Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Wednesday, April 23 include stories about:

* NMSU Associate Dean resigns
* Memorial to be held for murdered NMSU student
* Lobo Marcus Smith could be taken in NFL
* UNM researchers say the human body can prevent infectious diseases like tuberculosis.
* Wheelchair basketball team told they can no longer practice at UNM's Johnson Center
* NM Military Institute cadets took part in hazing ritual and will not graduate this year
* Bridge named in honor of James Quinn, UNM Law School student
* UNM study to determine feasibility of South Valley incorporating
* UNM students want the right to carry concealed weapons on campus
* Tennis Coach Alan Dils named Mountain West Coach of the year

2 KASA 9:00 PM

AN ASSOCIATE DEAN AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY. ACCUSED OF EMAILING PORN ON HIS WORK COMPUTER. HAS RESIGNED. LARRY OLSEN STEPPED DOWN YESTERDAY. HE'S ACCUSED OF E-MAILING EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF MEN AND WOMEN TO OTHERS AT THE SCHOOL. HE STEPPED DOWN AS ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES YESTERDAY. OLSEN HAD BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE EARLIER AND APOLOGIZED FOR SENDING THE PORN.

21:35:23 00:29

A MEMORIAL SERVICE TONIGHT FOR THE MURDERED NMSU COLLEGE STUDENT WHO WAS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY IN INDIANA. 22-YEAR OLD LIETTE MARTINEZ WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN HER DORM ROOM AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-FORT WAYNE LAST FRIDAY. 36-YEAR-OLD TINA MORRIS IS CHARGED WITH MURDER. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF ONE OF MARTINEZ' ROOMATES. MORRIS TOLD POLICE SHE WAS UPSET BECAUSE OF WHAT MARTINEZ SAID TO HER DAUGHTER. A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

21:44:56 01:20

MARCUS SMITH COULD BE THE FIRST LOBO TAKEN IN THIS WEEKEND'S NFL DRAFT. THE RECORD SETTING RECEIVER IS HEARING HIS NAME TOSSED AROUND AS A THIRD ROUND TO SIXTH ROUND PICK. TEAMS CONTINUE TO CALL AND EXPRESS INTEREST. THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS WERE TRYING TO REACH SMITH EARLIER TODAY. SMITH WILL LEAVE TOMORROW AND SPEND DRAFT WEEKEND WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN ATLANTA

21:46:21 03:57

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO RESEARCH TEAM SAYS. THE HUMAN BODY CAN PREVENT INFECTIOUS DISEASES. LIKE TUBERCULOSIS. DICK KNIPFING SAT DOWN WITH THE LEAD RESEARCHER TO TALK ABOUT THE EVIDENCE THAT BACKS UP THEIR CLAIM. SORRY NO VERBATIM, LIVE TAPED INTERVIEW

4 KOB 5:00 AM

AN ALBUQUERQUE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM HAS BEEN TOLD THEY CAN NO LONGER PRACTICE AT THE JOHNSON CENTER AT UNM - AND THE PLAYERS ARE FIRED UP ABOUT IT. FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS, THE "ALBUQUERQUE KINGS WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM" HAS PRACTICED THERE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY ARE GETTING THE BOOT NOW. "IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, WE DON'T BOTHER ANYBODY, WE DON'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE COURT OR TO THE FACILITIES, WE'RE JUST IN AND OUT" THE MANAGER OF THE JOHNSON CENTER SAYS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR THEM TO PRACTICE ALSO, OTHER GROUPS PAY ABOUT 3 THOUSAND A YEAR TO PRACTICE AT THE CENTER . BUT THE KINGS WERE ONLY PAYING FIVE- HUNDRED.

