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Obama hopes to improve grad rates by Chelsea Erven cerven@unm.edu

President Obama spoke out about education reform and what he’s doing to help college graduates succeed in today’s job market in a Monday conference call with student journalists. Obama drew attention to efforts made to strengthen the nation’s higher-education system, which he said is important to the country’s success. He said America’s college graduations rates have plummeted from first in the world to 12th in just one generation. “If we’re serious about building a stronger economy and making sure we succeed in the 21st century, the single most important step we can take is to make sure that every young person can get the best education possible, because the countries that out-educate us today will beat us tomorrow,” Obama said. Obama outlined steps he is taking toward higher education, specifically reclaiming the world’s top college graduation ranking and having the world’s highest proportion of college graduates by 2020. He said policies being implemented are designed to make college more affordable. That includes changing federal student loans so that loan money goes directly to students, tripling the investment in college tax credits for middle-class families and raising the value of Pell grants to make sure that they keep up with inflation, Obama said. “Higher education is the only place where inflation is higher than it is in health care,” he said. “But (these policies) are allowing us to support community colleges and make college more affordable

Terrance Siemon / Daily Lobo President Obama chats with NM State Representative Al Park a few minutes after landing at Kirtland Air Force Base on Monday evening.

President Obama arrived at Kirtland Air Force Base on Monday evening before meeting with a local family to discuss the economy at a small gathering. The stop is one of a series of meetings the President is holding with American families who say their lives have been improved through Obama’s policies.

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Daniel Hulsbos/ Daily Lobo Security officials monitor the Air Force One landing site atop a hangar before President Obama’s arrival.

Professor leaves behind intellectual legacy by Leah Valencia

news@dailylobo.com Emeritus Peter Dorato dedicated years to the UNM Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, but his students and colleagues said his passion and kindness is what they will miss most. Dorato, 77, died Sept. 18. His daughter, Sylvia Dorato, said her father did everything full force. “He loved people,” she said. “He loved interacting, and he loved teaching. And that is something he did literally until the very, very end.” Dorato was celebrated in his field. He was named a Gardner-Zemke Professor for outstanding teaching. He was also given the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Third Millennium Medal, the World Automation Congress Lifetime Achievement Award and the School of Engineering Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. He wrote eight books and more than 65 journal articles, his daughter said. “He was extremely well-known and respected in his field and in his area of research,” colleague Chaouki Abdallah said. “He really

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enjoyed what he was doing, He was one of the best teachers, one of the most concerned about education and about students that I have ever met.” Abdallah said that Dorato’s love of education is reflected in his students. “He enjoyed arguing with people in intellectual arguments,” he said. “He liked the Socratic exchange of ideas, and he really honestly believed in it.” Dorato is survived by his wife, four children and 10 grandchildren. He served as chairman of the ECE department from 1976 until 1984. He retired from UNM in 2005, though he continued teaching as an adjunct professor until he died. Former student Todd Barrick said Dorato’s classes were unique. “I sought out his classes,” he said. “And just sought out information from him in general even when I didn’t have classes with him. He really cared about what students thought and had to say.” Abdallah said Dorato was in it for the students. “He would do teaching sessions for classes he wasn’t even teaching, just because he wanted to help,” he said. “He didn’t care about money. Sometimes he wouldn’t ask for a raise; he would ask

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for something for the department.” Beyond teaching, Dorato was a nationally ranked senior tennis player and taught an Italian culture class in the Continuing Education Department. “It is just another example of him going all the way with the things he did,” Sylvia said. Abdallah said the department will feel a void without Dorato’s presence. “It is going to leave a big hole, and we are not going to be able to fill it for a long time,” he said. Family and friends will hold a service Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Aquinas Newman Center on the UNM campus.

Service for Professor Peter Dorato Thursday 10 a.m. Aquinas Newman Center 1815 Las Lomas Rd N.E.

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Satellite dish almost torn from field wall On Sept. 21, UNMPD officers responded to an attempted larceny at the UNM baseball field. Police were told that a man tried to steal a DirecTV satellite dish from the building at the baseball field. Witnesses said they saw the man and tried to catch him, but he fled in his vehicle.

The individuals followed the man, but lost him on an interstate highway, according to the report. The report said the dish was almost pulled from the wall.

$1,175 in baseball equipment goes missing On Sept. 21, UNMPD responded to an alleged burglary at the UNM

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baseball field. The equipment manager told police that $1,175 of baseball equipment was missing. According to the report, the manager said he locked up the storage room Sept. 20 at 6 p.m., and returned Sept. 21 to find the equipment missing. The report said the storage room is accessible by a key pad lock, and there were no signs of forced entry. Since there were no signs of forced entry, and many people have access to the room, police said no latent

finger prints could be processed.

UNMPD: Patient bit staff member at UNMH UNMPD responded to reports of a patient attacking healthcare workers Sept. 19 at UNMH mental health hospital. Hospital employees told police that a patient had become violent. According to the report,

hospital employees were trying to medicate the patient when he picked up a chair and threatened them. The report said hospital employees called for additional staff, and they tried to subdue the patient, but he bit an employee on the upper abdomen, breaking the skin. The patient was heavily medicated by the time police arrived, so they did not attempt to interview him, according to the report.

