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The Security office now allows students to register their bikes to improve the chances of recovery if it is stolen, said CNM Security Lieutenant Bernard Rogers.

The program is cur-rently only available on Main campus, but will be available on other campuses as the pro-gram is refined, said Rogers

“I really think the pro-gram will be well received by students,” said Rogers

Students interested in registering a bicycle can log onto the CNM website and print out a form which can be submitted to the Security office, said Rogers.

The students will then receive a registration sticker to apply to their bikes as well as information about how to best secure a bike.

“I think it will make a bike safer because if students follow our suggestions as to

what type of lock to use, it will definitely cut down on the chance of the bike being stolen,” said Rogers.

Two years ago CNM had a big problem with bike theft, said Rogers.

Three to four bikes were taken daily by a single thief, said Rogers.

“This person, when finally apprehended, was found with a small pair of bolt cutters in his bag,” said Rogers.

In the past when bikes were found and determined to be stolen, there was no way to return them to their owners. Many of the bikes were even-tually sold at auction, donated or destroyed, said Rogers.

The new registration program will give security officers the means to return recovered bicycles to the rightful owners, said Rogers.

“It will not be a mandatory thing like registering your car, but we hope students will take advantage of this bike registration so if their bike is stolen they can get it back,” said Rogers.

By Adriana AvilaStaff Reporter

UNM Vice President for Student Affairs and Education Dr. Eliseo Torres will discuss curanderismo — Mexican folk medicine — at this year’s kickoff event for

the Second Annual CNM Diversity Speakers Series, said Reference Librarian Olivia Baca.

The series gathers a group of speakers to dis-cuss topics to benefit the community, said Baca. Torres is an expert in the field of Mexican folk

medicine and teaches a class on the subject annu-ally at UNM

“It’ll be quite the experi-ence,” said Baca.

Torres said he has studied and practiced curanderismo for about 30 years and has been teach-ing it for about 12 years.

“I’m looking forward to the event,” Torres said.

“CNM and UNM; we’re neighbors and I’m excited to share with my neighbors what I’ve learned.”

Two displays have been set up in the Main campus library to highlight what will be learned at the event, said Baca.

Torres said he plans to speak about why some Hispanics still have a strong belief in traditional medicine and the relation of herbs, rit-uals, items and methods used for healing.

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OpinionPg. 3

A Look Inside:

Editorial: Know Your Rights

Exploring Drugs

Student Life Pg. 4

Tour the World in the Global Café

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Bicycles locked up in one of the recently installed bike corrals. Students may now register bikes with security.

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Registration Program

Diversity Speaker Series Welcomes Folk Medicine Expert

Disbursement Discrepancies

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Financial aid check disburse-ment takes place three weeks into each term, which is a problem for stu-

dents enrolled in programs such as Welding, Paramedic, Art, or Culinary Arts, said Culinary Arts major Josh Davilla.

The classes for these pro-grams require equipment which is unavailable at the bookstore and must be purchased in time for the second week of classes, said Davilla. Often, students must produce this money out of pocket, said Davilla. Other students in Davilla’s class also said that they were unhappy with the disburse-ment process, but did not want to be included in the article by name.

“I think that it is wrong for disbursement to be done four weeks into the semester when we need our equipment by week two,” he said. “I think some-thing needs to change.”

Senior Director of Financial Aid, Scholarships and Veteran Services Lee Carrillo said that while students do not receive finan-cial aid checks until the fourth week of the term, all textbooks and equipment for courses can be ordered through the bookstore.

“A student can always order whatever they need. All they have to do is go in and say ‘I need this, charge it to my finan-cial aid,’” said Carrillo.

However, Bookstore Manager Ann Heaton said that only equip-ment and textbooks are normally stocked, but currently sold out, can be ordered through the book-store and that not all required

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The Student Allocation Board is accepting applications for student members.

The Allocation board meets monthly and distributes funds among student organizations for events, activities and equipment.

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AllUSA Academic Scholarship Now Accepting Applications

The AllUSA Academic Transfer Scholarship awards up to ten CNM students with four years of paid tuition to any four-year higher education institution in New Mexico.

