Editor, Last week before class, a classmate approached me smoking marijuana rolled with tobacco in cigarette form. Once in class, the student announced that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 literally removed the Bill of Rights from the U.S. Constitution, with the exception of the Third Amendment.
Editor, This is in response to Caleb Fort's article in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. First, I agree with the statement that white professors outweigh professors of different ethnicities. I do not see this as a positive or negative thing, though - it is just the way things are.
Jo Antreasian, a nurse at the Student Health Center, said getting a flu shot can make a big difference in keeping people healthy.
Editor, This Saturday is Veterans Day. It's our chance to pay tribute to the men and women who served and are serving our country. Take time to remember those who gave up part or all of their lives to serve freedom, whether domestic or abroad, peacetime or wartime.
Editor, Has anyone noticed a hasty trend in our downward-spiraling society? Has anyone seen the lustful smirk of noonday thieves as they chisel away the fibers of our freedom? Has anyone wondered why moral decency has been alarmingly eroded from our society's foundation? We are fed up with our nation's favored pillars of avarice, lust and other self-indulgent practices.
Helping political campaigns is like being part of a sports team, said student Billy Gupton. "You get very invested in the candidates," he said. "You get to meet the candidates, and you really begin to personally hope that they win." Gupton has helped with several Republican campaigns in New Mexico and other Western states.
In his first two years as a UNM men's soccer player, Mike Porter spent a lot more time watching than playing. But in his sophomore season, Porter helped anchor a Lobo defense that is one of the most elite in the nation and helped UNM advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Editor, Tuesday was Election Day. I considered voting by absentee ballot or driving down to my district so I could vote, but in my view, there is no candidate good enough to choose. I have been following the Wilson and Madrid race going on in this district, and while it would not be affected by my vote, if the choice were given to me, I do not think I would want either of them to represent me.
I love superheroes. I still like dressing up as some variation of them for Halloween, whether it is Drunk Batman who remembers his tool belt but forgets his mask, cape and Batsuit; Safe-sex Superman who hands out green condoms he claims to be laced with Kryptonite, the best STI defender of all time; or Captain Afghanistan, the Captain America of the Middle East.
Editor, I was a student at the Gallup branch of UNM. However, I still read the Daily Lobo. I just want to say that I think the Albuquerque campus should be smoke-free. I am not a smoker, and the smell of secondhand smoke is really annoying. UNM should not just be a drug-free campus, but smoke-free as well, for the good of all the students.
Editor, I completely disagreed with the article in Tuesday's Daily Lobo about minority enrollment and UNM's faculty. Does the UNM Fact Book include the faculty of the mathematics and statistics department? Does it include the faculty of the foreign languages and literatures department? If not, then maybe it needs to be revised and edited to include all these faculty members.
Author Robert Rosen, who was invited, uninvited and reinvited to speak at UNM, talked to about 20 people Monday in Woodward Hall about his book, Saving the Jews.
Editor, Republican incumbent Rep. Heather Wilson has served New Mexico well, with a very distinguished career in the U.S. military and U.S. government. Wilson was the first female military veteran to serve in the U.S. Congress. Wilson is smart and hardworking.
It's that time of year again - Oscar season.
Christa Sena Junior Elementary education Where do you want to teach when you graduate? I'd like to teach at Holy Ghost School. I am working there now, not really working, but aiding. It is a private school. It's Catholic. Why do you want to teach? Actually, I started out as a music major, and I ...
There are not enough academic role models for African-American students at UNM, said student Kimerie Smith.
The dead took a walk through the South Valley on Sunday. Marching and riding in floats covered in colorful tissue-paper marigolds, people took to the streets dressed as the deceased as part of the Dia de los Muertos Marigold Parade and Celebration.
There's nothing quite like getting a behind-the-scenes look at an electoral candidate and his or her campaign. Here's your look, and I hope it helps you realize that when some candidates say they care about college-aged students, they don't mean it.
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