Opinion
Now that the evil puppet is dead, can we kill the masters?
May 3Editor, Now that former CIA agent Osama bin Laden is dead, can we please start hunting down the real masterminds behind 9-11?
Letters
Opinion
Grads deserve a voice that is proportional to their work
May 2Dear President David Schmidly: I am a graduate student at UNM. I am writing to ask you to please reject the proposed changes to the makeup of UNM’s Student Fee Review Board — that is, amending the current voting student members from three graduates and four undergrads to two grads and seven undergrads.
Opinion
“American exceptionalism” distracts from introspection
May 2Editor, First, I want to clarify that I love the U.S., and that I know our liberties are unprecedented in the history of the modern world. However, should we really still consider our country to be exceptional?
Opinion
Conservatives not against change—just more prudent
May 2Editor, In Thursday’s Daily Lobo, Opinion Editor Nathan New blasted Donald Trump and conservatives.
Opinion
Return of dream water bottle brings overwhelming joy
April 28Editor, It has happened again. Another random act of kindness on campus. Well, it might not be such a big deal to many, but to me it most certainly is. Sometime last week I misplaced my water bottle.
Opinion
Try to read a book instead of spouting ‘Islamophobic’ trash
April 28Editor, I’d like to point out the irony in the Wednesday’s edition where one student is attempting to get her fellow peers to read more for enjoyment while below her another student, Chris Rodriguez, is spouting ignorant Islamophobic rhetoric, not to mention historical fallacies about a group of people he knows nothing about.
Opinion
Smoking-ban implementors don’t understand withdrawals
April 28Editor, Ah, the smoking ban … most certainly implemented by nonsmokers, for if any of them had any idea at all how difficult it is to quit smoking, they just may quit complaining about smokers’ inability to submit to the ban. While I appreciate that the ban has helped me to cut down on my smoking, I just want the nonsmokers to know that they will never have a 100 percent ban as long as withdrawals exist.
Opinion
Arab leadership historically hypocritical in its behavior
April 27Editor, Arab leaders also have poor track records in the Middle East. Lately the catch word is “occupation” and the “West.” Funny enough, let us check the history of Arab leadership and occupations of others. There is a long history of brutal Arab occupation of other’s lands and forced cultural change.
Opinion
Quit faking your literacy, and actually pick up a book
April 27Editor, Consume! How will you defend buying that cup of coffee this morning, the hamburger at noon, the cigarettes for your afternoon, or the TV dinner you plan on eating alone?
Opinion
Provost hopefuls should focus on students with disabilities
April 27Editor, To the candidates for UNM Provost: I am writing to you as a student with a disability — in this case, spinal cord injury.
Opinion
Past Revolutionaries Have Shown How to Fight Oppression
April 26Editor, In a recent letter to the Daily Lobo, Randi Beck wrote that a “successful student protest” regarding budgetary matters was practically unknown as far as she knew.
Opinion
Focus on the good things in the face of planetary ruin
April 21Editor: I would like to provide a short response to Andrew Beale’s Earth Day column in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo.
Opinion
Why does archbishop think love is sinful, but not war?
April 21Editor, Archbishop Michael Sheehan says all Roman Catholics having sex outside of heterosexual marriage officially performed by priests are living in mortal sin and should not take communion, as reported in the Albuquerque Journal on April 6.
Opinion
Physical fitness and mental finesse go hand-in-hand
April 21Editor, I sympathize with UNM faculty member James Burbank, whose letter criticizing the funding of a proposed recreational facility appeared in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo.
Opinion
Listen. That’s the sound of reality sneaking up on you
April 21Editor, I hope that after reading this, your day is no less bright or cheery: • It was 366 days ago that the world’s worst environmental accident began.
Opinion
UNM Veterans Resource Center needs financial help, stability
April 19Editor, Because of the economic climate and the expansion of the GI Bill, many military service members have decided to return to school.
Opinion
Inquiries about strange sound went unheard in UNM offices
April 18Editor, One of the things I like about being a college graduate is that my problem-solving abilities are honed.
Opinion
Western leaders have poor track records in Middle East
April 18Editor, While the fighting in Libya between Gaddafi loyalists and rebels continues, the West has sought to calm fears of an invasion.
Opinion
Conceptions Southwest needs direction for next year’s issue
April 18Editor, UNM’s arts and literary magazine, Conceptions Southwest, is in need of an editor-in-chief for the 2011-2012 school year. I encourage anyone with any interest in publishing and love of culture to apply. Last semester I was lucky enough to be the editor-in-chief, and it was one of the best experiences of my collegiate career.
Opinion
We don’t need to spend money on Johnson Center supplement
April 14Editor, I was shocked to hear Tuesday about the recreational facility proposed as a supplement to Johnson Center and Johnson Field.
