The UNM Presidential Search Exposes the Authoritarian Distribution of Power at the University System

Here is a modified article I originally wrote back in 2002 for the Lobotomy, a short-lived alternative publication based around UNM.  I publish it here in the urgency of the current presidential search at University of New Mexico to use by democracy activists around UNM.   -elloborojo ——————————————- The spectacle of the presidential search once [...]

UNM President Finalists Announced for Search

Been back from a break.  Back to blogging, going to look at the finalists for UNM CEO from the famous presidential search.  From the Daily Lobo: Five finalists remain in the search for UNM’s next president. The Board of Regents will con­duct in-person inter­views with each final­ist and review feed­back from students and staff before [...]

Flashback to 2004, the UNMH Construction and Project Labor Agreement

Flashback to 2004, the UNMH Construction and Project Labor Agreement Back in 2004 the University of New Mexico Hospital went through an expansion of its west wing.  The $223 million construction project that began that summer ended up adding 70 additional beds, bigger patient rooms, larger emergency rooms and new high tech equipment to the [...]

Updates on the UNM Presidential Search

  Last month on July 19th the UNM Board of Regents named the members of the presidential search committee.  Those they named are revealing about the power structure of UNM. Here is the list of members of the search committee, obtained from the Daily Lobo : On the Presidential Search Committee: Regents: Don Chalmers Jamie [...]

The UNM Presidential Search of 2011-2012

Recently a new presidential search has started at UNM.  It will start the process to find a new president for UNM after the current president, David Schmidly, steps down when his contract expires in May 2012.  I have talked before on the presidential search in relation to Louis Caldera.  The presidential searches at UNM have [...]

UNM reply to request for info on secret war research

The UNM Greens attempted to get information on classified research at UNM through FOIA back in 2002.  Here was the response: ======================= Dec. 20, 2002  (Via e-mail and U.S. Mail) The College Greens Student Services Center, room 280 Box 57 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM  87131 Dear College Greens: Pursuant to the terms of [...]

Alibi: UNM’s Star Wars

Another article from the Alibi about UNM and military research: http://alibi.com/feature/18126/UNMs-Star-Wars.html V.16 No.9 | March 1 – 7, 2007 Feature Archive UNM’s Star Wars Is the university conducting military-funded research? By John Lasker Earlier this year, in a show of its space combat prowess, China obliterated one of its own satellites 500 miles above the [...]

UNM academic, others, busted in prostitution sting

Found this in the New York Times.  Chris Garcia was a former UNM president:   Ex-University Head Arrested in Prostitution Sting By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 24, 2011 at 9:45 AM ET ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The former president of the University of New Mexico has been arrested, accused of helping run an online [...]

The Presidential Search of 2003, part 2

The Presidential Search of 2003, part 2 () At the same time that Caldera was being criticized by faculty for not having university experience, he and his supporters emphasized his other skills. In an interview with the Daily Lobo, Caldera said he wanted to increase the profile of UNM and its role as a research [...]

Factoids on the Army in 2002

The Army had in 2002 480,000 active duty troops, 565,000 Guard and Reserve troops, and 225,000 civilian employees.   40 percent of all Department of Defense personnel are with the Army.   The Army has 10 active component divisions, and 8 regular divisions and 18 separate brigades.   It has 110,000 forward stationed troops, troops [...]