August 4, 2008
Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Friday, August 1 - Sunday August 3 include stories about:* UNM Computer Scientists Monitoring Chinese Censorship of Internet
* Lobo Basketball Schedule Released
* Charges Dropped Against Man Accused of Shooting UNM Football Recruit After Players Decline to CooperateSunday, August 03, 2008
2 KASA 9:00 PM
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS CENSORING DURING THE OLYMPICS. UNM COMPUTER SCIENTISTS SAY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S INTERNET SOFTWARE IS CENSORING CERTAIN WORDS....INCLUDING THE WORD TIBET. THE UNM TEAM WILL KEEP CHECKING DURING THE GAMES TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS BEING CENSORED.
THE FOUR DAY WORK WEEK IS BECOMING VERY POPULAR. THE STATE OF UTAH IS NOW IMPLEMENTING IT. THE CHANGE WILL SAVE THE STATE GOVERNMENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND ITS EXPECTED TO SAVE EMPLOYEES TENS OF MILLIONS IN COMMUTING COSTS. THE GOVERNOR ALSO HOPES THE CHANGE WILL BOOST ENERGY EFFICIENCY BY 20 PERCENT BY THE YEAR 2015. "CLOSING DOWN REALLY IS AN ENERGY COST SAVINGS BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT BENEFIT IN TERMS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY. STATE OFFICIALS SAY WITH A LITTLE PLANNING, THE NEW SCHEDULE SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM FOR CONSUMERS. AND MOST STATE SERVICES CAN BE ACCESSED ON LINE. GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON HAS ALREADY SET UP SOME GUIDELINES FOR STATE AGENCIES THAT WANT TO MOVE TO A FOURDAY WORK WEEK. UNDER THE PLAN SOME EMPLOYEES COULD TELECOMMUTE INSTEAD OF DRIVING INTO WORK. AGENCIES THAT MAKE THE CHANGE MUST FIRST PROVE THEY CAN CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION ON THE SHORTENED SCHEDULE. THEY HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER FIRST TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED A FOUR, TENHOUR DAY WORK WEEK FOR MOST FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. THE NEW SCHEDULE RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 15TH.
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SCIENTISTS AT UNM WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT CHINA IS LETTING PEOPLE ACCESS ON THE INTERNET. UNM RESEARCHERS SAY THEY'LL BE TRACKING HOW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT USES ITS INTERNET FILTER SOFTWARE DURING THE GAMES. THE GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY USES THE FILTERS TO KEEP INTERNET USERS FROM SEARCHING FOR CERTAIN CONTENT ON THE WEB. RESEARCHERS SAY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO DECREASE ITS CENSORSHIP BUT SEARCHES CONTAINING THE WORD "TIBET" ARE BECOMING MORE CONSISTENTLY FILTERED.
4 KOB 10:00 PM
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AT UNM WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT CHINA IS LETTING PEOPLE ACCESS ON THE INTERNET. UNM RESEARCHERS SAY THEY'LL BE TRACKING HOW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT USES ITS INTERNET FILTER SOFTWARE DURING THE GAMES. THE GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY USES THE FILTERS TO KEEP INTERNET USERS FROM SEARCHING FOR CERTAIN CONTENT ON THE WEB. RESEARCHERS SAY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO DECREASE ITS CENSORSHIP BUT SEARCHES CONTAINING THE WORD "TIBET" ARE BECOMING MORE CONSISTENTLY FILTERED.
7 KOAT 5:00 PM
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ARE TRACKING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S INTERNET CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT FILTER DURING THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS. THEY SAY WHAT'S FORBIDDEN CHANGES REGULARLY...BUT SOME THINGS, LIKE PHRASES WITH "TIBET" IN THEM APPEAR TO BE MORE CONSISTENTLY FILTERED. NEWSWEEK'S BEIJING BUREAU CHIEF SAYS JOURNALISTS NEED TO BE AWARE THAT BIG BROTHER MAY BE WATCHING. THERE IS TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN MONITOR THAT FROM A DISTANCE, AND SO AS A JOURNALIST THAT HAS BEEN LIVING HERE AND WORKING HERE FOR A DECADE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON YOUR MIND. NOT MUCH ABOUT THE OLYMPICS SEEMS TO BE ON THE BLOCKED LIST, BUT THE UNM TEAM WILL KEEP CHECKING DURING THE GAMES TO SEE IF THAT CHANGES.
