UCAM's News clips for Friday, August 22, 2008

1. NCAA Penalties Give UNM a Wake-Up Call (Albuquerque Journal editorial)

It doesn’t disconnect his new $310,000-a-year pay raise, but this week’s NCAA penalties should serve as a wake-up call to University of New Mexico football coach Rocky Long .
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/22long.htm

2. Rocky Learns Valuable Lesson (Albuquerque Journal)
RICK WRIGHT Of the Journal

Rocky Long has been a head coach for a decade, but he was an assistant for two decades before that.
During those 20 years, he has said, he worked for head coaches who gave their assistants responsibility and freedom in equal measure. He also worked for head coaches who expected in-depth reports on trips to the men’s room.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/22long2.htm

3. NCAA puts Lobo football on probation (New Mexico Business Weekly)

The University of New Mexico’s football program has been penalized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for major and secondary violations.

The NCAA said the violations revolve around two former assistant coaches, who are not named, allegedly arranging for fraudulent academic credit.

Penalties, including those self-imposed by UNM, include three years of probation, a reduction of football scholarships, recruiting restrictions and a three-year show-cause order for the two former assistant coaches.

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4. UNM Foundation achieves record (New Mexico Business Weekly)

The University of New Mexico Foundation raised $85.5 million in the 2007-2008 fiscal year — a 17.9 percent increase from last year’s $72.5 million.

The number of donors this year reached 20,330, up from 19,500 in the 2006-2007 period. The Foundation has more than doubled its fundraising total since the 2003-2004 fiscal year, said UNM President David Schmidly in a news release.

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5. NMSU To Archive Domenici’s Papers, Memorabilia (Albuquerque Journal)
The Associated Press

Sen. Pete Domenici has chosen New Mexico State University over his alma mater, the University of New Mexico, to archive his papers and memorabilia.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/22domenici2.htm

6. NMSU sidesteps UNM to score Domenici papers (Las Cruces Sun News)
By Diana M. Alba / Sun-News reporter

New Mexico State University has achieved a coup of sorts.

Retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici has opted to archive papers and memorabilia, accumulated over his 36-year career in Congress, at NMSU, rather than at the University of New Mexico — his alma mater and hometown college.

The reason?

Apparently NMSU made a better pitch.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_10263955

7. SENATOR’S SEND-OFF (Albuquerque Journal)
Celebrating a Legacy
Colleagues gather to honor New Mexico’s longest-serving senator

By Rene Romo, Journal Southern Bureau

The godfather of nuclear power. The prototype of what a U.S. senator should be. A tireless advocate and rainmaker for New Mexico.

Sen. Pete Domenici, the state’s longest-serving senator whose 36-year tenure will end with retirement in January because of a degenerative brain disease, was lavished with praise and fond recollections Thursday by a string of politicians and former colleagues during a conference at New Mexico State University organized to examine the 76-year-old Republican senator’s legacy.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/22domenici.htm

8. “What’s your favorite New Mexico building?” (New Mexico Business Weekly)

Chris Calott, Infill Solutions

Chimayo residential compound and plaza

“In a single building, it houses 22 families, a church, workshops, stores, [and] it encloses a working farm. It embodies all the Native and Spanish colonial principles of urbanism, community and sacred landscape that I find powerful in New Mexico and I hope I work into my own work.”

Dale Dekker, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini

Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico campus

“It speaks to the uniqueness of New Mexico and how you can translate that into modern architecture.”

David Dekker, Studio Southwest Architects

Ranchos de Taos Church

“It’s been photographed by Ansel Adams and painted by Georgia O’Keeffe.”

Doug Majewski, Hartman + Majewski Design Group

Taos Pueblo

“It is more relevant every day as a living example of sustainable architecture and community. The building represents the past, present and future of New Mexico all at once.”

Antoine Predock, architect

Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Canyon

“Because it’s an enigmatic diagram for ritual occupation — or maybe not.”

Bart Prince, architect

Old chemistry building (circa 1916), University of New Mexico campus

“It was an early response to this area by someone who came out of the Chicago school [of architects]. This is somebody who really responded to this area without imitating it.”

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9. New Mexico veterans museum will be built in Las Cruces (Las Cruces Sun News)
By Steve Ramirez/Sun-News reporter

The emphasis was on history Thursday as Gov. Bill Richardson formally announced that the New Mexico Veterans Museum will be built in Las Cruces.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_10270762

10. Data Center Coming (Albuquerque Journal)
Molina Healthcare Moving Unit to Mesa del Sol
By Richard Metcalf, Journal Staff Writer

Molina Healthcare Inc. plans to move its information technology operation from its Long Beach, Calif. headquarters to a new 25,000-square-foot data center to be built at Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/22molina.htm

11. News from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://libproxy.unm.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com

* Drinking-Age Fight Emboldens Presidents
When a group of college presidents sparked a debate about whether to lower the legal drinking age this week, they proved their willingness to take on tough national issues.

* As 'U.S. News' Rankings Turn 25, Harvard Stands Alone At No. 1
The introduction of two new lists in the magazine's annual rankings puts a spotlight on some colleges that were not at the top of traditional lists.

* Colleges Experiment With Facebook For Emergency Alerts
Campus-safety officials are exploring the best ways to let students know of dangerous situations through social networks.

12. Other News:

* 2 Withdraw From Petition to Rethink Drinking Age (NY Times)
Two college presidents, both in Georgia, have withdrawn their names from a petition to reconsider the legal drinking age after it drew blistering criticism this week from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, safety experts, transportation officials and politicians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/us/22drinking.html?_r=1&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin

* UMass-Lowell drops dorm project (Boston Globe)
"The University of Massachusetts at Lowell has backed out of a $20 million dormitory project after an unfavorable ruling from the attorney general's office that university officials denounced as flawed and filled with "egregious misapprehensions of fact."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/22/umass_lowell_drops_dorm_project?s_campaign=8315

* Universities try to control students off campus (Denver Post)
Ah, life in the university district. Cheap ethnic food. Vibrant street life. Fresh-faced students whizzing by on bicycles. People who choose to live on the beautiful tree-lined streets surrounding the nation's institutions of higher learning often get a more vibrant experience than they expected—loud parties, rundown student boarding houses and trash generated by weekend melees.
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_10273944?source=email

13. 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
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/22media.htm

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