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Culture
Ghosts, history and magic
Marcella Ortega | May 8When Julia Brown took a tour of Old Town, she decided she wanted to do it every day. "One night I went on the ghost tour, and it was a lot of fun," she said. "And I got involved, and I ended up becoming the manager for the ghost tour, and then a year ago, I actually purchased it and expanded to the history tour."
News
UNM Police arrest 17 in April 'Spring Clean'
Brandon Call | May 8During the month of April, the UNM Police Department was cleaning house. The department followed every tip it received about illicit activities on campus as part of "Operation Spring Clean." Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for the department, said students should not be frightened to come forward in reporting illegal activities around campus.
Opinion
It's shameful to celebrate discrimination, segregation
May 8Editor, This is in response to Josh Hasten's letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo. Since Judaism is generally passed on through the mother, let's consider Judaism, for the most part, to be a biological trait, which people have no control over, similar to race.
Opinion
Radical Islam a big factor in Arabs' hatred of Jews
May 8Editor, Two thousand years after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D., the Balfour Declaration of independence for a national home for the Jewish people in 1948 gave back what the Romans had taken away. The only Jewish state in the world became a reality.
Culture
Pianist spreads the joy of jazz
Frank Wott | May 8Jazz piano guru Stu MacAskie got into jazz in seventh grade after watching a PBS special on Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie.ˇ "Then Dave Brubeck performed 'Take Five,' and I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever heard in my life," MacAskie said.
News
Police: Boyar admitted to having guns in dorm
May 8Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for the UNM Police Department, said student Kevin Boyar confessed to having guns in his dorm during questioning Tuesday. Boyar was released on a $900 bond paid by his mother Wednesday morning after he was arrested outside the Student Residence Center on Tuesday.
Opinion
Coverage of gun incident lacks relevant information
May 8Editor, I live in the Student Residence Center, and I like to take a nap in the little time I have between studying and having a little fun before finals. I must say I slept through most of the gun incident and its aftermath. I was in that Greek mythology class and wondered why a student would be called out by the police standing just barely out of sight.
Culture
Group for women focuses on change
May 8A group of women are working hard for social change and women's empowerment. "Our purpose is to build an empowered community of young women of color," said Adriann Barboa, community organizer and development coordinator of Young Women United. The organization, at 120 Morningside Drive N.
News
Student begins campus group to help veterans
May 8Doctoral student Darrin Kowitz is establishing the University's first organization for veterans. Kowitz said he served in the Army in the '90s and wants to help veterans make the transition from the military to academics. "I've got about 50 veterans in my e-mail so far that are students of UNM," he said.
News
Question of the Week
May 7Could a campus shooting happen at UNM? Joseph Baldonado Freshman Undecided I really do think that it could happen. Luckily, they were investigating it. I'm glad they were able to catch him. Nick Martinez Freshman Architecture It could happen anywhere. America is a crazy place - especially with all the other different campus shootings across the nation going on.
Opinion
Israel's ability to survive a good reason to celebrate
May 7Editor, In "Israel's 60th birthday a muted revelry," published in Tuesday's Daily Lobo, Santhosh Chandrashekar claims "Israeli-Arabs suffer what's akin to institutional racism in the U.S." While Israel is not perfect - no country is - Arab citizens of Israel have more human rights and personal benefits living in Israel than in any other country in the Middle East.
Opinion
Reviewer's assessment of concert was close-minded
May 7Editor, I would like to express disappointment with Carrie Leonard's cursory review of Tegan and Sara's concert published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday. Although she claimed to have gone to the concert with an open mind, having never seen or heard the band before, her assessment of the show was anything but open-minded.
