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NMSO orchestrates a new contract Musicians, management feud over contract dispute by Andrew Beale Daily Lobo
The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra management and the Player’s Association have taken to dueling through press releases. On Nov. 1, the Player’s Association sent out a press release alleging that the management stripped the two most important provisions from the new version of their contract, which were the creation of an Audience Association and accountability benchmarks. The management responded with a clarification statement on
their Web site, disputing many of the claims made in the Player’s Association press release. The musicians fired back with a press release titled “More Threats and More Inequality.” Among the musicians’ complaints are the charges that management took smaller pay cuts than the musicians and that they have been illegally circumventing the union to negotiate directly with musicians. The musicians’ latest press release stated “Unfair labor practice charges are currently pending.” Carla Lehmeier-Tatum, NMSO Player’s Association spokeswoman, said management acted illegally in contacting musicians outside of union meetings. “They have been sending
e-mails directly to each musician. Those e-mails contained basically misinformation about the union’s proposal,” she said. “Management has been urging the musicians to accept the terms of their last, best and final (offer).” David Sherry, NMSO management spokesman, declined to comment on Lehmeier-Tatum’s allegation about circumventing the union. Lehmeier-Tatum said the musicians presented their offer, which included the creation of an Audience Association — a board of community members who would ensure that the terms of the contract are followed. She said management voted to
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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo NMSO Player’s Association conductor David Feldberg directs bassoon soloist Stefanie Przybylska during their Nov. 1 performance at Presbyterian Church.
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Former NM Supreme Court chief justice dies during speech to UNM Law students by Pat Lohmann Daily Lobo
Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Monsignor Francis X. Eggert leads the procession carrying Justice Gene Franchini’s casket at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church on Saturday. Franchini died Wednesday evening while giving a speech to first-year law students on north campus. Over 500 people attended Franchini’s funeral, including Board of Regents President Raymond Sanchez, a long-time friend.
Eighteen years ago, a man accused of armed aggravated assault found himself in front of then District Court Justice Gene Franchini. The state legislature had recently passed a mandatory one-year sentence for all crimes involving a gun, and the man — who in an act of road rage threatened a fellow driver with a pistol — was the sole breadwinner for his family. In an essay entitled “Conscience, Judging and Conscientious Judging,” Franchini described the position he was in when faced with sentencing the man. “My conscience, and sense of justice on the other hand, will not allow me to sentence to the New Mexico State Penitentiary a 26-year-old man who has no prior record, has been honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy after three years active duty … at the time of this offense was supporting his 41-year-old widowed mother, and who acted on the spur of the moment,” Franchini said in the essay. “To do that is to fly in the face of every thought I have had about justice and the right thing to do.” Franchini said the legislature’s mandatory sentence law breached the separation of powers, and — being bound by the law — he felt the only moral thing he could do in such a situation was resign. In the end, the man was found to have acted rashly momentarily before composing himself, and he received a year of probation and no jail time.
Last Wednesday, 40 minutes into a speech to first-year UNM Law students, Franchini, 74, collapsed and died while trying to instill a sense of conscience and justice into the next generation of lawyers. Rob Schwartz, a law professor who was present at Franchini’s speech, said Franchini enthralled those in attendance. “Everyone was with him,” Schwartz said. “He really had the students in the palm of his hand. Everyone was really excited with where he was going with this, and he collapsed.” Franchini’s speech was given at a classroom in the UNM School of Law. Schwartz said the class, called “Practicum,” is required for all first-year law students but is a credit/no credit evening class. He said the majority of the 120-student class attended Franchini’s speech. “You wouldn’t expect to have such a good attendance. People knew he was such an inspiring teacher,” Schwartz said. “He was doing just a wonderful job explaining how you deal with conflicts in what the law requires and what your conscience requires and how he had dealt with them.” First-year law student Kevin Nault said Franchini had an obvious passion about the talk he was giving the law students when he died. “He was really enjoying himself and clearly enjoyed having an audience and sharing his experience, which was substantial,” he said. “Honestly, I found him to be something of a kindred soul. I think he was a troublemaker in the best possible sense of the word. He had a very big heart and cared deeply about the people around him. I don’t think he could have died doing something he loved more.” Schwartz said Franchini’s character kept the
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Anderson students create advertising campaign for FBI Staff Report Daily Lobo
A UNM class is making advertisements for the FBI. Advertising Campaigns 490, a class offered in the Anderson School of Management, operates a marketing organization called Nvent Marketing Partnership. They have been creating a series of ads this semester for the FBI. Last year, the class made
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ads for the CIA, said Daniel Begay, an Nvent spokesman. The FBI is on campus today to recruit students. Nvent is hosting the event, Begay said. He said the class is also creating television advertisements for the FBI. “There are going to be TV spots on pretty well-known channels like VH1, MTV — big channels like that,” he said. The class met on Saturday to