7 KOAT 10:00 PM
THE BEIJING OLYMPICS ARE LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY. QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW THE GAMES WILL DIFFER IN A COMMUNIST COUNTRY. ONE SPECIFIC AREA OF CONCERN HOW JOURNALISTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE COUNTRY'S TIGHT CONTROL OVER INFORMATION; ESPECIALLY WHAT'S SENT AND RECEIVED OVER THE INTERNET. ACTION SEVEN NEWS ANCHOR MIKE GAROFALO TELLS US SOME UNM COMPUTER SCIENTISTS ARE ANALYZING CHINESE CENSORSHIP. IN CHINA...WHAT THE OUTSIDE WORLD SEES IS OFTEN WHAT COMMUNIST LEADERS WANT YOU TO SEE... THIS VIDEO OF THE OLYMPIC FACILITIES FOR EXAMPLE WAS SHOT BY THE CHINESE MILITARY AND ONLY RELEASED AFTER SENSORS EDITED IT. 3:21 WE ARE PRETTY MUCH DOING IT OUT OF CURIOSITY 3:24 CLOSER TO HOME AT UNM..COMPUTER SCIENTISTS HAVE DECIDED TO TEST THE CENSORSHIP CHINA HAS PLACED ON INTERNET ACCESS WITHIN IT'S BORDERS. WE WERE INTERESTED IN TWO THINGS WHAT KEY WORDS DO THEY BLOCK AND WHERE THE FILTERING WAS HAPPENING AND HNOW RELIBALE IT WAS 1:47 ASSISTANT COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR JED CRANDALL SAYS THE INITIAL PERCEPTION WAS THAT THE FILTERING HAPPENED ALONG THE BORDER AND IT WAS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. BUT AFTER DISCOVERING HUNDREDS OF BLACKLISTED KEYWORDS...AND THEN TESTING THEM...HE FOUND THAT 26 PERCENT WEREN'T FILTERED AT ALL...AND ABOUT 25 PERCENT OF THE BLACKLISTED WORDS GET THROUGH WHEN INTERNET TRAFFIC IS HIGH. OUR FIRST LIST OF KEYWORDS HAD SOME REALLY SURPRISING WORDS ON IT LIKE HILTER DOVILLE IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN IN FRANCE WHERE THE ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL IS HELD EVERY YEAR 3:53 AS FOR HOW THIS CENSORSHIP OPERATES AND HOW IT WOULD APPLY IN RESPECT TO THE UPCOMING GAMES. 5;17 IF SOMEBODY PUTS UP A BLOGPOST SAYING EVERYONE WE ARE GOING TO HUNGER STRIKE THE OLYMPICS THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE FILTERED 5:28 JED SAYS HE'S HOPING TO GET A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO HELP FINANCE HIS EFFORTS. RIGHT NOW HIS WORK IS BASICALLY A LABOR OF LOVE.
13 KRQE 5:30 PM
UNM COMPUTER SCIENTISTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS CENSORING DURING THE OLYMPICS. SCIENTISTS SAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOFTWARE THAT FILTERS OUT BLACKLISTED WORDS WHEN PEOPLE DO INTERNET SEARCHES. SO FAR UNM SCIENTISTS SAY THE WORK TIBET IS FILTERED CONSISTENTLY. THE UNM TEAM SAYS IT HASN'T SEEN MANY OTHER WORDS ON THE BLOCKED LIST BUT WILL KEEP CHECKING THROUGHOUT THE GAMES.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 02, 2008
2 KASA 9:00 PM
IF THE LOBOS WIN A LOT OF GAMES IN THE 2008 SEASON, THEY'LL BE DOING IT AGAINST QUALITY OPPONENTS... WHILE THE A.P. PRESEASONTOP 25 POLL COMES OUT NEXT WEEK, THE COACHES POLL IS ALREADY OUT... UNM OPPONENT BYU IS THE TOP RANKED TEAM AT #17, BUT THE LOBOS WILL ALSO FACE 28THRANKED UTAH, 44THRANKED TCU, AS WELL AS TULSA AND ARIZONA WHO BOTH GOT VOTES... AND COMING UP TONIGHT ON KRQE AT 10:00, I'LL TELL YOU IF THE 'TOPES COMPLETED THE SWEEP IN PORTLAND...
