1. ABQ Journal - "More illness found near busiest roads"
According to a UNM study, close to one-fifth of all Americans, including 250,000 residents of Bernalillo County, live close enough to busy roads to run a greater-than-usual risk of developing certain major illnesses. Read more at:
http://www.abqjournal.com/295117/news/more-illness-found-near-busiest-roads.html

2. ABQ Business First - "Anderson School gets new development officer"
The UNM Foundation has hired Emily Fox as the new senior development officer at the Anderson School of Management. Read more at:
http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2013/11/anderson-school-hire-development-officer.html?ana=e_abq_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2013-11-06  

3. Freenewspos.com - "Aping human ecologies"  
Asst. Professor in the UNM department of Anthropology, Sherry V. Nelson interprets the ecology of several apes and hominins by investigating the carbon and oxygen isotopes present in their tooth enamel. Read more at:
http://www.freenewspos.com/news/article/d/194994/today/aping-human-ecologies

4. ABQ Journal - "Ground Zero plan architect to speak at UNM"
Daniel Libeskind lectures on "The Language of Architecture" Thursday, Nov. 7 in Woodward Hall. Read more at:
http://www.abqjournal.com/295119/news/ground-zero-plan-architect-to-speak-at-unm.html

5. ISGTW - "Supporting a collaborative data infrastructure - for all kinds of research"
Bill Michener, professor of University Libraries at UNM, sums up the challenges faced by EUDAT and the greater community. Read more at:
http://www.isgtw.org/feature/supporting-collaborative-data-infrastructure-%E2%80%94-all-kinds-research

6. The Daily Circuit - "Justin St. Germain's memoir examines his mom's murder, abusive relationships"
St. Germain is a professor of creative writing at UNM. Read more at:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/11/06/daily-circuit-justin-st-germain

7. KOB-4 - "Martinez for Vice President? Some say so”
Lonna Atkeson, a political science professor at UNM weighs in. Read more at:
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3210384.shtml

8. UNM Media Watch from Tuesday, Nov. 5

KOB-4                 10:00 PM              News     

TONIGHT SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW WHAT THE 2016 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL TICKET LOOKS LIKE.... AND IT INCLUDES NEW MEXICO GOV. SUSANA MARTINEZ. YESTERDAY MARTINEZ MADE 8 CAMPAIGN STOPS WITH NEW JERSEY GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE. CALEB JAMES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE RUMORS THAT THE TWO COULD BE RUNNING MATES. CALEB: MARTINEZ AND CHRISTIE ARE NO NEW POLITICAL TEAM -- WE'VE SEEN THESE TWO CAMPAIGNING TOGETHER BEFORE. AFTER YESTERDAY THOUGH, SOME SAY LOOKING AT THESE TWO TOGETHER COULD BE A PREVIEW OF THE 2016 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL TICKET: WE CROSS PARTY LINES, WE DEBATE, CAMPAIGNING WITH NEW JERSEY GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE. WE KEEP OUR PRINCIPLES. SUSANA MARTINEZ LISTED TRAITS SHE SAYS THEY SHARE. SHE HAS I THINK TREAD THAT SORT OF MODERATE CONSERVATIVE TRAIL VERY CAREFULLY. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR LONNA ATKESON SAYS THOSE TRAITS... AND ALL THE NATIONAL FACE TIME... IS FUELING PREDICTIONS MARTINEZ MAY END UP ON A PRESIDENTAL TICKET. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE HISPANICS, LATINOS SUPPORTING THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. APPEALING TO LATINO VOTERS IS EXACTLY WHAT CHRISTIE AND MARTINEZ SEEMED TO BE DOING ON MONDAY. WE HAVE TO EMBRACE MINORITIES AND NOT JUST VISIT THEM BEFORE ELECTION TIME. ON A STOP IN MOSTLY HISPANIC UNION CITY, MARTINEZ OPENED UP TO N-B-C NEWS ABOUT SEEKING OUT MINORITY VOTERS, AND INCLUDING THEM IN SOLUTIONS.... WHAT YOU DO IS YOU HIGHLIGHT A SMALL STATE. ATKESON SAYS MARTINEZ OUT FRONT ON A BIG CAMPAIGN LIKE CHRISTIES PUTS OUR STATE ON STAGE.. A SMALL STATE LIKE NEW MEXICO BENEFITS FROM NATIONAL ATTENTION. BUT ATKESON SAYS 20-16 IS FAR AWAY. HER FIRST PRIORITY ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE NEW MEXICO, BECAUSE SHE HAS AN UPCOMING GUBERNATORIAL RACE. MARTINEZ ECHOED THAT SENTIMENT HERSELF AGAIN LAST NIGHT... I'M COMMITTED TO NEW MEXICO, I HAVE NO THOUGHTS ABOUT 20-16 IN REFERENCE TO ME. BUT ATKESON SAYS SHE WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT CHANGES... MAYBE IN A BIG WAY. SHE SHOULD BE A VIABLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AS WELL, NOT JUST A VIABLE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. BEING SEEN WITH CHRISTIE CERTAINLY STARTED A LOT OF SPECULATION ABOUT A POSSIBLE TICKET. THIS HEADLINE FROM COVERAGE OF THE PAIRS CAMPAIGN LAST NIGHT READS: "LAST NIGHT, WE GOT OUR FIRST LOOK AT CHRIS CHRISTIE WITH THE WOMAN HE MIGHT PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT" ONLY TIME WILL TELL... MARTINEZ IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 20-14. BACK TO YOU. IT WAS AN EASY RE-ELECTION WIN TONIGHT FOR CHRIS CHRISTIE. HE SCORED A LANDSLIDE VICTORY OVER DEMOCRAT BARBARA BUONO. EXIT INTERVIEWS FOUND CHRISTIE WON BROAD SUPPORT AMONG INDEPENDENTS AND MODERATES. HE ALSO DID WELL AMONG GROUPS THAT TYPICALLY LEAN DEMOCRATIC.

