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Break-ins raise issue of records’ security

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Two break-ins in a month at the Student Support and Success Center resulted in thousands of dollars in damage, and the alleged thieves had access to confidential student information.

Kathleen Sena, the University registrar, said academic transcripts and other documents containing sensitive student information could potentially have been left on the printer and in open bins in their printer room, which was visited by thieves during a break-in Dec. 17.

“Previously, when we were located in the student services center (on Main Campus), the registrar’s office was alarmed, so our printers, our transcript paper and everything else like that was under an alarm,” she said. “The Student Support and

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Photo illustration by Zach Gould In this photo illustration rave lights, like the ones used at many raves, illuminate a university area alley. The Daily Lobo’s new series titled “Under the Influence” investigates drug use among Albuquerque youth. According to a Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention survey 2.5 percent of the 850 students polled said they used ecstasy at least once in the past 30 days. See page 8 for coverage on MDMA use from three different perspectives: the user, the psychologist and the law.

Republican candidates visit, speak to students

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Long Nguyen / Daily Loboo Political Science major Adam Ornelas laughs with Congressional candidate Jon Barela during the UNM Welcome Back Fair in the SUB Ballroom on Wednesday. The UNM College Republicans invited the candidates to campus to inform students about upcoming New Mexico elections.

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College Republicans focused on educating students about New Mexico candidates and issues at their welcome back week booth in the SUB ballroom Wednesday. At the booth, students could register to vote and sign nominating petitions for various Republican candidates.

The group also invited several Republican candidates to come and talk to students about their campaigns.

Of the five Republican gubernatorial candidates invited — Allen Weh, Doug Turner, Janice Arnold-Jones, Susana Martinez and Pete Domenici Jr. — Martinez and Turner attended the event.

“The main goal was to make students aware of upcoming New Mexico elections,” said Joel Hernandez, vice president of College Republicans.

Candidates spoke to students and handed out literature about their

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Coach cites lack of effort despite Air Force win

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The UNM women’s basketball team’s stroke was off against Air Force, but it threw up enough shots that it didn’t make the least bit of difference.

UNM pasted the Falcons, 3-14 UNM 62 overall and 0-4 42 AFA in the Mountain West Conference, by 62-42, at The Pit on Wednesday. Jessica Kielpinski scored 10 points and snared nine rebounds. At the tip, Amy Beggin took a 3, which missed the mark. The Lobos, 11-6 overall and 3-2 in the Mountain West Conference, rebounded. Beggin, who finished with just six points on 2-of-12 shooting, took another shot from behind the arc that rimmed out. UNM rebounded, and eventually Sarah Halasz converted an easy put-back.

That was the story of the game.

The Lobos were hardly bothered

by Air Force’s defense — at least in the first half.

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“They play a match-up zone, which is unusual,” said head coach Don Flanagan. “We were getting the shot we wanted, but, at the same time, we weren’t hitting it. That is the difference right there. All we need to do was hit a few more 3s.”

Even with the Lobos mediocre shooting percentage (42.2 percent), they had more than enough opportunity to put up points. Still, they grabbed 19 offensive boards, which led to 16 second-chance points, compared to Air Force’s four.

Halasz did most of the scoring in the first 10 minutes of the game. She had 10 of the Lobos’ first 14 points, four of them coming off offensive rebounds and six of them coming off fast breaks. On the back of Halasz, the Lobos bolted to a 14-0 lead before Air Force’s Liz Dunsworth ended the streak with a 3-point play.

But the Falcons never really threatened.

“It was just focus and competitiveness — just wanting it more than the other team,” said Halasz,

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Junfu Han / Daily Lobo Sara Halasz slashes past Air Force’s Katie Hilbig and puts up a contested shot in UNM’s 62-42 victory over the Falcons at The Pit on Wednesday.

Halasz finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

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Tuition pays for entrance fee to amusement park University Editor, As a senior at UNM I am familiar with the biannual task of purchasing textbooks. Like many students, I am aware of the racket involved in textbook prices. I am always astonished at how quickly paperbacks and other low quality books required for classes add up and soon leave my student account bankrupt.

Like many others, I have in recent years tried my best to boycott the University Bookstore and purchase books elsewhere. However, this semester I was forced to buy a book I needed almost immediately. This was a paperback novel, nothing special, but required reading nonetheless. I scanned the shelf for used copies, and to my luck there were several. I picked up a copy, one of those discolored vintage paperbacks that you pick up at the thrift store or used book store for fifty cents or a dollar. Well, you bet it wasn’t a dollar, but the more curious fact was that the original price, now 30 years old, was still on the book. In the late 70s when this book was published it was $3.75.

What caught my eye next was what the Bookstore was charging for this very “used” book — $9.95! Criminal. Where else in the world of books would this be possible than the fantastic land of university bookstores? In fact, why not market the University as a type of fun-land amusement park, where you have to pay top penny for all the required materials, top penny for junk food and pay to print. What exactly does tuition cover? Oh, that’s right, I forgot — it’s just the admission to this amusement park they call an academic institution.

Antal Maurer UNM student

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Tips to keep your new PC running smoothly

by Mike Carr

Daily Lobo guest columnist So you got a new PC and it runs on a Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system. First off, congratulations! Out of the box, Windows 7 is Microsoft’s most secure operating system.

However, there are a few things you can do to make your computer even better.

