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Cool Classes: Psychology Class Prepares Students to Handle Death

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2 | the CNM Chronicle OctOber 30 - NOvember 5, 2012

By Shaya Rogers

Staff Reporter

Albuquerque will host a charity run to benefit Aliento, an organization that fights against all forms of human slavery, said Fitness major Rayson Rockwell.

The Nov. 3 run will pass along the Bosque and help the Mexico-based charity to empower women and raise aware-ness about modern slavery.

He said that students will benefit from edu-cating themselves about

human slavery and cre-ating awareness for the organization.

“I didn’t even know about human slavery issues until I started coming to CNM, and I’m 28 years old. It’s good for young-sters to be aware of what is really going on in the world,” said Rockwell.

He wants to create more attention for the organization so more people can be a part of the change, he said. Rockwell said he has been trying to raise awareness and hopes students will get involved.

“I’m trying to spread the word at the fitness lab,

because everyone works out there anyway,” he said.

Daniela Romo, the CEO and founder of Aliento, said her faith-based organization is focused on helping women all over Mexico improve their lives and realize their worth. Aliento is a nonprofit organization and the funds raised go to buying a home in Mexico as well as providing coun-seling and career training, she said.

She wants people to be aware that slavery is happening all around and

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95 percent of victims experienced physical or sexual violence during trafficking

43 percent of victims are used for forced commercial sexual exploitation 98 percent are women and girls

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Trash Talk

Second Safety Walk Finds More Campus Hazards

By Jonathan Baca

Senior Reporter

The Executive Council of Students, along with Campus

Safety Services, the Student Allocation Board and a number of community volunteers, found many problems during the second Campus Safety Walk, said ECOS President Stephen Martos.

Teams of three walked through Main Campus on Friday, Oct. 26, making notes of safety hazards — including broken or

dim lights, damaged electrical fixtures, tripping hazards and numerous emergency poles that have been out of order for some time, said Martos.

“The Safety Walk is essentially an event to review the facilities and make sure that we are being proactive against potential safety risks to students,” said Martos.

That some posi-tives were that the emer-gency poles that were operational worked well and that Dispatch answered the call but-tons alarms immediately, said Martos.

The walk was

planned in coopera-tion with the Safety and Security depart-ments and the Student Allocation Board, said Martos. Campus Safety Specialist Jim Moffett attended and said he felt the Safety Walk was a great idea.

“These are eyes for us, and this gives us a whole new per-spective on things. It’s not just coming from our eyes, it’s coming from students’ eyes,” said Moffett.

The Safety Services department consists of himself and only one other employee for all seven campuses, and

that being aware of every potential safety concern can be very challenging, said Martos.

“We try to keep on top of everything, but it’s pretty hard some-times,” said Moffett.

Martos said that ECOS plans to compile the findings of the Safety Walk into a formal report. Copies will be given to the Security and Maintenance departments and to Administration for con-sideration, he said. He said he hopes the school will give the report serious consideration and will act quickly to address some of the

issues identified. Moffet said that

there is a long compli-cated process for deal-ing with new safety issues. He said people who notice a problem need to report it to their dean or head of depart-ment, who can then put in a work order using the Footprints com-puter program. The issue then goes to the Security and Safety departments, who send the issue to the Physical Plant Department. The PPD then secures funds, takes quotes for the work and chooses

S t u d e n t S p o t l i g h t

By Stefany Olivas

Managing Editor

The owners of O’Niell’s Irish Pub are buying reus-able water bottles for Communications major Dana Chandler’s Public Speaking class, she said.

Chandler, who is an employee at O’Niell’s, is rais-ing awareness about the Great Pacific Trash Heap for her per-suasion speech and offering her classmates free reusable drinking vessels and home-made reusable grocery bags in exchange for their pledge to use the items, she said.

“Not only do I want a really good grade in this class, but I really do want to per-suade everyone to reconsider their habits,” said Chandler.

She said that getting O’Niell’s to help her class is a small part of a larger goal: getting all of the CNM deans to sponsor a reusable water bottle or grocery bag for every student.

She has always been aware of the heap, but she became inspired to raise awareness after a discus-sion in her geography class with instructor Justin Fuller, she said.

PHOTO BY STEFANY OLIVAS | STAFF

Communications major Dana Chandler discusses her initiative to reduce the use of disposable bottles and plastic bags.


Criminal Justice major and ECOS President Stephen Martos discusses the details of what to look for during the campus safety walk.

see SAFETY on page 10

see PLASTICS on page 10“Student Spotlight” highlights an extraordinary individ-ual from among the diverse student population at CNM. To nominate a student to be featured send an email to: [email protected]

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Student Allocation Board Accepting Membership Applications

The Student Allocation Board is accepting applications for student members.

The Allocation Board meets monthly and distributes funds among student organizations for events, activities and equipment. Members must have a minimum 2.5 GPA.

For more information contact James Roach at [email protected].

Private Rooms Available for Mothers

Walk-in lactation stations are available on CNM campuses:

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Pumpkin Smashing

Project Feed the Hood is hosting the Second Annual Pumpkin Smashing Festival on Saturday Nov. 3 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the International District Community Garden on the corner of Ross Avenue and Wellesly, North of Gibson Boulevard.

Participants are welcome to join in while dressed up in Halloween costumes. There will be a smashing contest (most creative, most epic, etc.), a pumpkin pie bake-off, and a pumpkin pie eating contest.

Please take leftover pumpkins from Halloween and bags of leaves to the event to create a compost sculpture. Food will be provided and produce will be available for sale from Feed the Hood Farms.

For more information contact Travis at 331-6390.

AllUSA Academic Scholarship Now Accepting Applications

The AllUSA Academic Transfer Scholarship awards up to ten CNM students with four years of paid tuition to any four-year higher education institution in New Mexico.

Applicants must have a minimum 3.5GPA and be active on campus and in the Albuquerque community.

