I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Three high-ranking administrators at New Mexico State University have been caught up in a fallout over pornographic e-mails and allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting.
As reporter Martin Salazar, who has followed the story from the start, tells readers:
One college dean at New Mexico State University has resigned; a second administrator is stepping aside; and a third may be looking for work amid a controversy involving pornographic e-mails and allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. The high-level shuffle at the embattled College of Health and Social Services was announced Wednesday.
Among departing administrators:
Dean Jeffrey Brandon will step down effective Jan. 2, returning to the faculty ranks.
Stephen Anderson, head of the college’s school of social work, will step down from his administrative post but will continue his faculty appointment.
Larry Olsen— the former associate dean accused of distributing pornographic images via his school e-mail account— has lost his tenured faculty position.
