By Jamison Wagner

Staff Reporter Citing sources for

an academic paper can be difficult at times, and students can find themselves needing assistance on appro-priate sources for any given topic or course, said Stephanie Avila, Nursing major.

Some resources available in addition to the CNM library database are the free tutoring services

provided on campus. Most teachers can help with resources during office hours.

One of the chal-lenges that Avila faces is the English class she is attend-ing this semester that requires sources be from the data-base administered by CNM, she said.

“Sometimes I cannot find things in there and then I am like, ‘Oh no!’ This can be really frustrat-ing for me,” said Avila.

Students shouldn’t use Wikipedia because the website is not a recommended source and just about anyone has access to edit the website which it is not peer reviewed said Xing Yu, English instructor.

“Wikipedia pages can be good for start-ing a search, but the writer of the page could be biased. Therefore, his or her selection of the cited material to back up the page may be biased

as well,” she said. In order to find

good resources for citations, students should use the many databases available on campus, she said. Google Scholar is also a resource but can show sites that charge for cited source materials. Research Gate is a science-based search engine that students can sign up for to find peer-reviewed arti-cles with, she said.

One of the resources CNM has that students can

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The rejection of romance and the tough luck of job hunting pounds the screen for a dark comedy screen play, said Jonathan Cottrell, former Liberal Arts major.

Cottrell is one of the producers of

“WelcomeMatt” and chief lighting designer and co-writer for the film. He said the film takes a humorous look at life’s awkward and often dreadful moments in love and job opportunities.

“ ‘WelcomeMat t ’ started out as a bunch of stories and

anecdotes that one of my friends and also the executive pro-ducer came up with over the years so it’s all of the funny and messed up things that happen on dates and job interviews and we all kind of jumped on it and the end prod-uct turned out to be this dark comedy about romance and job hunting and rejec-tion and how all of it can bleed together and make somebody question their sanity,” Cottrell said.

‘WelcomeMatt’ is scheduled to begin shooting in the last two weeks of August and continue into September. It is

expected to be fin-ished around March 2014 and pre-pro-duction of the film is underway and near-ing its completed stage, he said.

“We have the story boarded; we’ve got locations locked down. For the pro-duction itself we’re ready to go. All we need to do is buy insurance for the production and make sure we can pay our skilled actors. We’re ready to roll,” he said.

After much debate and time among the producers and the director, the title of

“Welcome Matt” Student Movie

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Website that charges for cited source materials:

• http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-search-complete

By Daniel MontañoStaff ReporterCNM is rolling out

a program aimed at improving the way situ-ations on campus involv-ing people with mental health problems are han-dled, Psychology instruc-tor Jim Johnson said.

The program is a 12-hour certifica-tion course on mental health first aid—the first of its kind at CNM –that educates participants on how to properly identify and respond to people with mental illnesses and substance abuse prob-lems, Johnson said.

The course focuses on educating

participants how some common mental dis-orders, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, sub-stance abuse disorders and psychosis, affect people. Johnson hopes that with an under-standing of what the person is going through a responder will be better prepared to help that person, he said.

“There needs to be someone who can rec-ognize these problems in the early stages because they can develop into life-long problems if they’re not recognized. So, with training, we can assist them in get-ting some kind of help or care early in their

mental health problem,” he said.

The program will be offered once a semes-ter and will be open to anyone in the CNM community, but faculty and staff will have pri-ority, Johnson said.

“It’ll be offered at least once a semester, maybe here (at Main campus) or maybe at Montoya and Westside campuses. It’ll be open first of all to staff, instructors, security and then stu-dents if they want to go,” he said.

Johnson and the Dean of Students, Dr.

New mental health first aid training offered to staff and students

ALGEEAssess for risk of suicide or harmListen nonjudgmentallyGive reassurance and informationEncourage appropriate professional helpEncourage self-help and other support strategies

What Is Mental Health First Aid?• Help offered to a person developing a mental health problem or experi-

encing a mental health crisis.

• Given until appropriate treatment and support are received or until the crisis resolves.

