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Opinion

Letter: Pod computers shouldn't be used to surf Myspace

Editor, Everyone is on Myspace.com these days. I remember when it first started getting popular here. I tried it, and after about a year and a half of drama, reading about other people's sex lives and pointless chain mail about a little boy named Teddy who's going to kill you, I had enough. I was ...


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News

Applicants considered for two top UNM jobs

The University could be seeing a new athletics director and provost soon. Three applicants have been chosen as finalists for the position of UNM provost, said Jane Slaughter, chairwoman of the search committee. They were chosen from a group of about 50 applicants, she said.



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News

Flying hearts

by Rivkela Brodsky Daily Lobo Their first real date was a three-hour brunch at Flying Star Cafe. Kate Livingston, an associate dean at the Anderson Schools of Management and her husband Charles Ewing, a UNM alumnus, hit it off that day in 1998. "We spent three hours together hogging one of their ...



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Culture

Master of the awkward at home in comedy CD

by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo There's something special about the comedy of Mike Birbiglia. In interviews he comes off as charming and a little bit shy, answering questions with uncertainty and in a slightly neurotic way. His comedy revolves around this neurosis and his constant pursuit of making ...



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Opinion

Letter: Questioning assumptions is hard, but war is worse

Editor, Several months ago I was in Dallas, sitting on an airplane about to depart to Orlando, Fla. An American soldier dressed in his brown uniform took the seat next to me. Somehow, we started talking about where we were from in Florida, and as the plane took off and the wheels pulled in, he kind ...


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Opinion

Letter: In a toxic world, there are worse things than smoke

Editor, I am writing in response to the letters that have recently appeared in the Daily Lobo concerning the University's rules on smoking. Guess what, people - the fresh air outside isn't going to become any cleaner if smoking disappeared. Have you ever been stuck behind a diesel truck in traffic? ...



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Opinion

Letter: Practices of NMPIRG show group is partisan

Editor, In the article "Petitioning book prices," your reporter, Christopher Sanchez, described the New Mexico Public Interest Research Group as a nonpartisan organization. This is a stupid and dangerous characterization. If one were to go to NMPIRG's Web site, one would find that they are actively ...


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Sports

UNM beats Toads on the road

Starting off 1-for-23 from the field isn't a recipe for success. The Texas Christian University Horned Frogs learned that lesson Saturday in a 53-42 loss to the UNM men's basketball team.


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Opinion

Letter: It's a two-way street for smokers, nonsmokers

Editor, In response to the letters to the editor in last week's Daily Lobo regarding "slaves to tobacco," I believe it is important for smokers to stand their ground when it comes to this sensitive issue. First, let's clarify one single fact: There are two types of students at UNM - smokers and ...


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Sports

Sports in brief

Skiing On the back of a strong performance by the women's Nordic team, the UNM ski team took third place at the Western State Invite in Gunnison, Colo., on Saturday. Freshman Melanie Zemp's season-high third place in the 5K classic helped the women's Nordic team win an event for the first time this ...


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Opinion

Letter: Students visiting China have no reason to worry

Editor, I came to UNM last August as a visiting scholar to the Department of Linguistics, and as a Chinese national, I am very glad to learn from Friday's Daily Lobo that 12 UNM students will go to Beijing to participate in the World Model United Nations Conference. But the Daily Lobo also reported ...


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News

UNM Police use dog to sniff out bombs

by Jason Kleymann Daily Lobo It's been eight months since the UNM Police Department purchased Ultra, a bomb-sniffing dog. But there have not been any bomb threats for more than a year. Ultra and his handler, partner and life-long buddy Officer Eric Miller are one of five explosives-detection ...


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News

Political fliers around campus appear to be joke

by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo A flier circulating around campus that promotes a group called the Reagan Rangers appears to be a joke. The flier states the Rangers want to make UNM "a more American place to worship and study." It lists several priorities for the University, including "on-campus spot-checks ...




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News

Degree requirement waived for executive

Billy Sparks said he plans on completing the two classes he needs to get a bachelor's degree. "I do think a degree is very important," he said. "But I also recognize that I have 30 years of experience."

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