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Staff health care costs on the rise

Lorena Saenz | August 29

In July, UNM’s Division of Human Resources issued a sudden change to the staff health care plan, requiring members to pay hefty out-of-pocket charges.UNM employee Tom Rolland said the changes will move UNM’s health care to a “consumerism model,” which is really just a cost-shifting measure. “To do this they have added in co-insurance, this is on top of co-pays,” he said. “It’s a new way to get more money out of the people who actually get sick or injured.”

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Mock trial no laughing matter

Lorena Saenz | August 29

UNM has its first competitive undergraduate mock trial team thanks to two comparative politics students. In last winter’s comparative politics intercession class, senior Hannah Russell and junior Terri Harwood hatched the idea of a mock trial team, which recently registered with the American Mock Trial Association to begin regional competition by February 2012. “Terri essentially brought it up to me, and I loved the idea, since I hadn’t heard of any mock trial teams on campus,” Russel said.

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Banks ordered to compensate UNM

Lorena Saenz | August 15

UNM and four other New Mexico businesses will receive monetary settlements from bid-rigging allegations. A federal investigation revealed UBS Financial Services LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC were rigging bond bids to sell bonds for less than fair market value. The banks will pay more than $1.4 million to New Mexico businesses to settle the bid-rigging claims.

Staff health care costs on the rise

Mock trial no laughing matter

Banks ordered to compensate UNM

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