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LETTER: Time will show that your college degree is valuable
February 8I am disappointed that Brandon Curtis would link the value of his degree of political science to finding a job that would pay his bills. The university system has never claimed that the education offered was practical. It is not the purpose of a professor to "guarantee" a job upon graduation.
Lobo road trip
February 8UNM ski team members Tomas Dohnal, Andrea Roberts and Eva-Lena Aronsson, from left, strap equipment to the roof of a van parked outside Johnson Center's north side Thursday before driving to Red River for a competition.
News in Brief
February 7The House approved a proposal Wednesday to allow the public and press to attend meetings of committees that negotiate the final version of legislation.
COLUMN: Activism a vital part of history
February 7The thing about Black History Month is that it's too short - February is the shortest month - and it's too often a simplistic display of what might be called black trivia. Who invented the traffic light? Who came up with the plan for Washington? Who came up with umpty-hundred uses for peanuts?
LETTER: Western Civilization does not teach people life skills
February 7After reading Maceo Carrillo Martinet's Feb. 1 column, I asked myself, "what do the issues of Western Civilization versus other cultures have to do with real life?"
LETTER: Voters opposed to APS improvement
February 7Last night I watched the news at 10 p.m. and was completely disgusted by one of their stories: Albuquerque voters had voted against the APS Bond issue.
Tribute only interesting to Prince fans
Benjamin S. Rogerson | February 7If I Was Prince is a compilation album with various artists giving a unique rendition of a different Prince song.
GPSA fights for child care
Iliana Limn | February 7Mandy Marshall saw her child care costs soar as she made the transition from undergraduate studies to pursuing her MBA and has pushed the graduate student government to help solve the problem.
Poet shares his 'Fire of Life'
Angela Williams | February 7Michele Dalton is the walking, talking and singing essence of performance poetry.
Greek Role Reversal
Anna Angeli | February 7Greek dramas are all so typical: the chorus chants, blind prophets stumble around screeching omens and a whole bunch of dudes hang out in togas.
LETTER: Lobo staff lacks common sense in quoting LaDuke
February 7Angela Williams' report on former vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke in Wednesday's Daily Lobo states, "The average child watches 14,000 hours of commercials a year."
Campus fair spreads health word
Jason Gil Bear | February 7African American Student Services sponsored a fair Wednesday at Johnson Gym to provide the black community with information about common health problems, such as sickle cell anemia.
Olympic games to go platinum
February 7Organizers of this year's Olympiad, which kicks off Friday in Salt Lake City, hope that nightly performances by multi-platinum pop music superstars will give the Games new attitude - and lure more viewers to give ratings a big boost.
Film chronicles extraordinary tales of women
Andrew Webb | February 7Working at age 7 and married off by her Bangladeshi family by 12, Selina's existence could have been doomed. But a $60 loan with her future as collateral gave her hope and new life.


