Editor, I want to respond to letters by William Byatt and Brandon Curtis published in the Daily Lobo on Tuesday. To call the best-selling book of all time contradictory is to be accusing God Almighty of being contradictory, since he inspired it. Byatt mentioned that it contradicts itself on the topic of eating meat.
Editor, We wish to respond to the recent incident involving the desecration of the Mexican national flag that was raised Friday on the south side of Scholes Hall. The incident is still being investigated, but what we do know at this point is that after a ceremony celebrating the Mexican independence day - Dieciseis de Septiembre - the flag that was raised during the celebration was subsequently taken down and, as we understand it, ripped to shreds.
Editor, There is so much wrong in Daniel Martinez's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Tuesday, it's hard to figure out where to start. First of all, I would like to know what God you worship, Martinez, because he is one cruel mother. Your God seems to be incredibly hateful and irrational, too.
Editor, This letter is in response to David Martinez's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Friday. It was my good fortune to be touring the UNM campus, and I was lucky enough to have read Martinez's piece of zealotry. I must say that I applaud the general sentiment.
Editor, In response to several liberal opinions on homosexuality, I take a different approach. Many supporters point to the notion that couples who engage in homosexual relationships are consenting, loving couples. The supporters contend that discrimination against this group is on the same level as discrimination during the Civil Rights era.
Editor, I am writing in response to the editorial published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday regarding GPSA's resolution demanding the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. The opinion comes from one of the many apathetic young students of UNM. This student proves to have little knowledge of the historical role of university students throughout the world.
Editor, I have read several articles and letters regarding the Bible and the issue of homosexuality. First, religion is created by human beings. For example, Warren Jeffs presided over a splinter group of Mormonism that still believes in the covenant of plural marriage.
Editor, Why is there so much separation? Each day, I walk out of my dormitory to start another day. I walk all around UNM, dine at La Posada, engage in frequent dormitory antics, attend parties, and spend a great deal of time observing people. From my experience, humanity brings me joy and feels great to be involved in, but there is a trend I find disconcerting - our continual tendency to produce psychological and conceptual separations between ourselves and others.
Editor, I am writing to correct the impression given in an article published Wednesday that the Staff Council rejected the hate crimes proposals. In fact, the executive of the Staff Council withdrew consideration of this measure from the last council meeting agenda, so the body never had a chance to discuss it or vote for or against it.
Editor, In his letter to the Daily Lobo published Tuesday, Jason Brown wrote, "As a Christian, I do not believe that homosexuality is a morally acceptable lifestyle." In its general appeal to the authority of the Christian religion, the statement appears to be speaking for all Christians.
Editor, Recent letters on the question of the naturalness of homosexuality have gotten me thinking. What's natural anyway? Maybe natural means the way things would be if humans weren't always messing things up. Whatever the definition is, certainly we heterosexuals never do anything unnatural.
Editor, As a former participant in student government, I must applaud the efforts of the GPSA on its resolution that calls for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Too often, student governments are forced to limit their perspective. A high school student government is lucky if it is allowed to decide the homecoming carnival colors.
Editor, I have been against the Iraq War from the start. I think it's a disaster that's been horrifically mismanaged and was executed with disgusting dishonesty, and I'd like nothing better than for it to be over. Despite my great disdain for the war, though, I was dismayed to learn that GPSA had passed a resolution calling on Congress to demand immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
Editor, I am generally in support of the idea that professors choose their own textbooks and that any book will have the agenda of the author in mind. But recently, I have encountered a situation where the books professors choose are so one-sided that rather than feeling like I'm learning about the subject I'm paying to learn, I end up listening to the soap-box ramblings of someone I'm not allowed to disagree with.
Editor, This letter is in response to Jason Brown's paradoxical letter published in the Daily Lobo on Tuesday. The very definition of a bigot is one who strongly opposes the views of others based not on reason but on frivolous things such as creed, race or uneducated opinion.
Editor, Tuesday's very misleading front-page headline in the Daily Lobo did not come close to accurately representing the actual content of the article. "Hate crimes office gets thumbs down" conveys the inaccurate idea that UNM as a whole squarely rejected the tolerance education initiative.
Editor, A few points raised in Dr. Peggy Spencer's well-intentioned column in Wednesday's Daily Lobo deserve to be elaborated on. Reference is made to a standard American diet that is unlikely to lead to vitamin deficiencies, but at the same time, because some people have exceptionally poor diets, supplementation is recommended.
by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo columnist I recently did something I expect few others have: I read President David Schmidly's "A New President's Vision," his set of goals for the University. Such documents, which are apparently designed to demonstrate that the University has that vision thing, are regularly issued by UNM presidents and regents and, apart from creating new administrative structures, rarely result in anything.
GPSA crossed a line when it passed a resolution Saturday demanding the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. The resolution will be sent to President Bush, all members of the New Mexico congressional delegation and the Board of Regents. It is reminiscent of a situation in the spring, when members of ASUNM tried to pass a resolution for the extradition of Luis Posada Carriles, who faced charges in Venezuela for the deaths of more than 70 people.
Editor, We write in response to the recent incidents of physical and verbal harassment of people of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent. These ugly incidents have occurred near campus, and many have targeted UNM students. Incidents reportedly include sexual harassment, physical aggression and verbal jeering followed by a cynical "namaste," and at least one armed robbery and beating.
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