Domestic abuse activist: ‘Love shouldn’t hurt’ by Laurel Brishel Prichard lbrishel@unm.edu

Students and faculty alike brought awareness to the ongoing battle with domestic violence Monday during the first annual Gray-Torres Conference on Domestic Violence and Stalking. Summer Little, the program manager at the UNM Women’s Resource Center, said reducing domestic violence across campus and in the community is in everyone’s best interest. “Violence is everybody’s business, and we all need to react and respond,” she said. Organized in reaction to the murders of graduate student Stefania Gray and Professor Hector Torres in March, Monday’s conference offered a panel to educate people on forms of domestic violence. The conference ends today as speakers tackle issues including personal safety, orders of protection and female victimization. It concludes with a silent auction and poetry reading in the SUB, and the proceeds benefit Gray’s daughter and the Hector Torres Memorial Fund. Breanna Alex, the case manager

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at Haven House, a center for victims of domestic violence, said the first step in eradicating domestic violence is recognizing the problem. “Domestic violence isn’t something that is one specific gender, race or social economic status,” she said. “New Mexico has a problem with domestic violence a lot more than some states, not to say that it isn’t a problem everywhere in the country.” Danelle Becklund, a part-time mental health care counselor at the Domestic Violence Resource Center, said when a person leaves an abusive relationship they are most vulnerable. “Get help, whether it’s restraining orders, legal help or counseling,” Becklund said. “That way when you are in other relationships you don’t repeat the pattern all over again,” Juniper Decker, a Women’s Resource Center employee, said students are affected by domestic violence, and the issue is living and breathing on campus. “I chose to participate in this symposium because I feel like it’s really important to raise awareness about this silent topic,” Decker said. “Love shouldn’t hurt.”

Stephanie Gonzales / Daily Lobo State Police Capt. Quintin McShan speaks in the SUB Ballroom on Monday at a conference about domestic violence and stalking, in reaction to the killing of UNM professor Hector Torres and graduate student Stefania Gray in March. Gray’s ex-boyfriend is charged with the killing.

enter a career in public service, such as teaching, will have the remainder of their student debt forgiven after 10 years of steady payments. While acknowledging that the poor economy has created a challenging job market for graduates, Obama said college students

proficient in math, science and communication skills are generally able to find jobs. “Don’t let anyone tell you that your dreams will be constrained going forward ... Right now, we are going through a tough time, but I have no doubts that you guys are going to be successful,” he said.

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for nearly 8 million students and families.” Another policy Obama said he hopes to put into place by 2014 allows future borrowers to choose a student loan plan that allows them to pay only 10 percent of their monthly salary. The policy also stipulates that those who

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Pills don’t excuse war crimes by Gene Johnson Associated Press

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Despite the array of prescription drugs he was taking, an Army soldier’s videotaped statement describing how he and his colleagues randomly killed three Afghan civilians appeared to be a reliable account, an investigator testified Monday at a hearing into one of the most serious war-crimes cases to emerge from the Afghan war. Cpl. Jeremy Morlock of Wasilla, Alaska, is among five Stryker soldiers charged with premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder. In interviews with Army investigators, he described a plot led by Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs to randomly kill civilians while on patrol in Kandahar Province. Prosecutors have also alleged that members of the platoon mutilated Afghan corpses and even collected fingers and other body parts, and that some posed for photos with Afghan corpses. Morlock’s attorneys are seeking to suppress the statements he made, saying they were made under the influence of muscle relaxants, sleeping pills and anti-nausea medicine prescribed for repeat concussions. Morlock was being evacuated from Afghanistan for apparent traumatic brain injury when he was questioned in May. But Army Special Agent Anderson D. Wagner testified that Morlock was articulate during the interviews and that his account was corroborated by others in the unit. The hearing will determine whether the case proceeds

to a court martial; Morlock and the others could face the death penalty if convicted. “He made good eye contact. He was able to recount events that happened several months ago,” Wagner said by audio feed from Kandahar. Prosecutors listed 18 witnesses for Monday’s hearing. Fourteen of them asserted their right to remain silent, including other defendants as well as 1st Lt. Roman G. Ligsay, who has been removed as leader of the platoon but is not charged. Portions of Morlock’s interviews were aired by ABC News, and The Associated Press has reviewed statements he made under oath in which he claimed Gibbs — the highest ranking soldier accused — planned “scenarios” during which they could kill civilians. For example, Morlock said, if they came across someone in a village who had previously been flagged as having Taliban influence, they could toss a grenade at the civilian and claim they had been responding to a threat. Gibbs also illicitly collected “drop weapons” that could be placed by the bodies to make them appear to be combatants, Morlock and others said. “Gibbs had pure hatred for all Afghanis and constantly referred to them as savages,” Morlock said in the statement reviewed by the AP. “Sometime after Christmas 2009, Gibbs gave me a (fragmentary) grenade and told me that if the situation presented itself that we should go ahead and run with the grenade scenario that he had briefed to us.” A few weeks later, in January, the first of the killings was carried out, followed by one in February and one in

