Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Thursday, August 21 include stories about:

* UNM Police Interrupt Attempted Rape of Homeless Woman on Campus
* NMSU Celebrating Chance to House Domenici Papers
* NCAA Sanctions UNM Football Program
* NM Tech Students Recreating Wile E. Coyote's Stunts for Reality Program
* UNM Sells Land to CNM for Rio Rancho Campus
* Center for Integrated Medicine Featured in USA Today

2 KASA 9:00 PM                          

OFFICERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE ATTEMPTED RAPE OF A WOMAN. ON THE UNM CAMPUS. CAMPUS POLICE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE SUSPECT. BEFORE ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN TO THE VICTIM, A HOMELESS WOMAN. NEWS 13'S MIKE PALUSKA EXPLAINS HOW. POLICE SAY 42 YEAR OLD BOBBY WILLIAMS, IS A TRANSIENT, HE WOKE THE HOMELESS COUPLE UP, PUT A KNIFE TO THE WOMAN'S THROAT AND ATTEMPTED TO RAPE HER. HER BOYFRIEND RAN JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET TO THE UNM POLICE STATION AND CALLED FOR HELP. IT HAPPENED AROUND 2 YESTERDAY MORNING IN THE AREA BETWEEN LOMAS AND CAMPUS BOULEVARD IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE RAN TO THE SCENE RIGHT AFTER THE BOYFRIEND BURST INTO THEIR LOBBY. OFFICERS SAY WILLIAMS HAD HIS SHIRT UNBUTTONED AND HIS PANTS UNZIPPED.. POLICE SAY HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COMMIT THE CRIME.> WITH SCHOOL STARTING BACK UP UNM POLICE SAY IT IS A GOOD REMINDER TO BE CAUTIOUS. ...."WE TRY TO REMIND PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UNM IS A REALLY SAFE PLACE THIS WAS A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST PASSING THROUGH AND FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO STAY" ... BOBBY WILLIAMS MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE A JUDGE THIS MORNING. HIS BOND WAS RAISED TO 35 THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH OR SURETY. THE JUDGE TOLD THE COURT HE WAS RAISING IT BECAUSE HE HAS FACED SIMILAR CHARGES IN THE PAST. BACK TO YOU. WILLIAMS WAS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND RAPE OF A MINOR IN 1997. BUT IT WAS NOT PROSECUTED BECAUSE THE VICTIM WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH THE COURT.

NEW MEXICO STATE SCORES. U.S. SENATOR PETE DOMENICI IS PASSING OVER HIS "ALMA MATER". AND PICKED "STATE" TO ARCHIVE HIS PAPERS AND MEMORABILIA. THE NEW MEXICO REPUBLICAN IS A UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO GRAD, BUT HE SAYS NEW MEXICO STATE WAS MORE COMMITTED THAN UNM TO HOUSE HIS PAPERS. DOMENICI GRADUATED FROM UNM IN 1954. HE RETIRES IN JANUARY AFTER 36 YEARS IN THE SENATE . BECAUSE OF A BRAIN DISEASE.

4 KOB 5:00 AM                        

LOBO FOOTBALL PROGRAM FOR A 2004 SCANDAL INVOLVING COACHES WHO HELPED RECRUITS GET BOGUS SCHOOL CREDITS. WHILE UNM DISCIPLINED ITSELF THE NCDOUBLEA WANTED MOREPUTTING THE PROGRAM ON 3 YEARS PROBATION, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS BY 5 OVER THAT PERIOD AND RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF TWOYEAR COLLEGE SIGNEES BY 50 PERCENT. NO CURRENT LOBOS OR COACHES WERE FOUND GUILTY OF ANY WRONGDOING.

4 KOB 4:00 PM                         

DESPITE BEING A UNM ALUM PETE DOMENICI HAS CHOSEN NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY TO ARCHIVE HIS PAPERS AND MEMORABILIA. THE SENATOR SAYS NMSU IS MORE COMMITTED TO WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH HIS PAPERS. LAST OCTOBER DOMENICI'S CHIEF OF STAFF SAID THE RETIRING SENATOR WOULD EQUALLY DIVIDE HIS COLLECTION OF PAPERS BETWEEN THE TWO UNIVERSITIES. BUT DOMENICI SAYS NMSU HAD A BETTER PROPOSAL.

