Editor, Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it. The U.S. government and U.S. campuses appear to have not learned much from the 1979 Iranian revolution and subsequent kidnapping of Western professors. Anyone familiar with yesterday’s history knows that before the current mullahcracy in Iran there was a Western-backed secular government in Tehran.
Editor, I believe it’s appalling how administrators decided to close campus 30 minutes before classes started.
I think it’s safe to assume this morning that groundhogs around the United States are seeing their shadows.
Editor, While it appears that Western puppet Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year dictatorship is on its last legs, the outcome is still up in the air.
Editor, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and several other heads of state urged the Egyptian government on Sunday to implement democratic reforms and to stop further violence against protesters. Merkel told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in a phone call that she expects him and his newly nominated government to grant the Egyptian people freedom of information and the right to assemble, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement. She urged Mubarak, in a lengthy conversation, to open dialogue with the country’s citizens and focus on Egyptian youths’ concerns.
I doubt you needed the just-released UCLA survey to tell you, but you might have been surprised that apparently more than half of freshmen think they are emotionally less healthy than their neighbor.
Editor, Democracy? I need help understanding why the government of the United States, which claims to always be promoting democracy for the people in all other nations on this planet, appears to be threatened when the people in nations like Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Jordan and Yemen take measures in their own hands to oust an oppressive ruler who denies them democracy, and replace that oppressive government with a democratic one based on the principle of “government of, by and for the people.” I think I already know the answer to that, and I do not like the answer.
On the first day of the legislative session, Gov. Susana Martinez told a packed House chamber that she will work to reinstate the death penalty.
Editor, I read about the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and am at once enthralled and saddened. I am enthralled that ordinary people are standing up and fighting for their rights in a peaceful and objective manner.
Ever since New Mexico Speaker of the House Ben Luján, (D-Nambe) won his primary by a fewer-than-100-vote squeaker last June, there has been much talk about the possibility of losing his leadership position. Shortly after the November general election, a challenger emerged in the form of Joseph Cervantes (D-Las Cruces). With a House divided 37-33 (last session, the split was 45-25), Cervantes needed a coalition made up of the 33 Republicans plus three Democrats, himself included, to win the speaker’s seat. A similar coup d’etat took place 10 years ago in the Senate when Richard Romero (D-Albuquerque) with the help of a coalition of all the Republicans in the chamber plus two Democrats, removed Manny Aragon (D-South Valley) from the President Pro Tempore position. This coalition, however, had different dynamics.
Editor, Welcome back Lobos! I hope you had a relaxing break and are ready for a great spring semester.
Editor, As director of Popejoy Hall, I would like to set the record straight concerning some inaccuracies in Tuesdays’s Daily Lobo article, “Popejoy, NMSO out of sync.” Yes, the President’s Strategic Advisory Team recommended that Popejoy concentrate on earning more revenue from touring shows rather than from rent charged to the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, but only “if NMSO ceases to use Popejoy.” We at Popejoy Hall did not ask the symphony to reduce its number of dates.
Editor, What is a college education? A. Means to a lucrative job. B. The minimum requirement for any job — lucrative or not — in this economy. C.
Editor, I have always found it interesting that two polar opposite anniversaries are in January: the life of a man who promoted religion, peace, nonviolence and justice, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the decision of the U.S.
Did you make a resolution to eat healthier this year? I did. I usually do, after the season of stuffing that just passed.
Editor, I am writing to you in response to a letter written by Philip Lafreniere, concerning the publication of the comic strip, “Lakewood.” I found his letter unsettling, and many other students did, as well.
Editor, Vice President for Enrollment Management Carmen Alvarez Brown is a cancer to the University.
Editor, In a school where advisement errors, scheduling mix-ups, yellow card/wait list systems that nobody understands, and seemingly endless negative Facebook status’ about UNM seem all too plenty, the last thing that we, as students, need is a witch hunt. Recently, ASUNM President Laz Cardenas created quite the stir when he asked a man videotaping the Student Fee Review Board to turn the camera off.
Editor, I read with great interest Jenny Gignac’s column, “Feminism goes beyond gender,” and I thought it would be an informative piece about how men and women historically have fought for the political, social and economic equality of women, i.e.
ASUNM President Laz Cardenas sent a letter to the editor Jan. 20 encouraging “input and participation” in the Student Fee Review Board deliberations.
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