ENMU STADIUM VOTE TO EXCLUDE PART-TIME STUDENTS

PORTALES, N.M. (AP) Only full-time Eastern New Mexico University students will decide the fate of a proposed $8 million football stadium to be built on campus. But Portales News-Tribune reports that some part-time ENMU students want a voice, especially since they also will have to pay toward the stadium construction. ENMU Student Body President Justin Aguilar says the student government has been flooded with inquiries on why part-time students aren't allowed to vote.

Last month, ENMU President Steven Gamble said the school needs help from students to fund a new football stadium on campus.

Gamble said the board of regent could have increased fees for the stadium without a student vote but felt it was only fair to receive full-time student input since students would pay for half of the bill.