4 KOB 5:00 PM                         

A LOT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE BRINGING BED BUGS WITH THEM TO CAMPUS. THE NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SAYS EXTERMINATORS ARE BEING CALLED TO DORMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO TRY TO KILL OFF THE PESTS. THE BLOODSUCKING INSECTS CAN LIVE UP TO A YEAR WITHOUT A MEAL MEANING THEY CAN WAIT OUT THE SUMMER VACATION. WE CALLED UNM TODAY BUT SO FAR THE SCHOOL HASN'T SEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH BED BUGS LIKE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE. IF STUDENTS DO NOTICE BITE MARKS ON THEIR BODY THEY SHOULD ALERT DORM OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY.

4 KOB 6:00 PM                        

NATIONAL POLITICS THE DEBATE IS CENTERED AROUND THIS: DID HE OR DIDN'T HE CALL FOR BRINGING BACK THE MILITARY DRAFT? STUART DYSON IS HERE TO TRY TO CLEAR UP THE CONFUSION. YOU WANT TO AVOID CONFUSION IN POLITICS BUT THE REPUBLICAN FRONT RUNNER STIRRED UP A SKILLETFULL FOR HIMSELF IN CRUCES WHEN A WOMAN IN THE AUDIENCE ASKED HIM ABOUT VETERANS' ISSUES. OUT Q " THE DISABLED VETERANS ESPECIALLY IN THIS STATE HAVE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS." THE QUESTION RAMBLED ON FOR A MINUTE AND SIXTEEN SECONDS MENTIONING VETERANS THE VA BUREAUCRACY VA HOSPITALS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND MEDICAID BEFORE REACHING THE CLIMAX:" "IF WE DON'T REENACT THE DRAFT I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ANYONE TO CHASE BIN LADEN TO THE GATES OF HELL. MA'AM LET ME SAY THAT I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU SAID THANK YOU AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ALL OUR VETERANS." MCCAIN WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT VA HOSPITALS BUT BLOGGERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE QUICKLY PLAYED UP HIS ANSWER AS A CALL TO BRING BACK THE DRAFT. OUR EXPERT ACADEMIC TEAM WATCHING FROM ***UNM.*** " WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS RESPONDING TO THE FIRST PART OF THAT QUESTION THE MAJORITY OF THAT QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IT WASN'T ABOUT THE DRAFT I THINK HE JUST – IN HIS MIND HE WAS THINKING THAT HE WAS GONNA RESPOND TO THAT PART OF THE QUESTION." THE STATE'S PREMIER BLOGMEISTER JOE MONAHAN DOT COM SEES IT THAT WAY TOO. " MCCAIN HAS SAID SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS CAMPAIGN THAT HE'S NOT FOR THE DRAFT FOR RE INSTATING THE DRAFT SO I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE NOT QUITE HEARING OR ADDRESSING PART OF THE QUESTION BUT NOT THE WHOLE THING." OF COURSE THE REAL JURY IS MADE UP OF AMERICAN VOTERS AND THE VERDICT WON'T COME IN TILL NOVEMBER. I ASKED OUR EXPERTS IF THEY'D GIVE OBAMA THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IN A SIMILAR SITUATION THEY SAID SURE. BACK TO YOU.

4 KOB 10:00 PM                       

FORMER LOBO ASSISTANT VOLLEYBALL COACH JENNY LANG PING WILL BE IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME AT THE OLYMPICS. SHE COACHES THE AMERICANS. AND TEAM USA PULLED OFF A MAJOR UPSET IN THE SEMIFINALS. THE UNITED STATES BEAT THREETIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER CUBA IN THREE SETS..THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1984 THE UNITED STATES REACHED THE GOLD MEDAL  MATCH.

7 KOAT 5:00 AM                        

A DARK DAY FOR UNM FOOTBALL AS THE NCAA HANDS DOWN THE PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS DURING THE 20042005 SEASON. THE INFRACTIONS OCCURRED WHEN TWO FORMER ASSISTANT COACHES HELPED ONE STUDENTATHLETE AND 3 PROSPECTIVE STUDENT ATHLETES OBTAIN CREDITS FOR CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES THAT WERE NEVER COMPLETED. YESTERDAY THE NCAA SLAPPED THE PROGRAM WITH 3YEARS PROBATION AND A REDUCTION IN FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPS. LAST YEAR UNM PUT SELFIMPOSED SANCTIONS IN PLACE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS, PAID VISITS FOR RECRUITS AND THE NUMBER OF COACHES THAT CAN RECRUIT OFF CAMPUS. THE LOBOS WILL TAKE THE FIELD FOR THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST "TCU" A WEEK FROM SATURDAY.