• Not a substitute for counseling, medical care, peer support or treat-ment.

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ECOS Accepting New Members

The Executive Council of Students is accepting new members.

ECOS meets every Friday at 4 p.m. in ST12-A.

For more information email smartos@cnm.edu.

Student Film Club Looking for New Members

DAT, a student film group, has just formed and is looking for new members.

Students interested in making films are welcome. Students do not have to be in the film program to participate.

Email Madison Coss at 11mcoss@gmail.com for more information.

Westside, Rio Rancho Writing Group Meets to Share Writing, 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 the one-hour meeting time doing short writing exercises and sharing their work with each other.

Everyone who writes or loves writing is invited to attend. Writers of all genres are welcome. For more information contact Rebecca Aronson at raronson@cnm.edu

Fun classes for the summer

Want to impress your friends and colleagues about how to use your iPad? Do you want to learn more than the basics about your iPad? The Workforce Training Center is offering Introduction to the iPad Friday June 28th from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. The class is only $49, but is filling up quickly. Be

sure to enroll soon to guarantee a place!

Law Access New Mexico Offers Free Individual Consultations

Low income CNM students who have legal issues or questions have a free civil legal service available to them.

CNM has contracted with Law Access New Mexico for the provision of legal services to CNM students who fall within 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.

Students may call Law Access directly – 998-4529 and identify themselves as CNM students; or Students may contact a Connect Achievement Coach to sign up for on-campus individual consultations.

Law Access Attorney Sandi Gilley comes to each campus twice a month to meet with students in need of legal assistance.

For more information about this free program, contact Law Access, NM directly at 998-4529 or speak to Connect Achievement Coach Chioma Heim at 224-4080.

Join Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Upsilon Chi chapter honor society is looking for new members.

Phi Theta Kappa supports the Community College Completion Challenge by providing resources and encouraging members to stay in school and complete their degree or certificates.

There is a yearly membership fee. PTK offers many sources to excel in college and future careers.

The organization holds meetings once a month and requires members to maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher. To learn more or to attend informational meetings go to ptk.org.

Free Bus and Parking Passes

Current students qualify for a free general parking pass and AbqRide bus pass. The passes can be obtained at the Main campus Student Activities Office.

Name, schedule, and student ID number are required.

For a general parking pass vehicle and drivers liscense information must be provided.

To register the online parking system for the free general parking sticker log-in to myCNM and follow links from the “transportation” section.

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Job Connection Services invites CNM students and graduates to attend free Employability Workshops

At Main (SSC-207) and Montoya (TW-105) campuses. Presented in two 45-minutes sessions, the workshops focus on resumé writing strategies and offer tips and pointers for answering job interview questions effectively.

Registration is easy!

1. Go to: https://cnm-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php

2. Follow directions to sign-into your Symplicity account3. Click on the “Events” tab4. Click on title of workshop you wish to attend5. Click on the “RSVP” boxYou’re done! You will receive a confirmation email.For more information: 224-3060.

Veterans College Achievement Network (Veterans CAN)

Working directly with CNM’s VetSuccess on Campus program, Veterans CAN is a near-peer AmeriCorps program designed to offer critical supports to stduent veterans and their dependents. The program offers specific, individualized gidance related to veteran benefits such as the GI Bill, transferring and appealing college credits, tutoring, housing, and/or any additional support you need to be a successful student.

AmeriCorps member Nicholas Aragon is located in the Student Acativites Office at CNM’s main campus: (505) 224-4342 t_naragon@cnm.edu Stop in today!

Vortex Theatre’s newest production

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The performance, which will be held June 27 through July 14, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm, will run $18 for general admission and only $12 for students. All Thursday shows will be $12

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4 | The CNM Chronicle July 2, 2013SPECIAL EVENT

2012 Skills U.S.A. national leadership and skills competition

Mike Rowe on Skills USABy Daniel Johnson

Investigative ReporterThere are many ways to influ-

ence the definition of a good job within conversations among people today that no one truly knows what a good job is anymore, but Skills USA members are ahead of the game, said Mike Rowe, Host of the Discovery Channel series “Dirty Jobs.”