Disable AutoRun/AutoPlay — When you insert a CD, DVD or USB flash drive into your computer, Windows 7 will automatically try to run and play the contents. While this feature is nice, it is also one of the easiest ways for cyber criminals to get you to run something bad on your PC. By disabling the AutoRun/AutoPlay feature, you will be preventing this from happening.

To disable, go to: Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > AutoPlay, uncheck “Use AutoPlay for all Media” and then hit “Save.”

Change User Account Control Settings to

prevent malicious code execution — this will prevent bad software from changing your operating system without your permission. For example, “World of Warcraft” needs to constantly update its shortcuts stored within the Program Files folder. If you make this recommended change, “Warcraft” will prompt you each time. If you do not make this recommended change, malicious software could mimic “Warcraft” and make changes to Windows 7 without you ever knowing it.

To change: Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > Add or Remove User Accounts. Select the User Accounts and then select “Change User Account Control Settings.”

Slide the scale up to the “Always Notify” setting and then click on “OK.” Get familiar with “Action Center” — Whereas WindowsXP and Vista had the “Windows Security Center,” Windows 7 has “Action Center.” It is a central place to view alerts and take actions that can help keep Windows

7 running smoothly (like running Windows Defender regularly to remove spyware.)

Install anti-virus software that will be kept up to date for more than 30 or 90 days — Most new PCs come with anti-virus software already installed. However, that software is usually only good for one to three months. If you have a UNM NetID, you can install Symantec’s anti-virus software on your personal computer at no cost and keep it up to date so long as you are a student, faculty or staff member.

First, uninstall your current anti-virus software and then visit http://it.unm.edu/ download/ to download and install Symantec Endpoint Protection anti-virus software.

If you have questions about computer security or have ideas for future topics, feel free to contact Mike at mcarr@unm.edu.

Mike Carr is the UNM Director of IT Security & Quality Assurance.

LETTER Consider Krebs’ good deeds before voting no-confidence Editor, This is an open letter to all graduate students: In the upcoming days the Graduate and Professional Student Association will be asking you to vote in a special election. Of the four action items on the ballot, two of them directly relate to Athletics Director Paul Krebs and the job he is doing. It seems that GPSA is seeking a “no-confidence” vote in Mr. Krebs on uniformed grounds, and I wanted to take the time in this letter to pass on some information to you, the graduate students, about what a phenomenal job he is doing. Mr. Krebs’ leadership has led to outstanding accomplishments of student-athletes both on and off their respective playing field.

- During the 2008-2009 academic year, Lobo student-athletes posted the two highest semester grade point averages: 3.12 for the 2009 spring semester and a school record 3.14

in the fall of 2008.

- Under Mr. Krebs’ leadership, graduation rates (those calculated officially by the NCAA) have increased to record levels for studentathletes.

- Lobo student-athletes overall graduate at a rate of 49 percent, which has steadily increased since Mr. Krebs took his position, whereas the graduation rate of all UNM students has remained at 44 percent. UNM’s graduation success rate was a school record 72 percent in 2009, which is up 7 percent from 2008, and the graduation rate for all scholarship freshmen is up 5 percent from 2008 as well.

Not only have the works of Athletics Director Krebs benefitted the student-athletes academically, but athletically as well, as they have shown greater performance on the field during his time here. From the time Mr. Krebs has been in his position in 2006 until now, the Lobos have won 12 conference championships, have been represented at NCAA postseason competitions 26 times, had 42 All-Americans — including two national champions in 2009 and have led the

Mountain West Conference in all-sport attendance in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, with more than 650,000 fans attending Lobo athletics events.

Beyond the athletes, Mr. Krebs has instituted a master plan which not only overhauls the Lobo athletic facilities for the benefit of the student athletes, but for the community as well. The Pit is currently under a renovation which will continue to make Albuquerque a destination for men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, a great value to the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque at large.

I urge you to really think about some of the great things that Mr. Krebs is doing with Lobo athletics. One of the GPSA resolutions states “Members of GPSA have no confidence in Senior Vice President Paul Krebs’ leadership of the Athletics Department.”

But, in all reality, don’t the above facts prove that he is doing his job, and doing it quite well?

Nick Geyer Graduate student

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who finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds, most of which came in the first half. “But that has to carry from the first half to the second half, and that is something I have got to work on.”

Down 16-5 with 9:30 left in the first half, the Falcons employed fullcourt pressure, forcing a Lobo turnover, which Desiree Wilson finished with a layup. UNM burned Air Force on the next play, and the Falcons press was largely ineffective for the remainder of the night, forcing head

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six-and-a-half-minute cold stretch.

During that second-half period, the Lobos didn’t make a point. The drought, however, was hardly noticeable as the Falcons only put up three points.

“It looked like we played down,” Flanagan said. “It looked like we played to their level. The thing is, they are not as skilled as we are, nor as talented. But they are going to give effort. And their effort was better than our effort in the second half.”

for governor “to bring back strong ethical leadership.”

Martinez said she favored administration cuts over cuts to teachers in the New Mexico legislative session.

“It is important to keep good teachers in the classroom,” Martinez said. “The money needs to be in the classroom.”

Martinez said there are many unnecessary programs and political appointments that need to be taken away.

Turner said he is a small businessman who wants to fix the state’s

problems as governor without raising taxes on businesses. He said state policymakers shouldn’t raise tuition.

“It is absolutely wrong to talk about raising tuition for students when there are so many places to cut from the administration,” he said.

Kurth said fiscal responsibility in the Sheriff ’s Department is mandatory, especially amid the recession.