Applicants must have a minimum 3.5GPA and be active on campus and in the Albuquerque community.

To apply visit ptk.org/scholarships. The enrollment key for CNM is MDI4MDg15322. The internal application deadline is Friday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m.

For more information contact Sharon Gordon-Moffett at [email protected].

Attention Veterans and Active Duty Students

The newly chartered CNM Student Veteran’s Club will be meeting to recruit new members just on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 in the Student Services Center Rm. 202, from noon until 1 P.M.

Please join us at the inaugural event for introductions, discussion and brainstorming. Pizza will be served to attendees.

Writing Group Presents First Visiting Writers Series

The student organized Writing Group will host a reading visiting poet James Arthur, whose poems have appeared in several publications. The reading will be followed by a Q & A. His debut collection, Charms Against Lightning, was recently published by Copper Canyon Press.

The event is free, and open to the public. It will occur on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at Main campus in Smith Brasher Hall, Room 100.

Help CNM Save Lives! Instructors may invite Project Heart Start into their classrooms.

The Event Planning class has teamed with Project Heart Start to spread knowledge and empower faculty and students to save lives.

This hands-only CPR method takes only half an hour to learn.

A Heart Start facilitator will come to your classroom and show a brief instructional video.

Afterward, you and your students can practice on CPR mannequins to familiarize yourselves with this life-saving procedure.

The project will be available Monday Nov. 5 through Thursday Nov. 8 at all campuses.

To schedule an in-class training session, email [email protected] before Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012.

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“What issues are important to you during this political season?”

“I do not really try to pay attention to one issue. I look at mainly the whole picture, but if I needed to say something it would be Mitt Romney’s animal cruelty issues.”

Greg Scott, Psychiatric Nursing Practitioner

“I am against Romney because he is against a lot of things I support. So I am for Obama even though I feel he may get screwed again if he becomes president.”

Diego Nuñez, Electrical Egineering

Shannon Pollard, Liberal Arts

“I would say the raising of minimum wage is the most important to me.”

“National security is the main one that is important to me.”

Michael Rodriguez, Liberal Arts

“Wow that is a list. What we need is kind of spooky right now.”

Kendra Martinez, Special Education

“I am not too happy that Mitt Romney is trying to get rid of welfare. I understand that there are some people that abuse it but he is punishing people

that actually need it.”

“OMG!!! I love your shoes.” “Thanks! They’re my Mitt Romney Flip Flops.”

“Mitt Romney Flip Flops. For when you can’t decide.”

Kim White, Computer Information Systems

The First Amendment Free Pizza Awareness Event held by the Chronicle was a chilling look at how many members of the CNM Community are unaware of what rights are guaran-teed to them by the First Amendment.

Many of the par-ticipants could not name all five of the rights protected by the First Amendment when asked by our Editor-in-Chief.

While around 50 percent of the people who were curious about the free pizza signs refused to give up their rights for food, most of them could not name those rights either.

These rights are an important part of being an American citizen. No other country allows any-where near the number of freedoms we enjoy here.

Those rights are dif-ficult to protect if we are ignorant of what they are and what they mean.

As Harriet Engle pointed out in this issue’s article “First Amendment Rights: Use Them or Lose Them,” some of these rights have been eroded by things like invasive TSA searches, background checks and arrests of people who are assembling peaceably.

The Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which allows corpora-tions to privately donate to political campaigns with a monetary cap, and the now commonplace practice of political par-tisanship in national news media are further exam-ples of disintegration of our rights that are often overlooked as how things are now.

This should not be the case, these rights are supposedly inalien-able, but only if we col-lectively believe in and protect them.

For those who are curious, the rights protected by the first amendment are:

• Freedom of speech• Freedom of religion• Freedom of the press• Freedom to peaceably

assemble• Freedom to petition

the government for a redress of grievances

First Admendment Rights: Key to Preserving All Other Rights

4 | the CNM Chronicle OctOber 16 - 22, 2012STUDENT LIFE

By Jonathan Baca

Senior Reporter

Global Cuisine teaches students vital skills they will need to work in the culinary industry, said Chef Mark Patel.