Bridge workers, salt miners, pig farmers and window washers are all trades that are doing well and should be considered good jobs, he said.

Unlike so many of the rest of the countries workers, participants of Skills USA get it, he said. The people who can work at perfecting a trade are the people who have the ability to do well for themselves, he said.

“It made me realize that we as a country need to sit down and have a big grown up conversation on the way people look at work and think

Wanting no more then to place within the top ten of the Skills USA Nationals Competition for welding sculpture Lesia Luviano, Transportation Technology and Metals

Technology major was surprised to place second and take home the silver.

Now that the compe-tition is over and the silver medal is hers now she

feels like it went too fast and was over in the blink of an eye, she said.

“I received recogni-tion for the work that I did and I was happy to be on that podium with a silver medal,” she said.

The sculpture entered she entered into the competition consisted of the base, 12 roses with stems and a hummingbird, she said.

The whole sculp-ture was made using welding techniques and equipment, she said.

The competition involved a question and answer interview with four judges and

then four different judges scored the sculpture she had made, she said.

Some of the questions that were asked were what the process was to

create the sculpture, and anything that should have been done differently in the creation of the sculp-ture, as well as things that related to the work that was involved to create the sculpture, she said.

“The estimated amount of time taken to create the sculpture was 250 hours of labor exclud-ing the actual portfolio that I had to make and present,” Luviano said.

The portfolio Luviano provided consisted of pictures of the process of cre-ating the sculpture from start to finish, she said.

The sculpture for nationals has to be the exact same sculpture that was submitted for the state competition, and the only thing that one would be allowed

to change is the portfo-lio, she said.

Adding written entries to the portfolio on what the processes were to create the sculpture which was the only thing that needed to be read-justed for the national competition, she said.

“I wanted the judges to be able to understand the time and hard work I had to put into the making of the sculpture,” Luviano said.

The hardest part of the competition process is creating the idea and getting the sculpture done while taking the time to make sure it looks good, she said.

“I wanted to make sure that I was happy with my creation,” she said.

The ability to over-come and persevere in the face of pressure is

something that she will utilize for the rest of her life, she said.

Skills USA was great motivation to keep the focus and stay in school, she said.

Students should get involved in skills because it challenges them and allows them to see where they are at in the trade they are studying, she said.

“Skills USA allows students to test them-selves on a national stage with people that are studying and practicing to be the same thing I am,” Luviano said.

PHOTO BY DANIEL JOHNSON

Lesia Luviano placed silver at the Skills USA Nationals in the welding Competition

Silver Medalist Lesia LuvianoPhoto by Daniel Johnson

Mike Rowe, of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” speaks at the Skills USA competition about what it is to be a Skill USA member.

Skills USA 49 annual National Leadership and Skills ConferenceJune 22 to 28 in Kansas City Mo. students from CNM competed for national level awards in their fields of study. “Skills USA is a partnership of students,

teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce, Skills USA helps all students excel in their training programs and future technical, skilled and service careers, including health occupations. Nationally, Skills USA serves more than 300,000 high school and college/postsecondary students and their chapter advisors who are professional members,” according to SkillsUSA Champions at Work.

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2012 Skills U.S.A. national leadership and skills competition

Mike Rowe on Skills USAof ways to change the conversation on a systemic level,” he said.

A family, group of friends, neighbors, and so many others need to think proactively about specific ways to move the needle and close the gap, Rowe said.

“The travels that I’ve done with “Dirty Jobs” have let me hear from people across the country how hard it is to find individuals who are willing to put in the time to practice, learn and perfect a skill or trade,” Rowe said.

By definition, it is hard to find people who are will-ing to put forth the same effort that a Skills USA member does, he said.

One of the sayings that people use in abun-dance is to work smart not hard, and that phrase has become the title of books and the subject of discussion at efficiency seminars, he said.

