Editor, On Tuesday, we were shocked as we listened to fellow students on the UNM South Lot shuttle express their disgust with an article in the Daily Lobo titled "Web site users look for gay sex at UNM." Consequentially, we felt ashamed and embarrassed as we made our way through campus.
Editor, Nothing in my life is more important than refusing to pay federal income tax for war - no matter who is the president, Republican or Democrat. The best way to refuse to pay federal income tax for war with no fines and no threats from the government is to live simply - below the taxable level.
Editor, The occurrence of promiscuous homosexual sex in public restrooms reveals a deeper problem in American culture. There is a large-scale breakdown of basic reason in the minds and behavior of many Americans. A primary cause of this breakdown is moral relativism.
Editor, President Bush and his cronies often accuse their adversaries of the very crimes they themselves are guilty of. This inclination is pathological. Thus, Bush has the audacity to threaten Iran with military action for, as he claims, trying to build a nuclear bomb, attacking his forces in Iraq and murdering Iraqi civilians.
Editor, I find it amusing that the first article to raise my ire to write a letter pertains to public gay sex. But what would one expect when he reads such a frivolous and non-newsworthy article on the front page of a university newspaper? Clearly, it is a tasteless spin-off of the Sen.
Editor, Just because the mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jim Naugle, made unfounded accusations against gay men having rampant sex in public restrooms, it doesn't mean everyone should follow suit. Nothing stated in the article on gay men soliciting others for sex in Tuesday's Daily Lobo proves that gay students at UNM are having sex in our restrooms.
Editor, As a UNM commuter student, I have found the recent comments about the $112-per-semester parking charges to be quite ignorant. I own a South Lot parking permit and have read on the permit's top margin that it lasts for more than a full calendar year - for about 369 days.
Editor, I was shocked by the story on gay men having sex in public restrooms published in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. Not only was the evidence circumstantial, which is beneath what I have come to expect from the Daily Lobo, but also slanted toward provoking violence against anyone perceived as gay in that environment.
Editor, Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, is responding to accusations of lewd conduct in an airport restroom. His crime is that he made a sexual hand gesture. There was no claim that money was discussed or that this was an issue of prostitution. Craig's response is that he is not gay and denies the allegations.
Editor, This Labor Day, I took the opportunity to reflect on the struggles that student and employee caregivers face at the University. On Sept. 5, an event will be held in Ballroom A of the SUB from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to organize people around policy issues that affect family-member employees and to celebrate a new state law (N.
Editor, The elimination of University College, the consideration of which was reported in the Daily Lobo on Thursday, would be a major error. While students who have selected a major may well have higher graduation rates than those who have not, the notion that they succeed because they have selected a major early is decidedly moot.
Editor, I want to respond to Matthew Martinez's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Friday suggesting that either the City of Albuquerque or UNM pay for students' parking passes, in addition to paying for student bus passes. The city is giving students free passes because it encourages more people to take the bus instead of driving, therefore making the roads and parking lots less crowded.
Editor, Matt Martinez, in his letter published in the Daily Lobo on Friday, thinks we are all too lazy to get a driver's license. He should stop complaining about how he has to pay to park in a private lot at least somewhat close to campus. This initiative that Albuquerque is taking for its college students is an excellent idea.
Editor, It is ironic that Matthew Martinez, in his letter published in the Daily Lobo on Friday, talks about how bus riders are getting government money while folks like him are being left behind, because automobiles get massive subsidies from the government.
Editor, This is in response to Matthew Martinez's letter in the Daily Lobo on Friday asserting the need for free parking passes from UNM. UNM didn't appropriate millions for students who are too lazy to get a license to drive a car; it did so because with rising gas prices, many people can't afford the commute to school.
Editor, Both Brandon Curtis and Austin Duus have misrepresented Richard Berthold's research record in their letters published in the Daily Lobo on Friday and Thursday, respectively. Berthold has published work in peer-reviewed journals since 1978, most notably the article Fourth Century Rhodes, which was published in the respected journal Historia Volume 29 (1980).
Editor, I am offended by Jessica Stanton's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Friday, though I don't live in New Orleans. To look upon the poor of that city - many of whom can't move out due to their financial situation and cannot pay to renovate their homes or even afford the health care to fix their families - and suggest that the city is almost forgotten shows the attitude of so many in this country: "If it's broken, throw it away and get a new one.
Editor, I want to reply to Austin Duus' letter published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday, specifically to the following quotation: "Remember Richard Berthold? He was the UNM professor who told a class of freshmen on Sept. 11, 2001: 'Anyone who can blow up the Pentagon has my vote.
Editor, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that New Orleans is a risky place to live. Another Katrina is not just possible -- it's likely. People who lived in New Orleans made a conscious decision to run the risk of losing everything to a hurricane. Iraq may be a wasteful war, but wasting money in Iraq does not justify wasting money in New Orleans.
Editor, Richard Berthold, in his column published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday, is correct in pointing out the illegal actions of the three former administrators who are now state officials. They cannot be paid twice for state jobs. They cannot be on the UNM payroll and receive pay for another state job.
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