In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation’s drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, not so much. Now the bill’s supporters are making a play to lock in the American Medical Association, the organization that says it represents 250,000 doctors and medical students in every state and congressional district.
Swine flu is here. It is all over New Mexico, including here at UNM. Have you had it yet? How about your friends and classmates?
Editor, I’m constantly amazed at how the Albuquerque Journal consistently misses the boat on great news stories.
Editor, Coach Locksley is being locked out of work for 10 days for his attack on a fellow coach, and his paycheck will be docked about $29,000.
Editor, Adam R. Burnett’s article, “Sukkot makes joyful noise,” in the Oct. 12 issue, contained a number of factual errors and misleading statements that deserve clarification. First, Sukkot is a Jewish Holiday that has been celebrated continuously and joyfully by the mainstream Jewish community for thousands of years.
Editor, UNM’s decision to suspend head football coach Mike Locksley for 10 days amounts to nothing more than a slap on the wrist and serves as yet another illustration of the lengths those in power will go to in order to protect themselves and each other from the inconveniences of personal responsibility. Locksley publicly acknowledged becoming involved in a “physical altercation” with one of his assistant coaches following the Lobos’ loss to Air Force last month, citing the pressures of his job as the cause of his otherwise “inexcusable” actions. In a recent press conference, Athletics Director Paul Krebs asserted that no one witnessed Locksley’s admitted indiscretion — as if surveillance alone should govern one’s actions, as if the questions surrounding this incident had only to do with innocence, guilt and “hard” evidence and nothing to do with competence, character or leadership. A head football coach making $750,000 a year who lacks the modicum of self-restraint and discipline required to avoid getting into what he himself calls a physical altercation with a subordinate is manifestly unfit for the job, and a 10-day suspension will not change that. Past and present administrators and coaches have publicly bemoaned UNM’s “lack of school spirit.” But how are we to take pride in an institution that does not demand a higher standard from those it places in positions of prominence?
Editor, Reading between the lines on the “amicable” settlement of the Sylvia Lopez sexual harassment case against coach Locksley: I’m pretty sure what it means is that Ms. Lopez gets her UNM job back and, I hope, a big hunk of money in exchange for withdrawing her Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claim and making the public statement as reported in the article in the Daily Lobo — all of course while promising not to ever say anything against Locksley again.
Editor, I’ve come across the writings of two of our faculty members who thought it fashionable to use the word “imaginary” as a noun, as in “the American imaginary.” One was in a research paper and the other in a proposed title of a book.
Recently, there has been discussion on and off campus about Network Access Control, or NAC. Some folks have complained that NAC is slowing them down; others have said that NAC installs malicious software onto their computers; and still others think that NAC was a good band while they lasted (by the way, the 80s band was called “The Knack” not “NAC.”) So … let’s clear the air. NAC is a computer network security technology recently implemented at UNM.
Iran confirmed last week that it is building a previously undisclosed nuclear-enrichment plant inside a military base near the city of Qum.
Editor, Regarding “Sukkot makes joyful noise,” although I was pleased to see on the front page of the Oct.
Editor, I was pleased when I learned that President Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, because it seems to me that all of his thoughts, words and actions are motivated by a desire to reduce the conflicts and divisions that currently exist in the world and move us closer to peace and unity. From my perspective of reality, the world would be a lot better place if those who oppose him would be willing to examine their motivations for doing so and determine if the thoughts, words and actions that are manifested by those motivations are a desire to bring more peace and unity into the world, which will be of benefit for all, or a desire to bring more discord and disunity into the world, from which they will personally benefit. Robert Gardiner Daily Lobo reader
Editor, The TV ads featuring Lobo Louie and his Lobo floozy accurately convey the tackiness of the partnership between the University of New Mexico Athletics Department and the Route 66 Casino Hotel.
Editor, Once again the Daily Lobo falls into the trap of promoting anti-Israeli propaganda. Last week, two front-page articles covered a talk given by former Israel Defense Forces soldier Micha Kurz.
Editor, I would first like to extend my congratulations to Mayor-elect Richard Berry on his recent victory.
Editor, I was bewildered with the opinion letter that ran Tuesday about an official text message that was sent to UNM students that warned of a possible but unconfirmed, “armed gunman” on campus.
Editor, In the health care debate, one opinion that has been given quite often, without much expansion, is this idea that the health care bills Congress is considering are unconstitutional.
Editor, I have absolutely no objection to the anti-abortion campaign and I respect those who choose to believe in it.
Editor, Monday’s cartoon “The GOP Health Care Plan,” illustrates an interesting contradiction of the GOP’s allegedly Christian values.
Editor, I am writing in response to Jeremy Sment’s letter regarding the anti-abortion display on campus.
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