Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Tuesday, April 15 include stories about:

* Bioengineering Outreach at Dolores Gonzales Elementary
* Lobos in Spring Training for Football
* Lobo Baseball Team Loses 10-6

2 KASA 9:00 PM

THE DAYS OF LEARNING ABOUT THE HUMAN ANATOMY THROUGH PICTURES AND DRAWINGS ... ARE LONG GONE. TODAY SOME ALBUQUERQUE STUDENTS GOT A HANDS-ON LESSON ON ONE PART OF THE BODY THROUGH "BIO-ENGINEERING." THE UNM ENGINEERING FACULTY WENT TO DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY THIS MORNING WITH A LITTLE EXPERIMENT... THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN A LESSON ON THE STRUCTURE AND BIO MECHANICS OF THE HUMAN HAND... THEN THEY WERE ASKED TO PUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO GOOD USE. "TO GIVE T HEM THE HANDS ON APPLICATION AND PRACTICE OF IT THEY'RE BUILDING FINGERS, OR ARTIFICIAL FINGERS USING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THEY JUST HAD AND PUTTING INTO PRACTICE." THE STUDENTS USED BASIC MATERIALS SUCH AS PIPE CLEANERS... CHALK AND PLASTIC TIES TO MAKE THE MOVEABLE FINGERS. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO GET CHILDREN EXCITED ABOUT SCIENCE.

21:47:34 02:0

IF THE LOBOS HAVE PLENTY OF SUCCESS AT RECIEVER THIS SEASON THEY CAN THANK THEIR TWO SENIOR SHUTDOWN CORNERS. DEANDRE WRIGHT AND GLOVER QUINN ARE BACK TO TERRORIZE THE MOUNTAIN WEST AND MAKE THE YOUNG LOBO RECEIVING CORP BETTER.

4 KOB 10:00 PM

UNM'S FIRST FAMILIES OF BASKETBALL.. THE ALFORD AND THE NEALS.. TAKING IN A BALLGAME AT ISOTOPES PARK TONIGHT... LOBOS DOWN ONE EARLY... DREW MCDONALD WITH THE HIGH FLYER TO RIGHT ...BUT JON GASTON LOST IT IN THE APRIL SKY AND WIND FOR THAT MATTER... LOBOS PLATE 2 AND GO UP 3-TO-1 EARLY... BUT THE BIG BLOW WOULD COME IN THE FIFTH INNING... BAGS FULL OF WILDCATS... AND DWIGHT CHILDS WITH THE SHOT INTO THE BULLPEN... THAT'S A GRAND- SLAM... LOBOS LOSE 10-6. GAME TWO TOMORROW AT NOON. LINEBACKER IS THE ONLY POSITION ON DEFENSE UNM HEAD COACH ROCKY LONG IS WORRIED ABOUT THE LOBOS ONLY HAVE TWO STARTERS WITH ANY REAL EXPERIENCE.. LONG IS LOOKING FOR A LOT OF GUYS TO GET A LOT OF WORK IN SPRING PRACTICE THIS MONTH..

13 KRQE 12:00 PM

AS KIDS, MOST OF US LEARNED ABOUT THE HUMAN ANATOMY THROUGH SONG... YOU KNOW... THE KNEE BONE IS CONNECTED TO THE THIGH BONE... BUT TODAY SOME ALBUQUERQUE KIDS GOT A MUCH BETTER LESSON OF ONE PART OF THE BODY THROUGH "BIO- ENGINEERING." THE UNM ENGINEERING FACULTY WENT TO DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY THIS MORNING WITH A LITTLE EXPERIMENT... THE KIDS WERE GIVEN BASIC MATERIALS LIKE CHALK AND PIPE CLEANERS TO MAKE A FINGER. THE PROJECT REQUIRES THE CHILDREN TO THINK ABOUT THE PARTS OF THE FINGER AND HOW THEY WORK... IT'S DESIGNED TO GET CHILDREN EXCITED . ABOUT SCIENCE AS YOUNG AS POSSIBLE.

13 KRQE 4:00 PM

SOME KIDS AT DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY LEARNED SOME PRETTY COOL STUFF TODAY. THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN A LESSON BY THE UNM ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ON THE STRUCTURE AND BIO-MECHANICS OF THE HUMAN HAND. THEN THEY WERE ASKED TO PUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO USE. THE KIDS WERE GIVEN BASIC MATERIALS LIKE CHALK AND PIPE CLEANERS TO MAKE A FINGER. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO GET CHILDREN EXCITED ABOUT SCIENCE. "NOT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES OF GOING TO GRAD SCHOCHANCE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TOGETHER." THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT. GRAD STUDENTS GO TO SEVERAL ALBUQUERQUE SCHOOLS EACH YEAR WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS FOR STUDENTS.