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.
pri·va·cy, [prahy-vuh-see; Brit. also priv-uh-see] –noun, plural -cies. 1. the state of being private; retirement or seclusion. 2.
The Daily Lobo is starting a series about the creative ways UNM students, staff and faculty are cutting back on spending in light of tighter budgets.
**Editor, I would like to ask the Daily Lobo to promote flu vaccinations for all UNM students, faculty and staff and their families by asking everyone to “Take One for Raymond” this flu season. Our son, Raymond Plotkin, was a healthy freshman from Houston, Texas, who attended UNM last fall when he was stricken by the H1N1 flu virus.
Believe it or not, winter is approaching. The days are getting perceptibly shorter every week. With the diminishing sunlight, your skin is losing the solar power it uses to make vitamin D.
Editor, Re: “Professors and administrators ignore cheating to save face.” Why blame the faculty and administration for a problem that students clearly create for themselves?
In the first two parts of this UNM transportation series, I discussed how UNM Parking and Transportation Services needs to step up to reduce our carbon footprint and how managing your transportation options begin with deciding where to live.
Editor, This is my response to the comment from “PencilPusher,” which was published in Wednesday’s “From the Web” on page four.
Editor, After the earthquake in Haiti nearly a year ago, the U.S. government spoke of its desire to give financial aid to the Haitian people.
Editor, I am writing in response to Rueben Hamming-Green’s article, “Plagiarism Up, Punishment Down,” printed Sept.
Nowadays the newspapers read like People magazine. Who is wearing what? Who is dating who? What’s liked, and what isn’t?
Editor, I have a three-pronged proposal for the University budget shortfall and the current football dilemma: 1.
So when you’re trying to quit smoking, there are some general guidelines that you must follow if you stand a chance at actually quitting.
Editor, When the Iranian President Ahmadinejad mentioned at the UN that he believed “some segments within the U.S.
Dear Dr. Peg, I have a friend who is doing the HCG diet with the drops, not injections, and wanted to know if you know about it and what you thought of it. From what I found out, they do it for 30-40 days and have a lot of restrictions and things they have to do and are on a 500-calorie diet.
Editor, At the current junction in history, I find it surprising that we haven’t transitioned to a point where religion has disappeared from our society.
Editor, An article in Friday’s Daily Lobo reports President Schmidly says “cost containment” is the answer. First on his list of spending items that will need department approval is “food.”
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