06:51:15 00:39

AN ALBUQUERQUE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM HAS BEEN TOLD THEY CAN NO LONGER PRACTICE AT THE JOHNSON CENTER AT UNM - AND THE PLAYERS ARE FIRED UP ABOUT IT. FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS, THE "ALBUQUERQUE KINGS WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM" HAS PRACTICED THERE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE GETTING THE BOOT NOW. "IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, WE DON'T BOTHER ANYBODY, WE DON'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE COURT OR TO THE FACILITIES, WE'RE JUST IN AND OUT" THE MANAGER OF THE JOHNSON CENTER SAYS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR THEM TO PRACTICE ALSO, OTHER GROUPS PAY ABOUT 3 THOUSAND A YEAR TO PRACTICE AT THE CENTER . BUT THE KINGS WERE ONLY PAYING FIVE- HUNDRED.

4 KOB 12:00 PM

THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE DEAN ACCUSED OF E- MAILING PORN FROM HIS WORK COMPUTER TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HAS RESIGNED. LARRY OLSEN WORKED AS ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCE. THE "LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS" HAS REPORTED-- OLSEN APOLOGIZED IN A CONFIDENTIAL MEMO LAST MONTH AND ACKNOWLEDGED SENDING -- QUOTE -- "A BAD ATTEMPT AT HUMOR."

4 KOB 12:00 PM

THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE DEAN ACCUSED OF E- MAILING PORN FROM HIS WORK COMPUTER TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HAS RESIGNED. LARRY OLSEN WORKED AS ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCE. THE "LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS" HAS REPORTED-- OLSEN APOLOGIZED IN A CONFIDENTIAL MEMO LAST MONTH AND ACKNOWLEDGED SENDING -- QUOTE -- "A BAD ATTEMPT AT HUMOR."

4 KOB 5:00 PM

A NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR ACCUSED OF EMAILING PORNOGRAPHY STEPS DOWN. LARRY OLSEN - THE ASSOCIATE DEAN OF NEW MEXICO STATE'S COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES -- GAVE UP HIS POST AS DEAN. UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ALSO SAY OLSEN HAS BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE FROM HIS FACULTY DUTIES. TWO EMAILS SHOWING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE NUDITY WERE SENT FROM OLSEN'S ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.

4 KOB 6:00 PM

THE NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE DECIDES TWO CADETS WHO TOOK PART IN A HAZING RITUAL CALLED "BLOOD BARS" WILL NOT GRADUATE THIS YEAR. THAT DECISION HAS LEFT MANY PARENTS AND FELLOW CADETS FURIOUS. JULIE FERTIG IS LIVE IN OUR ROSWELL BUREAU WITH THE STORY. IN THE BOOK OF STANDARDS FOR THE CADETS IT SAYS THE INSTITUTE DOES NOT TOLERATE PHYSICAL HAZING. BUT CADETS AND PARENTS SAY "BLOOD BARS" IS HARMLESS AND SHOULD NOT JEOPARDIZE THE FUTURE OF TWO HONOR-ROLL STUDENTS. AFTER SPENDING SIX YEARS AS A CADET AT THE NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE A HAZING ACT LEFT BRIAN JAVIER'S DIPLOMA ON THE LINE JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM GRADUATION. "YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. DO NOT HANG YOUR HEAD. SIX YEARS HERE." STEEL JACKSON'S MOM CAME TO SUPPORT JAVIER DURING HIS SUSPENSION APPEAL THIS MORNING. SCHOOL OFFICIALS ALREADY DECIDED HER SON WILL NOT GRADUATE FOR THE SAME INCIDENT. LETTERS FROM CONCERNED PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY THE ILLEGAL HAZING ACT CALLED "BLOOD BARS" MAY NOT BE ACCEPTABLE BUT IS NO REASON TO STOP THE STUDENTS FROM GRADUATING. "THESE TWO CADETS HAD THE BAR, WHICH I'M WEARING AND THEN THEY PUSH IT INTO THEIR CHEST WHICH LEAVES A LITTLE DIMPLE, NOT ANYTHING REALLY. INSTITUTE CADET JOHN BROCKER SAYS IT DOES NOT CAUSE MUCH PAIN BUT IS AN HONOR THAT YOUNGER CADETS GIVE TO SOMEONE THEY RESPECT. "THEY DIDN'T GO UP TO THE CADETS AND SAY WE'RE GONNA DO THIS TO YOU NOW. THEY GOT ASKED BY THE CADETS TO DO THIS FOR THEM, TO THEM. DESPITE DOZENS OF STUDENTS STANDING UP ON JAVIER'S BEHALF OFFICIALS RULED THIS MORNING THAT JAVIER WON'T GRADUATE EITHER. "YOU FINISHED YOUR SIX YEARS HERE, WHETHER THEY LET YOU OR NOT." THE SCHOOL SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE INSTITUTE QUOTE, "TREATS PHYSICAL HAZING AS A SERIOUS OFFENSE THAT RESULTS IN EITHER SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL." THE INSTITUTE SAYS THE TWO STUDENTS CAN RE- DO THEIR FINAL SEMESTER NEXT YEAR AND THEN GRADUATE. BUT THE STUDENTS SAY THAT WILL RUIN THEIR POST GRADUATION PLANS. STEELE WOULD HAVE GONE INTO THE COAST GUARD AND JAVIER WAS SET TO GO TO UNM.

