August 18, 2008
Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Friday, August 15 - Sunday, August 17, include stories about:* Lobo Football Conducts First Scrimmage
* UNM Students in Dorms May Get Roommates
* John McCain Going to NMSU
* Opening of Integrated Medicine Clinic
* Construction at UNM
* UNM Spending for MarketingSUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2008
2 KASA 9:00 PM
AS EXPECTED, IT WAS THE DEFENSE ON DISPLAY AT THE 1ST SCRIMMAGE OF TRAINING CAMP YESTERDAY FOR THE LOBOS... THE DEFENSE OUTSCORED THE OFFENSE THROUGH THE 1ST 12 SERIES' AND THE PLAY WAS PHYSICAL... STILL THERE WERE SOME BRIGHT SPOTS ON OFFENSE, INCLUDING Q.B. 1 – DONOVAN PORTERIE GOING 15 OF 22 FOR 109 YARDS AND THIS T.D. TO CHRIS HERNANDEZ.
4 KOB 10:00 PM
THERE WERE HIGHS AND LOWS FOR THE LOBOS YESTERDAY IN THEIR SCRIMMAGE...THE DEFENSE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN ON A GLOVER QUINN INTERCEPTION... AND THE OFFENSE SCORED ON A PASS PLAY FROM DONOVAN PORTERIE TO CHRIS HERNANDEZ... THE LOBOS SAY THAT IS JUST THE WAY THE SCRIMMAGE IS SUPPOSED TO GO HEADING INTO THE OPENER AGAINST TCU...
7 KOAT 6:00 AM
FOR SOME UNM STUDENTS IT CAME AS A BIG SURPRISE. MANY WHO THOUGHT THEY'D GET THEIR OWN DORM ROOM THIS SCHOOL YEAR WILL HAVE TO SHARE. UNM RECEIVED MORE DORM REQUESTS THAN USUAL AND SO FAR VERY FEW CANCELLATIONS. THAT MEANS THE CAMPUS IS CLOSE TO REACHING ITS 2400-BED CAPACITY... AND SOME STUDENTS MAY HAVE TO DOUBLE OR EVEN TRIPLE UP WHEN IT COMES TO DORM ROOMS. THE SCHOOL DOES SAY IN A COUPLE WEEKS THERE WILL LIKELY BE ADJUSTMENTS, SOME STUDENTS MIGHT MOVE INTO GREEK LIFE, JOINING A SORORITY OR FRATERNITY... AND OTHERS MIGHT CHANGE THEIR MIND ABOUT LIVING IN THE DORMS. IF THAT DOES HAPPEN...
UNM HAS A SYSTEM. SOT: WALTER MILLER, "WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US A LONG TIME IF OPPORTUNITIES COME UP TO CREATE THAT SINGLE SPACE." CLASSES START MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH. UNM TELLS US THERE ARE ALREADY PLANS IN THE WORKS TO ADD MORE BEDS, BETWEEN ADDITIONAL 500 AND A THOUSAND, IN THE FUTURE.UNM IS PUTTING UP SOME SERIOUS CASH IN HOPES OF IMPROVING ITS IMAGE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY IS SPENDING MORE THAN FOUR MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR ON STRATEGISTS, MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND IN-HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS STAFFERS. OFFICIALS AT THE SCHOOL ARE HOPING THEIR INVESTMENT WILL PAY OFF AND THE UNIVERSITY WILL GAIN GREATER RECOGNITION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT COULD MEAN MORE STUDENTS AND A BIGGER BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD.
