April 17, 2008
Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Wednesday, April 16 include stories about:* UNM Puts in Place Many Measures to Protect Campus
* Arizona Wins Against Lobo Baseball Team
* UNM Physicians Still Seeing Head Injuries From Skateboarders2 KASA 9:00 PM
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY 32 PEOPLE WERE SHOT TO DEATH ON THE VIRGINIA TECH CAMPUS. IT WAS A STARTLING WAKE-UP CALL FOR COLLAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING UNM. SINCE THEM UNIVERSITY OF POLICE SAY PROTECTING STUDENTS AND STAFF DURING A THREAT HAS BECOME THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THEY HAVE NOW CREATED A CAMPUS-WIDE EMERGENCY TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM. WHICH ALERTS STUDENTS TO AN EMERGENCY THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONES. SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS AND THROUGH THEIR EMAIL. THEY ALSO CREATED AN EYES AND EARS PROGRAM. IT HELPS FACULTY AND STAFF LEARN HOW TO SPOT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ON CAMPUS. TEN THOUSAND FACULTY AND STAFF HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRAINED. POLICE SAY THE MULTI LAYERED APPROACH MAKES THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY MORE PRO-ACTIVE IF AN EVENT LIKE VIRGINIA TECH WERE TO HIT THE CAMPUS: NO OTHER UNIVERSITY AHEAD OF THE BALL GAME IT SEEMED TO WORK WELL THINK IT'S GOING WELL UNM POLICE HELD TASK FORCE MEETINGS ALL DAY ON THE TOPIC. THEY ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND TOOK SUGGESTIONS ON THE NEW INITIATIVES. THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS ALSO PROMPTED DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE AT UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AT UNM 32 PROTESTORS LAID DOWN AT THE UNM CAMPUS FOR THREE MINUTES TODAY. THE 32 PROTESTORS SIGNIFIES THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS IN THE VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS.AND THEY SAY THE THREE MINUTES SIGNIFIES HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BUY A GUN IN THE U.S. ALBUQUERQUE WAS JUST ONE OF 33 CITIES WHERE DEMONSTRATIONS TOOK PLACE. THEY WERE STARTED BY A WOMAN IN VIRIGINIA WHO WAS TIRED OF WHAT SHE SAYS ARE "LAX GUN LAWS" IN THE U-S.
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THE ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES RULE ON THE ROAD. THE LOBOS TRY TO DO THE SAME AT ISOTOPES PARK. VAN IS HERE WITH THOSE STORIES. WE STAY WITH THE LOBOS AND THIS TIME WE ARE TALKING BASEBALL. THE CHERRY AND SILVER LET A TWO RUN LEAD SLIP AWAY TO ARIZONA LAST NIGHT. THE TWO TEAMS FINISH UP THEIR SERIES WITH MATINEE BASEBALL. LOBOS AND PCL BASEBALL ISOTOPES 6 MEMPHIS 4 THE LOBO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND FORWARD CHRISTIAN SHELTER ARE PARTING WAYS. IT'S ALL ON GOOD TERMS. SHEL TER ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED HER RELEASED FROM UNM. SHELTER HAS NOT SAID WHERE SHE WILL PLAY NEXT AND SHE COULD PLAY VOLLEYBALL AT HER NEXT STOP. SHELTER IS A GOOD VOLLEYBALL PLAYER AND ENTERTAINED THE THOUGHT OF JOININING JEFF NELSON AND THE LOBOS. SHE WORKED OUT WITH THE TEAM. IN 24 GAMES WITH UNM THIS SEASON SHELTER SCORED 33 POINTS AVERAGING 1.4 POINTS PER GAME. SHE DID NOT GET ATHEY ARE PLAYING AT THEIR BEST RIGHT NOW. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HOST THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE LOBOS WON THE FIRST FEW TITLES FROM 2000- 2003. THEY FINISHED THIRD LAST SEASON AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS YEAR. THE LOBOS ARE COMING OFF A BIG WIN IN TEXAS AND FEEL THEY KNOW THEIR OWN COURSE BETTER THAN ANYONE.
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OFF TOMORROW IN UNM'S BACKYARD. THE THREE-DAY EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE UNM CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE. THIS WEEK WILL MARK THE FIRST TIME THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN HELD IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE LOBOS LOOK TO CLAIM THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE TEAM TITLE SINCE 2003. THE UNM WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM IS RANKED 23RD IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. CONFIDENCE WILL "NOT" BE A PROBLEM THIS WEEK. THE LOBO BASEBALL TEAM TOOK ON ARIZONA AT ISOTOPES PARK THIS AFTERNOON. TOP THREE DANIEL BUTLER GOING TO SHALLOW RIGHT. BUT BRIAN CAVAOS GALVEZ GOING SUPERMAN. OOOHHH. LOBOS FLASHING THE LEATHER. THE NEXT BATTER. JAKE MESKIN. ROBBED BY MIKE BROWNSTEIN. THE LOBOS COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OFFENSE THOUGH. THE LOBOS FALL SHORT 4-2. HEAD COACH RAY BIRMINGHAM IS DISAPPOINTED. BUT THE GLASS IS STILL HALF FULL.