18:17:30 00:23

CYCLISTS IN ALBUQUERQUE SPOKE UP -- AND NOW THEY HAVE A NEW SAFE ROUTE FOR RIDING. THE I-40-EMBUDO CHANNEL BIKE TRAIL OPENED THIS MORNING. THE 8-HUNDRED- THOUSAND DOLLAR TRAIL STRETCHES A MILE-- FROM MENAUL TO WASHINGTON STREET -- AND CONNECTS WITH OTHER ROUTES. ALONG THE TRAIL THERE'S A BRIDGE NAMED IN HONOR OF JAMES QUINN. THE UNM LAW SCHOOL STUDENT WAS HIT BY A CAR AND KILLED LAST YEAR WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE IN TIJERAS.

4 KOB 6:00 PM

IT LOOKS LIKE BRIAN URLACHER AND THE CHICAGO BEARS ARE AT A STALEMATE. URLACHER WANTS A CONTRACT EXTENSION. BEARS G-M JERRY ANGELO SAYS THE TEAM WON'T BUDGE OFF THEIR ONE YEAR EXTENSION WITH A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GUARANTEED SIGNING BONUS. URLACHER IS SKIPPING THE TEAM'S VOLUNTARY WORKOUTS HIS CURRENT DEAL IS FOR NINE YEARS AND 56 MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH 2011. URLACHER HAD 123 TACKLES AND FIVE INTERCEPTIONS LAST SEASON.

THE LOBO BASEBALL TEAM LOST TO ARIZONA TODAY IN TUCSON. 10-4. THE LOBOS WILL TAKE ON NATIONALLY RANKED U-C IRVINE THIS WEEKEND IN CALIFORNIA.

18:29:39 01:05

WILL GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO BREAK AWAY FROM ALBUQUERQUE -- AND FORM THEIR OWN CITY. ERIC KAHNERT IS LIVE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY WITH DETAILS ON THE PLAN, ERIC? A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING FOR A YEAR NOW TO RESEARCH HOW THE SOUTH VALLEY COULD INCORPORATE. THAT GROUP WILL NOW BE TALKING WITH, AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS WHO SUPPORT AND OPPOSE THE IDEA. THE PROPOSED SOUTH VALLEY CITY WOULD BE ABOUT THE SIZE OF RIO RANCHO. IT WOULD INCLUDE MOST OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE RIO PUERCO EAST TO THE RIO GRANDE AND FROM I-40 SOUTH TO THE ISLETA PUEBLO. IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. SUPPORTERS, LIKE STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIGUEL GARCIA, SAY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS TO STOP ANNEXING LAND IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. HE'S SECURED MORE THAN 150- GRAND FROM THE STATE FOR A UNM STUDY TO LOOK INTO THE ECONOMICS OF THE SOUTH VALLEY INCORPORATING. FOR THIS TO EVER HAPPEN -- THE CITY AND COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THE IDEA -- AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE VOTERS. THE MEETING IS AT 7PM AT THE RIO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING. REPORTING LIVE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY, EKEYWN4