Drug shortages dent executions by Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some executions in the U.S. have been put on hold because of a shortage of one of the drugs used in lethal injections from coast to coast. Several of the 35 states that rely on lethal injection are either scrambling to find sodium thiopental — an anesthetic that renders the condemned inmate unconscious — or considering using another drug. But both routes are strewn with legal or ethical roadblocks. The shortage delayed an Oklahoma execution last month and led Kentucky’s governor to postpone the signing of death warrants for two inmates. Arizona is trying to get its hands on the drug in time for its next execution, in late October. California, with an inmate set to die on Wednesday, said the shortage will force it to stop executions after Sept. 30. The sole U.S. manufacturer, Hospira Inc. of Lake Forest, Ill., has blamed the shortage on unspecified problems with its raw-material suppliers and said new batches of sodium thiopental will not be available until January at the earliest. Nine states have a total of 17 executions scheduled between now and the end of January, including Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. “We are working to get it back onto the market for our customers as soon as possible,” Hospira spokesman Dan Rosenberg said. But at least one death penalty expert was skeptical of Hospira’s ex-

planation, noting that the company has made it clear it objects to using its drugs for executions. Hospira also makes the two other chemicals used in lethal injections. Sodium thiopental is a barbiturate, used primarily to anesthetize surgical patients and induce medical comas. It is also used to help terminally ill people commit suicide and sometimes to euthanize animals. Hospira has blamed the shortage on “raw-material supplier issues” since last spring, first promising availability in July, then October, then early 2011. The company has refused to elaborate on the problem. But according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press from the Kentucky governor’s office, Hospira told state officials that it lost its sole supplier of the drug’s active ingredient and was trying to find a new one. As for the possibility of obtaining the drug elsewhere, the Food and Drug Administration said there are no FDAapproved manufacturers of sodium thiopental overseas. Obtaining sodium thiopental from hospitals does not appear to be an option, either. Sodium thiopental has been largely supplanted by other anesthetics in the U.S., and hospitals do not stock much of it. Last spring, Hospira, a publicly traded company, sent a letter to all states outlining its discomfort with the use of its drugs for executions, as it has done periodically. “Hospira provides these products because they improve or save lives and markets them solely for use as indicated on the product labeling,” Kees Groenhout, clinical research and development vice president, said in a March 31 letter to Ohio, obtained

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early May. In each, prosecutors say, Morlock and Gibbs enlisted one other soldier to be involved. Lawyers for those three say they either deny involvement or that their participation was unwitting. Gibbs’ attorney says all three killings were “appropriate engagements.” The case raised serious questions about the Army’s handling of it. Spc. Adam Winfield, who is charged in the final killing, sent troubling Facebook messages home to his parents in Florida after the first killing. He wrote that he was being threatened to keep his mouth shut about it and that he didn’t know what to do. His father made nearly half a dozen calls to military officials that day, and he said he warned them about the ongoing plot and the threats against his son. But no suspects were arrested until May, when a witness in a drug case in the unit alerted investigators to what he considered unjustified killings. In cross-examination of Wagner and another investigator, Morlock’s attorney, Michael Waddington, questioned the lack of forensic investigation into the killings. He pressed them on whether they really knew who killed which civilian, and why they had not exhumed the bodies or seized the weapons of the accused. Wagner responded that investigators likely would have had trouble locating the bodies, and even if they did, it would be difficult to exhume them without upsetting local citizens. “If it was on U.S. soil we would have done it, no question,” he said. “It’s not the United States. Everything we do has repercussions.”

