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The Setonian
Opinion

Flag debacle is everyone's fault; now let's move on

Editor, Let us see if we can't finish off all of the silliness over the flag incident. First, let's blame everyone involved, then absolve them and then shut up. First, the U.S. Code states: "When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height.



Akil of Jurassic 5.
Culture

Hip-hop scene goes Jurassic

Albuquerque underground hip-hop fans rarely get a chance to see well-known rap acts, much less for free. But, on Friday, anyone over 21 can catch a free show with Akil of Jurassic 5 at Burt's Tiki Lounge, at 313 Gold Ave. S.W.



News

Report: Alcohol violations down

Arrests for alcohol violations on campus dropped by almost 75 percent last year, according to UNM Police's 2006 crime report. The change resulted from campuswide initiatives to prevent alcohol abuse and more awareness about the University's no-tolerance alcohol policy, said Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for UNMPD.


The Setonian
Opinion

Faith, like reason, is an acceptable belief system

Editor, The Bible is the most well-documented and extensively evaluated book in existence. There are 500 copies of the New Testament dating earlier than 500 A.D. Other manuscripts such as the Dead Sea scrolls further serve to back up the validity of the Bible.





The Setonian
Opinion

Justification of racism is extension of violent past

Editor, My fiance is on his second term in Iraq where he is sacrificing 11 months of his life to locate bombs, fight urban fire fights against pissed-off resistors and witness the deaths of close friends and comrades who at home have wives and children, all the while having to wonder each moment if he might be next.



The Setonian
Opinion

Political parties undermine discussion, voters' minds

Editor, The people of the U.S. have been making a mistake for 200 years. It started out small, like most mistakes. All they did was fail to listen. Unfortunately, the speaker they failed to listen to had something very important to say: "They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels, and modified by mutual interests.


The Setonian
News

RIAA subpoenas University

UNM received a subpoena Thursday from the Recording Industry Association of America, demanding the University release the names of 16 UNM network users suspected of illegal file sharing.


The Setonian
Opinion

Foreign flags shouldn't fly at U.S. public institutions

Editor, I do not understand why the UNM administration would apologize to the Mexican consulate for someone having taken down and torn up the Mexican flag. That pandering offended me more than the flag being torn up. Isn't this the U.S.? Isn't the American flag the one that should hang in front of buildings here? Why was the Mexican flag allowed to be hoisted in the first place? This is not Mexico, and I, for one, was offended that it was flying on the campus in the first place.



The Setonian
News

Bush picks administrator for preservation council

Staff Report A UNM administrator will soon advise President Bush. John Garcia, chief economic development officer, was appointed last week by the president to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. "The goal is try to see the best use of public lands in terms of preservation but also promotion when appropriate," Garcia said.


The Setonian
Opinion

Mind-sets of intolerance lead to strife and conflict

Editor, I commend you for printing David Martinez's letter last Tuesday. The letter is particularly apt in revealing how important it is to protect our legal protection against dangerous mind-sets of intolerance. It is instructive to know that, even in institutions of higher learning such as UNM, a substantial number of people operate with opinions that are relics of a darker past.



The Setonian
Opinion

UNM violated law flying Mexican flag on its own

Editor, My name is Peter Ryan Lynch, and I am a student at UNM. I am a decorated eight-year veteran of the U.S. military, honorably discharged in July. I am appalled that a foreign flag flew unaccompanied on a UNM campus flagpole for three days, including a U.


The Setonian
News

Program aims to give athletes role models

Alumnus Preston Dennard was a star receiver in the NFL for eight years after graduating, but he couldn't have done it without a mentor, he said. "I came from a very poor background," he said. "My daddy worked until his last dying day on this earth, but it didn't limit me. I had a mentor, and he's my best friend to this day."

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