Second Annual Fall Festival

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Story and Photo by Hilary Broman

Staff Reporter

The Fall Festival is scheduled to take place this week at Main, Montoya and Westside campuses, said Libby Fatta, event coordinator.

The Montoya Campus festival is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m in the courtyard area outside of the cafeteria, Fatta said.

Live music is set to take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. from a local CNM band called Team ITS, Fatta said.

A free hotdog social is also scheduled to take place during the Montoya Campus festival, she said.

The Westside Campus festival is scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the front entrance round-about area, Fatta said.

Team ITS is also scheduled to perform from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Westside Campus festival.

The Main Campus festival is scheduled to take place on Friday, October 28 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the SRC lawn area, Fatta said.

In conjunction with the Main Campus festival, the Executive Council of Students will present a free family movie night, she said.

Hocus Pocus is scheduled to play following Casper and Friends, which is scheduled to start between 6 and 6:15 p.m., Fatta said.

There will also be a haunted maze in the SRC lawn area presented by the student council and the Veteran’s Resource Center, said Albert Montoya III, student council vice president and haunted maze volunteer.

The maze is kid friendly, however, there will be some scares, Montoya said.

The theme of the maze has not been released.

“I want it to be a surprise,” Montoya said, “Definitely come check it out, it’s going to be fun and worth it.”

All three festivals will include vendors from local companies, different CNM departments and clubs and organizations, Fatta said.

All events are free but Montoya suggests bringing money for the food vendors that are scheduled to participate at the event.

This will be the second annual fall festival and Fatta hopes to continue to build upon it making it an annual event, she said.

“We want to provide some entertainment and some relaxation for students as well as an opportunity to learn about local resources,” she said.

“Bring your family and friends,” Fatta said, “it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

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A Bite of The Big Apple at CNM

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Story and Photos by Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

Hotdog Heaven’s daily offerings, left to right, New York dog, nachos and a Chili Cheese dog.
Michael Fichera (right) chats with CNM students Kristi Brooks (center) and Aperal Mitchell while the hot dogs cook.
Michael Fichera, owner of Hotdog Heaven, hands off a fresh New York dog to CNM criminology student Jordon Scott.

Michael Fichera, owner of Hotdog Heaven serves New York inspired hotdogs on the CNM Main Campus Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Fichera offers fresh made hot dogs and nachos every day and regularly offers specials like Italian sausage with peppers, onions heros and meatball heros, he said.

Surgery Technologist student Kristi Brooks has been getting a hot dog a week for the past three weeks from Hotdog Heaven, she said.

Brooks said her hot dog of choice is the New York Dog, a hotdog served with spicy mustard, sauerkraut, and red onions.

“The food is great, and it’s a fun place to spend sometime between classes,” Brooks said.

Fichera has been bringing his food cart to CNM since April 2016 and regularly serves 50-75 hotdogs a day, he said.

According to Fichera, he stumbled into the hot dog vending market.

He was meeting with a client for his other business when he noticed a hot dog cart that was not being used, and bought it, he said.

Growing up in New Jersey and making frequent trips to New York City, Fichera said he regularly ate at hotdog carts and knew he could bring the same flavors to New Mexico.

Starting with genuine New York Sabrett hot dogs he builds a hotdog that would be home on any New York street corner, he said.

The red onions found in Fichera’s cart are not store bought or mass produced, they are cooked following a family recipe, he said.

Fichera also sells his hotdogs on Saturdays at the New Mexico Soccer Tournament Complex, he said.

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CNM Literary Journal Seeking Editors, Writers, and Artists

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Previous issues of the “Leonardo Literary Magazine.”