“The budget crisis will make it difficult to grow the Bernalillo County Sheriff ’s Department, so the department must be made efficient and effective,” he said.

processes academic transcripts, financial aid and other student information. Sena said all hard copies of students’ files are still kept in a vault in the Student Services Center on main campus, and there was no risk of any digital student files being damaged or erased, as they’re all backed up in the Registrar’s university wide computer filing system.

“We take the security of our student records very seriously,” she said.

Technology Ventures Corporation, a private tenant in the north wing of the second floor of SSSC, has surveillance cameras pointed at the parking lot, said Carole Jablonski, the SSSC building manager.

Jablonski said the footage is being reviewed for evidence, and she said the thieves attempted to break in to TVC on Jan. 17, also, which has an alarm, but they didn’t gain access or do any damage.

In the December break-in, the thieves shattered a glass door and stole a laptop, according to the police report.

In the January break-in, the thieves shattered two glass doors when entering, the report stated.

Once inside, they damaged a vending machine and computer monitor. Also, they broke open a cash register and, discovering it to be empty, hurled it outside through a 12 by 4 foot window. However, nothing was stolen.

Stephanie Gutierrez, an employee at the SSSC, said the December break-in could have resulted in stolen documents.

“The first time they broke in through the back door and they went into our actual cubicles and looked through our things,” she

said. “They didn’t take anything.”

Gutierrez said she and her coworkers are taking measures to protect their work space valuables from theft, but she said they still don’t feel safe working late at the SSSC. “If I was here after hours doing overtime or something, I’d feel afraid,” she said. “They’re concerned about their stuff, so now we don’t leave anything of value on our desk.

We lock away everything before they leave, because if they break in again they can get that information, which is scary.”

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campaign stance.

Heather Hall, president of College Republicans, said their goal was to inform students about upcoming New Mexico elections and register them to vote.

William Kurth, a Republican running for Bernalillo County Sheriff, also attended along with Jon Barela, candidate for Congress in the first Congressional District. State Land Commissioner candidate Bob Cornelius also helped register students at the SUB. Martinez said she decided to run

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coach Ardie McInelly to scrap it.

But the Lobos outscored Air Force 33-12 in the first half, and the Falcons were on track to score their least amount of points this season.

That was until the second half rolled around.

Not that it mattered to the outcome of the game, but the Falcons outscored the Lobos 30-29 in the second half.

Fortunately, the Lobos were playing a 3-13 team. Another opponent might have capitalized on UNM’s

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Services Center is not yet alarmed.

I don’t know what the plans are.”

Sena said transcripts accumulate on top of the printer over the weekend as the IT Department sends print commands remotely.

They’re then picked up Monday morning and mailed out, she said.

Both break-ins, which probably occurred in the early mornings of Dec. 17 and Jan.17, resulted in damages totaling between $8,000 and $11,000, according to a UNM Police Department report and Mike Tuttle, manager of Insurance and Claims at UNM. After the December break-in, Sena said the SSSC staff secured the only door to the printing room and enforced an existing policy that asked employees to remove all student files from the tops of their desks at the end of the day.

Still, neither of the December or January vandalisms set off an alarm, according to the reports.

Both were discovered by UNM Athletics employees as they arrived at the building at the beginning of their work day.

Melissa Vargas, strategic planner for the Office of the Provost, said there were no surveillance cameras or alarms in the lower level of the SSSC. “Right now we don’t have them,” she said. “I’m thinking we need to step up our security in this building. What we’ll determine is whether it’s cost prohibitive to outfit the entire building with surveillance. Maybe we’ll do it in a few key areas. But certainly we’ll have 24-hour security presence in the building from this point forward.

Capital dollars are scarce these days, but our ultimate interest is in protecting student information.”

The SSSC opened last April and

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APPOMATTOX, Va. — Bomb technicians discovered a “multitude” of explosives Wednesday at the home of a man suspected in the shooting deaths of eight people, and crews were detonating the devices as more details about the gunman came to light.

Christopher Bryan Speight, a 39-year-old security guard, surrendered to police at daybreak Wednesday after leading authorities on an 18-hour manhunt following the shootings at a house in rural central Virginia where deputies found a mortally wounded man and seven bodies.

“This is a horrific tragedy,” said state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller. “It’s definitely one of the worst mass killings in Virginia, probably since the Virginia Tech tragedy.”

As of late Wednesday, bomb squads had found and detonated seven explosives. The blasting was expected to continue into Thursday.

Speight had no weapons when he surrendered shortly after 7 a.m.

Wednesday wearing a bulletproof vest over a black fleece jacket, camouflage pants and mud-caked boots.

Neither the sheriff nor a state police spokeswoman would disclose what Speight said when he gave up.

Authorities remained tightlipped on most details surrounding the slayings, including any possible motive. Nor did they immediately identify any of the victims or their relationship to the suspect. Authorities would say only that he

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knew his victims.

Speight, who was jailed while awaiting charges, co-owned and lived in the home where some of the bodies were found.

Reporters were allowed to see the home Wednesday. The twostory house had a big patio, where there was furniture, a children’s bicycle and a plastic basketball hoop.

The yard was landscaped and wellmanicured.

Neighbor Monte W. Mays said Speight’s mother deeded the house to Speight and his sister in 2006, shortly before she died of brain cancer.

Mays, the county’s retired commissioner of accounts, said Speight was a good neighbor. They waved as they passed each other on the road and sent their dogs out to play with one another.

