Editor, Are most college graduates more responsible world citizens than minimum-wage U.S. workers who never finished high school? No. Most college graduates consume far more, pollute far more, travel far more, cause far more global climate change and pay far more federal income taxes used to wage war.
Chegg.com brings a free, alternate method of posting classified ads for students only, said Jarrad Lewis, director of East Coast operations for the Web site. "If a student goes to a pretty big school and wants to buy a couch, they are going to have to run from building to building, bulletin to bulletin to find one," Lewis said. With Chegg, students are able to buy, sell or donate items to other students on their campus for free, and only college students are allowed to register, he said.
by Damian Garde Daily Lobo Modern jazz is often associated with stuffy clubs frequented by bespectacled men in cardigans. However, for Le Chat Lunatique, this definition could hardly be more misguided. The Albuquerque quartet specializes in what they call "filthy, mangy jazz," a rollicking racket that would sound right at home in the grimiest of 1920s speakeasies.
by Matthew Chavez Daily Lobo columnist In the grim years that concluded the Vietnam War, the late scholar Richard Barnet aptly summarized the sweeping strategic failure of the most horrific U.S. terror campaign of the post-World War II period. "After spending more than fifty-thousand lives and $150 billion," he observed in a landmark study of the U.
I don't know how I find entertainment. It just seems to fall into my lap. Take the movie "Ong Bak," a product of Thailand that recently traversed the Pacific to become a legendary flea-market hit.
by Joe Buffaloe Daily Lobo columnist Rock Out With Your Cause Out - an event featuring local bands, a graffiti battle and an MC battle - was set to take place last Saturday at Civic Plaza. Instead, it became a protest after city government refused the Southwest Organizing Project's request for a permit.
It's natural to be curious about UNM's history, said Terry Gugliotta, University archivist. "I think wandering around the campus and seeing all these buildings named after people, it's normal to be curious about who they were," she said.
About 1,700 of 4,100 students in Albuquerque won't be able to obtain financial assistance or funds to meet their needs, according to a report by Communities United to Strengthen America. "It's the only way they (college students) can afford to go to college," said Art Terrazas, local director for the organization. "This is their only line of support."
Daily Lobo: What is your position on the board? Joseph Cecchi: My job on the council will be to visit and talk with our senators about current issues in engineering and computer science - things such as internships and quality education. DL: What kind of responsibilities will you be facing? JC: ...
With so many choices for concerts on Saturday night, any band entering Albuquerque faced stiff competition. Still, enough people passed on Fall Crawl and Willie Nelson to fill the Outpost Performance Space on Yale Boulevard for the Asylum Street Spankers, a six-piece band of filthy-mouthed country-blues revivalists from Austin, Texas.
Transparently self-contradictory letters are often disingenuous ones. Such was the case with the sadly illogical diatribe by L.H. Crum in Thursday's Daily Lobo against two distinguished faculty members at UNM, Finnie Coleman and David Hilliard.
Editor, Societies diverge from their governments conspicuously often. One such example is this year's Burning Man festival in Nevada, where an estimated 25,000 people will create a virtual city inside the Black Rock Desert. The official Web site suggests that trying to explain Burning Man to someone who has never been is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind, so you have to go see it for yourself.
Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Available Sept. 11 Electronica is one of those musical categories that takes me a while to warm up to. There are only so many computer-generated sounds I can withstand before what I'm listening to ceases to be music and becomes glorified video game noise.
Name: Jacqueline Montoya Age: 18 Year: Freshman Major: Biology Hometown: Taos, N.M. Favorite thing about UNM: The landscaping - I love all the green. Least favorite thing about UNM: The distance between classes Favorite class: Religion Favorite place to hang out on campus: Right here (the benches ...
Editor, I'm not a big fan of television, and I didn't watch the Emmys on Sunday. However, in addition to the awards show itself and all the red carpet nonsense, there appears to be quite a few people angered at the broadcasting of the opening skit. In a parody of ABC's "Lost," Conan O'Brien boarded a private jet for Los Angeles that ended up crashing on a deserted island.
Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and photographer Lucian Niemeyer said it does not make a difference to him if he wins the award. "I am just a messenger - just a very small person in this whole thing," he said. "It is the people in Africa that need rescuing, help and attention."
The past year has been somewhat of a wake-up call for some of us. Highlights include President Bush admitting that our addiction to oil is a threat to our nation, Al Gore scaring us out of our wits with his documentary on global warming, and students howling in outrage at hikes in the cost of parking.
When we walked into our first class last week, we all shared the same thought: wanting out. The four main characters in Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down don't expect to find each other with the same purpose of ending their lives at North London's most popular suicide spot on New Year's Eve. Martin, Maureen, JJ and Jess set aside their intentions for a chat and some pizza.
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