To apply visit ptk.org/scholarships. The enrollment key for CNM is MDI4MDg15322. The internal application deadline is Friday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m.

For more information contact Sharon Gordon-Moffett at [email protected].

Project Heart Start to Offer Hands-Only CPR Training on All Campuses

Get free training for hands-only CPR. Project Heart Start and CNM have teamed up with CNM’s Event Planning class to increase awareness and help reduce cardiac deaths. This is not a certification course, but will familiarize trainees with a technique that can be used in emergency situations. There will be a short video then practice on a mannequin. The training will take half an hour. Trainees can enter a free raffle to win prizes. For information email [email protected].

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LEO1NARDO, CNM’s annual student arts and literary magazine, is now accepting submissions of poems, short stories, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, art, and photography until Feb. 2, 2013.

Writers: Submit written works in a single MS Word e-mail.

Artists: All art (paintings, sketches, sculptures, ceramics, photos, etc.) must be submitted digitally as a Photoshop, Illustrator, or PDF file (minimum 150 dpi resolution).

Send to: [email protected]. Type “Leonardo” in the email subject line. Include name, address, and phone in the email message, and send from your CNM email account.

LEONARDO is created of, by, and for CNM students, and is edited and designed by CNM student volunteers; the magazine is published and distributed every April (National Poetry Month) with the generous support of CNM Student Activities.

Westside/Rio Rancho Writing Group Meets to Share Writing and Inspiration

The Westside/Rio Rancho Writing Group meets twice a month to share a love of creative writing and to inspire each other. The group spends their one hour meeting time doing short writing exercises, talking about writing, and sharing their work with each other.

Everyone who writes or just loves writing is invited to attend. Writers of all genres are welcome. November meetings are Nov. 14 and 28, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Westside Campus in MJG101.

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Corrections• Clarification: In Volume 18 Issue 9, the article titled “Pro-life vs. Pro-life” should have stated that Gashler’s grandparents fled the country before the

Holocaust happened. • Clarification: In Volume 18 Issue 9, the article “pro-life vs. Pro-life” should have stated that the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust unethically used the

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OPINIONE d i t o r i a l E d i t o r i a l C a r t o o n B y S c o t t M . R o b e r t s

“What was your most favorite Halloween costume of all time?”“My favorite costume of all

time must be a Pop-Tart.”

Levi Rolland, Mortuary Tech

“I really like mermaids and my sister is going as one this year so she pulled out the rug from under my feet.”

Annika King, Biology, Pre-Dental

Tiffany Hanna, Fine Arts

“I actually do not know. I have not dressed up for

the past few years.”

“I would have to say my favorite costume of all time would be Cowboy Dracula.”

Santiago Von Straussburg,Biology

“Being wrapped up in a pink sheet and having a shoe attached to your head to be a piece of bubble gum.”

Phillip Valdez,EMT First Responder

“My favorite costume of all time would have to be Batman.”

Jessica Curtin,Health Sciences

The members of the SkillsUSA group who vol-unteered to rebuild housing in Bonita Park, as reported in this week’s article “,” are an example of the kind of people all students should strive to be.

Most students juggle school, education, a social life and often, a family as well. With so many responsibilities, it can be easy to forget about helping others and what it means to fulfill civic responsibilities.

The CNM Chronicle recognizes and applauds the extra efforts of student volunteers, not just from SkillsUSA, but from all student organizations as well as those students who volunteer off-campus.

The Executive Council of Students organized a

safety walk for Main campus. Alpha Upsilon Chi

is volunteering at the Road Runner Food Bank. The student editors of Leonardo Magazine spend long hours creating a venue for student artists and writers to publish works, and groups like the American Indian Science and Engineering Society and the African Student Association are designed as a venue for students to blend education, service and culture.

To those students who go the extra mile to enrich the lives of others, we thank you.

To those who are con-sidering getting involved, we encourage you.

The more involved we are in our community, the better our community becomes.

In a Chronicle edito-rial last week titled “School/Bank Connection Could Lead to Student Mistrust,” the Chronicle asserted that CNM administration “was in the wrong when it agreed to allow Wells Fargo access to students while they were getting (finan-cial aid) disbursement checks.”

I would just like to pro-vide some more context on this topic. In the Student Services Division of CNM, and across the college as a whole, we know that many of our students face very difficult financial circum-stances. And as many studies have shown, there are far too many folks in New Mexico and across the country who do not have any bank accounts or banking services whatsoever.

We know from experi-ence that way too many stu-dents in the past have had to pay scarce dollars just to get their financial aid checks cashed. To help more students keep more of their money in their pockets, CNM worked with its current banking services provider – Wells Fargo – in a successful effort to provide our students with a free check-cashing service.

If Wells Fargo didn’t pro-vide this service, many students would have been forced to pay check-cashing fees at other banks or at predatory lending operations.

CNM will discuss the claims of pressure-sales tactics by Wells Fargo employees that were reported by the Chronicle. But we strongly feel that pro-viding our students with a free check-cashing service was, and is, the right thing to do.

Phillip Bustos, Vice President of Student Services

Happy Halloween

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“School/Bank Connection Could Lead to Student Mistrust”

SkillsUSA Students are an Example to Follow

OctOber 30 - NOvember 5, 2012 the CNM Chronicle | 5STUDENT LIFE

By Stefany OlivasManaging Editor

Students from CNM’s SkillsUSA members were the team leaders in the Save Little Bear restoration project at Bonita Park, where more than 150 students from col-leges and high schools around the state helped restore Bonita Park staff housing, said Construction Technology major and SkillsUSA member Cheryl Douglass.

The projects included putting up strip-pine fencing, re-wiring and skirting mobile homes, digging ditches and repairing vehicles — includ-ing two trucks and a backhoe damaged in the June Ruidoso fire, she said.

“We united and conquered the burn area here in Bonita Park. I think it was rather suc-cessful,” said Douglass.

