April 2, 2008
Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Tuesday, April 1 include stories about:* UNM Students on Trial for Damaging Mexican Flag
* Lobos Release 2008 Football Schedule
* Alford Signs Three Year Extension
* UNM Releases RFP to Upgrade Security in Utility Tunnels2 KASA 9:00 PM
THE TRIAL OF A UNM STUDENT ACCUSED OF TEARING UP A MEXICAN FLAG ON CAMPUS LAST YEAR. RESUMES TOMORROW. THE 30-YEAR-OLD IS FACING A CHARGE OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BUT THE CASE HAS RACIAL UNDERTONES AS WELL. NEWS 13'S MICHAEL HERZENBERG IS LIVE IN THE NEWSPLEX WITH THE STORY. A LATINO STUDENT GROUP SAY IT WAS AN ACT OF RACISM, SOMETHING THE DEFENDANT DENIES. HE ALSO DENIES HE'S GUILTY OF DAMAGING PROPERTY. YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR 30 YEAR OLD PETER LYNCH TORE UP THE MEXICAN FLAG FLYING ON UNM'S CAMPUS SAYING IT WAS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMERICAN FLAG. IT TURNED OUT LATER THAT THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS NOT FLYING BECAUSE OF A COMMUNICATION SNAFU WITH R-O-T-C CADETS. HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS THE AIRFORCE VETERAN TRIED THE ALERT PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROBLEM.. BUT BECAUSE LYNCH SAYS NO ONE WAS DOING ANYTHING -- HE FELT HE HAD TO DESTROY THE FLAG.. "HE WILL ALSO TELL YOU NO ONE TOOK RESPONSIBILITY. HE WILL TELL YOU TO INSURE THAT THAT FLAG DID NOT FLY AGAIN UNACCOMPANIED HE DESTROYED IT ." AT THE END OF THE CASE IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY WE'RE JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO FIND HIM GUILTY IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE DISPUTED THAT HE RIPPED THAT FLAG. THE PROSECUTION RESTED TODAY AND THE DEFENSE DECIDED NOT TO PUT LYNCH ON THE STAND. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING. BACK TO YOU.. THANKS MICHAEL. CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY IS A PETTY MISDEMEANOR. IF CONVICTED LYNCH COULD GET A MAXIMUM OF THREE MONTHS IN JAIL AND A ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE
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THE LOBOS RELEASE THEIR 2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. THEIR WILL BE CHALLENGES RIGHT AWAY. THE LOBOS WILL ALSO ENJOY GOOD TELEVISION EXPOSURE WITH FOUR NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAMES. THIS IS ONLY PART OF THE 12 GAME SCHEDULE. THE FIRST THREE GAMES ARE NATIONALLY TELEVISED. THE LOBOS DON'T GET ANOTHER NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME UNTIL THEY PLAY AIR FORCE OCTOBER 23RD. THE CHERRY AND SILVER START WITH MOUNTAIN WEST RIVAL TCU FOLLOWED BY TEXAS A&M AND ARIZONA. THE WILDCATS WILL BE MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE IN ALBUQUERQUE SINCE 1990. SPRING FOOTBALL STARTS FOR THE LOBOS NEXT THURSDAY. COACH LONG AND UNM VICE PRESIDENT FOR ATHLETICS PAUL KREBS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR LONG. WE WILL HEAR FROM BOTH MEN TONIGHT AT TEN. BOTH TEAMS HAVE SIX WINS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER THIS SEASON.
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LOBOS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH STEVE ALFORD HAS SIGNED A THREE YEAR EXTENSION CONTRACT. THE EXTENSION DOESN'T CARRY A PAY RAISE, BUT DOES GUARANTEE ALFORD HIS NEARLY MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR SALARY THRU THE 2015-16 SEASON: ALFORD JUST COMPLETED HIS FIRST YEAR WITH THE LOBOS, GUIDING THEM TO A THIRD PLACE FINISH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WITH ELEVEN WINS AND FIVE LOSSES, AND AN OVERALL RECORD OF 24 AND NINE.
