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By Truett Jackson

Staff Reporter

            Summertime can be filled with endless distractions. The kids are out of school, the weather is beautiful, and work doesn’t stop. Add in the fact that the term itself is shorter than the others, and students can quickly start to feel like they’re falling behind.

            “I didn’t think that taking ten credits in the summer would be so much work,” said Stacy G., a 22-year-old Radiology Tech student at CNM.  “The work started to pile up, but I’ve reorganized my time, and now it’s getting a lot easier.”

            Doris Gasangwa, a first-year medical student, has some tips for her classmates that she says have come to help her get through the summer.

            “Create a study space,” she said. “Having a dedicated study area will really help build the separation that you need in order to put you in a study mindset.”

            Gasangwa says that it’s ok to be selfish with your time when you’re studying. “It’s OK to say ‘no’ to plans!”

            She says that the most important thing is to take care of yourself, and it’s OK to say no to things that stress you out, things that divide your focus, and people in your life that can be energy vampires or time wasters.

            “The list could go on!”, said Gasangwa.  “Someone very wise once told me that it’s OK to say ‘no’, and later on, it’s always easier to change a ‘no’ into a ‘yes’ then to change a ‘yes’ into a ‘no’.”

            She says that it is vitally important to take care of yourself emotionally, mentally, and physically. Making time to work out, to talk with friends, and checking in on those that you care about all add to your personal wellness and emphasizes that your own health is just as important as your future patients’.

            As obstacles arise and the fear of missing out creeps in, summer can bring on the stress. Taking time for self-care and sticking to a schedule can mean the difference between an ‘A’ and a ‘D’.

            “Keep up good communication with your professors and classmates,” said Stacy G. “Make sure to put everything on the calendar, and don’t miss those due dates, even for the smaller assignments. And don’t ever assume that online classes will be easier, because they’re not.”

            She also wants to remind fellow students that there are many resources that they can utilize right on CNM campus to help them stay on track, such as visiting with a tutor, seeing an advisor, and starting a study group.

            “I love my anatomy study group we’ve set up,” she said. “Since I don’t have time to socialize too much, I get to learn and have fun at the same time. It’s just once a week, but it really helps.”

            If a student is having major difficulties and doesn’t know where to turn, Wellness CNM is always a great way to find support and is always confidential.

To find more info about tutoring, advisors, or Wellness CNM, students can call 505-224-3000.

Robert Slevin
Senior Reporter

Temperatures soured into the low 100’s for weeks straight at the end of the summer semester
here at CNM and students are happy that’s over.

Gabriel Herrera, a nursing student at CNM, says “in July he felt as though every day was a 100+
degrees outside.”

“Everywhere I went it was hot, even at home, it just felt like the AC wasn’t working even though
it was on just about 24/7”, he stated.

Herrera was asked what he did to try and beat the heat, and he responded by saying, “he would
jump in the pool when possible and just try to sit in front of a fan or an A/C vent.” “He also
mentioned going to CNM main campus to do homework and study as their A/C worked quite
well.”

With the heat down and Fall classes two weeks in, Gabriel says “he fells confident and cooler!”

By Senior Staff Reporter

Devonny Grajeda

The CNM libraries provides numerous resources that many students may not be aware of. Tiffany Tomchak, Event coordinator for the CNM libraries gave her insight on all the resources available to students and expressed her joy of wanting to help students. 

She said that the basics of what students can use at the library can be found at 

https://subjectguides.cnm.edu/how-to-use-the-library

“This one website I use a lot when teaching classes about library and it has a pretty good overview of various resources that the library offers as well as some tutorials on offering basic services,” she said.

When a student first starts off at CNM there is so much that they are learning for the first time, she said. 

Like how to just be in college, managing your time with classes, plus a possible part-time job, or family responsibilities she added. Those are a lot of demands on someones time and attention, she said. 

The library is a tool meant to help make it easier for students and make it so their getting the most out of their college experience, but she understands it can feel like it is just another thing that they have to pay attention to and learn even though they are already so tired, she said.

“We’re not here to increase your cognitive load or stress you out, we really are here to help. That’s really the main thing I would want students to know is if you’re feeling overwhelmed or stressed out, there is probably something in the library that can help,” said Ms. Tomchak.