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Religion obsolete in modern approaches to morality Editor, At the current junction in history, I find it surprising that we haven’t transitioned to a point where religion has disappeared from our society. I am in no way debating the existence of God, or lack thereof, but am focusing on religion. One of the oldest purposes of religion was to explain the mysteries of nature and help humans understand the power of nature. Religion could also be a medium to contemplate the existence of God and elucidate details about life after death and other concepts related to life. And finally, religion has served as a basis for moral and ethical instruction. In today’s world, most people would never look to the Bible or the Quran to determine the age of the Earth or the structure of the universe. We don’t need a particular religion to explain the physical world because the explanation is universal. For many religious people I know, the physical branding and naming of a God is more important than the actual state of understanding the intentions of such a God. If this is the case, then religious teachings are hypocritical. An intellectually superior being — God — doesn’t logically give an image of being obsessed with the physical nature of his/ her/its existence. On the other hand, we could assume that the moral value system that serves as a structure to a spiritual life is the important aspect of all religions. All religions have evolved over time, and almost all religions were a step up from the social setting they sprouted in. Mohammed’s teachings were a step forward in the society he lived in. The same applies to Jesus Christ, Buddha and almost all the religious teachers in history. All these people saw the evils in society and with their teachings took the society a step up from the state it was in. These teachings then developed into a religion because most of them were based on a higher deity. Even though they were a step forward during those times, everything has changed and keeps changing. Why are we still adhering to morality of societies that existed thousands of years ago? We see reinterpretation of religious texts happening over time, and these changes in interpretation strive to bring religion up-to-date with the advancement in society. The ideas of morality keep changing from society to society and across time. But almost everyone would agree that at one level, what is wrong does not change. It’s safe to assume that the basic golden rule would be, “Do unto others as you would like done unto you.” But morality is also relative and depends on the situation and circumstances. Not more than a century ago, women displaying their ankles were considered morally wrong in American society. But as society changed, we have come to accept that and religions have changed their teachings to mesh with the present society. Humans are the only species on earth that have reached a point in civilization where have a sense of social justice. Society has evolved a code of values to which most of us adhere. Each of us also has a personal code of ethics. In the present world, all religion does is create divisions that segregate and we have strived to attain a state of equality. Aren’t we, as humans, intellectually developed enough to implement a moral system of our own without adhering to a particular religion? Even if that can have treacherous results, aren’t we as a society advanced enough to establish a general justice system? Do we still need religions and their teachers giving us dictations on a morality that can be achieved by common sense? Christo Jose UNM student

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Try eating right for a change

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by Dr. Margaret Spencer, MD Daily Lobo Columnist Dear Dr. Peg, I have a friend who is doing the HCG diet with the drops, not injections, and wanted to know if you know about it and what you thought of it. From what I found out, they do it for 30-40 days and have a lot of restrictions and things they have to do and are on a 500-calorie diet. I was concerned that it might not be healthy or safe. Dear Friend, Your concern is well-placed. It is neither healthy nor safe. This is another one of those fad diets that honestly should not have made it out of the gates. HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. It is a hormone found in the urine of pregnant women. Or horses, or cats … you never know when you buy it online. In the HCG diet, this substance is either injected as a serum or

Ahmadinejad’s remarks echo a third of Americans’ opinions Editor, When the Iranian President Ahmadinejad mentioned at the UN that he believed “some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated” the 911 attacks, he was speaking for a third of the American public. Yes, in a 2006 poll from Scrippsnews, 36 percent of the respondents said that

ingested as liquid drops. Back in the 1950s, a guy named Dr. Simeons claimed that the HCG hormone caused people to lose weight and redistribute fat. He injected people with HCG along with severely restricting their calorie intake to 500 calories a day. They lost weight. Big surprise. You would, too, if you only ate one plain hot dog a day. Doesn’t sound like enough? That includes the bun, so stop whining. If you are a vegetarian, you could substitute a medium order of fries. Spread it out over the whole day, though, because that is all you get. If you prefer health food, you may eat a cup of boiled soybeans a day. Water to drink. Five hundred calories is ridiculously, dangerously low. You will miss essential nutrients, lose protein from vital organs and risk getting gallstones. Starvation is no way to live. Dr. Simeons’ method was debunked in the 1970s by several controlled studies that showed that HCG injections were no better than placebo. That should have put the issue to rest once and for all. However, a few years ago an infamous infomercial personality brought HCG back into the public eye. Once again, it is being touted as a weightloss wonder, combined again with the extremely low calorie diet. It is no better now than it was then. Tell your friend to resist the temptation. Her body and her wallet will be happier. We’re always looking for a “magic bullet,” that one tiny pill that will solve all our problems and miraculously create our perfect body. I hate to break it to you, but HCG is not it. If drinking a chemical from a pregnant woman’s urine actually appeals to you, I urge you to resist. Weight loss is best done by applying the basic formula we all know but prefer to forget:

Your weight equals the calories you eat minus the calories you burn up. Pretty simple. You want to lose weight? Eat less and exercise more. The problem is it takes awareness and effort, and many of us just do not want to dredge up the energy. One of the most effective weight loss strategies is simply to slow down and pay attention when you eat. This is called mindful eating, and it works. Do you chat with friends while you absentmindedly load up your plate at the cafeteria? Do you tend to study or watch TV while you shovel something down your throat? Do you often eat quickly only to groan with stuffed discomfort afterwards? Try mindfulness instead. Pay attention while you choose the items for your plate. Observe what the food looks like. Enjoy the aromas and the flavors. Chew slowly. Notice what your tummy feels like as it fills. Experience your body’s nourishment in progress, reveling in every delicious detail. You’ll not only enjoy your food more, you’ll find that you eat less. For more information on mindful eating, use your favorite search engine or check out the MEAL class (Mindful Eating and Living) at UNM’s Center for Life. Peggy Spencer, MD is a board-certified family physician. She has been a UNM student health physician for 17 years. Drop your questions in her box in the lobby of Student Health and Counseling, or e-mail her directly at pspencer@ unm.edu. All questions will be considered, and all questioners will remain anonymous. This column has general health information only and cannot replace a visit to a health care provider.