KOAT-7                5:00 AM                    6:00 PM   News                        

UNM'S PRESIDENT IS NOW JOINING THE GROWING CALL TO GIVE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS A CHANCE TO PAY "IN-STATE" TUITION RATES. VO STUDENT GROUPS HAVE ALREADY PASSED A RESOLUTION SAYING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS AND PAY IN-STATE TUITION. THE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT CALLS THE STUDENT RESOLUTION "THOUGHTFUL…I THINK IF A KID HAS GROWN UP HERE IN NM, DONE WELL IN NM SCHOOLS AND THEY WANT TO BECOME A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF SOCIETY, WE SHOULD HELP THEM DO THAT, BUT ULTIMATELY THE DECISION WILL BE UP TO CONGRESS. FRANK SAYS HE HOPES THE STUDENT RESOLUTION WILL START A CONVERSATION WITH LAWMAKERS.

THOUSANDS OF NEW MEXICO STUDENTS GET HELP, EACH YEAR, PAYING FOR COLLEGE TUITION THROUGH THE STATE LOTTERY'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. BUT GROWING DEMAND PUTS THE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER WITH THE NEW IDEAS TO KEEP THE LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP UP AND RUNNING. STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ARE BECOMING CONCERNED. ALMOST 40-PERCENT OF THEM RELY ON STATE'S LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP... WHICH PAY FULL TUITION FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A STATE SCHOOL AND MAINTAIN A 2-POINT-5 GPA. MANY WOULDN'T BE COMING TO UNM IF IT WASN'T FOR IT UNM STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT ISAAC ROMERO SAYS THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS UPSIDE-DOWN. HE SAYS THE LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP BROUGHT IN $40 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2012. BUT IT PAID OUT $60 MILLION. IT'S A VERY TRYING ISSUE AND TRYING TO FIND THE SOLUTIONS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT IN THE FALL, ROMERO AND OTHER STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO SAVE THE PROGRAM. ONE IDEA THEY HAD TO FIX IT IS TO BACK-LOAD THE SCHOLARSHIPS. HERE'S HOW A BACK-LOADED SCHOLARSHIP WOULD WORK. STUDENTS WOULD PAY A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE TUITION COSTS EARLY ON. BUT AS THEY CONTINUE THROUGH SCHOOL, THE PERCENTAGE THEY PAY WOULD GET SMALLER AND SMALLER OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE STRICTER G-P-A REQUIREMENTS. ROMERO SAYS WHILE THAT MAY MOTIVATE SOME STUDENTS ... IT COULD PUSH OTHERS AWAY. BUT ROMERO SAYS WHAT EVERY THEY DECIDE HE HOPES IT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP THE SCHOLARSHIP AROUND FOR THOSE LIKE HIS SISTER. SOT I WOULD WANT HER TO HAVE THE SAME ACCESS I DID AND THIS WOULD BE 18 YEARS DOWN THE LINE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS HOPE TO BRING THEIR IDEAS TO STATE LAWMAKERS IN TIME FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.REPORTING FROM UNM, MIKE SPRINGER KOAT. ROMERO TELLS US, HE HOPES TO FINALIZE THEIR IDEAS AND GET A LAWMAKER TO SPONSOR THEM BY DECEMBER 5TH.

KRQE-13              10:00 PM                  News     

IF SOMEONE COMES UP TO YOU ON THE STREET SELLING INDIAN JEWELRY, YOU'D BE SUSPICIOUS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S AUTHENTIC. BUT IF YOU BUY IT FROM A STORE IN DOWNTOWN SANTA FE YOU'D THINK IT'S MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE REAL. AND IF YOU GOT IT FROM THE MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO OR FROM THE FAMOUS SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM YOU'D THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY LEGIT. NEWS 13 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER LARRY BARKER HAS DISCOVERED YOU WOULD BE WRONG: THEY ARE FAKES AND FRAUDS, COUNTERFEITS DESIGNED TO DECEIVE. SPILDE: "Q. AS FAKES GO, HOW GOOD WERE THEY? A. I WOULD SAY THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD FAKES." IT'S NOT JUST DECEPTION, IT'S A CRIM, IN SOME CASES A FELONY. A TEXAS TOURIST PAID $480 FOR THIS SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE PURCHASED FROM A NOW DEFUNCT SANTA FE GIFT SHOP. HOWEVER, TESTS SHOW THESE STONES, REPRESENTED AS LAPIS, ARE ACTUALLY PLASTIC IMITATIONS. AND THEN THERES TURQUOISE. IT MAY NOT SPARKLE LIKE DIAMONDS OR GLITTER LIKE GOLD, BUT THIS GEMSTONE IS THE BASIS FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT PUMPS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE NEW MEXICO ECONOMY. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH AT THE MINE, BUT ONCE IT’S CUT AND POLISHED, TURQUOISE IS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE FOR ITS BEAUTY IN INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS. JOE DAN LOWRY LITERALLY, WROTE THE BOOK ON TURQUOISE.LOWRY: "TURQUOISE IS THE PEOPLE'S GEMSTONE. .THEY'RE BUYING THE COLOR, THEY'RE BUYING THE BEAUTY, THEY'RE BUYING THE MYSTIQUE OF WHAT TURQUOISE REPRESENTS." NATURAL TURQUOISE CAN BE PRICEY. BUT NOT ALL PRICEY TURQUOISE IS THE REAL DEAL. FOR EXAMPLE THE GEM ON THE LEFT IS A RARITY WORTH $20,000. THE ONE OF THE RIGHT IS A CHEAP IMITATION WORTH LESS THAN TEN BUCKS. THE ILLEGAL MISREPRESENTATI ON OF INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS IS A HUGE UNDERGROUND BUSINESS IN NEW MEXICO. THIS CABOCHON LOOKS LIKE DIFFERENT SEMI PRECIOUS STONES. IN FACT, ITS A $2.00 PIECE OF PLASTIC MADE IN CHINA. .LOWRY: "THE CONSUMER THINKS THAT THIS ARTIST OR THIS STORE IS SELLING THEM A PRETTY RARITY INSTEAD THEY ARE GETTING PURE PLASTIC." OTHER COUNTERFEITS ARARE MADE OUT OF LOW GRADE TURQUOISE WHICH RESEMBLES CHALK. IF YOU PUMP IN PLASTIC RESINS, EPOXY AND ARTIFICALLY ALTER THE COLOR AND HARDNESS, YOU GET STABILIZED TURQUISE THAT CAN BE CUT AND POLISHED. .LOWRY: "AN IMITATION LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE THE ORIGINAL AND WITH TODAY'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY YOU CAN MAKE SOME INCREDIBLE STUFF THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND." DESPITE THE LAW REQUIRING WRITTEN DISCLOSURE IF AN ITEM IS NOT AUTHENTIC, SOME MERCHANTS RESORT TO BLATANT DECEPTION ANYWAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS TURQUOISE NECKLACE IS PEDDLED BY KOKOCHILE, A SANTA FE GIFT SHOP JUST OFF THE PLAZA. .KOKOCHILE U/C: "Q. IS THIS TURQUOISE? A. STABLILIZED YES. TURQUOISE YES." WE CAME BACK FOR A SECOND VISIT. .KOKOCHILE: "THIS IS STABLILIZED. Q. STABILIZED TURQUOISE? YEAH. IT'S CALLED TURQUOISE." SANTA FE'S LONG JOHN SILVER IS DOWN THE STREET. THESE EARRINGS CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION. .LJS: "THOSE ARE ZUNI INLAY. THEY'RE $180. YOU ARE GOING TO BE HALF OFF, 90 BUCKS.  THEY ARE SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. THEY'RE STERLING AND THE STONES ARE NATURAL. TURQUOISE OF COURSE, LAPIS, CORAL, MOTHER OF PEARL, BLACK ONYX, MALACHITE." UP THE BLOCK IS WIND RIVER TRADING COMPANY. THESE EARRINGS WERE REPRESENTED AS INDIAN HANDCRAFTED WITH NATURAL STONES. .WIND RIVER TRADING: "OPAL, SPINY OYSTER SHELL AND TURQUOISE." THE MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO'S GIFT SHOP SELLS THIS TURQUOISE NECKLACE FOR $27. .PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS: "THIS IS ACTUALLY TURQUOISE THAT HAS BEEN COMPRESSED AND I THINK THE GUY IS FROM SAN FELIPE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS PROCESS IS, IT’S A SECRET. Q. WHAT IS THIS THEN? A. IT'S TURQUOISE." AND THEN THERE'S THE SMITHSONIAN'S ONLINE GIFT SHOP. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM CLAIMS THESE EARRINGS ARE ADORNED WITH ARIZONA TURQUOISE. WE TOOK OUR PURCHASES TO PROFESSOR CARL AGEE AT UNM'S DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES FOR TESTING. THE MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO NECKLACE WAS EASY. .AGEE: "THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT NOT TURQUOISE. IT'S SOME OTHER MINERAL OR SOME OTHER SUBSTANCE. Q. BUT TURQUOISE? A. ANYTHING BUT TURQUOISE. IT IS NOT TURQUOISE." HOW ABOUT WIND RIVER'S $55 TURQUOISE AND OPAL EAR RINGS? .AGEE: "THE TURQUOISE COLORED MATERIAL IN THIS SAMPLE IS NOT GENUINE. IT'S SOME OTHER MATERIAL, NOT TURQUOISE. I'M TAKING A LOOK AT THE OPAL NOW AND THIS SCRATCHES AS IF IT WERE PLASTIC. ... THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN IMITATION. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT." AT LONG JOHN SILVER THEY CLAIMED THESE $81 EAR RINGS CONTAINED SEMI PRECIOUS STONES. .AGEE: "I THINK THE WHOLE THING IS PLASTIC. ITS AS IF THEY ARE ALL THE SAME MATERIAL EXCEPT THEY ARE DIFFERENT COLORS." A MICROSCOPIC EXAM OF THE KOKOCHILE NECKLACE WAS INCONCLUSIVE SO PROFESSOR AGEE CUT ONE OF THE BEADS IN HALF WITH A DIAMOND SAW. .AGEE: "OH LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S INTERESTING. THE MATRIX IS ONLY ON THE OUTSIDE.  Q. DOES TURQUOISE ACT LIKE THIS IN THE NATURAL WORLD? A. NO." UNM RESEARCH SCIENTIST MICHAEL SPILDE PERFOMRED THE FINAL TEST BY PUTTING THE BEAD UNDER A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. .SPILDE: "Q. IS THIS A TURQUOISE BEAD? A. NO IT'S NOT. ... I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY TURQUOISE IN THERE. IT LOOKS TO BE MOSTLY SILICATE MINERALS CEMENTED TOGETHER WITH EPOXY." AND THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SHOWED THE SMITHSONIAN'S 'ARIZONA TURQUOISE' CLAIM WAS BOGUS. .SPILDE: "Q. IS THIS TURQUOISE? A. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TURQUOISE. Q. HOW MUCH TURQUOISE IS IN THIS PIECE?  