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Opinion

H1N1 kills, consider health of others before sneezing

September 16

Editor, 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.

Opinion

Make a difference in your community this Veterans Day

September 15

Editor, 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.

Opinion

New campus policy does not consider smokers' rights, needs

September 15

Editor, 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 15

The 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.

Opinion

Americans superficial in treatment of Muslims

September 14

Editor, The Daily Lobo printed an article last week regarding the difficulty that Muslims undergo during Sept.

Opinion

UNM needs to come through on designating smoking areas

September 14

Editor, 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.

Opinion

Contraceptives: finding the right fit

Peggy Spencer/Daily Lobo columnist | September 14

The 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.

Opinion

UNM helps Fox lie about legacy

Max Fitzpatrick/Daily Lobo guest columnist | September 13

This week, the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, has come to UNM as part of an effort to give his legacy a makeover.

Opinion

Smoking areas ill-conceived, poorly designated, smelly

September 13

Editor, I have read and heard much of the discourse regarding smoking on campus, or the ban of it, I should say.

Opinion

Don't put your life in Wall Street's hands

Eloise Rodgers/UWire | September 10

Life 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.

Opinion

VA, Medicare might offer a model public option

September 10

Editor, I think those in our armed forces deserve the absolute best medical care we as a nation can provide.

Opinion

We should be 9/12 Americans

Stephen Dinkel/Daily Lobo guest columnist | September 10

Today 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 9

In 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.

Opinion

History misremembered in recent article on GPSA

September 9

Editor, In the article about the GPSA on Tuesday, the Daily Lobo reported, “As a result of protests and chaos … a number of people were injured and the New Mexico National Guard was called in, he said.” This implies that the events occurred in the following order: protests and chaos, then people were injured, then the National Guard was called in.

Opinion

Make yourself heard, provide your feedback on Master Plan

September 8

Editor, Last April, I ran for the position of ASUNM president to empower students and give a voice to the 25,000 students enrolled here at UNM.

Opinion

Facebook quizzes leak user info

Mike Carr/Daily Lobo guest columnist | September 8

With more than 132 million unique visitors in 2008, Facebook is considered to be the world’s leading social networking site (during the same year, MySpace had a mere 117 million unique visitors). And, in terms of Internet traffic, some rank Facebook as the planet’s fourth busiest Web site.

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UNM smokers deserve respect and proper accommodations

September 8

Editor, If ignorance is truly bliss, there should be a lot more happy people out there. Today, after my first class, I went 3/4 of the way across campus to a designated smoking area in order to have a cigarette.

Opinion

Theology, religion should be kept out of science class

September 7

Editor, I am writing in response to the column by Babu G. Ranganathan. It is true that we have little scientific evidence that the first DNA molecule formed by chance.

Opinion

SHAC deserves recognition for top-notch personnel

September 7

Editor, I would like to extend tremendous appreciation to Student Health & Counseling for coming to my rescue.

Opinion

Starting a draft would be unfair, encourage conflict

September 7

Editor, While I share William Valentine’s frustrations with the unfair treatment that veterans are receiving, I have to disagree with him about the draft being an antidote. First of all, if equitability is one of Valentine’s concerns, the current draft sign-up law is sexually discriminatory against men.