Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Tuesday, April 29 include stories about:

* Mike Roberts Turns Down Deal Offered by Learfield Communications
* Computer Theft at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
* UNM VP David Harris Says State Must Pay More if UNM is to Keep Faculty
* UNM Students Talk About Handling Stress
* Lobo Sophomore Katie Gilmer is Mountain West Player of the Week

KASA  9:00 PM

LEGENDARY NEW MEXICO BROADCASTER MIKE ROBERTS IS OFFICIALLY FINISHED WORKING FOR ALL LOBO SPORTS. ROBERTS HAS TURNED DOWN A DEAL BY LEARFIELD COMMUNICATIONS TO DO WORK OTHER THAN PLAY BY PLAY FOR LOBO ATHLETICS. ROBERTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR 770 KKOB PART TIME. HE IS ALSO INTERESTED IN FINDING MORE BROADCAST WORK AS IT COMES ALONG.

KOB 6:00 PM   

THIEVES TAKE MORE THAN 9- THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF COMPUTERS DURING A STRING OF THEFTS ON THE UNM CAMPUS. NOW THE SCHOOL IS TRYING TO REPLACE THE LAPTOPS AND BEEF UP SECURITY. CRIS ORNELAS IS LIVE AT UNM WITH HOW OFFICIALS SAY THE CROOKS PULLED IT OFF. UNM POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING AND ARE NOT SURE IF THIS WAS A PERSON WHO BROKE INTO THE COMPUTER BUILDING... OR SOMEONE WHO HAD A KEY.  UNM PROFESSOR CHAOUKI ABDALLAH IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMPUTER DEPARTMENT. BUT RECENTLY HE'S FOUND HIMSELF PLAYING DETECTIVE. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS STEALING COMPUTERS. HE SAYS THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED A WEEK AND A HALF AGO WHEN SEVERAL GRADUATE STUDENTS CONFRONTED THE SUSPECT IN A HALLWAY. " THEY CORNERED HIM THE FEMALE WAS SCREAMING THIS IS MY BACK PACK THIS IS MY BAG THEY CORNERED HIM AND ASKED HIM TO GIVE IT BACK" THOSE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO RECOVER 6 LAPTOPS... "HE STARTED GIVING THEM COMPUTERS AND CRYING AND TELLING THEM THAT HE HAS KIDS TO FEED" BUT ABDALLAH SAYS THE SUSPECT STILL GOT AWAY WITH TWO LAPTOPS AND AN IPOD. THEN TWO MORE TIMES IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS THE PROFESSOR THINKS THE SAME PERSON SWIPED COMPUTERS FROM SEVERAL OFFICES IN THE BUILDING. EACH LAPTOP IS ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH 2-GRAND. THEY CANT SELL THEM FOR 2-THOUSAND BUT THEY CAN PROBABLY SELL THEM FOR A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS" UNM POLICE SAY THEY CANT COMMENT BECAUSE THE CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. BUT ABDALLAH SUSPECTS IT WAS A MAN WHO WAS FILLING IN ON THE CLEANING CREW. "THAT PARTICULAR TIME FRAME THEY HAD A TEMP SOMEBODY WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND THE CUSTODIAN SERVICES TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD A TEMP FOR THAT PERIOD AND HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TO WORK AFTERWARDS" UNM POLICE SAY SECURITY CAMERAS DID CAPTURE VIDEO OF THE INCIDENTS... BUT THEY ARE STILL GOING OVER IT TO SEE IF THERE ARE USEABLE IMAGES OF THE SUSPECT.