4 KOB 10:00 PM

TONIGHT SOUTH VALLEY RESIDENTS FOUND OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IF THEY WANT TO BREAK AWAY FROM ALBUQUERQUE AND FORM THEIR OWN CITY. ERIC KAHNERT WAS AT THE MEETING. HE'S LIVE AT RIO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE DETAILS, ERIC? A LOT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE SOUTH VALLEY DETACHES FROM THE DUKE CITY. WHILE SOME HERE ARE UP FOR THE TASK OTHERS ARE WORRIED THIS AREA CAN'T AFFORD IT. THIS MAP COULD BE A GLIMPSE OF THE SOUTH VALLEY'S FUTURE IF IT INCORPORATES. PEOPLE SHOWED UP TONIGHT TO GIVE THEIR INPUT ON THE IDEA. 1:39:43 "IT'S BAD.-1" LIFELONG SOUTH VALLEY RESIDENT BETTY HEPPLER ADMITS SHE DOESN'T ALWAYS LIKE BEING PART OF ALBUQUERQUE AND ITS LAWS BUT THINKS FINANCES WILL STAND IN THE WAY OF THE PLAN. 1:39:44 "I THINK IT'S GOING TO COST TOO MUCH, WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE TO SUPPORT IT.-4" 1:41:21 "I'M THINKING THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH MONEY DOWN HERE TO SUPPORT IT.-3" THE PROPOSED CITY -- THE YELLOW PART -- WOULD STRETCH FROM THE RIO PUERCO EAST TO I-25, AND I-40 SOUTH TO THE ISLETA RESERVATION. THE COUNTY JAIL, ALBUQUERQUE OWNED LAND, AND DOWNTOWN WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED. STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIGUEL GARCIA HAS SECURED MORE THAN 150-GRAND FROM THE STATE FOR UNM TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF THE SOUTH VALLEY INCORPORATING. THE STUDY ISN'T DONE YET. 1:37:32 "WE'RE MAKING SURE WE DON'T FALL THROUGH THE SAME PITFALLS OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE IN THE PAST BY APPROACHING IT IN A SCIENTIFIC MANNER.-8" GARCIA -- ALONG WITH OTHERS AT THE MEETING -- ARE FED UP WITH THE CITY ANNEXING SOUTH VALLEY ROADS AND PROPERTY. 1:38:23 "THAT'S NATURALLY A POXMARK IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE SHOESTRING ANNEXATIONS.-8" VOTERS OF COURSE WOULD HAVE TO SIGN-OFF ON THE PROPOSED SOUTH VALLEY CITY. REPRESENTATIVE GARCIA IS HOPING IT WILL GO TO A VOTE -- BY EARLY NEXT YEAR. REPORTING LIVE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY, EKEYWN4.

22:24:44 03:00

THE LOBO BASEBALL TEAM LOST TO ARIZONA TODAY IN TUCSON. 10-4. THE LOBOS WILL TAKE ON NATIONALLY RANKED U-C IRVINE THIS WEEKEND IN CALIFORNIA.

7 KOAT 5:00 AM

SOME UNM STUDENTS WANT THE RIGHT TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS ON CAMPUS. A GROUP IS WEARING EMPTY HOLSTERS TO CLASSES AND AS THEY WALK AROUND CAMPUS NOW TO PROTEST THE FACT THAT STATE LAW BANS HANDGUNS THERE. THEY WANT TO TRAIN PEOPLE AND ISSUE THEM PERMITS TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS AND THEY SAY THAT WOULD HELP PREVENT OR STOP VIOLENT INCIDENTS LIKE CAMPUS SHOOTINGS. NAVARRE:"WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY BUT NOT ON CAMPUS, AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT PROTECTED WHILE WE'RE ON CAMPUS." CAMPUS POLICE SAY STUDENTS SHOULD LEAVE SECURITY ISSUES TO THEM AND UNIVERSITY REGENTS HAVE NO PLANS TO PUSH FOR A CHANGE IN THE STATEWIDE CAMPUS HANDGUN BAN.