NONE." A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE SMITHSONIAN TOLD US THEY MADE A MISTAKE. THE JEWELRY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ONLINE CATALOG AND ALL PURCHASERS WILL GET AN APOLOGY AND A REFUND. AND HOW DID THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS END UP SELLING A FAKE? JAMIE CLEMENTS APOLOGIZED ON BEHALF OF THE MUSUEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION THAT OPERATES THE GIFT SHOP. .CLEMENTS: "THIS WAS AN ARTIST THAT REPRESENTED THE PIECE TO US WHICH WE THEN LABELED AS SUCH WHEN WE SOLD IT IN OUR SHOP AND AS YOU POINTED OUT TO ME, THAT ENDED UP BEING INCORRECT. OUR IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS TO RE-EVALUATE OUR BUYING POLICIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE." ANYONE WHO FEELS MISLED WILL BE OFFERED A FULL REFUND. BUT DON'T LOOK FOR REFUNDS AT KOKOCHILE. THIS NECKLACE IS A FAKE. .KOKOCHILE: "Q. IT IS A CRIME TO MISREPRESENT INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS. A. OK. Q. THATS WHAT YOU DID. A. OK. Q. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? WHO'S THE OWNER OF THE STORE? A. HE'S NOT HERE. Q. WHERE IS HE? A. I DON'T KNOW. Q. WHEN WILL HE BE BACK? A. I DON'T KNOW." THE MANAGER AT WIND RIVER TRADING REFERRED US TO THE STORE OWNER. ON THE PHONE JEAN DEANGELES WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE EARRINGS WE BOUGHT UNLESS SHE COULD DO HER OWN TEST. SHE SAID, WIND RIVER STANDS BEHIND THE MERCHANDISE IT SELLS. AT LONG JOHN SILVER THEY DIDN'T JUST MISREPRESENT JEWELRY. .LONG JOHN SILVER: "THESE HERE ARENAVAJO RUGS, THEY ARE NEWER MADE WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS. THEY'RE MADE BY THE NEZ FAMILY UP IN THE FOUR CORNERS. THEY USE NATURAL VEGETABLE DYES AND REAL WOOL OF COURSE, NATURAL WOOL. THEY'RE $400 A PIECE." AUTHENTIC NANAVAJO WEAVINGS ARE PAPAINSTAKINGLY HAND MADE BY NATIVE WEAVERS USING HAND SPUN WOOL AND NATURAL DYES. THIS ONE AT LONG JOHN SILVER HOWEVER, IS A FAKE. IN FACT, THE EXACT SAME WEAVING WHICH IS MASS PRODUCED IN INDIA IS SOLD ONLINE FOR $66. KIM ULIBARRI AND HER MOM OWN THE SHOP. .LONG JOHN SILVER: "IN INDIA? REALLY?" KIM ULIBARRI ADMITS SHE'S NOT AN EXPERT. .ULIBARRI: "WHEN THE RUGS WERE PURCHASED, THEY WERE PURCHASED FROM A NATIVE AMERICAN WHO REPRESENTED HIMSELF AS SOMEONE FROM THE NEZ FAMILY FROM THE NAVAJO RESERVATION. SO I TOOK HIS WORD IN GOOD FAITH THAT THEY WERE AUTHENTIC NAVAJO RUGS." AND THE EARRINGS. .ULIBARRI: "I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DECIPHER WHETHER A STONE IS OR ISN'T NATURAL SO I NORMALLY JUST TAKE IT AT THEIR WORD THAT IT IS A NATURAL STONE MADE BY A NATIVE AMERICAN. Q. YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THOSE EARRINGS WERE ACTUALLY PLASTIC? A. NO I DID NOT KNOW." ULIBARRI HAS NOW TAKEN STEPS TO HAVE AN EXPERT AUTHENTICATE ALL THE MERCHANDISE IN THE SHOP. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MERCHANTS WHO SELL INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THEIR MERCHANDISE. LARRY BARKER, KRQE NEWS 13. KOKOCHILE, THE SANTA FE GIFT SHOP THAT PEDDLED FAKE TURQUOISE NECKLACES, SHUT ITS DOORS LAST WEEK AND IS NOW OUT OF BUSINESS.