Letter it was “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that the U.S. government was involved in or permitted the attacks to take place. So while the U.S. delegation gets indignant and storms out of the UN like angry children, the fact is that the American people are interested in a new investigation into what actually happened on that fateful day. President Obama said Ahmadinejad’s remarks were “offensive and hateful.” However, if segments of the U.S. government were involved in the attacks, then the only reprehensible statements are from those who wish to cover up the truth.

For those of us who do not believe the official story, I will end by quoting Korey Rowe, the director of the 911 documentary “Loose Change: An American Coup.” “That 19 hijackers are going to completely bypass security and crash four commercial airliners in a span of two hours, with no interruption from the military forces, in the most guarded airspace in the United States and the world? That to me is a conspiracy theory.” Muhajir Romero UNM student

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Clown runs for Congress

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by Bradley Brooks Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Brazilians seem eager to put a clown in Congress, according to the polls. But the courts are taking a less jovial look at a new report that the comic doesn’t meet a legal requirement that lawmakers be able to read and write. The Brazilian Constitution mandates that members of Congress must be literate, and prosecutors said Monday they want to force Tiririca — a name that means “grumpy” in colloquial Portuguese — to disprove the allegations. Otherwise, he could be tossed from office if he wins. Tiririca, whose real name is Francisco Silva, has been this electoral season’s hit in Brazil, drawing millions of viewers on YouTube to his campaign ads. His slogans include, “It can’t get any worse,” and “What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don’t know. But vote for me and you’ll find out.” Polls show he is likely to win more votes for Brazil’s lower house than any other candidate, upward of 1 million ballots. But this weekend, Epoca magazine reported that people who have worked with Silva on his TV shows and a book credited to him say he is illiterate, like about 10 percent of Brazil’s population. A video on Epoca’s website shows a reporter reading questions from an election poll to Silva. He is then asked to read one of the questions himself. Visibly shaken, he hesitates before campaign aides rush to the rescue and read it for him. Silva’s campaign press manager Daniela Rocha did not immediately return e-mailed requests for comment Monday. The Epoca report cited an unnamed campaign manager as saying Silva knows how to read, but

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by the AP. “As such, we do not support the use of any of our products in capital punishment procedures.” Jonathan Groner, an Ohio State University surgeon and death penalty opponent who researches the issue, speculated the real reason for the unavailability of sodium thiopental is that its medical uses “have shrunk to the point that the company doesn’t want to make a drug that has no use but to kill people.” However, Rosenberg, the company spokesman, said the shortage has nothing to do with that. Last month, an Oklahoma judge delayed the execution of Jeffrey Matthews when the state tried to switch anesthetics after running out of its regular supply in August. Matthews was convicted of killing his 77-yearold great-uncle during a 1994 robbery. Oklahoma finally found enough sodium thiopental from another state, but

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that backers would not make him available to prove it. Now, however, Silva may have to prove it before a judge. Prosecutor Pedro Barbosa has asked an electoral court to intervene. If he fails to convince a judge he can read and write, Barbosa said, Silva could be removed from office. In a statement, Sao Paulo’s electoral court said Silva’s candidacy could not be stopped before

the vote because the court had already approved his application to run for Congress — which includes a document in which Silva swears he can read and write. Epoca obtained Silva’s written statement to the court and samples of autographs he gave to fans and reported the signatures are vastly different, with the autographs looking like illegible circles.

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the court-ordered delay continues. A few weeks ago, Kentucky’s governor held off signing death warrants — which set execution dates and allow executions to proceed — for two inmates because the state is almost out of sodium thiopental. The state’s lone dose hits its expiration date Oct. 1. Kentucky officials said they have contacted other states unsuccessfully in a search for sodium thiopental and have gotten calls from states looking for the drug. Virginia apparently had enough Thursday to execute Teresa Lewis, the first woman put to death in the U.S. since 2005. But officials suggested the state could have a problem after that, though Virginia has no executions scheduled. “We are in the same position as every other state regarding this matter,” said Larry Traylor, Virginia prisons spokesman. He would not be more

specific. Missouri has enough for an October execution, but its supply expires in January. Ohio, which spends about $350 for the drug for each execution, ran out of the amount state procedures call for just three days before a May 13 execution. The state obtained enough in time but won’t say where. Prisons officials in Texas, the nation’s busiest death penalty state, refused to discuss how much sodium thiopental they have on hand, saying the information could inflame protesters outside the death house, and “people could get seriously hurt or killed.”

