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Get creative with Electoral College map
John Tyczkowski | September 17So here it is, folks. Another four years have come and gone, and once again, it’s time to pick the leader of the free world.
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Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | September 14Last week, I had the great good fortune to attend a meditation retreat in the high country of northern New Mexico. Over the course of three days, I sat for many hours on a cushion, silently bringing my attention back to my breath over and over again, or walked slowly upon the earth, soles alert to every pebble on the path.
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‘Educators can’t survive on prestige alone’
Will Thomson | September 13On Monday, 26,000 Chicago school teachers went on strike. This is the first time in more than 25 years that there has been a strike over schools in Chicago.
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Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | September 7There’s a guy we have seen a few times lately. Not the same guy, but the same essential story, and one worth telling because it is happening more often.
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Choosing your chow: The edible is political
Will Thomson | September 6A few months ago, an incredible amount of controversy arose after Chick-fil-A’s CEO came out against gay marriage.
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Government accountability depends on Assange
Jason Darensburg | September 5Julian Assange is the world’s most famous whistle-blower. The 41-year-old Australian-born journalist, activist and publisher of the infamous website WikiLeaks has been holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for several weeks now, living in diplomatic limbo.
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Obstructionist GOP truly at fault
Charlie Shipley/ Daily Lobo Guest Columnist | September 4When President Barack Obama and the Democrats take the stage in Charlotte tonight, they’ll have an opportunity to show that the only thing the Republicans “built” in Tampa was a weak procession of resentful also-rans
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Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | August 31Spice is one name for a mixture of plants and chemicals that has been openly sold in smoke shops and gas stations around the country until very recently. It is labeled “not for human consumption” and officially sold as incense for burning.
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Wage hikes make low-skill jobs scarce
Marcos P. Portillo/ Daily Lobo guest columnist | August 27I don’t quite understand why those who call for a raise in the minimum wage don’t take the time to analyze the effects of such a policy beyond stage one. These individuals treat raising the minimum wage as some panacea for the poverty of the world.
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Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | August 24Welcome or welcome back to UNM! Allow me to introduce myself. I am your friendly neighborhood medical columnist, and a doctor at the friendly neighborhood health center known as Student Health and Counseling (SHAC).
Opinion
Raise wages to lift city’s residents out of poverty
Will Thomson | August 23Currently, almost 90,000 Albuquerque residents — or 15.7 percent — live in poverty. The many who live on minimum wage add to these ranks.
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Look forward to a decade of #NBCfail
Jason Darensburg | August 22The verdict is in: this year’s Olympics coverage by NBC sucked. The extinguishing of the Olympic flame at the closing ceremonies in London did not put an end to the chorus of global condemnation of NBC’s television coverage.
Opinion
Hipsters hallow a hollow counterculture
Alexandra Swanberg | July 23I bought some so-so items on clearance at Buffalo Exchange a few months ago, and upon eyeing them, my sister Jacey declared me a hipster.
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Addicts are people, not problems
Alexandra Swanberg | July 16I can fall in love with pretty much anybody, regardless of their outward appearance.
Opinion
Got something to say? We’re hiring columnists
Alexandra Swanberg | June 25Hear ye, here ye, loud-mouthed Lobos! Your friends can only take so much of your opinions, no matter how well thought out they are.
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Public TV change-up gets closer look
Alexandra Swanberg | June 11For Lobo readers not in the citywide loop, you may be interested to know that uPUBLIC TV (uTV) was officially awarded two public television stations, Public Access TV Channel 27 and Encantada TV Channel 26.
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Daily Lobo sessions will teach journalism skills
Elizabeth Cleary | June 4Hey Lobos, Summer is here, and at the Daily Lobo that means recruitment season has begun! So if you’re curious about employment opportunities at the Daily Lobo, this is your chance to come check us out. On Tuesday, June 6, we will begin our second annual summer training sessions.
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Dr. Peg’s Prescription
May 3It’s time to break out the summer attire. How are those shorts fitting? How are you looking in that bikini?
Opinion
Mothy mayhem means the end is nigh
Devon Stevens | May 2Just today, as I was preparing to laze about in the single weekend reprieve before studying for finals became important, I noticed a moth banging itself into my lamp until it was a senseless pulp.
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Wooley’s Weekly Wisdom
Ryan Wooley | May 1Dear Wooley, I was hanging out with my best friend on Saturday morning, catching up over breakfast, hitting up garage sales and eventually finding our way to an ASPCA adoption site in front of a local grocery store.