Watching people from dif-ferent schools come together to rebuild was an incredible experience, she said.

“Things are doable. I think it is way cool to work with other colleges and learn their trades. Even though we didn’t all work in our own trades, we kept an open mind to do what-ever it was that needed to be done,” she said.

She said working with the high school students was good because they worked hard and were motivated.

“They did their part and more than their own share. They did real well,” said Douglass.

Hobbs High school fresh-man and SkillsUSA member Chris Williamson said he enjoyed helping the com-munity while experiencing hands-on skills to rebuild and restore homes.

The most fun part for Williamson was demolishing the walls in the mobile homes and learning how to install and plaster drywall, he said.

He said he admired his team leader, Abran Salazar, who headed the drywall project, because of Salazar’s instructional

style and how well he encour-aged the other workers.

“I felt good about it. It was pretty fun overall. The leader of the drywall team helped me learn how to do a lot more things. I learned how to make it fun while also doing work,” said Williamson.

Automotive Instructor Barry Mills Jr. said restoring the staff housing and saving Bonita Park more than $90,000 in renovations was gratifying for him and the students.

Getting his students together for the trip was a great opportunity to learn about leadership, gain hands-on experience and build rela-tionships within the commu-nity. He would absolutely do it again, he said.

“Opening the student’s eyes to the idea that it’s just a feel-good event to drop what-ever you are doing to help somebody in need,” said Barry.

Over a three-day period, along with restoring homes, the students participated in team-building and leadership activities to strengthen their skills while leading the teams of other college and high school students, he said.

“We exposed the students to the ideas of what happens in upper management: meet-ings and learning how to deal with conf lict resolution and conversations, and commu-nities with higher powers,” said Mills. “Consequently, it gives them the confidence to talk to people that they oth-erwise wouldn’t.”

He and other automotive students repaired several of the service vehicles used on the grounds by Bonita Park staff.

They fixed non-func-tional doors, the starting system and four-wheel-drive on a diesel truck that had not been used for two months, as well as the ignition system on a backhoe tractor.

“We repaired two vehi-cles where the door would no longer shut and were unsafe in such a way that if you drove,

and made a right hand turn, you would simply fall out of the truck. The backhoe tractor gave a real good fight all day long,” said Barry.

Human Resources Manager Brenda Garber and Activities Director Connor Bryan — along with the rest of the Bonita Park staff — lost their homes and belongings in the June Little Bear fire, Bryan said.

SkillsUSA helped begin restoration of both homes. Bryan, his wife, and four chil-dren will be moving into one of them, he said.

Bonita Park has had most of the mobile homes for almost two months, but the staff has not been able to work on them because they have been busy helping with other camp res-torations, and have still been hosting events, he said.

“My home was right in this very site, and it burned through. We lost 138 of our 154 structures, on June 8 and 9, and we’ve been in tempo-rary housing since then,” said Bryan. “Having SkillsUSA here doing so much to get us back in our homes is very exciting.”

Garber said that SkillsUSA has visited the camp for several years to participate in leader-ship programs, workshops, and small service projects but they have never done a project involving as much work as the Save Little Bear project.

The area has not experi-enced such a severe fire since the 1950s, which is also when Smokey the Bear, as a cub, became a national symbol for fire safety, she said. The recent Little Bear fire was estimated to have burned up to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

“The work is incredible. It gives such a hope because there’s been such devastation, and they haven’t had a place to call home. Every day I go home to a place that’s not my home,” said Garber, “so to get these homes for the staff is incredible.”

Restoring Homes, Rebuilding Lives


This chimney is the only remains of a house at Bonita Park after the Little Bear fire this summer.


Electrical Trades majors (left) Jonathan Garcia and (right) Anna McCall fix the wiring in a demolished wall.


(left) Carpentry Program student Michael Love and Hobbs High School students (center) Juan Trevino and (right) Alex Medrano prepare skirting for the staff housing mobile homes.

6 | the CNM Chronicle OctOber 30 - NOvember 5, 2012HAPPYC o o l C l a s s e s

By Daniel JohnsonStaff Reporter

Death and dying is something everybody will have to deal with in life so this class is one that students should think about taking, said full-time CHSS instruc-tor James Johnson.

Psychology 2289 - Death and Dying is a class that prepares students for handling death emotion-ally, physically, mentally and financially, he said.

“I have students plan their own funerals in detail. They have to write an obituary then decide if they want to be cremated or buried and they must calculate the cost of all this,” said Johnson. “We cover all aspects of death and dying from causes of death, genocide, homicide, vampire myth, and rituals that cel-ebrate death like Dia de los Muertos,” said Johnson.

One of the more inter-esting projects is to make a Dia de los Muertos mask for a small contest in the fall terms, he said.

“We cover the history of death masks and how the Day of the Dead is a festival in cel-ebration of those who have

passed,” said Johnson“When the students make

the masks I encourage cre-ativity, since the masks will be judged by staff at Montoya campus and the winner receives a $25.00 gift card,” he said.

Psychology major Sidney Benta said she believes the masks are a fun project but it should not be too hard since she already has an idea of what she is going to make.

Business major Hillary Barrows said she is excited to make her mask which she has based on the movie “Pan’s Labyrinth” and hopes that she will win.

“I would like to win just so I can say that I had the best mask since I am into art,” she said.

Benta she took this class because a friend told her about it.

“It is an interesting class that I have learned a lot from and I am actually having fun learning about this kind of stuff,” she said.

Barrows said that she was actually dealing with death at the time she reg-istered for this term and thought the class might ben-efit her even though it is not

in her area of study.“The class is awesome.

When you first hear about it, it sounds scary but it is actu-ally very, very interesting and pretty cool,” said Barrows

Johnson said students are nervous when they first come to class but in the end they are fascinated and enjoy the class.

“If you take this class you will die, but if you don’t you will still die,” said Johnson.