“I think that work smart not hard is more than a stupid cliché, it is the worst advice in the world and I think the country took that saying and believed that people could find success by working smart instead of working hard,” Rowe said.

This phrase came about in 1979 because colleges needed something to get more students to enroll and par-ticipate in secondary education and it worked, but some interesting things happened along the way for the next 30 or 40 years he said.

Vocational education classes like auto shop, wood shop and metal shop all seemed to start disappearing

from high schools, he said.“I believe Skills USA and the students who participate

have officially become the connective tissue for those vocational trades because society lost interest in those trades somewhere along the way,” Rowe said.

Years go by and people line up to get into college because it is the best way to succeed, but is that really the case right now in this country? He said.

Right now there are a lot of people who have a four year degrees who cannot find jobs, he said.

Billions more have some kind of a four year degree, but are working in a field that has nothing to do with the degree they earned, Rowe said.

Worst of all there are a lot of people who paid a lot of money for a four year degree and ended up in debt, he said.

The country is giving money that it does not have in the form of loans to students who will never be able to pay it back in order to educate themselves for a job that no longer exists, he said.

“That is the definition of what I call Profoundly Disconnected,” Rowe said.

Rather than thank, praise and congratulate all the Skills USA members that are currently out there he would like to ask them to help him change the worst advice in the world, he said.

Changing the way America thinks about good jobs, and that the country was not only built on brains but

brawn as well, he said.To “Work Smart and Hard,” said Rowe. There are millions of Americans are out there and

they do not understand the value that Skills USA mem-bers bring to the table with the education they receive and the training they get in vocational fields, he said.

The country does not understand the value of jobs that have been featured on the Dirty Jobs series, and that is why the country is profoundly disconnected from a couple of fundamental truths, he said.

“I don’t think that I can close the skills gap, but I do know that change will never happen

unless we alter the fundamental conversation that is going on right now,” he said.

If students put this information out there then maybe the country will realize that it needs to work smart and hard, he said.

This is still the greatest country in the world but it is because of people that are willing to make those changes, he said.

“It is the greatest country because of students like Skills USA members who are willing to put in the time to learn and perfect a specific vocational job, students like the ones here at this event,” said Rowe.

PHOTO BY DANIEL JOHNSON

Silver and gold medals won my CNM students at Skills USA

By Daniel JohnsonInvestigative

ReporterNow that Skills

USA has come and gone it will be an experi-ence and asset that will help with achieving the rest of the goals that he has put in front of him, said Solomon Hill-Burke, a Transportation Technology major and gold medalist for Extemporaneous speak-ing at the Skills USA National Competition.

The preparation for the national stage was something he never thought he would have to do, but he went on to take home the gold and repre-sent his school to the best of his ability, he said.

The competition started with a panel of judges giving the com-petitor a topic and the participant then has to write a speech on the topic in five minutes, immediately follow-ing the five minutes of writing and preparation time the competitor has to deliver the speech in a three to five minute window, he said.

“I tried to collect all of my thoughts and infor-mation and specify them towards the topic that was given to me which was leadership,” he said.

If the speech is too short or too long the competitor can lose points, he said.

The judges looks at

a competitor’s posture, composure, delivery technique and how well the topic was represented in the speech, he said.

“Before you start your judged speech you sit in a room with all of the other competitors, but instead of socializing and wasting energy talking with others I used that time to compose myself and focus almost like a meditative state to gather my thoughts and try to decide how I was going to prepare and deliver my speech,” Hill-Burke said.

The focal point of leadership for the speech to lead to the idea of how it is not just leaving a place better than it was found, but that it is more

about having courage, resiliency and faith in something greater than oneself to overcome any obstacle that is in the way, he said.

“I do this in a manner that is not necessarily smashing it down but by finding a way around it in the most efficient deci-sive and harmonious way possible,” said Hill-Burke.

Winning the gold medal could potentially be a good door opener in any other areas that Hill-Burke could choose to pursue after graduation.

Skills USA was able to help him in more than just what he competed in, and it allowed him to learn things that could be beneficial for multiple

aspects of his life, he said.Skills USA is not as

hard as it seems and it is awesome to be able to compete in the national competition, he said.

