Editor, Amidst a crowd of students, parents and young children going for a stroll to the Duck Pond after lunch, including our guests from across the globe who have come to enjoy the Balloon Fiesta, I found myself crossing Central Avenue, proud to be a student and a part of this wonderful community at UNM.
Editor, I was washing my hands in the SUB restroom a few days ago when I noticed a full trash bin. What caught my eye wasn't so much the fact that it was full, but the two aluminum soda cans on top. On closer examination, there were also two flattened cardboard boxes resembling what the SUB uses for box lunches, a Daily Lobo and a clear plastic water bottle.
Myanmar's yearning for democracy has reached a new high -- so has its repression. In the past two weeks, thousands of pro-democracy protesters, led by monks, have risked a brutal police force and taken to the streets demanding that democracy be restored. The ruling military junta has responded with batons and bullets.
Editor, Those scary people at GPSA are trying to secretly hold meetings so they can pass resolutions. I do not understand why they are trying to hide the time and place of their next meeting from UNM graduate students. It is not enough to announce the time and place of the next meeting during a meeting, and it is not enough to post the meeting at the GPSA office and at the place of the previous meeting.
Editor, I retired from UNM a couple of years ago. As a UNM retiree, I kept the health insurance I had with Lovelace's health maintenance organization. Last year, I had the chance to visit Southeast Asia. The Lovelace contract with UNM does not cover immunizations for travel.
Editor, When did patriotism become a hate crime? First, let me define the term according to New Mexico law: "(a crime) committed because of the victim's actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity" (31-18B-3).
Editor, It is to his credit that columnist Richard Berthold has become a defender of freedom of expression, particularly his own. Unfortunately, he does not believe that there is a need for expressed facts to be true. He was correct to state that Hamas was not created by Iran, but to write it was by Israeli intelligence can only resemble the concept of the big lie - saying something so preposterous one must assume it is true.
Editor, A hate crime is not "punishing someone for what he thinks," as Richard Berthold claims in his column published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday, but for what he does. It is because of seemingly intellectual propaganda such as this that today, the "Namaste Kicker" is likely to be let off with no more than a slap on the wrist.
Editor, I would not give up my strong romantic attraction for certain men for all the money and fame in the world. The main purpose of sex is not to make more babies, especially with the soaring world population of 6.6 billion people. The main purpose of sex is a mutually affectionate, pleasurable connection between persons - female and female, female and male, male and male.
Mark Erasmus' letter published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday contains errors and distortions that misrepresent health care in Cuba. I have visited Cuba four times in the last 30 years for in-depth study of the Cuban public health system and primary care services. Although some problems arise in any system, the Cuban approach to health care has achieved remarkable accomplishments.
Editor, GPSA will make some very important decisions this Saturday as a response to the recent events inspired by racial and ethnic hatred. Three separate resolutions - FR07-008: Anti-Discrimination and Hate Crimes, FR07-007: Diversity and Equity, and FR07-006: International Student Rights - will be introduced and discussed among the council representatives.
Editor, I am writing in response to the letter by Richard Garcia published in the Daily Lobo on Tuesday. I am disappointed Garcia is joining the crowds that continue to criticize the president of Iran based on a few quotes that are floating in the media.
Editor, I am so tired of reading about the flag incident from last month. We all know that Peter Lynch should not have torn the Mexican flag. An article in Thursday's Daily Lobo quotes him as saying that. So, let's move on. As far as charging him with a hate crime, I find the idea ridiculous.
Editor, There have been several contradictory statements regarding the efficacy of vitamin and calcium supplements in recent weeks. This critical issue merits further discussion. Evidence that calcium supplements prevent osteoporosis in older women does not square with the fact that U.
Editor, This is an open letter to all UNM students. One of President David Schmidly's first priorities was to establish a division of enrollment management that would bring all the critical enrollment processes students must navigate under the responsibility of one person instead of three or four.
Editor, News editor Jeremy Hunt's abysmal coverage of the Albuquerque municipal elections in "Voting begins today for City Council race" is hands down the worst reporting I've seen in the Daily Lobo. To begin with, a more accurate headline would have been "Voting ends today .
by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo columnist While politicians of all stripes condemned them, President Lee Bollinger and Columbia University struck a blow to free speech by inviting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the bizarre president of Iran, to speak on their campus.
Editor, The Daily Lobo has completely failed students in its coverage of the City Council election. The headline of Tuesday's article read "Voting begins today ...." However, voting ended Tuesday and began nearly three weeks ago. The article directs readers to the city's Web site to locate their polling places.
Editor, I read in the Daily Lobo on Friday about the sad, unequivocal support to the continued slavery and exploitation of the Cuban people. The belief that universal health care works for the Cuban people is founded on the lies of the Cuban government. Where do life expectancy and infant mortality statistics come from? The Cuban government itself.
Editor, I personally don't see anything contradictory or wrong in Gov. Bill Richardson's statement as a presidential candidate about wanting to chop $57 billion off the nuclear weapons budget or as governor asking for some of Los Alamos budget cuts to be reinstated.
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