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Playwright puts gay rights in spotlight by Alexandra Swanberg aswanny@unm.edu

Imagine staring down the barrel of injustice because your lifestyle instantly sets you apart. Or just see Tim Miller’s performance at Rodey Theatre and hear about his firsthand experiences. In “Glory Box,” Miller reflects on his personal episodes as they relate to situations gay, lesbian and bisexual people find themselves in. It also touches on immigration issues, as his Australian partner Alistair is grappling to stay in the country. Miller’s piece strives to convey that there is still light at the end of the tunnel, despite the nation’s restrictive laws. “A glory box is a hope chest, what a young woman would put things in to prepare herself for marriage,” Miller said. “So the piece’s title really is about having hope and imagining our country becoming less bigoted, about gay people finally being treated as citizens.” Miller said he has had a number of distressing experiences as a result of his sexual orientation and has seen the same thing happening to many others. “Most people give up on the United States,” he said. “They just say, ‘We’ve been watching this country try to do the right thing for over a decade, and they never seem to be able to.’ Most people I know have just given up on the United States and immigrate to Canada or another country where their partner is from where they can be treated like a human being.” Though the subject matter is serious, Miller infuses his performance with humor. His stories are unique, but by making them relatable to a general audience, he said he engenders a sense of understanding.

“It’s really full of humor and humanity. People can connect with it and allow empathy to develop,” he said. “It’s kind of a wild, funny, charged journey. It’s a piece of theater full of human heart and what it’s like to be alive.” Since “Glory Box” premiered 10 years ago, Miller said the country has gone from no marriage equality to allowing gay marriage in five states and the District of Columbia. He said younger members of society can change their beliefs. The fate of Miller, his partner and many others will remain uncertain until the country’s opposing sides reconcile their difference of opinions, he said. Until then, Miller’s contemplations of the future yield mixed results. “There’s competing visions, of course, one of literally having him torn from my arms at an airport, because it’s happened to people I know, by a U.S. immigrations offi-

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Jenny London and Kim Coleman have the luck of the Irish on their side. Once just two dance instructors for New Mexico’s McTeggart School of Irish Dancing, the sisters formed their own dancing academy after their program was dropped in September from the McTeggart company. Rather than drowning their sorrows in a bottle of Irish whisky, the sisters, along with 30 other dancers, leapt to start their own company. The group, called the Coleman Irish Dance Academy, performs regularly at UNM. Luckily, London has more than 10 years of experience teaching dance. “There’s a lot of experience that I have and my sister has, as well, that allows us to keep a firm foundation in the Irish dancing world,” London said. “My sister and I have been

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dancing for 23 years, so there’s a lot of knowledge there that we can rely on to choreograph new dances.” Piecing together new dances for an upcoming Irish dance competition called Feis, instructor Kim Coleman gets her choreography from past experiences and dancers she works with. “The dancers that we have have been with us for years and years, and a lot of them chose to stay,” she said. “The girls we have are really dedicated, and they have great attitudes. I think they’re just awesome.” Amy Bourque, UNM student and dancer with the Coleman Irish Dance Academy, said it’s no surprise that most of the dancers who were a part of McTeggart followed London and Coleman. “They’re the ones who taught us,” she said. Bourque helps with beginner and intermediate classes. She said

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The artwork adorning the walls on the lower level of the SUB is intended to make the viewer uncomfortable, artist Charles Ellis said. Ellis, a special education major, said he wanted to recreate the uncomfortable feeling video games gave him as a kid. The Daily Lobo sat down with Ellis to discuss Sega Genesis and modern art. Daily Lobo: So, to begin, could you go over some of the video game influence in your art? Charles Ellis: Yeah. I used to be a cartoonist, so for a decade I was just doing all black-and-white drawings, trying to figure out how pictures went next to each other. I never knew anything about color. So, one day I decided, “OK, I’m going to paint instead.” I had a really bad color sense. And I remembered when I was a little kid, seeing ads for the Sega Genesis, which I never had: “Wow, those colors are amazing. they’re so vibrant, and the games are so creepy. They’re so much weirder than Nintendo or anything like that. I wish I could have one.” So I got one on eBay, and I hooked it up in my apartment, and I started

pausing game screens and painting other things in those colors. Like, I would use the colors of a paused Sonic the Hedgehog screen to paint a tree. And in doing that, I had to figure out how reds went next to greens and how to make a more jarring effect or a more unifying effect. I did a few of those and started to get a better color sense. And as I was doing it, I really found a lot of the little tricks they did to make kids interested in these games visually. DL: Did you have to mix colors together to match the Sega Genesis colors, or is there like a Sega Genesis color pack you can buy? CE: Not as much as I thought. Sega Genesis used a lot of unmixed colors. I never had to do anything with red. Red was always red. So my first videogame paintings don’t have a lot of mixing, because I didn’t have to for a long time. DL: What are some of the techniques used in the Sega Genesis to create that feeling of weirdness? CE: Well, Sega Genesis used a lot of purple, first of all, which was really jarring to me because I had always played a lot of Nintendo, and Nintendo was mostly grays and blues. So seeing all this purple all over the place just struck me. The characters

were bigger, and there was a lot of realistic stuff next to unrealistic stuff. I mean, there would be a really wellrealized background next to, like, a tree that looked exactly like a tree, or a really detailed building next to a trash can that’s just a square. DL: What attracted you to making the art more uncomfortable for the viewer? Is that an accurate description? CE: Yes, it is pretty accurate. That was just what I remembered about my earliest impressions of video games. They were exciting to me because they were uncomfortable and frightening, and I didn’t quite feel at ease when I was looking at them. That was the reason I wanted to find out more about the stories. I just thought there was more to them for that reason. DL: One of your plaques says that there’s an element of Southwestern art that’s like a “comfort food” element. What do you mean by that? CE: The best example I can think of is the Frontier Restaurant. And that’s kind of unfair, but a whole lot of New Mexican and Southwestern art is using a lot of faded colors, a lot of comforting imagery, a lot of really smooth compositions

