Editor, So, I just got back from "Jazz Jazz Jazz," Eddie Daniels' salute to Benny Goodman with New Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Popejoy Hall. It is my feeling that we need to get more UNM students to similar New Mexico Symphony Orchestra events. If you are waiting to hear how it will help you and make you a better person, honestly, I don't really care.
Editor, It was the second day of school, and as my last class ended, I remembered what I dread most about returning to school: leaving the parking structure. After my ticket read "invalid" at the pay-on-foot station, I was forced - like many of my fellow students - to wait in line for 45 minutes to pay at the booth.
Editor, I write this in response to Benjamin Sanchez's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday. Sanchez argues that justice is the backbone of what he calls "human nature." As I understood it, human nature is defined as those values we have imprinted on us by both society and our genetic makeup.
Editor, The day after the Sept. 11 attacks, headlines around the world read, "We are all Americans." This defining moment united people from all races, nations and creeds in one solidified voice against violence. Regretfully, the U.S. administration, led by President Bush, has since completely and utterly destroyed pro-American sentiments throughout the globe by waging an illegitimate war in Iraq.
Editor, This letter is in response to the article "Thousands of Gazans flee to Egypt" published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday. It is incredible how an organization that has been condemned by the West and was the explanation behind the terrible sanctions imposed on the Gaza Strip will continue to take initiative against the Israeli government.
Editor, I refuse to buy, sell, grow or use marijuana. I have never bought, sold or grown it in my life. About 30 years ago, I took some tokes of marijuana that was offered to me. Marijuana benefits certain health problems, but other natural and legal remedies exist for all those conditions.
Editor, It is not surprising that we, the UNM community, have had to read the opinion of another ignorant individual - more importantly the opinion of another male - on the subject of abortion. I am referring to Benjamin Sanchez's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday.
Editor, The ASUNM Lobby Committee participates annually in the New Mexico legislative session by lobbying for initiatives that affect students of the University. Goals for this session include the maintenance of low tuition by supporting a zero to minimal increase in the tuition credit, as well as doubling the current amount of state work-study funding.
Dear Dr. Peg, It seems like everyone I know has a cold. Is there anything I can do so I don't get sick? Does Airborne work? It is definitely cold season. Coughers and sneezers are at every turn. Why now? This time of the year, the weather is cold, so we close the windows, turn up the heat and stay indoors together.
Editor, Lately, I have become increasingly frustrated by people who still think it's OK to talk on a cell phone while driving. I can't tell you how many times in the past few weeks I have almost been run into by some moron who is paying more attention to his profoundly unimportant phone conversation than watching where the hell he or she is going.
Editor, It is said that what is lacking most in the world is justice. This statement suggests that the primary cause of problems among humans is injustice. Justice must be something great if it can bring more peace and harmony to the world. Justice must be a fundamental ingredient to living a truly human life.
Editor, The idea of collective punishment is not only illegal under international law and the Geneva Conventions, but it is a form of evil and brutal oppression that is placed on people who have no control over a certain situation. In January 2006, Hamas was elected by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
Editor, The Hawaii legislative session is considering House Bill 2680 and Senate Bill 2506 to ban the artificial sweetener and neurotoxin aspartame. This is wonderful news coming from Hawaii. The legislators and their bill drafters saw the merit in keeping almost all of the same language from the 2006 and 2007 New Mexico bills, especially regarding the state's rights and its obligation to protect the citizens' health, which are not "pre-empted by massive failures at the FDA.
Editor, Long before "spin" made its way into the vernacular, we were taught to tell the truth and do what's right. But today where "truthiness," meaning sounding like it could be true, is the standard used by many of our leaders and opinion is as good as fact, it is no wonder that the Albuquerque Journal can write that Mike Collins, David Schmidly's personal spin-meister, was contracted to create a "media plan," which is part of "good communications," which "are essential to transparency.
It seems impossible that a region with almost twice the population of Albuquerque should have to suffer a blackout lasting 24 hours, depleting medical and food supplies, and an almost complete scarcity of transportation fuel. This fate befell the Gaza Strip after Israel enforced a hermetic seizure that cut off supply of essential commodities to the region following Hamas' firing of more than 130 rockets, only half of which landed in Israeli territory.
Editor, It is with brutal ambivalence every year that this nation celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The slain king of political ethics, the prophet of justice and the prince of peace is the American version of a Catholic saint. Whom do we celebrate and mourn when we remember King? We must ask this question especially to those whom King's pointed criticism singles out for their stubborn, pathological and systematic perpetration of violence in the name of democracy.
Editor, What drives the use of steroids in sports? Is it the obsessive desire to obtain millions of dollars and celebrity at the expense of an even playing field? Or is there a more serious underlying problem with entertainment in general? One of the most disturbing facts about our capitalist nation is the misappropriation of funds directed to the salaries of entertainers.
Editor, I would like to address Bob Anderson's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Jan. 14. There are several debatable statements in Anderson's letter, but I will address only a few. Anderson suggests that we pump water from the Datil area to supplement the drinking water supply.
Editor, I am writing out of concern for programs for students with disabilities at UNM and in public education in New Mexico. At this point in time, it is likely that UNM Accessibility Services is actually serving less than 10 percent of the disabled students attending UNM.
Editor, The spring semester starts today with students already enrolling in classes. But several courses, which are meaningful to both the community and UNM, hardly have any takers. Such courses may be scrapped for want of sufficient numbers of students. This is a scenario that has dogged me and several of my colleagues at the Research Service Learning Program.
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