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Benton distributed a draft of the resolution to UNM Planning officer Mary Kenney and Vice President for Institutional Support Steve Beffort before presenting it to the Council. Beffort said a partnership between the four entities will help to reduce congestion and open dialogue among the University and the neighborhoods that envelop it.
The president of one of UNM’s peer institutions is making news by taking a voluntary 4.6 percent pay cut, but President Schmidly contends he’s been there, done that. Richard Lariviere, University of Oregon president, has joined other Oregon university presidents in taking a voluntary 4.6 percent cut, scraping more than $11,000 off his $234,000 yearly salary. Schmidly said his 10-day voluntary furlough this summer, as well as another five-day break he has planned in May, will save the University $21,000 from his more than $400,000 yearly salary. Schmidly said university presidents nationwide are cutting their salaries to serve the interests of their university. “That’s happened at other places, I think — in the country too — and other places have done what I’ve done, which is do a voluntary furlough,” he said. “And I’ve furloughed myself 15 days.” University Spokeswoman Susan McKinsey said 15 business days without pay will amount to about a 6 percent salary reduction. Diane Saunders, director of Communications for the Oregon University System, said all presidents of public universities in Oregon voluntarily took a 4.6 percent pay cut this year. “The reduction for the presidents was voluntary. They are under multi-year contracts, so they were
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Gabbi Campos / Daily Lobo From left: Cator Buck, Jamie Buck, Silas Peeders, Atticus Peknik and Felix Peknik descend upon campus on their scooters Tuesday. They saw the musical “Nate the Great” as part of Popejoy Hall’s Schooltime series.
UNM-area traffic woes addressed by local entities by Pat Lohmann Daily Lobo
Albuquerque’s largest universities, the city and the county are working in concert to address parking and transportation ills afflicting the UNM area. The Albuquerque City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday asking UNM, CNM and Bernalillo County to enter into
a Memorandum of Understanding and contribute to a study examining alternative transportation possibilities. Neighborhood associations and residents have expressed their displeasure with traffic problems in the University corridor, particularly along Yale Boulevard. City Councilor Isaac Benton, who introduced the resolution, said a collaborative effort of this sort is refreshing after months of dissent
and disagreement among UNM, the city of Albuquerque and surrounding neighborhoods. “It’s all very good, positive stuff. I feel very good about it,” he said. “Neighborhood folks came down and spoke in favor of (the resolution). University folks spoke in favor of it, and it passed unanimously and we expect the mayor to sign it.” Mayor Richard Berry has eight more days to sign the resolution.
Earth’s response to rapid cooling by Candace Hsu Daily Lobo
Two UNM researchers are examining stalagmites to study the link between winter moisture and the glacial climate shifts. Yemane Asmerom and Victor Polyak, researchers in the earth and planetary sciences department, work in two major labs at Northrop Hall. There, stalagmite samples from Fort Stanton Cave are broken down, and the uranium and thorium are separated, Asmerom said. The elements then can be analyzed and dated in a mass spectrometer. “The research was a project we put together and the question was how to respond to rapid cooling variation,” he said. “One of the most interesting scientific problems is the whole issue of global warming as a
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result of human contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The climate is very complex, so we looked at past periods of climate variations and how different parts of the earth responded.” The National Science Foundation is funding the research with $400,000, in addition to $1 million for instrumentation, Asmerom said. The University itself has also been supportive with the project, Asmerom said. The lab is one of the best of its kind in the world, with modern mass spectrometers to test the majority of the samples, he said. Asmerom and Polyak tested a Fort Stanton Cave stalagmite, which grew 11,000 to 60,000 years ago in the cave. The connection between the climate and the samples is found through oxygen isotope variability,
Asmerom said. “Essentially what you have in these yearly layers are variations that reflect the ratios of the precipitation,” he said. “So, when you have specific dominated moisture, like winter moisture, the ratio will be lower compared to summer precipitation. You have a way to track the winter moisture variability over the last 60,000 years.” The spectrometers used in the study are able to give precise ages of each sample. From that, researchers can determine how winter moisture has varied over time, Asmerom said. The researchers found that climate was changing rapidly and results from large changes in the overall balance and amount of moisture. “The earth went through global
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Victor Polyak shows “separation wells,” which separate uranium isotopes, in a laboratory at Northrop Hall on Tuesday. Polyak and his colleague, Yemane Asmerom, are examining stalagmites thousands of years old to catalog climatic shifts through time. Daniel Hulsbos / Daily Lobo
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not under any legal obligation, if you will, to take a pay cut,” she said. “But they felt strongly amongst all the presidents that they should really share the pain that the rest of the campus is taking in terms of budget cuts, program cuts (and) students’ tuition increasing.” Schmidly said he decided to create a voluntary furlough system in response to budget cuts imposed by the legislature. He estimated that four people have taken advantage of the voluntary furlough system so far. “These are tough times. We’ve been fortunate,” he said. “We’ve been able to manage these budget reductions without having mandatory furloughs, but I felt it was important to create a voluntary furlough system, and since I created it, I felt like I should lead the way.” State Sen. Eric Griego introduced a joint memorial to the legislature
