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He released a lengthy "letter of concern" detailing waste and financial failings by the regents and Shepard, president of Western for 13 years. Maestas' staff found $149,000 in purchases from July 2018 through June 2023 did not comply with university regulations. This included a purchase of more than $17,000 by Shepard of furnishings for the president's official residence. The auditor's investigators said Western employees also skirted rules or policies on $214,000 in travel expenses during the same period. Publicly funded international travel was commonplace for Shepard, his wife Valerie Plame, and certain regents and university employees. Shepard and the regents authorized 47 different trips to 12 different countries in roughly the same five years reviewed by the auditor. Travelers journeyed to Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, Serbia, Spain and Zambia. Mary Hotvedt, chairwoman of Western's board of regents, told me the school has made changes to comply with internal and state financial regulations. Her tone was conciliatory, a change from last spring when she wouldn't take questions, instead referring me to the university's publicity department. Shepard didn't respond this week to a request for comment. In a campus speech 11 months ago, he said, "I'm very proud of every dollar we spent on international students." Expenditures on students appear to be different from publicly funded international travel for Shepard himself, his wife and regents. Western listed its enrollment this fall at more than 3,600. Approximately 70 students are from foreign countries. Nearby Mexico is the biggest source of international students. The mess at Western should inspire immediate and long-term reforms, starting with finances. One man emailed me this week to say he read and reread all of The New Mexican's coverage about Western's misspending of public money. He was struck by an omission. "I didn't see the word 'reimbursement.' Do you think I might in future writings?" he asked. Absent a criminal case, restitution won't happen. Western's regents and Shepard have always closed ranks. That's all the more reason the regents must resign. As for the bigger picture, state lawmakers can point to waste at Western and alleged sexual assaults by former male basketball players at New Mexico State University as flashpoints for change. NMSU paid $8 million to two players who said they were sexually assaulted by teammates. The regents at New Mexico State sat idly as the outgoing chancellor handed a hefty raise and a contract extension to the athletic director. New Mexico's governor nominates regents. The state Senate almost always confirms them. Rarely is any nominee asked a hard question. Campaign contributors and people in certain social tiers often are installed as regents. Many know nothing about overseeing a university. Political pals also have an inside track on becoming regents. Then-Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, nominated conservative Carl Foster to be a regent of New Mexico Highlands University, even though Foster was suing that same school. The Senate Rules Committee for a change showed gumption by refusing to consider Foster's nomination. A year later, though, senators confirmed Foster as a regent of Western. His hearing was perfunctory. No question of substance was asked. Foster's six years as a regent ended in 2021. In sum, governors nominate anyone they like to be regents. There are no qualifications. A better system would be to elect university regents. At least then they would have to answer to the public. Rather than having a board of regents for each university, New Mexico should switch to two super panels. One nine-member board could oversee all the research universities. Nine other regents could supervise the regional universities. Shifting to elections would require an amendment to the state constitution, a difficult but worthy chore. A majority of legislators in each chamber would have to place the proposed amendment on the statewide ballot. There's nothing to lose. In the bubble of the Capitol, governors and senators decided who would oversee Western and New Mexico State University. Voters might do better. They couldn't do worse. Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at msimonich@sfnewmexican.com or 505-986-3080.

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