7 KOAT 5:00 AM                       

A LAND SALE LANDS RIO RANCHO ITS FIRST COLLEGE CAMPUS. CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS OBTAINED 25 ACRES OF STATEOWNED LAND, NORTH OF THE RIO RANCHO CITY CENTER. U.N.M., WILL ALSO SELL 15 ACRES IN THE AREA, TO CNM. THE COLLEGE IS PAYING ALMOST THREE POINT ONE EIGHT MILLION FOR THE LAND.

7 KOAT 5:00 PM                          

A WOMAN SAYS A HOMELESS MAN TRIED TO RAPE HER, ON THE UNM CAMPUS.. THAT ATTACK COMES DAYS BEFORE FALL CLASSES BEGIN. ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER CHRIS RAMIREZ IS LIVE AT THE STATE'S LARGEST UNIVERSITY WITH THE SITUATION. SHELLY ACCORDING TO UNM POLICE THEATTACK HAPPENED IN THESE BUSHES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY THE ATTACKER WAS HOMELESS AND DRUNK.. POLICE SAY A WOMANWHO IS NOT A STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER AT THE UNIVERSITY WAS WALKING ON LOMASIN FRONT OF UNM HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY THIS MAN—BOBBY WILLIAMSDRAGGED THE WOMAN INTO THESE BUSHES, HELD HER THROAT AT KNIFE POINT AND TRIED TO TAKE HER PANTS OFF. LT PAT DAVIS, "THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE NONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS WERE RELATED TO UNM, BUT WE ARE HERE FOR A REASON AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN CHRIS STANDUP," BUT GET THIS, THAT ALLEGED ATTACK THAT HAPPENED HERE IN THESE BUSHES HAPPENED ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY FROM THE UNM POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENT. EVENTUALLY A MAN WHO SAW THE ATTACK RAN ACROSS THE STREET AND POLICE SHOWED UP... BUT UNIVERSITY LEADERS EXPECT MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE ON CAMPUS THAN EVER BEFORE...AND ENROLLMENT AT AN ALLTIME HIGH. THAT MEANS MORE PEOPLE IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF SPACE. DAVIS, "THIS IS A GOOD CHANCE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS TO REMIND PEOPLE THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS AND THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SORROUNDINGS." UNM POLICE IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO BE MORE VISIBLE. THEY HAVE BRIGHTENED THE PAINT ON THEIR CARS AND ARE HOPING TO HIRE MORE PATROL OFFICERS. DAVIS, 1:4146 ALL OUR FACULTY AND STAFF ARE TRAINED IN HOW TO CONTACT US AND WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY, AND OUR STUDENTS ARE TOO WHEN THEY GO TO ORIENTATION. WHILE RANDOM ATTACKS OF VIOLENCE CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.. UNM POLICE SAY THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCES ON CAMPUS .. ONE MORE THING LT. DAVIS ADDS... THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 BLUE EMERGENCY PHONES AROUND CAMPUS. IF THE PHONE COMES OFF THE HOOK...POLICE WILL RESPOND WITH MINUTES ...LIVE AT UNM, CHRIS RAMIREZ KOAT A7N. BOBBY WILLIAMS IS STILL AT THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER. HE'S CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION, AND ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMITMENT A VIOLENT FELONY.

UNM'S NEW CENTER FOR LIFE, IS GETTING BIG RECOGNITION. USA TODAY FEATURED AN ARTICLE ON THE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CLINIC TODAY .. DISCUSSING THE UNIQUE WAY THE CENTER BLENDS EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES, WHILE ALSO INTEGRATING NEW MEXICAN TRADITIONS. THE CENTER FOR LIFE OPENED LAST WEEK.

7 KOAT 6:00 PM                          

SENATOR PETE DOMENICI WON'T SPLIT HIS PAPERS AND MEMORABILIA BETWEEN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITIES. THE SENATOR SAYS, NMSU WAS MORE COMMITTED TO WHAT IT WOULD DO WITH THEM THAN UNM. LAST OCTOBER, DOMENICI'S STAFF SAID HE WOULD EQUALLY DIVIDE HIS COLLECTION OF PAPERS BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS. DOMENICI, WHO GRADUATED FROM UNM IN 1954 IS STEPPING DOWN IN JANUARY AFTER 36 YEARS IN THE SENATE BECAUSE OF A BRAIN ILLNESS.

