The Chase

Issue date: 3/8/10 Section: News

"The dogs are awesome. They're a great symbol of the school and I like the names."

In a recent visit to the eastern edge of the state, gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici, Jr. paid a visit to Eastern New Mexico University. Domenici's campaign holds strong conservative platforms and hopes ENMU students will be involved in the upcoming race.

Domenici wanted to see significant institutions and familiarize himself with the resources and the activities going on in Eastern New Mexico, so he paid a visit to ENMU.

ENMU left many positive impressions in the eyes of the gubernatorial candidate. He noted that the Communication Department was very impressive, acknowledging the high level of technology, the amount of hands on student involvement, and the program's overall contribution to the region.

Domenici said, "The campus, architecture, art, and the buildings all looked like a beautiful facility for Eastern New Mexico."

"It's a well integrated campus and a very nice place for students to go to school and have a variety of programs that function and compete at the national level," Domenici expressed about ENMU.

Domenici also got to meet some ENMU students, including President's Ambassadors, hound-handlers, and others. He was impressed that all of the students he met really seemed to represent the school with an exceptional manner; and there was a very positive spirit of learning and also the pride of the institution.

Domenici's campaign begun because he was concerned that over the last 8 years, New Mexico's state government has not been focused on the public good or the public interest.

In regards to ensuring that students at ENMU would still have funding to get their educations Domenici said that, "education is a high priority for the state government of New Mexico because the state is primarily responsible for funding both basic and higher education… education and higher education will remain a top priority and we will have to do everything we can to make sure that top priorities get funded."

To do this, he said that non-educational projects could be spread out and done at different times to accommodate the strain on funding.

Secondly, in the case of the current economic down, Domenici said what he would do in order to help small towns and rural areas would concern jobs. He said the economy and jobs are, "critical for the whole state's economy. Through the governor's office, we need to value and maintain the existing job base."

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