“All the dealings I’ve ever had with him have been cordial and polite,” Mays said. “We got along fine.”

Speight long had been a gun enthusiast and enjoyed target shooting at a range on his property, Mays said.

But the shooting recently became a daily occurrence, with Speight firing what Mays said were high-powered and automatic rifles.

“Then we noticed he was doing it at nighttime,” and the gunfire started going deeper into the woods, Mays said.

Mays said the entire community is devastated and wondering what triggered the slayings.

“The only one who’s going to know now is Chris,” he said.

David Anderson, co-owner of the Sunshine Market grocery store in Lynchburg, where Speight sometimes provided security, said

Speight was worried that his sister and brother-in-law wanted to kick him out of the house.

Speight never wanted to talk about it, but he “constantly paced the floor,” Anderson said. “I thought he was going to wear a trench in it.”

Police were alerted to the bloodbath when they found the mortally wounded man on the side of a road.

Then sheriff’s deputies discovered seven more bodies — three inside the house and four just outside.

When officers converged on the area, the suspected shooter fired a high-powered rifle at a state police helicopter, rupturing its gas tank and forcing it to land.

The shots revealed his location, and more than 100 police swarmed into the woods until Speight gave up the following morning.

Police said Speight appeared to have had weapons training, but there was no information suggesting he had served in the military.

Speight’s uncle, Jack Giglio of Tampa, Fla., told The Associated Press that his nephew was a deer hunter, but as far as he knew Speight did not have any specialized weapons training. Giglio said he had not seen Speight since 2006, when both attended the funeral for Speight’s mother.

“We’re shocked, of course,” Giglio said. “I’m not aware of any problems with him. It’s kind of out of the blue. We’re still trying to pick up facts, too.”

Appomattox County court records show a concealed weapons permit was issued to a Christopher Bryan Speight three times between 1999 and last year.

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Richardson resists education cuts

by Barry Massey

The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — The opening day of the Legislature revealed a big divide between the political rhetoric used in the Capitol and the stark reality that there’s no easy or painless solution to New Mexico’s budget problems.

Gov. Bill Richardson told lawmakers in his State of the State speech Tuesday that “we must work together, maybe even as a family” to deal with a budget shortfall in the coming year.

Expect a lot of family arguments before the 30-day legislative session ends.

“You can’t touch this. You can’t touch that. So now we’re turning to the small things that really don’t get us over the hump,” said Sen. John Arthur Smith, a Deming Democrat who is chairman of the Senate committee that handles budget and tax issues.

“Everybody wants to put on a Band-Aid to get us over the hump.

Of course, we don’t know how big a hump it is and how long that hump

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is going to be there. We’ve got a lot of pulling together before we come up with anything.”

In his speech to lawmakers, Richardson ruled out several budget-balancing options. He opposed cutting teacher salaries and classroom spending. Instead, he recommended trimming school administration costs.

“Even in a time of shortfall,” the governor said, “I insist that education must remain our top investment.”

The financial reality? Public schools are the largest part of the $5 billion state budget and if education largely escapes cutbacks then other programs and services will be hit with even deeper cuts or the state will need more money from a tax increase.

So far, lawmakers have been using federal economic stimulus money to protect public education from cutbacks.

The financial reality? That federal aid is running out and lawmakers must start deciding during this session how they plan to finance schools and other government services during what

could be several years of weak revenues.

In the next fiscal year, the state is expected to collect about $5.1 billion in revenues for its main budget account. By 2014, revenues are projected to grow to $5.8 billion. However, that’s still below the $6 billion that was received and spent in 2008.

Legislators and the governor are considering tax increases to help plug the budget gap. But the governor, lawmakers and interest groups want to rule out certain tax measures.

Richardson opposes raising the personal income tax, taxes on capital gains and reinstating the sales tax on food. He doesn’t want to roll back business tax incentives, such as a credit given to film productions in the state.

Narrowing the options — whether it’s on where to cut spending or how to raise taxes — will make it harder for the Legislature and governor to agree on a budget for schools, colleges, courts, prisons and the rest of government, including health care for the needy.

Luis Sanchez Saturno / AP Photo Former Gov. Gary Johnson demonstrates during a tax protest outside of the State Capitol on the first day of the 2010 Legislative session, Tuesday in Santa Fe.

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Photo illustration by Zach Gould / Daily Lobo In this photo illustration rave lights, like the ones used at many raves, illuminate a university area alley. The Daily Lobo’s new series titled “Under the Influence” investigates drug use among Albuquerque youth. According to a Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention survey 2.5 percent of the 850 students polled said they used ecstasy at least once in the past 30 days. See page 8 for coverage on MDMA use from three different perspectives: the user, the psychologist and the law.

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“Under the Influence” is a new Daily Lobo series about drug use in Albuquerque.

It’s a natural thing for humans to desire intimacy with one another.

How people reach that feeling of closeness is changing, especially in younger people who are reaching out to drugs such as methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as ecstasy or MDMA. The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a survey in 2007 that reported 12.4 million people in the United States over the age of 12 as saying they had used MDMA at least once in their lives.

This article will cover the issue of MDMA from three different perspectives – the user, the

psychologist and the law.

The User: Tom,* 19, said he took MDMA for the first time about a year ago.

He said he takes ecstasy because it makes him feel connected with himself, music and people around him.

“This drug was designed for marriage counseling so, yeah, you open up more,” he said. “Especially if you’re around close friends you’ll create bonds in the moment and it’s really up to you whether or not you can keep those bonds.”