7 KOAT 10:00 PM                        

"NOW, ACTION 7 SPORTS WITH BOB BROWN." AT HOME AND LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE PRESEASON, FORMER LOBO BRIAN URLACHER AND HIS CHICAGO BEARS HOSTED THE SAN FRANCISCO FORTY NINERS IN AN NFL EXHIBITION GAME TONIGHT.. MIDWAY THRU THE 1ST QUARTER CHICAGO STARTING QUARTERBACK KYLE ORTON CONNECTS WITH RASHIED DAVIS AND THE BEARS WERE IN FRONT 7TO3. EARLY IN THE 2ND QUARTER, SAN FRANCISCO STARTER JT O'SULLIVAN SHOWS OFF HIS ARM. SCRAMBLING TO HIS RIGHT O'SULLIVAN HITS A WIDE OPEN JASON HILL ON A 37 YARD SCORING STRIKE AND THE NINERS WERE IN FRONT 1310. MIDWAY THRU THE 3RD NOW AND IT'S URLACHER BACK IN PASS COVERAGE AND ALMOST COMES OFF WITH AN INTERCEPTION .. BUT THIS ISN'T 'HORSESHOES' AND ONE PLAY LATER ALEX SMITH HOOKS UP WITH DOMINIC ZIEGLER FOR ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCO TOUCHDOWN AS THE NINERS BEAT THE BEARS IN TONIGHTS EXHIBITION GAME BY A FINAL OF 37TO30.

13 KRQE   5:00 AM                        

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS BEING DISCIPLINED BY THE NCAA FOR ACADEMIC FRAUD. IN 2004, TWO ASSISTANT COACHES HELPED ONE PLAYER AND THREE RECRUITS GET CREDIT FROM A CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR WORK THEY DIDN'T DO. THE COACHES INVOLVED ARE NOW GONE . AND THE RECRUITS NEVER CAME TO UNM. THE PUNISHMENT INCLUDES THREE YEARS PROBATION AND A REDUCTION IN SCHOLARSHIPS.NEW MEXICO TECH WILL SOON BE GETTING SOME NATIONAL EXPOSURE ON A REALITY SHOW. THE CHALLENGE BRINGING CARTOONS TO LIFE: 3, 2, 1, GO...CRAZY THE PRODUCERS OF "MAN VERSUS CARTOON" CHALLENGED STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS TO RECREATE WILE E. COYOTE'S ILLFATED THE PRODUCERS OF "MAN VERSUS CARTOON" CHALLENGED STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS TO RECREATE WILE E. COYOTE'S ILLFATED INVENTIONS FROM THE "ROADRUNNER" CARTOONS. THE RESULT OF ALL THAT HARD WORK...SOME SUCCESS, SOME FUN, AND A LOT OF EXPLOSIONS: BANZAI...IT'S GONNA WORK...MAYBE "MAN VS. CARTOON" PREMIERES THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY ON TRUTV.

13 KRQE 5:30 PM                         

CAMPUS LAST NIGHT. A MAN DESCRIBED AS A TRANSIENT, ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO RAPE A HOMELESS WOMAN WHO WAS SLEEPING UNDER A TREE NOT FAR FROM THE UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. NEWS 13'S MIKE PALUSKA IS LIVE IN THE NEWSPLEX WITH MORE. POLICE SAY 42 YEAR OLD BOBBY WILLIAMS, IS A TRANSIENT, HE WOKE THE HOMELESS COUPLE UP, PUT A KNIFE TO THE WOMAN'S THROAT AND ATTEMPTED TO RAPE HER. HER BOYFRIEND RAN JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET TO THE UNM POLICE STATION AND CALLED FOR HELP. IT HAPPENED AROUND 2 YESTERDAY MORNING IN THE AREA BETWEEN LOMAS AND CAMPUS BOULEVARD IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE RAN TO THE SCENE RIGHT AFTER THE BOYFRIEND BURST INTO THEIR LOBBY. OFFICERS SAY WILLIAMS HAD HIS SHIRT UNBUTTONED AND HIS PANTS UNZIPPED.. POLICE SAY HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COMMIT THE CRIME. WITH SCHOOL STARTING BACK UP UNM POLICE SAY IT IS A GOOD REMINDER TO BE CAUTIOUS. ...."WE TRY TO REMIND PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UNM IS A REALLY SAFE PLACE THIS WAS A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST PASSING THROUGH AND FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO STAY" ... BOBBY WILLIAMS MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE A JUDGE THIS MORNING. HIS BOND WAS RAISED TO 35 THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH OR SURETY. THE JUDGE TOLD THE COURT HE WAS RAISING IT BECAUSE HE HAS FACED SIMILAR CHARGES IN THE PAST. BACK TO YOU. OKAY MIKE... WILLIAMS WAS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND RAPE OF A MINOR IN 1997... BUT IT WAS NOT PROSECUTED BECAUSE THE VICTIM WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH THE COURT.