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4 KOB 5:00 AM   

SOME GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING ABOUT AMERICAN INDIANS AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THE FARMINGTON DAILY TIMES SAYS THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN INDIANS ENROLLED IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE STATE IS RISING. THE NUMBERS COME FROM A STUDY BY THE NEW MEXICO HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - THAT STUDY ALSO SAYS OUR STATE HAS THE BEST RECORD WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICAN INDIANS GETTING ASSOCIATE DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES. BUT THERE IS A DROP WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICAN INDIANS WHO EARN A FOUR-YEAR OR GRADUATE-LEVEL DEGREE.

IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICAN VALUES AND NATIONAL SECURITY YOU CAN VOICE YOUR OPINION AT A TOWN HALL MEETING TODAY WITH SOME MILITARY LEADERS. THE MEETING IS BASED ON A SERIES ENTITLED: "SECURITY AND HUMANITY: KEEPING AMERICA SAFE AND SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN VALUES." MILITARY LEADERS WILL BE ON-HAND AT U-N-M TO EXAMINE HOW AMERICA CAN EFFECTIVELY FIGHT TERRORISTS AND STRENGTHEN OUR SECURITY. IT WILL BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENT UNION BUILDING AT 7 P.M.

4 KOB  6:00 PM

TWO-A-DAY WORKOUTS ARE NOT ENOUGH FOR THE LOBO FOOTBALL TEAM.. THE COACHING STAFF NOW HAS THEM TWISTING AND TURNING ON THE TURF.. THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL SQUAD IS DOING PILATES A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK .. THE IDEA IS TO WORK ON THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND MUSCLE STRENGTH..

13 KRQE 5:30 PM

LOBO FOOTBALL GAMES THIS SEASON PAY ATTENTION TO THE GUY WEARING HANK BASKETT'S OLD NUMBER OF 18. CHRIS HERNANDEZ WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE A BIG CONTRIBUTER IN THE LOBOS SIX HEADED RECEIVING MONSTER. HERNANDEZ HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS STEADY HANDS- PRODUCING A THOUSAND YARD SEASON AS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR. NOW THE FORMER LAS CRUCES HIGH PRODUCT AND LOBO SOPHOMORE HAS MADE MAJOR GAINS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM AND IS READY TO TRANSFER THAT PROGRESS TO FIELD. SATURDAY THE LOBOS ARE HOLDING THEIR FAN PHOTO DAY AT UNIVERSITY STADIUM FROM 4 TO 6 P-M.

13 KRQE 10:00 PM 

TRUANCY IS DEFINITELY NOT A PROBLEM AT NEW MEXICO TECH IN SOCORRO. STUDENTS THERE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE INTENSE COURSES. IN FACT, THEY HAVE A REPUTATION OF BEING "NERDY." AND, KIM HOLLAND REPORTS A NEW NATIONAL SURVEY HAS DISCOVERED SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THEM: THE PRINCETON REVIEW SPOKE WITH 120-THOUSAND COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE SURVEY REVEALED NEW MEXICO TECH STUDENTS ARE AN UNHAPPY BUNCH. HERE'S YOUR BIOLOGY BOOK. STUDENTS ARE JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY FROM DIVING INTO SOME DIFFICULT COURSES AT NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY. SISTERS KATRINA AND CANDACE COTTER ARE READY FOR SCHOOL TO START. CANDACE COTTER/STUDENT: I LOVE INTEGRALS, SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE EVIL, I HAVE QUITE A FEW FUN. SURVIVING NEW MEXICO TECH REQUIRES STUDENTS TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THEIR STUDIES. THERMAL DYNAMICS, MEGATRONICS, MASS TRANSFER. OK, SO MOST OF US DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE BOOKS, CHARTS AND CALCULATIONS CAN APPEAR FOREIGN. NOW THESE INTENSELY FOCUSED, HARDWORKING STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS NUMBER EIGHT FOR THE LEAST HAPPY STUDENTS AT COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE STUDY FOUND THAT STUDENTS HERE ARE SO FOCUSED ON SCHOOL, THEIR SOCIAL LIVES MAY BE LACKING. DR. RICARDO MAESTAS NM TECH:YES THEY COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS NERDY. WE TEND TO CALL OURSELVES TECHIES. THE PRINCETON REVIEW SAYS MOST STUDENTS FEEL SOCORRO IS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH NOTHING TO DO. AND THE MALE TO FEMALE RATIO IS ABOUT THREE TO ONE. CANDACE COTTER: YOU DO GET YOUR CHOICE BUT SOMETIMES YOUR CHOICES ARE VERY ODD SINCE THIS IS A NERDY SCHOOL. BUT FOR THOSE WITH A LOVE FOR ALL THINGS SCIENTIFIC, ELECTRONIC OR JUST PLAIN "NERDY"...A SACRIFICED SOCIAL LIFE IS WORTH THE PAYOFF LATER. NO SUPER/NO FACE OF STUDENT: BE KIND TO NERDS, THE ODDS ARE YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING FOR ONE. THEY MAY BE UNHAPPY, BUT THEY'RE PAID WELL. A SALARY STUDY SHOWS TECH GRADUATES MAKE AN AVERAGE OF 51- THOUSAND DOLLARS AFTER GRADUATION. THAT'S MORE THAN GRADUATES FROM NEARLY ALL OTHER WESTERN UNIVERSITIES. KIM HOLLAND KRQE NEWS 13.

41 KLUZ 5:00 PM

UNA CASA NUEVA .POR SU PARTE EL DEPARTAMENTO DE DEPORTES DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE NUEVO MEXICO, FINALIZO UN CONTRATO DE 6 AQOS CON UNA CONOCIDA FIRMA DE ROPA DEPORTIVA POR LO QUE TODOS LOS DEPORTISTAS DE LAS DIFERENTES RAMAS DEPORTIVAS DE UNM, CON ESEPCION DEL GOLF VARONIL, DEVERAN PORTAR EN SUS UNIFORMES EL CONOCIDO LOGO, HASTA LA TEMPORADA 2013-2014. PAUL KREBS VICE PRESIDENTE DEL DEPARTAMENTO ATLETICO DE UNM DIJO ESTAR SATISFECHO CON EL CONTRATO LOGRADO CON DICHA FIRMA.