4 KOB 7:00 AM
IT APPEARS A LOT OF STUDENTS AT NEW MEXICO TECH HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL. THE PRINCETON REVIEW LISTED THE SOCORRO CAMPUS AS NUMBER EIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO UNHAPPY STUDENTS. THE SURVEY EVEN LISTED SEVERAL COMMENTS FROM CURRENT STUDENTS... MANY OF THEM COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SCHOOL BEING QUOTE, "IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE" AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH FEMALE STUDENTS. ONE STUDENT WROTE WHEN YOU WALK IN THE CAFETERIA EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT ALGORITHMS. THE SCHOOL WITH THE WORST REVIEW WAS THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY IN KINGSPORT, NEW YORK.
4 KOB 6:00 PM
STEVE ALFORD RELEASED THE MEN'S 20082009 BASKETBALL NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE YESTERDAY AND HE LIKES IT A LOT... ...THE LOBOS WILL PLAY 7GAMES IN NOVEMBER INCLUDING A TRIP TO THE CANCUN CHALLENGE IN MEXICO...THEIR ARE SOME NEWCOMERS LIKE CREIGHTON AND ORAL ROBERTS... === BUT THE INTRIGUING PART OF THE SCHEDULE IS THAT THE LOBOS WILL FINISH THEIR NON CONFERENCE SLATE WITH TWO GAMES AGAINST THE AGGIES AND UTEP RIGHT BEFORE THEY OPEN CONFERENCE...
7 KOAT 5:00 PM
THIS WEEKS 15TH ANNUAL UNM WOMEN'S FOOTBALL CLINIC IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MEMORY NOW AS THE LOBOS GET READY TO RETURN TO THE PRACTICE FIELD FOR THE START OF TRAINING CAMP ON MONDAY.. THAT'S RIGHT SUMMER IS ALL BUT OVER FOR THE LOBOS.. LAST YEAR UNM WENT 9AND4 AND CAPPED OFF THEIR FANTASTIC SEASON BY BEATING NEVADA IN THE NEW MEXICO BOWL FOR THEIR FIRST BOWL WIN IN 46 YEARS.. PICKED TO FINISH 4TH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST THIS YEAR THE LOBOS OPEN UP 4 WEEKS 4TH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST THIS YEAR THE LOBOS OPEN UP 4 WEEKS FROM TODAY, AT HOME AGAINST TCU...
13 KRQE 10:00 PM
IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY, BUT THAT'S WHAT LOBO HEAD COACH ROCKY LONG WANTS... THE 2008 UNM FOOTBALL SCHEDULE HAS 5 TEAMS THATVOTES IN THE RECENTLY RELEASED USA TODAY/CO POLL PRESEASON TOP 25... BYU IS THE TOP RANKED LOBO OPPONENT AT #17... THE IDEA IS FOR THE LOBOS TOCHALLENGE THEMSELVES EVERY YEAR AGAINST THE BEST...
NEXT WEEK YOUR KID WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEARN BASKETBALL FROM 3 OF THE GREATEST LOBOS EVER, FOR NEXT TO NOTHING... KELVIN SCARBOROUGH WILL HOST A CAMP AT MENAUL SCHOOL GYM STARTING TUESDAY FOR JUST $65 DOLLARS... REGISTRATION FOR THE 3DAY CAMP IS MONDAY... FORMER LAKER GREAT AND LOBO MICHAEL COOPER JOINS BRANDNEW BOSTON CELTIC J.R. GIDDENS AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE CAMP ...
2 KASA 9:00 PM
CHARGES WERE DROPPED TODAY AGAINST THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT THREE UNM FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND A COLLEGE RECRUIT .. TWO YEARS AGO. 27YEAR OLD ERMINIO GONZALEZ WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. BUT THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED BECAUSE PROSECUTORS SAY THE PLAYERS COULD NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY GONZALEZ AS THE SHOOTER. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACEOUTSIDE AT A STRIP CLUB AFTER AN AGRUMENT. THE MOST SERIOUSLY INJURED VICTIM WAS, THE RECRUIT, WHO WAS HOT IN THE LEG. HE DID RECOVER AND NOW PLAYS FOR OREGON STATE GONZALEZ DID PLEAD GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. HE'LL BE SENTENCED FOR THAT IN OCTOBER.