7 KOAT 5:00 PM
IT APPEARS THE PAST IS THE PAST BETWEEN SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON AND GOVERNOR RICHARDSON; AT LEAST IT LOOKED THAT WAY IN ESPANOLA TODAY. THE NEW YORK SENATOR AND FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE STOPPED IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT TO STUMP FOR BARACK OBAMA. ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER LARRY BEHRENS WAS THERE...AND JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT HAPPENED. - NOT TOO LONG AGO ONE OF HER SUPPORTERS CALLED THE GOVERNOR JUDAS FOR HIS SUPPORT OF SENATOR OBAMA BUT IT APPEARS POLITICS HAS BROUGHT THEM BACK TOGETHER. THE CROWDS STILL STAND UP AND CHEER FOR THE NEW YORK SENATOR AND FORMER FIRST LADY. A STOP IN A HEAVLY DEMOCARTIC COUNTY TOOK PLACE BEFORE A SCHEDULED FUND RAISER LATER THIS EVENING. CROWDS GATHERED EARLY FOR A CHANCE AT AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT CLINTON AND SHE DIDNT DISPPOINT HER FORMER SUPPORTERS AND SPENT A LOT OF HER SPEECH ASKING THEM TO CONTINUE THAT SUPPORT FOR BARAK OBAMA. BUT BEFORE ALL THAT SHE SHARED A HUG WITH THE GOVERNOR AND TOOK TIME FOR A THANK YOU. THE CROWD THAT SHOWED UP TODAY WAITIED THROUGH A LITTLE RAIN FOR A CHANCE TO SEE THE CROWD THAT SHOWED UP TODAY WAITIED THROUGH A LITTLE RAIN FOR A CHANCE TO SEE NEW MEXICO'S POLITICAL PLAYERS AND CLINTON ON THE SAME STAGE AND MANY OF THEM TOLD US IT WAS WELL WORTH IT WHILE HILLARY IS RALLYING IN ESPANOLA, GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON IS HOLDING CAMPAIGN EVENTS FOR SENATOR CLINTON IN SANTA FE AND ALBUQUERQUE. THE FIRST, IN SANTA FE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. THE SECOND IS TONIGHT IN THE DUKE CITY. CLINTON IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND BOTH EVENTS. WHILE HILLARY CLINTON IS IN NEW MEXICO TODAY...SENATOR BARACK OBAMA WILL VISIT THE STATE TOMORROW. THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER WILL HOLD A TOWN HALL MEETING AT ALBUQUERQUE'S RIO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL AT 1 P-M. DOORS OPEN AT 10-45 AND TICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE EVENT. BUT TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. AND....REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JOHN MCCAIN HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO VISIT NEW MEXICO. THE ARIZONA SENATOR WILL HOLD A TOWN HALL MEETING WEDNESDAY MORNING IN LAS CRUCES. IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE ANNEX PRACTICE GYMNASIUM AT N-M-S-U'S PAN AMERICAN CENTER. DOORS OPEN AT 8-30 A-M. ORGANIZERS ASK, THAT YOU ENTER ON THE NORTH EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND DON'T FORGET ACTION 7 NEWS WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. ANCHOR DOUG FERNANDEZ WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST FROM DENVER, STARTING AUGUST 25TH. AND HE'LL BE IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION STARTING SEPTEMBER FIRST.
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UNM FOOTBALL COACHES WERE SATISFIED WITH THE OFFENSE, BUT VERY HAPPY WITH THE DEFENSE DURING THE FAN PHOTO DAY SCRIMMAGE LATE YESTERDAY... PHYSICAL PLAY MADE EVERYONE HAPPY, AS THE DEFENSE PRESSURED THE OFFENSE EARLY AND OFTEN... STILL, SOME GOOD MOMENTS ON OFFENSE, INCLUDING STARTING Q.B. - DONOVAN PORTERIE GOING 15 OF 22 FOR 109 YARDS AND THIS T.D. HERE TO CHRIS HERNANDEZ...
