hoping we can get some last minute people,” Metz said.
Instructors who are interested in attending can either visit mountaintop.fortlewis.edu, e-mail Metz at [email protected] or Jim Johnson at [email protected].
The conference will feature two key-note speakers, with Richard Straub, PhD., psychology professor
at The University of Michigan, who will be discussing how learn-ing psychology can help students in health fields, and David Seal, PhD., Professor and Doctoral advisor in behavioral sciences at Tulane University, who will discuss pro-moting sexual health, Metz said.
Topics of the ses-sion will include how to teach with hands-on
activities, teaching with TEDTalks, evi-dence based teach-ing, new topics in the field of psychology and much more, Metz said.
“It’s so great. You always walk away from these conferences with new ideas you can try in the classroom and tell students about,” she said.
The MToP con-ference was founded at CNM by former
instructor Dick Gorman, and has been running for about 10 years, Metz said.
Gorman, who passed away in 2010, is listed as an honorary keynote speaker for this year’s conference, Metz said.
This is the first time the conference will be held at Montoya,
Instructors psyched for Montoya campus teaching conference
By Jonathan BacaStaff Reporter
There has been much news about the government
shutdown, but many stu-dents have said that they
are still confused about the issue.
In order to give stu-dents more information about this controversial issue, the Chronicle
did some research to get the facts
straight.
The Federal government shut down on October 1, for the first time since 1996, because Congress was unable to agree on a budget for the new fiscal year.
Since 1976, when the modern Congressional budgeting process began, there have been seventeen shutdowns, or “spending gaps.”
This time around, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a budget, but when it was sent to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, it was sent back to the Senate with an amendment added that would vastly defund the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Both sides of government parties have not been willing to budge, and at the time of this printing, the shut-down had entered its second week. Non-essential government employ-ees have not been paid, and national parks, the Smithsonian, as well as other federally funded attractions have been closed.
The Chronicle asked Katrina Taylor, Political Science program coordinator and full time instruc-tor, for some insight on the causes of the shutdown.
Chronicle: Why is Congress so divided over
Obamacare?Taylor: The gov-
ernment shutdown is the result of a battle being led by the Tea Party. They are basically unhappy with the Affordable Care Act, which is also known as Obamacare.
That law was passed in 2010, and it was constitutionality upheld last summer by the Supreme Court, including the Court’s most conservative member.
In 2010 the voters put a lot of Tea Party members into power, and recalled a lot of Democrats, so there is some argument that there is a mandate from voters to get rid of Obamacare.
But, in 2012, during the presiden-tial election, Mitt Romney ran with the campaign promise to get rid of Obamacare, and he lost.
So there is another argument that maybe in 2010 voters didn’t like it, but in 2012 they reelected Obama, who is obviously essential to the Affordable Care Act.
C: Why are they fighting Obamacare now when it has already passed?
T: The Republicans have tried every other method to get rid of Obamacare, but it has never worked because the Democrats control the Senate, and even if a bill got passed to get rid of it, Obama would just veto the bill. Obamacare is his legacy as a president, and he is not going to let them just get rid of it.
C: How did the President and the Democrats respond?
T: So the Speaker of the House sent the budget with this rider to the Senate. The Senate said ‘no, we’re not going to defund Obamacare, we’re not going to
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EDITORIAL
S u n c a t C h i t C h a tNick Stern
Staff Reporter What do you think of the Government Shutdown?
Jonathan Vallez, line and pizza cook at Main campus Café“It hasn’t really affected me personally so far but I think it’s really superficial. It’s petty,
that’s the word I’d use. It’s petty of the government. I think it’s petty that the republicans are trying to say it wasn’t them that shutdown. I think that’s ridiculous.”
Haley Hanson, Biology major“Frustrated would be the one-word response. I have my own strong opinions of
what they should do and how they should go but I’m very frustrated that they won’t work together to make some kind of decision. I also do not believe in shutting down the national parks. It’s costing more money or the same amount of money to hire all that security and put that time in to shut down everything, as it would to pay the people who normally keep it up. There’s no reason to do that. Their argument is about money and they’re wasting money to do this.
Rayford Jones, Fitness technology major “It pretty much made people mad. I don’t know what to feel because I’m still young
and going through the process but it was messes up-for students especially. I don’t know when we’re ever going to take the next step to make the government and the people better. It’ll take some time.”
