Category: Campus News

By: Christopher Pope, Staff Reporter

Continued Complaints May Cause Campus to Pursue Non-Smoking Policy

Complaints of smokers not adhering to campus policies are on the rise and secu­rity will consider a non-smoking policy if this does not change, said campus security Lieutenant Bernard Rogers.

Smokers are not adhering to the policy that smoking is prohibited within 25 feet of an entryway or thoroughfare, said Rogers. This policy comes from the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act, said Rogers.

“I’m constantly on campus ushering people to the proper place to smoke,” said Rogers.

Culinary Arts major Martha Baldisan said that the problem is that campus smokers are left without protection from the sun.

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By: Adriana Avila, Staff Reporter | Photo By: Scott M. Roberts, Photojournalist

Librarians from the National Library of Turkmenistan visited CNM’s library and other libraries around the state on a Sister Libraries tour, said Sister Cities and Sister Libraries representative and Rio Rancho campus Reference Librarian Alana McGrattan.

The Sister Cities is an international program which promotes peace, friend­ship and economic develop­ment, said McGrattan. Sister Libraries is an offshoot of the program with the goal of teaching different aspects about how libraries in various countries function, she said.

“We’ve been to New Mexico State Library and Archives in Santa Fe, Santa Fe and Albuquerque public libraries, tribal libraries at Acoma, Laguna and Jemez Pueblos, Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico and Cleveland High School and Georgia O’Keefe Elementary libraries,” said McGrattan. “This is our first community college visit.”

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