LOBO MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH STEVE ALFORD HAS RELEASED THE TEAM'S NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE. IT INCLUDES SIX GAMES AWAY FROM THE PIT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE BUILDING OPENED IN 1966. THERE'S A TOTAL OF 15 NON CONFERENCE GAMES WITH TRIPS TO CREIGHTON, SAN DIEGO AND TEXAS TECH. THERE IS ALSO A STOP IN MEXICO AT THE CANCUN CHALLENGE. ONLY TWO OF THE LOBOS NON CONFERENCE OPPONENTS WERE RANKED OUTSIDE OF THE TP 150 IN RPI AT THE END OF THE 200708 SEASON....
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UNM ATHLETICS WILL BE GETTING A ONE POINT ONE MILLION DOLLAR DONATION. THE MONEY COMES FROM THE ESTATE OF A LONGTIME FAN NAMED OMAR HEINS. HEINS WORKED AT THE SANDIA LABS AND WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN. HE DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT AGE 96. NEW MEXICO ATHLETICS DIRECTOR PAUL KREBS SAYS THE MONEY WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON LOBO ATHLETICS FOR YEARS TO COME.
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CHARGES ARE DROPPED AGAINST A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A UNM FOOTBALL RECRUIT. ERMINIO GONZALEZ HAD 21 CHARGES AGAINST HIM DROPPED TODAY. GONZALEZ WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING LOBO FOOTBALL RECRUIT IRVIN SMILEY IN JANUARY 2007 WHILE SMILIY AND THREE LOBO PLAYERS WERE AT THE SPEARMINT RHINO STRIP CLUB. THE CHARGES AGAINST GONZALEZ WERE DROPPED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EVIDENCE. GONZALEZ PLEADED GUILTY TO A REMAINING CHARGE OF COCAINE POSSESSION.
FLYING OFF THE SHELVES NOW THAT NEW MEXICO'S TAX FREE HOLIDAY IS UNDERWAY. IT'S THE FOURTH YEAR SHOPPERS DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON MANY BACK TO SCHOOL ITEMS. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE AT THE BEST BUY NEAR LOMAS AND EUBANK WHERE SHOPPERS STARTED THE DAY LINED UP AT THE DOORS... ONE OF THE BIG TICKET ITEMS DURING THE TAX FREE WEEKEND IS COMPUTERS AND MANAGERS HERE AT BEST BUY SAY THEY HAVE HAD STEADY SALES ALL DAY LONG BUT THE BIG RUSH WILL HIT AROUND 7 TONIGHT. AT BEST BUY THEY'VE MADE IT PRETTY EASY TO SEE WHAT'S TAX FREE. NEON STICKERS HIGHLIGHT THE BEST DEALS. "RIGHT NOW I'M GETTING A LAPTOP GETTING STUFF TO CARRY THE LAPTOP IN AND SOME BOOKS." JASMINE TRAVIS IS HEADED TO UNM IN A FEW WEEKS AND HER MOM GLORIA SAYS THEY HELD OUT FOR THIS WEEKEND TO MAKE THEIR BIG PURCHASES. "WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED IT IN THE NEWSPAPER I ALERTED HER RIGHT AWAY AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND I SAID ITS TIME TO DO IT, LETS GO." SCHOOL TEACHER PEGGY HANKS SAYS SHE'S HOPING TO PICK UP A COMPUTER FOR HER CLASSROOM IT'S HER FIRST TIME SHOPPING TAXFREE. "NO I HAVEN'T DONE IT IN THE PAST YOU KNOW I'M NEEDING THIS AND I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE IF I WAITED MAYBE I COULD FIND A GOOD DEAL." BEST BUY MANAGERS SAY THE BIG RUSH OF SHOPPERS WILL HIT THE FRONT DOOR AROUND 7 TONIGHT WHEN THEY HEAD HOME FROM WORK. TRAVIS IS HOPING TO AVOID THAT. "IT'S GOING TO BE CHAOS I THINK, THAT'S WHAT I THINK REALLY TIME IS GETTING SHORT, SCHOOL IS STARTING." BEST BUY SAYS THEY ARE EXPECTING THEIR BIGGEST CROWDS TOMORROW. YOU CAN STILL CASH IN ON THE SAVINGS THE TAX FREE HOLIDAY ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT. LIVE NEAR LOMAS AND EUBANK....VC..EWN 4. GOVERNOR RICHARDSON JOINED A DOZEN KINDERGARTENERS PASSING OUT 15 DOLLARS TO EACH OF THEM TO BE USED FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES. THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE DOESN'T NEED THE EXTRA MONEY FROM SALES TAXES AS MUCH AS CONSUMERS DO: "WHEN THE STATE HAS EXTRA FUNDS, THAT MONEY SHOULD GO BACK TO TAXPAYERS AND NOT INTO NEW PROGRAMS." THERE'S A LONG LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TAX FREE THIS WEEKEND. BEFORE YOU HEAD TO THE STORES – CHECK KOBDOTCOM AND CLICK ON 4 LINKS FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT'S ON SALE.