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that would recommend UNM to reduce the salaries of the 20 highestpaid people, which will go before the Senate Education Committee today at 8:30 a.m. Schmidly said he wasn’t sure how accurate the information Griego presented to the legislature was. “I think there’s a bit of misinformation there, but I will be talking with (Griego),” Schmidly said. “My hope is we get through this (budget crisis) without anybody having to reduce their salaries, but I don’t know if that’s possible yet.” Schmidly said the University has had to cut about $16 million from its budget but has done so without firing people or instituting mandatory pay cuts. “I think, right now, we haven’t had to ask anybody — other than voluntarily — to take a pay cut. We haven’t been laying people off,” he
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“You look at the combination of UNM and CNM — and then the city venues like the baseball park and the BMX park. So, you look at this corridor and you can see really the amount of traffic generated by this whole corridor by all of these entities,” he said. “(This) is why we need to get more collaborative in traffic planning and traffic movement.” The resolution also recommends a Memorandum of Understanding between the four entities. “It’s not an MOU of itself,” Benton said. “It’s stating the intention of the University to enter into an MOU with CNM and the county and UNM towards that effort. The bill also calls for studying, improving our town-gown relationships and looking at other cities that have done a good job.” To this end, the city has dedicated $100,000 towards such a study and is looking to the universities to contribute money as well, Benton said, but they haven’t yet outlined the
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its vote to allow more community input on the Master Plan of development, and Beffort said the Board will take up the issue during, at the earliest, their March meeting. “They decided to take some more time, get some more input and let’s make sure we get a consensus — at least input if not consensus — before we decide to take any action on it.” Still, Benton doesn’t think the resolution will impact language in the Master Plan. “I don’t know how this will end up affecting the Master Plan itself,” he said. “This affects what I consider to be a weak point in the Master Plan, which is looking at transportation alternatives … What UNM does with its Master Plan I can’t control and the city can’t control, but what this does is sort of enlist us all together in recognizing that we need alternative transportation modes to better serve the campuses of UNM and CNM.”
determined by the position of the jet stream. Colder temperatures are from the jet stream being further south, while warmer temperatures result from the jet stream being pushed north. “The whole issue of global warming is probably one of the most interesting topics right now,”
Asmerom said. “Also, it is one of the most consequential in terms of the way we are going to live, how we are going to live, and the economic impact around the globe.” Asmerom and Polyak’s research will be published next week in “Nature Geoscience,” a monthly journal.
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warming and cooling events,” Asmerom said. “It turns out that when the earth went through these episodes, the moisture decreases substantially. If something like that occurred right now, it would be a huge disaster. Basically, additional warming is likely to create dryer conditions.” They found that the variability is
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letter Get the medical perspective, know the facts of anal sex Editor, You might have noticed the sex column about anal sex: “Clean and painless anal sexno butts about it.” It might be beneficial for you to write the next column about anal sex from a medical perspective. Does it have any adverse effects? There was not one sentence on condom use, health risks, STIs, etc. Perhaps it is time for an anal sex health risk reduction booster? These are some of the questions I received after the “Doing it in the Duke City” column ran in the Lobo on Jan. 21. In that column, Ms. Riley discussed how to make anal sex comfortable, enjoyable and clean. I thought I’d balance the picture with a reminder of the risks. Anal sex is not a new activity, nor is it rare. Men and women both heterosexual and homosexual practice it. Although it is difficult to know how many people engage in anal sex, one survey reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated 40 percent of men reported having had penile-anal sex with a woman and eight percent with a man. 35 percent of women in the survey reported having penile-anal sex with a man. I don’t know how accurate these numbers are, but I do suspect anal sex is more common than you think. Most people who engage in anal sex do it because they enjoy it. Some do it to avoid pregnancy. Some virgin women have anal sex instead of vaginal sex, feeling that this preserves their virginity. The basic risks of anal sex are disease spread and injury. Any sexually transmitted disease can be passed anally. HIV is more contagious through anal sex than vaginal sex. Hepatitis B and C can also be passed this way, as can herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. Human papilloma virus, or HPV, can be transmitted anally, resulting in warts inside the rectum or around the anus. HPV infection increases the risk of cancer of the infected tissues. These diseases can pass both ways, by the way, from anus to penis as well as vice versa. Take-home lesson? Use a condom. We have them at Student Health and Counseling. Bacterial infections can happen after anal sex as well. The normal gut is full of bacteria. That isn’t a problem — in fact, they serve a useful purpose. But if these bacteria get to someplace they don’t belong, it can be a problem. For example, if tissue is damaged during rough or improperly lubricated anal sex, the damaged tissue can get infected and form an abscess which has to be surgically drained. So, make sure you use enough lubrication. Also, if a penis is inserted into a vagina after being in an anus, this can cause an infection in the vagina. If you go from anal to vaginal intercourse, change condoms in between. Hepatitis A is a virus that is carried in the intestinal system. This virus can be passed from one person to another by direct oral to anal contact, or by oral contact with a penis after anal penetration of an infected person. Again, use condoms for anal sex, and remove or change them before other sexual activity. Finally, there is a risk of direct injury from anal penetration. The tissue around the anus is fragile and easily damaged. Be careful and use lubrication. What you, as consenting adults, do for pleasure in the privacy of your bedroom is your business. I just want you to be safe while doing it. Dr. Peggy Spencer Daily Lobo reader
