l3rd_2line_no_open:Cassandra Wilson|BIOLOGY STUDENT] [l3rd_2line_no_open:Leigha Gallegos|BIOLOGY STUDENT] [l3rd_2line_no_open:Chad George|UNM STUDENT] WHEN THE WORKERS FINALLY LAY DOWN THEIR HAMMERS THE CASTETTER ADDITION WILL HAVE THREE STORIES IN IT - BUT ONLY THE SECOND STORY WILL BE FINISHED AND READY FOR BIOLOGY LABS - THE OTHER TWO WILL BE USELESS AND EMPTY - AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. [INSERT: Source: BIOLOGY STUDENT 47:55] " It makes me kind of sad that we'd start a building and not have enough money to finish it on time. Biology is important to me - it's my major - so I'd like to see it finished on time." [INSERT: Source: biology worker 41:22] " They've been working on it for a long time and everybody in the Biology Department was looking forward to it going up and being fully functional but being that it's not gonna be able to - it kind of affects the students because that's room that we should be able to use for classes." WITHOUT THE BOND MONEY THE NEXT PLACE UNIVERSITIES LOOK FOR FUNDING IS THE LEGISLATURE - BUT WITH THE STATE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BUDGET SHORTFALL HELP IS UNLIKELY. [INSERT: Source: UNM STUDENT 43:19] " It's total waste of a brand new building that only - what - one floor is gonna be used so only a few classes are gonna be able to use it as opposed to a full biology course - you know?" TOTAL COST OF A FINISHED CASTETTER ADDITION - TEN MILLION BUCKS - WITH FOUR MILLION MISSING - YOU GET JUST ONE STORY THAT'S USEABLE. THE BOND ISSUE LOST BY JUST OVER ONE THOUSAND VOTES - A TINY FRACTION OF ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTE -"/>
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NEW AT SIX, ONLY ONE THIRD OF A NEW BIOLOGY BUILDING AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO WILL BE USABLE WHEN CONSTRUCTION FINALLY WRAPS UP. STUART DYSON IS LIVE ON THE U-N-M CAMPUS WITH WHY THE JOB WON'T GET DONE. BLAME THIS ONE ON THE VOTERS - THEY SAID "NO" TO A BOND ISSUE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION - A BOND THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT 155 MILLION DOLLARS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECTS STATEWIDE - INCLUDING 4 MILLION FOR THIS ONE - THE CASTETTER HALL ADDITION. [l3rd_2line_no_open:Cassandra Wilson|BIOLOGY STUDENT] [l3rd_2line_no_open:Leigha Gallegos|BIOLOGY STUDENT] [l3rd_2line_no_open:Chad George|UNM STUDENT] WHEN THE WORKERS FINALLY LAY DOWN THEIR HAMMERS THE CASTETTER ADDITION WILL HAVE THREE STORIES IN IT - BUT ONLY THE SECOND STORY WILL BE FINISHED AND READY FOR BIOLOGY LABS - THE OTHER TWO WILL BE USELESS AND EMPTY - AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. [INSERT: Source: BIOLOGY STUDENT 47:55] " It makes me kind of sad that we'd start a building and not have enough money to finish it on time. Biology is important to me - it's my major - so I'd like to see it finished on time." [INSERT: Source: biology worker 41:22] " They've been working on it for a long time and everybody in the Biology Department was looking forward to it going up and being fully functional but being that it's not gonna be able to - it kind of affects the students because that's room that we should be able to use for classes." WITHOUT THE BOND MONEY THE NEXT PLACE UNIVERSITIES LOOK FOR FUNDING IS THE LEGISLATURE - BUT WITH THE STATE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BUDGET SHORTFALL HELP IS UNLIKELY. [INSERT: Source: UNM STUDENT 43:19] " It's total waste of a brand new building that only - what - one floor is gonna be used so only a few classes are gonna be able to use it as opposed to a full biology course - you know?" TOTAL COST OF A FINISHED CASTETTER ADDITION - TEN MILLION BUCKS - WITH FOUR MILLION MISSING - YOU GET JUST ONE STORY THAT'S USEABLE. THE BOND ISSUE LOST BY JUST OVER ONE THOUSAND VOTES - A TINY FRACTION OF ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTE -