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Smoking debate flares up

Several students sat down and started smoking cigarettes about five minutes into a forum Wednesday on the east side of the SUB about banning smoking on campus. Student Brice Sawin, one of the smokers, said a campuswide smoking ban doesn't make sense. "Not smoking indoors, not smoking in hospitals, not smoking in high-fire-danger forests - all that makes sense," he said. "But not being able to smoke when you're walking to class is just ridiculous."

Letter: Radio an outdated format for broadcasting football

Editor, Well-deserved congratulations to the Lobo football-marketing geniuses. Just as my grandfather listened to his favorite football team - the Green Bay Packers - on the radio from the 1940s to the 1960s, and just as my father-in-law listened to his favorite football team - the Dallas Cowboys - on the radio from the 1950s to the 1970s, now I find myself listening to my favorite college football team - the Lobos - on the radio, too.

Letter: Activists don't realize jobs come with weapons labs

Editor, In response to Sam Roth and Terry Mulcahy's letters in Tuesday's Daily Lobo, don't the two of them realize that New Mexico almost certainly would not exist without nuclear weapons? Coming from a small northern town in which most of the citizens are employed by Los Alamos National Laboratory, it's not very hard to see that without such employment opportunities, the surrounding communities would be laden with poverty.

Letter: Protester had the courage to make noise for peace

Editor, It is hard to remain calm in word or thought about the Robert Anderson arrest during the UNM-sponsored forum on mass murder and genocide. The true crime is the overwhelming drive to smother any and all objection to illegal and immoral nuclear proliferation, disguised under the basically ironic, yet diabolical, goal of killing for peace.

Welcome to the Aztec Motel

The paintings, crosses, tiles and folk dÇcor that cover the Aztec Motel are an inspiration to Jae Whitehorse. "I'm very visual," said Whitehorse, an artist and resident at the motel. "I never thought of doing anything like this on the outside of the building. Everything is always on the inside."

Column: Diver deaths spawn rumors of underground waterway

About 120 miles east of Albuquerque, on the eastern edge of the town of Santa Rosa, N.M., lies a tiny oval of blue water - a spring-fed sinkhole about 80 feet wide and 81 feet deep - known as the Blue Hole.

Anticipated movies to close gay film fest

This year's Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival has been a success, said Roberto Appicciafoco, the festival's curator. "We sold out all of the screenings on opening day," he said. "We're the fastest-growing film festival in the region."

Fraternity violates code of conduct

Peter Krumland, a blind UNM student, said he was verbally abused in a hazing incident on Aug. 11 by members of the fraternity to which he pledged, Phi Delta Theta. Krumland filed a report with the Dean of Students Office on Aug. 18, said Randy Boeglin, dean of students. A code of conduct charge letter was then issued to the fraternity, Boeglin said.

Exhibit fuses science with art

An exhibition at the University Art Museum is giving scientists the opportunity to display their art. "This is all about people from fields that are traditionally at opposite poles, but they intersect around observation," said Sara Otto-Diniz, curator of "Art and Science/Observation and Imagination."

Class works for government

UNM alumna Sheena Gamache said her classwork on a recruitment campaign for the U.S. Department of State prepared her for the real world. "Before this project, I'd done millions of projects for millions of classes," she said. "But this was the most unique thing I've ever played a part in."

Here are some tips to keep your computer safe

UNM gave information Tuesday about how students, staff and faculty can keep their computers safe as part of Computer Security Day. The event, which was part of the national computer security month, featured presentations from UNM's Information and Technology Services.

Letter: Protester was rude, brash toward symposium panel

Editor, The hypocrisy and incompetence displayed by Robert Anderson at a weapons symposium Friday was astounding. His actions were simply a publicity stunt, and their consequences are now being twisted by people like Elaine Cimino in her letter in Monday's Daily Lobo to deceive people.

Letter: Dissent not a problem if done in respectful way

Editor, The actions of Robert Anderson illustrate just how far some liberals will go to publicize themselves and disrupt lawful gatherings of anyone holding opposing viewpoints. The symposium at which Anderson decided to make a fool out of himself was not a forum for debate.

Letter: Well-deserving Americans must demand democracy

Editor, The fundamentalist and fundamentally un-American leadership in the White House and Washington is attacking everything good that the United States once stood for. It is doing so without regard for the loud and gathering voices of opposition among the population it somehow represents through ignoring.

Contest fuels student business

The Anderson Schools of Management kicked off the second Technology Business Plan Competition on Tuesday in the SUB. The competition has a top prize of $25,000. The second-place team gets $10,000 and the third-place team, $5,000. The competition is open to UNM students. The deadline to apply is Nov. 15.

Column: High-stakes competition in video game industry leaves no room for mediocrity

The video game market is starting to look like a war of attrition. In the console world, the amusingly named Nintendo Wii, and Sony's new $600 monster, the Playstation 3, are hitting stores just in time for the Thanksgiving shopping madness.

Band enjoys perks of the fashionable music trends

For Albuquerque's the Mindy Set, the city provides an ideal setting for its music. "There's a good scene in terms of listenership," said vocalist Matt Dickens. "And the bands have a good sense of community."

Letter: National protest of Bush to take place Thursday

Editor, On Thursday, Worldcantwait.org is holding nationwide protests in 155 locations across the U.S. to drive out President George Bush for all his impeachable offenses. These include treason for lying us into a war with Iraq; treason for providing cover to those guilty of exposing an agent and her whole operation company, which was geared to providing intelligence on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Gulf region; violation of habeas corpus and constitutional protections against wiretapping; violations of constitutional limitations on the executive branch by trying to extend or violate legitimate law using signing statements; criminal neglect in allowing the deaths of thousands to occur in the wake of Katrina over a five-day period; and treason or criminal neglect in allowing Osama bin Laden - the mastermind of the Sept.

Column: Viewing Disney film as an adult brings back magic of childhood

Watching movies as a child is very strange. The oddest details about obscure flicks tend to stick in one's mind, and what we later regard as chintzy melodrama is able to manipulate our emotions with ease.

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