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Student tears Mexican flag; suspect remains at large 9/19/07 by Jeremy Hunt Daily Lobo A student took down a Mexican flag from a flagpole outside Scholes Hall Monday, tore it and took it to the Air Force ROTC office, police said. A summons was issued for Peter Lynch, 30, by the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court for criminal damage to property, said Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for UNM Police. Davis said Lynch is not a member of ROTC, and it is unclear why he took the flag to that office. Lynch has not been charged because UNMPD cannot find him, Davis...

<p>For a few hours Monday, there were swarms of people parading in and around the state Capitol. They didn't make the trip to protest budget cuts or listen to grim news about California's stalled economy.</p> <p>Sen. Martha Escutia, a Whittier Democrat who presided over Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante's inauguration inside the jam-packed Senate chambers, may have uttered the understatement of the day when she said Monday's theme was one of "diversity, union and one California."</p>