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Drug companies: looking for wealth not health by Andrew Beale
Daily Lobo guest columnist News story not widely picked up in the U.S.: On Jan. 13 of this year, Mexican newspaper El Universal published a story titled “Europa acusa a OMS de ‘inflar’ epidemia” or “Europe accuses WHO of ‘inflating’ epidemic.” The gist of the story is that the European Union says the World Health Organization exaggerated the risks of swine flu. The story states “The Council of Europe denounced the possible pressure from pharmaceutical laboratories to exaggerate the situation and promote the application of vaccines and the sale of medicines.” Furthermore, the paper states “Various countries (among them the U.S., Germany, France and Great Britain) are cutting off their requests for vaccines and are returning them now that it’s clear that the outbreak, declared a pandemic by the WHO in June, is not so severe.” I wonder who among us could have guessed that the whole swine flu thing was a scam of some sort? It’s truly shocking that the drug companies are putting pressure on government officials (the WHO is a branch of the United Nations) to help them sell drugs. Well, I never! I remember seeing countless news stories in November and December (including one in the Lobo) warning that there were not enough swine flu vaccines to go around. Now it turns out we’re returning unused vaccines, because, guess what, swine flu is not the biggest threat to America after all. The take-home lesson here is not specific to swine flu. By placing the manufacturing of medicine in the hands of corporations concerned only with profit motive, we open ourselves up to this type of macabre comedy. A comedy continually played out over and over
in an absurd theater of global politics. The drug companies are engaged in a cultural battle, a war of ideas, and their enemy is us. Last week on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, author Ethan Watters explained the thesis of his novel Crazy like us. He explained how the marketing of drugs to other countries, specifically the marketing of psychological medication, involves a change in the way other countries view mental health. There is a switch from considering something to be “normal” to considering it as “pathological.” In other words, the marketing of mentalhealth drugs requires a change in the entire mental map of a culture. Watters disputed the claim that antidepressants are scientifically proven to help people with feelings of sadness. “Drug companies are creating the science to a huge degree,” Watters said. This conclusion seems to be supported by a recent International Herald Tribune article, “Popular drugs may help only severe depression.” The article recounts a recent study that antidepressants have the same effect as a placebo in all but the most depressed of patients. (Dr. Jan Fawcett, of the University of New Mexico, was an author of the study.) Another author of the study was quoted in the article as saying a large number of moderately depressed people, who would not likely see any benefit from the drugs, would certainly be considered candidates for antidepressant treatment. Surely Lobo readers remember the reports from a few years ago that antidepressant use in teenagers actually increased suicide rates. Add to this obvious abundance of evidence the fact that the same drugs are priced differently in different countries, according to the profit model. Large numbers of New Mexicans travel across the border to secure
prescription drugs they otherwise would not be able to afford. This practice is illegal, but in the same country it is perfectly legal to deny a life-saving drug to a person because they cannot afford it. This problem reaches beyond the drug industry to infect all areas of our health-care system. A member of my family works as an Intensive Care Unit nurse and complains that nurses in our system are treated as production machines. Efficiency is valued over quality in the nursing profession, the same way it is at a McDonald’s production line. The root of the problem is the philosophy of capitalism. Our society is free and just with respect to those who can buy freedom and justice. Corporations legally treated as people can afford to purchase the most freedom and the most influence in our justice system. Consequently, Merck is allowed to continue to operate after producing a drug (Vioxx) that it knew would kill people, with the final death count being upward of 60,000. But a grandma who brings heart medication back from Mexico faces jail time. There’s simply no way to rectify this if your goal is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Denying people medication they need to survive, using third world countries as test markets for drugs when they’re not sure they’re safe, distributing a product that they know will kill people, and misinforming the public about the dangers — all these things are crimes, plain and simple. And it’s clear that very few people in our government have any interest in prosecuting the companies. Prescription drug companies are not just a problem in America, but in the whole world. It is a fact that prescription drugs kill more Americans every year than all illicit drugs combined. Now, doesn’t it make perfect sense that you can still go to jail for smoking a joint?
