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It's ignorant to suggest UNM eliminate its support centers

Editor, Lawrence Allen, you must feel like public enemy No. 1, and this is for a very good reason. Do you think all subalterns, minorities and the (learning) disabled are placed on God's green Earth to be unskilled laborers to serve you? Did you forget the Emancipation Proclamation? What a shame UNM admitted such a small-minded, bigoted and uneducated redneck such as yourself.

Obama has already failed to deliver the change he promised

Editor, According to an article in The Guardian, Barack Obama's inauguration is estimated to have cost $150 million. It's certainly the most expensive inauguration in American history. I understand that this was a historic event because Obama is the first black man to occupy the White House, but was it truly necessary to spend this much money during this severe economic crisis? Also, it seems to me that the new $819 billion bailout package is an incredible amount of wasteful government spending, since the previous $700 billion bailout package that we heard about a few months ago was supposed to rescue our economy from going into a recession.

Ask Dr. Peg

Dear Dr. Peg, I have serious acne, but not on my face - on my back. This has a nasty side effect of making little bloodstains on the back of my nightshirt, because I unconsciously squeeze while asleep. How can I reduce the number of zits on my back? Dear Sufferer, Zits suck, as if I need to tell you.

UNM should cut shuttle service to reduce costs, carbon footprint

Editor, The Physical Plant Department should be applauded for cutting costs and decreasing pollution. However, it is puzzling that UNM has only recently followed a policy of reducing temperatures in unoccupied buildings. Imagine if this had been the policy for the last decade.

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Only those who lack faith need proof that the Bible is true

Editor, After reading "Archaeological evidence proves the Bible is a reliable source" in the Daily Lobo on Jan. 23, I just kept wondering why the faithful need proof. If you are looking for proof in the Bible, you are missing the point. Many scholars agree that there was a man named Jesus running around Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.

Ethnic centers help students; Lottery needs improvements

Editor, Lawrence Allen makes one decent point and two completely ignorant and venomous ones in his letter to the Daily Lobo on Friday. I will leave critique of the first one to those more informed on the topic (a move Allen would have been wise to emulate), but on the second one, I understand the angst white people feel about ethnic and other support programs.

Anthropology museum, class help dispel idea of creationism

Editor, It is now the 21st century, which is why I find it amazing to see some of my fellow students at UNM still buying into ideas that were dispelled in the 18th century. The first scientists to show that creationism was wrong were not biologists, whom most people would think, but geologists.

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Departments shouldn't have to rely on Legislature for funding

Editor, I'm sure my opinion may be unpopular, but I make no apologies. Being new to UNM, the bashing and criticism directed at President David Schmidly shocks me. I do not understand the need for so many vice presidents and some other decisions he has made, but the budget cuts that are being proposed are something different.

Ethnic centers allow students to learn about each other's cultures

Editor, This letter is in response to the selfish, close-minded remarks of Lawrence Allen. In Friday's Daily Lobo, Allen stated that not only are the minority-directed budget cuts a positive change but that the proposed cuts do not go far enough. His ideas were as follows: 1) "Eliminate the Women's Studies, African Studies and Hispanic Studies Department," for they are "devoted entirely to lying to students" and "serve no purpose.

Taking away student bus pass stickers is a selfish decision

Editor, After reading Wednesday's Daily Lobo article about the school's thoughts on canceling the bus pass sticker, I am angry and quite confused. I am a UNM student who uses the bus as well as the city's SunVan service, which is a service for the disabled and elderly.

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UNM should focus on more important issues than smoking

Editor, President David Schmidly is focused on all the wrong things. He wants to cut and move Student Services and force smoking off campus. UNM is a university, and student education has been put low on Schmidly's list. I want everyone to visit Scholes Hall.

Budget cuts should target additional useless programs

Editor, I've been looking over the proposed budget cuts, and it occurred to me that although some progress has been made in eliminating idiotic programs, the proposed changes do not go far enough. Here are some measures that would help get UNM out of its current financial straits: 1.

University's ethnic centers offer vital support to students

Editor, UNM is often heralded as a campus of diversity, a school that is designated both high-research and Hispanic-serving. We take pride in our Southwestern-style architecture, our Spanish-language mascot and our garish statue of Latin dancers perpetually greeting campus visitors.

'Deferred compensation' makes president's promises worthless

Editor, Did everyone read President David Schmidly's e-mail that was sent Monday? No? Well, I don't blame you. It's hard to take anything he says seriously, especially if you witnessed his red-faced antics at the economic forum he hosted for students, staff and faculty last month.

Students of color will suffer from proposed budget cuts

Editor, On Friday, I learned that many of the campus programs serving students of color have been recommended for cuts or elimination by the state's Legislative Finance Committee. Last year, more than 100 UNM "special projects" received more than $18 million directly from the Legislature.