Opinion - The Daily Lobo

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Helping the less fortunate pays off in joyous ways

March 23

Editor, Throughout the history of civilization, people have always been diverse in their economic status and lifestyle. As the saying goes, "The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike." It is seen as ordinary that some are poor and others are rich. However, with the many breakthroughs of the modern age and the degree of economic and political maturity that the world has reached, it would seem like we could prevent the less fortunate members of society from so much suffering.

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Calling something natural doesn't make it morally OK

March 23

Editor, There have been some letters in the Daily Lobo recently with an old argument attempting to morally justify homosexuality. This argument states that because animals naturally practice homosexuality, then homosexuality must be natural, and thus OK. I am not denying that homosexuality occurs in nature, and there have been many documented cases which clearly illustrate this.

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Those leading Iraq war should send in their kin

March 23

Editor, I am so tired of the blatant hypocrisy Americans live with every day. Why is it that all the anti-war demonstrations around the country are now being confronted by counter-protesters supporting the war, shouting slogans like, "Traitors," "You dishonor our dead," or "Support our troops and President Bush.

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KUNM broadcasts aren't meant to offend listeners

March 22

Editor, I'm writing in response to Jeffrey Bullard's letter in Monday's Daily Lobo, in which he criticizes KUNM's "Street Beat" hip-hop show for playing songs with offensive lyrics. We do have policies that prohibit the use of indecent language, except during the "safe harbor" period, after 10 p.

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UNM needs to improve conditions in the SRCs

March 22

Editor, I live on campus in the SRCs. Tuesday morning while I was doing some yoga, a cockroach scuttled across the carpet in my bedroom, two inches from my face. I calmly paused my yoga video and got what my roommates and I call "the cockroach catcher" - a designated cup and piece of cardboard we use to catch the roaches so we can take them outside to kill them with Raid.

Opinion

Spring pollen spurs allergies

Peggy Spencer | March 22

While you were gone over break, as you have no doubt noticed, spring sprang out in full force - warm temperatures, flowering trees and, of course, pollen. The juniper count increased five-fold over spring break and is now being joined by other flowering trees. So if you're sneezing, coughing, running and dripping, join the crowd.

Opinion

Greedy book publishers keep prices on the rise

March 21

Editor, Student Steven J. Aragon, the resident New Mexico textbook publishing expert, has an uncanny ability to explain economic theory in practice within the textbook industry. "Textbooks are expensive because students buy used books," he stated Monday in the Daily Lobo.

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Forbidding gays to marry shows ignorance, bigotry

March 21

Editor, In the Daily Lobo on March 9, Benjamin Sanchez argues that the complementary nature of male and female genitalia and the associated reproductive capacity means "those who want to change the definition of marriage are living outside of objective reality.

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ASUNM senators choose Greeks over student body

March 21

Editor, I've read various stories in the Daily Lobo with both positive and negative reactions from peers and myself. However, I've never felt so strongly about a story until I read about the bill for a polling station in Mesa Vista Hall. It's not the bill's failure that angered me, but rather the cavalier attitude that some of the ASUNM senators had about shooting it down - in particular, the words of Sen.

Opinion

Hip-hop may offend some but helps to define many

March 21

Editor, I'd like to thank Jeffrey Bullard for his letter in Monday's Daily Lobo about the March 9 "Street Beat," my show on KUNM radio. I take all comments to heart and evaluate them accordingly. As for suggesting I may be addicted to cocaine, that is a comedic but uninformed comment on my own lifestyle.

Opinion

Homosexual couples aren't trying to destroy humanity

March 20

I am writing in response to Benjamin Sanchez's letter in the Daily Lobo on March 9. From a biological perspective, heterosexuality is indeed the only way to produce new human beings.

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Eliminating student aid harsh penalty for drug use

March 20

Editor, Has the war on drugs become a war on education? In January 2005, law enforcement officers found a very small amount of marijuana inside a house I was sharing with two other students. A direct consequence of my pleading guilty to possession was that I immediately became ineligible to receive financial aid to help pay for my tuition at Northern State University in South Dakota.

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U.S. attorney firings point to White House deception

March 20

Editor, It has been reported that former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was not put on the White House's firing list until after receiving phone calls from Sen. Pete Domenici and Rep. Heather Wilson. The U.S. attorney in California, Carol Lam, was fired one day before executing a search warrant on former CIA official Dusty Foggo in the investigation of Wilson's good friend, former Rep.

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Homosexual behaviors not unique to humans

March 19

Editor, On March 9, Daily Lobo alumnus Benjamin Sanchez made an argument against homosexuality based on the fact that the biological ability to reproduce is limited to a male and a female. While I don't care to comment on most of his arguments, I would like to point out that there is considerable homosexual behavior among animals.

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Late-night KUNM show promotes discrimination

March 19

Editor, The KUNM radio station airs a program called "Street Beat" Fridays and Saturdays from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. I am a gay man living in rural New Mexico, and as much as I love good music, the stuff played on the program, for the most part, is degrading to people.

Opinion

Some SUB employees lack customer courtesy

March 19

Editor, After a day filled with strenuous and stressful classes at UNM, a trip to the SUB for a quick bite to eat and a few minutes to chat with friends is a time to get away. The issue I am about to address has really bothered me and my peers for quite some time now.

Opinion

Evolution allows people to select same-gender mates

March 19

Editor, In his letter in the Daily Lobo on March 9, Benjamin Sanchez chose to turn a blind eye to a fundamental fact of nature: Human beings are unlike any other animal on the planet. This is because evolution has supplied us with a brain that allows us to rise above basic animal instinct.

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Used textbook sales force publishers to raise prices

March 19

Editor, Students have the power to decrease the cost of textbooks. They should not have to depend on ASUNM, the UNM Bookstore or the textbook fairy to solve the problem. To reap the rewards of cheaper textbooks, just follow this simple plan: Stop buying used textbooks.

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Editorial: U.S. attorney controversy mocks our Constitution

Joe Buffaloe | March 9

Of the three branches of government, the U.S. Constitution sets aside one - the judicial branch - to be free of politics. Federal attorneys are supposed to be selected and retained because of their skills, not their political leanings. This impartiality is the cornerstone of the American legal system, the principle that sustains our government over time.

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Homosexuality defied by our reproductive nature

March 9

Editor, In my introductory biology class at UNM, a professor often described the union between a man and a woman as a lock and key. He used this analogy to highlight the complementary nature of man and woman. As the right key fits perfectly in the lock it was made for, so too do man and woman fit perfectly together.