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PATRIOTISM OR VANDALISM.. THAT'S THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF A JURY.. A STUDENT RIPPED DOWN A MEXICAN FLAG LAST FALL ON THE UNM CAMPUS.. HE CLAIMED HE DID IT BECAUSE AN AMERICAN FLAG WASN'T FLYING NEXT TO IT. BUT OTHER PEOPLE SAY IT WAS AN ACT OF RACISM JEREMY JOJOLA HAS BEEN IN THE COURTROOM THIS AFTERNOON.. HE JOINS US WITH THE LATEST ON THE TRIAL. AT THIS CENTER OF THIS TRIAL---PETER LYNCH---A MILITARY VETERAN--- WHO RIPPED UP A MEXICAN FLAG--- BUT BEHIND HIS CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY CHARGE IS SOMETHING MORE--- AN ACT OF SYMBOLISIM.. HOW THAT SYMBOLISIM IS INTERPRETED BY THE JURY IS WHAT IS AT STAKE.. THE QUESTION: IS PETER LYNCH A PATRIOT OR IS HE A CRIMINAL FOR TEARING UP THAT MEXICAN FLAG .. PROSECUTERS OPENED UP THE TRIAL TODAY SAYING LYNCH SHOULD BE FOUND GUILTY OF DESTORYING PROPERTY-- THE FLAG BELONGED TO THE UNIVERSITY GROUP CALLED EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA---A GOUP THAT HAS ACCUSED LYNCH OF A HATE CRIME, AND OF BEING A RACIST. LYNCH'S ATTORNEY SAID THE MEXICAN FLAG FLEW BY ITSELF FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT THE AMERICAN FLAG ON CAMPUS---AND THAT LYNCH GOT THE RUN AROUND WHEN HE DEMANDED IT BE TAKEN DOWN. AFTER THE FLAG WAS RIPPED, LYNCH TOOK IT TO AN AIRFORCE ROTC BUILDING---- THE COMMANDER OF THE BULDING, WHO CALLED POLICE THAT DAY, WAS THE FIRST WITNESS TO TESTIFY. AS WE SPEAK HERE OUTSIDE THE COURT HOUSE---THE TRIAL CONTINUES WITH MORE WITNESS TESTIFYING BEFORE A JURY OF SIX PEOPLE---- IT'S POSSIBLE THIS TRIAL---OVER A MISDEMEANOR----COU LD CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. LIVE DOWNTOWN, JJ EYEN4.
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THE LOBOS START THE SEASON WITH A CONFERENCE GAME AT HOME AGAINST TCU. THEN IT'S TEXAS A&M COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE . FOLLOWED BY ARIZONA . THE LOBOS ONLY HAVE TO LEAVE THE STATE ONCE THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THE LOBOS FIRST THREE GAMES WILL BE NATIONALLY TELEVISED ON VERSUS AND CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK . THE LOBOS ARE COMING OFF THEIR FIRST BOWL WIN SINCE 1961. LAST YEAR'S TEAM WON NINE GAMES. HEAD COACH ROCKY LONG SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S A STRETCH TO SAY THIS IS THE MOST CHALLENGING SCHEDULE HE'S HAD IN HIS TIME AT UNM.
THE LOBO BASEBALL TEAM IS FACING THEIR TOUGHEST OPPONENT OF THE SEASON TONIGHT. THE LOBO PLAY THE ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES IN AN EXHIBITION GAME . PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT GO TO THE UNM BASEBALL PROGRAM.
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UNM IS GOING TO UPGRADE SECURITY FOR THE SEVERAL MILES OF UTILITY TUNNELS THAT RUN UNDER THE CAMPUS. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE VARIOUS DOORS AND ACCESS POINTS TO THE TUNNELS. THE HOPE IS THAT THE SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS WILL LIMIT WHO GOES IN AND OUT OF THEM. THERE'S EVEN TALK OF INSTALLING CAMERAS TO BETTER MONITOR THE ENTRANCE POINTS. OBVIOUSLY THE SECURITY OF OUR UTILITY SYSTEM IS PARAMOUNT IS TO OUR CAMPUS.. AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE CAMPUS AS WELL. WE ASKED IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC REASON FOR THE SECURITY UPGRADES. OFFICIALS TOLD US THE UNIVERSITY JUST WANTS TO KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY. AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW -- THE UNIVERSITY IS TAKING BIDS.
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THE LOBOS FACING THE ISOTOPES. ALBUQUERQUE'S TRIPLE-A BALLCLUB. THE TOPES START THE SEASON ON THE ROAD LATER THIS WEEK.. THEY GOT THE BATS WARM. TAGG BO-ZAYD DRIVES ONE TO CENTERFIELD. THAT SCORED ALEXIS GOMEZ. ==== THE LOBOS SAVED A LITTLE FACE. BRANDON HEWITT STRIKES OUT CHASE LAMBIN. AS EXPECTED, THE TOPES WIN THIS ONE THREE-NOTHING.