KOB  6:00 PM  

FORMER LOBO PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCASTER MIKE ROBERTS TOLD US TODAY HE'S DECIDED TO PASS ON A NEW ROLE WITH THE UNM BROADCASTS .. LEARFIELD COMMUNICATIONS TOLD ROBERTS LAST WEEK HE WOULD NO LONGER BE DOING PLAY-BY-PLAY FOR THE LOBO FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS .. THEY OFFERED HIM A SPOT IN THEIR PRE AND POST GAME SHOWS .. ROBERTS SAID THANKS .. BUT NO THANKS .. ROBERTS CALLED HIS FIRST LOBO GAME IN 1966 . IT LOOKS LIKE UNM ASSOCIATED HEAD COACH CRAIG NEAL WILL NOT BE LEAVING THE LOBO BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THE NBA ..

KOAT 5 AM

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY UP IF IT WANTS TO KEEP SOME OF ITS BEST FACULTY ON STAFF. ACCORING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL... UNM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DAVID HARRIS SAYS FACULTY MEMBERS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING RECRUITED BY HIGHER PAYING INSTITUTIONS. TO HELP COMBAT THIS HARRIS THINKS THE STATE MUST INVEST MORE IN HIGHER EDUCATION. RIGHT NOW A FIFTH OF UNM'S BUDGET COMES FROM STATE FUNDS. HARRIS SAYS IF THIS DOESN'T CHANGE NOT ONLY WILL FACULTY MEMBERS BE LOST BUT THE COLLEGE GRAUDATION RATES FOR NEW MEXICO STUDENTS COULD GRADUALLY DECLINE. SOME SAD NEWS FOR UNM FANS AS THE LONGTIME "VOICE OF THE LOBOS" HAS A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE .. MIKE ROBERTS WAS TOLD LAST WEEK HE IS BEING REPLACED AS THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN AT UNM. HE NOW HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT A MUCH SMALLER ROLE DURING THE RADIO BROADCAST... THE 74-YEAR-OLD ROBERTS BEGAN BROADCASTING LOBO GAMES BACK IN 19-66. ROBERTS WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE MADE HIS DECISION YESTERDAY, BUT THAT DID 'NOT' HAPPEN.

KOAT 10:00 PM                     

WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT MAKE US, STRESSED. AND NOT MATTER WHAT THE CAUSE, EVERYONE NEEDS A WAY TO GET RID OF IT. DR. BARRY RAMO HAS SEVEN TIPS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER. WE ALL GET STRESSED OUT AT SOME POINT DURING THE DAY. AND WITH FINALS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEE THE SIGNS OF STRESS IN STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. BUT WHAT ARE STUDENTS DOING TO RELIEVE THAT STRESS? KEEP MYSELF BUSY AND TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT MUCH. USUALLY I WORK OUT SOMETIMES. I LIKE TO RUN TO RELIEVE STRESS AND THEN NAPS ARE GREAT AND FREE TIME WITH MY FRIENDS. THESE TECHNIQUES ARE ALL REASONABLE, BUT IF THESE TECHNIQUES ARE NOT HELPING YOU RELIEVE STRESS, YOU MIGHT TRY THESE: FIRST...EAT MORE FOODS WITH OMEGA THREE FATS. THESE ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO A DECREASE IN BOTH STRESS AND BODY FAT, IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE GOOD FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION AND MOOD DISORDERS. SECONDLY, YOU WANT TO TAKE A HIKE. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT ONE OF THE BEST RELIEVERS OF STRESS AND OF DEPRESSION IS REGULAR EXERCISE. WE KNOW THAT EXERCISE IS A STRESSER, IT'S LIKE LIFTING WEIGHTS ON YOUR STRESS SYSTEM, IT TOUGHENS YOUR STRESS SYSTEM AND HELPS IT BETTER COPE WITH THE KIND OF THINGS THE MODERN WORLD TOSSES AT US. IN ADDITION TO RELIEVING STRESS, YOU WILL ALSO BE LOSING WEIGHT, WHICH IMPROVES SELF IMAGE. THAT IN ITSELF WILL REDUCE STRESS. THIRD ON THE LIST ...CHANGE YOUR DIET. FOODS THAT SPIKE YOUR BLOOD SUGAR LIKE BREAD, RICE, PASTA AND POTATOES, AS WELL AS SUGARY DRINKS, ALSO CAN MAKE YOU FEEL WEAK AND TIRED WHEN THE BLOOD SUGAR DROPS DOWN. OTHER FOODS LOADED WITH B-VITAMINS AND WHOLE GRAINS ARE ALSO FINE. I THINK WHOLE WHEAT BREAD IS DEFINITELY MORE BENEFICIAL THAN WHITE BREAD. AND BROWN RICE IS REALLY GOOD IF YOU LIKE IT. FOURTH...LIMIT STRESS EATING. CHIPS OPENING BECOMING STRESSED IS CERTAINLY NOT A JUSTIFICATION FOR GRABBING A BAG OF CHIPS AS SOON AS YOU WALK INTO THE DOOR OF YOUR HOME. FIFTH...MAKE SURE YOU TAKE SOME TIME TO RELAX EVERY DAY. TAKE THAT TIME TO BREATHE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON DURING THE DAY, PRIORITIZE IT AND JUST HAVE SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF. MEDITATION, YOGA AND DEEP BREATHING ARE ALL TRIED AND TRUE WAYS TO BEAT THAT STRESS IN YOUR LIFE. SET YOUR ALARM FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLIER. WE ALL HAVE THOSE DAYS WHERE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE MORNING. GIVE YOURSELF AN EXTRA FIFTEEN MINUTES AND YOUR DAY CAN START ON A LOWER LEVEL OF STRESS. AND THE FINAL STEP? BE OPTIMISTIC. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE WORLD AS IF YOUR GLASS IS HALF FULL, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU WILL LIVE LONGER. A RECENT STUDY SUGGESTED THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE OPTIMISTIC ACTUALLY LIVE SEVEN YEARS LONGER THAN THOSE WHO ARE PESSIMISTIC. SO NOT ONLY WILL YOU LIVE LONGER, BUT YOU WILL BE HAPPIER. FOR HEALTHBEAT, I'M DR. BARRY RAMO, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS.