Jay Calderon, Fine Arts major“I think that’s really unfair. Why would they take other people’s jobs to benefit them-
selves? It’s very selfish.
EDITORIAL CARTOON BY NICK STERN
By the Chronicle Editorial Board
The government shut-down has made everyone angry, and people want someone to blame.
The vast majority of public opinion polls say that most Americans blame the Republicans in the House of Representatives, particu-larly Speaker of the House John Boehner, and The Chronicle agrees.
Passing a federal budget is one of the most basic functions of Congress, and if Congress cannot get it done, some-thing is seriously wrong.
Regardless of politi-cal parties or opinions about Obamacare, it is totally unprofessional and inappropriate to hold the entire govern-ment hostage in order to change a piece of legisla-tion, especially one that has already been enacted into law. Polls suggest that the majority of Americans agree.
As political sci-ence instructor Katrina Taylor said in our cover story “The lowdown
on the shutdown,” the Republicans had sev-eral chances to defeat Obamacare and failed, and the Supreme Court upheld its constitutional-ity as well.
If Republicans want to repeal Obamacare, they can win more seats in Congress next election and do it in the prescribed way. Using the federal budget as leverage is not what our founding fathers had in mind when they created our system.
Republicans claim that the Democrats are the ones to blame, because Democrats refuse to “compromise.” But the ACA was itself a huge compromise, so the Democratsshould not have to concede anymore than they have already.
As Ms. Taylor said, our government does not negotiate with hos-tage takers, because it sets a precedent for future extremists.
There are right ways to do things, and then there is this way. House Republicans need to stop being such sore losers and do their damned jobs.
Hey Congress, do your job!
PHOTOS BY RENE THOMPSON
4 | The CNM Chronicle OctOber 8, 2013STUDENT LIFEInstructor goes above and beyond to get students to dig archeology
By Martin MontoyaStaff ReporterWith winter right
around the corner, it is time for winter sports lovers to look out for season passes, dust off their gear or to think about how to purchase new gear for the season.
Students can find it challenging to be able to afford the costly gear and passes it takes to have a good time on the slopes, but have no fear, because the Chronicle is giving students a guide to winter sport shop-ping on a student budget and what student discounts are actually offered at regional ski and snowboarding spots.
The New Mexico Ski Swap which is held by the Sandia Peak Ski Patrol is coming to Expo New Mexico October 25 to 27, and is one of the biggest snow sales to come to New Mexico, with three full days of more than 17,000 items for purchase, as well as lift tickets with discounted pric-ing for many of the different resorts in the New Mexico area.
“We don’t just offer one company’s leftovers, we are a true swap” nmskiswap.org site said.
Being a fundraiser the NM Ski Swap goes to funding for training and equip-ment for the men and women of the Sandia
ski patrol, which remains an all-vol-unteer organization, according to sandi-apeakskipatrol.org.
The first night of the swap on Friday is dedicated to VIP sales, which was tradition-ally only open to ski patrollers, but now with a $20 admission fee anybody can join in and have first dibs on picking gear to buy.
Saturday and Sunday instead have a $2 admission fee, but if people act now they can sign up for the mail list at nmskiswap.org, and students could have a chance to get in to the VIP sale for free by raff le, or could win swap bucks for gear, as well as other prizes also the two dollar admission fee is waived for the rest of the event.
When buying gear for winter sport needs, people have to consider what mountain they are going to test their new gear at, whether it is the Sandia or Taos many resorts around New Mexico and Colorado offer student discounts.
The entire list of ski resorts below are student friendly and one can check out the websites for opening days and special events.
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Students in Susan Ruth’s class learn to make and use spears.
Student Discounts
for Regional Ski Spots:
Sandia and Santa Fe Skiing: Allowing access to both Sandia and Santa Fe ski resort, the best deal for students is the PeakPlus card, which is $59 before November 25 and $69 after the date. This pass gives25 dollars off a whole day lift ticket at both locations the entire season, accord-ing to skisantafe.com.
Sipapu Ski Resort: Sipapu Ski Resort is student friendly with two choices for season lift tickets. First, stu-dents could purchase a premium pass with no restrictions and pass holder perks that allows students to try partner resorts in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah, which is a total of $399.
The second choice for students at Sipapu is a restricted pass that has blackout dates and are strictly at Sipapu, which is $199 for the season, according to sipapunm.com.
