UNM to move forward with on-campus residency requirement

Students would be allowed to live with family members within 30 miles of the university, and they could get out of dorm living if it would pose an "undue hardship" — financial or otherwise.

Some students, including 19-year-old Danielle Kirven, a senator with ASUNM and a member of the Black Student Alliance, the student government, believe the university should implement the change more slowly.

"A lot of our students who live on campus have voiced a sense of feeling out of place or frustration that comes with always having to explain themselves, which can contribute to a lack of engagement and negative performance academically," Kirven said, saying a slower adoption of the program would assuage some of those feelings.