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Editor, We would like to express our disapproval of the recent hostilities exhibited by the Health Department toward the charitable group Food Not Bombs. The organization serves free food to any hungry person outside of the UNM Bookstore on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Dear Dr. Peg, Can I get herpes or other sexually transmitted infections from sharing a water pipe? Yes. Sharing a water pipe is a great way to catch all kinds of diseases. Do you want to hear more? You sure? It might turn you off hookah forever. All right, then.
Editor, I am completing my second and final year as an ASUNM senator, and I'm writing to give my two cents on the upcoming ASUNM election. I didn't get elected because I'm popular (I'm not in a sorority). I was elected because I ran with strong, intelligent leaders who cared about UNM students, and together we made a running platform of ambitious yet realistic goals.
Editor, This letter is in response to the article last week on dormitory recycling. The two purposes of recycling are to keep things out of the landfill and to reuse materials rather than waste them. If you use up a lot of fossil fuel collecting the recyclables and taking them down to the city recycling center, what have you gained ecologically? You've added greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by driving the vehicles.
Editor, This is an outrage: $120 million dollars for a gym next to a gym. I am a struggling undergraduate student, and I cannot afford $200 more a year. I have a child on the way, and my child should not have to pay for the gym when he or she is a student at UNM in 20 years.
Editor, I was surprised and troubled by the lack of statistical detail used to justify the proposed new recreation center in yesterday's article, "Construction of new rec center could raise fees." More than 3,200 students responded to the survey on the proposed recreation center, but how many students were solicited for responses, and what could this number tell us about how important the proposition really is to students? If the proportion of responded to solicited surveys was low, I'm sure our administrators would love to say, "Oh, most of the students were surely too busy furiously studying intellectual subjects.
Editor, My name is Evan Harris and I am an independent candidate for ASUNM vice president. My previous letters to the Daily Lobo were published on March 31 and April 3 and should be available online. Today, I will focus on some of my ideas for improving ASUNM lobbying efforts.
Editor, The right to vote is absolute and shall not be restricted in any manner whatsoever. Christopher Ramirez had no right to remove three questions from the ballot when the council voted to include them in the election. Limiting speech through manipulated elections is unacceptable and should not be tolerated.
Editor, As an anthropology undergraduate student concentrating in human evolutionary ecology at UNM, I feel fortunate to attend an institution where the faculty and administration do not write off the contributions of undergraduates or the possibility of undergraduate research.
Editor, For the past two years, I've had a chance to work repeatedly alongside B. Lee Drake, who is currently running for GPSA president. He has come under fire for his attempts to reach out to the broader UNM community, which has been dismissed as having no higher agenda than a high school dance.
Editor, The current field of candidates for GPSA president offers an embarrassment of riches. Both candidates have impressive résumés and thoughtful platforms of reform. Yet, a choice must be made, and that choice has become clear: Lissa Knudsen is the candidate that will most strongly stand up for the interests of graduate and professional students in the face of an arrogant administration and its ASUNM stooges.
Editor, I'm writing in response to Beth Johnson's attack on GPSA presidential candidate B. Lee Drake. She argued that his emphasis on working to find common ground with undergraduate students is useless, as their only focus is the "Homecoming football dance.
Editor, I am an undergraduate at UNM who is about to graduate. I have attended this University for a long time. I've watched slates and ASUNM presidents come and go. I've seen firsthand the apathy that many undergraduates feel toward their student government.
I am running for ASUNM president because I strongly believe that the role of any government - student or otherwise - is to offer powerful and representative advocacy on behalf of whatever constituent group it claims to represent. As a three-year veteran of ASUNM who has served as an ASUNM senator and the ASUNM attorney general, I have had the opportunity to see the true power of this organization firsthand.
Editor, Beth Johnson's letter concerning the GPSA election was condescending. Graduate and undergraduate students pay tuition, and it is unfair to single out ASUNM's only concern as being "the Homecoming football dance." All the ASUNM senators I have met take their responsibilities as student representatives seriously, and they devote a lot of their free time toward working hard on what they believe is in the best interest of the students.
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