When students take the class, they learn about death across the world — from weird rituals of different cul-tures and how they deal with death to how to handle death at home, said Barrows.

Benta said that she would recommend this class to fellow students because it is intrigu-ing and very informative.

Johnson said, “Why not let a student experiment with his or her own death and rituals?”

“We all die someday, so why not be prepared?” he said

By Jonathan Baca

Senior Reporter

The Hyatt Regency Hotel, in conjunction with CNM’s Culinary Arts and Art pro-grams, will be hosting Dia de los Muertos, a charity event to benefit the CNM Culinary Arts Scholarship Endowment, said Culinary Arts Program Coordinator, Chef Scott Clapp.

The event will take place on Nov. 1 at the Downtown Hyatt, and will include hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, music and dancing, tequila tasting, sidewalk chalk art and

free face painting, said Hyatt’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Geoff Armerding.

“We’re really excited. It’s going to be a really great time, and it’s great for CNM,” said Clapp.

This is the event’s fifth year, and each year the Hyatt selects a different charity to benefit, choosing CNM for 2012, said Clapp. He said that Hyatt is one of CNM’s industry partners, and has been very supportive of the culinary program.

Many members of the Hyatt kitchen staff are current or former students, he said. Hyatt felt the donation could help train future employees, Clapp said.

Armerding said that the

Hyatt has benefitted greatly from CNM graduates.

“We have a great relation-ship with CNM. We have hired many students from the culinary program who have worked out and have been very successful within the Hyatt family,” said Armerding.

The event will include a silent auction where attendees can bid on traditional Mexican sugar skulls created by students from the Baking class, said Clapp. The proceeds from the sale will also be donated, he said.

Students from the Global Cuisine class will be competing in an hors d’oeuvres contest at the event, said Culinary instruc-tor Chef Mark Patel.

His students will be broken into five teams, and on the night of the event, each team will receive a mystery basket pro-vided by the Hyatt kitchen staff, he said.

Each basket will contain the ingredients that the team has to work with. The teams will be given three hours to turn their ingredients into two dif-ferent hors d’oeuvres, said Patel. Each team will need to prepare between 75 and 150 individual pieces, which will be served to the guests, he said.

“The cool thing about the event is that the guests are the ones who will decide the winner by filling out comment cards on their most favorite hors d’oeuvres or appetizers,” said Patel.

The winning team will receive a free dinner at Forque, the Hyatt’s fine dining restau-rant, he said.

The head chef at the Hyatt has been very secretive about what ingredients will appear in the baskets, but that they will most likely be inspired by Dia de los Muertos, said Patel.

“The class is very excited about competing, and they are a little nervous too, because of the mystery basket,” said Patel.

“Usually, culinary students are used to knowing what they are going to be cooking a week in advance. So the exciting part for them is showing up and the chef saying, ‘These are your ingredients; you’ve got three hours to make two appetizers, now go to town.’”

Patel said events like this one are great for students, because they prepare them for working in the industry under pressure. He said it is also a great way for them to network, meet real chefs and open up job opportunities as they prepare to graduate.

Art is another important part of the evening, and CNM students will have their artwork displayed at the reception, said Armerding. Students from the Art Department will also be working to complete a large chalk sidewalk mural in front of the Hyatt, he said.

“It should take them three to four days to complete, but when it’s finished it will be right

out front to greet the guests. We are very excited, it’s going to be special,” said Armerding.

He said that students will also be offering free face painting.

The event is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 330 Tijeras Ave. NW. Tickets are $30, and include hors d’oeuvres, entertainment and a tequila tasting. Parking is free. To purchase tickets visit diadeloscnm.eventbrite.com.

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Dia de los Muertos What: Charity event

to benefit the Culinary Arts Scholarship Endowment

When: Thursday, Nov. 1, 5:30-8:30 P.M.

Where: Hyatt Regency, Downtown Albuquerque

Tickets: $30Contact: diadeloscnm.

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PHOTO BY SCOTT M. ROBERTS | STAFF

Full-time Psychology instructor James Johnson addresses the subjects of Death and Dying.

The Dia de Los Muertos masks created by Johnson’s Fall 2011 Death and Dying class.

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(left and above) Candy Skulls created by Culinary Art students will be auctioned off at the fundraiser.

Pyschology 2289: Students are Dying to Participate

“Cool Classes” focuses on an interesting program or class at CNM. To nominate a class or program, send an email to [email protected].

Culinary Arts Program Cooks Up Scholarship Fundraiser

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OctOber 30 - NOvember 5, 2012 the CNM Chronicle | 7HALLOWEEN

By Adriana AvilaStaff Reporter

A benefit performance of a play based on Shirley Jackson’s 1963 novel “The Haunting of Hill House” will be held at The Aux Dog Theater, said Liberal Arts graduate and play director Lori Stewart.

The money raised at the Halloween night performance will be donated to the theater for renovations and day-to-day

expenses, said Stewart. “Just the utility cost alone

on a building that size is outra-geous,” Stewart said.

This special performance will include a costume contest, she said.

She agreed to direct Hill House because she loves a good ghost story and Shirley Jackson’s writing, said Stewart. She read the novel before read-ing the script and had many ideas on how to produce the piece, she said.

“It seems like a really

fun piece for Halloween,” Stewart said.

The play is not horror as many people think, but more of a thriller with lots of suspense, she said.

Chemical Engineering major Heather Donovan said she has been acting in theater since she was a kid. She was cast as the charismatic Theodora.

“She’s sassy, sarcastic and she’s very sure of herself,” said Donovan.

Some of her friends see her as Theodora but it

is somewhat of a challenge because she wants to bring more than just her own per-sonality to the role, said Donovan.

“I’ve got to bring certain aspects of myself to the role but not turn it into Heather on the stage when it should be Theo,” Donovan said, “It’s a really fun role to play. It’s a lot of work, but it’s not hard.”

