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Local man-made black holes could end the world

Occasionally, when a star explodes, its field of gravity will cause the star's remains to collapse in upon itself in a world-shaking cascade of unstoppable force and motion.

Staff Council shouldn't ban smokeless tobacco

Editor, I would like to offer a correction to Wednesday's article concerning the tobacco motion passed by the Staff Council. I am a staff councilor, and I voted against this motion, so it is not accurate to say it was passed unanimously. Since the surgeon general has advised there is no safe level of secondhand smoke, I would agree it is in the interest of staff, faculty and students to have a smoke-free campus.

Breakin' Hearts

Music is a key element in the work of graffiti artist Luke Aiello. "You get letters, and you just flow with them like waves," he said. "That's how my basic flow is, like water. It's cool just to get loose. That's what I tell everyone else who is interested. I tell them, 'Just practice and flow with it. Let it take you.'"

Theatre X pushes the limits

People have their boundaries. Through March 4, UNM's Theatre X will explore the concept of boundaries and what happens when people cross them, as it presents three plays in the series "Pressing Boundaries."

Editorial: Justice won't be served in misleading perjury trial

The perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby is still underway. He might be found guilty; he might not. Who cares?

The Lobo threesome

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Fat Tuesday

Store has costume options galore for theme parties

My last theme party was depressing. Instead of a house full of people dressed like they were from the 1940s, about 10 people showed up in street clothes. I was the only one in costume except for my cousin Orlando, who made a desperate attempt at an ensemble that consisted of a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a baseball bat. He looked like Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez from "The Sandlot."

Club makes doing taxes easier

Tax season is here, but don't be afraid. The Tax Law Club is helping students - and anyone else who needs assistance - file their taxes, said Jeanine Steffy, president of the club.

Aztecs top Lobos in overtime

The Lobos let too many opportunities slip away. In overtime, San Diego State made the UNM men's basketball team pay, pulling away for an 81-74 victory Tuesday at The Pit.

U.S. has played prominent role in arming its enemies

Editor, I deplore columnist Scott Darnell's characterization of the U.S. as an innocent bystander in a world of tyrannical bullies. He laments that "none of us asked for" the likes of Saddam Hussein, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong Il. While he correctly points out that the American people did not in fact ask for the threats we face today, he conveniently neglects to consider the active, if not definitive, role our government has played in creating and arming these threats.

GRE to change format in Sept.

In case taking a 2 1/2-hour test was too easy, the GRE will become almost two hours longer starting in September. ETS, the company that makes the test, announced the change Feb. 8. The test will also include different questions in the verbal and math sections.

Solving global warming requires everyone's help

Editor, As many people in the world are realizing, global warming and climate change are increasingly serious threats to the health and future well-being of human civilization. As an environmental science major, I sometimes wonder, how should the responsibility of caring for our environment fall upon the individual? Are we as humans really doing what is necessary to make the world a better place? Changes to help prevent this danger are being made on international, national, state and local levels.

One skater's carelessness no reason to ban them all

Editor, While I consider skateboarders on the whole to be a nuisance, filling the world with more annoying sounds than are needed, they do not warrant being banned on campus. Knowing that James Burbank is an English professor here at UNM, dare I assert he has committed the association fallacy? He says that he used to find skateboarders "an amusing, albeit destructive, part of campus.

Staff votes to ban smoking on campus

The Staff Council passed a resolution Tuesday to ban tobacco use on Main Campus. Karin Retskin, administrative coordinator for Staff Council, said the resolution was passed unanimously by the councilors who were present.

Skateboarders endanger pedestrians on campus

Editor, According to the University Business Policies and Procedures Manual, Section 2260, "Individuals using bicycles, skates, skateboards and other nonmotorized vehicles on campus must at all times yield to pedestrians, use due caution and exercise concern for the safety of self and others.

Guest Editorial: New president invites you to help improve University

I am grateful to the University's Board of Regents for choosing me as president of UNM, and I am humbled by the quality of my fellow finalists; each is uniquely qualified to serve. I wanted to take this opportunity to say hello and to extend to each of you an invitation.

Tougher penalties haven't kept drivers from drinking

Editor, Recently, a local news show in Albuquerque questioned whether we as a community were any safer from drunken driving after all the legislation, tougher penalties and laws that we've adopted. Unfortunately, studies leaned heavily toward the fact that we are not safer.

Don't miss a beat from this small-town Texas rock trio

There's a burgeoning music scene three hours southeast of El Paso, in Texas' Big Bend region. This isn't a place one would expect to find such a thing. A quick look at a satellite image reveals a whole lot of nothing. But if one were to look closely, one might notice the tiny burg of Marfa, Texas.