“If you find that your

goal is only to win then quit now because you just lost and my goal has always been to better myself and Skills USA has helped me to do that,” said Hill-Burke.

Gold Medalist Solomon Hill-Burke

PHOTO BY DANIEL JOHNSON

Solomon Hill-Burke placed gold in th extemporaneeous speaking competition

Skills USA 49 annual National Leadership and Skills ConferenceJune 22 to 28 in Kansas City Mo. students from CNM competed for national level awards in their fields of study. “Skills USA is a partnership of students,

teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce, Skills USA helps all students excel in their training programs and future technical, skilled and service careers, including health occupations. Nationally, Skills USA serves more than 300,000 high school and college/postsecondary students and their chapter advisors who are professional members,” according to SkillsUSA Champions at Work.

6 | The CNM Chronicle July 2, 2013STUDENT LIFE

Across1. Band known for their black and white face paint, inventive out

fits, and theatrical shows5. British band known for the song “Bohemian Rhapsody”6. Undertow was their first studio album in 19937. Band that sang “Don’t stop believing”11. 80s British band, and also fruit matter leftover after juicing a

lemon or orange12. Punk rock band that originated in Queens, New York 197413. 80s new wave band known for song “Call Me”16. Band known for the song “Low Rider” and “Why can’t we be

Friends”18. 80s band with Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins19. Canadian rock band with drummer Neil Peart20. Band formed in 1996 with lead singer Chris Martin

Down2. 90s band and the male form of a succubus3. Band formed in 1970 and has sold over 150 million albums

worldwide4. 80s hair band that could kill if ingested8. 80s British duo that sang “Sweet Dreams”9. Ska/Punk band from Long Beach, California10. Band that sang about “Buddy Holly”14. Previous 90s band with drummer Dave Grohl15. Band formed by Kurt Kobain’s widow17. Australian rock band that sang “Highway to Hell”

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Independence Week Calendar of Events July 3-6

By Adriana AvilaSenior Reporter

Fourth of July does not land on the weekend this year, and instead of dedicating one day for Independence Day celebration occasions, here is a calendar of events for five whole days of fun local events. The list below includes fireworks shows, baseball games, concerts, and other free events for students to enjoy.

Wednesday July 3What: 100.3 the Peak Free Summer Fun Roadshow at ZooWhere: ABQ Biopark Zoo 903 Tenth Street SWWhen: 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.Free admission for listeners who download passes from The Peak’s website to ABQ Biopark between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.http://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/biopark/zoo/events

Thursday July 4What: Freedom 4th annual Fourth of July CelebrationWhere: Balloon Fiesta Park 5500 Balloon Fiesta PkwyWhen: 4 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Firework show begins at 9:15 p.m.Free admission, parking $10The main stage will have local musicians throughout the day featuring national country star John Michael Montgomery, followed by one of the state’s largest fireworks displayshttp://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/things-to-do/annual-events/freedom-fourth/freedom-fourth

What: Albuquerque Isotopes vs. Iowa Cubs, Independence Day CelebrationWhere: Isotopes Park 1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez SEWhen: 6:05 p.m.Ticket prices vary from $17.25 to $19.50Also Albuquerque Isotopes vs. Iowa Cubs on July 5 at 7:05 p.m.July 6 at 7:05 p.m.July 7 at 6:05 p.m.http://www.milb.com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t342

Friday July 5What: Can’t Stop the Serenity 8 Charity Film Screening & Shindig of SerenityWhere: Kino Theatre When: 5 p.m. - Doors Open: Raffles, Merchandise, Food, and Music6 p.m. - Pre-Show: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog7:30pm - Serenity Movie 9:30pm - Shindig! Prizes, Food, Drink, Music, and FunTicket Prices are $10Proceeds go to UNM Children’s Hospital-Children’s Miracle Network and Equality Nowhttp://kimotickets.com/event/140078