7 KOAT 5:00 AM

SOME UNM STUDENTS WANT THE RIGHT TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS ON CAMPUS. A GROUP IS WEARING EMPTY HOLSTERS TO CLASSES AND AS THEY WALK AROUND CAMPUS NOW TO PROTEST THE FACT THAT STATE LAW BANS HANDGUNS THERE. THEY WANT TO TRAIN PEOPLE AND ISSUE THEM PERMITS TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS AND THEY SAY THAT WOULD HELP PREVENT OR STOP VIOLENT INCIDENTS LIKE CAMPUS SHOOTINGS. NAVARRE:"WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY BUT NOT ON CAMPUS, AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT PROTECTED WHILE WE'RE ON CAMPUS." CAMPUS POLICE SAY STUDENTS SHOULD LEAVE SECURITY ISSUES TO THEM AND UNIVERSITY REGENTS HAVE NO PLANS TO PUSH FOR A CHANGE IN THE STATEWIDE CAMPUS HANDGUN BAN.

7 KOAT 6:00 PM

NEW AT SIX. A NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT - MURDERED WHILE STUDYING IN INDIANA. TODAY HER FAMILY TELLS ACTION 7 NEWS ABOUT THE KIND OF PERSON SHE WAS. REPORTING FROM OUR EXCLUSIVE ALAMOGORDO NEWSROOM DREW RUDNICK TELLS US WHAT THEY MISS THE MOST GERALDINE SOT 0:04 "WE HAVE QUESTIONS WHY WHY DID SHE DO THIS TO OUR DAUGHTER." GERALDINE AND GABRIEL ARE THE PARENTS OF LIETTE MARTINEZTHE 22 YEAR OLD YEAR OLD NEW MEXICO COLLEGE STUDENT MURDERED IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. MARTINEZA GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY IN LAS CRUCES WAS TAKING CLASSES IN INDIANA. --SOT-- EITHER SOT ABOUT TRAVELLING OR FRIEDNS IN INDIANA POLICE IN INDIANA SAY THAT MARTINEZ WAS KILLED BY HER ROOM MATE'S MOTHER, TINA MORRIS. MORRIS ALLEGEDLY STABBED MARTINEZ AFTER FIGHTING ABOUT MARTINEZ'S TREATMENT OF MORRIS' DAUGHTER. SOT 20:21 - 36 "THERE'S ANGER. THERE'S EMPTINESS THERES DISBELIEFWE JUST COMPREHEND WHAT HAPPENED." SU 0:05 "AND WHAT FAMILY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO MISS THE MOST IS THIS SMILETHAT LIETTE ALWAYS WORE." GERALDINE SOT 26:47 - 27:01 "WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER HER FOR HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND HER CARING FOR OTHER PEOPLETO HELP OTHER PEOPLE IF THEY'RE IN NEED. JUST PASS IT ONPAY IT FORWARD AS THEY SAY FOR LIETTE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE WOULD WANT." LIETTE WAS PLANNING ON COMING BACK TO NMSU THIS SUMMER IN LAS CRUCESDR A7N