By Hilary Broman, Staff Reporter

Leonardo, CNM’s fine arts and literary journal, is seeking editors to work on the 2017 issue as well as pieces of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and photography for submission, said Carly Harschlip, CNM instructor and Leonardo faculty advisor.
Becoming an editor for Leonardo provides students who are interested in pursuing a career in editing and publication hands on experience, Harschlip said.
Students interested in becoming an editor for the upcoming issue can contact Carly Harschlip at leonardo@cnm.edu, she said.
All qualified applicants will be sent a questionnaire then the Leonardo staff will choose editors and the genre that they will be responsible for editing based on the answers to those questions, she said.
Tanya Chavez, who was Leonardo’s lead editor last year said, “It was a good and fun experience and also a resume booster.”
Chavez will be a contributing editor for the Leonardo until she graduates in December 2016 and plans to pursue a career in editing, she said.
It is a great way to get involved and be a part of a community, Harsclip said.
“I truly believe that education is more than just taking classes, it’s expanding your opportunities and looking to understand who you are as a person”, she said.
Students who are interested in being published in Leonardo are able to send their digital submissions to leonardo@cnm.edu from now until Feb. 3, 2017, Harsclip said.
Students are able to submit in any or all of the five genres; poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and photography, Harsclip said.
“We are looking for work that thinks about things in an interesting and unique way,” Harsclip said.
Some of the work that stands out is work that is thought provoking and that makes people see something from a different perspective, Chavez said.
“We are also drawn to local work about life in Albuquerque or New Mexico,” Harschlip said, “stuff that comes across as so authentic and so specifically New Mexican.”
The rules and guidelines for submissions are as follows:
• Title all work
• Visual art: Leonardo does not return original work. All submissions should be high quality copies of original work. Submit work via email in a jpeg-file and include “ART” as the subject line. Up to three pieces.
• Poetry: No more than three poems, five-pages maximum. Attach as word document and include “POETRY” as the subject line.
• Fiction: Up to two stories, ten-pages maximum. Attach as word document and include “FICTION” as the subject line
• Creative non-fiction: Up to two pieces, ten-pages maximum. Attach as word document and include “CNF” as the subject line.
• Save document with first and last name and genre (Ex: Johnny Smith Poetry)
• Students may submit in more than one genre, but must do so in separate emails. No more than one submission per genre.
The 2017 Leonardo issue is set to be published on April 2017, Harsclip said.
Each year there is a Leonardo release party where students whose work was published in the current issue have a chance to read their work aloud and win awards, Harsclip said.
“I love being able to see students try different things,” she said.
Chavez encourages students who are thinking about submitting a piece for publication to not be afraid and to just go for it.
“If it’s something that you created, that you love and that you want people to see, why not submit it?” she said.

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Print Maker, Print Maker, Make Me A Print

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Photos and story by Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

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Albuquerque artist Cody Saint Arnold sits shares his recent work and history with the CNM Chronicle.

 

Albuquerque artist Cody Saint Arnold is wrapping up his first CNM art show at the Library on main campus, his art can still be found around town.

In addition to his frequent shows around the city and state, Cody has a regular booth at the Rail Yards market and offers many of his designs for sale on his website he said.

Cody’s artwork includes influences from his traditional Native American heritage and the skate rock culture he so enjoys, Cody said.

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Utilizing modern technology, screen printing artist Cody Saint Arnold works on a new print.

Cody’s top selling print is a print showing the rail yards and a vintage train locomotive with the line “Your Heart Lies Southwest” he said

“It seems to speak to people, they really like it in teal” he said.

Cody offers over 60 different original prints on multiple mediums including traditional paper prints, t-shirts, posters and cards, he said.

“Art should be affordable” Cody said.

Prices for prints start at $10 and go up to around $100, he said.

Growing up Cody said his family had great artistic traditions, his father was rooted in science as a doctor but every night after dinner was eaten and homework completed they would sit down as a family and draw, sketch, and paint.

Cody went to the University of Colorado Boulder, originally for a non-arts degree, in 2010 he enrolled in a screen printing class and he found his calling, he said.

As soon as his show at CNM wraps he will be working on upcoming shows including the UNM holiday market on October 29, Cody said.

This past May Cody made the transition to being a full time artist with his entire income coming from the sales of his art work, he said.

Now that Cody is working full time on his art he plans to branch out and offer original paintings as well as his prints, Cody said.

Most of his prints take 3-5 weeks from conceptualization to a finished product, he said.

His methods have changed over the years, today he creates most of his original designs on his tablet then transfers the negative image to a silk screen for the printing, he said.

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Artist Cody Saint Arnold manages to live in the same space he uses for creating his art.

 

 

CNM Student Protest Pipeline

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Engineering major Shiela Hollow Horn said she wants all students to say no to the Dakota Access Pipeline (also known as DAPL) from polluting natural clean water.

Hollow Horn is directly involved in protesting DAPL locally in Albuquerque and nationally, she said.

“I am Lakota our tribe runs right along the Missouri River. So many tribes and reservations feel like it will directly affect them,” she said.

For those who have not heard about DAPL protests Hollow Horn said it is a peaceful protest.

“I’m proud of Albuquerque and the amount of support shown. People have all come together. We have support from around the world it is so positive and that’s actually going to make a change, people acknowledging this,” she said.

According to standingrockfactchecker.org , DAPL is a 1,172-mile pipeline being constructed in which they argue, “it is by far the safest way to transport energy liquids and gases.”

While according to a recent survey from 2010-2015 more than 350,000 barrels of pipeline spills occurred, the US Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration reported.

The United States government signed a treaty that no one outside the tribes including the government will have access to that land which is why DAPL is in direct violation of that treaty, Hollow Horn said.

