April 18, 2008
Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Thursday, April 17 include stories about* Lobo Men and Women’s Golf
* KRQE Interview with Lt. Pat Davis on Campus Safety
* New Treatment at UNMH for Prostate Cancer
* High School Student Who Wins Car is Headed to UNM
* Women’s Basketball Awards Banquet2 KASA 9:00 PM
DOZENS OF COMPETITORS TEE OFF FOR ROUND ONE OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE HOST... IN CHERRY AND SILVER DOMINATES THE ACTION. LOBOS DON'T GET TO SEE THEIR CONFERENCE OPPONENTS TOO MUCH DURING THE REGULAR SEASON AND THEY TOOK CARE OF THEM THIS AFTERNOON... JODIE EWART'S NEVER LED A TOURNAMENT BEFORE... SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TEAM STANDINGS ... AGAIN, THE LOBOS WITH THE 9-SHOT LEAD OVER BYU... UNLV IS WITHIN RANGE AT +16 OVER PAR, WHILE EVERYONE ELSE SEEMED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TROUBLE WITH THE COURSE AND THE ELEMENTS...
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS STRIVING TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE SAFE WHILE ON CAMPUS. THIS MOVE STARTED AFTER THE VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE LAST YEAR. DICK KNIPFING SAT DOWN WITH LT. PAT DAVIS FROM THE UNM POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT PROCEEDURES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE EVERYONE SAFER AT UNM. SORRY NO VERBATIM, LIVE TAPED INTERVIEW
4 KOB 5:00 AM
A NEW STATE LAW REQUIRES EVERYONE UNDER 18 TO WEAR A HELMET WHILE BIKING AND SKATING. BUT HOW WELL ARE OFFICIALS ENFORCING IT? AT THIS SKATE PARK NEAR EUBANK AND LOMAS WE FOUND ABOUT HALF THE KIDS WEARING HELMETS... AND 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. THE ONLY EVIDENCE WE COULD FIND THAT THE LAW IS BEING ENFORCED WAS FROM THE KIDS. "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" NO AGENCY WAS EVER ABLE TO TELL US HOW MANY TICKETS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN.
4 KOB 4:00 PM
PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS NOW HAVE A NEW TREATMENT OPTION. AS MONICA ROBINS REPORTS .... IT MAY BE FASTER AND WITH FEWER SIDE EFFECTS THAN MOST OTHER TREATMENTS. CLAYTON TWIGG IS ONE OF THE FIRST PATIENTS TO HAVE THIS STATE-OF-THE- ART ROBOT, CALLED THE CYBERKNIFE, CURE HIS PROSTATE CANCER. "IT WAS EASY THE HARD PART WAS TRYING TO LAY STILL FOR 90 MINUTES." THE DEVICE IS SO ADVANCED IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF HE MOVED. "WITH THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WE CAN NOW TARGET TUMORS THAT MOVE WHEN WE BREATH SUCH AS OUR LUNGS OR LIVER, KIDNEYS OR PROSTATE." A PHYSICS TEAM MAPS WHERE NEARLY 300 BEAMS OF RADIATION WILL ENTER AND EXIT CLAYTON'S PROSTATE. "IT ALLOWS US TO CONFORM THE RADIATION DOSE EXQUISITELY TO THE PROSTATE AND MINIMIZE SIDE EFFECTS TO ORGANS NEXT TO THE PROSTATE LIKE THE RECTUM OR THE BLADDER." EVERYTHING INSIDE THE RED CIRCLE IS TARGETED. "WE DO RUN A RISK OF DAMAGING THE TISSUE OUTSIDE THE PROSTATE AS WELL BUT BECAUSE THE ACCURACY IS LESS THAN ONE MILLIMETER ACCURACY WE FEEL THAT RISK IS LOWER." "EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE LATEST FDA-APPROVED TREATMENT FOR PROSTATE CANCER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IS TRYING TO FIND OUT IF IT CAN CURE CANCER FASTER AND CAUSE FEWER SIDE EFFECTS." SPEAKING OF FASTER... WHAT NORMALLY WOULD TAKE EIGHT WEEKS, THE CYBERKNIFE DOES IN FIVE DAYS. "SO PATIENTS DON'T HAVE TO COME IN EVERYDAY FOR TWO MONTHS THEY CAN COME IN EVERY DAY FOR FIVE DAYS AND GET THE SAME EQUIVALENT RADIATION TREATMENT." AND HELPING CLAYTON GET BACK TO HIS LIFE SOONER. MONICA ROBINS FOR NBC NEWS. THE CYBER-KINFE CAN BE USED FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOLID TUMORS AROUND THE BODY... IT MAY ALSO HELP CERTAIN PATIENTS THAT ARE NOT GOOD CANDIDATES FOR SURGERY.
