Opinion - The Daily Lobo

Opinion

UNM should set example in defending human rights

February 6

Editor, I found in the Daily Lobo on Friday a statement by UNM President David Schmidly on the University being obligated to lead by example on environmental issues. I would like to see UNM offer the same leadership for human rights issues as well. Currently, Israel is conducting a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign against Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip, where people have been without fuel, food and electricity in this long winter and have suffered daily air and land attacks from Israel.

Opinion

Hamas holds Palestinians hostage; Israel not enemy

February 6

Editor, Alaa El Maoued and Jason Darensburg argue in Friday's Daily Lobo that I got it all wrong and Israel is to blame for the situation in Gaza. Let's review the situation. In early September 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza asking nothing in return.

Opinion

Electing Obama would set U.S. on the right path

February 5

by Dustin Taylor Daily Lobo guest columnist Today is election day, and UNM students are making last-minute decisions about their presidential options. Much like the rest of America, we are concerned about the issues that dominate the national debate, including Iraq and health care.

Opinion

Clinton to end war, fix economy

February 5

by Hector Balderas Daily Lobo guest columnist Today, New Mexicans will help our nation pick our next president - and UNM students have the opportunity to play a key role in the outcome. There is one key question in this election: Who is ready to be the best president and make the real change we need starting on Day 1? Sen.

Opinion

Help end human trafficking by supporting Senate Bill 71

February 5

Editor, The Reproductive Justice Coalition of UNM would like to call attention to a global issue that is currently being discussed in the New Mexico Legislature. Senate Bill 71, dealing with human trafficking, has been introduced by Senate Majority Whip Mary Jane Garcia, a Doña Ana Democrat, to outlaw human trafficking, and was endorsed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Opinion

Legislation could make NM leader in stem cell research

February 4

Editor, Stem cell technologies are going to be in the forefront of medicine in the next three years. State Sen. John Ryan's bill requires that research be done with embryos that are going to be thrown away anyway. Further, there are ways of doing stem cell work without destroying embryos by a kind of genetic tweaking, which has been developed by Advanced Cell Technology of California and Massachusetts.

Opinion

Editorial: Stimulus package doesn't provide long-term solution

February 4

The much-touted stimulus package that plans to hand more than $500 to $600 to taxpaying Americans is akin to putting a Band-Aid on a severed jugular vein. The package seems to be designed to bail out corporate organizations by boosting their bottom line rather than help the average American.

Opinion

Bible should not be cited when discussing politics

February 4

Editor, While I agree that everyone has the right to believe in what they want to, I am becoming more and more agitated and annoyed by people who claim that something is right or wrong because "God told me so." This argument has no place in any political arena and should never be uttered when debating the legitimacy of a policy, such as the legal right to an abortion.

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Bush failed to see 9/11 as a chance to fix U.S. economy

February 4

Editor, It was good to hear one of America's best stump-speech politicians - Bill Clinton - on campus last week. He still takes credit for enormous job creation during his time as president, but he was mainly the benefactor of the tech boom while it lasted.

Opinion

It's unreasonable to deny Gaza access to supplies

February 1

Editor, If one student decides to drop a class, should the whole class be cancelled? If somebody runs a traffic light, should everybody in the intersection be ticketed? Finally, if one of your friends or family members commits a crime, should you be punished for being associated with them? According to the letter by Donald Gluck published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday, Palestinians' suffering for years from Israel's use of collective punishment is justifiable.

Opinion

Because life begins in the womb, abortion is murder

February 1

Editor, I've read two letters on the topic of abortion: one supporting abortion and the other opposing it. I've never written about the topic but want to do so today. I am an evangelical Christian, but I don't vote Republican. I would like to bring up several points.

Opinion

Palestinians are victims of collective punishment

February 1

Editor, This is in response to Donald Gluck's letter in Thursday's Daily Lobo wherein he states, "Israel does not believe in collective guilt, nor does she practice collective punishments." Um, sorry to burst your bubble, but the crimes that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people are condemned by the international community as "collective punishment.

Opinion

Mayor in Pa. incites racism through immigration laws

February 1

Editor, If illegal immigration is an issue for the federal government to deal with, why is Mayor Lou Barletta of Hazleton, Pa., taking matters into his own hands? It is interesting to note that Barletta will be running for Congress in the upcoming election.

Opinion

Fetus represents new life, not merely a lump of cells

January 31

Editor, I did not want to be pulled into the issue of abortion. But I believe I need to make several important points about it. First and foremost, I am a virgin because I am not ready to be a husband or a father. Raising children is a huge responsibility, a responsibility that I am not ready to bear.

Opinion

Palestinian attacks justify Israel's measures in Gaza

January 31

Editor, It seems there is a letter published in the Daily Lobo every day about the Palestinians. Thursday's letter by Amjad Musleh criticized the Israelis for collective punishment of the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip. Monday's letter by Alaa El Maoued decried the condition of the Gaza Strip residents and accused Israel of terrorism for responding to 150 Qassam rockets fired by Hamas into southern Israel.

Opinion

Course fees shouldn't be factor in deciding grades

January 31

Editor, Psychology 105 is attended by 2,200 students in nine sections each semester, according to the UNM Public Affairs Department. Along with this course comes an unusual fee of $60, tacked on for the use of WebCT. WebCT is supposed to be a free online program.

Opinion

Vaginal discharge: right as rain

January 31

Dear Dr. Peg, I discharge a lot, and it makes wearing underwear uncomfortable. Is there any way to not discharge so much? I've had an ongoing itch and have noticed an unusual itch coming from my vaginal area. Could this be a sign of a yeast infection? Dear women, Imagine your mouth without saliva, your nose without mucus, your eyes without tears - you get the idea.

Opinion

Q&A: Les Roberts

January 30

by Matthew Chavez Daily Lobo columnist On Jan. 9, the World Health Organization and the Iraqi government released a study that estimates about 150,000 Iraqis died from violence between the beginning of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and June 2006. Controversy over the issue first arose after a 2004 Johns Hopkins University study found 100,000 Iraqis died from causes related to the occupation of Iraq in that timeframe.

Opinion

TextMe UNM alert service fails to work as promised

January 30

Editor, After I woke up at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, I padded into the living room of my parents' home, turned on the TV to a local news program and turned on my laptop and logged on to Unm.edu. Both informed me that the University was on a two-hour delay. Celebrating slightly, I took a shower and made some coffee.

Opinion

Editorial: 75 years after Hitler's rise, world still has its perils

January 30

On Jan. 30, 1933, the Third Reich came to power in Germany under a combination of circumstances - a wounded national pride that cried for a leader who would avenge Germany's World War I humiliation, a slump in the economy that created a sense of insecurity the Nazis were quick to exploit, and a racial ideology full of promises for the Aryan people and horror for everyone else - particularly the Jews, the gypsies and homosexuals.