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SEATTLE — As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities. Florida college students could face yearly 15 percent tuition increases for years, and University of Illinois students will pay at least 9 percent more. The University of Washington will charge 14 percent more at its flagship campus. And in California, tuition increases of more than 30 percent have sparked protests reminiscent of the 1960s. Tuition has been trending upward for years, but debate in statehouses and trustee meeting rooms has been more urgent this year as most states struggle their way out of the economic meltdown. The College Board says families are paying about $172 to $1,096 more in tuition and fees this school year. The national average for 2009-2010 is about $7,020, not including room and board, according to the nonprofit association of
colleges that oversees the SATs and Advanced Placement tests. Mike Sarb, a University of Illinois senior from suburban-Chicago Elk Grove Village, Ill., says money is a big concern for his blue-collar family scrambling to find the money to pay more than $20,000 for tuition, room and board. They are not pleased that university officials are likely to raise tuition 9 percent this summer. “They do complain that the school’s taking advantage of people (by raising tuition),” Sarb said. But interim President Stanley Ikenberry says the school has run out of options. With a budget deficit expected to top $11 billion this year, the state of Illinois owes the university more than $430 million, money he doesn’t expect to see any time soon. In some cases, one student’s tuition disaster is another’s bargain. State officials have told Florida students they can expect 15 percent tuition increases every year until tuition reaches the national average. That could be a long slog, as the state is starting its tuition realignment from a place other students
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David Mercer / AP Photo Students walk past a building being renovated on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill. in this photo taken Jan. 26. The university expects to raise tuition at least 9 percent this summer. envy — about $3,000 a year. In California, unprecedented budget cuts to higher education have led to huge fee increases at the state’s two public university systems, as well as layoffs, furloughs, enrollment cuts and reduced
course offerings. At the University of California, which has 10 campuses and about 220,000 students, in-state undergraduate fees in fall 2010 are set to reach $10,302 — 32 percent more than in fall 2009 and three times
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Fresh lineup aims to make pitching a priority by Ryan Tomari Daily Lobo
The emphasis for UNM head baseball coach Ray Birmingham this year is pitching nothing more, nothing less. Under Birmingham in the last two seasons, the Lobos had a highscoring offense. They routinely jacked the ball deep, but, at times, the pitching staff was the team’s Achilles’ heel. That was especially true when Mountain West Conference Tournament rolled around in May, and UNM faced conference bad boy, TCU. “I have been impressed that there is a lot more potential in this pitching staff than there has been on a UNM pitching staff in a long time,” Birmingham said. “We led the country in hitting last year and offensively we’re pretty good, but pitching is the key. We had some good pitching performances by a couple of people last year and need a whole staff to be a good pitching (team).” Birmingham has restocked the Lobos’ pitching staff with four junior-college transfers and five highschool standouts. One of those junior college transfers is Mike Lachapelle. Lachapelle, who can throw 90mph pitches, is from Pima Community College in Tucson, Ariz., and said it’s a great opportunity to pitch at UNM and for coach Birmingham. “I love it here. The school and the program, it’s great,” Lachapelle said. “(Coach Birmingham) cares. He’s there for you if you ever need
anything. He pushes us in school, when we go out into the community and the way we dress. He just tries to build us up as classy gentlemen.” Gera Sanchez, Richard Olson and Zach Cleveland are the other pitchers who are junior-college transfers. Birmingham said he stresses recruiting baseball players from New Mexico, even though Lachapelle and Cleveland transferred from Arizona, and Olson is from Australia. So far, Birmingham has succeeded at placing more ball players on the mound from the Land of Enchantment. “Oscar Almeida from Rio Grande (High School) — he is starting to really get it and he is a local kid,” Birmingham said. “That is still one of my goals, to develop baseball in the state of New Mexico and use our kids.” Austin House, a La Cueva High School graduate, and Steven Florez from Las Cruces High School, are the two other native New Mexicans who will join Almeida at UNM. Canadian Zak Miller and El Paso, Texan Bobby Mares are rookie pitchers that connect the Lobo bullpen puzzle. Also sprinkled in that mix, Rudy Jaramillo, the lone Lobo who pitched a complete game in a victory over UNLV last year, is back. Jaramillo finished the 2009 season with a 4-2 record and struck out 37 batters. Jaramillo would like to give the new UNM pitchers more guidance, and he already has by helping them out with their pitch selections.