The actors do their own makeup and Stewart designed the costumes, she said. Stewart took pieces from actors’ personal closets and looked for clothes from all around, said Donovan.

“She takes from second-hand stores, from places where she can find them for a reason-able price,” Donovan said.

The set is dark and gothic. There is no way to describe it well; people would have to go and see it to understand the turn of the century look and feel, said Donovan.

There are special effects built in to the set because the house is supposed to be haunted and there are certain things that happen in the play, she said.

“The doors close on their own, there are various sound effects that not only come through the speakers,” Donovan said, “There are actually sound

effects coming from the house and pictures moving by them-selves and things like that.”

Mrs. Montegue is played by Art major Ninette Mordaunt, who said she has been in theater pretty much all of her life as well as playing music.

Every once in a while she gets to do a musical which is fun and a good way to do both, she said.

Her character is the wife of the psychological researcher Dr. Montegue. She said she comes in before the end of the last scene of act one, she said.

“I provide the comic relief, I guess you could say,” Mordaunt said, “I come in and change things around a little bit.”

The play is more true to the book because in the film Mrs. Montegue does not appear, she said.

“The play is true to the story Shirley Jackson wrote at the core of the story,” Mordaunt said, “Obviously you can’t get everything into a play but the basic story is there and the most important char-acters are in the play.”

Mrs. Montegue’s charac-ter is domineering and self-righ-teous and she thinks she knows the proper way to do psycho-logical research, she said.

“She wants to impose her

views and her message on the rest of the group and she comes in and wants to take over every-thing,” Mordaunt said, “She’s a very controlling person.”

It is a fun role to play and while some like Donovan said their characters are extensions of themselves, Mordaunt said it is not true for her.

“She’s bigger than life and in a way it’s easier to play a character which is a little bit extreme than it is to play somebody that is really close to you on stage,” Mordaunt said, “This is just a fun role to get lost in and you get to be a little bit crazy and that’s okay.”

The physical experience of the show is great and fun to watch, she said.

“I hope people go and enjoy the play,” Mordaunt said, “The characters and special effects are worth it.”

Tickets for the one-night benefit performance of “The Haunting of Hill House” are $20 and can be purchased at auxdog.com. The show begins at 8 p.m.

“Ticket sales are usually not enough to make theater happen on a community level. We really rely on people who donate their money or products and services,” said Stewart.

A Bloodcurdling Benefit

Ghost Stories in Al-BOO-querqueBy Daniel Johnson

Staff Reporter

W i t h Halloween around the corner it is not hard to find ghostly activities, but in Albuquerque there are places that have paranormal activ-ity year round and have been investigated by professionals.

Peggy Schofield, co-founder of Los Muertos Spirit Seekers, said that she is part of a small team interested in document-ing evidence of paranormal activities, helping people find comfort in their homes or businesses during and after a haunting and exploring historical sites to confirm or deny folklore.

“Our primary goal is to help and educate those who live with paranormal activity, and provide a

professional and thorough investigation while supply-ing detailed analysis of our findings,” said Schofield.

The following paranor-mal activity has been reported in the Albuquerque area. Information is provided by Suite101 website at suite101.com and by the Southwest Ghost Hunters Association’s web site sgha.net.

Church Street Cafe

The former hacienda, built in 1709 for the Ruiz family, was purchased by restaurant owner Marie Coleman, who began renova-tions on the café and discov-ered the building had a ghost.

The sprit is believed to be Sara Ruiz, who was not pleased with the renovations. Activity reported is buck-ets that move on their own, glimpses of Sara’s ghost and

sensations of her presence.SGHA has investigated

this location and said they found an odd electromag-netic field that seemed to be moving in a counter-clockwise pattern near the east side of the patio.

“Photographs taken of the patio with a camera showed several unusual lights that were consistent with the movement of the EMFs,” Schofield said.

Investigators inside the building seemed to have found the same field on the east side of the front room and again unusual lights showed up in the pictures.

Haunted Hill

The area is in the foothills at the east end of Menaul and people have reported hear-ing phantom screams, foot-steps and the sounds of bodies

being dragged. According to legend, the spirit is an old man who lived in the caves at the top of the hills.

He would take pros-titutes there and kill them. Sightings of the old man’s ghost and a lantern swinging from invisible hands have also been reported.

SGHA has not con-ducted any investigations on this location.

Kimo Theatre

Six-year-old Bobby Darnall was killed in 1951 when the boiler in the basement exploded

and demolished part of the theater’s lobby. People have reported seeing his ghost playing in the lobby’s stairway.

Bobby is also respon-sible for childlike pranks, including tripping actors and creating disturbances during performances, according to witnesses.

SGHA has inves-tigated this location and said the theater has powerful EMFs on and around the stage of the theater, but that is not conclusive because of the setting.

“Most findings were explained by natural or mechanical causes,” said Schofield.

Maria Teresa Restaurant

Salvador Armijo built this former hacienda in 1783. At least four ghosts have been sighted roam-ing through the restaurant. Other phenomena include a piano that plays on its own, employees being touched, ghost ref lections in mir-rors, phantom voices and tables or f latware moving by themselves.

SGHA has investigated this location and said the majority of phenomena seemed to be confined to the Armijo, Baca and Winepress rooms.

“Several photographs of possible phenomena were captured in these locations.

One orb was captured on IR video in the Winepress Room,” said Schofield.

SGHA also witnessed three glasses moving in the Armijo room along with strong EMFs.

Wool Warehouse Theater/Restaurant

This landmark was built in 1929 by Frank Bond. Reports are that during performances a spectral man wear-ing a cream-colored suit, believed to be Bond, has been seen on the stage. His ghost also watches plays from the side stage area.

Employees have reported the feeling of hands pushing them and grabbing their ankles and hearing noises in

the walls on the stairway behind the stage. There are also reports of cold and hot spots, feelings of being watched and objects moving mysteriously.

