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Dealing with inconvenient truths

Abigail Ramirez | April 29

Take a minute and ask yourself: How big is my carbon footprint? Not many will admit to the damage they’ve done, but in some way, shape or form all of us have contributed to the global warming situation we are living through. It’s no secret that carbon dioxide is accumulating in our environment, and although some will debate the issue, countless statistics point to the contribution this has to global warming. Results from a study in April’s edition of Environmental Science Technology show that China and the U.S.

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Feeling better with the right meds

Peggy Spencer/Daily Lobo columnist | April 27

Dear Dr. Peg When I get a headache or get sick with body aches or fever, I like to take something to help me feel better.

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Daily Lobo evil, fascist for censoring Web comments

April 27

Editor, The Daily Lobo should take serious and immediate care to not subscribe itself to fascism. Such would be the case if the Lobo carries out plans to remove or censor racist/hate content from opinion letters.

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Event shows Peace Studies nonpartisan on Israeli issues

April 27

Editor, I went to hear the talk by Gil Hoffman, political analyst for the Jerusalem Post, when he spoke at UNM last week.

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'The Blind Clown' sees the real world not fantasy

April 27

Editor, I would like to share my story, “The Blind Clown.” There was once a blind clown who made his way at the carnival pretending to be a mystic.

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Provosts' illogical claims will further harm graduation rates

April 26

Editor, After the resignations of two of the six tenure-track faculty in the mathematics and statistics department, the Albuquerque Journal quoted Provost Suzanne Ortega as stating: “There’s absolutely no evidence to suggest that this particular loss of faculty or any other has diminished the quality of the instruction.” Wow!

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Campaign money from mom doesn't prove fundraising skills

April 26

Editor, Martin Gutierrez said he was able to raise money to get his message out, and that this demonstrates he will be able to bring money into GPSA.

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Daily Lobo has no right to censor comments section

April 26

Editor, Why did you close the comments section for the column “Editorial April 22” by Eva Dameron?

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New Arizona law prevents what Islamic extremism promotes

April 26

Editor, I would like to respond briefly to Muhajir Romero’s letter. First of all, it’s not racist for the state of Arizona to make their local immigration laws stricter.

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U.S.'s role in Iranian politics hypocritical, tyrannical

April 26

Editor, The continued military threats from the Obama administration toward Iran are breathtaking in both their arrogance and hypocrisy.

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Oklahoma City bombing no different than killing in war

April 26

Editor, To Rachel Maddow: Rachel, I am disturbed by your Tim McVeigh documentary. Your experts keep describing him as psychotically cold for his military attitude about his mission and his motive.

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Iraq helicopter video edited for time, not to sway opinion

April 26

Editor, I believe it is Ken Piniak who is misrepresenting the Apache gun camera video released by Wikileaks. If you go to Wikileaks you will see the two versions of the video — both the full video which is about 40 minutes and the widely release 17:47 minute video.

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Porn use a healthy habit, part of a balanced sexual diet

April 26

Editor, This letter engages in an ongoing conversation begun by Hunter Riley and extended by Kent Ponder.

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Doubling over a Double Down

Chris Quintana | April 22

Are you looking for a sucker punch to the gut? Or a salty assault to the taste buds? Or maybe you just have a thing against chickens and their children?

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President Schmidly speaks out against online racism

April 22

Editor, The University of New Mexico has established guidelines to deal with hate and bias acts. These guidelines were established to reflect our belief that everyone has worth and dignity and that any act of hatred or bias will not be tolerated on our campus.

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Sen. Ortiz y Pino made it on to the June primary ballot

April 22

Editor, Good news that Jerry Ortiz y Pino will be on the June ballot. The corporate lobbyists’ stranglehold on almost every legislative process in New Mexico extends to many administrative functions like the Environmental Improvement Board.

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Rumors of English department demise not greatly exaggerated

April 22

Editor, In light of the Albuquerque Journal’s April 12 front-page article about UNM’s “Mathmagicians,” I write to share my concern about UNM’s funding crisis.

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Finally, 11 percent of us care about University politics

April 22

Editor, The spring 2010 election indicates UNM is heading in a positive direction. As I read the headlines, listened to issues supported by the slates and read about the concerns regarding voter turnout, I was falling fast under the impression that student government issues did not register in the minds of undergrads on the level they should.

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Editoral April 22

Eva Dameron | April 22

On Tuesday, in response to a story in the sports section on Dailylobo.com, someone posted a comment that was legitimately offensive to the African American community.

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'Peace activists' hold double standards for Arabs and Jews

April 22

Editor, In the last several weeks, a strong anti-Israel campaign has been conducted on campus by so-called peace and justice groups, and by UNM’s American Studies department and Peace Studies program.