Editor, Regarding the tribute to Yasser Arafat, I can say I can appreciate his overlooked endeavors. However, to say that signing the Camp David offer would have been a stab in the back is a glib simplification. Arafat simply rejected the offer. He did not counteroffer or put forth any proposals of his own.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo I sat down to take a sober look at "Who Rules?" and regretted it immediately. "Who Rules?" is a trivia game that's played by answering multiple choice questions on your television. In the same vein as "You Don't Know Jack," the popular late '90s take on the video game quiz show, "Who Rules?" comes complete with a sassy host and some random questions.
by Sunnie Redhouse Daily Lobo Cassondra Malloy, a student at La Cueva High School, said her father is an engineer, but she still did not know exactly what he did. Attending the UNM's School of Engineering open house on Tuesday helped her understand. "Engineering is more diverse than people realize," Malloy said.
by Dane Roberts Daily Lobo columnist In my last column, I argued that education is so laden with personal values that the state shouldn't assume the task of defining how or what each kid should learn. The issue of evolution versus creationism in the science curriculum perfectly illustrates the impossibility of standardizing our public schools.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo Members of Fincannon have the art of multitasking down. Band members Dennis Pagano and Matt Miner do it all. With just the two of them onstage at Burt's Tiki Lounge on Monday night, they switched off between instruments during each song.
Editor, Colin Donoghue's column for the Daily Lobo, "Jesus was no Republican" is laudable and significant in many ways. The fact that it takes a non-Christian to unveil the truth of Christianity buried under the moral, social and physical rubble of a belligerent society that deems itself Christian not only unmasks the hypocrisy of a government that has perverted a pacifist religion into a warfare ideology, it admonishes Christian believers to take an explicit and visible stance against the current perversion of their religion.
Editor, The Daily Lobo article last week on UNM challenging water fines was rather enlightening. Contrary to what the director of Physical Plant says, I have noticed frequent water waste on this campus since I began working here, not just "on occasion," as she claims.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Sometimes it takes an intimate theater to make a play with an intimate topic work. Sol Arts Performance Space, where "Fantasies and Secrets" will be showing this weekend, is an intimate theater, physically as well as psychologically.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Anouar Majid spoke Tuesday about regime changes in Iraq and Afghanistan and how those changes relate to the United States. Majid, a professor at the University of New England and the author of several books on Islam, talked about the role religion plays in these countries' constitutions.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo In the five years since rap/rock hybrid Linkin Park released its multiplatinum, Grammy-winning album Hybrid Theory, the band has toured virtually nonstop, released three more successful albums and made a dozen solid music videos.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Charlize Theron said when she was offered the role of "Aeon Flux," it presented a great mental and physical challenge, so she took it. "Aeon Flux," originally an animated TV series created by Peter Chung, has been remade into a film.
Editor, Having read Katy Knapp's article, "Students complain of library clamor," I couldn't agree more. I haven't experienced noise from events in the Willard Room - however, there are tours that take individuals through Zimmerman. The Zimmerman guides and guests are extremely loud.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo The past couple months have been good for the motorized scooter business. New Urban Transport is no exception, said owner Richard Meltz. "This year when the price of gas hit three bucks, the scooter business went through the roof," he said.
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo Teresa Neely, director of Zimmerman Library, said the West Wing study area in the building is not a designated quiet space. However, she has received about five complaints from students who say their study sessions are disrupted by public discussions and meetings held in the wing, especially in the Willard Reading Room.
by Debra Au Daily Lobo Pop quiz: Name five Christmas songs. Easy, right? Now come up with five Hanukkah songs, and the "Dreidel" song doesn't count because everyone knows that one. No cheating. That's what I thought. You couldn't even think of one.
Editor, I chose this topic to mark the remembrance of a great man that we lost a year ago this month: Yasser Arafat. Yasser Arafat was simply a man who fought for freedom of his people. He was a freedom fighter, a liberator, a peacemaker and a man of integrity.
by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo I distinctly remember a party at which my substance-laden friends brought up the topic of the greatest band in the world. Of course, arguments broke out, and the conversation continued for at least four hours - mind you, these were dedicated musicians whose love of music was matched only by their love of inebriation.
Editor, This letter is in response to the remarks made by the head coach of the U.S. Air Force Academy regarding African-American student-athletes. In an interview on Oct. 25 regarding his team's game against TCU, coach Fisher DeBerry claimed the Air Force Academy's less-than-stellar performance on the playing field is attributed to TCU "having more African-American players on their team who can run very, very well.
by Joe Buffaloe Daily Lobo Within us all breathes the ability to love and the desire to strap the objects of our affection to a wall with masking tape. This is the world of local filmmaker Aaron Hendren, a 33-year-old Albuquerque native who recently graduated from UNM and will be screening three short films at Cinema Cafe in Santa Fe on Tuesday.
Editor, I am writing in response to the column "Immaculate contraception" by Lucinda Ulrich in Friday's Daily Lobo. This column is a free association of negative comments about large families rather than a well-thought-out essay on child rearing. I come from a family of eight children.
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