SGHA has investigated this location and picked up some minor f luctuating EMFs before they even got close to the front door.

“Strong EMFs were found near the stage and on the second f loor lobby area. Also, very strong readings were on the EMF around the pink columns that adorned the hallway near the stairs,” Schofield said.

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(left) Heather Donovan as Theodora and Fawn Hanson as Eleanor acting out a scene from Haunting of Hill House..

Theater Performs ‘Haunting of Hill House’ as Fundraiser

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The ghost of Six-year-old Bobby Darnall has haunted the Kimo Theater for 61 years.

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The supposed haunted Hacienda in Old Town where employees are tormented by the spirit of Sara Ruiz.

8 | the CNM Chronicle OctOber 30 - NOvember 5, 2012FEATURESkin Deep

Graduate Achieves Dream of Producing Makeup LineBy Adriana Avila

Staff Reporter

Medical Health gradu-ate, current UNM student and cosmetics designer Danielle Bridges said that while the medical field is more stable; her passion is helping women feel beauti-ful and making it affordable.

When launching her makeup line, Passion, Beauty, Eternal Cosmetics, one of the most important things was to make it accessible to all women and make it match their personalities, she said.

“I always thought medi-cal was more stable but I’ve always been a makeup girl,” Bridges said, “I still have my little safety net but I figure I’ll still do makeup while I’m still at school because that is my heart.”

Her makeup line was launched in August and her aim was to make quality makeup without the label price, she said.

“I loved Mac, and things like that, but I’m a college kid and cannot afford to go there so I knew I wanted the high color pay off,” Bridges said.

She said she wanted to have the fun colors and all of the pigments of quality makeup but she did not want it to cost $200.

Her makeup line is affordable and anyone can buy it no matter what their budget, she said.

“Sometimes I see women walk in, head hanging low, a little sad and they get out of my chair or they put on my makeup and they’re beam-ing and they’re confident,” Bridges said. “Every woman deserves that regardless of their demographic.”

She said her makeup is sold at Love Light Boutique at 147 Harvard Dr. SE and Trendz Beauty Supply at 5314 Menaul Blvd. NE.

She finds joy in helping customers find what they are looking for and it is better than the money, she said.

“My biggest happiness is seeing them so excited and smiling,” Bridges said, “To me, it’s not just about the sale because the reason I wanted to do this it’s more important than the money aspect.”

She asks customers questions to help them find the ideal makeup to fit their personalities, she said. She believes that in order to get the right makeup it is neces-sary to find what customers are like and what they are interested in so she knows what the perfect pieces are, said Bridges.

“When I meet customers I ask ‘What’s your personality, are you really bold or are you really subtle?’ Bridges said, “I ask them what they are so I can match their personality.”

She genuinely wants to

help people find the perfect makeup and she can tell that people recognize that, she said.

“I’ve sold out of half of my product already and it’s because I think people can sense that I’m not just going to give you a color because I want the certain price,” Bridges said. “I want you to be happy and smile.”

Bill Forts, owner of Love Light Boutique, said he was all for the idea of Bridges selling her makeup in his store because her makeup style matches the type of clothes he designs.

“She came to me saying ‘your boutique is exactly what I’m looking for in order to carry my line of cosmetics,’” Forts said. “Her makeup is very bold and ridge deep and that’s what I like.”

She went to Forts with the idea and he did everything he could in order to make it happen, she said. He jumped on the idea and was more than happy to help her with her line, said Bridges.

“I came with an idea and said ‘I have makeup and your store’s awesome’ and Trendsz is awesome too because they were like ‘how do we do this and how do we get it in the store?’ and they just worked with me,” Bridges said.

She is an artist as well and that makeup is not just a superficial subject. She said art is beautiful and so is makeup and makeup is her art, Bridges said.

Her makeup career was 10 years in the making and she hopes to continue it for as long as she can, she said.

For more information visit facebook.com/passion-beautyeternalcosmetics.


Medical Secretary and Liberal Arts graduate Danielle Bridges talks about the debut of her new line of cosmetics.


The debut of the new cosmetic line by Danielle Bridges was at the Lovelight Boutique on Silver and Harvard.

OctOber 30 - NOvember 5, 2012 the CNM Chronicle | 9FEATUREBy

Christopher Pope Staff Reporter

Part-time Math instructor Kevin Goodrich said he wanted to become an astronaut when he was growing up, but bad eyesight led him to a promising career teaching math.

He was about 8 years old when NASA first started launching people into space which really got him interested, he said.

He thought majoring in Engineering would be a good way to get started but found out that bad eyesight would hinder this dream, Goodrich said. Little did he know a work-study job at TVI would lead to a teach-ing career, he said.

“It was not until I got a job at TVI that I discovered I had the skill to teach,” said Goodrich.

His sudden passion for helping others learn quickly became a career goal, he said.

“I really liked showing people how to do math. It was nice to give people a boost, and see their rise in confidence as well,” he said.

During college he discov-ered he was not as good at high level math as he thought, said Goodrich. Since this was the case he switched his major from engineering to math. In his last

semester before graduation he switched majors for the last time, to history, he said.

Shortly after the switch, he graduated from UNM with a history degree. While work-ing at TVI as a teacher’s aide he mostly worked in math classes, he said.

He came to the conclusion that teaching math was what he should do for a career. He got his first job as an instructor almost immediately after gradu-ation, he said.

“They were so short on instructors that year, that right out of the gate I started out with three classes,” said Goodrich.

Goodrich thinks math is important because the students take what they have learned and continue to use it throughout college, he said.

He was not sure he would have stuck with teach-ing as long as he has if he did not really love the job, said Goodrich. He wanted to impart what he had learned to students, said Goodrich.

“I wanted to become a teacher because I knew I could help people, which really made a difference to me,” said Goodrich.

One of the best things about teaching is running into former students who thank him, he said.

“I always say ‘well good

for you,’ and then ask them how their math is going,” said Goodrich.