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Expecting top-six results from a bottom 10 football program is blissfully ignorant. Fair or not, given his recruiting acumen, that’s exactly what some fans expect from Lobo football head coach Mike Locksley. Heralded as the No. 6 recruiter in the nation when he was hired in December 2008, Locksley arguably received the Lobos’ head job solely because of his ability to recruit, given he had no previous experience as a collegiate head coach. Did he deliver? Scout.com rates the Lobos’ 2010 recruiting class as tied for 83rd in the nation. UNM, according to Scout, signed just four three-star recruits, none in the top 100. Among the bottom 13 teams in the nation, only three — Virginia (3-9), Maryland (2-10), one of Locksley’s coaching stop-offs, and Washington State (1-11) — landed four-star recruits. Washington State secured 17 three-star recruits, to Maryland’s 13 and Virginia’s seven. Locksley, in his first, full go at recruiting, nabbed three three-star players — middle linebacker Toby Ball, quarterback Tarean Austin and wide receiver Detchauz Wray — second-most among teams that finished an unspectacular 1-11. The stars Scout.com hands out, however, have Locksley less
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than starry-eyed. As it goes, Locksley said, some stars turn out to be supernovas. Others, he said, plummet faster than the ones that pepper the Albuquerque horizon. “I know a lot of successful twostar, no-star guys that have had great success and I’ve known a lot of fourstar, five-star guys that don’t pan out,” he said. “(There’s) no exact science to it. I’ve recruited as many five stars that haven’t turned out to be great players as two stars that have turned out to be great players. ” The truth of the matter is recruiting is boom-or-bust. Only the matter is further complicated by established sites like Scout.com, which attempt to predict the unpredictable and forecast that which cannot be conceived. Call it the Nostradamus Effect. But Locksley hardly pays attention to any of the rambling done on such sites, or grades assigned by such subjective rubrics. “I never put anything into someone else’s ratings,” Locksley said. “To each his own. What’s been proven over the years with the recruiting system that we utilize is the evaluation process. We know what we’re looking for. We have a set process in place to insure we’re bringing in the right player.” He has his own formula, one that has rarely let him down, he said. “It’s a long process, but to give it to you in layman’s terms, each position has a set criteria: How tall, how
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short we’d be willing to go at each specific position. We look at height and weight measurables. We look at speed measurables, and we have a top-speed measurable that we like. And we have a bottom — the least amount of speed and height we take.” From there, Locksley said, the coaches assign each recruit a grade based off a breakdown of performances in seven critical areas. To ensure that the exercise is as foolproof as possible, other coaches besides Locksley provide input, determining who fits into the Lobos’ necessities and which players UNM can weed out. “When you’ve got three guys doing it — the recruiting coach, the position coach and then me as the head coach — you’ve got three different grades and you average them out,” Locksley said. And by Scout’s definition — coupled with Locksley No. 6 recruiter tagline — this recruiting class is average, perhaps even a tad below. But, if just this once, don’t doubt Locksley. “If you look at my track record over the years as a recruiter, it’s based on production, not based on stars,” he said. “I’ve never been the type to pound my chest as a recruiter. I’ve always prided myself on being a good evaluator of talent.” For the time being, all Locksley can do is wish upon a star.
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“I just tell them how I had success last year and how I was mixing speeds,” Jaramillo said. “You know, throwing your change-ups and off-
speeds for strikes, and that was how I really had success. So that is what I have been trying to relay to them.”
Locksley’s Recruiting Class of 2010 (projected as of Tuesday night)
MLB Toby Ball, Wylie, Texas QB Tarean Austin, Tampa, Fla. WR Detchauz Wray, East Saint Louis, Ill.
OT J.J. Hugine, Oklahoma City, Okla. Earl Johnson, Washington, D.C. CB Julian Blair, Waldorf, MD
WR Martize Barr, MLB Zack Daughtery, Washington, D.C. Las Cruces, N.M. RB Devonte Tabannah, Oxon Hill, OG Lamar Bratton, MD Riverside, Calif. CB Ravonne Carter, Hialeah, Fla.