Students spend the first half of CULN 2212 learning important skills like making hors d’oeuvres, setting up buffets and cus-tomer service, followed by three weeks of menu preparation and finally four weeks of operating the fully functional Global Café, where students serve meals to friends, family and faculty, he said.

Patel said he is excited to give his students a realistic look at what it will be like to cook in a fine dining estab-lishment, and give them a chance to use the skills they have been learning in all their other classes.

“I really feel that CNM is doing a phenom-enal job at giving stu-dents a great education that compares even with

those big Ivy culinary schools,” said Patel.

The menu the students cook includes dishes from countries all over the world, including India, Russia, Italy, Morocco and Greece, he said.

“We’re really excited about the menu. It’s going to be a great learning experi-ence for these guys,” he said.

Culinary Arts major Elizabeth Adair said she has been cooking since childhood, and eventually wants to start her own catering business.

She said her skills have improved greatly in the basics, intricate design and decorative work since she started the class.

“I think this is a great group to work with. The instructors are very knowl-edgeable,” said Adair.

Learning new skills in the classroom as opposed to on the job in a restau-rant is much more laid back, she said.

CNM has created a comfortable environment where she can make mistakes and be creative, she said.

“In the real world, it’s sink or swim,” said Adair.

Culinary Arts major Kimo Clardy said that he has worked in the industry for 23 years, but had never gone to school for cooking.

At first, he felt he could get further with a degree, but was doubtful how much he could learn from the class. be he has been pleasantly sur-prised by what the program had to offer, he said.

“I have learned tremen-dous amounts. The instruc-tors are all great,” said Clardy.

Patel, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, said he has been cooking in restaurants since he was 14 years old.

Since graduating, he said he has held positions ranging from line cook to fast food to fine dining, even-tually landing a corporate chef position, he said.

He said that he has taught people how to cook on the job through-out his career, but that he had never taught in a school setting until he began at CNM last fall.

“I love it. Teaching students how to cook is so rewarding,” said Patel. “I’ve been there, I’ve done what they’ve done, and with all the experience that I have, I feel that I can give them a really well-rounded education with real-world experience.”

Patel said he felt that coming from one of the premier cooking schools in the country; he has been very impressed with CNM’s culinary program.

“It’s very refreshing to see that everyone in our department, from the dean level down to the faculty, take our work very seri-ously, and we do the best that we can every single day,” said Patel.

He said he wants people to know that they do not have to spend a fortune to get a great culinary education.

“If there are any students out there who are thinking about cooking as a career, definitely take a look at CNM,” said Patel.

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Global Cuisine instructor Chef Mark Patel (center, in tall hat) critiques his students’ charcuterie presentations on the buffet line in the A Building dining room.

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By Adriana AvilaStaff Reporter

A t w o - n i g h t - o n l y stage performance of Rudolfo Anaya’s 1972 novel “Bless Me,

Ultima” will be held at the KiMO theatre this month, said UNM student Liz Chavez, who is making her directorial debut.

The Oct. 19 and Oct. 20 performances will be more visually stimulating and will blur the lines between the-atre and dance, said Chavez, who began her theatre career as a choreographer.

“My choreography strives to present an emotional con-nection with the audience and the characters on stage,” said Chavez.

The story’s protagonist, Antonio Marez, will be played by 13-year-old Ben Silva, who

said he was honored to have been chosen for the part.

“I think this book is really good for people who aren’t familiar with the New Mexico culture and the people who see the play will too,” said Silva.

Author and actor Michelle Otero, who will play mentor and spiritual guide Ultima, said she was thrilled to receive the role because Anaya’s novel was an impor-tant part of her childhood.

“I can’t believe how lucky I am to be Ultima,” said Otero.

“It’s kind of a dream for me and it’s an amazing opportunity.”

Chavez said that direct-ing the play as 25-year-old fledgling director is an amazing opportunity.

“I have so much New Mexico pride,” said Chavez,

“To have ‘Bless Me, Ultima’ as my directorial debut and

bring my female adaptation to life is unbelievable,” he said.

This is not Chavez’s first involvement with a production of “Bless Me, Ultima,” she said.