work on a TV spot for the FBI, Dylan Manzanares said. “The point of the video is to show how many diverse careers the FBI offers,” he said. “So we’ll be dressing up in lab coats, and this and that, looking at graphs, the whole nine yards.” According to Nvent’s description on the UNM Web site, Nvent is a “a fully functional student-run marketing communications agency …
with the purpose of developing, implementing and evaluating peer-topeer integrated marketing communications campaigns.” Manzanares, who is in the Advertising Campaigns 490 class, said he and fellow students have been working all semester to create effective advertisements. “It’s sort of an involved, difficult
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Daily Lobo Spotlight Jessica Ortega / Junior / Education
Daily Lobo: What are you studying at UNM? Jessica Ortega: I’m going to study to be a teacher. DL: So you’re in education? JO: Not yet, but I’m planning on getting into it. DL: OK, cool. What year are you? JO: Honestly, I have no idea, because I’ve been here five years. So, I guess like a junior or senior. DL: Excellent. So what’s your favorite thing about going to UNM? JO: It’s a lot of fun. A lot of the teachers are really interesting, and a lot of the students — there is a lot of diversity. DL: What’s your favorite class? JO: That’s hard. There’s a lot of them that I like. Right now I’m taking a lot of sociology classes. I took a lot of Sign Language classes as well and those are a lot of fun, so it kind of varies on what I’m taking each semester.
DL: Are you going to minor in American Sign Language? JO: Either that or sociology. One of the two. DL: What else is interesting about what you do? JO: I love working with kids. They’re always interesting. I want to teach either kindergarten, first or second grade. DL: What’s your best experience teaching young children? JO: Just having them look up to you, and being their role model — them wanting to be just like you. DL: What do you want to teach them the most? JO: Probably just how to have fun in life, not take everything so seriously when things are going bad. There’s always something good — something positive to look forward to. ~Sarah Salmonson
Dems still pushing big government by Douglass K. Daniel The Associated Press
WASHINGTON— Democrats just don’t get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party’s peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority’s victory on health care. Voters are “tired of the borrowing, the spending, the bailouts, the takeovers,� said Rep. Mike Pence of Ind., the No. 3 House GOP leader, pointing to GOP victories in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey last week. The Democratic-controlled House narrowly approved a health care bill Saturday night, with 39 Democrats voting against it and a single Republican voting in its favor. President Barack Obama’s top domestic initiative faces a high hurdle in the Senate, which must pass its own bill and then negotiate a compromise with the House to craft a final measure.
“On a narrow partisan vote, the Democrats put their liberal, big government agenda ahead of the American people,� Pence said. “If Democrats keep ignoring the American people, their party’s going to be history in about a year.� Democrats argue that the races in Virginia and New Jersey turned on state issues rather than national concerns. They say victories in House races in New York and California are evidence that voters support their efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system. Both Democrats elected to the House on Tuesday voted for the health care bill. “The message was clear. It’s time to begin to fix what has been a broken health care system for millions of Americans,� said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which supports Democrats running for the House. Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele said the House bill
allows the government to take over the health care even though Americans don’t want the government in charge. “The Democratic Party had better pay attention to what the people out here are saying,� Steele said. “You can no longer dismiss people by sitting on your cell phone when they’re talking to you or calling them un-American or making them feel like you don’t give a heck about what they’re concerns are. That’s what the voters laid on the table this year.� Va. Gov. Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic Party, dismissed Republican talk of a backlash from the health care bill. “They’ve been trying to block this all year,� Kaine said. “They’ve said that they want to beat health care reform as a way to break the president.� Pence and Van Hollen appeared on “Fox News Sunday� while Steele and Kaine spoke on ABC’s “This Week.�
Remembered from PAGE 1 law students captivated during his speech. “He was a very straight shooter. He could not always control his language,� he said. “He could see hypocrisy from a mile away, and he would let people know when he saw it.� Schwartz said Franchini spent much of his career examining the similarity between personal and professional conscience. “He’s such a thoughtful person that actually thought about what it means to have a conscience that you care about and also be a good lawyer and a good judge,� Schwartz said. “He thought about that more deeply than most anyone else I know.� The program distributed at Franchini’s funeral Saturday featured a quote about the former New Mexico Supreme Court chief justice’s view of law and lawyers. “If getting a job and keeping the job becomes more important than doing the job, then the job is not
worth having,� the program quoted Franchini. Over 500 of Franchini’s friends, associates and family members attended the funeral. Cars lined the streets for eight blocks surrounding Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church on Morningside Drive and Lomas Boulevard. Board of Regents President Raymond Sanchez — a long-time friend of Franchini — gave the eulogy at Franchini’s funeral. Sanchez was unavailable for comment this weekend. According to the funeral program, Franchini received a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from Anderson School of Management. He spent 32 years as a trial lawyer, six years as a District Judge and 12 years on the New Mexico Supreme Court. He had spoken annually for over 20 years at UNM and was the School of Law commencement speaker two years ago.