TE Bradley Miller, Sealy, Texas
DE Darian Godfrey, Gilmer, Texas
Transfers WR Lamaar Thomas Washington, D.C. TE Omar Castillo, Roswell, N.M.
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Signing Day provides hope for progress by Ryan Tomari Daily Lobo
Mike Locksley couldn’t have waited any longer for the 2010 National Signing Day. In a way, it could be a huge source of redemption for the controversially stricken UNM head football coach, who had a disappointing 1-11 outing in his first year with the Lobos, not to mention a few off-the-field distractions during the 2009 season. Today, Locksley will be able to show Lobo Nation why he was brought to Albuquerque by Athletics Director Paul Krebs to coach the Lobos: his ability to recruit and recruit top-tier players, at that. As of Tuesday night, several outlets, including Scout.com and ESPN.com, projected which players would sign with the Lobos, based off of prior verbal commitments. In all, Locksley unofficially has 15 recruits, which includes two transfer players, though three
other players will likely sign with UNM. For Locksley, National Signing Day is one of the most significant days for a head coach, because it becomes a game of supply-anddemand. “With every year, you lose a set of players that have been in your system,” he said. “When you lose a certain amount of guys at each position, it’s important that you replace them. We go into every year knowing what our needs will be when it comes to recruiting. It’s based on our senior attrition and based on what we have coming back. That’s how we kind of formulate our game plan for the positions that we are going to recruit for.” Locksley is not allowed to talk specifically about players until they sign, because of NCAA bylaws, but he said he is optimistic about the talent level in this year’s class. “Obviously, as I have said since day one, recruiting is a group effort and I have got to give a lot of
credit to the (rest of UNM’s coaching staff ),” Locksley said. “They did a great job of identifying and getting (players) here to visit, look at our place and finishing the job. We went into recruiting with a list of things that we had to get accomplished. I am really proud of the effort that went into recruiting and the rewards that have come up because of those efforts. ” Locksley will need to fill the void of 17 spots from the 2009 season and the hopes to build a bigger, better, stronger and faster team over the next four years. Those, Locksley said, are some of the traits the Lobo coaching staff is looking for. And he said the Lobos did it. “A big need was to upgrade the athleticism of our team and whether it be with speed, size or explosiveness,” he said. “You look at the skill(ed) players and the linemen in this recruiting class, they’re all very explosive athletes. The team speed is also being improved with this incoming class.”
Rockets scrape by Warriors with win by Chris Duncan
The Associated Press HOUSTON — Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry scored 24 points apiece, and the Houston Rockets salvaged the last game of their longest homestand of the season by beating the Golden State Warriors 119-97 on Tuesday night. Trevor Ariza scored 18 points and Chuck Hayes grabbed 13 rebounds for the Rockets, who finished their six-game homestand with a disappointing 2-4 record. Monta Ellis scored 34 points for the Warriors, who’ve lost six in a row overall and 12 of their last 13 road games. Corey Maggette, Golden State’s second-leading scorer, sat out with a hip pointer. The Rockets shot 50 percent (43 of 86) and outrebounded the Warriors 57-35 to beat Golden State for the ninth straight time. Houston hit 11 of its first 17 shots against the NBA’s worst defensive team and built a 27-10 lead. Golden
State matched its sloppy early defense with poor shooting, missing 12 of its first 17 shots. Luis Scola’s layup with 45 seconds left in the first quarter put Houston up 39-21 and set a Rockets’ season-high point total for any quarter this season. Ellis scored six points to lead an 8-2 Golden State early in the second quarter. The Rockets gave away five turnovers in the first three minutes of the quarter and led only 41-33 after Ellis’ jumper. Ellis swished Golden State’s first 3-pointer with 3:38 left in the half, then assisted on Karl’s fastbreak layup to draw Golden State within three, at 49-46. The Rockets helped the Warriors by continuing to miss shots and cough up careless turnovers. Houston’s starters returned and rebuilt the lead to 59-49 by halftime. Ellis scored 27 points in the first half on 10-of-17 shooting. No other Warrior had more than six points at the break.
The Rockets opened the third quarter with a 9-2 burst, running their offense as smoothly as they did at the start of the game. They also held Ellis to one field goal in the first eight minutes of the quarter and extended the lead to 73-57. Ellis had 34 points through three quarters, his 19th 30-plus game of the season, but no other Warrior had more than seven. Shane Battier and Brooks sank consecutive 3-pointers early in the fourth quarter to stretch the lead to 20, and Ellis went to the bench for good with 9:18 remaining. Adelman had most of his starters on the bench by the 5-minute mark.