What: Dirty Bourbon River Show “New Orleans Gypsy Brass Circus Rock” Where: Low Spirits 2823 2nd Street NWWhen: 9 p.m.21+ event ticket prices $8www.DirtyBourbonRiverShow.com

Saturday July 6What: Step it up Albuquerque with Mayor Berry When: 9 to 10 a.m.Where: Roosevelt Park at Coal Avenue between Spruce Street and Sycamore StreetFree and can get a free pedometer for walking while supplies lasthttp://www.stepitupabq.com/

For more events and easy links to events go to thecnmchronicle.wordpress.com

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the film was chosen to reflect the main char-acter and the struggles of his daily life, he said.

“After a little while one of them said ‘Matt’ and I said, ‘we can go for Matt.’” It fits the character and doesn’t immediately evoke some kind of emotion that we don’t want to already and there’s a line in the film where the main charac-ter says that he wants to scrub this welcome sign off of his forehead and we were like ‘WelcomeMatt.’ ‘WelcomeMatt’ is not

only a pun but also what we feel to be the strongest image in the film,” he said.

Once completed, Cottrell and com-pany hope to submit ‘WelcomeMatt’ to either the Sundance or Cannes Film Festival and to run a film circuit through-out the film community, he said.

The film is mostly financed out-of-pocket and the producers have set up a Kickstarter account in hopes of rais-ing enough money to move forward with pro-duction, Cottrell said.

“We have man-aged to put together

a lot of the cast and crew and the equip-ment that we need for the film so mostly the producers have shelled out money out of their own pockets to try to go ahead and get the film off the ground. Once we hit the wall of ‘we really don’t have any more money that we can actually pour into ourselves’ so that’s when we went ahead and started a Kickstarter,” he said.

Kickstarter is an online funding plat-form that project cre-ators can use to crowd fund creative projects

using pledges from the users.

“We’re pushing about a $1,000. Our goal on Kickstarter was $3500. The pri-mary thing was that we wanted to be conserva-tive; we only wanted to ask for as much money as we actually needed because there are a lot of deals that we worked out with our crew and actors to pay to do this project, a really cool project. A lot of people are doing this just for the love of it and that’s why I’m doing it and any one of us because we signed up for it,” he said.

The film’s Kickstarter attempt expires in about a month and the pro-ceeds will pay for some of the major expenses like produc-tion insurance as well as actor and key crew pay, he said.

“We’re all having a really good time doing this thing. A lot of us are working really hard and taking on multiple roles. We’re really doing this out of love and that’s a big thing. We have a lot of support out there and everybody’s turn-ing their heads to see

how we’re going to go ahead and do this thing,” Cottrell said.

For more informa-tion about the film, visit the “WelcomeMatt” Kickstarter page, contact Cottrell at jon@signa-lonethree.com or Lane Luper at lane@signalo-nethree.com, or visit the Signal One Three Media Facebook page.

access is located on the CNM website in Student Resources under Libraries.

The page allows a CNM student to search for books in the CNM database and if the book is available as an eBook, the student can then open and read the book or search for spe-cific words or phrases

for citation purposes. Students can

receive assistance with their English papers at the tutoring center on campus, said KC McKillip, English and writing tutor.

“We have the MLA handbook for how to cite sources here at the tutoring center, but it can be confusing at times and one of the tutors can help with that,” she said.

The most common issue students will face is plagiarism. Sometimes it is on purpose; other times it is completely by accident, she said.

“The biggest mis-take that students make is either looking at the source while writing the paper or copy/past-ing from a source and thinking, ‘I am going to rewrite that,’ and then the student forgets to do

so. That is what I see is a bigger problem than citing correctly,” she said.

Students have to be careful to avoid plagia-rism—even by acci-dent–as a student can get a zero on a paper that was written for a class if there is any pla-giarism, even if it was accidental, she said.

“Even if a student does not attribute cor-rectly, if he or she shows it was obtained from

somewhere else, that is better than not showing and trying to pretend it is the student’s own work,” she said.