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
4 KOB 5 A.M.
THE LOBOS HAD THE FIRST SCRIMMAGE OF THEIR PRESEASON TRAINING CAMP TODAY. IT WAS FAN PHOTO DAY, AND ADAM SHADOFF'S HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT... HI ADAM... A FEW DOZEN FANS SHOWED UP FOR AUTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES AT UNM FAN PHOTO DAY AND SCRIMMAGE THIS AFTERNOON... AS FOR THE 1ST SCRIMMAGE OF TRAINING CAMP, THE OFFENSE WAS A BIT SHAKY... DONOVAN PORTERIE SCRAMBLES FOR A NICE GAIN HERE... MEANWHILE, THE DEFENSE WAS FIERCE!... A NUMBER OF HUGE HITS ON THE NIGHT, LIKE THIS ONE HERE FROM ALBUQUERQUE'S CLINT MCPEEK... BOOM! THEN HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?!... A.J. BUTLER ON THE CARRY, TREY HARDAWAY SAYS UN-UNH! HELMET CAME OFF, THE HIT WAS SO BIG... IN THE END, PORTERIE WENT 15 OF 22 FOR 109 YARDS AND THIS T.D. HERE TO LAS CRUCES' CHRIS HERNANDEZ... HERNANDEZ ALSO LED ALL RECIEVERS WITH 63 YARDS... PRESEASON FOOTBALL,
4 KOB 6:00 AM
UNM SAYS CONSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. AND A LOT OF IT WON'T BE FINISHED WHEN STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO CLASS IN 10 DAYS. RIGHT NOW CREWS ARE PUTTING IN NEW WATER PIPES AT THE DUCK POND - AND INSTALLING SKY LIGHTS IN THE ENGINEERING LIBRARY. THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF THE 167 PROJECTS GOING ON. SOME STUDENTS SAY IT'S A PAIN - FOR OTHERS -- IT'S NO PROBLEM. I THINK ITS GREAT THEY ARE IMPROVING THE WAY THE SCHOOL LOOKS THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME IN ANY POSSIBLE WAY ONE MAJOR PROJECT STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES -- NEW DORMS. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT'S TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LIVE ON CAMPUS.
4 KOB 6:00 PM
THE NEW MEXICO LOBOS WILL OPEN WITH THE TCU HORNED FROGS...BUT FIRST YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAN PHOTO DAY... A FIRST FOR THE LOBO FOOTBALL PROGRAM ...THANKS TO THE UGLY WEATHER FAN PHOTO DAY WAS HELD IN THE INDOOR FACILITY...THEN IT WAS THE OFFENSE TAKING ON THE DEFENSE.. IT APPEARS THAT RECEIVER CHRIS HERNANDEZ IS THE GO TO GUY...HERE HE MAKES A NICE GRAB TO SET UP THE LOBOS FIRST OFFENSIVE TD OF THE DAY.... === HERE HE AND QUARTERBACK DONOVAN PORTERIE BEAT DEANDRE WRIGHT...SUPER GRAB BY HERNANDEZ...THE LOBOS WILL OPEN THE SEASON AT HOME AGAINST TCU 30TH...
7 KOAT5:00 PM
GET READY FOR A ROOMY -- THAT'S WHAT SOME U-N-M STUDENTS ARE BEING TOLD. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THE DORMS ARE FILLING UP FASTER THAN EXPECTED... AND THAT MEANS SOME STUDENTS WHO THOUGHT THEY'D HAVE A ROOM TO THEMSELVES, MIGHT GET A ROOMMATE OR TWO. ACTION 7 NEWS ANCHOR NATALIE SWABY HAS MORE ABOUT WHAT SOME CALL A "DORM DOWNER." WALTER MILLER: "WE'VE HAD A HIGHER NUMBER OF STUDENTS ASKING TO LIVE ON CAMPUS, WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS IN QUITE A FEW YEARS." DORMS ARE IN DEMAND... BUT U-N-M CAN ONLY SUPPLY BEDS FOR 2400-STUDENTS. WALTER MILLER: "AS OF THIS WEEK WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THAT MAX NUMBER." AS A RESULT THE UNIVERSITY NOTIFIED STUDENTS WHO THOUGHT THEY'D GET THEIR OWN ROOM, THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DOUBLE OR EVEN TRIPLE UP. WALTER MILLER: "AT THIS POINT WE WANTED TO BE REALISTIC AND NOT PULL THE RUG OUT WHEN THEY WALK IN THE DOOR." 03:08 AFTER RECEIVING WORD THAT HE'LL HAVE TO SHARE, ONE U-N-M STUDENT SENT ACTION 7 NEWS AN E-MAIL SAYING: "TO ME THIS SEEMS LIKE A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO MAKE AN EXTRA BUCK BY UNM AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STUDENTS." THE SCHOOL SAYS ITS NOT THE UNIVERSITY TRYING TO MAKE AN EXTRA BUCK, BUT POSSIBLY THE DORM DWELLERS. WALTER MILLER: "IT IS APART OF THE ECONOMY." WALTER MILLER WITH STUDENT LIFE SAYS AT LEAST ONE STUDENT TOLD HIM COMMUNTING FROM LOS LUNAS WAS GETTING TOO EXPENSIVE, AND HE WANTED TO LIVE ON CAMPUS. WITH PRICES GAS, ELECTRICITY, AND FOOD GOING UP... THE RATE OF A DORM ROOM SITS AT 4300-DOLLARS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR ACCORDING TO U-N-M'S WEBSITE. FOR THAT REASON, SOME SEE DORM LIFE AS THE GOOD LIFE. AND U-N-M ISN'T ALONE, MANY COLLEGES ARE EXPERIENCING A DORM DEMAND. AN EXAMPLE, IN MASSACHUSETS, DORMS AT 9-STATE COLLEGES ARE AT 5% ABOVE CAPACITY FOR THE FALL, THAT MEANS 3-STUDENTS WILL BE SHARING DORMS MEANT FOR TWO." JUST THIS WEEK, U-N-M MADE THE DECISION TO EXPAND ITS HOUISING AND ADD BETWEEN 500 AND A THOUSAND BEDS. A REMINDER -- U-N-M STARTS CLASSES MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH.
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FOR SOME U-N-M STUDENTS IT CAME AS A BIG SURPRISE. MANY WHO THOUGHT THEY'D GET THEIR OWN DORM ROOM THIS SCHOOL YEAR WILL HAVE TO SHARE. U-N-M RECEIVED MORE DORM REQUESTS THAN USUAL AND SO FAR VERY FEW CANCELLATIONS. THAT MEANS THE CAMPUS IS CLOSE TO REACHING ITS 2400-BED CAPACITY... AND SOME STUDENTS MAY HAVE TO DOUBLE OR EVEN TRIPLE UP WHEN IT COMES TO DORM ROOMS. THE SCHOOL DOES SAY IN A COUPLE WEEKS THERE WILL LIKELY BE ADJUSTMENTS, SOME MIGHT MOVE INTO GREEK LIFE, JOINING A SORORITY OR FRATERNITY ... AND OTHERS MIGHT CHANGE THEIR MIND. IF THAT DOES HAPPEN THE U-N-M HAS A SYSTEM. SOT: WALTER MILLER, 02:56 "WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US A LONG TIME IF OPPORTUNITIES COME UP TO CREATE THAT SINGLE SPACE." 03:01 CLASSES START MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH. U-N-M TELLS US THERE ARE ALREADY PLANS IN THE WORKS TO ADD MORE BEDS, BETWEEN ADDITIONAL 500 AND A THOUSAND.
13 KRQE 5:30 PM
THE LOBOS ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR ANNUAL FAN PHOTO DAY AND SCRIMMAGE... IT'S THE 1ST REAL SCRIMMAGE UNM HAS GONE THROUGH AFTER 2 GRUELING WEEKS OF TRAINING CAMP... PLAYERS AND COACHES WILL BE ABLE TO MINGLE WITH THE FANS, TAKE PICTURES AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AFTERWARDS... IT'S A SHOWCASE FOR A TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING TERRIBLY HARD ... HILITES OF THE SCRIMMAGE TONIGHT AT 10:00...
