Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Tuesday, August 12 include stories about:

* Lobo Volleyball Team Expecting a Good Season
* NM Senate Race Heats Up (UNM Prof comments)
* Steve Alford Talks About His Olympic Experience
* UNM Football Team Preparing for Tough Season
* Atrisco Academy Opens

2 KASA  9:00 PM

THE LOBOS VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS EXPECTING GOOD THINGS THIS SEASON. THE LOBOS ARE RANKED FOURTH IN THE CONFERENCE. SECOND YEAR COACH JEFF NELSON LED THE TEAM TO IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT IN ONLY HIS FIRST SEASON LAST YEAR. NELSON KEPT HIS LOBOS SHARP THE ENTIRE SPRING PLAYING ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IN ARGENTINA. HE HOPES THE TIME ABROAD WILL TRANSLATE TO WINS IN THE FALL.

4 KOB 5:00 PM 

THE U-S SENATE RACE TAKES A NEGATIVE TWIST AS DEMOCRAT TOM UDALL LAUNCHES A NEW T-V AD RIPPING STEVE PEARCE. STUART DYSON IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. UDALL'S BEEN UP ON THE AIRWAVES SINCE LATE MAY WITH ISSUE ADS AND ADS POLISHING UP HIS IMAGE - POSITIVE MESSAGES - BUT THE NEW ONE COMES STRICTLY FROM THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF TOWN. OUT Q "ON TO  NOVEMBER" " GEORGE BUSH AND STEVE PEARCE - HOW MUCH ARE THEY COSTING YOU?" IT  FOLLOWS A FAMILIAR DEMOCRATIC RECIPE - TIE YOUR OPPONENT TO THE  UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT AND BEAT HIM WITH THE GAS- PRICE STICK! " TOM  UDALL WON'T STAND UP TO THE FAR-LEFT ENVIRONMENTALISTS - I WILL!" PEARCE WENT NEGATIVE  FIRST WITH HIS VERY FIRST POST-PRIMARY AD – JUST LAST WEEK - AND FIRST  TO PREDICT ALL THIS NEGATIVITY WAS UNM POLTICAL SCIENTIST MIKE ROCCA - ON DAY NEGATIVITY WAS UNM POLTICAL SCIENTIST MIKE ROCCA – ON DAY ONE! " UDALL WILL BE CALLING STEVE PEARCE TOO CONSERVATIVE AND STEVE PEARCE WILL BE CALLING UDALL TOO LIBERAL - THEY'LL CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT - IT'LL BE A NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN FOR SURE!" TODAY ROCCA SAYS PEARCE HAD TO THROW THE FIRST PUNCH - TRAILING UDALL IN THE POLLS. " USUALLY THE CANDIDATE THAT'S BEHIND - THAT'S BEHIND – HITS FIRST - AND THEN THE OTHER CANDIDATE OF COURSE NEEDS TO ANSWER BACK - SO HE'LL HIT BACK – AND THEN IT BECOMES THIS VICIOUS CYCLE - BECOMES AN EYE FOR AN EYE!" AND WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF EYEBALLS IT'LL BE A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH – ON TO NOVEMBER! AND IT ISN'T JUST UDALL AND PEARCE DUMPING INGREDIENTS INTO THIS NEGATIVITY SOUP - THERE'S ANOTHER COOK IN THE KITCHEN STIR STUART DYSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR. 

  4 KOB  6:00 PM 

THE U.S. MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM CRUISED TO ANOTHER VICTORY IN CHINA. TODAY THE AMERICANS RAN OVER ANGOLA BY 21 .. 97-76 WAS THE FINAL. PLAYING IN THE OLYMPICS IS SOMETHING UNM MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH STEVE ALFORD KNOWS A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT.. ALFORD WAS A PART OF THE 1984 GOLD MEDAL SQUAD.. IT WAS THE LAST AMATEUR TEAM TO WIN THE GOLD.. ALFORD IS PART OF AN ELITE GROUP OF PLAYERS WHO HAVE WON "BOTH" A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP "AND" A GOLD MEDAL.. AND HE WON THE GOLD BY AGE 19.. ALFORD WAS ON THE OLYMPIC TEAM WITH PATRICK EWING.. CHRIS MULLIN AND A GUY BY THE NAME OF MICHAEL JORDAN.. WHO BET ALFORD HE WOULDN'T LAST THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WITH BOBBY KNIGHT..