Taos Ski Valley: In northern New Mexico the Taos Ski Resort is also student friendly charging $325 for a season lift ticket, but students must be enrolled into 12 credit hours and show a class schedule as well as a student ID when pur-chasing, according to skitaos.org.
Wolf Creek College Days: One resort which is in Colorado is stu-dent friendly on certain days; Wolf Creek has college days on:
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By Daniel MontañoSenior Reporter
Students in the first ever archeology lab offered at CNM are get-ting exposed to more than just a traditional learning experience, Dr. Susan Ruth, anthropol-ogy instructor, said.
Ruth is teaching the class using guest speakers, field trips and special projects that introduce her stu-dents to what actually happens in modern archeology, she said.
“We’re going a little bit above and beyond what you would normally see. Usually there would just be some sort of thought experiment or some general prob-lems and written exer-cises,” she said.
One of the many things Ruth has done in her class was to schedule Tom Windes, an archeologist with the University of New Mexico and the National Parks Services, to come and teach her class about dendrochronology—the study of dating tree rings through time, she said.
Ruth is also plan-ning on having stu-dents run a project on garbology, a way of examining modern human behavior by looking at recyclables
and trash, here at CNM, she said.
“Basically arche-ology is the study of trash, things people left behind that they didn’t want anymore,” she said.
Ruth has an assign-ment in her class where students will come up with a research plan on their own, by deciding what can be learned about the pop-ulation at CNM and for instance learn how recycling is handled here at the school, and then these students go out and collect the data, she said.
That, of course, means actually going out and examining trash cans around campus in a safe way, Ruth said.
“It’s like a real world problem that we can do in a lab class using these archeological tech-niques,” she said.
Ruth also plans to have Doug Boggess from Lone Mountain Archeological Services to come show her stu-dents how to make maps using a compass, she said.
Being able to know where you are in a dig site, to understand how the space you’re working in is struc-tured uses mapmak-ing and is essential to archeology, she said.
“It’s an old school, clas-sical way of doing things, which you still need. You
need to know that stuff, especially if your GPS bat-teries fail on you,” she said.
By bringing in real archeologists and having students run experiments happen in the real world, Ruth hopes to show her stu-dents that there is a future in archeology, that jobs are available in modern times as an archeologist, she said.
A large portion of archeologists find work as cultural resource manag-ers, people whose job it is to approve building con-struction by making sure that no important archeo-logical sites are destroyed by urban sprawl, she said.
“Cultural resource management sounds a little dull, it doesn’t sound inspiring, but it is actually archeology,” she said.
The class is now in the course catalog and if this semester is suc-cessful Ruth hopes to start offering the class more often, she said.
Ruth plans to con-tinue teaching the class in the way she has this semester, because she thinks that a full college education should focus on tangible, real world teaching as well as the theory presented in most textbooks, she said.
“What people really do, that’s what we really want to focus on,” she said.
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OctOber 8, 2013 The CNM Chronicle | 5CAMPUS NEWS
By Martin MontoyaStaff ReporterSome students have a
hard time finding a major throughout the majority of their time in college, so the Chronicle has decided to let students know what are the most popular majors with the top five and top 20 lists of majors here at CNM.
The school offers a wide variety of degrees, but there are some degrees that are more popular than others with the top five degrees having more than 1,000 students declared for each, Brad Moore, Director of Marketing and Communications said.
Far surpassing any other major with 4,723 majors declared, pre-health sciences is at the top of the list with con-centrations ranging from pre-dental hygiene to pre-veterinary technology to numerous other fields in the health and medicine professions, Moore said.
Rebecca Sedillo, Pre-Health Sciences major with a concentration in Dental Assisting, said
she got into this field to obtain her associates in dental assisting so she could gain experience. The program also trans-fers over to UNM where Sedillo hopes to attend after becoming a certified dental assistant..
“The teachers are great, they make it so easy and you want to go to class and they make it interesting, so far it has been a great experience,” Sedillo said.
The second major to top the charts with 2,540 declared students is Liberal Arts, Moore said.
A liberal arts degree has the pos-sibility to be a degree that can stand alone or transfer to a four year college or uni-versity in the stud-ies of Anthropology, C o m m u n i c a t i o n , Criminology, English, History, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology, according to catalog.cnm.edu.
