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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Editor, I would like to extend tremendous appreciation to Student Health & Counseling for coming to my rescue.
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.
Haven’t you ever asked yourself how you got your nose, eyes, ears, fingers, toes and everything else?
Facts and figures about the national government’s deficit are often cited, but few understand the burden these shortfalls place on our generation. Whenever a government’s expenses exceed revenue, it makes up the deficit by selling bonds. Businesses suffer when investors buy government debt instead of investing in future productivity, and taxpayers — who pay back the debt plus interest — face an even higher bill. The deficit will be about $1.58 trillion in this fiscal year, according to official projections.
Editor, UNM’s tobacco-free policy has its faults, most of which come from the manner in which it is being treated.
Editor, This country is abusing its warriors in the Middle East by sending them on multiple tours. It’s taking its toll on the soldiers and their families.
It’s my first week at UNM, and I am determined to make a friend. I made it into a Ph.D. program. Certainly I am capable of making a friend.
Editor, As a veteran of the U.S. armed forces, two emotions came to mind as I read James N. Post’s letter on veterans benefits. The first emotion was that of pride.
Editor, The state of New Mexico, along with nearly every other state in the union, is facing hard times due to the global economic crisis of the past year.
Editor, My first lunch at La Posada, under the then-new management of Chartwells, was motivated by a Friday special and my love of buffets.
Editor, Not one step back did Republican candidate Allen Weh take as he fielded hardball questions on campus last week.
Editor, Veterans benefits are a form of socialism. No other employer besides the government is either obligated or able to pay lifetime pensions, subsistence and health care benefits to all of its present and former employees, much less entitled to tax everyone else to pay whatever it costs. A system of hospitals on the federal budget that offer free medical care only to a group of present or former employees of the government in certain capacities is a form of socialism.
The history of the newspaper stretches back to the turn of the 17th century, but now Americans are watching that proud tradition disintegrate.
Editor, Pat Lohmann did a good job on the professor/student apartment-fire story (“Professor and student ask for help after blaze,” Aug.
Editor, Thursday was Student Organization Day, an annual event that is part of Welcome Back Days. College Republicans brought gubernatorial candidates Allen Weh and Doug Turner on campus to help register student voters and to educate our peers about how the Republican platform serves college students.
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