Editor, On Aug. 6, 1945, American airmen detonated a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, and three days later dropped a second nuclear bomb on Nagasaki. The bombs are estimated to have killed almost 300,000 people, most of them civilians. Had we invaded Japan, a country with an army far larger than Iraq, the cost of life would have been far greater for the U.
Art exhibits give people a chance to understand artists' ideas, said Sonia Archuleta. Archuleta helped organize a student art exhibit for Noche de Extravaganza on Friday, the kickoff for the 2006 Hispanic Culture Festival. "You see the artwork, and you always have your own interpretation of what it is," she said. "But when you really get a chance to speak to the artists and see what the actual soul of the artwork is, it's very inspiring." Student Felix Hernandez displayed a collage of Hispanic culture called "Col¢r de mi Piel." Hernandez said his art will help people understand his culture.
Editor, This is in response to Brian Fejer's letter citing statistics on dead Iraqis and on the use of weapons such as white phosphorous. The current statistics, according to the Web site Antiwar.com, cite 48,000 Iraqis dead. Though not a small amount, this is much lower than the 150,000 quoted by Fejer.
The UNM football team returned to its old ways on Saturday by pounding the ball down the field with rushes to put it in scoring position.
Editor, As college students, it may be difficult to believe the media is still campaigning intensely toward our age group in hopes that our minds will be easily molded by their tactics. It is not only high school and middle school youth that are greatly targeted by tobacco corporations in magazines, gas stations and product placement ads within movies and TV shows.
Editor, I would like to commend Charles Rangel, a New York Democrat, and Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, on their public defense of President Bush in the face of the hostility of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Among other things, Chávez asserted that Bush was "the devil" at a speech addressing the United Nations.
Amanda Ridgeway, a senior from Los Lunas High School, visited UNM on Saturday to get information about attending the University and to learn more about its nursing program. "I really want to come here now," Ridgeway said. UNM Recruitment Services hosted more than 1,000 prospective students and their families on Senior Day to introduce them to life at the University. Student Shayla Armstrong, a recruitment specialist, said recruitment services has been on the phone taking RSVPs from prospective students and preparing for Senior Day over the last few weeks. "We had to make a whole bunch of those packets with lots of information for the students," she said. Each department had its own booth that provided information about UNM's programs, Armstrong said.
The UNM women's soccer team split its last two games, but that doesn't mean the Lobos walked away without taking something positive from the experience.
The UNM men's soccer team will wrap up its nonconference schedule by welcoming two unfamiliar opponents to the UNM Soccer Complex this weekend.
UNM students will be able to go to Lobo men's basketball games for free this year. Tim Cass, senior associate athletics director, announced the free tickets on Thursday in the SUB.
Editor, I wanted to respond to a letter in Thursday's Daily Lobo by Benjamin Sanchez regarding the Democratic Party's stance on family issues. After several readings, Sanchez's letter appears to boil family values down to three main issues: abortion, homosexuality and religion.
Editor, I was disturbed to read Damian Erasmus' attack on multiculturalism in a letter to the Daily Lobo on Sept. 15. The view that one culture must be superior to others mirrors imperialist and colonial thinking; a viewpoint which throughout history has justified oppression and outright genocide toward cultures viewed as inferior or not fully human.
Editor, On Sept. 11, 2002, it was raining in Albuquerque. The day fit the somber mood of the people gathered Downtown to pay tribute to those killed on that tragic day one year earlier. On Sept. 11, 2003, it was a beautiful fall day in New York, the time of year in which the city is alive as the suffocating heat of summer has ended.
Editor, UNM is unquestionably the most dangerous place in Western civilization to pursue an education. I don't believe too much of what the FBI says, but every year it puts UNM at the top of the list for most campus crime at a big university, and every year UNM responds by saying that the FBI doesn't know how to crunch the numbers.
The UNM football team has one last chance to prepare for conference play on Saturday against old rival UTEP.
Jillion Potter came to UNM with the intention of walking on to the women's basketball team. Now, as a junior, Potter has become an All-American rugby player for the Lobos.
Faculty and staff discussed the benefits and drawbacks of using technology in lecture-formatted classes on Wednesday in the SUB. The discussion featured instructors from various disciplines, including accounting, physics, English and chemistry.
UNM student Hung Truong said note-sharing Web sites can make college rewarding. "It helps the learning process to share your notes with your classmates and collaborate more easily," he said. "I think it makes for a better learning experience."
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