Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Monday, August 04 include stories about:

* UNM Computer Scientists Monitoring Chinese Internet
* Lobo Football Players Begin Training
* Media Poll Says Lobos Will Finish 4th in Conference Volleyball

2 KASA 9:00 PM

COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ARE HELPING TRACK WHAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S INTERNET CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE MAY FILTER IN THE UPCOMING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES. THE TEAM SAYS NOT MUCH SEEMS TO BE ON THE BLOCKED LIST RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'LL KEEP CHECKING. THEY SAY SOME THINGS, SUCH AS PHRASES WITH "TIBET" IN THEM, APPEAR TO BE MORE CONSISTENTLY FILTERED. COACH ROCKY LONG CALLS HIS 2008 LOBOS TALENTED BUT, INEXPERIENCED. THE TEAM OPENED TRAINNING CAMP TODAY WITH ONLY 12 RETURNING STARTINGS-SIX ON OFFENSE AND SIX ON DEFENSE. THE RUNNING GAME IS SOLID WITH ALL MOUNTAIN WEST PEFORMER RODNEY FERGUSON COMING BACK ALONG WITH PAUL BAKER. THE OFFENSIVE LINE WILL HAVE TO PROVE ITSELF. QUARTERBACK DONOVAN PORTERIE RETURNS. HE HAD GREAT SUCCESS THROWING THE BALL TO TWO FORMER LOBOS WHO ARE NOW ON NFL ROSTERS. HE AND COACH LONG HAVE HAD TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE THE RECEIVERS WILL BE THIS SEASON. THE LOBOS START THE SEASON WITH A MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE GAME WHEN THEY HOST TCU AUGUST 30TH. TEXAS A&M, ARIZONA AND TULSA WILL FOLLOW THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. THE LOBOS TOUGH 12 GAME SCHEDULE THIS SEASON DOES NOT INCLUDE A BYE WEEK.

THE MOUNTAIN WEST MEDIA POLL SAYS THE LOBOS WILL FINISH FOURTH IN VOLLEYBALL THIS SEASON. THAT'S THE HIGHEST PRESEASON RANKING FOR LOBO VOLLEYBALL SINCE THE START OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE. JEANNE FAIRCHILD AND GAYLE TRIP WERE NAMED TO THE ALL MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM. PCL BASEBALL ISOTOPES TACOMA.

4 KOB 6:00 PM

IN OVER 40 YEARS, BUT HEAD COACH ROCKY LONG ADMITS, THIS TEAM YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED, WHICH IS WHY ROCKY SAYS THE HAVE TO DEVELOP FAST. THE UNM FOOTBALL TEAM STARTED FALL PRACTICE TODAY, QUARTERBACK DONOVAN PORTERIE IS BACK, SO IS SENIOR RUNNING BACK RODNEY FERGUSON.. BUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS NEW, THEY'LL HAVE TO REPLACE WIDE RECEIVERS MARCUS SMITH AND TRAVIS BROWN.. AND FIND A NEW KICKER TO REPLACE ALL- AMERICAN JOHN SULLIVAN.. LONG SAYS HE STILL HAS NOT SIGNED HIS CONTRACT EXTENSION.. IT'S CAUGHT UP BETWEEN LAWYERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE AGREEMENT.. SOURCES CLOSE TO NEGOTIATIONS TELL US LONG WILL GET A FIVE YEAR DEAL..

4 KOB 10 PM

THE MOUNTAIN WEST COACHES AND MEDIA PICKED THE LOBO VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO FINISH FOURTH IN THE PRE-SEASON POLL RELEASED ON MONDAY, THAT'S THE HIGHEST PRE- SEASON RANKING SINCE THE LEAGUE WAS FORMED.. SENIORS GAYLE TRIPP AND JEANNE FAIRCHILD MADE THE LEAGUE'S PRE-SEASON ALL- CONFERENCE TEAM.

7 KOAT 5:00 AM

WITH THE OLYMPICS LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY ... THE WORLD WILL BE GETTING A CLOSER THAN EVER LOOK AT BEIJING. BUT YOU MAY NOT GET THE WHOLE STORY... IF CHINA'S COMMUNIST LEADERS HAVE THEIR WAY. JOURNALISTS WHO SEND STORIES BACK TO THEIR NEWSROOM VIA THE INTERNET WILL FACE THE SAME CENSORS THE CHINESE PEOPLE DO. THAT MEANS A STORY MENTIONING THE NOTORIOUS TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTEST MIGHT BE BLOCKED. U-N-M ASSISTANT COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR JED CRANDALL HAS SPENT PART OF THE LAST YEAR FIGURING WHAT WORDS AND PHRASES THE CHINESE ARE BLACKLISTING. JED CRANDALL - UNM COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT. OUR FIRST LIST OF KEYWORDS HAD SOME REALLY SURPSING WORDS ON IT LIKE HILTER DO VILLE IS THE NAME OF THT OWN IN FRANCE WHERE THE ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL IS HELD EVERY YEAR CRANDALL HAS NOW HAS RELEASED THREE SETS OF TERMS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS BANNED.