She was cast in the role of Ultima’s owl in a 2010 version of the play, she said. The com-pany toured New Mexico with the National Hispanic Cultural Center and performed in nine cities across the state.

Chavez said the perfor-mance in Santa Rosa included a special audience member — Rudolfo Anaya.

“He loved seeing his work come to life,” she said.

Anaya’s original 1972 novel is the coming-of-age story of a young boy growing up in 1940s New Mexico. Both of his parents have vastly different ideas for his future, but a healer named Ultima comes to protect and guide the boy to his destiny.

Chavez said she shortened the script to an hour because she hopes to be able to tour New Mexico schools and per-form the adaptation for children.

Though the play is con-densed, Otero said it keeps to the main points and the heart of the novel.

“For a lot of Chicano writ-ers from New Mexico, this book means everything,” Otero said. “We couldn’t write the stories that we write if it weren’t for ‘Bless Me, Ultima’.”

“Bless Me, Ultima” will be performed Friday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kimo Theater located at 423 Central Avenue NW.

Tickets are $5 each and must be purchased in advance at holdmyticket.com or at the Hold My Ticket box office at 112 Second St SW.

Two Night Performance of ‘Bless Me, Ultima’ at the KiMO

(left) Director Liz Chavez dicusses her directorial debut. (right) Tony (Ben Silva) learns about nature from Ulitma (Michelle Otero).

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• When: 8 a.m – 4 p.m.• Cost: Free• Contact: 224-9405

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Coaches Corner is a monthly column written by the CNM Acheivement coaches. Look for the next installment of Coaches Corner in issue 12.

By Nikki PurkeypileHWPS Achieve-

ment Coach

Do you have a tendency to freak out before or during a test? Does your mind go blank even though you have studied the material? Does your heart rate go up, and do your hands get sweaty? If so, you may have test anxiety.

At the monthly Achievement Coach meet-ing, clinical therapist Merry Guild provided some train-ing on reducing test anxiety.

Now, if you are anx-ious because you have not studied, then that is normal! However, if you have studied a little each day and taken good notes, your reaction is not healthy.

Achievement Coach Barbara Burrows recom-mends a ritual called “3 of 3”. Do three sets of three repetitive actions, such as three shoulder rolls, three neck rolls, and rolling a pen between your hands three times.

One of your sets can also be three positive com-ments about yourself. This will ground you in the pres-ent moment and distract your mind from thinking negative thoughts.

You can also try this technique before the test. Do not worry about looking silly! You will be surprised at how much better it can make you feel.

Sit in a chair. Rate your anxiety level on a scale of zero to 10, zero being calm and relaxed and 10 being very anxious.

Tell yourself silently, “I can do this. I will be successful.”

Place your feet flat on the floor, relax your shoul-ders and lift your chest to allow proper air flow. Lay your hands palm-up on your legs. Close your eyes.

Take long, deep breaths, in and out, through your nose. Continue breath-ing and count one on the in-breath, two on the out-breath.

Continue until you are at level three or below.

Achievement coaches are located at each campus in the event that you would like to schedule an appointment to practice this further.

You can find contact information by going to cnm.edu/achv/index.php. Click on the top-left hand side where it says “Contact AC”.

Coaches’ Corner:Dealing

with Test Anxiety

How to: Getting on the Dean’s List

By Daniel Johnson

Staff Reporter

B u s i n e s s Administration major Angelica Manzanares said she is interested in being on the dean’s list, but does not know where to look for the requirements.

The dean’s list, a nationally recog-nized honor for high-achieving students, is achieved by main-taining 3.5 gpa while completing 12 or more college-level credit hours in a single term, said Vice President of Academic Affairs Sydney Gunthorpe.

“Hard work and commitment are required to excel at that level,” said Gunthorpe.

In some ways, it is similar to the honor roll in high school but at the college level it is very different because of the amount of work put into a single term, he said.

“In college you get 15 weeks for a class instead of the nine month period you are given in high school,” said Gunthorpe.

Manzanares said she knows it can help with scholarship applications and that it looks good on

a resumé, which is why she is striving to achieve it. The list is something that not many students are aware of, she said.

