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Conrad James joins Board of Regents

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by Ardee Napolitano news@dailylobo.com

Former state Rep. Conrad James, co-sponsor of a controversial bill prohibiting schools from offering reproductive health services, joins the University as the newest member of the Board of Regents. James has yet to be confirmed by the Senate, but he began serving as an acting regent on the board’s Finance and Facilities Committee on Jan. 14. According to a press release issued by the Office of the Governor, he replaced regent Don Chalmers, whose term expired at the end of December. Martinez said she trusts that James will be a valuable asset to the board and to the University. “Conrad James is an outstanding public servant and has demonstrated a valuable knowledge of the University of New Mexico and the Albuquerque community,” she said. “I am confident that he will help to guide the University to new levels of success.” The Daily Lobo tried to contact James once on Friday morning and once on Sunday afternoon, but he was unavailable for comment both times. According to the press release, James, 38, has worked as a research engineer in Sandia National Laboratories since 2002. Originally from Albuquerque, James received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and he got his master’s and doctorate degrees in applied and engineering physics from Cornell University. James, a Republican, was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2010. He ran for re-election in the fall, but lost the seat to Democrat Linda Thomson. James was the first Republican African-American from Albuquerque to be elected to the Legislature. James co-sponsored House Bill 380 during the Legislature’s 2011 session. The bill aimed to prohibit “school-based health centers from offering or providing reproductive health services,” including health care services related to contraception, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases. The bill did not pass. According to the Legislative Education Study Committee’s bill analysis, the bill conflicted with New Mexico’s Family Planning Act, which requires the state to provide accessible sources of family planning services to residents. The analysis stated that because 22 percent of New Mexico children have no health insurance and because in 2006 the state had the fourth-highest number of chlamydia cases in the country, “young people need a team of health care providers working together at a convenient location.” James also co-sponsored HB 160 with Sen. George Munoz (D-Gallup), which aimed to allow authorities to seize the motor vehicle of a person whose driver’s license had been revoked because of DWI. The bill stated the state government would use proceeds from the forfeiture of the vehicle for DWI education in the state. The bill did not pass. James voted to pass HB 78, which aimed to limit the issuance of driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants; HB 644, which aimed increase the retirement age for state public employees; and HB 103, which aimed to increase regulation of driver’s licenses issued to foreign nationals in the state. All these bills passed in the House but were not written into law.

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Juan Labreche /@labrechemode / Daily Lobo Sophomore Clara Chauvet, above, attacks the last climb in the final lap of the women’s 10K freestyle on Saturday. The UNM ski team is tied for fifth place at its home invitational after the Nordic portion concluded this weekend. The invitational will wrap up Saturday and Sunday with the alpine competition. The event took place at the Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Area near Red River, N.M. After Friday and Saturday’s events, UNM has 350 points and is tied with Alaska Anchorage. Utah leads the nine-team event with 457, Colorado is second with 430 and Denver is third with 403. Sophomores Mats Rudin Resaland and Anni Nord have the best marks among the UNM participants. Rudin Resaland was second in the 5K Classical race with 14:35.4 and seventh in the 10K Freestyle race with 26:00.03. Nord placed fourth in the 5K with 17:50.7 and ninth in the 10K with 30:19.8.

Lights out: Ravens edge 49ers by Howard Fendrich The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A power outage at the Super Bowl put the nation’s biggest sporting event on hold for more than a halfhour Sunday, interrupting an otherwise electric, back-and-forth game that ended with Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens as NFL champions thanks to a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Flacco, voted the MVP, threw three firsthalf touchdown passes to cap an 11-TD, zero-interception postseason. Jacoby Jones returned the second-half kickoff 108 yards, a Super Bowl record, to give Baltimore a 28-6 lead. Moments later, lights lining the indoor arena faded, making it difficult to see. When action resumed, Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers scored 17 consecutive points, getting as close as 31-29. But Baltimore stopped San Francisco on fourth-and-goal from the 5 with under 2 minutes left when Kaepernick’s pass sailed beyond Michael Crabtree in the end zone. The biggest deficit a team has ever overcome to win a Super Bowl is 10 points, and there were moments were it appeared San Francisco had a chance to better that mark. Instead, the 49ers lost for the first time in six trips to the Super Bowl. The AFC champion Ravens (14-6), a franchise that moved from Cleveland to Baltimore 17 years ago, improved to 2-0 in the big game. They also won the championship in 2001, when linebacker Ray Lewis was voted the game’s MVP. Lewis was not a major factor this time, but he was a center of attention, playing in the final game of his 17-year career before retiring.

Marcio Sanchez / AP Photo Half the lights are out in the Superdome during a power outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens on Sunday in New Orleans. The 49ers struggled early in the first Super Bowl coaching matchup between brothers: Baltimore’s John Harbaugh is 15 months older than San Francisco’s Jim Harbaugh. Baltimore led 28-6 after Jones opened the second half with the longest kickoff return in a Super Bowl, his eyes glancing up at the videoboard, presumably to watch himself sprint to the end zone. The 49ers showed they were capable of a comeback in their previous game: They trailed by 17 against the Atlanta Falcons before winning the NFC championship game. Shortly following Jones’ return, the

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sudden, odd power outage arrived. Escalators weren’t working. Officials stopped play about 1½ minutes into the third quarter, and the bizarre delay lasted 34 minutes in real time before action resumed. Some players sat. Others stretched. Some fans chanted, “Let’s go, Ravens!” Others passed time by doing the wave. This was the 10th time New Orleans hosted the big game — tying Miami for most in a city — and first since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Big Easy in August 2005.

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