0001| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0002| ASSURING, AFFIRMING, STRONGLY SUGGESTING THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF
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0003| THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PERPETUATE THE CONTINUATION OF THE
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0004| AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENT SERVICES, EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA STUDENT
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0005| SERVICES, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT SERVICES, THE WOMEN'S RESOURCE
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0006| CENTER AND THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, KNOWN FOR
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0007| THEIR ETHNIC, CULTURE-BASED, CIVIC AND SOCIAL STUDENT SERVICES AT THE
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0008| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO.
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0009|
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0010| WHEREAS, the legislature celebrates and supports New Mexico's
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0011| diversity, and acknowledges that ethnic and racial diversity
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0012| contributes to academic excellence and enhances classroom discourse;
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0013| and
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0014| WHEREAS, African-American student services, American Indian
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0015| student services, el centro de la raza, the women's resource center
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0016| and the New Mexico public interest research group have been on the
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0017| campus for many years serving the interests and aspirations of the
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0018| student population; and
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0019| WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico graduates more minority
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0020| students than any other university in the state, including the highest
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0021| student enrollment of ethnic, minority and women at a four-year
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0022| research institution in the nation; and
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0023| WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico actively applies for and
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0024| receives from the United States department of education the status of
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0025| minority institution to benefit it for federal funding exclusive to
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0001| this category of higher education institution; and
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0002| WHEREAS, tuition pays for services for all people; and
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0003| WHEREAS, ethnic-, culture-, minority-, gender-based, civic and
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0004| social student services are essential to the academic mission of the
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0005| university of New Mexico in preparing New Mexicans beyond the year
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0006| 2000;
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0007| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
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0008| NEW MEXICO that the board of regents of the university of New Mexico
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0009| affirm to maintain ethnic-, culture-, minority-, gender-based, civic
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0010| and social student service departments; and
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0011| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0012| transmitted to the members of the board of regents of the
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0013| university of New Mexico.
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