When he “rolls,” he said he takes more than five pills, and he prefers to take pure MDMA, which is sometimes known as “molly.”

Tom said the experience he has with his friends while on MDMA is something that is hard to find in everyday interactions, but the side effects do take a toll on the user.

“You get on these binges where you don’t eat when you’re on most of these drugs,” he said. “You’re malnourished and your body just isn’t in good shape for myriad reasons.”

He said he enjoys the rave culture and music played at raves, which is one of the main attractions to the scene for him.

“Dancing is kind of a release for me, and with this kind of

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music you don’t have to have a partner and that’s important to me,� Tom said. “You’ve just got to be aware of the effects and you have to be responsible about it — you shouldn’t be driving.�

The connection with other people at raves is what makes the drug so popular with young kids who probably feel lost and disconnected. “You can approach anyone and not feel awkward and meet new people,� he said. “No one is making you feel like an outcast because everyone there is an outcast.�

The Psychologist: Erik Jackson, who taught the Drug and Behavior class at UNM, said the effects MDMA have on the brain are damaging. “Not only does it prevent the reuptake of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine, it actually causes the reuptake transporters to work backwards,� Jackson said in an e-mail. “For this reason, it is classified as both a ‘reuptake inhibitor’ and a ‘releasing agent.’ It causes more serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine to be released into the synapse.�

The general effects of MDMA on the user are feelings of euphoria and closeness, increased sensitivity to visual and tactile sensations, and decreased anxiety, fear and depression, Jackson said. “The long-term effects of MDMA include sleep problems, anxiety, depression and degeneration of serotonin neurons in attention, learning and memory areas,�

Jackson said. “It’s the last item that causes the most concern.�

Jackson said tests done on squirrel monkeys showed the serotonin neurons were not able to return to the levels they produced before MDMA exposure — even after seven years.

Jackson said much of the MDMA in the country is not pure MDMA and is cut with other drugs such as methamphetamine, caffeine, ketamine and heroin. “The pills are not being made in a well-regulated, controlled environment like pharmaceuticals,� Jackson said. “As a user, you don’t know what you’re actually getting. Some of the anecdotal effects attributed to ecstasy may be caused by other substances in the mix.�

Jackson said other side effects associated with MDMA usage include jaw clenching and increased blood pressure. “Meanwhile, MDMA also causes hyperthermia (an increase in body temperature), tachycardia (increased heart rate), increased perspiration, dehydration, gastrointestinal disturbances (diarrhea or constipation), insomnia, impaired attention and short-term memory loss.�

MDMA builds a tolerance in the brain and in order to achieve the same intense euphoric effects users take more pills each time, Jackson said. “Many MDMA users do meet the DSM IV (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria for ‘dependence’ and it does have recognized withdrawal symptoms (typically lasting between three to seven days),� Jackson said. “However, there is not a clear definition of what constitutes chronic versus occasional use.�

Jackson said most MDMA users take it on a weekly or biweekly basis. “They do so despite the potential for harm and the danger of legal troubles – thus meeting the criteria for ‘dependence,’� he said.

In the 1970s MDMA was used in psychotherapy and marriage counseling, but due to its ill effects on the brain, research is slow coming, Jackson said.

With or without the research, teenagers and beyond are experimenting with the drug, and the

age for experimentation is getting younger and younger.

The Law: MDMA is something that Lt. Nate Lerner of the AlbuquerqueBernalillo Sheriff’s Department’s gang unit has first-hand experience with. In the fall of 2008 he was part of the raid on Club 7 previously at 515 Central Ave. The club was shutdown for fire code violations and owner, Aleksandr Mkhitarian was taken to court in fall 2008 by New Mexico state and lost due to the code violations.

During the raid law enforcement found ecstasy at the club, but no arrests were made at the time.

The criminal case is still pending. “The Club 7 event has nothing to do with gangs,� Lerner said. “A lot of the gang unit’s job is to gather intelligence. Part of our intelligence gathering is going on different Web sites and using our cover pages (to) just talk to this female that was posing as a West Side Loco. And we started asking where we could get it (ecstasy) and we started exchanging e-mails (with her).�

Lerner said she told the unit where her ecstasy supply came from and they were shocked to learn that the girl was 15 years old. “We thought she was 18 because she was talking a big game. ‌ So we found out who her supplier was and we went up the food chain,â€? Lerner said.

Lerner said after they contacted and interviewed numerous users and dealers they realized that they all had one thing in common — Club 7. “We actually walked in there in uniform and checked it out one day (during the daytime),� he said. “Nobody was there and they showed us around and we’re like ‘This place looks like a legit place.’�

Lerner said the first rave the unit broke up was in Bernalillo County while there was a fire going on in Valencia County.

They’re (people at the rave) in the middle of the woods smoking cigarettes and using electricity. They had no clue (about the fire),� he said. “So these kids are up in the mountains and then getting in their cars and driving home and some of these kids are high on ecstasy.�

Lerner said the unit was surprised to learn people as young as 13 were going to raves and “rolling� on ecstasy. “Some of the 13-year-olds aren’t on ecstasy,� he said. “They just go to dance but it’s the people who go to these raves — some of them pose a problem to the people who actually enjoy the raves.�

He said when his unit went to raves it was easy to spot the people who were dealing the drugs versus the people who were doing the drugs. “There were five gangsters sitting on a fence — sober as can be,� he said. * “Tom� is not the user’s real name. His name was changed for his privacy and to keep his anonymity.