KRQE  5:30 PM                      

THREE LOBOS SIGNED FREE AGENT DEALS OVER THE WEEKEND. THREE AGGIES ARE ALSO AGGIES ARE ALSO GETTING A SHOT AT THE NFL. NEW MEXICO STATE NOSE TACKLE RAYMOND MANU- MALI-UNA IS TAKING HIS 6-2 321 POUND FRAME TO THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. HE'S BEEN INVITED TO MINI CAMP. AGGIES OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MIKE MARTINEZ HAS AN INVITATION THE CHICAGO BEARS CAMP. THEY ALL LEAVE FOR CAMP NEXT WEEK. THAT INCLUDES TIGH END NICK CLEAVER. CLEAVER THOUGHT HE WOULD HEAR HIS NAME CALLED DURING THE DRAFT. CLEAVER WILL GO TO THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS MINI CAMP AS AN INVITEE. NONE OF THE AGGIES MENTIONED HAVE SIGNED FREE AGENT DEALS. THEY HAVE JUST BEEN INVITED TO CAMP.

LEGENDARY NEW MEXICO BROADCASTER MIKE ROBERTS IS OFFICIALLY FINISHED WORKING FOR ALL LOBO SPORTS. ROBERTS HAS TURNED DOWN A DEAL BY LEARFIELD COMMUNICATIONS TO DO WORK OTHER THAN PLAY BY PLAY FOR LOBO ATHLETICS. ROBERTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR 770 KKOB PART TIME. HE IS ALSO INTERESTED IN FINDING MORE BROADCAST WORK AS IT COMES ALONG.  

LOBO SOPHOMORE KATIE GILMORE IS THE MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK. GILMORE WENT 7 FOR 9 AT THE PLATE LAST WEEK WITH 4 RBI AND 2 RUNS SCORED. SHE'S CURRENTLY BATTING .325 WITH A TEAM LEADING 11 DOUBLES.