Month: February 2013

Registration program to assist in return of lost, stolen bikes

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By Daniel Johnson, Staff Reporter

The new bike reg­istration program on campus is a free and easy process that could assist security in returning stolen or lost bikes, said Security Lieutenant Bernard Rogers.

Registering a bike will give security detailed information such as brand, model, color, wheel size, value, and type of bike which allows officers a better opportunity to search for and locate a missing bike, he said.

To register a bike, owners must complete a simple registration form, he said.

“We are happy and proud to register any student, faculty or staff member that has a bike because the main goal is to try and prevent bikes from being stolen at all,” said Rogers.

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Editorial: Congratulations to CNM

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By The CNM Chronicle Editorial Board

  The CNM Chronicle Publication Board would like to extend its con­gratulations to CNM, and specifi­cally to CNM Connect, for a job well done in becoming a finalist for an AACC award, as mentioned in “CNM finalist in excellence award for stu­dent success” in this week’s edition.

Being one of five finalists in an award for student success is a great honor, and we are proud that CNM has gone to such great lengths in cre­ating the CNM Connect program.

The employees of Connect work hard to help students both academi­cally and in their personal lives.

The staff in the Connect offices often has heavily booked schedules, yet always seems to make time for any student who needs assistance.

This program has helped many students find homes, get scholarships and much more, and the Editorial Board is very happy to see CNM and the program recognized for its work.

Letter to the Editor in Response to Vol. 18 Iss. 19 ‘Disturbance in SRC leads to arrest’

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By Sally Moore, Terry Dominguez, Chioma Heim

 Featuring the article about the dis­turbance in the SRC as the lead for the Chronicle with the photograph of person who caused the chaos on the front page of the Chronicle was disturbing to us. Is it the Chronicle’s intent to publish pictures of students that act out at CNM? There is no question that this individual’s actions were potentially very harmful and certainly alarming given the fact that across the country students have been shot and killed.

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Letter to the Editor: In Response to Vol. 18, Iss. 20 ‘Empty Seats, honors society members fail to attend election’

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By Rick Abraham, PTK Member

  As I read your article, “Empty Seats: Honors society members fail to attend elections,” February 5, 2013, about the lack of participation at the PTK elections, I was also concerned about the attendance issue. I joined Phi Theta Kappa last year and I have tried to participate as often as I can. The problem isn’t with attendees not caring or wanting to participate, as President Levi Turner would have you believe. The problem is extremely poor communications from Alpha Upsilon Chi chapter. I addressed these concerns via Facebook and email, but only was given excuses as to why nothing was happening.

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Vigils of peace

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By Shaya Rogers, Features Reporter | Photo Illustration by Jonathan Gamboa

Employee celebrates 30 years protesting at Sandia Weapons Lab

Former instructor Chuck Hosking celebrates 30 years of peaceful protest outside the Sandia Weapons Lab.
Former instructor Chuck Hosking celebrates 30 years of peaceful protest outside the Sandia Weapons Lab.

 Former CNM instruc­tor and current Disability Resource Center note taker Chuck Hosking is celebrating 30 years of peaceful protest outside of Sandia Weapons Lab.

He has held more than 16,000 protests just out­side the entrances to the weapons lab and hopes that his peace vigil will inspire the Sandia employ­ees to consider what effect their career has on others, he said.

“Basically, what I’d like to do is to get these employees to think about something other than weapons of mass destruc­tion; to think about the ethical implications of their work,” he said.

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Students invent new product to curb texting and driving accidents

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By Adriana Avila, Managing Editor | Photo courtesy Greg Mascarena

Students Greg and Daisy Mascarena attribute their success to attending CNM.
Students Greg and Daisy Mascarena attribute their success to attending CNM.

In just three months Business Administration major Greg Mascarena and former Health Information Technology major Daisy Mascarena invented a hands-free smartphone accessory which they hope will prevent texting and driving accidents.

The product is a wrist strap that attaches to a smartphone so that wearers can talk on speakerphone while doing other things, said Greg Mascarena.

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Crazy about movies

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By Daniel Johnson, Staff Reporter

Pschology class explores mental illness in film

The Psychology and Film class, PSY 2233, was developed to focus on the por­trayal of mental dis­orders in film and discuss whether those portrayals are accurate or inaccurate regard­ing the disorders refer­enced, said Full-time Psychology instructor Jane Bardal.

Mental illness is normally associated with violence in media and film and even though some tragic incidents occur, not all mentally ill individuals are violent, she said.

“The inaccuracies of mental disorders in film have a major impact on mentally ill people in a negative way, so we look at what is portrayed accurately, but more importantly, what is inaccurately portrayed in films like “A Beautiful Mind” and “Psycho”,” she said.

Looking at the symptoms, causes and treatments for major mental disorders is a big part of the core curriculum, she said.

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Theater group gets ‘Sketchy’

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By Jamison Wagner, Staff Reporter | Photo by Jonathan Gamboa

Students in the production of “Sketchy 2” rehearse “Shelley the clam,” which is one of 12 sketches to be performed.
Students in the production of “Sketchy 2” rehearse “Shelley the clam,” which is one of 12 sketches to be performed.

The Student Theatre group has created a vari­ety of comedic sketches for two weekends, said production Director and full-time Theater instruc­tor Susan Erickson.

“Sketchy 2,” which will run on Feb. 21 to 23 and March 1 to3 in portable building ST-17B, will be an hour of comedic shorts written by and starring students, she said.

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What’s that smell?

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By Jonathan Gamboa, Production Manager| Graphics by Scott M. Roberts

Staff, students complain of foul odor in the Student Services Building

 Reports of a strong, unpleasant odor in the Student Services Center have staff and students concerned about the origin of the smell and whether it is harmful.

Assessment Center Administrative Coordinator Jessica Forbes said because the Assessment Center is in the back of the building, close to the four bath­rooms, the Health Center gym and the cafeteria, is it hard to tell where the rancid dry rot smell is coming from.

“In the summer when it is really hot, I think the smell is amplified to where it is unbearable,” Forbes said.

Forbes began working in the Assessment Center a year ago and noticed the smell as soon as she walked into the building, she said. “It doesn’t affect our business of having stu­dents coming into the Assessment Center. I just think it looks badly on CNM having a foul smell around the Student Activities Center”, she said.

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CNM Connect offers help to students with Workforce Solutions troubles

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By Daniel Johnson, Staff Reporter

 Students who are required to main­tain contact with Workforce Solutions are running into dif­ficulty when trying to claim unemployment benefits, apply for benefit extensions or request assistance look­ing for a job because of recent changes in software, said CNM Connect Achievement Coach Sally Moore.

The new software was implemented on Jan. 6, 2013 by Workforce Solutions to streamline the pro­cess of claiming unem­ployment benefits, but it is causing problems instead, she said.

“The new software for claiming unem­ployment benefits was meant to make things easier and it has not operated the way it was meant to. Instead, it has become the cause of the problems that everyone is deal­ing with,” said Moore.

Students who tried to certify or check the status of their claim online were unable to access that informa­tion, she said.

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