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Gary Alderete / Daily Lobo Grand Masonic Lodge Grand Secretary Danny Calloway, left, presents Interfraternity Council President Michael Westervelt with a $15,000 check at the Grand Lodge on Sunday. The money is going towards an annual $750 scholarship to fraternity members and is the first of its kind.
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An organization of UNM fraternities has secured a first-ever scholarship for its members. The Masonic Charity Foundation donated a lump sum of $15,000 to UNM’s branch of the North American Interfraternity Council for an annual $750 scholarship. The first scholarship will be given in spring of 2011.
Michael Westervelt, UNM Interfraternity Council president, presented the petition for the donation to the Masonic Charity Foundation. Westervelt is also a member of the Masonic Grand Lodge. Westervelt said the scholarship is a first for the North American Interfraternity Council. “When I became president, I really wanted to create a scholarship fund for NIC fraternities, because there wasn’t one at the time,”
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We should all bring boom boxes, blast music on campus Editor, If Techno Man has the right to play his boom box, I want to play my boom box with my awesome, wonderful and great music just as loud as he plays his not-so-very-good music. I will stand right next to him and plug in to the University electrical system just like he does. I bet my music is better and louder than Techno Man’s music. If he plays his lousy techno music at 15 decibels, I’ll play my great atonal Screaming Cats at 25. If he goes to 28, I’ll jam it to 80. Pretty soon all of us here on campus will be exercising our rights to play whatever music we like at the highest volume we can to drown out the other not-so-great music that others will be playing on their boom boxes at their highest volumes. Oh, what fun that will be. James Burbank UNM faculty
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LETTERS Aggressive behavior not abnormal for soccer games Editor, As an alumnus of UNM, I am disappointed by the lack of support that UNM has given Elizabeth Lambert. The press is turning her into a villain, and her own school is not giving her the support that she needs. Instead of giving her an indefinite suspension, the school should be giving her unconditional support to help her in the court of public opinion. I have played soccer my entire life, and I can attest that everything that Lambert did in
Lambert’s actions inexcusable, but she deserves forgiveness Editor, This letter is to Elizabeth Lambert. I am an athlete at BYU. I was watching the game and saw what you did; it made me angry. Later that night I saw it again on Sports Center. The next morning, I saw it on YouTube. All day Friday I have listened to people say “If I were there I would have … ” followed by a graphic description of how they would make you hurt. Slowly my feelings of anger have turned into sympathy.
UNM’s example displays little regard for morals and ethics Editor, What are we teaching at UNM? Morals and ethics are obviously not a priority. I say this
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her game I have seen done by someone else. In fact, I will go on to say that, with the exception of the hair-pulling takedown, everything else done in the game happens in every competitive game that is played. I can also attest that it is easy to get emotionally charged during a game, and that incidents build on top of each other. I have also played long enough to know that rough play is not limited to one side. For every action that Lambert took, it‘s guaranteed that there was an equal action by BYU. Finally, I feel that once again an Olympic sport is being punished by the school’s lack of control over its revenue sports. Would UNM have made the same decision if the football coach had not had all of his
problems? How can a football coach receive a one-game suspension for assaulting an assistant during a coaches’ meeting, but a student-athlete is being suspended indefinitely for doing something much less? Please do not punish the student-athlete because you can’t control your million dollar football coach. I am proudly going to be wearing my UNM sweatshirt this weekend. However, this weekend I am not supporting my school. This weekend I am supporting the student-athlete that my school has turned its back on.