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PICTURES AT UNM FAN PHOTO DAY AND SCRIMMAGE THIS AFTERNOON... AS FOR THE 1ST SCRIMMAGE OF TRAINING CAMP, THE OFFENSE WAS A BIT SHAKY... DONOVAN PORTERIE SCRAMBLE FOR A NICE GAIN HERE... MEANWHILE, THE DEFENSE WAS FIERCE!... A NUMBER OF HUGE HITS ON THE NIGHT, LIKE THIS ONE HERE FROM ALBUQUERQUE'S CLINT MCPEEK... WOW!... THEN HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?!... A.J. BUTLER ON THE CARRY, TREY HARDAWAY SAYS NO-SIR!... HELMET CAME OFF, THE HIT WAS SO GIGANTIC... IN THE END, PORTERIE - 15 OF 22 FOR 109 YARDS AND THIS TOUCHDOWN. HERE TO LAS CRUCES' CHRIS HERNANDEZ... HERNANDEZ ALSO LED ALL RECIEVERS WITH 63 YARDS...
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008
4 KOB 5:00 AM
EASTERN AND WESTERN MEDICINE COME TOGETHER AT U-N-M THIS AFTERNOON. THE UNIVERSITY IS OPENING A NEW, FREE-STANDING CLINIC TODAY THAT WILL USE EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES AND INTEGRATES NEW MEXICO TRADITIONS, INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICAN HEALERS. THE CLINIC'S DIRECTOR SAYS THE PHILOSOPHY IS TO PREVENT DISEASE.
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UNM'S SCHOOL COLOR IS RED ... BUT YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S ORANGE THESE DAYS WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION BARRELS AND CONSTRUCTION SIGNS AROUND CAMPUS. GADI SCHWARTZ SPOKE WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND STUDENTS TO SEE IF IT'S GOING TO GET IN THE WAY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IN TEN DAYS. 21:47 THE GUY LOOKS AT THE TRCUK AND THEN CROSSES OVER- STROLLING AROUND CAMPUS IS GETTING TOUGHER- ESPECIALLY AROUND THE DUCK POND WHERE NEW WATER PIPES ARE BEING PUT IN. AND ITS NOT EVEN TIME FOR SCHOOL TO START. 23:05 I JUST HAD TO WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND CAMPUS INSTEAD OF WALKING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AROUND UNM IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. 9:06 ITS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST WORKLOAD THESE ARE BEING DRIVEN BY OUR REGENTS AND PRESIDENT SCHMIDLY. 22:50- I THINK ITS JUST A LITTLE INCONVENIENT I'M TRYING TO RUN ERRANDS AND IT KIND OF SMELLS BAD ACTUALLY 10:19 WE TRY VERY HARD TO NOT TO DISRUPT THE PATHS FOR THE STUDENTS RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 167 PROJECTS GOING ON AT UNM- AT A COST OF ABOUT 400 MILLION DOLLARS- MANY OF THOSE WILL WRAP UP IN COUPLE OF WEEKS AS STUDENTS START CLASS- 11:25 WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS INVEST THIS KIND OF MONEY AND HAVE IT SET EMPTY FOR A SEMESTER OR MORE BECAUSE YOU MISSED A DEADLINE. BUT OTHER PROJECTS ARE JUST BEGINNING LIKE HERE AT THE LIBRARY WHERE NEW SKY LIGHTS ARE GOING UP. 23:36 I THINK ITS GREAT THEY ARE IMPROVING THE WAY THE SCHOOL LOOKS THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME IN ANY POSSIBLE WAY, EVEN IF I HAVE TO TAKE THE LONGER WAY TO CLASS BECAUSE IT WILL LOOK GREAT ONCE ITS DONE. SCHOOL OFFICIALS WARN DON'T EXPECT THAT BIG FINISH ANYTIME SOON. 12:17 NOT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THERE ARE SO MANY PROJECTS PLANNED NOW AND IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE THERE WILL BE PROJECTS FOR YEARS TO COME. ANOTHER BIG PLAN THAT HAS JUST BEEN UNVEILED IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF HUNDREDS OF NEW DORMS ON CAMPUS.. COMING UP AT 6 WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY THOSE DORMS CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH.