In a 2007 survey from the New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey with high school students, 5.8% of females and 10.7% of males admitted to using MDMA at least once or more in the past 30 days.

In a UNM sample of about 850 students in fall 2008 2.5% of students said they had used ecstasy or MDMA at least once in the past 30 days.

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Who’s wearing what on campus?

Flor

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Earrings: Forever 21, $5 Jacket: Zara, $300 Boots: Forever 21, $40 “I think fashion styles are different among countries, even between states in the United States. I think people dress a little more fancy in Europe. I wouldn’t say nicer, but just more dressed up.”

Andra said she dresses up thanks to the influence of her mother’s classy styles and the time she spent living in Romani. She said she has only three pairs of tennis shoes and never leaves the house in sweatpants unless heading for the gym. She said styles ought to be adapted to each individual and the best way to create a new look is to go shopping with a friend.

Flor Rodriguez, Junior, Education

Earrings: Flea Market, $3 Jacket: JcPenney’s, $8 Boots: El Paso, $40 Pants: Sears, $30 Shoes: C&A, $30 “I am not an expert. I have never really thought about it before.”

Hailing from the border town of Juarez, Mexico, Flor is a Mexican exchange student who said she favors the new trends from America mixed with antiquity styles of Mexico. In particular, Flor said the little details are key to good fashion such as wearing longer sweaters to give appearance of being tall and rolling up coat sleeves for the just-so effect.

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Doing it in the Duke City Clean and painless anal sex — no butts about it

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Your sphincter is smarter than you think.

That’s what I learned after going to Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center and buying anal sexpert Tristan Taormino’s two educational, erotic DVDs, “Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women and Men,” available as a visual counterpart to her book, Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women.

The National Survey of Family Growth interviewed over 12,000 men and women from ages 15 to 44. Their results showed that 34.7 percent of women and 40 percent of men had engaged in anal sex at least once. I would imagine those numbers have increased, since the survey was conducted in 2002.

Many people think anal sex hurts, it damages your butt and that it’s messy, but these notions are more fiction than fact.

Anal sex should not hurt if it’s done right. Taormino’s advice on making anal sex feel good is simple and straight forward — start small and slow.

“If it hurts, that’s your body’s way of saying ‘Lets stop,’” Taormino said in an interview. “And if it hurts it means you’re not doing it right.

Maybe you’re not using lube, or not warming up, or not starting small, or you’re not in the mood for it.”

Many people also think that women and men can’t orgasm when they’re having butt sex, which is a

myth. According to Taormino and other women an anal orgasm is different from a vaginal orgasm and can be more intense.

As for the mess, there are steps you can take to keep it clean. Taormino said one should always poop before having anal. One should also wet a finger with soap and water to gently clean the opening of the anus.

Taormino also mentions giving yourself an enema before having anal sex. An enema is a procedure where you flush your anal canal with water to loosen stool and produce a bowel movement. Enema kits can be found at most drugstores. But even with these steps, there might still be a little mess. Taormino said to just wipe it away and get over it.

Damaging your ass can happen, but normally only occurs when people don’t know what they’re doing.

Going too fast, being under the influence of drugs or alcohol and not using enough lube can tear anal tissue.

However, your bum-bum is rich with nerve endings and elastic skin — just like the vagina.

Some good ways to get into anal sex without overdoing it are to start off with a finger or small toy, but not a huge dildo or a penis.

Starting with one finger and lots of lube is a good idea. Water or silicone based lubes are the best, but remember spit and lotion don’t work.

Once you’re comfortable, you can work up from there. As you use bigger sizes of toys or other devices, use more lube.

One lesson that you don’t want to learn the hard way is to have someone hurt you with their fingernail, so always cut them. Also, don’t insert

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Evan Evan Bracken, Sophomore, Foreign Languages

Shirt: Urban Outfitters, $48 Jacket: Urban Outfitters, $128 Jeans: Pacific Sunwear, $40 Shoes: Diesel, $100 Shirt: Urban Outfitters, $48 Bag: Japan, $80 “I feel that if it’s expensive there’s usually a reason. If it’s cheap it’s usually not going to look that good.”

Evan said he styles in form fitting clothing because of his lean stature and for what he says is a cleaner look. His shoulder bag draws influence from the messenger bag craze gripping Japan. To cope with cold winter weather and stay fashionable at the same time, Evan said he layers neutral colors like blacks and grays and dons long socks.

your finger from the tip, use the pad of your finger and then keep diving in from there.

After watching the “Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women” DVD, I observed that massaging the area before inserting anything helps relax the muscles, as does taking slow deep breaths if you’re the one being fondled.

Anal sex is different for men and women, whether you’re in hetero or homosexual relationships. Heterosexual men are often shy about anal because they think if they enjoy the act it might mean they are gay or bisexual.

Now, for my take on it. The anus, just like the vagina and penis, feels good when stimulated correctly, which should be reason enough to enjoy the sensations. But men get the added bonus of feeling prostate pleasure.

The prostate gland is located a couple inches into the body between the penis and the rectum, just underneath the bladder. The prostate gland is what makes and produces prostatic fluid, or what gives ejaculate its texture and smell, and it can feel very pleasurable to have it massaged during anal sex.

Women who want to have anal sex with their male partner can use a variety of toys such as butt plugs, dildos and strap-ons. But the same rules apply; start slow, communicate and use lots of lube.