What you did was inexcusable and you deserve to be punished. But no one deserves the amount of hate that has been directed at you over the last day. I hope you haven’t seen the YouTube video and read the comments because they are disgusting. There are a lot of unforgiving ignorant people in this world. Most of what has been said are empty words spoken in the heat of the moment. Much like you, people do or say things and regret them later. Sometimes the voice of reason gets lost in a storm of the reactionary. That is why I feel a little hesitant saying this while the incident is so fresh in
everyone’s minds. But I wanted you to know that we at BYU try to live by the Christian ideals that we profess, namely forgiveness. I hope that none of my fellow students have been a part of the vicious campaign against you. If so, then I apologize on their behalf. I am sure this is a very difficult time for you and it may very well get worse. Whatever the consequences of your actions, I hope you have people who will stand by you. It would be a shame to let this one incident turn your life in the wrong direction.
because the examples being shown by the UNM administration seem to promote bad behavior. When a subordinate in an athletic office raises a question or a complaint of improper activity and files an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint, the issue is hidden by paying off the complainant. What else do you call it when you change the employee’s job, give them a position in another office and a raise? The administration hid the problem, instead of correcting the “bad behavior,” because it might embarrass those involved. Again, a situation erupts and an administrator lies to hide the truth. Does Athletics Director Paul Krebs fire football head coach Mike Locksley? No. He lies to hide the facts. As the truth unfolds, Krebs continues to lie and hide documents. His hire, Locksley, follows his lead with additional false statements. What else is being hidden? Now the president of the University, David Schmidly, is on the news and is perpetuating the deception. What
kind of example is he setting? More information keeps rising to the surface, but no one seems to care about setting a good example or ensuring that morals and ethics have a place in our University and the education of our young. What the heck is going on? Fire Krebs for the cover-up. Fire Locksley for his inappropriate actions and end this stupidity. Let the balance of the football coaching staff handle what is left of the season. Do not hire another high-dollar coach and work with what you have. There is an old saying, “Do not throw good money after bad.” Accept the fact that we do not have a competitive football team and try to do better in the future. Start teaching our youth that there are negative consequences for bad behavior and lying.
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Ad from PAGE 1 class — probably the most involved class I’m taking,” he said. Manzanares said clients such as Subaru and Cadillac have contracted the class to make ads in the past. He said the clients work closely with the students to create
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one client per semester, and the decision to make a campaign for the FBI was made more or less at random by the class’s instructors. “It’s sort of like a lottery, I guess,” he said. “We didn’t really pick it. They sort of just gave it to us.”
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accept their offer but removed the Audience Association and several accountability benchmarks. “With last, best and final offers, they basically come as a package deal. You can’t just go ahead and pick which portions of the agreement you will accept, and which ones you won’t,” she said. “The board rejected our final offer, modified the one really important piece of the contract and gave it back to the union.” Sherry said the management could not pay the musicians under their proposed terms. “Their offer was not affordable,” Sherry said. “They wanted to play and talk at a rate above the salaries that were part of their last, best and final economic offer.” Lehmeier-Tatum said the musicians and the management have each proposed last, best and final offers
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management proposed larger cuts for the musicians than for themselves. Sherry said he didn’t know if that was true, but the cuts were necessary because of economic realities. “We cannot verify this. Furthermore, it is irrelevant. We’re talking about the survival of this organization in this town, at this time, in this economy,” he said. Lehmeier-Tatum said management has threatened several times to implement their version of the contract. If they did that, it would force the musicians to either accept the contract or go on strike. Oboe player Kevin Vigneau said that although the musicians have not played a concert since their contract expired on Aug. 31, they are not boycotting the orchestra. “It hasn’t been implemented, and we are not on strike,” he said.
Westervelt said. “The one thing that really connects Freemasons and fraternity members is ritual. Every fraternity stands from a Masonic ritual. It is important to understand that when a man pays to be part of a fraternity, they are paying for the experience. They are investing in Greek life. One outstanding Greek man can be one outstanding Freemason.” Erik Argo, a member of Phi Gamma Delta, which is part of the Interfraternity Council, said the scholarship will improve the community outreach and volunteerism of fraternity members. “The scholarship has the potential to help deserving individuals for many years,” he said. “It will give financial aid to the most qualified of men. It will also create competition and elevate everyone’s conduct.” Argo said that GPA should not be the main qualification for the scholarship, because every student on campus and in the fraternities tries to get good grades. Instead, service should be more important for applicants, he said. Westervelt said the NIC has two awards already for fraternity
members, but they don’t offer monetary incentives like the award from the Masonic Grand Lodge. “We currently have an ‘Outstanding Senior’ and ‘Greek Man of the Year’ award, but with no cash backing,” he said. “This new scholarship will allow us to focus on individuals who affect the Greek community at large. We’ll be able to focus on someone who has done the most, and has taken the time to do great things. It is rewarding to be able to give the award to someone who really deserves it.”