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kevin.scott.jackson@gmail.com In the past decade, war has again become an important part of the reality of American life. Despite its atrocities, many authors have used war as a useful tool to examine the beauties of humanity. Unfortunately, Max Evans’ new novel, War and Music: A Medley of Love, does not rank among the masterpieces that explore the intricacies of war. The novel tells the story of Ty Hale, an army corporal from Lea County, N.M., who finds himself lost and stricken with temporary amnesia after a battle in Normandy during WWII. As he fights to remember how he became lost, he stumbles across a wealth estate that, though not untouched by the war, becomes a paradise island to him as he recuperates. On the estate, he meets Phillipe Gaston, a musical genius, his tutor Hans Heinike, and Phillipe’s daughter RenÊe. As Ty and RenÊe fall in love, Ty struggles to find a way to reconcile his desire to

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stay with his duty to the army. The title, War and Music, is homage to Tolstoy, but Evans’ book won’t be remembered 150 years from now. Although Evans raised some great questions about the human condition, especially as it relates to war, he didn’t explore them as deeply as he needed to in order to make the novel a true classic. And then there’s the second half of the title: A Medley of Love. The love story is uninteresting, and frankly, unearned. Ty and RenÊe are simply thrust together and seem to fall in love for no apparent reason but convenience to the plot. Structurally speaking, the novel has its problems as well. Ty is supposed to have amnesia of the events that brought him to Chatêau Gaston, but since the narrator has portrayed them, it is easy for the reader to forget that Ty can’t remember what happened. The third-person limited narrative style that tightly follows Ty is generally good, but for inexplicable reasons, the narration drifts to third-person omniscient from time to time, especially toward the end of

the book. This has a jarring effect on the book, making it feel like the ending was sloppily thrown together. Unfortunately, for a novel that takes place during the largest war in human history, it contains little conflict. Ty is too perfect of a character to be believable. He is rarely conflicted, never unsure of himself and always does the right thing. Because of this, anytime Ty faces a challenge, the novel feels void of any sense of suspense. Still, the novel is not ultimately void of any value. Evans’ elegies of New Mexico’s beauty, from the plains to the mountain peaks, really capture the Land of Enchantment. Evans also does a fantastic job of capturing the horrors of war. The images that he evokes are horrifyingly gruesome and could compete with any of the best Hollywood-produced WWII films. Sadly, they are not good enough to raise the novel to the status of classic. War and Music: A Love Melody is simply too shallow and sloppy a book to be memorable.

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MOVE IN SPECIAL- walk to UNM. 1BDRMS starting at $575/mo includes utilities. No pets. 255-2685, 268-0525. UNM NORTH CAMPUS- 1BDRM $490 2BDRM $675 +utilities. Clean, quiet, remodeled. No pets allowed. Move in special! 573-7839. STUDIOS 1 BLOCK UNM, Free utilities, Refrigerated A/C. $445/mo 246-2038. 1515 Copper NE. www.kachina-properties.com

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LARGE ONE BEDROOM Apt. New appliances, Carpeted, Private Patio Area, Big Closets, Living has built in shelves, NO Pets, NO Smoking, Bus to UNM approx 10 minutes. $375/mo. Call 505459-7998. UNM/CNM STUDIOS, 1BDRM, 2BDRMS, 3BDRMS, and 4BDRMS. William H. Cornelius, Real Estate Consultant: 243-2229.

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WWW.UNMRENTALS.COM Awesome university apartments. Unique, hardwood floors, FPs, courtyards, fenced yards. Houses, cottages, efficiencies, studios, 1 and 2 and 3BDRMs. Garages. Month to month option. 843-9642. Open 7 days/week.

Houses For Rent WALK TO MED, Law & Altura Pk. 4BDRM/2BA House, updated, fenced yard. $1,325/mo. 259-0253.

Looking for You MARK GILLETTE DID the clothes fit!? WHERE ARE YOU? Call or write Charles Box 1271!

PAPER DUE? FORMER UNM instructor, Ph.D., English, published, can help. 254-9615. MasterCard/ VISA. TUTORING - ALL AGES, most subjects. Experienced Ph.D. 265-7799.

Computer Stuff HP ELITEBOOK 6930P. 2.4Ghz Intel Core Duo 4G RAM. Runs perfectly. $300. Call or Text (Guy) 610-2177. HP NETBOOK 9VBAT SAS excellent $215. 604-7573.