When they are running a pipeline it is high risk of poisoning the waters, particularly the Missouri River which runs through several states, oil spills occur each year many times, Hollow Horn said.

For anyone interested in getting involved visit local organizations like Red Nation and AIM Movement or any donation centers set up around Albuquerque.

“This is a problem for everyone it doesn’t matter your race, religion, background, because fresh water is essential to all life not just human beings,” Hollow Horn said.

Despite what is shown in the media the protesters are peaceful, but that is not what people will hear or see from the news broadcast stations, she said.

The main goal for being there is showing up to stop construction, these people are known as water protectors, she said.

They have successfully halted construction almost on a daily basis, until another court date is scheduled, even chaining themselves to heavy machinery, Hollow Horn said.

“Even President Barack Obama has acknowledged the protest,” she said.

Hatuk Hill, Hollow Horn’s husband, who is involved through American Indian Movement’s social media said, “We all have jobs to do but this is the only chance we have against huge corporations.”

People can get involved by writing congress and always asking questions, it is not a matter of how but when will they occur with oil spills, Hill said.

“My goal is to leave this Earth better than when I came into it, that is why we need to help protest DAPL,” Hill said.

Both Hill and Hollow Horn said that DAPL is still an ongoing issue.

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CNM Students Share Their Favorite Balloon Fiesta Experiences

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Story and Photos by Hilary Broman

Staff Reporter

Albuquerque is home to the largest ballooning event in the world and the most photographed event on earth according the Balloon Fiesta media officials.

This week the 45th annual Balloon Fiesta came to a close.

The balloon fiesta is a local tradition according to Emilio Martinez, a CNM nursing major.

Some local CNM students, balloon crew workers, and spectators shared their favorite parts of the Balloon Fiesta.

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Hundreds of balloons rise with the sun during the mass ascension event.

“Nothing beats getting up super early, hitting Starbucks before the sun comes up and witnessing hundreds of balloons taking to the skies,” Cody Johnson, a CNM business and psychology major said.

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The sound of the flames inflating the balloons is one Johnson’s, favorite parts of the Balloon Fiesta, he said.
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Father, Carlos and son, Jayden, take a selfie together as the hot air balloons inflate behind them.

Ricardo Baca, a recent CNM Aviation Maintenance graduate, recalls his first balloon fiesta experience, “I was 6 years old. I saw the sonic hedgehog and I told my mom; ‘Damn, he’s humongous, I bet I could beat the game with that sonic.’ I got in trouble and I only got my hot chocolate because it was cold. It was still a fun day though.”

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Wendy Lyons captures an image of a hot air balloon before it takes flight.
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Special shape balloon takes flight over the balloon fiesta crowd.
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A balloon from Taiwan ignites and warms the crowd.

“My favorite is the balloon glow,” Baca said. “I enjoy watching all of the shapes and colors while having a cold beer.”

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This special shape balloon comes from Belgium.

Francine Stewart, who has been on the Belgium bear balloon crew since 2001 said, “The best part about crewing is being able to meet so many new people from all around the world. Every day is an adventure. My balloon crew has become more than friends to me, they are family!”

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Popular special shape Yoda balloon looks down at the crowd that surrounds him.
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The many colors of the hot air balloons represent this year’s Desert Kaleidoscope theme.
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The Acoma Rain dancer’s performance drew a large crowd on Sunday, October 2nd during the mass ascension event.
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A group of friends gather to take a picture during the second to last mass ascension at the 2016 balloon fiesta.

“My favorite part of the balloon fiesta would have to be walking around eating a Blake’s burrito with hot chocolate and enjoying the company I’m with,” Martinez said. For anyone who has not been to the balloon fiesta Martinez recommends to dress warm, bring friends and family and get a breakfast burrito.

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A spectator watches as the first balloon stands up on the second to last day of the 2016 balloon fiesta after waiting for over an hour for the whether to become safe for the balloons to go up.
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The first balloon takes flight during the mass ascension on Saturday, October 8th.

 

 

 

 

 

What’s New This Year at the Balloon Fiesta

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Story and Photos by Hilary Broman

Staff Reporter

Dawn patrol balloons take off before the rest of the balloons to make sure the whether is safe for flying.
Famous Darth Vader special shape balloon taking off during the mass ascension.
Cloud hopping is when a balloon doesn’t have a basket instead there is a small bench or chair for the pilot and riders to sit.

The 45th annual Balloon Fiesta is underway and this year there are some new events taking place, according to Balloon Fiesta media officials.

This year’s theme is Desert Kaleidoscope, which describes Albuquerque’s perfect hot air ballooning climate.

The theme was chosen by Charles Goodman from Florida who won the 45th Balloon Fiesta theme contest.

Seventeen new special shape balloons are scheduled to make their debut at this year’s Fiesta.