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Greek community donates to the UNM campus and the Albuquerque community. The petition was accepted and given to the UNM Foundation, which will endow the scholarship, Westervelt said. “It is now a permanent scholarship that will present $750 every year,” he said. “It is the first-ever scholarship of its type on campus and in New Mexico. The scholarship is a good opportunity to get extra help. With the scholarship we can help outstanding Greek men to continue (their studies) and have a little bit of a breather.” The specific criteria for awarding the scholarship has not been decided, Westervelt said, but each applicant must meet a certain GPA requirement and be an outstanding fraternity member. Westervelt said the scholarship will encourage more fraternity members to join the Masonic Grand Lodge, because the two organizations are based on similar values and an appreciation for ritual. “The scholarship will also allow Freemasons to get great fraternity leaders to join their group,”
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for contracts. Now the musicians are holding a ratification vote — which will be over by the end of the week — for the latest version of the contract. She said management attempted to influence the results of the ratification vote. “The musicians did everything in their power to try now for the musicians to have a voice through a ratification vote, and management did everything in their power to not only influence our ratification vote but to disrupt our ratification vote,” she said. The musicians offered to play and talk, meaning they would work under the terms they proposed while negotiating with the management, Lehmeier-Tatum said. Management rejected the play-and-talk offer. Lehmeier-Tatum said that the NMSO is the only symphony orchestra in the country in which the
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The UNM women’s tennis team showed noticeable improvement this weekend at the Southwest Collegiate Invitational at the UNM Tennis Complex. Despite being hampered by injuries to junior Ashley Bonner and freshman Amy Shipperd, the Lobos had a combined 17 wins. The results came less than two months after the Lobos went 1-41 at the UNM
Fall Invitational. UNM was led by freshman Kristin Eggleston and sophomore Manumea Durie, who each went 3-1 in singles. Eggleston and Durie teamed up for a 2-1 record in doubles. Head coach Roy Cañada said he’s pleased with the team’s progress. “We played with a lot of heart and character,” he said. “We were down a few players, and everyone stepped up and had a good showing. We played some tough matches
against great teams, and I’m happy with the results.” Former Lobo All-American Maja Kovacek made her return to Albuquerque as assistant coach to Oregon, one of eight teams competing in the tournament. Kovacek said UNM is a young and talented team. “The Lobos look tough,” she said. “They have their work cut out for them just like any other team. But the talent is there, and they can be successful with hard work.”
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Fact: The UNM football team is 0-9, and it’s not fine. Solution: Well, other than consider scheduling YAFL teams, there might not be one. Unfortunately for the Lobos, their final three games don’t get any easier. They still have to face two ranked teams — No. 22 BYU and No. 4 TCU — sandwiched around a contest with Colorado State. All this after Saturday’s game where UNM stumbled into Salt Lake City and fell flat on its face, 45-14, against No. 17 Utah. Utah’s 45 points against the Lobos were a season-high, and the Utes have won 17 straight home games. UNM, on the flip side, has lost 13 games in a row. “(Saturday) we took a step backwards,” said head coach Mike Locksley. “I thought with the last three weeks we had taken steps to get better, and we will continue to
get better.” The Lobos’ second-half struggles continued against Utah. The Utes scored 21 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a 38-7 lead at Rice-Eccles Stadium in front of a crowd of 45,501. UNM missed out on five fumbles by Utah. Locksley said UNM needed to capitalize on the Utes’ mistakes in order to beat them. “It’s really important when the ball is on the ground (to recover it),” Locksley said. “You’ve got five opportunities with the ball being on the ground and you don’t come up with (just) one. That’s what it takes to beat a really good team, especially a ranked team, and we let them off the hook.” Locksley said poor tackling was the biggest of the Lobos’ woes on Saturday. “We had a number of missed tackles, probably the most missed tackles since the Texas A&M game,” Locksley said. “I thought in the first half we did a good job of tackling the ball. The defensive backs were forcing themselves at the football, and on some of the inside runs we were not maintaining our
gap control.” Utes running back Eddie Wide rushed for 145 yards and hit several open holes in the second half, setting a school record with his sixthstraight 100-yard game. “I thought we did a great job of containing (Wide in the first half ),” Locksley said. “In the third quarter, again, he took advantage of us. You have to give a lot of credit to their offensive line. They are one of the most talented offensive lines we have faced.” Utah freshman quarterback Jordan Wynn made his first career start and threw for 287 yards. Wynn was 18-for-28 with two touchdown passes and one interception. Utah bargain shopped, baiting quarterback Donovan Porterie into throwing a two-for-one. Porterie had two picks and one touchdown pass. He completed 15-of-32 passes for 186 yards. Porterie was replaced by redshirt freshman B.R. Holbrook in the fourth quarter. Holbrook charged UNM down the field in the final minutes of the game for the Lobos’ second score. Holbrook connected with Victor James on a 15-yard score.