7 KOAT 10:00 PM

THE LOBO FOOTBALL TEAM OPENED UP TRAINING CAMP TODAY AND AS JOHN SALAZAR REPORTS, THE 2-THOUSAND-8 CAMPAIGNE BEGINS IN LESS THAN A MONTH WITH A CONFERENCE GAME AGAINST VISITING T-C-U .. NOVEMBER 3RD 2007. TCU THUMPED NEW MEXICO 37-0. IT WAS A DISATROUS LOSS NEW MEXICO CAN AVENGE IN THIS YEAR'S SEASON OPENER. "IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE GOT WHIPPED AND LAID DOWN AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO STAND-UP AND FIGHT BACK." THE SCHEDULE IS DAUNTING. NEW MEXICO OPENS WITH 3 HOME GAMES. ON AUGUST 30TH TCU VISITS UNIVERSITY STADIUM. FOLLOWING THE HORNED FROGS, UNM WILL FACE TEXAS A&M AND ARIZONA. "OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO PUT ON A GOOD SHOW FOR THE FANS AND HOPE THEY COME OUT AND SUPPORT US BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME BIG NAME TEAMS COMING OUT HERE." WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION...CAN UNM BREAK OUT OF THE GATE QUICKLY? "I HOPE WE ARE A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING. WE HAVE A TALENTED FOOTBALL TEAM BUT THERE ARE SOME REAL QUESTION MARKS ESPECIALLY WITH EXPERIENCE." 12 STARTERS WILL RETURN BUT WIDE RECIEVERS LIKE MARCUS SMITH AND TRAVIS BROWN WILL BE TOUGH TO REPLACE. THE LOBOS ALSO HAVE LOST 4 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, THE STARTING LINEBACKERS CORP, AND AN ALL AMERICAN PLACEKICKER. IT APPEARS QUARTERBACK DONAVAN PORTARIE HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM. "I'M ONLY A JUNIOR THIS YEAR BUT I BELIEVE I'M READY TO GO OUT THERE AND START TEACHING SOME OTHER GUYS ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND JUST LEAD THE TEAM." PORTARIE WILL HAVE HELP FROM FIRST TEAM ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST RUNNING BACK RODNEY FERGUSEN...THE SENIOR HAS RUSHED FOR 12 HUNDRED YARDS THE PAST 2 SEASONS. "MY EXPECTATION THIS YEAR IS TO WIN THE CONFERENCE, GO TO A BETTER BOWL; GAME AND BE THE BEST TEAM TO EVER GO THROUGH NEW MEXICO." BIG GOALS FOR A TEAM COMPETING IN A LEAGUE APPARENTLY RULED BY PARITY. "I THINK THERE ARE 6 TEAMS IN THIS CONFERENCE THAT CAN WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO TO THINK SO TO THINK SOMEONE IS GOING TO GO UNDEFEATED IN THE CONFERENCE IS A STRETCH." THIS MEANS SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BEAT MOUNTAIN WEST FAVORITE BYU. THE COUGARS HAVE RUN THE TABLE 2 YEARS IN A ROW. JOHN SALAZAR KOAT ACTION 7 SPORTS.

13 KRQE 5:30 PM

TRAINNING CAMP TODAY WITH ONLY 12 RETURNING STARTINGS-SIX ON OFFENSE AND SIX ON DEFENSE. THE RUNNING GAME IS SOLID WITH ALL MOUNTAIN WEST PEFORMER RODNEY FERGUSON COMING BACK ALONG WITH PAUL BAKER. THE OFFENSIVE LINE WILL HAVE TO PROVE ITSELF. QUARTERBACK DONOVAN PORTERIE RETURNS. HE HAD GREAT SUCCESS THROWING THE BALL TO TWO FORMER LOBOS WHO ARE NOW ON NFL ROSTERS. HE AND COACH LONG HAVE HAD TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE THE RECEIVERS WILL BE THIS SEASON. THE LOBOS START THE SEASON WITH A MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE GAME WHEN THEY HOST TCU AUGUST 30TH. TEXAS A&M, ARIZONA AND TULSA WILL FOLLOW THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. THE LOBOS TOUGH 12 GAME SCHEDULE THIS SEASON DOES NOT INCLUDE A BYE WEEK. WE WILL HERE WHAT THE LOBOS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT TONIGHT AT TEN.

13 KRQE 10:00 PM

FOOTBALL TEAM IS EVEN STRONGER THAN LAST SEASON. COACH ROCKY LONG SAYS HE HAS INEXPERIENCED BUT TALENTED PLAYERS WHO NEED TO PLAY WELL RIGHT AWAY. THE LOBOS START THE SEASON BY HOSTING TCU IN A MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE GAME AUGUST 30TH. AFTER TCU THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BRING TEXAS A&M AND ARIZONA TO UNIVERSITY STADIUM. THEN THE LOBOS GO TO TULSA. THE SCHEDULE IS A 12 WEEK GRIND WITHOUT A BYE WEEK. PLAYERS SEEM TO PREFER NO BREAK.