“I did not know about the dean’s list until I was in my third term here at CNM,” said Manzanares.

Gunthorpe said the dean’s list has few rewards but it comes down to a personal goal for excellence. A student must be dedicated and willing to make the effort to achieve the dean’s list, he said.

“It is not something everyone can achieve even though I wish everyone would try,” said Gunthorpe.

Gunthorpe said the information is on the CNM website and if students do achieve the list they will be notified

in some way by the Academic Affairs office.

“We used to send out a letter, but since con-tact information is not always up to date, we are switching to email noti-fication for future recipi-ents,” said Gunthorpe.

The amount of work that must be put into achieving the dean’s list may be hard to handle for single parents or students with full-time jobs, since it requires the use of per-sonal time, he said.

Manzanares said being on the dean’s list is something she strives for as a single mother so she can show the stu-dent body that anything is possible.

“It would just be awe-some to actually pull it off and make it on the dean’s list,” said Manzanares.


Business Administration major Angelica Manzanares said that it would be an honor to be on the deans list.

First Amendment Rights: Use Them or Lose Them

By Stefany Olivas

Managing Editor

Education major Misty Lesiak said the First Amendment Awareness event presented by the Chronicle was an interesting approach, and that it defi-nitely changed the point of view for some students.

The event offered stu-dents, faculty and staff free pizza in exchange for the loss of their First Amendment rights while eating in the Republic of Chroniclelandia.

“It definitely changed the game on a lot of people. Most people are used to meeting in social groups, being able to actually talk about things,” said Lesiak. “There are a lot of countries out there where there aren’t any rights like that. They can’t meet in groups, and can’t talk about what they want.”

The rules included no using devices that can access news or other information, no religious paraphernalia, no sit-ting with friends, no complain-ing and discussing only topics from a pre-approved list.

While many students adhered to the rules, one

student stood outside the par-titioned area in the cafeteria where the event took place and protested Chroniclelandia.

Pre-Health Sciences major Harriet Engle said she protested the event because it was a good way to practice her freedom of speech.

“I guess it just felt like the right thing to do. If rules are not just, then speak up. I am a child of the 60s, after all,” said Engle.

Even though Engle pro-tested, she thought the event was a good way to raise aware-ness of First Amendment rights, because many students do not know what their rights are, she said.

CNM Connect Achievement Coach Sally Moore said the event was a good way to raise awareness about First Amendment rights because awareness is what helps bring opportu-nities for change.

“That’s an interesting box to put people in and it’s good to appreciate our rights. It’s good to know that when they’re not there, that we can speak up and say something,” said Moore.

Society is indirectly giving up their rights, and many

rights are unknowingly being taken away because people are so engulfed by media, most of which is propaganda, she said.

“I think a lot of what’s going on is really with our overt permission, but not nec-essarily our conscious permis-sion. People are so busy and so entertainment-focused in the media. It’s not always on the front page news, when our rights are taken away,” she said.

Engle said after the event she is now able to name her five rights from memory: freedom of the press, freedom to assem-ble, freedom of religion, free speech, and the right to pro-test the government to reform unjust or unfair acts.

“People often don’t real-ize what they might be giving up until they don’t have it,” said Engle.

Most people would not know if their rights were taken away and most have not real-ized how severely many rights have already been diminished, she said.

Examples of some viola-tions of citizen rights are inva-sive searches by the airlines, an overload of incomprehensible paperwork to make major pur-chases — especially for college education, and excessive credit

checks to apply for simple jobs, she said.

“One false move or misun-derstood post on the internet can literally be fatal. Members of the Occupy movement are arrested on frivolous charges, violating their right to assem-ble,” she said.

Moore said the aware-ness event was an opportunity for students to think about their rights in a way that they may not have had the chance to do before.

“Hopefully it’s a place to bring our values, our behaviors, our decisions into question so that we can either agree with them or not, and then decide how to pursue changing that if we want to,” said Moore.

Students, Staff Respond to First Amendment Awareness Event



Students enjoy pizza, but not their First Amendment rights in during the awareness event.


Students exchange pizza for their First Amendment rights in the Main campus cafeteria.

