UCAM's News clips for Saturday - Monday, August 16 - 18, 2008
News clips from Monday, August 18
1. Cancer Rate Concerns Scientists (Albuquerque Journal)
By Raam Wong, Journal Northern BureauThyroid cancer rates remain significantly higher among women in Los Alamos County than the rest of the state, according to newly released data.
"The rate is high," said Charles Wiggins, director of the New Mexico Tumor Registry at the University of New Mexico. "Why it is, I can't tell you."
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18cancer.htm2. When Rocky Long decided his Lobos would practice at 6 a.m., it affected more than just the football players (Albuquerque Journal)
By Greg Archuleta, Journal Staff WriterOf those who take part in University of New Mexico football coach Rocky Long's grueling, 6 a.m. practices, the players might have it the easiest.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18long.htm3. Two more Fulbrights for UNM (Daily Lobo)
By: Caitlin ReeceAlbert Palma and Zachery Watkins are the latest of more than a dozen Fulbright Scholars to come from UNM in the last five years.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18fulbrights.htm4. UNM fraternity receives award (Daily Lobo)
By: Nikka PeraltaThe UNM chapter of Lambda Theta Phi fraternity recently received an award from its national headquarters
for chapter of the year.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18fraternity.htm5. Regents vote to change public records policy
By: Hunter RileyThe Board of Regents voted Aug. 12 to change University policy to comply with the Inspection of Public Records Act, ending months of deliberation on the issue.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18regents.htm6. Shabby Coronado facilities reflect poorly on University
Editor,
I am a '93 and '96 UNM graduate who lived in Hokona Hall in 1988 and 1989. I currently work for a company that holds a camp every summer at UNM for junior high and high school students. We have several staff members and participants who travel from out of state to attend.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18letter.htm
7. Senators Blast Gov., Health Plan (Albuquerque Journal)
By Winthrop Quigley And Jeff Jones, Journal Staff WritersState senators on Sunday panned a $58 million-a-year children's health coverage plan by Gov. Bill Richardson, while blasting the governor himself for calling them into a special legislative session.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18session.htm8. Oil recovery project gets $505,259 grant (Albuquerque Journal)
Journal Staff ReportThe U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $505,259 to New Mexico Tech's Petroleum Recovery Research Center for a project involving the use polymers to recover viscous oil from unconventional reservoirs.
Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., as ranking member of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, sought the funds for a project that would focus on the recovery of oil through enhanced methods, which involves the chemical injection of polymers to increase the effectiveness of existing technologies.
The goal of the project is to determine how to increase production of oil that is now difficult to access in U.S. oil fields.
The grant has been issued to cover a three-year period through Sept. 30, 2011.
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9. Green energy is hot topic at NMSU's Clovis Field Day (Las Cruces Sun News)
By NMSU staff For the Sun-Newsthe Agricultural Science Center at Clovis.
"The event is designed to not only help producers become more productive and efficient through education, but to also inform community citizens not familiar with regional agricultural practices of some of the current issues we are facing in today's challenging agricultural climate," said Mark Marsalis, extension agronomist at the Agricultural Science Center at Clovis.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_10232897News clips from Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17
10. Polishing UNM's Image: $4M (Albuquerque Journal)
By Martin Salazar, Journal Staff WriterA MasterCard commercial for the University of New Mexico might go something like this:
Building a better identity for the school: $250,000.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18image.htm11. UNM's 'O' Encouraged (Albuquerque Journal)
By Greg Archuleta, Journal Staff WriterThe University of New Mexico football team's scrimmage for Fan Photo Day on Saturday took place in Superman's Bizarro World.
Outside was inside. Bad was good. The defense outscored the offense through the first 12 series yet it was the offense that was encouraged.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18football.htm12. Drainage Plan Cleared for CNM (Rio Rancho Journal)
By Rosalie Rayburn, Journal Staff WriterA City Center drainage plan approved Friday will allow Central New Mexico Community College to move forward with its plan to begin construction of a Rio Rancho campus next spring.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18cnm.htm13. Robbery Suspect Escapes Hospital (Albuquerque Journal)
Police were on the lookout for a man who escaped from an Albuquerque hospital early Saturday while in police custody.
Police did not have a "verifiable" name on the man who had been arrested on an attempted robbery charge, Albuquerque police spokesman John Walsh said.
The man had been at University of New Mexico Hospital for several days and escaped about 1 or 2 a.m. Saturday.
The man, who is in his 20s, was last seen wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes and a hospital gown, Walsh said.
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14. Domenici's legacy: Statesman ends career in U.S. Senate after 36 years (Las Cruces Sun News)
By Diana M. Alba/Sun-News reporterIt was an 8 percentage-point margin that first vaulted Republican Pete V. Domenici into the ranks of the U.S. Senate in 1972.