The men in Taormino’s video said they liked more subtle motions in anal sex such as light massaging as opposed to a constant in and out motion, but it is different for everyone.

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The Revolutions International Theatre Festival is back in Albuquerque with a wider lineup than ever thanks to Tricklock Company.

Kevin Elder, a producer for Revolutions and co-artistic director of Tricklock, said this year’s festival promises more collaborative pieces than previous years were able to offer.

“The biggest thing this year has to do with the collaborations between us and the other companies,” Elder said. “This year’s festival, being the 10th year and having Summer Olsson being the artistic director of the festival, I think she’s really put her eye toward being able to connect these companies, have collaborations between us and these visiting artists, and really set up a festival that almost feels familiar to Albuquerque although it’s incredibly new, interesting art.”

The more than 30 performances were handpicked by Olsson, the head curator of the event and co-creative director of Tricklock. She said each play underwent a vigorous vetting process.

“Some festivals are sort of firstcome-first-serve or they are drawn out lottery (style),” she said. “Revolutions is entirely curated. Every performance is specifically chosen out of a giant pool of applicants and invited to come to the festival.”

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once a year to locations such as Poland or Israel, Olsson said.

“We take our own original work all over the world, and as we were out there performing and meeting people we’re also seeing as much as we can,” she said. “We’re on the lookout for the most exciting and pioneering works happening in the world, and those are the people that we say, ‘Hey please bring your work back to New Mexico.’”

Olsson said there is never enough funding to feature all the hundreds of performers that apply.

“There are always more excellent shows and more excellent artists than we can fit in the show because of time,” she said. “It’s hard, and what that means is that we are constantly working on Revolutions. For example, there are shows in this year’s festival that I have been working on bringing here for three years.”

Massachusetts’s Double-Edge Theatre’s “The UnPossessed” is an example of standout material. “The UnPossessed,” a modern adaptation of the Spanish novel and tragedy “Don Quixote” features groundbreaking theatre work featuring the use of shadow puppetry, circus arts, poetic language and live original music.

“It’s a dreamlike, kaleidoscopic, visceral interpretation of Quixote, his adventures and his relationship with Sancho Panza,” said Matthew Glassman, lead actor and co-director of Double Edge Theatre.

He said it’s an honor to be involved with Revolutions Theatre as a theatre artist.

“It’s different than other types of festivals we’ve participated in,” Glassman said. “There’s an attitude of true

Revolutions International Theatre Festival Prices vary by location and show Runs through Jan. 30 http://tricklock.com/revolutions/ to buy tickets enthusiasm about it coming from the producers and participants. There’s a palpable enthusiasm and sense of integrity about it. Festivals can often get bogged down by logistics and politics, and there’s a certain clarity and vision about the Revolutions festival which has made it a pleasure to participate in.”

Olsson said the growth of the festival can be seen by the increase in the opening party’s 300 guests against last year’s 200.

“We expected it to be huge this year because it was the 10th anniversary,” she said. “Just numbers wise — it’s been fantastic.”

Elder said that while theatre often has the connotation of highbrow and inaccessible entertainment, Revolutions doesn’t stand behind snobbery. ”What’s at the heart of all these shows that we are bringing in and producing is entertainment,” he said.

“You’ll see things that maybe you don’t understand or maybe it takes you a little bit longer, but it’s still entertaining. It’s still about providing this really interesting and quality art that you couldn’t see anywhere else in Albuquerque.”

THE NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES PROGRAM

Special Courses and Summer Travel Abroad Program The UNM National Security Studies Program (NSSP) is pleased to announce that two spring semester special courses and a student summer program are now being offered by the University. The five year NSSP is designed to promote student interest in careers related to national security. The special courses (open to all majors with junior standing or above), including times and location, are: 

ECE 495/595 Section 015 (Gilfeather), Friday 2-2:50, Room ECE 310

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Econ 395 Section 6 (Udis) AND MGMT 490 Section 6 (Kraye), Friday

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In this 2007 file photo Actor Charlie Sheen with his wife Brooke Sheen at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards. A woman who identified herself as the wife of Charlie Sheen said in a 911 call to Aspen police on Dec. 28 that the actor threatened her with a knife and that she feared for her life.

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Both are 1 credit courses presented by a distinguished set of faculty and visiting experts with extensive national security backgrounds. Interested students may register for either class on-line, or attend the first class to add the course.

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Summer Program: Ten students will be selected for an expense paid 3-4 week experience in Central Asia studying the languages, cultures and social/political issues of the area (up to 6 credit hours).

Contact: For additional information related to the courses or the summer program, please contact Matthew Baca at baca@unm.edu.

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke Sheen, are expected to be at a court hearing Wednesday in the Colorado resort town of Aspen, where they’ll appear together for the first time since Christmas.

Sheen’s attorney will ask a judge to throw out or revise a protection order that prevents Sheen and his wife from contacting each other.

Such protection orders are standard in cases of alleged domestic

violence.

Prosecutors are opposing Sheen’s request.

Authorities arrested Sheen Christmas Day on suspicion of felony menacing, second-degree assault, and criminal mischief.

Brooke Sheen told police he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.

Sheen denies threatening his wife, and attorneys for the couple say they want to try to reconcile.

The 44-year-old actor stars in “Two and a Half Men” on CBS.

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Tuition pays for entrance fee to amusement park University Editor, As a senior at UNM I am familiar with the biannual task of purchasing textbooks. Like many students, I am aware of the racket involved in textbook prices. I am always astonished at how quickly paperbacks and other low quality books required for classes add up and soon leave my student account bankrupt.