18:14:37 01:45

NEW AT SIX CYCLING IN THE DUKE CITY WILL SOON BE SAFE,R FOR RIDERS ON THE I-40 EMBUDO CHANNEL BIKE TRAIL. A SPECIAL DEDICATION TOOK PLACE TODAY, TO HONOR AN AVID CYCLIST KILLED IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. ACTION 7 NEWS ANCHOR MELISSA MAHAN HAS MORE. CYCLING IS A PASSION FOR MANY IN THE ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY BUT CITY STREETS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE SAFEST PLACE TO RIDE. LAST SEPTEMBER, UNM LAW STUDENT JAMES QUINN WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR WHILE RIDING IN THE BIKE LANE IN TIJERAS CANYON. HE DROVE A BIODISEL CAR AND HE WAS JUST VERY COMMITTED TO THE SOUTHWEST QUINN'S MOTHER SAYS HER SON WAS A CONSERVATIONIST DOING ALL HE COULD TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. SHE AND A GROUP OF AVID CYCLISTS, CITY OFFICIALS, AND UNM LAW STUDENTS GATHERED TODAY FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING OF A NEW BRIDGE, NAMED IN HER LATE SON'S HONOR. A PLACE WHERE CYCLERS CAN RIDE WITHOUT THE THREAT OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE BRIDGE DEDICATED TO JAMES QUINN, CYCLISTS SAY IT'S BRIDGES LIKE THESE THAT MAKE RIDING IN ALBUQUERQUE A LOT SAFER AND THEY HOPE TO SEE MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER POTENTIAL BRIDGES IN THE CITY ONE IS CONNECTING THE RIO GRANDE TO I-40 WHICH WILL BE A KEY CONNECTOR FOR A LOT OF THE CITY'S WESTSIDE TO EASTSIDE CONNECTIONS BEN SAVOCA IS THE VP OF BIKE ABQ AND IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CYCLING IN THE DUKE CITY. HE HOPES FUTURE PROJECTS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR RIDERS TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AND PREVENT MORE TRAGIC ACCIDENTS LIKE THE ONE THAT TOOK JAMES QUINN'S LIFE. JIMMY WAS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL PERSON AND REALLY I THINK LEFT A LEGACY FOR ALL OF US TO FOLLOW OR BE WITNESS TO AND I THINK IN SOME WAYS THAT HELPS US TO GET THROUGH EACH DAY MORE DETAILS NOW THE UNM LAW SCHOOL HAS CREATED AN ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP IN QUINN'S NAME. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION, CONTACT UNM'S SCHOOL OF LAW.

13 KRQE 12:00 PM

A NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE DEAN ACCUSED OF E- MAILING PORN TO OTHERS AT THE SCHOOL HAS RESIGNED. LARRY OLSEN STEPPED DOWN AS DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TUESDAY AND HE'S BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE FROM HIS FACULTY DUTIES. TWO E-MAILS FROM OLSEN'S ADMINISTRATIVE E- MAIL ADDRESS SHOWED EXPLICIT PICTURES OF MALE AND FEMALE NUDITY. OLSEN APOLOGIZED IN MARCH.

13 KRQE 4:00 PM

A RESEARCH TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THE HUMAN BODY'S BUILT IN IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN BE MANAGED TO PREVENT INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SPECIFICALLY TUBERCULOSIS. JOINING US TODAY IS VOJO DERTIC THE DEPARTEMETN CHAIRMAN OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND MICROBIOLOGY AT UNM WHO IS ALSO THE LEAD RESEARCHER ON THAT TEAM.

16:32:04 00:20

A NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE DEAN ACCUSED OF E- MAILING PORN TO OTHERS AT THE SCHOOL HAS RESIGNED. LARRY OLSEN STEPPED DOWN AS DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES YESTERDAY. TWO E-MAILS FROM HIS ADMINISTRATIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOWED EXPLICIT PICTURES OF MALE AND FEMALE NUDITY. OLSEN APOLOGIZED LAST MONTH.

13 KRQE 5:30 PM

AN ASSOCIATE DEAN AT THE CENTER OF AN E-MAIL PORN SCANDAL AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY HAS RESIGNED. LARRY OLSEN IS ACCUSED OF SENDING EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF MEN AND WOMEN TO OTHERS AT THE SCHOOL. HE STEPPED DOWN AS ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES YESTERDAY. OLSEN HAD BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE EARLIER AND APOLOGIZED FOR SENDING THE PORN.