THE UNM VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS GETTING READY FOR THE SEASON WITH WORKOUTS THIS WEEK.. THE LOBOS WERE PICKED TO FINISH FOURTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST PRE-SEASON POLL.. WITH 10 RETURNING PLAYERS FROM LAST YEAR THE LOBOS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO BETTER THAN FOURTH..

 7 KOAT  10:00 PM      

THERE'S NO SACRAMENTO STATE OR TEXAS STATE SAN MARCOS TO FALL BACK ON. NO, THIS SEASON IT'S THE REAL DEAL FOR THE LOBO FOOTBALL TEAM WHICH COULD LEAD TO ELATION OR DISASTER. "YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE TCU FIRST, TEXAS A&M. WE HAVE TO BE READY COME AUGUST 30TH." IT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT SCHEDULE IN YEARS. ARIZONA AND TULSA ROUND OUT UNM'S FIRST FOUR OPPONENTS...THE WILDCATS ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT DID NOT APPEAR IN A BOWL GAME LAST YEAR. "WE WORKED OUT SO HARD THIS SUMMER. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST OFF-SEASON PROGRAMS SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE." THE LOBOS HOPE THE EXTRA TRAINING WILL PAY OFF.  AFTER ALL...A QUICK START COULD LEAD TO A SPECTACULAR SEASON. "I THINK WE HAVE BEEN A GOOD ENOUGH FOOTBALL TEAM TO BE COMPETITIVE. NOW IT'S TIME TO FORCE OUR HAND TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP." EASIER SAID THAN DONE ...TCU DISMATLED NEW MEXICO 37 TO NOTHING LAST YEAR AND THE GAMETAPE IS HARD TO WATCH. "WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT OVER AND OVER. AND WE WILL PROBABLY SEE IT OVER AND OVER THIS MONTH UNTIL WE PLAY THEM." MOTIVATION IS CLEARLY NOT A PROBLEM FOR THE SEASON OPENER AGAINST THE HORNED FROGS. "THAT'S ALL YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OFF-SEASON EVERYDAY YOU GO IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, EVERYDAY YOU GO OUT THERE RUN AND CONDITION, I MEAN ITS TERRIBLE WE GOT BEAT BAD LAST YEAR." IT'S CLEAR THE DIFFICULT NON-CONFERENCE GAMES COULD MAKE OR BREAK THE LOBOS. A 4-0 START WILL HELP VALIDATE ROCKY LONG'S BELIEFS. AN 0-4 BEGINNING COULD MEAN A SEASON LONG TAILSPIN. "I THINK THE MOUNTAIN WEST IS THE BEST NON-BCS CONFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY AND I TRULY BELIEVE WE ARE BETTER THAN ONE OF THE BCS CONFERENCES." WELL THEN...IT'S TIME TO PROVE IT. THE FUN STARTS IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS.

13 KRQE  5:30 PM

WITH THEIR BEST PRESEASON RANKING SINCE JOINING THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE, THE LOBOS VOLLEYBALL MOUNTAIN WEST  CONFERENCE, THE LOBOS VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS EXPECTING GOOD THINGS  THIS SEASON. GOOD THINGS THIS SEASON. THE LOBOS ARE RANKED   FOURTH IN THE CONFERENCE. SECOND YEAR COACH JEFF NELSON LED THE  TEAM TO IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT IN ONLY HIS FIRST SEASON LAST YEAR.  NELSON KEPT HIS LOBOS SHARP THE ENTIRE SPRING PLAYING ON THE   INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IN ARGENTINA. HE HOPES THE TIME ABROAD WILL   TRANSLATE TO WINS IN THE FALL.

