Day: September 18, 2012

By: Stefany Olivas, Managing Editor

CNM President Kathie Winograd said that she will explore possible solutions to the student concerns raised at a recent open forum.

The forum was designed as an update to students on the progress of CNM, Several students attended the forum to ask questions and express con­cerns directly to Winograd.

“I really appreciate that they held this forum. I thought I was really good for students to be able to go and really put down their ideas,” said Criminal Justice major and ECOS President Stephen Martos.

He said that student government was there to represent the general needs of the students.

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By: Jodie Darrell, Staff Reporter | Photo By: Scott M. Roberts, Photojournalist

Security officers, part-time and full-time faculty members and instructional support staff are very happy to have a formal contract after the long wait, said CNM Employee’s Union President and full-time SAGE instructor Andrew Tibble.

The employee contracts, which were ratified at the September Governing Board meet­ing, had been in limbo since 2008 due to dis­agreements between the union and administra­tion, said Tibble.

The timing of this contract is important, because it means that those groups will now receive the one-time two percent and recur­ring three percent raise that was approved for all employees over the summer, said Tibble.

“We managed to do it. It wasn’t easy and there were a lot of disagreements with the school but we did get them to move on some things and we frankly moved on some things,” said Tibble.

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By: Adriana Avila, Staff Reporter | Photo By: Jonathan Gamboa, Production Manager

High Fructose Corn Syrup Vs. Table Sugar

“10 Minutes With…” is a feature in which a member of the CNM faculty shares professional insight on a local, national or inter­national issue.

There are some big dif­ferences between high fructose corn syrup and regular sucrose — better known as table sugar — said Biology instructor Thomas Kennedy

Fructose and glucose are natural sugars and are both plant products, but high fructose corn syrup is geneti­cally modified. Fructose, especially the kind found in corn syrup, does not identify in a body the same as glucose, contrary to the television ads created by the Corn Refiners Association, he said.

“To say fructose and glucose are treated the same in our bodies is completely wrong,” said Kennedy, “They are treated differently.”

Fructose is preferred by junk food manufactur­ers because it is sweeter and cheaper than table sugar, said Kennedy.

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