Eric Watkins, Liberal Arts major, said with a liberal arts degree all your prerequisites are covered and all your
credits are transfer-rable to a core degree at UNM. Watkins said he is graduating this May and switching over to UNM, where he would like to learn to teach history.
“I want to teach here (CNM), my grandma taught here for 27 years. You get to affect a lot of people’s lives in differ-ent ways and I like that,” Watkins said.
Third on the list of top majors at CNM is Business with 1,413 declared students, Moore said.
According to the catalog.cnm.edu site, the business major at CNM includes getting an associate’s degree that teaches and guides students through their first two years of required courses for a New Mexico four year college or university and saves students money as well as saving time at a four year college.
Stephanie Lopez, Business major said she felt this major would be very beneficial for her to gain knowledge in all ventures of business.
As the list comes to the fourth major, it also gives us a glimpse at modern technology in the world.
Moore said Computer Information Systems as a declared major encom-passes 1,257 students.
According to the CNM catalog informa-tion technology jobs are among some of the highest paying in today’s market.
At CNM with a com-puter information degree students can learn all about the software used on computers and how to create a program all on their own.
In the third of four terms, Anthony Sanchez, Computer Information Systems major with a concen-tration in Network Administration said, the availability and price of the courses at CNM are what appealed to him.
Able to gain all certifications here at CNM, Sanchez said he hopes to get a local Network Administration job upon graduation.
At the bottom of the top five with 1,107 declared stu-dents is Business A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , Moore said.
According to cata-log.cnm.edu, dec-laration of Business Administration as a major means that stu-dents will get hands on experience working on community proj-ects and research that applies directly to the business market.
Upon comple-tion of the Business Administration major you have multiple certifi-cates as well as an associ-ate’s of applied science.
A current employee of Sandia Labs, Aaron Martinez, Business Administration major, said this is the general major most employees at the labs take.
With a business administration degree, Martinez said he could get into any department at Sandia Labs and the cred-its do transfer to UNM very easily.
While a number of students attend CNM only to transfer to UNM, there are plenty of classes at CNM that will give you invaluable knowledge for your future.
The big five: exploring the most popular majors
By Rene ThompsonEditor-in-ChiefStudents who are
graduating this semes-ter and hope to walk the line at the fall graduation
ceremony should apply soon, as all graduates will need to submit their appli-cations by 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8.
Brandon Seber, Student Activities Supervisor said, once a student’s
application is submit-ted, the graduate will receive an email from him, which will pro-vide students access to the online graduation registration form.
“Those graduates not walking in the actual graduation ceremony should submit their grad-uation application by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12,” he said.
Seber said the cap and gown for the ceremony is $39.59 and is only obtain-able for all graduates who complete the graduation registration form, which will be provided to grad-uates after submitting their actual graduation application through their myCNM account.
“The Student Activities Office will also be selling graduation announcements in quan-tities of 10 for $5, but the diploma is free to gradu-ates, and can be picked up 2 to 6 weeks after the end of the fall 2013 semester,” he said.
Enrollment Services will email all graduates, to their cnm.edu email address, as soon as the degree and/or certificate can be picked up from main campus, he said.
Seber said some of the great parts of the graduation ceremony are hearing the key note and student speakers, who are very inspira-tional and motivating.
“However, I really enjoy seeing the gradu-ates walk on to the gradu-ate floor smiling from ear to ear, waving at their
families and guests, and walk the stage to shake the hands of CNM execu-tives, all with the same smile and sense of accom-plishment,” he said.
Seber said, the gradu-ation ceremony is really fun because other gradu-ates, faculty, staff, family and friends all come together to cheer and rejoice over the accom-plishments of the students.
“How can it not be fun when you have 10,000 people cheering you on,” he said.
Many CNM faculty and staff also attend to support and congratu-late the graduates while wishing them well on their next step in life, Seber said.
Some graduates may stay at CNM to complete an associate’s degree after getting a
certificate, and others may stay to take more classes to go towards a bachelor, he said.
“The graduation cer-emony will finalize a graduate’s education by giving them that sense of accomplishment that I mentioned earlier, but the finalization for students, in my opinion, is not only what the graduate has accomplished here at CNM, but also what will move them in the direc-tion to continue their edu-cation and to get them in the career field they went to school for,” he said.
Seber said the fall 2013 graduation cer-emony will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7, and will be located at Tingley Coliseum starting at 12 p.m.