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IN NEW MEXICO -- IF YOU'RE UNDER 18 THE LAW SAYS YOU MUST WEAR A HELMET WHILE SKATE-BOARDING.OR RIDING A BIKE. BUT IS EVERYONE ABIDING BY THE LAW? CRIS ORNELAS SPENT THE DAY TRYING TO FIND OUT. HE'S IN THE NEWSROOM WITH WHAT HE FOUND. WE TRIED TO FIND SOME SORT OF STATISTICS TO TELL US HOW MANY KIDS HAVE BEEN TICKETED FOR NOT WEARING A HELMET. CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS SO FAR HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US ANY ANSWERS. AT THE SKATE PARK NEAR EUBANK AND LOMAS WE FOUND ABOUT HALF THE KIDS WEARING HELMETS.. STATE LAW MAKERS PASSED A LAW LAST YEAR TO REQUIRE ALL KIDS TO WEAR A HELMET WHILE RIDING A BIKE OR SKATING TO CUT DOWN ON SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES. BUT DOCTORS AT UNM HOSPITAL SAY THEY'RE STILL SEEING A LOT OF KIDS COMING IN WITH BRAIN INJURIES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH A HELMET. 5:41 "I JUST WANT TO BE SAFE AND MY PARENTS TELL ME TO" ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE WRITTEN TICKETS -- THEY JUST DON'T KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS THE HELMET LAW IS MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR A-P-D. THE STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY BUREAU SAYS IT DOESN'T KEEP STATS ON THE LAW EITHER. IN FACT THE ONLY STATISTIC WE COULD FIND RELATED TO THE HELMET LAW IS ZERO. METRO COURT SAYS IT HAS PROCESSED ZERO CITATIONS UNDER THE NEW LAW. "THEY DON'T REALLY ENFORCE IT BUT SOME OF THEM WANT TO BE LIKE THAT AND DO THAT YEAH I DON'T THINK ITS THAT BIG OF A LAW TO ENFORCE IT" THE ONLY EVIDENCE WE COULD FIND THAT THE LAW IS BEING ENFORCED AT ALL IS THESE SKATERS FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS. "LAST TIME I GOT PULLED OVER DOWNTOWN THEY MADE ME STOP AND THEY GAVE ME A HELMET AND THEN THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO GO TO COURT FOR IT BUT I NEVER SHOWED UP SO I HAD TO PAY TEN DOLLARS" THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS ITS UP TO LOCAL COPS TO ENFORCE THE HELMET LAW AND PASS OUT TEN DOLLAR FINES. BUT NO ONE WITH THE STATE IS KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MANY TICKETS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN.
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THE EVENTS AT VIRGINIA TECH PROMPTED CHANGES RIGHT HERE IN NEW MEXICO. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER A-J SMITH SHOWS US WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE UNM SAFER.. NEW THIS MORNING. LT. PATRICK DAVIS/UNM POLICE "IT GOT US MORE INTO MORE PROACTIVE ROLE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE" LT PAT DAVIS WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO POLICE SAYS THE TRAGEDY AT VIRGINIA TECH CHANGED THE WAY CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. LT. PATRICK DAVIS/UNM POLICE: "OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT NOW MORE ON BICYCLES, OUT ON ATVS, OUT IN PUBLIC WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM AND TALK THEM AND INTERFACE WITH THEM." AND THEY'VE STARTED AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE FOR FACULTY TO REPORT CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT STUDENTS. DR. HARRY LINNEMAN: "WELL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK TO HAVE A SECOND SET OF EARS FOR ONE THING BUT TO ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL INPUT OF WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE" DOCTOR HARRY LINNEMAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING AND THERAPY AT UNM. HE SAYS THE IDEA WAS TO HELP FACULTY FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR THEY FEEL MAY BE A LITTLE OFF. AJ SMITH/ACTION 7 NEWS: "AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. DR. LINEMAN SAYS IN THE LAST YEAR MORE FACULTY HAVE BEEN REPORTING CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS." DR. HARRY LINNEMAN: "PARTICULARLY LAST SPRING, WE HAD A BIG INCREASE AND THEN THIS FALL IT'S BEEN A STEADY BUT NOT REAL HIGH RATE OF CALLS." LINNEMAN SAYS THE UNM CAMPUS IS NOW A SAFER PLACE TO BE. DR. HARRY LINNEMAN: "I THINK SO, I THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE AWARE OF WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO BEGIN." AND IT STARTS WITH NOT BEING AFRAID TO PICK UP THE PHONE. IF YOU ARE FACULTY CONCERNED ABOUT A STUDENT, YOU CAN GET PROFESSIONAL ADVICE BY CALLING THE TIPLINE 24/7. THE NUMBER IS 2-7-7-SAFE. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER CONCERNED ABOUT A STUDENT, YOU CAN CALL UNM'S COUNSELING CENTER AT 2-7-7-45-37.