4 KOB 6:00 PM
TEACHERS AT VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL NEAR LOS LUNAS WEREN'T GIVING GRADES TODAY. INSTEAD STUDENTS AND STAFF TOOK A BREAK TO GIVE AWAY A WELL EARNED PRIZE. IT WAS A PARTY TODAY AT VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE AN ASSEMBLY WAS HELD TO HONOR STUDENTS WHO MAINTAINED THEIR GPA, DIDN'T SKIP SCHOOL AND STAYED OUT OF TROUBLE. BUT THEY HIGHLIGHT OF TODAYS ASSEMBLY WASN'T THE HOOLA HOOP COMPETITION OR LIMBO. IT WAS A 1997 TOYOTA CAMRY. TWO SENIORS WERE IN THE RUNNING TO RECEIVE THE CAR. THE FACT THAT BOTH STUDENTS ALREADY HAD CARS... "RIGHT NOW I HAVE A FIREBIRD" DIDN'T HINDER THEIR EXCITEMENT. "IT'D BE A BIG HONOR TO WIN THIS CAUSE I'VE WORKED HARD ALL MY YEARS IN HS." "I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT. " "AND THE WINNER IS ....ADRIANA ACEVEDO " THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE A WAY A CAR. TEACHERS ARE HOPING THIS INCENTIVE WILL MOTIVATE STUDENTS. "ALL YEAR LONG THE KIDS KNEW THAT WE WERE GETTING A CAR, BUT IT WASN'T VISIBLE, IT WASN'T THERE FOR THEM TO GRASP AND TOUCH." BUT NOW ADRIANA IS GRASPING THAT STEERING WHEEL AND HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE. ADRIANA PLANS ON ATTENDING THE UNM CAMPUS IN VALENCIA COUNTY AND MAJORING IN PHARMACY.
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THE START IS FAST ....NOW THE LOBO WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM WILL TRY KEEP THE PACE AND TOP SPOT AFTER A ROUND OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP. THE 23RD RANKED LOBOS HOSTING AND PLAYING VERY WELL. MIKAELA BACKSTEDT DROPPING BIRDIE ON 18. SHE WOULD FIRE A THREE OVER 76 TODAY. HER TEAMMATE BRITNEY CHOY JUST MISSING THE EAGLE ATTEMPT ON THE SAME HOLE. CHOI IS THIRD OVERALL AFTER A ONE OVER 74. JODI EWART ALSO ON 18....NOTHING BUT CUP. THE DEFENDING MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MEDALIST DRAINS THE BIRDIE ON HER WAY TO A ONE UNDER 72 AND THE TOP SPOT. AS A TEAM THE LOBOS ARE HOLDING A 9 STROKE LEAD WITH BYU IN SECOND. UNLV IS RIGHT BEHIND BYU. THE LOBOS SAID WIND WOULD HELP. IT WAS BLOWING TODAY AND DID NOT BOTHER THE LOBOS. ROUND TWO IS TOMORROW MORNING STARTING AT 8:30. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PACKED THE BALLROOM AT THE HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE TONIGHT FOR THE UNM WOMENS BASKETBALL BANQUET... HEAD COACH DON FLANAGAN AND HIS PLAYERS WERE HONORED FOR THEIR YEAR WHICH INCLUDED A 7TH- STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE AND ANOTHER MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP... INDIVIDUAL WINNERS INCLUDE LOBO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS BEST ATTITUDE AMY BEGGIN COMMUNITY LOBO VALERIE KAST MOST IMPROVED ANGELA HARTILL DEFENSIVE P.O.Y BRANDI KIMBLE RISING STAR MVP AMY BEGGIN