13 KRQE 5:30 PM

A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS BEING HELD TONIGHT IN LAS CRUCES FOR THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT MURDERED IN INDIANA 22-YEAR OLD LIETTE MARTINEZ WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN HER DORM ROOM AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-FORT WAYNE ON APRIL 18TH. 36 YEAR OLD TINA MORRIS, THE MOTHER OF ONE OF MARTINEZ' ROOMATES, IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER. MORRIS REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE THAT SHE WAS UPSET OVER HOW MARTINEZ HAD SPOKEN TO HER DAUGHTER THE NIGHT BEFORE TONIGHTS MEMORIAL BEGINS AT 6 AT HOLY CROSS CHURCH ON NORTH MIRANDA STREET. A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD THERE TOMORROW AT 2.

17:53:53 02:33

MARCUS SMITH COULD BE THE FIRST LOBO TAKEN IN THIS WEEKEND'S NFL DRAFT. THE RECORD SETTING RECEIVER IS HEARING HIS NAME TOSSED AROUND AS A THIRD ROUND TO SIXTH ROUND PICK. TEAMS CONTINUE TO CALL AND EXPRESS INTEREST. THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS WERE TRYING TO REACH SMITH EARLIER TODAY. SMITH WILL LEAVE TOMORROW AND SPEND DRAFT WEEKEND WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN ATLANTA IT'S NOW BRIAN URLACHER'S MOVE. CHICAGO BEARS GENERAL MANAGER JERRY ANGELO SAYS HE IS STANDING FIRM ON THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION THAT THE BEARS HAVE OFFERED THEIR STAR LINEBACKER. URLACHER WANTS A MULTIYEAR EXTENSION WITH MORE GUARANTEED MONEY. URLACHER IS CURRENTLY SIGNED THROUGH 2011 AS PART OF A 9 YEAR 56 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL. THE BEARS HAVE OFFERED HIM A ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO THE OLD DEAL WITH A 5 MILLION DOLLAR SIGNING BONUS AND AN EXTRA MILLION PER YEAR IF HE PLAYS 85 PERCENT OF THE TEAMS DEFENSIVE SNAPS.

SPRING FOOTBALL CONTINUES FOR THE NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE HAS RETURNED TO THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT JOE LEE DUNN SPEAKS TO THE MEDIA. THE CURRENT AGGIES DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND FORMER LOBO HEAD COACH SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STATE'S BIGGEST FOOTBALL RIVALRY. DUNN SAYS HE WILL ENJOY WHEN THE AGGIES AND LOBOS PLAY. THE LOBOS AND AGGIES WILL PLAY IN LAS CRUCES SEPTEMBER 27TH.

13 KRQE 10:00 PM

A MEMORIAL WAS HELD TONIGHT IN LAS CRUCES FOR THE NMSU STUDENT MURDERED WHILE ON AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN INDIANA. 22-YEAR OLD LIETTE MARTINEZ WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN HER DORM ROOM IN FORT WAYNE ON APRIL 18TH. HER ROOMMATE'S MOTHER, 36 YEAR OLD TINA MORRIS, IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER. SHE HAD BEEN STAYING WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE DORM ROOM. MORRIS REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE THAT SHE WAS UPSET OVER HOW MARTINEZ HAD SPOKEN TO HER DAUGHTER THE NIGHT BEFORE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN LAS CRUCES.

13 KRQE 10:00 PM

FORMER LOBO HEAD COACH JOE LEE DUNN CONTINUES TO GET SETTLED IN TO HIS NEW JOB AS NEW MEXICO STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR. SPRING PRACTICE CONTINUES FOR THE AGGIES WHO WELCOMED TEXAS TECH COACH MIKE LEACH IN AS A GUEST TODAY. DUNN SAYS HE LIKES HOW THE DEFENSE IS COMING ALONG BUT ADMITS THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE. HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THE TEAM HE ONCE LED IN ALBUQUERQUETHE LOBOS. THE LOBOS AND AGGIES WILL PLAY IN LAS CRUCES SEPTEMBER 27TH.

THE WINNINGEST COACH IN LOBO MEN'S TENNIS HISTORY GETS MORE RECOGNITION. ALAN DILS IS THE MOUNTAIN WEST COACH OF THE YEAR FOR THE 2007-2008 SEASON.