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TODAY MARKS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE. THIRTY-TWO STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY A STUDENT WHO OPENED FIRE IN A CLASSROOM BUILDING. OBSERVANCES WILL BE KEPT LOW KEY.. THE SCHOOL WILL HOLD A MORNING CEREMONY AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT NOON FOLLOWED BY THE TOLLING OF BELLS. THE EVENTS AT VIRGINIA TECH PROMPTED CHANGES RIGHT HERE IN NEW MEXICO. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER A-J SMITH SHOWS US WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE UNM SAFER.. NEW THIS MORNING. LT. PATRICK DAVIS/UNM POLICE: "IT GOT US MORE INTO MORE PROACTIVE ROLE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE" LT PAT DAVIS WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO POLICE SAYS THE TRAGEDY AT VIRGINIA TECH CHANGED THE WAY CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. LT. PATRICK DAVIS/UNM POLICE: "OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT NOW MORE ON BICYCLES, OUT ON ATVS, OUT IN PUBLIC WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM AND TALK THEM AND INTERFACE WITH THEM." AND THEY'VE STARTED AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE FOR FACULTY TO REPORT CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT STUDENTS. DR. HARRY LINNEMAN: "WELL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK TO HAVE A SECOND SET OF EARS FOR ONE THING BUT TO ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL INPUT OF WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE" DOCTOR HARRY LINNEMAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING AND THERAPY AT UNM. HE SAYS THE IDEA WAS TO HELP FACULTY FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR THEY FEEL MAY BE A LITTLE OFF. AJ SMITH/ACTION 7 NEWS: "AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. DR. LINEMAN SAYS IN THE LAST YEAR MORE FACULTY HAVE BEEN REPORTING CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS." DR. HARRY LINNEMAN: "PARTICULARLY LAST SPRING, WE HAD A BIG INCREASE AND THEN THIS FALL IT'S BEEN A STEADY BUT NOT REAL HIGH RATE OF CALLS." LINNEMAN SAYS THE ***UNM*** CAMPUS IS NOW A SAFER PLACE TO BE. DR. HARRY LINNEMAN: "I THINK SO, I THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE AWARE OF WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO BEGIN." AND IT STARTS WITH NOT BEING AFRAID TO PICK UP THE PHONE. IF YOU ARE FACULTY MEMBER AND CONCERNED ABOUT A STUDENT, YOU CAN GET PROFESSIONAL ADVICE BY CALLING THE TIPLINE 24/7. THE NUMBER IS 2-7-7-SAFE. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER CONCERNED ABOUT A STUDENT, YOU CAN CALL UNM'S COUNSELING CENTER AT 2-7-7-45-37.
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SILENCE, MARKED THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORST MASS SHOOTING IN MODERN U.S. HISTORY. STUDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS GATHERED AT VIRGINIA TECH, TO REMEMBER 32 PEOPLE WHO WERE MURDERED. THE MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS FOLLOWED BY BELLS. OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE 32 VICTIMS, WERE READ OVER A LOUDSPEAKER. STUDENTS AT UNM SHOWED SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS, WITH A GUN PROTEST. "PROTEST EASY GUNS", IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT BELIEVES GUNS LAWS, ARE TOO LAX. 32 PEOPLE LAID DOWN ON CAMPUS FOR 3 MINUTES, TO SYMBOLIZE EACH OF THE VICTIMS; 80 DEMONSTRATIONS, WERE HELD IN 33 STATES TODAY.
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LOBOS AND WILDCATS TODAY..SCORELESS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH... IAN HOLLICK LAYS DOWN THE SACRIFICE BUNT. THAT SPRINGS BRIAN CAVAZOS GALVEZ FOR THE FIRST RUN OF THE GAME. THE LOBOS CANNOT SUSTAIN THE LEAD AS ARIZONA ANSWERS WITH FOUR RUNS TO WIN THE BALL GAME FOUR TO TWO. THE LOBOS RETURN TO CONFERENCE PLAY FRIDAY WHEN UTAH COMES TO TOWN. TIME OUT IS CALLED.