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September 25, 2009

Athletics under fire for racy ads Department apologizes to faculty, community and fans by Isaac Avilucea

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Lobo Louie might be in the doghouse after his apparent fling with a pin-up girl from Route 66 Casino. faculty member, said the University should The pair performed in two commercials not be endorsing such a provocative released about a month ago, and Lobo message. Lucy isn’t the only one upset about it. “I think it reflects very poorly, and I’m The ads, filmed in not prudish about such partnership with UNM’s things,” Wood said in exclusive gaming sponan e-mail. “The human sor, depicts the casino’s body is a wonderfully billboard beauty in a beautiful part of crecherry “Lobos” midriff ation, but this ad prestop, skimpy spandex ents this young woman shorts and bright red as nothing but a sexustilettos. alized image. That kind In one ad, the camof caricature just fails to era focuses on the womdo justice to women’s an bent over with her talents.” cleavage showing while In a joint statement ~Danielle Borunda, she blows a kiss in the released to the Daily mirror. A smoke alarm Lobo, President David UNM student goes off, and the womSchmidly and Krebs an walks in to find Lobo apologized to the Lobo Louie grilling in the living room. The Uni- community and fans. versity mascot then pants at her as he of“We at the University of New Mexico fers her a hot dog. and the UNM Athletic Department deep“Why is it suggestive?” said Kurt Esser, ly regret any offense taken or discomfort associate director of External Affairs and felt by anyone seeing some new advertiseAthletics Marketing. “What it means is he ments that feature the Lobo mascot,” the was tailgating. There could be innuendo in statement read. “We appreciate the supabout anything.” port of our athletic department sponsors, Esser categorically denied that the ad- and taking the concerns we heard to heart, vertisement is suggestive. He said the Uni- Lobo Athletics worked with the sponsor to versity is proud of the ad campaign. revise the ads in question.” All the same, Athletics Director Paul Several bloggers on Topix.com had a Krebs apologized for the advertisements hearty discussion about the advertiseto members of the Faculty Senate, accord- ment, and Esser said he’s gotten four eing to Faculty Senate President-elect Rich- mails and two phone calls about it. ard Wood. Before the ad was approved to air, Wood, who is a father as well as a

“I thought they were a little bit more risqué than the University would like to portray themselves.”

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Stephen Wills and a group of students walk into Scholes Hall on Thursday to hand in a petition requesting an exemption from the smoking ban for on-campus residence halls. The petition had 415 signatures. Gabbi Campos / Daily Lobo

Students march for smoking rights by Andrew Beale Daily Lobo

About a dozen students marched into President David Schmidly’s office on Thursday to deliver a petition calling for an exception to the smoking ban. The petition, which had 415 signatures, requests a lift of the smoking ban outside the dormitory areas for the next two years. Schmidly wasn’t there to take the petition, but University spokeswoman Susan McKinsey accepted it on his behalf. McKinsey said the president

is aware of the request for dormitory smoking areas. Student Stephen Wills, author of the petition, helped organize a rally to gather signatures. The group assembled at La Posada and then marched across campus. Wills said the petition asks for a two-year exemption because he wants to lengthen the transition period and give residents more time to adjust to the policy. Wills said the designated smoking areas near Hokona Hall and Redondo Village are inconvenient for smokers and aren’t safe. “The two smoking areas

they have, there’s no area for us to really study at,” he said. “One smoking area is really poorly lit, so a lot of the female students don’t like to go out there at night.” Freshman Katie Zamora lives in Hokona Hall and said making an exception to the ban around the dorms would inconvenience residents. “There are areas where they can go to smoke if they would like to,” she said. “It’s just kind of a courtesy thing.” Senior Chris Fortson said he attended the rally because he’s concerned about

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UNM anticipates H1N1 outbreak by Tricia Remark Daily Lobo

Gabbi Campos / Daily Lobo Defensive end Jaymar Latchison dances with fellow teammates during Red Rally at Johnson Field on Thursday. The Lobos will play NMSU at University Stadium on Saturday at 8 p.m.

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UNM is preparing for an H1N1 outbreak. The Student Health and Counseling Center, Provost’s Office and University Hospital, among others, are working together to combat the virus. The group has asked faculty to keep track of students’ reasons for being absent. English professor James Burbank said he received several e-mails concerning H1N1 preparation from his department chair.

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“The announcements have asked us to keep track of absences in class and to report if over 40 percent of the class is missing,” Burbank said. “They also said to keep a track of what reasons people have for being gone — if they were sick, what their symptoms were, that sort of thing.” Burbank said he set up his classes to stay a step ahead of an H1N1 outbreak at UNM. He is putting all of his assignments on WebCT for students who have to stay home, and he’s communicating with them by e-mail.

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