Some of the new shapes scheduled to appear include: The Flying Gator from Brazil, the Cathedral from Dominican Republic, Mr. Clown from Germany and Mr. Fish from the United States.

During the Special Shape Rodeo and Glowdeo the balloons are set to be organized into seven themed categories; Pirate Ship theme, Love theme, Sports theme, Fireman theme, Police theme, Space theme and Ocean theme.

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Over 500 balloons fill the Albuquerque sky during the mass ascension.

This is the first year that the U.S. Women’s National Championship is set to take place.

Sixteen women will compete in the championship.

The final flight of the championship is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5.

This is the Dominican Republic’s first year participating in the Balloon Fiesta and they will be represented in the Flight of Nations on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7a.m.

The 19 other countries that will be represented in the Flight of Nations include: Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and more.

There are multiple ways to travel to the fiesta.

A free valet service will be offered to guests who ride a bike to the park as well as entry through an easy access bike trial and a safe bike storage area that will be staffed by volunteers.

Guests can also purchase a park and ride ticket that will cover the entry fee into the fiesta as well as a ride from a safe parking location to the park.

Park and ride tickets can be purchased online and cost $15 for adults (13-61), $12 for seniors (62 and older), $7 for children (6-12) and are free for children 5 and younger.

Guests can also purchase Rail Runner Express tickets on the weekends which include an all-day Rail Runner Express pass, shuttle to and from the Rail Runner station and the Balloon Fiesta park, and Balloon Fiesta event admission.

Tickets can be purchased on the Rio Metro website.

Tickets are $25 for adults (13-61), $20 for seniors (62 & older), $12 for children (6-12), and children ages five and under are free.

Events that are scheduled during the Balloon Fiesta include; Kids day, laser light shows, chainsaw carving demonstrations, special shape Glowdeo, fireworks shows, and more.

For a complete list of scheduled Balloon Fiesta events click here.

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The Route 66 balloon was one of the first to take off during the mass ascension. Leading the way with an American flag hanging from the basket.

CNM Veterans!

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CNM

VETERANS!

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Improve your ACCUPLACECER Test Scores

  • Refresh your Math and English Skills
  • Review the Skills for Re-testing

Veterans Upward Bound Program

Central New Mexico Community College

Call (505) 224 – 4000 ext. 20282

http://www.nmvub.com/

 

  • You may qualify for FREE services & stipends
  • Veterans must have at least 180 days Active Service
  • National Guard/Reservists called to active duty for more than 30 days
  • Meet income eligibility guidelines or First Generation College Student

(From a family whose parents have not received a Bachelor’s Degree)

Stand Up for Your Right to Read

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Banned Books display at the main campus library.
Banned Books Week flier that encourages students to fight for their right to read.
Collection of classics at main campus library that is often banned or challenged.

Story and Photo Credits By Hilary Broman

Staff Reporter

CNM libraries have set up displays to celebrate Banned Books Week from September 25 to October 1, said Varina Kosovich, CNM library outreach coordinator and reference specialist.

Banned Books Week is an annual event put on by the American Library Association which celebrates the freedom to read, Kosovich said.

Each year many books are banned or challenged in the U.S for various reasons ranging from anti-family to violence or graphic images, she said.

Some books at the main campus library display include: And Tango Makes Three, which was banned for being anti-family and having a possible homosexual agenda; Beyond Magenta, which is about transgender teens; and Bless Me Ultima, which is considered to contain satanist content, Kosovich explained.

Westside and Montoya libraries also have a banned books display, she said.

Many of these books are not banned from college or university libraries because they tend to encourage more open thought but these books are more likely to be banned from elementary, middle, and high school libraries as well as public libraries, she said.

“I think as a library our main priority is to offer as much information as we possibly can without censoring it,” Kosovich said. “If we censor one thing what’s to stop us from censoring another?”

School is about students learning, exploring and forming their own opinions, she said, and reading is a part of that process.

There have been many positive reactions from the book display so far, she said.

Many students have been curious and asking questions about banned books week which is what the display was intended to do, she said.

“We just want to bring attention to how sometimes people around the country don’t have a limitless freedom to read whatever they want,” Kosovich stated.

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From 2000-2009, 5,099 challenges were reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom according to ALA.org.  Here are the top eight reasons and the number at the bottom represents the number of challenges for each reason.  Infographic credit: Heather Hay

Students can go to the American Library Association website to see this year’s list of banned books and reasons why they were banned as well as past lists, Kosovish said.

Students can also search #bannedbooksweek on Twitter and Instagram to view different displays around the country, she said.

Kosovich said that if a book is banned it is more likely to draw people in.

“If you tell me something is banned I’m going to read it,” she said.

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