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Finally, with four minutes left in the game, Lambert tripped a BYU player. Officials penalized Lambert with a yellow card on that play — the only penalty Lambert received. It was also the only penalty given to either team. Lambert apologized to the BYU team, and said her actions were not indicative of her character. Through Lambert’s 2,589 minutes on the field over three years, she has been hit with a yellow card three times — all of them in the last three weeks. She received her first in the final game of the regular season against UNLV and her second in the first round of the conference tournament against Wyoming. BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said the match Thursday was physical, and play is determined by what the officials will allow. “I think that is kind of the officials’ job. They set the tone,” Rockwood said. “They are the ones that have control of the game.” But Rockwood made it clear that she was not condoning Lambert’s actions. “There has to be a level of sportsmanship,” Rockwood said. “(Hair pulling) is not a legal play, but there are a lot of things that go on that are missed.” Rockwood, shying away from talking about the specific incidents, said her team managed to play on through Lambert’s actions. “Soccer at the Division I level is very physical,” Rockwood said. “Some games are more physical than others, and like I tell my players, we just need not to react when those things happen and make sure we do the best that we can. Both Carlee and Kassidy continued on with the game and really tried hard to not let that affect their play.” Still, Athletics Director Paul
Krebs said Lambert’s actions were reprehensible. “Liz’s conduct on the field against BYU was completely inappropriate,” Krebs said in a statement. “There is no way to defend her actions.” A former Lobo soccer player, who played with Lambert and asked to remain nameless, said that the incidents have been over-hyped, and the majority of people don’t understand the nature of soccer. “It is one of the bigger contact sports for women outside of rugby,” the former teammate said. “In soccer there are no instant replays or player views. And it is not that I necessarily condone what she did, but a lot of that stuff goes on, more so than people think.” And a lot happens in the referees’ blind spots, she said, but it’s usually not broadcast. “I don’t want to give away any tricks of the trade,” the former Lobo said. “But I think when you are out there you think ‘if the refs don’t see me, it’s not going to be a problem.’ And now the media caught her for it, and now she is paying for it.” Lambert’s former teammate described her as a forceful player who usually has more sense. “She is a hard hitter,” the former teammate said. “She is aggressive. She is extremely strong. And she doesn’t back down to anyone — even around teammates when we are playing against her. But she is typically really smart.” And Thursday’s actions against BYU can’t rest solely on Lambert’s shoulders, the source said. “(BYU) is a fun team to play against because they aren’t the cheaper of the teams and don’t take those cheap hits,” she said. “From what I have gotten from people, it was a pretty cheap game.”