Deadline to apply for graduation fast approaching
How to apply for graduation: * To review CNM’s general graduation requirements, log on to myCNM, and click on the “Students” tab at the top of the page. * In the “Graduation and Change/Update Your Major” channel on the right side of the page; click on “Your Guide to Graduation” to access the latest information on the graduation application process. * To apply to graduate online, click the link for the “Online Certificate and Degree Evaluation,” located below the “Graduation Guide” link. * Once students complete the evaluation, they will be allowed to continue to the online graduation application.
TOP 5 MAJORS AT CNM
Majors Declared
Pre-Health Sciences 4,723Liberal Arts 2,540Business 1,413Computer Info. Systems 1,257Business Administration 1,107
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Begin your celebration today!Complete a Graduation Application Packet online through myCNM by 5:00 p.m. on October 18, 2013.
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CNM Fall Graduation CeremonySaturday, December 7, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. Central New Mexico Community College
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will be held at Montoya, and also marks the return of CNM hosting the event, which was hosted at Fort Lewis College last year, she said.
“This is such a nice campus and we’ve never done it here before, and sometimes I think it’s good to do things at other
campuses. We always tend to think of doing things at main campus, but there’s no reason we can’t expand to other campuses,” Metz said.
Metz has been planning this event for almost two years, but most of the intensive preparations have been happening over the last year with Jim Johnson, and Scott Griffin, who
are also both psychology instructors, she said.
Because the con-ference is free, Metz and everybody helping to pull things together for the conference have been involved at a grass-roots level, often spend-ing their free time and even a little money get-ting prepared, she said.
“We have a lot to do. I’ve been making
signs in my garage,” she said.
Still, none of the organizers regret making the confer-ence free, Metz said.
As soon as there is a cost associated, things become far more com-plicated, she said.
“If you start charg-ing for something, whenever there’s money involved it gets
complicated. There’s a lot more paperwork,” she said.
Metz is happy to spend a little of her own money to put on the conference because it is always a rich expe-rience, she said.
The people who come to the conference, both the presenters and the participants, tend to motivate each other
to be more passionate about teaching, she said.
“The people who tend to come to these conferences are the ones who are just really motivated to be the best teachers they can be. It’s oftentimes a really fun group,” Metz said.
Senate. The Senate said ‘no, we’re not going to defund Obamacare, we’re not going to pass a budget that has to do that.’ They said they want the House to pass a “clean resolution,” a clean piece of legisla-tion that had none of those riders on it.
The Tea Party and the Republicans in the House are saying, ‘well you need to compromise with us then. Let’s delay Obamacare, let’s take this part out and change that,’ and the Senate and the
President are saying, ‘no, the budget is not the time to have these negotiations.
The budget is an essential function of the legislature. This is your job, spelled out in the Constitution, to pass a budget so the govern-ment can function.’
C: Obviously not everyone agrees with Obamacare, but how did this argument end in a total shutdown?
T: If we as a people don’t agree, and if you look at public opin-ion polls Americans are very split over the Affordable Care Act,
then it would make sense that a good number of our represen-tatives wouldn’t agree. The problem, though, is when 80 members of a 435 member legislature hold up the entire gov-ernment, what we’re seeing is that this is not majority rule; this is rule by a minority.
C: For House Republicans, what jus-tifies their actions?
T: The power of the purse was given to Congress, and more specifi-cally to the House of Representatives, to
stop an overreach of power from other branches of govern-ment. So there is defi-nitely the argument that our government is designed to function this way.
Ultimately our system is set up so that minorities can have that kind of control. We have majority rule, with minority rights.
Our founders had a great fear for what they called “the tyr-anny of the majority,” so the Tea Party is saying that they are protecting themselves and their constituents
from the tyranny of the majority, and they are using the rules set in place to do it.
So what the Tea Party is doing is very rational from their viewpoint, because the people from their districts really want them to do this.
C: Why are the Democrats so resistant to compromise?
T: On the other side, what they are doing is kind of like holding the entire Federal government hostage until they get their demands,
because they refused to pass a budget and the government had to shut down.
From the Democrats’ and the President’s position, we are not supposed to negotiate with ter-rorists, with hostage takers. They are afraid that if they do negoti-ate, they will be set-ting this precedent that this is an accept-able way to do things.
So then it becomes a much bigger issue.