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take that away from them,� he said. “In my personal opinion, (it’s) because, today, kids haven’t been allowed to fail. Somebody was always there to catch them. Ask yourself in your own personal life information on all rentals go to: how many times did your parents recservices.unm.edu pick you up at the age of 19 or so. That didn’t used to happen. It was either, ‘You get it done, or you’re in trouble, dude.’ I think they’re nurtured to not have to deal with it. ‘Let me protect you.’� Or maybe it was something else. The Lobos started last season playing Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, not an imposing, or elite, baseball program. Consequently, the Lobos whimpered at the conclusion of the season, when they faced unrelenting competition. Nobody will be shielded this season, though. In those former players’ places are seedlings ready to sprout, but when will they? The Lobos will undergo a fundamental restructuring of their infield, with several players moving to fill up voids left by departing cornerstones. Catcher Adam Courcha will move to third base, while sophomore Ben Woodchick takes over for Brownstein at second and Justin Howard steps in at first base. So, Birmingham — whose name sounds like a minister’s — arranged for the Lobos to have a baptism by fire this season. They’ll start off playing one of the premier # " 'PSFJHO -BOHVBHFT 6/. programs in the nation — Texas. “We have 22 underclassmen. +BOFMMF JT NBOBHJOH IFS FEVDBUJPO UISPVHI "OEFSTPO T .BTUFS PG #VTJOFTT That’s a lot,� Birmingham said.
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Data Analyst Division of Government Research Open Until Filled 8.50 - 11.75
Nursing Program Office Aide Valencia County Branch Open Until Filled $7.50-$7.88
TRiO Writing Peer Tutor Gallup Deans Office Open Until Filled 8.00
Welcome Desk Assistant New Mexico Union Open Until Filled $7.50
Lab Aide I Gallup Applied Technology Open Until Filled 7.50
Office Assistant Anesthesiology Administration Open Until Filled 7.75-8.75
Ceramics Lab Assist Gallup Arts Letters Open Until Filled 7.50
Student Conference Event Coordinator New Mexico Union Events Open Until Filled $8.25 per hour
HS Tutor_English Off Campus Work Study Open Until Filled 10.00
Undergraduate Sevilleta LTER Research Assistant Biology Department Open Until Filled $10.00
Instruction Support Staff LosAlamos Branch Open Until Filled $8.00
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Museum Education Intern Art Museum $8.00 per hour
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Columnist Student Publications Open Until Filled 15.00 per column
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Freelance Photographer Student Pub Open Until Filled $10.00 to $15.00 per photo
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Computer Technician LAII General Administrative $10.00
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Administrative Project Assistant Planning & Communication Open Until Filled $7.50 to $8.75
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Bindery Assistant UNM Copy Center Open Until Filled $7.50
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$390- STUDIO- AVAILABLE for Immediate Move-in, 5 minutes from UNM and Apollo College, Spacious for 1, Call at 505.842.6640
Duplexes NEW 1600SF 3BDRM washer/dryer. San Mateo& Constitution $1150/mo. Owner pays all ults. except for electric. Year lease. 505-238-6824.
Houses For Rent 3 BDRM, 2BA, 2 garage, excellent conditions, UNM, gated, $1250/mo, rmmanagement@gmx.de NEAR UNM 2BDRM, $775 monthly, $775 deposit, 1319 Tijeras NE, 6154813 or 275-9227. UNM 2BDRM $800/MO* NE 3BDRM $1000/mo.* 5BR 4BA $1250/mo 2647530.
Rooms For Rent ROOMMATE WANTED TO share 3BDRM house furnished W/D 2mi from campus near Coronado/ Uptown. Grad. student prefered/students only. $450/mo includes utilities. 463-4536. ROOMMATE WANTED TO share 3BDRM house near UNM/CNM with 2 college males. $400/mo includes utilities, wireless cable internet, W/D, cable. $200dd. Call Dylan 850-2806. GRADUATE STUDENT, FURNISHED ROOM, W/D, cable, smokeless, free utilities, $295/mo +$50dd. 344-9765. FEMALE WANTED TO share 4BDRM house. $400/mo. includes utilities, cable, and Wifi. Must be clean and responsible. Available immediately call 9080488 FEMALE TO SHARE charming house. $350/mo +1/2utilities. 281-6290.
FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED to share 3BDRM furnished condominium in gated community. No pets/ smoking/ drugs, $450/mo +1/3 utilities. Lots of ammenities, 204-8646 mva07@unm. edu. SPACIOUS 2 BDRM HOUSE. 408 HARVARD SE. 3 Blocks from UNM. Backyard, washer/dryer, alarm, driveway, sunroom. 6-month lease, available now. $975/mo + utilities, 660-8652, or 3100772. 4 BLOCKS FROM CAMPUS 3BDRM/ 2BA W/D, Wifi, furnished or unfurnished. $500/mo + 1/3 Utilities Call 318-573-6409 ROOMMATE WANTED TO share 2,500sqft house. I-40 & 98th, furnished second floor, $500/mo. Utilities incl. Contact Karen at kwesala@unm.edu ROOM FOR RENT 2BDRM 1BA, 10 mins from UNM, Lease through end of semester $300/mo call Ivan 505-8035901
For Sale M-AUDIO PROKEYS 88sx Performance Piano. Sells new for $600. Used are averaging $350-400. In perfect condition. Will sell for $250. Call or text 505-2200658. APPLE MAC OS 8.6 no modem, $50. 2 bookcases 36x72, $75 OBO. La-Z-Boy Recliner, $25. My Little Pony paraphenelia, $75. Pine Southwestern 24’’ TV Hutch $100. Oak Rocking Chair $50. Wingback chair $30. All in very good condition. 575-838-7189 TOUSSAUD LEE VIOLA, mellow sound. Purchased from Robertson’s Violin Shop. Over $2000 new 10 years ago. Will sacrifice for $800. Call or text 505220-0658.
Textbooks MCMURRY 7TH EDITION organic chemistry text hardcover. Mint cond. $160 Organic Chemistry Study guide/Solutions Manual mint $50.00 or both $200.00 505-712-0442
Vehicles For Sale 1987 TOYOTA PICKUP 135,000 miles, has lift kit roll bars mud tires asking $3000, call 505 660 4279 2003 CADILLAC CTS 3.2 V6, fully loaded, tinted windows, new tires. First 8,600 takes it. Call Thomas 730-5012. 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT fully loaded, short bed, quad cab, nerf bars, 86,000. First 8,000 takes it. Call Thomas 730-5012.
Child Care EXCELLENT, RELIABLE AND creative babysitter needed for our 3-yr old. Mondays 4:30-8:30 pm plus one other weeknight. Occasional weekend or mornings possible. Must have great references. Pay negotiable. Call 508-5439.
Jobs Off Campus !!!BARTENDING!!!: UP TO $300/day. No experience necessary, training provided. 1-800-965-6520ext.100. NEW YEAR, NEW JOB!
$15 Base /Appt. Flex Schedule, Scholarships Possible! Customer Sales/ Service, No Exp. Nec., Cond. Apply. Call now, All ages 18+, ABQ 243-3081, NW/Rio Rancho: 891-0559. SECRETARY INCLUDES SALES and business administration. Must have experience. PT Monday through Friday. Salary open. 712-2532. RETAIL/ COUNTER HELP needed at a local bakery. One five-hour shift available midday Sundays. $7.50/hr. Must be friendly, courteous, able to work in a team environment. Apply in person at House of Bread, 2000 Carlisle Blvd. NE. www.houseofbreadabq.com. NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS for certified lifeguards. Apply at 4901 Indian School Rd NE. ACTIVITY LEADER FOR before & after school program in University area $10.50/hr. PT. Must be available for all morning & afternoon shifts M-F. Mornings 7-8:45 (M-F), Afternoons 3:35-6 (MTThF) & 12:30-6 (W). Apply online at www.campfireabq.org or in person at 1613 University Blvd NE. WANTED: EGG DONORS, Would you be interested in giving the Gift of Life to an Infertile couple? We are a local Infertility Clinic looking for healthy women between the ages of 21-33 who are nonsmoking and have a normal BMI, and are interested in anonymous egg donation. The experience is emotionally rewarding and you will be financially compensated for your time. All donations are strictly confidential. Interested candidates please contact Myra at The Center for Reproductive Medicine of NM at 505-224-7429. !BARTENDER TRAINING! Bartending Academy, 3724 Eubank NE, www. newmexicobartending.com 292-4180. DIRECT CARE STAFF needed to work with developmentally disabled clients. FT/ PT positions available, paid training. Fax resume to 821-1850 or e-mail to supportinghandsnm@msn.com.
Volunteers VOLUNTEER FOR THE NEW YEAR! Gain experience and join a movement. Become a volunteer advocate with the Rape Crisis Center. Training starts in February. For more information: www. rapecrisiscnm.org, 266-7711 or volun teer@rapecrisiscnm.org
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