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equipment is available for purchase through the campus bookstore.

Davilla said that another problem is that disburse-ment checks are used for more than just equipment. Financial aid checks are often used for rent, trans-portation, food and other survival needs in addition to school supplies, he said.

“I believe that it should be available the first week of school. That way we can get everything we need at other places than just the bookstore, since they do not carry every-thing we need,” he said.

Carrillo said that the disbursement date is not fully controlled by CNM adminis-tration, but by state regula-tion. There is a procedure that is followed before finan-cial aid is given, he said.

“The disbursement date is decided by the Enrollment Services Department and is based on census dates set by the state,” said Carrillo.

The Financial Aid Department has no control over the date checks are given to students, he said.

“The census is usu-ally conducted around the second week of school, 10 to 14 days into the semes-ter,” said Carrillo.

Director of Enrollment Services Glenn Damiani said that Enrollment Services decides on the financial aid check release date based on the census date, which is mandated by the state of New Mexico.

The census data is col-lected twice a term to offi-cially report enrollment data, he said. So students enrolled in late-start classes have varying disbursement dates.

“The census sets the date of permanent records of students being enrolled in a class whether they drop later or not,” said Damiani. “We report enrollment numbers to the state which is what actu-ally drives a lot of our pro-cesses here at CNM.”

Public Information Officer for the Department of Higher Education Larry Behrens said that the release of financial aid disburse-ment is not mandated by the state; however, it is a practice through-out most higher educa-tion institutions because funding from the state to each school is based on the number of enrolled students at the time the census data is collected.

The census date typically marks the end of the add/drop period. On this day, the college takes a snapshot of all students’ enrollment which becomes the official enrollment that is used for both state reporting and financial aid eligibility, he said.

“Moving the add/drop date to earlier in the semes-ter is up to each institution. They would need to decide if it might have a negative or positive impact on students,” said Behrens.

Damiani said the date of the census is the third Friday of each term. This term it was on Sept. 14. Once the census is completed, Enrollment Services then sets the date of disbursement for Financial Aid, he said

Carrillo said Financial Aid begins the payout process for financial aid once that date has been set.

“There are no options

available for early dis-bursement to any students,” said Carrillo.

Once disbursement begins, a student’s avail-able funds are paid out to the bookstore, tuition, admission fees and other debts accrued for the term, he said. The rest of the grant amount is given to students over another 10 to 14 day period, he said.

Davilla said he was told the long wait for dis-bursement was to discour-age students from drop-ping out, but now he does not understand why the money needed by students is withheld for so long just for the census.

“I do not understand why our financial aid has to be delayed for a census to be done,” said Davilla.

“It just seems like that is a lot of time for a census.”

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which some sociologists call ‘Magical Fright,’” Torres said.

Along with the cure of Mal de Ojo, he will be discuss-ing herbs like aloe vera for cuts and burns, and how cat’s claw is useful for the immune and digestion system.

He said an egg can be used for cleansings because of its absorbtion of negative vibration. Certain plants are used for energy cleansings and incense, like Copal, he said.

“We’ll have fun. I don’t want to give too much away,” Torres said, “It’ll be like show and tell.”

Torres has written five books about curanderismo and the two most recent books “Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing” and “Healing with Herbs and Rituals: A Mexican Tradition” will be avail-able at CNM libraries by mid-October.

The Diversity Speakers Series will be presented

Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Resource Center.

The series began in the fall of 2011 as a way to promote diversity and engagement on campus, said Baca.

Dr. Ben Wakayama spoke about Japanese Internment camps during WWII at the inaugural event, and Dr. Harold Bailey spoke in Spring 2011 as a part of the Black History Month celebration on campus, she said.

Wakayama’s and Bailey’s presentations can be viewed at cnm.edu/libraries, then select

“News” and then “Diversity Speaker Series.”

For more information on the event, contact Olivia Baca at [email protected] or 224-3278.

“The most important thing is diversity,” said Torres. “Diversity is the strength of New Mexico and that’s what makes us unique.”

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If the above date or time is not convenient for you, a second opportunity to participate will occur: noon to 1:00 pm, October 25 at the CNM Student Resource Center, Room 204.