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Saturday was a night to remember for the UNM volleyball team. Not only did the Lobos bid a fond farewell to seniors Anna Lehne, Rose Morris and Allie Suiter, who were playing in their final home matches, but the team also avenged an earlier 3-0 loss to BYU, this time coming out on top 25-23, 25-17, 2523 at Johnson Gym. With the win, UNM moved into fourth place in Mountain West Conference race at 18-8 overall and 9-5 in conference. BYU slipped to 12-12 and 6-6. “It was a great win for us,” said head coach Jeff Nelson. “I was happy to see us come out with a lot of intensity and never let up. Both tonight’s win and Thursday’s win against Utah are big wins for getting into postseason. They’re critical for our future, and it opens the doors for us.” The night became even more memorable after the match as Morris went to celebrate the hard-fought win with teammates. Morris’ boyfriend, Matt Doxtator, dropped to one knee and proposed to her on the court. The couple drew a loud ovation as Morris jumped up and down in acceptance. “This is the best night of my life, not just my volleyball career,” said the blushing bride-to-be. “I’m getting married — oh my gosh! There’s no way I was expecting this. I’m so happy to be sharing this moment with my family and my teammates.” Morris said the outcome added to the experience. UNM had not swept a two-match set against Utah and BYU during the seniors’ careers — until this week. “We just came out and focused on playing good volleyball,” Lehne said. “Of course we had a little chip on our shoulders, and it was so great to show them that last time was a fluke.” A kill by Lehne, a BYU hitting error and a service ace by junior Lisa Meeter, got the Lobos off to a 3-0 start in Game 1 as UNM maintained a lead the entire set. The Cougars kept it close, pulling within one at 24-23. But Meeter responded by blasting a kill off a defender’s shoulder to clinch Game 1. “We didn’t have big leads, but having the lead put all the pressure on BYU,” Nelson said. “We never let them put together any big runs, and we always stayed on top.” In Game 2, the Lobos jumped out to a 15-6 lead behind the strong serving of junior outside hitter Taylor Hadfield. UNM was unstoppable
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Coach from page 12 Lambert’s parents she would accomplish when the junior signed on to play for the Lobos. Now Lambert’s a YouTube sensation — over 3.4 million hits and counting. The thing is, it’s not out of the ordinary for a player, fully embroiled in the intensity of the game, to lose his or her composure. Most times, however, coaches are there as mediators, providing intervention before the situation escalates to the point of no return. During a particularly chippy conference contest with the men’s basketball team against TCU on Feb. 24, forward Will Brown
became agitated with TCU’s Zvonko Buljan after the two jousted underneath the basket. Brown was immediately assigned a technical foul. The situation could have spiraled out of control, but men’s basketball head coach Steve Alford quickly replaced Brown before he could blow another gasket. Alford, verbally gnawing at Brown, proceeded to forcefully seat Brown on the bench. Like it or not, at the time, that’s exactly what Brown needed. That, obviously, didn’t happen in this instance. And as a result of Vela’s failure, Lambert looks deranged and psychotic.
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The Independent Voice of UNM since 1895
Sports editor / Isaac Avilucea
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Sophomore ensures victory against UNLV
Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Forward Justin Davis splits two UNLV defenders in UNM’s 2-0 win over the Rebels on Saturday at the UNM Soccer Complex. The Lobos secured the No. 2 seed and a bye in the upcoming Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.
by Nathan Farmer Daily Lobo
Michael Green showed Lobo fans what’s left in the tank for the UNM men’s soccer team next UNM 2 year. Green, a soph0 UNLV omore, showed the Lobos won’t be without talent next season, even though UNM is losing five seniors, all of whom played their last home game on Saturday during Senior Night at the UNM Soccer Complex.
Two goals from Green propelled the UNM men’s soccer team to a 2-0 victory over UNLV. Beating UNLV guarantees the Lobos a second-place finish in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation behind Sacramento State and earned them a bye game at the conference tournament next week. UNM finished the regular season 11-6-0 overall and 5-2 in conference play. “This win was really important,” said head coach Jeremy Fishbein. “We now have the opportunity to rest a few days longer after a long season.” The scoring started in the third
minute as Green was found in the box after a long throw from midfielder Stephen Brown. Green collected the ball and put it past the goalie. “That early goal was huge,” Fishbein said. “We were really tired after a long season but expected to win. UNLV is a good team to play against, and the early goal really got us going.” In the 27th minute, Justin Davis came close to scoring after his 30yard shot hit the crossbar. Saturday’s game was Davis’s last career regular-season game at home. “It was a pretty emotional game,” Davis said. “It was good
walking on the field with my family before the game, but this win was huge because we get a game off.” In the 43rd minute, senior Euan Holden had a long run from the back that led to a shot by Patrick Pacheco, which narrowly missed the goal. The second half was much the same for the Lobos, yet they looked comfortable with the lead. “UNLV really did not look to connect any passes,” Fishbein said. “They were just disrupting play and looked to pick up seconds.” In the 67th minute, Green wrapped the game up after a flick from Davis sent him on a
breakaway where he coolly slotted the ball past the goalkeeper. Four of Green’s five goals this season have come from two Saturday night home games. “I just guess I am really feeling it on Saturday’s,” Green said. “It was a big conference win for us.” UNM’s defense finished up the game strongly, helping redshirt freshman Justin Holmes record his first career shutout. “We played well for about 20 minutes in the first half, but I felt like we played an excellent second half,” Fishbein said. “We were able to get into a rhythm, and we did some really good stuff.”
