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ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST
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‘Burque Pops’ bill moves forward Bill would redefine what constitutes a brothel by John Tyczkowski news@dailylobo.com
Adria Malcolm / @AdriaMalcolm An inmate receives ashes from Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center on Ash Wednesday. Most of the inmates eagerly accepted the ash, saying “thank you, father” and crossing themselves after. Sheehan has visited MDC on Ash Wednesday for the past 20 years. See full story Page 8.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Back-to-back one-point losses by Thomas Romero-Salas sports@dailylobo.com @ThomasRomeroS
For the second game in a row, the UNM women’s basketball team had a chance at stealing a game at the buzzer. But once again the Lobos came up short. Senior guard Caroline Durbin released a 3-pointer with less than two seconds left, but the ball rimmed out to give Fresno State a 51-50 victory over UNM at The Pit on Wednesday night. Durbin, who paced the Lobos with 13 points on 6 of 14 shooting, said she thought the shot was on the line. “That’s a shot I’ll shoot any time, and I felt like I was in range and I just let it go,” she said. On Saturday, UNM lost 58-57 to UNLV after freshman point guard Bryce Owen’s last-second jumper didn’t hit. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez said this loss doesn’t hurt her as much as the one to the Rebels. “I’m a little bit better today than Saturday and maybe that’s because of the team, too,” Sanchez said. “Vegas is just a team that gets under your skin.” Freshman post Whitney Johnson said the loss to the Bulldogs was just as hurtful as the one to the Rebels on Saturday. “To lose by one (point) is heartbreaking because we put all effort into it and we play to win,” she said. “Hopefully we can learn from this and come back strong.” The Bulldogs (16-7, 8-2 MWC) came into the game tied for second place in the Mountain West with Wyoming. Sanchez said the Lobos played some of the best defense they have all season. “I’ll take the effort from our kids,” she said. “That’s a team that usually averages 69 points a game and we held them to 51.” With the game tied at 48, Fresno junior guard Bree Farley made a layup and was fouled on the play. Farley converted the free throw to give the Bulldogs a 5148 lead with 55 seconds. The Lobos answered when junior guard Sara Halasz hit a layup of her own to cut the lead to one. After forcing a Fresno turnover, Durbin pulled up with four seconds left but her trey rimmed out to give the Bulldogs the win.
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Aaron Sweet / Daily Lobo Senior guard Caroline Durbin reacts to a play Wednesday evening during UNM’s 51-50 loss to Fresno State. Durbin scored a team-high 13 points for the Lobos. UNM (12-11, 4-6 MWC) hit 2 of 11 free throws (18.2 percent) to the Bulldogs’ 4 of 14 (28.6 percent) and Sanchez said those missed shots came back to haunt the team in the end. “That’s what lost us the ball game,” she said. “I’ve never been around a basketball team that shoots free throws poorly. It’s one of those things that they have to learn from.” For the game, UNM shot 23 of 53 (43.4 percent), while Fresno shot 19 of 44 (43.2 percent). On the boards, UNM outrebounded Fresno 30-29. Fresno junior forward Ki-Ki Moore had a gamehigh 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting. Three other Bulldogs had eight points apiece. Junior forward Deeva Vaughn was tied for second on the team with eight points with Johnson. Vaughn tallied a team-high seven rebounds.
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Online or electronic solicitation of prostitution may become a crime, if House Bill 295 passes. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Tim D. Lewis (R-Rio Rancho), is commonly known as the “Burque Pops bill” after former UNM president F. Chris Garcia, who made headlines in June 2011 for allegedly moderating a website connecting prostitutes with clients using the handle “Burque Pops.” The bill, with an amendment, passed unanimously through the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee on Tuesday evening, and is scheduled to be heard next in the House Judiciary Committee, hearing date to be determined. The Public Defender Department notes that the version of bill without amendment would not actually change existing prostitution laws. The PDD said the bill’s language states an online or electronic forum would not constitute “a house of prostitution” and instead would only criminalize the use of an online or electronic forum to maintain an existing house of prostitution. According to the PPD, the bill would need to specifically call such online or electronic spaces houses of prostitution in order to accomplish the desired legal effect. The amended version of the bill that passed added a provision addressing this, explicitly stating that “a computer, internet website or other virtual or online forum” is the same as a physical location “where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed.” F. Chris Garcia’s case would not be affected by any new legal standards the bill would stipulate. According to the Albuquerque
Journal, prosecutors plan to continue to the case against Garcia using other related charges, such as conspiracy to promote prostitution. This would entail proving Garcia had consciously planned to facilitate liaisons between prostitutes and clients, by procuring prostitutes for clients, or providing transportation for prostitutes or clients, or maintaining, supervising, establishing, renting or owning a house of prostitution. In other House news, HB 27, “Expand Lottery Scholarship Eligibility,” sponsored by Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D-Albuquerque), is set to be heard in the House Education Committee on Friday. The bill would expand Lottery Scholarship eligibility to students who are accepted into a New Mexico university or college within two years of high school graduation or of receiving a GED, or within two years of being honorably or medically discharged from the U.S. armed forces. As is, Lottery Scholarship eligibility is restricted to students who are accepted into a New Mexico university or college immediately after high school graduation or after receiving a GED, or within 120 days of receiving an honorable or medical discharge from the U.S. armed forces. According to the Legislative Education Study Committee bill analysis released at the end of last week, the Higher Education Department analysis projects that the change would increase the number of eligible New Mexican students from 7,100 to 7,800. This would result in a $12.1 million increase in Lottery Scholarship operating costs during the next three fiscal years if each additional student were to be awarded full tuition, as recipients are now.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Lobos nip Fresno State Staff report
sports@dailylobo.com The No. 19 New Mexico men’s basketball team overcame an 11point deficit in the first half on Wednesday night and captured a 54-48 road victory at Fresno State. The Lobos, down 31-20 at halftime, outscored the Bulldogs 21-9 over the first nine minutes of the second half. From that point, the game remained tight. Junior forward Cameron Bairstow’s basket
with 1:24 left gave UNM a 49-48 lead, putting the Lobos ahead for the rest of the game. UNM (21-4, 9-2 MWC) bounced back from Saturday’s 64-55 loss against UNLV. The Lobos have not lost back-to-back games this season. Junior guard Kendall Williams, sophomore center Alex Kirk and junior guard Tony Snell scored 10 points each for UNM. Fresno State junior guard Kevin Olekabie netted a game-high 11 points.
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