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wednesday October 3, 2012
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Volleyball moves to Pit Games temporarily moved due to “The Lion King” by J.R. Oppenheim news@dailylobo.com
The arrival of a Broadway musical to campus has displaced the UNM volleyball team for three home matches. The volleyball team will play three of its next four home matches at The Pit instead of its regular venue, the Johnson Center. Concerns about parking availability during performances of “The Lion King” led to the venue change. The first volleyball match at The Pit will be played Thursday night. The first serve against Boise State is 7 p.m. The team will return to the Johnson Center on Saturday for a match at noon against Air Force before returning to The Pit on Oct. 23 against New Mexico State
University and Oct. 25 against University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Saturday’s noon start time does not conflict with the two scheduled showings of the musical. “The Lion King” opened Tuesday night at Popejoy Hall and will run through Oct. 28. “I am very excited about playing in The Pit,” UNM senior setter Jordan Russell said. “It’s a great opportunity and something our team will get to experience for the first time together. I’m excited to see all of the fans.” UNM volleyball head coach Jeff Nelson said ticket windows at the northeast corner of The Pit will be open for ticket sales and that fans can access the building from that side of the arena. He said parking will be available at The Pit and in the west lot at University Stadium. The volleyball team began practicing at The Pit on Tuesday, Nelson said. The Pit, which is usually
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used as a basketball arena, poses challenges to volleyball players. Because volleyballs are lightweight, circulation systems in venues can alter the ball’s path on serves and passes. Depth perception is also an issue. UNM is 20-26 in volleyball matches at The Pit. “We’re looking forward to it, though,” Nelson said. “I think it will be a good atmosphere. We’ve got all the things we normally have. I think it will be a lot of fun. We’ll see what happens.” Russell said the Lobos are used to playing in a variety of venues, so she is not worried about the challenges The Pit may pose. “We will get comfortable by practicing there this week, so I’m sure it will be fine,” she said. “The one difference might be having the fans farther away from the court, but that just gives them a chance to be louder.”
2012 ELECTION VOTER GUIDE by Alexandra Swanberg news@dailylobo.com
This week’s installment of the 2012 Election Voter Guide covers two of the 16 local candidates
running for state Senate. There are 15 state Senate districts for the Albuquerque area, including Corrales, Placitas and Rio Rancho and Bernalillo. The following covers the opposing candidates
for district 9. Next week’s installment will cover the remaining 14 candidates for districts 14, 15, 17, 18, 20 and 21. The other districts have candidates running unopposed.
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Astronautalis frontman Andy Bothwell keeps fans – and himself – on their toes during the band’s Albuquerque appearance last Monday. Astronautalis combines blues and funk into freestyle rap, and Bothwell even freestyles on subjects decided by the crowd. See full story Page 10.
- ABQ metro area - State and district outlines
John Sapien Among the 50 pieces of legislation Sapien sponsored or co-sponsored during his term, 18 passed. In the 2011 legislative session, Sapien sponsored the Early Childhood Care and Education Act, an initiative that aims to ensure that from the time they are born until kindergarten, children have access to an “early childhood care and education system.” The bill said in its final wording, “high-quality early learning experiences have been proven to prepare children for success in school and later in life and that cost-benefit research demonstrates a high return on investment for money spent on early childhood care and education for at-risk children.” Sapien was quoted in “LFC criticizes state departments’ job
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creation efforts,” an article published Aug. 23 in the New Mexico Business Weekly. The article covers a meeting of the Legislative Finance Committee that addressed a critical report of the New Mexico Economic Development Department and Taxation and Revenue Department “for poor oversight and haphazard job creation efforts.” The report focused on the state’s Job Training Incentive Program, Local Economic Development Act and tax credits recommended by the Taxation and Revenue Department. In Sapien’s words, “The LFC always comes with recommendations on how we can make things more efficient. My sense is that the report is a good jumping-off point to look at how we’re holding businesses’ feet to the fire.” The report can be
Incumbent Sen. John Sapien (D-9)
Incumbent Rep. David Doyle (R-23)
Democratic candidate for state Senate, district 9
Republican candidate for state Senate, district 9
Facebook.com/NMJSapien SapienForSenate.com 1600 West Ella, Corrales, NM 87048 (505) 765-5662 Currently serving as a member on the following legislative committees: Public Safety Pension Legislative Finance Investments and Pensions Oversight Corporations and Transportation Education Economic and Rural Development Science, Technology and Telecommunications NMLegis.gov lists all legislation he sponsored during his term (since 2009).
Facebook.com/DDoyleStateSenate DDoyleForSenate.com P.O. Box 3987, Albuquerque, NM 87190 (505) 259-2060 Currently serving on the following legislative committees: Courts, Corrections and Justice Investments and Pensions Oversight Judiciary Committee Enrolling and Engrossing-B Business and Industry New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight NMLegis.gov lists all legislation he sponsored during his term (since 2011).
viewed at ow.ly/ e8W7e or follow the QR code. Among the stances he lists on his website, Sapien says he supports developing alternative energy sources to make New Mexico more independent and develop the economy, and recreating vocational education programs in high school as one way to enhance the workforce and boost individual
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earning power. His ideal health care system is one with a larger pool of participants, which would “lower costs because the risk of major claims are spread out across a larger pool,” according to his website. Sapien’s top campaign contributor was the Committee on Individual Responsibility, a political action committee of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, which supplied $5,000, about 7 percent of the
campaign’s total funding, according to the list of Sapien’s top 20 contributors on FollowTheMoney.org. The Committee to Elect Peter Wirth, a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, contributed $2,800, the second largest donation. This was followed by Mark Duran and Associates with $2,250, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees with $2,000 and Pfizer with $1,750.
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