For Sale SMALL, NEW REFRIGERATOR for sale. Black color, $90. Please contact Dulce at davitia@unm.edu or (505)9276194. WILSON PRO-STAFF Left-Handed golf clubs. Brand new set. Includes 1,3,5 Ti drivers, 3-PW oversize irons, TaylorMade bag. $180 OBO, CALL NATE 570-9564. 2 AMBERLAND TICKETS for sale. $30 for both. Needs to sell ASAP. sre ich1@unm.edu BUFFET CONCERT SERIES Clarinet Intermediate Concert LVL- $1000. Full retail- $1800- Excellent condition. Great Christmas gift. Call 505-803-6076, 505803-7550.

Furniture PAIR OF 24” Iron and wicker bar stools $75. 36 bottle wine rack $35. Rattan and wicker settee with brown cushion $125. 450-7522.

Vehicles For Sale 580K CASE BACK HOE,2WD, re-built transmission, closed cab, good tires,new glass! SERIAL#: JJG0012882 **READY TO WORK** ASKING $15,500, OBO. Call 505-550-0881 or 575-760-3023. NEED CASH? WE Buy Junk Cars. 9076479. 2007 CHEVY COBALT 4D. 107k miles, great condition, clean interior + title, KBB $5,315 our price is $4,500 obo. Call Rachel at 505-263-6637.

Child Care CAREGIVERS FOR TOP Quality afterschool child care program. Play sports, take field trips, make crafts, be goofy, have fun, and be a good role model. Learn, play, and get paid for doing both! $9/hr plus paid holidays, paid planning time, paid preparation time, and great training with pay raises. Must be able to work Wednesdays 12PM – 5PM in the Fall. Apply at 6501 Lomas Blvd NE, 9:30 – 2:30 M-F. Call 296-2880 or visit www.childrens-choice.org Work-study encouraged to apply. CHILD CARE CHURCH services Sunday Mornings 9-10, 11-12. Experience, references. $20/Sunday. Near UNM. 254-2606.

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GRADUATE STUDENT: FURNISHED room, W/D, cable, smokeless, free utilities. $295/mo +$50dd. 344-9765.

VETERINARY ASSISTANT/ RECEPTIONIST/ Kennel help. Pre-veterinary student preferred. Ponderosa Animal Clinic: 881-8990/ 881-8551.

SEEK QUIET AND responsible rommate to share 2BDRM house, 2BA. Quiet neighborhood. Indian School/Carlisle. $500/mo, utilities included. (917)5134119.

COMPANIONS/CAREGIVERS NEEDED TO work with seniors in their homes. Assist with the activities of daily living. Rewarding employment and good experience, particularly for nursing students. Training provided. Flexible schedules. Must have reliable transportation and be able to pass rigorous background check and drug screen. Apply on-line at www.rightathome.net/albuquerque.

EXCITING POLITICAL JOBS! Help the Democrats WIN in November! Openings available today! Paid door-to-door canvassers and phone bankers needed immediately. Flexible scheduling. $8–10/HR. Call John or Scott @ 505-8182944, for an appointment. PT JEWELRY SALESPERSONTown Plaza 450-1144.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN / PREPRESS Fastpaced, efficient. Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. Mac & PC. Spot & full color. Salary DOE. Apply at 4505 Menaul NE, M-Th, 1-5pm. DG’S DELI IS hiring cashier (experience necessary) and sandwich artists. Enthusiastic, motivated people, clean appearance a must, Apply within. 1418 Dr MLK or call 247-DELI(3354).

PERSONAL ASSISTANT NEEDED. Attractive female student to manage executive’s 10k sqft. home. Travel, room, new car, and 2k/mo. Send resume and picture with comments to Egooyer@g mail.com

EARN $1000-$3200 A month to drive our brand new cars with ads. www.AdCarDriver.com

AVON REPS NEEDED. Only $10 to start. Earn 40% of sales. Call Sherri 804-1005.

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE who are self motivated and ready to work. $500-$1000+ a month. 550-8278.

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PREGNANT? NEED HELP? The Gabriel Project offers monetary and emotional support to all pregnant women regardless of circumstance. Free pregnancy tests and ultrasound. Call 505-266-4100.

Dancewear is looking for mature, part time professional Sales Person for a permanent position. Call 292-2747 for an interview appointment.

Now you can! QUIET FEMALE STUDENT wanted to share nice 3BDRM, 2.5BA home. 10 mins from campus. $400/mo, w/utilities included. (505) 490-1998.

!!!BARTENDING!!!: UP TO $300/day. No experience necessary, training provided. 1-800-965-6520ext.100.

LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS 60 yrs. or older to participate in a RESEARCH STUDY @ UNM Hopsital. The subject must be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and have a relative or friend willing to help. Involves an overnight stay at UNM hospital, a fitness test, blood work, and memory tests. The patient and caregiver will receive $100 each for their time. Call Dr. Schneider’s office at (505)277-2658. HRRC#08-364 UNM IS LOOKING for adult women with asthma for asthma research study. If you are interested in finding out more about this study, please contact Teressa at tarchibeque@salud.unm.edu or 269-1074 (HRRC#09-330).

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