A lot of people may think teaching is just about teach-ing, said Goodrich. The major-ity of his 40-hour work week is spent doing paperwork and lesson plans, said Goodrich. There is more to teaching than just moving students through one class and onto the next, Goodrich said.

“It only takes one student saying ‘thank you’ to make my job worthwhile,” he said.

10 m i n u t e s w i t h . . .


Part-time Math instructor Kevin Goodrich discusses his childhood dream of being an astronaut.

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A d v e r t i s e m e n t

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Instructor Kevin Goodrich Talks About His Rise to Math

E=MC^2


“I think it seems like an abstract concept because, here in New Mexico, we’re far removed from it. We don’t really see any direct correlation or causation,” said Chandler.

The class was study-ing ocean currents and Fuller handed out a National Geographic article which explained problems of the trash heap and used it as an example of how ocean cur-rents flow, said Chandler.

“A lot of people around me didn’t know what it was. I was already familiar with it, but I don’t think I realized how much it was until I was looking at this article. It’s kind of sober-ing I think,” said Chandler.

She began doing research and learned that the trash heap is estimated to be 90 feet deep below the surface, weigh 3.5 billion tons, and be twice the size of Texas, which normally takes an average of 16 hours to drive across, said Chandler.

The growth of the trash heap and the damage it does is a very feel-bad situation, but she wants to get people as positively motivated as possible, she said.

“I understand it’s totally unrealistic to change habits right away. I get that; I want to be realistic and I don’t want anybody to feel bad

about it,” she said. It is important to her

that the drinking vessels are BPA-free and made in the USA, she said.

Although there is no definite data that BPA causes cancer, using prod-ucts with it is not worth the risk, she said.

Bottles made in the USA will not only reduce the carbon footprint from shipping, but will help ensure that the bottles were made in a safe way for the environment and employees.

“I was really specific about the standard of bottles that I wanted. They had to be something that I felt good about giving out,” said Chandler.

For her project she calcu-lated that a single person uses 500 disposable plastic bags per year on average, and only uses them for about 30 minutes transporting the groceries.

“As long as we need them they’re going to keep produc-ing them,” she said.

At the current rate of use of disposable plastic products, she is worried that future gen-erations are going to have dif-ficulty cleaning up after the current generation, she said.

“At this point the damage is already done, but we could try to minimize how much we add to its growth, and freeze it in it tracks,” said Chandler.

She said petroleum prod-ucts do not generally bio-degrade, only photo-degrade

with sunlight and although the pieces get smaller over a vast amount of time, they never truly disappear.

“They just get smaller with the sunlight then it outnumbers the plankton. They’re like the same size, and all of the animals are eating it,” she said. “These animals are being found with cancer, even though nobody really knows if it’s just the plastic causing it.”

She wants students to reconsider their values, think about the costs of conve-nience and wonder if this is the legacy they want to leave behind, she said

“I think we do things, myself included, that are easy for us, and out of convenience. I don’t consider myself to be a crazy activist and I don’t plan in chaining myself up to any trees,” she said.

it is everyone’s obligation to do something about it, she said.

“It’s happening so much, and we need to make people aware of that and that we have the power to stop it ourselves,” she said.

Romo said she wants her generation to move forward and to know the importance of helping those who do not have a voice.

“I really want to make a call out to our generation:

‘Hey, stop wasting time and let’s make something happen,’” she said.

She said it may seem like a small thing — just signing up and going to a run — but it makes a huge difference.

“The people showing up and supporting us does a lot. It shows us, these people are behind us and we can do this,” she said.

She wants people to know that it is not just about raising money, it is about raising aware-ness and support for all of

humanity, she said.“I really want people to

come out to this event, not for the money, not for the numbers, but to say we are going to stand here and do everything possible. We are going to say ‘we care about these women and these girls,’” she said.

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a vendor or sends a CNM Maintenance employee to fix the problem.

“Sometimes things seem to take a long time, but the wheels turn a little slow,” said Moffett.

Martos said that although he felt some issues should be addressed more quickly, he felt that the school is doing the best job possible with the resources available.

“I know we’ve had some funding cuts lately, and I think they do the best they can with what they have,” he said.

Once the report has been filed, ECOS will con-tinue to check in and make

sure that the administra-tion and the Security and Maintenance departments are making progress in addressing the safety concerns they iden-tified, said Martos.

“We’re really going to be pushing it this time and make sure things are being done and that we’re doing what we need to keep stu-dents safe,” said Martos.

He said he felt that the Safety Walk was a success, and that he hopes to continue the event and eventually expand it to all the other campuses.

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By Adriana AvilaStaff Reporter

A week-long event will be hosted by the Event Planning Class and the non-

profit organization Project Heart Start to raise aware-ness about the importance of hands-only CPR, said Part-time BIT instructor Laura Hines.

The event runs from Nov. 5 to Nov. 9 and will take place on a different campus each day, finishing on Friday on Main Campus with the dedication of the newly renovated Jeanette Stromberg Hall, said Hines.

Throughout the week, the Event Planning students will visit classrooms on all of CNM’s campuses where certified officials will give a 30-minute hands-only CPR training session, said Hines.

“What better way than to have the students plan an event where we could really impact the community?” said Hines.

Hands-only CPR is a life-saving technique, cre-ated by Dr. Barry Ramo, that does not require certifica-tion, said Hines.

Several instructors have contacted Hines to request the training for their classes, she said.

“We’ve had a wide vari-ety of instructors respond so it’s been across the board,” Hines said, “The more people that know about it the better.”

Hospitality and Tourism major Hongqui Yu said the class goal is to have an audience of 600 people to learn the compression-only CPR method.

“Saving lives: that’s our mission,” Yu said.

Hines said Project Heart Start, which has a partner-ship with CNM, will send Red Cross certified profes-sional trainers for the events.

