by John Bear Daily Lobo Reggae artist Kevin Lee Todman came to Albuquerque as a travel agent, setting up trips to the Caribbean. Born on the island of St. Thomas, later moving to the United States, he made his money working in the tourist business and did reggae on the side.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Piracy is alive and well at UNM, and not the kind that involves eye patches and walking the plank. One student, who asked not to be named, said he downloads virtually everything on his dorm computer for free, using file-sharing programs BitTorrent and Soulseek.
by Chris Chavez Daily Lobo A year after dropping out of college, Chi-town rapper Kanye West returns to school with his new album Late Registration. In a little over a year since his debut album, West has been established as rap's premier artist, producer and lyricist.
Editor, This letter is in response to the letter by Darren Wood on liberal and conservative views at UNM. Given the conservative trend of both politics and daily interaction in this nation, it would be safe to say that liberal viewpoints are in the minority.
Editor, Monday's Daily Lobo ran a letter titled "Freshmen face liberal bias in UNM classrooms" by Darren Wood, a UNM alumnus. As Wood would have freshman believe, factions are conspiring right now on what to call conservatives. What will it be this semester, Nazis, racists or bigots? To accuse professors of leveling such slanderous language on students should be taken seriously, unless of course the person being called a Nazi has stated their ideology as "the only good Jew is a dead Jew.
Editor, Having read Mandi Casey's column "Withdrawal hurts Israel," I could not believe how misinformed she is about the situation in Israel-Palestine. She writes about how the recent disengagement of Jewish settlers in the Occupied Territory of the Gaza Strip is distressing for those who were forced to leave their homes, schools, businesses, etc.
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo With 35 days left until the election, Mayor Martin Ch†vez is still finding time to teach a class at UNM between campaign efforts. Ch†vez is teaching a class called Careers in City and State Government this fall. He said he didn't have any first-day jitters about teaching.
Editor, In her guest column in Monday's Daily Lobo, Mandi Casey writes of Israel, "No country has ever been expected to give up so much to make peace." For 1,000 years until 1948, this country was Palestine. In the last Camp David negotiations during President Clinton's administration, Israel made its final offer to return to the Palestinians 29 percent of historic Palestine.
Editor, When I was at UNM, I opted to major in political science, and while one would expect the department of political science to be a liberal haven, I found most professors - with the exception of one - to be fairly apolitical or not willing to share their political opinions.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Pumpkinhead, the unsung hero of the hip-hop world, has finally released a full-length album on a label. Orange Moon Over Brooklyn combines intelligent lyrics and earthy, heavily turntablized beats that remind the listener of the good old days - 1992.
by Scott Albright Daily Lobo Hardcore metal band Every Time I Die explodes with blood-pumping music and screaming lyrics in their new album, Gutter Phenomenon. Vocalist Keith Buckley yells and sometimes sings over the 11-track CD that combines thrash-like guitar riffs from Jordan Buckley and Andrew Williams with the pounding drum beats of Mike Novak.
by Ali Patterson Daily Lobo The lead singer of Something Corporate, has strayed from his successful band to try a solo effort with a band called Jack's Mannequin. Everything In Transit, the debut album from Jack's Mannequin, isn't just about Andrew McMahon flying solo, though.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo UNM artists of every conceivable stripe - photographers, painters, performance artists and so on - will gather to showcase their work. There will be an art exhibit at Jonson Gallery to introduce the works of 22 first-year graduate students to the art program.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo Backup quarterback Chris Nelson was suspended Monday by UNM football head coach Rocky Long after a DWI arrest. Nelson was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning and charged with an aggravated count of DWI. Long said Nelson will not be able to play in the Lobos' first game against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Sept.
Editor, Two things distinguish human beings from other creatures in nature: a unique ability to think and a general unwillingness to use that ability. Plato describes Socrates as having at one point to remind his listeners that they should be willing to follow the argument wherever it leads.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo Tessa Sheehan would rather take the city bus to UNM than ride the courtesy shuttles provided by the school from South Lot. "I can take the city bus for 70 cents a day," Sheehan said. "It's probably a lot more comfortable too."
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo UNM President Louis Caldera will probably not get a $25,000 bonus this year. He said the decision to not award him a bonus is not final and may be discussed at the next Board of Regents meeting in September. "The whole process is sort of winding down," he said.
by Dane Roberts Daily Lobo columnist Keep an eye on the deed to your home. In case you didn't hear, over the summer the Supreme Court decided that cities could take homes away from their owners and turn them over to for-profit development corporations. The city of New London, Conn.
Editor, I find it ever so interesting when someone will criticize a group of people for partaking in generalities and political stereotyping by employing those same tactics to make their point. This is a response to the letter featured in Monday's Daily Lobo, in which Darren Wood writes that conservatism is not being accurately represented in classes and that professors at UNM are guilty of interjecting liberal bias into their curriculum.
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