4 KOB 6:00 PM
WITH CLASSES STARTING IN 10 DAYS- MANY UNM- STUDENTS ARE JUST NOW LEARNING THAT DESPITE SHELLING OUT EXTRA MONEY TO GET THEIR OWN DORM ON CAMPUS- THEY MAY BE GETTING STUCK WITH ROOMMATES. GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TO EXPLAIN. DESPITE WANTING THEIR OWN ROOM- SOME STUDENTS COULD BE CRAMMED INTO A DORM WITH ONE OR EVEN 2 OTHER ROOMMATES THIS SEMESTER. STUDENTS SAY THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE WHEN THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD FACE A PENALTY IF THEY CANCELLED THEIR DORM LEASES BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE. SCHOOL OFFICIALS TELL US THEY DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO LIVE ON CAMPUS. RIGHT NOW THE DORMS ARE OVERBOOKED BY AS MANY AS 80 STUDENTS- WITH APPLICATIONS TO LIVE ON CAMPUS STILL BEING ACCEPTED. THE VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT LIFE SAYS HE THINKS THE SURGE OF STUDENTS WANTING DORM ROOMS COULD HAVE TO DO WITH HIGH GAS PRICES. :47 I HAD A STUDENT HERE THIS WEEK THAT I TALKED TO ABOUT THIS, HE WAS TAKING A SUMMER CLASS AND LIVING IN LOS LUNAS- IT COST HIM 1000 DOLLARS OF GAS A MONTH. LATE THIS AFTERNOON- UNM'S HOUSING BOARD DECIDED TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO BACK OUT OF THEIR CONTRACTS WITHOUT A CANCELLATION FEE IF THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE LIVING SITUATION THEY SIGNED UP FOR . UNM IS ALSO PLANNING ON PUTTING OUT A BID NEXT MONTH TO START BUILDING NEW DORMS THAT COULD HOUSE AS MANY AS 1000 STUDENTS. ...GADI SCHWARTZ, EN4.
4 KOB 6:00 PM
THE UNM MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS RELEASED THE REST OF THEIR SCHEDULES TODAY. ALL BUT TWO OF THE MEN'S CONFERENCE GAMES ARE SCHEDULED FOR T.V .. THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE TO THIS YEAR'S LINEUP FOR THE MEN IS A VARIETY OF START TIMES DURING THE WEEK FROM SIX.. TO SIX-THIRTY.. SEVEN THIRTY AND EIGHT.. FOR A LIST OF ALL THE GAMES.. THE WOMEN HAVE SIX NATIONALLYTELEVISED GAMES ON THEIR SCHEDULE..
4 KOB 10:00 PM
A NEW CLINIC IN ALBUQUERQUE FOCUSES ON KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GETTING SICK IN THE FIRST PLACE. TODAY AN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CLINIC OPENED AT U-N-M'S HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER OFF JEFFERSON -- NEAR MONTGOMERY. THE "CENTER FOR LIFE" CLINIC INCORPORATES PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL SERVICES -- TO HELP PREVENT ILLNESS AND DISEASE.
4 KOB 10:00 PM
THE UNM MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS RELEASED THE REST OF THEIR SCHEDULES ON FRIDAY.. ALL BUT TWO OF THE MEN'S CONFERENCE GAMES ARE SCHEDULED FOR T.V .. THE WOMEN HAVE SIX NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAMES ON THEIR SCHEDULE..
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A BIG GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TODAY FOR U-N-M'S CENTER FOR LIFE... AN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CLINIC. THE CLINIC HAS BEEN TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT COMBINES EASTERN AND WESTERN MEDICINE. WE DEFINITELY NEED MODERN MEDICINE MODERN MEDICINE HAS ITS OWN PLACE BUT WHEN YOU COME TO CHRONIC DISEASES AND KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY THAT'S WHEN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE COMES IN." THE CLINIC'S SERVICES INCLUDE ACUPUNCTURE, HEALING TREATMENTS, PUBLIC FORUMS AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES ON A SERIES OF NON-TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE TECHNIQUES.