LOBOS WILL PLAY 10 TEAMS THAT WON AT LEAST 20 GAMES LAST SEASON.. HERE'S A LOOK AT "SOME" OF THE NONCONFERENCE MATCHUPS.. THEY'LL PLAY SIX GAMES AWAY FROM THE PIT BEFORE MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY.. THE LOBOS TRAVEL TO CANCUN OVER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND TO PLAY VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH AND EITHER DRAKE OR VANDERBILT..
MIKE ROBERTS HAS A NEW RADIO HOME.. ROBERTS WILL DO SPORTS UPDATES .. HIGH SCHOOL GAMES AND COHOST A SATURDAY MORNING SPORTS SHOW ON 101POINTSEVEN THE TEAM STARTING THIS FALL.. ROBERTS WAS THE VOICE OF THE LOBOS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.. BUT WAS LET GO AT THE END OF THE SEASON..
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THE UNM MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM RELEASED THEIR 15 GAME NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE.. HERE'S A LOOK AT "SOME" OF THE OPPONENTS.. THE LOBOS WILL PLAY SEVEN GAMES BEFORE THE END OF NOVEMBER.. THEY TRAVEL TO CANCUN OVER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND TO PLAY VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH. AND EITHER DRAKE OR VANDERBILT.. THE LOBOS HAVE 10 GAMES AGAINST TEAMS THAT WON AT LEAST 20 GAMES LAST YEAR..
7 KOAT 6:00 PM
CRIMINAL CHARGES DROPPED AGAIINST THE MAN SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING A UNM FOOTBALL RECRUIT AT A STRIP CLUB IN 2006. UNA SMILEY WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE LEG FOLLOWING AN ALTERCATION AT THE SPEARMENT RHINO GENTLEMAN'S CLUB NEAR THE UNIVERSITY. THREE LOBO FOOTBALL PLAYERS WERE WITH SMILEY WHEN IT HAPPENED. 27YEAR OLD ERMINIO GONZALEZ WAS ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY THE LOBO FOOTBALL PLAYERS DID NOT COOPERATE IN THE INVESTIGATION, ALTHOUGH SMILEY DID ID GONZALEZ. TODAY GONZALEZ PLEADED GUILTY TO DRUG POSSESSION. BUT 21FELONIES CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING WERE DROPPED. GONZALEZ TO BE SENTENCED IN OCTOBER.
7 KOAT 10:00 PM
THE LOBOS RETURN TO THE PRACTICE FIELD THIS MONDAY FOR THE START OF TRAINING CAMP.. THAT'S RIGHT SUMMER IS JUST ABOUT OVER FOR THE LOBOS.. LAST YEAR UNM WENT 9AND4 AND CAPPED OFF THEIR FANTASTIC SEASON BY BEATING NEVADA IN THE NEW MEXICO BOWL FOR THEIR FIRST BOWL WIN IN 46 YEARS.. PICKED TO FINISH 4TH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST THIS YEAR THE LOBOS OPEN UP ON AUGUST 30TH AT HOME AGAINST TCU... HIGHLITED BY SOME EARLY SEASON TRIPS TO CREIGHTON, SAN DIEGO, TEXAS TECH AND AT LEAST TWO GAMES IN MEXICO AT THE CANCUN CHALLENGE, THE LOBO MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS FINALIZED ITS NONCONFERNCE SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.. ALONG WITH NONCONFERENCE HOME GAMES AGAINST 'OLE MISS, UTEP AND ORAL ROBERTS, THE LOBOS WILL ALSO PLAY THEIR ANNUAL HOMEANDHOME SERIES WITH NEW MEXICO STATE.. OF THE 15 NONCONFERENCE GAMES SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR, 13 OF THOSE TEAMS HAD WINNING RECORDS LAST SEASON
13 KRQE 5:00 AM
IMAGINE GETTING A ONE MILLION DOLLAR CHECK IN THE MAIL..FOR NO REASON. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT. THE ESTATE OF A LONGTIME FAN HAS DONATED AN UNRESTRICTED GIFT WORTH MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS TO UNM. OMAR HEINS DIED AT AGE 96 ON JANUARY 17TH. HEINS WAS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN WHO RETIRED FROM SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES IN 1974.