41 KLUZ   5:00 PM     

Y HABLANDO DE REGRESO A CLASES.... MILES DE ESTUDIANTES DE  PRIMARIA, SECUNDARIA Y PREPARATORIA VOLVIERON A  CLASES...PRESISAME NTE UNA PREPARATORIA EN ESPECIAL, RECIBIO EL    APOYO DE LA BARRA DE ABOGADOS DE NUEVO MEXICO...ISMAEL FELIX NOS  TIENE LA HISTORIA.. LAS ESCUELAS PUBLICAS DE ALBUQUERQUE  ANUNCIARON EL REGRESO DE LOS ESTUDIANTES A LOS DIFERENTES  PLANTELES EDUCATIVOS DE LA CIUDAD...DESDE TEMPRANO SE PUDIERON  OBSERVAR POR TODA LA CIUDAD A LOS ESTUDIANTES DIRIGIENDOSE A SUS   ESCUELAS... EN ESCUELAS PRIMARIAS COMO LA "LONGFELLOW" PADRES DE  FAMILIA COMENTARON EN ESTE PRIMER DIA DE CLASES ACERCA DE LA   IMPORTANCIA DE ACOMPAQAR A SUS HIJOS...PUES HOY SI ES MUY ESPECIAL  PORQUE EMPIEZAN LAS CLASES Y ELLOS VIENEN MUY CONTENTOS,   DESCANZADOS DE SUS VACACIONES, PUES QUE MAS LE PUEDO DECIR, ES  ESPECIAL, POR ESO NOSTROS LO ACOMPAQAMOS, EL PRIMER DIA SIEMPRE  ME GUSTA ACOMPAQARLOS POR LO MISMO PORQUE SE QUE ES MUY  ESPECIAL PARA ELLOS, SABER EN QUE CLASE QUEDAN, CON QUE  MAESTROS.... POR OTRO LADO LA PREPARATORIA MAS NUEVA DE "APS" EL  "ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY" EMPEZARA UNA SOCIEDAD CON LA LA BARRA   DE ABOGADOS HISPANOS DE NUEVO MEXICO Y LA ASOCIACION MEXICO  AMERICANA DE ESTUDIANTES DE LEYES DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE        NUEVO MEXICO, EN UN ESFUERZO PARA EXHORTAR A LOS ESTUDIANTES DE  LA PREPARATORIA A PERSEGUIR UNA CARRERA EN LEYES...UNA GRAN  OPORTUNIDAD PARA LOS ESTUDIANTES DE NUEVO MEXICO, PORQUE ESTA  SCUELA VA A TENER CLASES QUE VA A ENSEQAR LOS ESTUDINATES SOBRE  LEYES, COMO SER ABOGADOS, COMO PUEDEN AYUDAR A PERSONAS   DURANTE EL SISTEMA LEGAL Y CREEMOS QUE ESO ES UNA ESCUELA, EL  PRIMER TIPO DE ESTA ESCUELA EN TODO EL PAIS, YO CREEMOS, Y VA A SER  UNA GRAN OPORTUNIDAD PARA LOS ESTUDIANTES....ESTA SOCIEDAD    PERMITIRA QUE ESTUDIANTES DE LEYES UNIVERSITARIOS, ABOGADOS Y  JUECES AYUDEN DIRECTAMENTE EN SUS ESTUDIOS A LOS ESTUDIANTES DEL  "ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY" EN CALIDAD DE CONSEJEROS...VAMOS A  TRABAJAR JUNTOS CON ELLOS, ELLOS VAN A VENIR Y TRABAJAR CON LOS  ESTUDIANTES Y LAS PERSONAS EN LA COMUNIDAD, PARA QUE ELLOS, LOS   ESTUDIANTES DE NOSOTROS, SABEN QUE PUEDEN SER BOGADOS,   PUEDEN TRABAJAR EN LA LEY, PUEDEN ESTAR ESTUDIANDO CON ELLOS,  "MENTORING" Y OTRAS COSAS COMO ESTE....POR SU PARTE LA POLICIA DE  ALBUQUERQUE INFORMO QUE SE VIGILARAN ESTRICTAMENTE LOS LIMITES  DE VELOCIDAD EN LAS ESCUELAS, POR LO QUE SE ASIGNARAN OFICIALES   EXTRAS Y VANS ESTRATEGICAMENTE POSICIONADAS EN VARIAS ESCUELAS  ALREDEDOR DE LA CIUDAD...LO ANTERIOR CON EL OBJETO DE ESTUDIANTES...INFORMO ISMAEL  FELIX, NOTICIAS UNIVISION NUEVO MEXICO...