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8 | The CNM Chronicle OctOber 8, 2013FEATURE
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
Stacie ArmijoStaff ReporterStudents looking
to hone in and improve upon their writing skills with hopes of meeting like-minded students can go to the CNM writer’s group that meets every Thursday from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Main campus Students Resource Center (SRC) in room 201A.
There are three writers’ groups at CNM; one that meets at Main campus, one at Montoya , and another at Westside campuses.
English Professor, Carly Harschlip, who runs the writ-ers group at Montoya campus, said that the writing group is not run like a class.
“It is a way for stu-dents and instructors to bond over some-thing that they are both interested in,” Harschlip said.
English Professor, Rebecca Aronson who runs the writers group at main campus said it is a student run organization.
“I started the writ-ers group about three years ago. We became officially chartered about a year ago,” Aronson said.
The writers group is a good way for student to interact with fellow students and share their work, and is for anybody that is interested in any kind of creative writing,” Aronson said.
Liberal Arts major Bridgette Jones said she likes that she is able to share her love of writ-ing with fellow students.
“It is a good place to share your writ-ing and connect with people,” Jones said.
Harschlip said the group at Montoya campus talks about all aspects of writing and how to incorporate
writing into the stu-dents’ daily lives.
“If a student is trying to get published, we talk about the practi-cal sides of that, where they would you go for that sort of information,” Harschlip said.
English Major Fran Gallegos, who attends the Main Campus writ-ing group each week, and said she likes attending the group.“It is nice to get different perspectives and share your work,” Gallegos said.
Aronson said the groups allow students to have a new way of generating new writing, instead of just writing in a classroom.
“Anybody who wants to make time in their week to do some creative writing are welcome; we see some fantastic pieces of writing that students come up with on the f ly,” Harschlip said.
The writers’ group has had visit-ing writers that have
been great, last year the group sponsored two writers to come and read their work, Aronson said.
“It has brought some really great writers to campus,” Aronson said. The Main Campus writ-ers’ group will be spon-soring poet Dana Levin, who currently has four books of poetry and lives in Santa Fe, will be here on Thursday, October 24 at Smith Brasher hall, Aronson said.“I heard her read last year and
she is simply amazing,” Aronson said.
If students are inter-ested in the poetry event, want to attend the group or have more ques-tions, contact Professor Rebecca Aronson at [email protected],
Professor Carly Harschlip can be con-tacted at [email protected].
And Professor Diane Paul, who runs the Westside writers group, can be contacted at, [email protected].
Poets of a feather write together
Nick SternStaff ReporterIt is that time of the
year again. The 42nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is happening from Oct. 5 until Oct.13
and here is everything attendees need to know as they head out to Balloon Fiesta Park. The theme this year is called “Enchanted Sunrise,” according to the official program on the balloon fiesta website.
“It is our hope that with sunshine, calm winds and blue skies you will personally expe-rience a memorable ‘Enchanted Sunrise,’ said President of Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Bill Walker.
General Admission Tickets are $8 per session (any session, any day, 12 and under get in free)
For Park and Ride information, please visit http://www.b a l lo o n f i e s t a .c om /guest-guide/park-ride.
Advice for a nice experience would be to dress in layers, wear comfortable shoes, and bring a hat, sun-glasses and sunscreen. Try to limit amount
and size of extras such as strollers, backpacks, chairs, and umbrel-las, and wagons can be rented at the Balloon Fiesta Park informa-tion booths.
Balloon Fiesta Preview
Schedule:
Friday October 11Morning Session 5:45 Dawn Patrol
7 a.m. Shapes Rodeo
8 a.m. Flying Competition
Evening Session 5:45 Shape Glowdeo8:00 AfterGlow
Saturday October 12Morning Session 5:45 Dawn Show6:30 Morning Glow7 a.m. Mass Ascension
11 a.m. Balloon Fiesta Pin Trading12 p.m. Balloon Fiesta Music
Evening Session 5 p.m. AIBF
Chainsaw Carving5:45 Night Magic Fireworks Show8 p.m. Afterglow Fireworks Show
Sunday October 13Morning Session 5:45 Dawn Show6:30 Morning Glow7 a.m. Mass Ascension
Main Campus Writers GroupThursdays 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.Student Resource Center Room 201AMontoya Campus Writers GroupTuesdays 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.Room J-124
Westside Writers GroupMondays 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.Room 314-A
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