Domenici walked away from the November general election that year with 204,253 votes, about 54 percent, according to numbers from the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office. His Democratic opponent Jack Daniels, a Hobbs real estate businessman received 173,815.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_1022645515. Senator's Bill Cuts Rebate in Half (Albuquerque Journal)
By Jeff Jones And Winthrop Quigley, Journal Staff WritersA state Senate leader, worried about New Mexico's revenue projections, called for a dramatically scaled-back tax rebate plan Saturday as a special legislative session called by Gov. Bill Richardson continued to crawl along at a snail's pace.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18rebate.htm16. Special session: Senate plan cuts more from rebate (Santa Fe New Mexican)
Competing measure includes three-tiered system for those earning less than $70,000
Kate Nash | The New MexicanThought your tax rebate under Gov. Bill Richardson's plan this special session was small?
A competing plan that has the support of key Senate leaders could mean smaller checks for many, and no check for others.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18session2.htm17. Professors attain tenure at American U. (Albuquerque Journal)
By Liz Otero Of the JournalDr. Todd Eisenstadt and Dr. Mireya Solis Eisenstadt have both been approved for tenure at American University in Washington, D.C. He teaches at The School of Public Affairs and she teaches at The School of International Service.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18tenure.htm18. News from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://libproxy.unm.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com* Private Programs Prepare Foreign Students
Deals between private companies and colleges to attract and educate foreign students are spreading from other countries to the United States.* 2-Year Colleges In North Carolina Bar Illegal Immigrants
The North Carolina Board of Community Colleges voted on Friday to prevent illegal immigrants from enrolling in the state's 58 community colleges while it commissions a study on the issue.###
19. News from Inside Higher Education:
* Turning the Tables on Affirmative Action Foes
Colorado group challenges Ward Connerly’s latest referendum by trying to put its own anti-quota measure on the fall ballot — in a way that would preserve current diversity programs.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/18/affirm* Let the Assessment PR Wars Begin
One university’s boast about its CLA test scores suggests that student learning outcomes might be the next battleground on which colleges compete.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/18/cla* Redefining Suicide Risk — and Prevention Strategy
National study suggests large population of students who consider taking their own lives — and never seek counseling.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/18/suicide20. Other News:
* Foreigners diversify face of BU (Boston Globe)
"Lamb tikka masala, pork pot stickers, and halal-certified meals have cropped up on dining hall menus. Cable channels stream soap operas, sports, and news in Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian into dorm rooms. Students organize soccer and cricket tournaments, with teams split by nationalities."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/16/foreigners_diversify_face_of_bu?s_campaign=8315* University opening new integrative medicine center (Denver Post)
Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of its new Center for Life.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_10223079?source=email* College Campuses Will Get Immediate Emergency Warnings Under New Higher Education Law Signed (Denver Post)
Colleges will now be required to "immediately notify" their students and staff upon confirmation of a significant emergency on campus, such as an active shooter situation, under higher education legislation signed into law Thursday by President George W. Bush. The move follows calls for faster action after shootings at several campuses across the country, including the deaths of 32 students and employees at Virginia Tech in 2007.
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_10214106?source=email* For some Harvard professors, the blogosphere is new terrain (Boston Globe)
"CEOs blog. So do baseball and tennis players. Not to mention magicians, comedians, rappers, supermodels, and wrestlers."
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/08/17/for_some_harvard_professors_the_blogosphere_is_new_terrain?s_campaign=8315* College Summit encourages low-income seniors with average grades (Los Angeles Times)
Six Los Angeles and Inglewood high schools have joined the program, which offers workshops and aims to create a culture expecting all students to go to college. "I'm a natural born-hustler," begins the essay written by Inglewood High School senior Marquise Foster. "The only lesson I ever learned from my family is the 'art of hustling.' It's an art that has been perfected in my South Central neighborhood for generations. . . . The word 'hustle' is often portrayed negatively, as something associated with crime or wrongdoing. In my community, a hustle is a means of survival."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-college17-2008aug17,0,5561309.story* T hacking exposes a deeper clash (Boston Globe)
"Recent inventions to emerge from the workshop of Zack Anderson include the "Killbot," a radio-controlled robot with a "1,500,000-candlepower spotlight to blind the victim," a bullhorn "to terrify victims," and a spinning drill bit "to bore through obstacles."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/08/18/t_hacking_exposes_a_deeper_clash?s_campaign=8315* Judge awaits students' research paper (Boston Globe)
"A First Amendment battle three MIT students are waging against the MBTA could intensify tomorrow if they have not provided a federal judge with a research paper that outlines flaws in the transit agency's fare-reading apparatus and computer software they created to beat the system."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/18/judge_awaits_students_research_paper?s_campaign=8315* For UMass, much is in a name (Boston Globe)
"Pennsylvania State University has 24 campuses, but no one mentions "University Park" when the Nittany Lions take the field. The University of Michigan disdains any humbling hyphenated reference to Ann Arbor . And The Ohio State University is always known as just that, satellite campuses or not."
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/08/18/for_umass_much_is_in_a_name?s_campaign=8315* Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California (Los Angeles Times)
Would-be reformers are trying to beat the high cost -- and, they say, the dumbing down -- of college materials by writing or promoting open-source, no-cost online texts. The annual college textbook rush starts this month, a time of reckoning for many students who will struggle to cover eye-popping costs of $128, $156, even $198 a volume.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-textbook18-2008aug18,0,4712858.story21. 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 Marketing
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/18media.htm
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