Editor,
OK, I'll say it - there is a sonic stink bomb at UNM every day around lunch hour. Has anyone noticed that no one sits or hangs out in front of Popejoy anymore? There's only one person sitting there every day - the sonic stink bomb, the Hare Krishna.
From the south doors of the SUB to the north doors of the Frontier Restaurant and all points in between, this entire section of UNM is now a place you just walk through, quickly.
Unfortunately, I'm a musician, so the pain is magnified about a hundred fold. It can't be pleasant for UNM's music students who are forced to walk past it.
I'm more than a little disappointed that the music department hasn't done something to remove the stink bomb. I'm even more disappointed that the music students haven't taken it upon themselves to go stand next to the guy and blast, say, Ornette Coleman tunes until the guy leaves.
He was banned from UNM a few years ago, and now it turns out he was just in remission. It's time for UNM, once again, to open that area back up to the students, staff and faculty.
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Of course, we're a progressive liberal institution, but I have to wonder, if he was black and rapping and filling that space with hip-hop, how many minutes would he be there before he was tossed off the campus?
Mark McKee
UNM staff