13 KRQE 12:00 PM
THREE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOOTBALL PLAYERS.. AND HITTING A YOUNG MAN ON A RECRUITING VISIT. BUT NOW, ALL CHARGES RELATED TO THE SHOOTING...FROM MURDER TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ...HAVE BEEN DROPPED ...IN PART, PROSECUTORS SAY, BECAUSE THE PLAYERS WERE OF LITTLE HELP. NEWS 13'S MIKE PALUSKA IS LIVE AT DISTRICT COURT TO EXPLAIN. THE ONLY CHARGE 27 YEAR OLD ERMINIO GONZALES PLEADED GUILTY TO WAS POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE STATE SAYS NONE OF THE OTHER 21 CHARGES COULD BE PROVEN. ...."THE ONE VICTIM WHO WAS INTERVIEW SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO ID THE SHOOTER FROM THAT INTERVIEW".... IN FACT NONE OF THE VICTIMS INVOLVED COULD POSITIVELY ID GONZALES. POLICE CHARGED HIM WITH SHOOTING AT THREE UNM FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND A RECRUIT IN DECEMBER OF 2006 AT THE SPEARMINT RHINO STRIP CLUB, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HIM WALKING OUT OF THE CLUB. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, GONZALES GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH THE PLAYERS THEY ENDED UP LEAVING AND GONZALES AND OTHER SUSPECTS FOLLOWED FIRING SHOTS INTO THE PLAYERS' CAR ON UNIVERSITY NEAR INDIAN SCHOOL. THE RECRUIT, UNA SMILEY, WAS SHOT IN THE LEG... CLAYTON CARDENAS WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH GLASS. SMILEY WAS IN TOWN FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS... AND NOW PLAYS FOOTBALL FOR OREGON STATE. PROSECUTORS SAY THEIR CASE WAS ALSO HURT BECAUSE THE THREE UNM FOOTBALL PLAYERS WOULD NOT COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE INVESTIGATION. GONZALES IS A HABITUAL OFFENDER AND WILL FACE A MANDATORY ONE YEAR IN JAIL. HE WAS CONVICTED IN 2005 WITH POSSESSION AND TWO COUNTS OF ROBBERY. THE POSESSION CHARGE COULD CARRY A MAXIMUM OF 18 MONTHS IN JAIL. GONZALES WILL BE SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION IN OCTOBER ... HE IS FACING ONE TO 2.5 YEARS IN JAIL.
13 KRQE 5:30 PM
LOBO MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH STEVE ALFORD HAS RELEASED THE TEAM'S NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE. IT INCLUDES SIX GAMES AWAY FROM THE PIT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE BUILDING OPENED IN 1966. THERE'S A TOTAL OF 15 NON CONFERENCE GAMES WITH TRIPS TO CREIGHTON, SAN DIEGO AND TEXAS TECH. THERE IS ALSO A STOP IN MEXICO AT THE CANCUN CHALLENGE. ONLY TWO OF THE LOBOS NON CONFERENCE OPPONENTS WERE RANKED OUTSIDE OF THE TP 150 IN RPI AT THE END OF THE 200708 SEASON.... EIGHT WERE IN THE TOP 100.
13 KRQE 10:00 PM
THE LOBO MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE BUILT TO BOOST THEIR RPI FOR NCAA TOURNAMENT PURPOSES. THE SCHEDULE RELEASED TODAY ALSO INCLUDES SIX NONCONFERENCE MATCHUPS AWAY FROM THE PIT....THE MOST SINCE THE PIT OPENED IN 1966. THERE'S A TOTAL OF 15 NON CONFERENCE GAMES WITH TRIPS TO CREIGHTON, SAN DIEGO AND TEXAS TECH. THERE IS ALSO A STOP IN MEXICO AT THE CANCUN CHALLENGE. ONLY TWO OF THE LOBOS NON CONFERENCE OPPONENTS WERE RANKED OUTSIDE OF THE TP 150 IN RPI AT THE END OF THE 200708 SEASON.... EIGHT WERE IN THE TOP 100.