One of the rec-ommended websites for learning how to cite sources prop-erly is Purdue Owl, McKillip said. Purdue Owl offers articles that cover everything from the writing process to grammar and also how to write graduate

school applications. For more informa-

tion on CNM tutoring center locations for assistance with writ-ing English papers, visit cnm.edu/depts/tutoring or go to http://www.cnm.edu/dept s/l ibra r ie s/ser-v ices-and-resources/database.html/ for a list of database sources.

Rudy Garcia instructed the pilot course of the program, which ended on June 21.Certificates were awarded to 24 members of faculty, staff and security., Johnson said.

After learning the basics of the more common mental health problems, participants were taught an action plan, which can be used when dealing with a psychiatric emer-gency, called ALGEE, an acronym for the steps of the action plan, Johnson said.

“So if somebody observes an individual that might be having a schizophrenic episode, hopefully they will think back to their ALGEE training. They can assess the situation, they can direct the person to proper resources, they can calm the person

down and so on to make the situation less volatile than it could be,” he said.

Mental health first aid is similar to tra-ditional medical first aid, in the sense that mental health first aid is not meant to be a cure for any psychi-atric conditions, but rather the first step in helping an individual get the help they need, Johnson said.

“They’re not cli-nicians. They’re not diagnosticians. This is literally first aid,” he said.

Johnson said that people with mental illness are often stig-matized or thought to be dangerous and violent, when in fact those people are deal-ing with a serious ill-ness that oftentimes cannot be controlled.

The training pro-gram addressed this by putting the par-ticipants in the shoes

of the mentally ill. Participants wore headphones that simu-lated the auditory hal-lucination of voices and sounds often heard by people with schizo-phrenia, Johnson said.

Security officer Toryn Terrell partici-pated in the training and said that the auditory hallucination exercise gave him a new appre-ciation for the struggles people with mental ill-ness go through.

“I got to be in their shoes. I got to see and understand that people with these problems are tasked with something much greater than I am,” Terrell said.

Nicholas Aragon, parking ambassador, said that the course helped him gain a new per-spective on how to deal with situations involving people that seem violent or unresponsive.

“My favorite part

was learning about mental disorders and realizing that some-body could be going though something completely different than what you think they’re going through. If someone was schizo-phrenic and hearing voices and you’re not aware of that, you could mistakenly take their actions as violent behavior,” Aragon said.

The training is focused on a proactive approach to helping people with mental illness, as opposed to the reactionary way with which mental ill-ness is so often dealt, Johnson said.

Over recent years there have been cut-backs in mental health services in nearly every state, which have caused people with mental ill-ness to be ignored;. CNM’s mental health first aid program is looking to change that

at CNM and in sur-rounding communities, Johnson said.

“Here on campus we’re trying to make sure that faculty and staff recognize any problems early on, and out in the community this is useful because you could recognize your neighbors or somebody at the gro-cery store who might be having some kind of psychiatric problem and you can do some-thing to lessen the severity of it,” he said.

Mental illness is a national problem and there are many things that need to happen in order to solve it, but programs like mental health first aid train-ing are small steps towards the larger goal of dealing with mental illness in a practical way, Johnson said.

“I think the atten-tion that is paid to mental illness comes

after a Sandy Hook shooting or some major catastrophe like that; there’s a lot of focus immediately but then it kind of dies down,” Johnson said, “ It’s being treated like a problem that’s going to go away and it’s not going to go away.”

For any help or information on coun-seling or mental health services provided at CNM, go to the Mental Health Services Office on Main campus in the SSC at Room 206 or call 505-224-3271 to set up an appointment.

To sign up for mental health first aid training next semes-ter, email Jim Johnson at jrjohnsn@cnm.edu for more information.

8 | The CNM Chronicle July 2, 2013FEATURE

PHOTO BY RENE THOMPSON

Opening banner for the 2013 Albuquerque Pride.

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Duke City Darlins parade float.

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Why Marriage Matters New Mexico float.