Like many others, I have in recent years tried my best to boycott the University Bookstore and purchase books elsewhere. However, this semester I was forced to buy a book I needed almost immediately. This was a paperback novel, nothing special, but required reading nonetheless. I scanned the shelf for used copies, and to my luck there were several. I picked up a copy, one of those discolored vintage paperbacks that you pick up at the thrift store or used book store for fifty cents or a dollar. Well, you bet it wasn’t a dollar, but the more curious fact was that the original price, now 30 years old, was still on the book. In the late 70s when this book was published it was $3.75.

What caught my eye next was what the Bookstore was charging for this very “used” book — $9.95! Criminal. Where else in the world of books would this be possible than the fantastic land of university bookstores? In fact, why not market the University as a type of fun-land amusement park, where you have to pay top penny for all the required materials, top penny for junk food and pay to print. What exactly does tuition cover? Oh, that’s right, I forgot — it’s just the admission to this amusement park they call an academic institution.

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Tips to keep your new PC running smoothly

by Mike Carr

Daily Lobo guest columnist So you got a new PC and it runs on a Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system. First off, congratulations! Out of the box, Windows 7 is Microsoft’s most secure operating system.

However, there are a few things you can do to make your computer even better.

Disable AutoRun/AutoPlay — When you insert a CD, DVD or USB flash drive into your computer, Windows 7 will automatically try to run and play the contents. While this feature is nice, it is also one of the easiest ways for cyber criminals to get you to run something bad on your PC. By disabling the AutoRun/AutoPlay feature, you will be preventing this from happening.

To disable, go to: Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > AutoPlay, uncheck “Use AutoPlay for all Media” and then hit “Save.”

Change User Account Control Settings to

prevent malicious code execution — this will prevent bad software from changing your operating system without your permission. For example, “World of Warcraft” needs to constantly update its shortcuts stored within the Program Files folder. If you make this recommended change, “Warcraft” will prompt you each time. If you do not make this recommended change, malicious software could mimic “Warcraft” and make changes to Windows 7 without you ever knowing it.

To change: Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > Add or Remove User Accounts. Select the User Accounts and then select “Change User Account Control Settings.”

Slide the scale up to the “Always Notify” setting and then click on “OK.” Get familiar with “Action Center” — Whereas WindowsXP and Vista had the “Windows Security Center,” Windows 7 has “Action Center.” It is a central place to view alerts and take actions that can help keep Windows

7 running smoothly (like running Windows Defender regularly to remove spyware.)

Install anti-virus software that will be kept up to date for more than 30 or 90 days — Most new PCs come with anti-virus software already installed. However, that software is usually only good for one to three months. If you have a UNM NetID, you can install Symantec’s anti-virus software on your personal computer at no cost and keep it up to date so long as you are a student, faculty or staff member.

First, uninstall your current anti-virus software and then visit http://it.unm.edu/ download/ to download and install Symantec Endpoint Protection anti-virus software.

If you have questions about computer security or have ideas for future topics, feel free to contact Mike at mcarr@unm.edu.

Mike Carr is the UNM Director of IT Security & Quality Assurance.

LETTER Consider Krebs’ good deeds before voting no-confidence Editor, This is an open letter to all graduate students: In the upcoming days the Graduate and Professional Student Association will be asking you to vote in a special election. Of the four action items on the ballot, two of them directly relate to Athletics Director Paul Krebs and the job he is doing. It seems that GPSA is seeking a “no-confidence” vote in Mr. Krebs on uniformed grounds, and I wanted to take the time in this letter to pass on some information to you, the graduate students, about what a phenomenal job he is doing. Mr. Krebs’ leadership has led to outstanding accomplishments of student-athletes both on and off their respective playing field.

- During the 2008-2009 academic year, Lobo student-athletes posted the two highest semester grade point averages: 3.12 for the 2009 spring semester and a school record 3.14

in the fall of 2008.

- Under Mr. Krebs’ leadership, graduation rates (those calculated officially by the NCAA) have increased to record levels for studentathletes.

- Lobo student-athletes overall graduate at a rate of 49 percent, which has steadily increased since Mr. Krebs took his position, whereas the graduation rate of all UNM students has remained at 44 percent. UNM’s graduation success rate was a school record 72 percent in 2009, which is up 7 percent from 2008, and the graduation rate for all scholarship freshmen is up 5 percent from 2008 as well.

Not only have the works of Athletics Director Krebs benefitted the student-athletes academically, but athletically as well, as they have shown greater performance on the field during his time here. From the time Mr. Krebs has been in his position in 2006 until now, the Lobos have won 12 conference championships, have been represented at NCAA postseason competitions 26 times, had 42 All-Americans — including two national champions in 2009 and have led the

Mountain West Conference in all-sport attendance in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, with more than 650,000 fans attending Lobo athletics events.

Beyond the athletes, Mr. Krebs has instituted a master plan which not only overhauls the Lobo athletic facilities for the benefit of the student athletes, but for the community as well. The Pit is currently under a renovation which will continue to make Albuquerque a destination for men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, a great value to the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque at large.

I urge you to really think about some of the great things that Mr. Krebs is doing with Lobo athletics. One of the GPSA resolutions states “Members of GPSA have no confidence in Senior Vice President Paul Krebs’ leadership of the Athletics Department.”

But, in all reality, don’t the above facts prove that he is doing his job, and doing it quite well?

Nick Geyer Graduate student