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How House Democrats sold their souls
September 21Sex slavery is illegal. This should be obvious to most Americans. However, a few people still fail to comprehend it.
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Sniffers and huffers deserve own designated-use areas
September 20Editor, Student and faculty glue-sniffers and paint-huffers have just as many rights as the smokers.
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Increase in surveillance could reduce campus violence at a cost
Adelin Grema/UWire | September 20Most people think college campuses across the U.S. are generally safe. Although relatively minor cases of theft or assault are common across campuses, it is not every day that we hear about atrocious crimes in universities.
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Businesses need tax credit to continue competing overseas
September 17Editor, I read the other day that President Obama is trying to eliminate international tax credits on U.S.
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After-date text breaks the deal
Chris Nelson/UWire | September 17Imagine you’re on a date. The moon is full, the air is crisp and you’re standing toe-to-toe, saying good night. On your way home, you keep thinking about the taste of her lips and how excited you are to see her again. Then your phone lights up and the screen reads, “Thanks for the great night,” with a tacky smile afterwards. Now, for me, this is one of the biggest turnoffs after any date. When you drop someone off, even if you had a great night, you dropped him or her off.
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Parties unite in support of observing Veterans Day
September 16Editor, The debate involving the observance of Veterans Day is absurd and irrational. Honoring our veterans, on their day of national recognition, is a simple way we can give back to the brave men and women who have served and are currently serving our military.
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Healthy lifestyle choices shouldn’t break the bank
September 16Editor, I sympathize with people who can’t afford health insurance, and I agree that health care costs are too high, but that is only a symptom of a much bigger problem.
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H1N1 kills, consider health of others before sneezing
September 16Editor, I cringe every time someone sneezes. I sit anywhere — in class, the commons in Dane Smith, even outside on this gorgeous campus — and it always seems that all around me people are sneezing and coughing, causing their germs to spread throughout the area. As a general rule of thumb in a closed room, like a classroom, those germs are still prevalent within the air that we, your classmates, breath.
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Make a difference in your community this Veterans Day
September 15Editor, I have been reading the debate in the Daily Lobo over service to our country, the wording of “true heroes” and the observance of Veterans Day.
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New campus policy does not consider smokers' rights, needs
September 15Editor, I really think that smokers deserve to have a little more respect than the areas designated for them display. I feel bad when I see most of the areas do not have any shade and some of them have no seating.
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Help the Earth, be a vegetarian
Alexandria Kloeppel/Daily Lobo guest columnist | September 15The reaction I get when I tell someone I am a vegetarian is very often the same. Over and over again, I hear “Oh, I could never be a vegetarian.
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Americans superficial in treatment of Muslims
September 14Editor, The Daily Lobo printed an article last week regarding the difficulty that Muslims undergo during Sept.
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UNM needs to come through on designating smoking areas
September 14Editor, In the article “Locations for tobacco use still hazy” in the Sept. 2 Daily Lobo, I noticed a couple errors of definition that I feel obligated to point out.
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Contraceptives: finding the right fit
Peggy Spencer/Daily Lobo columnist | September 14The following questions showed up in the Ask Dr. Peg box in the SHAC lobby. The first is from a man and the second is from a woman: 1.
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UNM helps Fox lie about legacy
Max Fitzpatrick/Daily Lobo guest columnist | September 13This week, the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, has come to UNM as part of an effort to give his legacy a makeover.
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Smoking areas ill-conceived, poorly designated, smelly
September 13Editor, I have read and heard much of the discourse regarding smoking on campus, or the ban of it, I should say.
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Don't put your life in Wall Street's hands
Eloise Rodgers/UWire | September 10Life insurance is a complicated issue in the United States. Consumers are constantly bombarded by commercials reminding them their odds of living are not the best, scaring them into paying large amounts of money for a plan that many allow to lapse before they die.
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VA, Medicare might offer a model public option
September 10Editor, I think those in our armed forces deserve the absolute best medical care we as a nation can provide.
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We should be 9/12 Americans
Stephen Dinkel/Daily Lobo guest columnist | September 10Today in America, we face many challenges. From the struggling economy to health care, we have many things to talk about.
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Don't let swine flu hog your health
Peggy Spencer/Daily Lobo columnist | September 9In polite company, we call it Novel H1N1. It’s the Influenza Formerly Known as Swine Flu. Originally thought to come from pigs, this flu virus is actually a mix of pig, bird and human.
