THURSDAY,APRIL 6, 2017 Inside: 75¢ STEM program reaching out — Page 2A Vol. 89 ◆ No. 5 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com Candidate grilled on arts, retention ❏ Charles Crespy of Michigan third to be interviewed at ENMU. By Alisa Boswell MANAGING EDITOR
[email protected] PORTALES — The third candi- date for Eastern New Mexico University president as he was greeted with concerns surround- ing fine arts, liberal arts, retention and more. After giving a brief introduction Staff photo: Tony Bullocks of himself in which he shared an extensive background in New One member of the train crew was transported to the hospital, but there were no fatalities in the crash on Melrose's east side. Mexico and Texas, including four degrees from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Charles Crespy of Michigan answered questions from faculty members Wednesday afternoon. No fatalities “As we’re looking at them (the state) shifting the way they’re using gen. eds. (general education requirements) or the way they’re viewing a college degree, what we’re seeing is the humanity pro- in Melrose grams are suffering, not just in terms of people not taking the same amount of gen eds, but stu- dents not even knowing what degrees in certain areas mean,” said Liberal Arts Department train crash Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Chair Carol Erwin. “I’m wonder- ❏ Witness: ‘I thought attempting to cross the tracks. The accident occurred just before 10 a.m. when a train struck a ing what your philosophy is but Witnesses described hearing a semi-tractor attempting to cross the tracks.