The topic of this meeting is focused on existing transit, parking, and development issues. Your feedback will help us better understand your transportation needs and the opportunities transit service may present to the area. We will use the input from this meeting to begin the development of potential solutions. More information about this project is available at www.mrcog-nm.gov and on our Facebook site. For questions, please contact Tony Sylvester at (505) 247-1750 or [email protected].

To request Americans with Disabilities Act related accommodations for this meeting, please contact Cheryl Wagner with Parsons Brinckerhoff at (505) 878-6560 by October 17th, 2012.

By Shaya Rogers

Staff Reporter

Drugs, both illicit and prescribed, and drug addiction are hot discussion topics for a variety of reasons. This CNM Chronicle special series will look at the social, legal, medicinal, economic and health arguments and issues for and against drugs of all types.

Students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to express their thoughts on subjects sur-rounding drugs, and their ben-efits or drawbacks.

Part-time CHSS instruc-tor Monie Arfai said drug addictions are not limited to any certain group of people and everyone knows some-one who has had some type of drug problem, he said.

“You will see people from all walks of life. It’s not only poor people, or one race. Every race, this is a commonality we have. Every ethnicity, every age, you will see them,” said Arfai.

There needs to be more social awareness and proper support systems for individuals who may have a

drug dependency. Increased awareness will also help individuals learn to say no to drugs if they are confronted with that situation, he said.

“Knowledge becomes power; the way out is very important. It’s a behavioral strategy to say no. It’s just not simply to tell them to say no, how to say no is a matter too,” said Arfai.

Mechanical Engineering major Sharon Beverly said she is against all types of drugs, even simple anti-inflammatories and antihistamines, and will try nat-ural medicines instead.

She said she does think marijuana should be legal since it generally has only a calming effect and because of its medicinal value.

“It only makes you hungry and sleepy. I would rather people smoke pot everyday than do any other drug,” she said.

Since marijuana does not make users aggressive, there is a lot less harm in the behavioral effects, she said.

She said she came to Albuquerque from St. Louis, Missouri and noticed the drug problem here is a lot

worse than she expected. She could easily compare

the drug problem here to the problems in East Los Angeles, and she hopes to create a student organized program on campus, she said.

“Once we get students to stand up, the community will stand up,” she said.

She would like to focus more on student accountability to lead the way toward a clean, drug free campus, she said.

Fire Science major Gary Trujillo said he is opposed to most drugs because of the nega-tive effect he has seen them have on family relationships.

He said that as an EMT, he has gained a different perspec-tive on some drugs. He said he knows some are necessary in the medical field, but is against any form of substance abuse.

The effects of drugs on a person depends on the type of personality they have, their age and their level of maturity, he said.

When he was younger, he experimented with some drugs, but never developed an addiction, he said.

“I think they’re kind of a childish thing. It’s something I did as I was growing up, but it’s something I believe most people grow out of,” he said.

Arfai said he is a native of Iran where there is not as much variety of narcotics available — only marijuana and opium derivatives.

Almost no one experi-mented with drugs in high school because Iranian society is very strict in dealing with it, and mostly because of the shame someone can bring upon their family, he said.

“There is a social pressure in Iran because of the collectiv-ist culture. Your identity does not belong to you, it belongs to the group. Somebody who has that label on them is an out-cast,” said Arfai.

Stefany Olivas contributed to this article.



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Part-time CHSS instructor Monie Arfai discusses the differences between drug addiction problems here and in his native country, Iran.

Look for These Topics in the Upcoming Issues:

If students, faculty or staff members have suggestions or comments about any of the topics, contact Stefany at [email protected].

Issue 9

Issue 13

Marijuana

Cocaine Crack

Issue 10

Issue 14

MushroomsPeyote

Heroin

Issue 11

Issue 15

EcstasyAcid

CigarettesPillsAlcohol

Issue 12

Issue 16

MethSpeed

Bath SaltsSpice

“The Deal with Drugs” is a special fall term series that looks at various aspects and issues of drugs and drug addiction. Look for

“Marijuana” in issue nine.

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