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Violent act gains Coach to blame for athlete’s actions national attention by Isaac Avilucea
by Mario Trujillo Daily Lobo
Lobo soccer player Elizabeth Lambert snuck her attacks past officials for the majority of the game against BYU on Thursday. But what the officials missed, a national audience and nearly 3.4 million viewers on YouTube clearly saw. Head coach Kit Vela suspended Lambert indefinitely on Friday, and the Mountain West Conference jumped into an investigation of the overall dynamics of the game after Lambert threw punches and pulled the hair of her opponents during the semifinal match in Provo, Utah. “Liz is a quality student-athlete, but in this instance her actions clearly crossed the line of fair play and good sportsmanship,” Vela said. Lambert faces a punishment from the MWC ranging from a one-game suspension to a season suspension for her first instance of physical abuse, according to the MWC handbook. The game against BYU was the Lobos’ first nationally televised game of the season. Lambert couldn’t have picked a
worse day to act out. She inflicted the harshest attack on BYU forward Kassidy Shumway. Lambert yanked down on Shumway’s Elizabeth Lambert ponytail, sending her to the turf where she lay for several seconds. “I am deeply and wholeheartedly regretful for my actions,” Lambert said in a statement Friday. “My actions were uncalled for. I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation. I take full responsibility for my actions and accept any punishment felt necessary from the coaching staff and UNM administration.” She let her emotions get the best of her on a second, third and fourth occasion before she was finished. Lambert threw a punch to the back of BYU forward Carlee Payne after Payne elbowed Lambert in the stomach. Later, Payne and Lambert exchanged blows in midair.
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Thank you, Kit Vela, for your part in making the UNM women’s soccer team look like a bunch of ragamuffin delinquents. All that the Lobos accomplished this season has been overshadowed by the debacle that went down in Provo, Utah, on Saturday. Elizabeth Lambert will be ascribed a reputation that likely isn’t “indicative of her character” or what she necessarily deserves. And all this because head coach Kit Vela didn’t sit Lambert down before she could put a clown suit on herself. Remember, Lambert, to thank your coach for the public flogging you’ll have to endure in the subsequent weeks. I’m not going to bust Lambert’s chops. She apologized, and she apparently understands the gravity of her actions and that what she did was uncalled for. Her coach’s inaction, however, I refuse to gloss over, even if Julie Foudy, ESPN women’s soccer analyst, side-skirts questions concerning Vela’s culpability in the whole ordeal.
The fact of the matter is: First-aid Kit Vela has subsequently tried to put a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound by assigning Lambert an indefinite suspension. More plainly, Vela strives only to take the blame off herself. Consider the following before making up your mind on who is most responsible: Is Vela women’s soccer’s new and improved John Chaney? I wouldn’t be surprised if Lambert — and all members of the Lobo women’s soccer team for that matter — was directed to employ corporally sanctioned tactics. There are plenty of other coaches that have devised rough-and-tumble strategies in order to gain mental advantages over teams. Prime evidence: Four years ago, Chaney, Temple University’s head coach, brought in the “goons,” ordering college basketball’s equivalent of a hit on Saint Joseph’s John Bryant. Instructing seldom-used forward Nehemiah Ingram to commit unnecessarily hard fouls, Chaney’s explanation was that he was doing it to “send a message.” At the end of the day, Bryant ended up with a fractured arm, Ingram looking like a monster whose
sole purpose was to execute his creator’s vile plan. I’m not saying Vela instructed Lambert to purposely punch, kick or yank players down by their hair. But then again, this type of physical play — which on Thursday became an overt display of thuggery — has been going on for at least three weeks. Lambert, over the course of the Lobos’ last three games, has been assigned three yellow cards. See a pattern, anyone? Just look at the tape. Not only did Lambert commit a series of fouls, but one other teammate booted the ball directly into a BYU player’s head after she was tripped by Lambert. By refusing to pull Lambert out of the game, not only did Vela endorse Lambert’s behavior, but she failed to perform her duties as a coach. And then, at the conclusion of the game she had the gall to say: “We showed a lot of character out there.” If this passes for character at UNM, that’s completely laughable, and Vela should be relieved of her duties as head coach. Unbelievably, Vela didn’t safeguard her player from public criticism, a task I’m sure Vela promised
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