Hospitality and Tourism major Davelyn Duran said new features have been added to the event this year, including a raffle and a new community outreach portion. The drawing will be held on

Nov. 9 for a dinner package at Texas Roadhouse as well as other prizes, she said.

Hospitality and Tourism major Bobbie Huber said the project is also targeting high school students and their families for awareness.

She contacted most of the high schools near CNM’s five campuses, said Huber.

Hospitality and Tourism major Rozlyn Griego said that planning an event takes a lot of organi-zation and dedication.

“I think the hardest part was realizing that you have other people you have to work with and making sure you keep in touch with every-one so that way everyone’s on the same track,” said Griego.

Hines said the class had to find teamwork skills and collaboration skills because event planning is more detailed than some think.

There are still a few spots available for in-class hands-only CPR training, said Hines. For more infor-mation visit projectheart-startnm.org.

Event Planning Class and Project Heart Start Aims to Save Lives with Hands-Only CPR Training


Part-time BIT instructor Laura Hines discuss details of Project Heart Start event with her Event Planning students.

12 | the CNM Chronicle OctOber 30 - NOvember 5, 2012SPECIAL SERIES

“The Deal with Drugs” is a special series that looks at various aspects and issues of drugs and drug addiction.

PsychedelicsThe Deal With Drugs

Look for These Topics in Upcoming Issues:

Issue 9 Issue 10 Issue 11 Issue 12

If students, faculty or staff members have suggestions or comments about any of the topics, contact Stefany at [email protected].

Marijuana MushroomsPeyoteEcstasyAcid

MethSpeed

Issue 13CocaineCrack

Issue 16Bath SaltsSpice

Issue 14Heroin

Issue 15CigarettesAlcohol

Pills

By Stefany OlivasManaging Editor

Psychedelics are a clas-sification of drugs that have mind-altering effects because they

affect the brain chemistry easily, said Director of Nursing Programs Diane Evans-Prior.

Psychedelics can alter neural transmission and cause visual or auditory hallucinations, she said.

“It’s that they change the perceptions. Visually, the colors seem brighter, your sensations feel intense. Some people will report that the experience is like synesthesia, where people will smell music or hear color,” she said.

An experience can be posi-tive or negative. Taking peyote is almost always associated with heavy vomiting, she said. If someone takes the drug on a whim and has depression or anxiety, the psychedelic trip can make the effects of the disorder worse, she said.

“A lot of people who are pursuing this are looking for

something to stop the pain, something to make them forget their bad lives. Often times it is considered a bad trip when the hallucinations end up being very terrifying,” she said.

There are also instances of users having good psychedelic trips, and the popularity of this type of drug is re-emerging in

an unexpected way.“There are some psychedel-

ics that are used in meditation in Central America, and South America. Well-established people who have some money take trips down there to expe-rience these psychedelic medi-tations, and they’re finding that the overall experience is very

healing,” she said. Nutrition major Lorenzo

Ascoagea said he is on the fence about the use of psychedelics.

These types of drugs alter the state of mind and it is hard to tell how much of the user’s true personality is still there during a trip, he said.

He has also seen studies in which psychedelics are used to treat people with certain mental disorders.

“Some things I’ve watched say it can help with psycho-logical problems with certain people, so it’s good and bad for me,” he said.

Evans-Prior said that, in conjunction with heavy therapy, psychedelics like LSD are starting to be used for disorders such as anxiety or depression because the participant can have a more active role in the treatment.

“The psychedelic experi-ence tends to be on a much more lucid side. They do tend to cause people to let go a little bit and some people might be more inclined to let some of those walls down to talk about

those issues,” she said. “It’s not like alcohol where your speech gets slurred and you don’t really remember things, or morphine and opiates where you’re more sleepy.”

Science major Thom Maybee said that psychedelics can be good or bad, depend-ing on people’s perspectives and what outcomes they are looking for.

There are more benefits from the use of psychedelics than negative outcomes, he said. There are dangers to certain types, but the majority of the slight chemical alterations in the brain do not outweigh the enlightenment a person can take from the experience.

“In societal merit I think they are more of a help than a hindrance. What you derive from that chemical alteration can be immensely more posi-tive than the downside biologi-cally. I definitely believe that the altered state has a negative con-notation about it,” said Maybee.

He said he has had several experiences with psychedel-ics in the past 10 to 20 years, and some of them were bad in the beginning, but have since always been positive.

“I’ve had bad experiences in the beginning but those bad experiences enlightened me into more meaningful expe-riences later on after the hindsight,” he said.

Prior-Evans said a psy-chedelic that can be found locally is Artemisia, other-wise known as wormwood, whict has been used by the Native American population for religious ceremonies.

There was a time when wormwood was being used by teenagers and young adults in an irresponsible manner and the outcome was not always a good psy-chedelic trip, she said.

“It’s one of the sage plants here. It has been used by the Native population because it is very mind alter-ing. There was a time here when some teenagers were using it, and if you’re just doing this willy nilly it could be deadly,” she said.

It is important to have proper education on drugs and their effects because when a substance starts to cross into the central nervous system, it

can be very dangerous, she said. “The person who is seek-

ing it to become insightful for healing, under the right circumstances and processes, could actually achieve that. Unfortunately that’s the minimum. Most people want to see the walls move, and that becomes really danger-ous,” she said.

Those who use psychedelic drugs for spiritual or medici-nal purposes usually do so very carefully but even under the most controlled circumstances, their use can be very dangerous.

“They know how much to take, they know how to pre-pare it, how to consume it. It has got to be used very cau-tiously,” she said.

Experiencing psychedelics outside of the practitioner realm, spiritual leaders included, is dangerous because when money is the motivator to distribute the drugs, the user cannot know if it has been cut with a dangerous substance, she said.

“People are unscrupulous and they don’t care. It might be cut with something that looks like it or tastes like it — any-thing from Dran-O to baking soda,” she said.

Christopher Pope contributed to this article.

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