The Food and Drug Administration, responsible for inspecting produce in the U.S., recently admitted that it inspected only about 1 percent of the 8.9 million imported food shipments in 2006.
Editor, I am writing this letter on behalf of the financially distressed and disenfranchised students at UNM who are deeply concerned about the recent tuition increase. I have attended UNM since 2005, and every year, the tuition increases with no consideration for the people who are impacted the most - financially distressed and disenfranchised students who do not have a broad range of financial resources at their immediate disposal.
Editor, I will be placing five notebooks entitled "Book of Worries" all around the UNM campus today. The books are an invitation to anyone who comes across them to share their daily stresses and worries anonymously on the blank pages provided. Afterward, share your own worries by replacing the book where you found it.
Editor, As a tenured faculty member who also serves as chairman of the Faculty Senate Athletics Council, I understand and appreciate the perspectives of people who argue for an increased investment in quality, high-profile athletics programs, as well as those of individuals like professor Geoffrey Miller who question the funding inequities between academics and athletics.
by Matthew Chavez Daily Lobo columnist The U.S. trade deficit - the amount by which America's imports exceed its exports - has quadrupled since the Bush administration took office in 2001. In 2006, the trade deficit reached a record $818 billion. There is little consensus among economists about the implications of such a large imbalance.
Editor, In response to Geoffrey Miller's letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, let me reiterate that Steve Alford's salary at UNM is about $210,000. His entire compensation package comes from sources outside of the University. Even Paul Krebs, UNM's athletics director, has said that the amounts paid to college coaches are difficult to swallow.
Editor, Did you see the wall the Israelis built outside the Humanities building Thursday? This is an outrage. How did they manage to sneak onto campus and erect this monument to hate undetected? OK, no foreign militants are sneaking around campus. The "wall" was actually placed by some campus group - I don't know which one, because the display does not identify it.
Editor, Some people are falsely blaming the U.S. for the violence in Iraq. In truth, the U.S. is the major force for peace in that suffering country. The violence there remains much less than it was under Baathist dictatorship. It is the different nature of the violence which may be confusing.
Editor, We are writing in response to the Peaches and Cream Fashion Show held in the SUB on Monday. We would like to ask for clarification about the rationale behind this event. Our understanding is that the concept behind the show was that of fundraising.
Editor, While the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech and the ongoing chaos in Iraq grab all the headlines, genocide is being carried out in Darfur, the western part of Sudan. Estimates vary, but in the last four years, possibly 400,000 have been killed and 3.
Editor, Student Aaron X. Lenard should read the Declaration of Independence. It states, "Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government ... it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Editor, Humans are an impactful species - no one would deny that our history has produced awesome changes to the planet. Here in academia, we will argue incessantly about the reasons why we are like this, but no one has a definite answer. For all of human history, we have been laboring under incomplete perceptions of our actual impacts upon the earth, which persist but are incrementally being re-evaluated.
by Xochitl Campos Daily Lobo columnist Being an American student in Europe is hard. Every person you meet holds you personally responsible for the war. Without asking, they think they know your political opinions and worldview. It never comes as a surprise that what they know about you is a generalization.
Editor, UNM hired Steve Alford as the new head coach of the men's basketball team for an annual salary of $975,000. Alford is no doubt a very good basketball player and coach, but I am appalled by what his salary says about UNM's educational priorities. Let's do some simple math.
David Schmidly is the right man in the right place, and that place is as the incoming president of UNM. He takes over an institution that has made remarkable strides in recent years. The University is on an aggressive construction and renewal program, as well as planning for a future campus in Rio Rancho to handle growth and demand.
Is UNM a sustainable university? I'm not talking about its business policies. UNM will continue to operate into the future as well as any university in the U.S. But if our entire society collapses from beneath our feet, there may not be much left in the way of universities, an economy or people to educate.
Editor, On March 5, the New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill authorizing NMSU to undertake a study on the viability of a legal industrial hemp industry in this state. Although the hemp plant has always been well-known for its high fiber content and was used frequently by the U.
by Bruce T. Milne Daily Lobo guest columnist Who are we and what roles do we play in the ongoing transformation to create a sustainable world? Sustainability has the goal of satisfying basic needs for health, food, shelter and transportation without compromising the satisfaction of future generations.
Editor, Gunmen shot and killed 23 members of an ancient religious sect in northern Iraq on Sunday after stopping their bus and separating out followers of other faiths, while at least 20 people were killed in car bombings in the capital. Just a typical day in Iraq, where the administration in Washington, D.
Editor, Daniel Martinez must be very ignorant to believe that freedom to carry guns on campus will somehow protect students, rather than endanger their lives. If we are allowed to carry guns to campus, the mayhem that occurred at Virginia Tech on April 16 would have been far worse.
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