Opinion
Why does Schmidly think NM families can pay tuition hike?
March 31Editor, President David Schmidly said it’s a misconception that New Mexican families cannot afford tuition increases.
Letters
Opinion
Legislators battled to protect environment during session
March 31Editor, During my work this legislative session as an Environment New Mexico intern, I saw firsthand an array of attacks undertaken against environmental regulations.
Opinion
Nuclear energy is not all bad, and it’s complicated to ban
March 31Editor, Joachim Oberst’s recent letter to the Daily Lobo demonstrated an admirable skill with prose and a remarkable ignorance regarding nuclear power and the Egyptian-style revolution he calls for.
Opinion
GPSA president sets record straight about accusations
March 31Editor, First off, I’d like to thank Rep. Joseph Dworak for his words of opposition to ”mud-slinging” in campaigns.
Opinion
UNM President should voluntarily forfeit position
March 29Editor, Once again, the people in authority positions at UNM refuse to acknowledge that they work for UNM students.
Opinion
MyUNM requires too much effort to update passwords
March 29Editor, I cannot be the only person who finds the password requirements for MyUNM infuriating. I’ve learned to accept that I have no choice about changing my password — that is a good habit, after all.
Opinion
More students should be like budget summit protesters
March 29Editor, First, I’d like to thank the students who protested at Monday’s budget summit. And despite the prolonged meeting, many returned to speak their minds during public comment and did so eloquently, intelligently and successfully.
Opinion
GPSA Council should ratify amended constitution
March 29Editor, On Saturday, the GPSA Council approved a new constitution to be placed on the general election ballot. This proposed constitution is the result of hundreds of hours of work by the GPSA Constitution Committee, as well as several hours of debate and fine-tuning at the council meeting.
Opinion
Japanese fallout should inspire collective uprising
March 29Editor, Imagine yourself in Japan — now. Imagine you have survived the earthquake and tsunami. You have lost everything.
Opinion
UNM budget summit plagued by ‘theatrical’ inefficiencies
March 29Editor, I came to the budget summit because I wanted to see where my tuition money was going, and I wanted to hear what students had to say. Protest was in everyone’s mouths.
Opinion
Government of, by, for people will give way to oligarchy
March 28Editor, It certainly appears that during this time in the history of our species, the government of, by and for the people is struggling to be born at various locations on the planet.
Opinion
Electro-movement generates mixes, remixes, re-remixes
March 25Editor, Electronic dance music (EDM) is being played everywhere, and by just about everyone. The hard-hitting bass beats that pulsate from the speakers of club DJs are traveling from the dark dance floors and illegal massive raves of their founding straight into the ears of mainstream America.
Opinion
Advocating for ‘illegals’, the devil and driver’s licenses
March 25Editor, Let’s be clear from the beginning: I’m only playing devil’s advocate. By doing so, I feel I can throw some light on a controversial issue that is being debated in the US — issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Yahoo!
Opinion
Poor students should not be subsidizing UNM shortfalls
March 24Editor, I am writing in response to Daily Lobo reporter Shaun Griswold’s piece, “Tuition bump on the horizon,” to express my disappointment that the ASUNM president is “optimistic” that tuition will go up by 8-10 percent. Translation: He is “optimistic” that New Mexico resident undergraduates will enjoy a $300 tuition increase for fall 2011.
Opinion
Liberal ideology denies that people can make bad choices
March 24Editor, It’s interesting how the writer of Tuesday’s “welfare queen” letter makes a statement that has a touch of truth.
Opinion
UNM is not broke; don’t let the regents tell you otherwise
March 24Editor, In 2009, according to the University’s audited financial statements, UNM had more than $753 million in liquid assets, including almost $178 million in cash.
Opinion
President Reagan’s war against ‘welfare queen’ is unfounded
March 23Editor, In 1976, Ronald Reagan invoked the image of the mystical “welfare queen.” The portrayal of this woman is typified as black, lazy, negligent and sitting in front of the television waiting to collect her 99th week of unemployment benefits.
Opinion
Media focuses more on Japan nuclear tragedy, not heroism
March 22Editor, We are members of UNM’s Student Chapter of the American Nuclear Society. Our organization is dedicated to the study and application of nuclear processes as applied to the service of human energy needs and to other fields of study. As you know, the earthquake and tsunami affecting Japan served as the initiating cause for an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station, about 235 miles north of Tokyo.
Opinion
BYU alums found Lobo fans respectful, welcoming, fun
March 21Editor, My husband and I returned from the MWC basketball tournament. We’re BYU alumni, and when we got tournament tickets from New Mexico, we figured we would be the only BYU fans in that section and New Mexico fans would be rude and obnoxious. We couldn’t have been more wrong on both counts.
Opinion
Being Christian doesn’t give you the right to condemn
March 10Editor, I am happy to see that at least the first three responses to Don Schrader’s letter are positive and civil. John Newton wrote one of the most popular hymns in the world — even in venues that do not hold to Christian principles or doctrines.
