Editor, I am writing about UNM's food offerings. I conducted research on what foods were offered in the main food venues on UNM's main campus. The survey was conducted during the summer, so two food venues in the SUB were closed, and I couldn't read the full menus of Kabuki and Casita.
Editor, On Tuesday, Christie Abeyta wrote a letter in the Daily Lobo addressing hunger, and her class put on an event regarding this on Wednesday. Now the event is finished, and people want to know what involvement opportunities there are. Fortunately, I know of an organization right here on campus - Hunger and Homelessness.
Editor, Friday's Daily Lobo contained an article about making UNM's Main Campus smoke-free. The article says that the regents want more input from students before they act on the proposal. The Board of Regents is seeking this input from ASUNM. I would like to propose that the regents publish an e-mail address in the Daily Lobo so that students can give this feedback directly to them.
Editor, For the past week, the Daily Lobo's Opinion pages have been focused primarily on the on-going debate between evolution and theories of creation. While this debate is certainly important, we believe space should be devoted to more pressing issues affecting our communities.
Editor, With all the debate regarding smoking on campus, it seems smokers have become a kind of ineffable liability and a predominant indictment of carcinogens on otherwise virgin lungs. However, it is farcical that smokers have been backed into this position based on what is largely an emotional, knee-jerk response that has no basis in the facts or any kind of personal responsibility.
Editor, A hundred years ago, the airplane was a curiosity and the idea of spending public money to create an airport was considered ludicrous. Today, cities are shaped by access to their airports, and control of the world depends on control of the air, both commercially and militarily.
Editor, I am concerned that UNM students have not vocalized their concern over the plan by the Board of Regents to tear up the last remaining green space of any significance on the campus. The North Golf Course is the last piece of habitat left on the campus.
by Peggy Spencer Daily Lobo columnist Q: Are all urinary-tract infections caused by sex? A: Thank you for this great question. The answer to your question is, "No, but ...." UTI stands for urinary-tract infection. It might also be called a bladder infection or cystitis.
Editor, How many of us live day-to-day worrying where our next meal is going to come from or how we will pay for it? Many of us feel all New Mexicans have the opportunity to choose what to eat without wondering if they have enough money. Some of us are privileged and naive enough to think everyone has this opportunity.
Editor, Students at UNM deserve the freedom to choose their lifestyle. The last thing the University needs is a restriction on the food that students can eat. Oh, and by the way, smoking is a luxury, and eating is a necessity. My previous school in Massachusetts did restrict what food students could eat in the cafeteria quite heavily, and this had many negative impacts on the student body.
Editor, Dennis Kinzler's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday has one fatal flaw that reveals his ideas are completely moot - he is certain that evolution is a religion. It's not. We don't worship Charles Darwin or his book. We look at evidence.
Editor, While strong religious views certainly have their place in our society, the letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo by Dennis Kinzler gives the impression that they need to be incorporated into every aspect of everyone's life. Science is not based on what someone said 2,000 years ago.
The regents are toying with the idea of banning smoking on Main Campus to make it a healthier environment - but have they ever eaten at the SUB? The SUB is the most convenient place to eat between classes. It's on campus, it's clean, and there are seven restaurants to choose from.
Editor, The letter by Dennis Kinzler in Wednesday's Daily Lobo points out the truth behind the attacks on evolution. It is not a scientific rebuttal to an accepted theory, but a shallow attempt to give religion more credence in the public sphere. Sure, fine points about the workings of evolution are still debated in scientific circles, but the theory has long been accepted by scientists.
Editor, History has taught us that religion is not the authority we should grasp to explain natural phenomena we do not understand. The faithful once threatened a person's life if he spoke in opposition to the geocentric model of the universe. Science proved the faithful wrong, and now we know the Earth orbits the sun.
Editor, I'm tired of the food at the SUB. It's bad for us students and bad for the local economy. I say it's bad for students because it's not healthy food. It has too much fat; it has too much sugar; and it's loaded with chemicals. Nobody can argue against the correlation between a healthy diet and students' performance in school.
Editor, I would like to address several key points raised in Dennis Kinzler's letter in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday. First, Darwin did not propose a theory "to dispute the Bible." He made observations of the natural world, took into account other information available to him at the time and proposed a theory in accordance with the natural world to explain how these observed phenomena may have occurred.
Editor, Dennis Kinzler's letter to the Daily Lobo on Wednesday contains at its core a fallacy of equivocation so brutal that it is necessary to draw attention to it. In fact, his letter contains so many logical errors that, perhaps, it would be better to address them individually.
Editor, In response to Dennis Kinzler's argument in Tuesday's Daily Lobo that evolution is another religion, I want to say that the definition of evolution is, "The change in the concentration of particular alleles (genes) in a community of individuals." Where in that definition does the clause "If God does not exist" come from? This seems to be a keystone in many anti-evolutionists' logic.
Editor, I disagree on several levels with Rebecca Granato's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday. The first is the availability and expense of motorcycle parking. Although I usually commute by bicycle, there are times when circumstances dictate a mode of transportation that can get me farther, faster.
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