Figuring out the interface of the library may feel like it can take a lot of extra time, but it will ultimately save you time because the content available is going to be more useful than other resources said Ms. Tomchak.

Also check out The Main Website for the Library https://www.cnm.edu/depts/libraries

For other things that can be offered.

Staff reporter 

Joshua Duvall-Houston

Staff reporter

Robert Slevin

Leonardo magazine is a student art and literature magazine that publishes CNM students, short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual arts, and essays, said student editor Isabella Zamarchi.

Students can enter submissions on the webpage, which is leonardomag.com, and you have to be a current CNM student to submit your work to the magazine, she said. 

Students and faculty can get copies of the magazine by going to on campus libraries, where there will be current issues or accesses all past issues going back to 2012 on the website, she said. 

It is important to Leonardo staff to promote the work of young artists and student writers and to give them the opportunity to get experience submitting their work, said Zamarchi. 

“We believe that art pushes boundaries and can spur personal change and growth in the larger community; it’s a way to open people’s minds, push the limits, expand consciousness, and draw attention to issues within our society,” she said. 

Leonardo is published once a year in April, said Zamarchi. 

Every April, there is a release party where students can read their work, talk with other writers, and build the community a little bit; all CNM students and faculty are welcome to attend, she said. 

There are also poetry nights that happen twice a year, one before publication and one after. The one after is to highlight the people who got published, said Zamarchi. 

The magazine has been in print since 1991, so 32 years, she said.

Leonardo is very loosely affiliated with CNM so it is not advertised or accessible through the CNM website, said Zamarchi. 

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Robert Slevin/Staff Reporter

Daylight Savings is fast approaching. March 12^th marks the day when clocks will spring an hour forward yet again for New Mexicans.

“This loss of an hour of daylight in the morning, yet a gain in the evening messes with people’s biological clocks and sleep schedules, especially our grade school aged youth.” According to an article written by Dan McKay with the Albuquerque Journal in 2019.

On the other hand, there are some who say they benefit and enjoy the time change in Spring. Matthew Roach a CNM student said, “I like it in the spring when it’s still light out when I get home from work after 6pm. I can still do stuff.”

Losing an hour of sleep to gain an extra hour of sunshine has been quite a debate and has been for years.

One thing that you can do to keep Daylight Savings or do away with it all together is to vote. New Mexico is currently asking voters if, in getting rid of the twice-a-year clock change, they would prefer switching to permanent standard time or permanent daylight savings time.

By Web Designer and Staff Reporter Jonathan Wolfgang

CNM and others in higher ED are assessing need within the community, all students, and staff are invited to participate in the survey. With a chance to win a one of 150 gift cards with a $40 value for Amazon or Walmart.

The goal of the survey is to create awareness and fund support services to prioritize basic needs of students and employees, all responses will be anonymous.

https://s2.bl-1.com/h/ds7kRMgy?url=https://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d4NyzVMIJN3IzI2

Please contact Renee Quintana of CNM’s Office of Data Strategy if you have any questions. She can be reached at rquintana66@cnm.edu

By Staff Reporter

Joshua Duvall-Houston.

CNM has food services available at the main campus in the form of contracted food trucks, the suncat café that is run by the bookstore and the cafeteria on main campus. 

The CNM cafeteria at main campus is ran by the Street Food Institute (SFI), which is a nonprofit and an extension of the culinary arts program at CNM as said by Tina Garcia-Shams the executive director of the Street Food Institute. 

SFI has been working with CNM for 9 years by allowing culinary students opportunities to participate in internships working in the CNM cafeteria kitchen, food trucks, and within other food industries jobs, she said. 

SFI attempts to highlight student ideas and recipes in the kitchen and they try to source all of there baked goods from student owned small businesses, she said. 

The cafeteria is open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday to Thursday and serves a variety of fresh food cooked from scratch like breakfast burritos, sandwiches, soups, and deli items, she said.  

“SFI has very competitive prices and is beginning to revamp operations at CNM recently since pandemic regulations have eased, unfortunately, at the moment we do not have the staff to be open in the evening at the moment, but we hope to see the student body come get some of our delicious and healthy food this semester,” said Garcia-Shams.