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NEW MEXICO TECH IN SOCORRO DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM KEEPING STUDENTS INTERESTED IN CLASS. 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.
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A KNEE INJURY DIDN'T GIVE FORMER SANDIA HIGH STAR MICHAEL REED A CHOICE. THE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN IS BACK TO 100 PERCENT AND COULD BE AN IMPACT PLAYER ON THE 19TH RANKED LOBO MEN'S SOCCER TEAM THIS SEASON. THE REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SAYS HIS INJURY MADE HIM A BETTER PLAYER AND HELPED TO BUILD CHARACTER.
LOBO FOOTBALL WILL HOLD FAN PHOTO DAY TOMORROW AT UNIVERSITY STADIUM-STARTING ABOUT 4 P-M. UNIVERSITY STADIUM-STARTING ABOUT 4 P-M. THE TEAM WILL SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND ALSO SCRIMMAGEFOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES.
FORMER ALBUQUERQUE HIGH FOOTBALL PLAYER BRENNAN BAIAMONTE BELIEVES HE WAS SNUBBED BY THE LOBOS COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. THE NEW MEXICO STATE SENIOR SAFETY DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PLAY DEFENSE FOR ROCKY LONG BUT HE IS ENJOYING LEARNING A SIMILAR SYSTEM UNDER NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND FORMER LOBO COACH JOE LEE DUNN. OUR DOUG STRICKLAND HAS MORE ON BAIAMONTE TONIGHT AT TEN.
THE LOBO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL GET PLENTY OF EXPOSURE FOR THE 2008-2009 SEASON. THE LOBOS WILL HAVE SIX GAMES NATIONALLY TELEVISED....FOUR WILL BE ON THE MOUNTAIN AND TWO WILL BE ON CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK. ALL SIX OF THE GAMES WILL BE AT THE PIT. COACH DON FLANAGAN SAYS IT IS A BIG ADVANTAGE FOR FANS AND RECRUITS. FLANAGAN SAYS IT WILL THE SCHOOL A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE THE CROWDS, ATMOSPHERE AND THE ARENA.
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YOU NAME IT, BRENNAN BAIAMONTE DID IT AT ALBUQUERQUE HIGH SCHOOL, THROWING TOUCHDOWNS "CROWD NOISE" AND EVEN RUNNING FOR SOME, AS WELL AS A THOUSAND YARDS HIS SENIOR YEAR. "C'MON SMITHERS" FAST FORWARD TO 2008, AND BAIAMONTE IS STARTING HIS SENIOR YEAR AT NEW MEXICO STATE. BUT HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL AS A SAFETY. BRENNAN BAIAMONTE, NMSU SAFETY: "YOU KNOW IT'S P ME. I'M A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN AN AVERAGE SAFETY AND THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO PLAY IN THE BOX." THE AGGIES DEFENSE WILL LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THIS SEASON UNDER NEW COORDINATOR JOE LEE DUNN. BAIAMONTE: "IT'S LIKE A TURNOVER DEFENSE. WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE HAVOC AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY WELL SUITED TO THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE." WITH ALL HIS SUCCESS HERE AT ALBUQUERQUE HIGH, BAIAMONTE WAS RECRUITED HARD BY NEW MEXICO STATE AND NOT SO MUCH BY U-N-M. AND BAIMONTE HASN'T FORGOTTEN THAT. BAIAMONTE: "I'M GONNA TRY TO PROVE 'EM WRONG. IT'S MY LAST YEAR TO DO IT. I HATE GOING BACK HOME TO ALBUQUERQUE AND PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT NEW MEXICO STATE SO IT'S MY TURN TO GET SOME REVENGE." THAT LOBOS-AGGIES GAME IS SEPTEMBER 27TH. DOUG STRICKLAND, KRQE NEWS 13 SPORTS.