Editor, Ruben Hamming-Green’s piece, “Lessons paused to address budget,” provided us with a perfect example of how the current administration is the master of spin as far as the budget is concerned.
Dear Dr. Peg, A few years ago, I got the flu from a flu shot, so I haven’t gotten one since, but that whole swine flu thing last year scared me.
Editor, Kyle Farris’ letter encouraging political abstinence is as glowing an example of the success of the right-wing propaganda machine as you will find anywhere.
Editor, October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month. In 1983, the life expectancy of a person born with Down syndrome was 25 years.
According to the Chinese government, Liu Xiaobo, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, is a criminal.
Sooner or later, you’ll find out that Oklahoma City is not a part of the Dust Bowl. My reasons for going don’t matter, but let it be known that I didn’t go to see the cultural mecca that is Oklahoma City.
Editor, The SFRB Task Force’s decision is janky. Yes, that’s right; it’s janky. This letter is a response to the Daily Lobo article, “ASUNM hastily passes fee resolution.” If you are only reading this to find out what the word janky means, you will probably give this article about as much thought as the Student Fee Review Board was allowed to have concerning the monumental ruling it is being required to make.
Editor, I respect the original libertarian Tea Party of Rep. Ron Paul, Adam Kokesh and Gary Johnson.
Editor, It seems that there is a lack of attention given in our communities to the problems faced by our local animal populations, particularly feral cats.
Editor, I am tired of hearing and reading about how I should vote. The last few weeks have been full of people talking about how I need to vote, and that it’s my responsibility.
Danielle put her hands to her temples and closed her eyes. “I am having these headaches, doctor,” she said.
Editor, Across the country Thursday, faculty, staff and students rallied together to protest increasing tuition rates and decreasing government funding of public education as part of the National Day of Action to Defend Public Education.
Editor’s Note: Lobos Abroad is a regular column written by Daily Lobo staff members studying in a different country this semester. While living in Chile for the past three months, I have noticed some things about America.
Why is it that Americans have to get angry before they are willing to vote? And even when they are angry, still fewer than two thirds of those eligible end up going to the polls. In 2008, voters were angry about the way Republicans were running the country, and so they voiced this anger by voting a Democratic president into office.
I am very disappointed that Wednesday’s article, “Students split over whether balloon fiesta still an event to behold,” didn’t have better descriptions of our wondrous Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
Young people growing up in low-income communities are in need of great teachers and role models. And the stakes are higher than ever.
A few years ago, a colleague and I were going to write a book about teaching. It was his philosophy that a teacher was nothing more that a “site,” a sort of empty space in the classroom.
Editor, The Daily Lobo piece, “PPD: We are not ‘water wasters,” implies that UNM’s water use need not be scrutinized by environmentally conscious people.
Every day, I walk past the Duck Pond on the way to Dane Smith, and I see the table. There I see students with the marker-drawn signs pumping people up about voting, and the token, sandwich-board-wearing guy inviting people to follow him to the table and register.
Editor, In recent days, the Associated Press reported that U.S. and European intelligence agencies are worried about a possible terrorist attack somewhere in Europe.
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