Pride Parade 2013By Jamison Wagner

Staff Reporter and

Rene ThompsonEditor-in-Chief Diversity and equal-

ity were in abundance as supporters of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community came together during Albuquerque’s Gay Pride Parade on Saturday, June 29. The parade started in Nob Hill and ended at the New Mexico Expo fair grounds.

Supporters and anti-gay protesters came to the event, and near the end of the parade route, pro-testers carried signs and shouted about religious blasphemy while parade goers started to block demonstrators and police from passing through, beginning on Richmond Avenue. The protesters

participation ended on Wellesley Avenue while parade observers sur-rounded the protestors, and police had to escort the anti-gay activists in the backseats of police vehi-cles away from the event.

Former CNM stu-dent Haley Bowers-Wolfe said that people were chanting “go home” to the protesters and blocked off Central Avenue completely.

“At the beginning of the parade, protesters were yelling hateful things about alternative life-styles. One protestor told a woman he was going to call (Child) Protective Services because she brought her kid to the pride parade,” she said.

Bowers-Wolfe said the people around the woman did not take that very well at all, and said she wasn’t

entirely sure what had happened.

“Everybody just kind of formed a wall, taking over the entire street. It seemed like we were taking the whole block,” she said.

Everyone seemed really furious about was happening and that the crowd noticed the protes-tors’ signs were coming down and that demonstra-tors were being hauled away, she said.

Attendees of the parade said people were cheering, clapping and high-fiving after police put protestors in already sur-rounding squad cars.

The parade itself included representatives from many groups, from LGBT organizations to churches, politicians and vendors, as well as many other organizations and a community service clean-up crew at the very end of the event.

The Pride Parade was held only three days after the Supreme Court over-turned the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which defines marriage as being between one man and one woman, and the parade attendees showed full support for the ruling.

The progress made is a step forward for the LGBT community and Cage Cowles, a parade

attendee, hopes the changes made will shake things up and marriages will be allowed here in New Mexico in a year or so, said Cowles.

“I am happy that DOMA has been over-turned as it means I and my boyfriend now have the chance to get married and we have a day set aside, which is February 18,” he said.

It is great that the community here in Albuquerque is support-ive of gays, especially at UNM, he said.

There will be oppo-sition to same-sex mar-riage here in Albuquerque, but it is important that people are allowed to be with who they want to be with said Tonya Montoya, LBGT rights supporter.

“I think Proposition 8 being overturned in California is a good starting point for change at the state level and I hope that New Mexico will allow same-sex mar-riages soon,” she said.

“This is the beginning of equal rights for every-body and people should be proud of being who they want to be,” said Montoya.

“People should not have to live up to anyone else’s stan-dards and they should not have to hide them-selves,” she said.

“I know that if it is all about love, then people should have the freedom to choose,” she said.

The future of LGBT community here is look-ing promising and it has continued to improve, said Bill Deckard, LBGT community member.

“When I started coming to the Pride Parade about 20 years ago, it was not much more than a few trucks. The parade has grown a lot and that is really good,” he said.

People will now have the right to choose and be human beings which is the way it should be, he said.

“I wish that we could have something happen with Proposition 8 being overturned here because right now people have to go to Denver or California to get mar-ried,” he said.

At this point it is great that DOMA has been overturned but now people will have to continue to fight for equality for everyone, said Laura Hurd, LBGT rights supporter.

“I have never been happier than when DOMA got overturned, and I think it was a great day for America,” she said.

LGBT-friendly poli-ticians in the parade included Michelle Lujan Grisham, Rey Garduño,

Ken Sanchez, Isaac Benton, Jason Marks, Gary King, Tim Keller, Roxanna Meyers, and many others.

L G B T- f r i e n d l y church organizations in the parade included St. Timothy’s and St. Paul’s Lutheran Churches, St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Congregation Albert, and Rising Sun Ministries. The churches and politicians were all there in support of the LGBT commu-nity in Albuquerque.

The parade ended at the New Mexico Expo Fair Grounds at 300 San Pedro Drive with activi-ties, vendors, and enter-tainment from pop singer Kat DeLuna.