Opinion

Opinion

Letter: No human being is illegal

Daily Lobo Readers | April 25

I strongly support full human rights for all immigrants. Many immigrants flee here from war, persecution and severe poverty caused largely by the United States. Since 1950 the U.S. government under both Republican and Democratic presidents has overthrown multiple governments — many of them democracies, has bombed about 30 countries and has murdered millions of people. The U.S. government routinely and deliberately sides with the filthy rich to rob and oppress the poor. Many immigrants would prefer to stay in their native countries if living conditions there greatly improved.

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Letter: Just when you thought 'Russiagate' couldn't get any sillier

Daily Lobo Readers | April 25

Editor, April 20 is cannabis culture's high holiday, and the Democratic National Committee celebrated it with fervor this year: blaze up, get silly, file a bizarre lawsuit accusing the Russian government, Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and transparency activist group WikiLeaks of conspiring to steal an election. The suit confirms that after more than a year, special counsel Robert Mueller still hasn't amassed the evidence required for a successful criminal prosecution, requiring proof "beyond a reasonable doubt." A civil suit lowers that bar to "a preponderance of the evidence."

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Letter/Poem: Unspoken Thoughts

Daily Lobo Readers | April 25

A moment frozen which melts away

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Opinion

Guest Column: BioBlog — Can ant robots help humans go to space?

Maria Oroyan | April 25

Editor's Note: This piece was originally published online in the UNM BioBlog on March 16, 2018, written by Maria Oroyan.

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Column: Autism is no laughing matter

Kyle Land | April 25

There’s been no shortage of jokes directed toward Facebook’s CEO and co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in the wake of the Facebook scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. While most jokes are tame enough, some jokes are far more pointed and lacking in taste, especially regarding Zuckerberg himself. A frustrating example of this appears in a recent sketch in Saturday Night Live. On SNL’s Weekend Update, a mock interview between Zuckerberg (played by Alex Moffat) and Colin Jost first portrays the CEO exhibiting some strange behaviors. For example, Zuckerberg starts the conversation by telling himself aloud to make eye contact and then saying, “2...3...look away.”

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Guest Column: BioBlog — Curing birth defects before birth

Karina Dow | April 22

The natural human desire to bring new life into this world is not always so simple. When a fetus has serious medical conditions, it can be more risky to wait for after birth. Undergraduate Karina Dow discusses medical advances in a relatively new field of medicine, fetal surgery, in a recent UNM BioBlog.

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Opinion

Letter: Multilingualism in media is incredibly important

Daily Lobo Readers | April 22

Editor, I want to applaud the Daily Lobo for its International Issue — what a wonderful glimpse of the diversity that we are! It was a joy to see Tasawar Shah, one of my linguistically gifted doctoral students, featured along with other international students. By publishing this multilingual issue, the Daily Lobo put itself far ahead of all mainstream newspapers, even those with massive circulations and ahead of most online media as well. Bravo!

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Opinion

Letter: When Barbara Bush said damn

Daily Lobo Readers | April 22

Editor, I've always admired Barbara Bush. Like millions of others, I was saddened to hear about her declining health and then recent death. Many television tributes and well-deserved accolades have been verbalized in recent days. Her beautiful funeral service and all that was said from their Houston Episcopal Church was a tribute to one of America's finest ladies. I had the opportunity to have my picture taken with the first lady many years ago. 

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Opinion

Green Issue — Column: The case for cannabis

Anthony Jackson | April 19

Cannabis can go by many names — marijuana, ganja, weed, grass, sticky-icky or dank. Regardless of the name, cannabis has been used and cultivated for thousands of years. With more than 1,000 different types of strains, it’s hard to believe that an ancient plant has made it to the top of the United States’ scheduled list of controlled substances, alongside heroin, all while cannabis’ medical properties continue to be overlooked by politicians with the help of pro-pharmaceutical lobbyists.

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Green Issue — Column: Plant ownership can have many benefits

Madison Spratto | April 19

I don’t have the famous green thumb that usually coincides with being a good plant owner — in fact it’s fair to say I have quite the opposite. Despite my terrible track record of killing plant after plant, a friend gave me the final push to try one more time, but this time, with plants I can actually keep alive. Although owning cacti and succulents is a fairly new hobby of mine, it’s in step with a wide-spread trend. Owning plants is definitely “in” right now, but so is plant-themed decor. I can’t put my finger on why this trend has emerged, but I’m certainly not complaining.

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Green Issue — Column: Five ways to make cash on the side

Catherine Stringam | April 19

In today’s world, finding a job can be difficult. As a college student, balancing the demands of a job and school can be complicated, but necessary to pay for college, which is why students are always trying to find extra ways to earn money. When you think of side hustling, you often think of bugging all your Facebook friends trying to sell them cosmetics or something they don’t really need. But there are other options for students to make a little extra money on the side — here are five.

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Opinion

Letter: If you quit

April 19

Editor, This column is about something I've thought about doing before and that's just saying the heck with it.

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Letter: Freedom is winning in the Encryption Arms Race

Daily Lobo Readers | April 18

Editor, At tax time in the U.S., as Gaurav Sangwani of India's Financial Express reports, many American cryptocurrency users weren't interested in discussing that aspect of their lives with the Internal Revenue Service. In an early April TeamBlind survey of 2,600 people who earned money from crypto, 46 percent said they wouldn't be reporting those earnings to Uncle Sam. Meanwhile, per Investopedia's Nathan Reiff, fewer than 100 of Credit Karma Tax's 250,000 most recent filers had reported cryptocurrency transactions as of April 13.

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Green Issue — Column: Where to eat while stoned

Matthew Narvaiz | April 18

For many, smoking weed and food are synonymous with one another. With 4/20 getting closer, there are plenty of places to get your eat on when the munchies hit, especially near campus. As a self-proclaimed food savant, I will take you through the five best places to eat while stoned. But first...

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Guest Column: BioBlog — Coral reefs: The ocean’s rainforests

Kacie Coffey | April 18

Undergraduate Kacie Coffey explores how coral reefs contribute to the ocean’s diversity in a recent UNM BioBlog. Ranging from how a fish’s imprecise eating habits contribute to soft, sandy beaches to the formation of attols, Kacie discusses how undersea coral reefs contribute to the world’s biodiversity.

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Letter: Earth would be healthier if we stopped owning cars

Daily Lobo Readers | April 15

Editor, Seventeen years ago, April 7 was the last time I rode in any car! I have not owned a car for 38 years. I condemn wars for oil! I condemn fracking. Cars cause catastrophic climate chaos. Cars poison the air. Highways, streets, parking lots and garages smother millions of acres of fertile soil needed for growing food and trees. Trees soak up the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, and provide needed oxygen. I save much money! No car repairs, no parking and traffic tickets, no car vandalism, no flat tires, no car insurance, no monthly payments, no car theft.

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Letter: ASUNM needs to be proactive with protecting the Lottery Scholarship

Daily Lobo Readers | April 15

I appreciated reading the Daily Lobo’s recent article about the history of the Lottery Scholarship, as it is extremely concerning to many students that the Lottery Scholarship is covering less and less of our tuition every year. As reported, students almost lost more scholarship funding during this past 2018 legislative session because of a bill that would have eliminated the law guaranteeing the scholarship fund 30 percent of lottery revenues and replacing that guarantee with a $38 million, later $40 million, floor. As it was introduced, this bill provided no incentive for the New Mexico Lottery to ever expand our scholarship fund, or even continue to provide the $42 million a year that it has received on average for the past decade.

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Column: Facebook may be to blame for strong political divide

Nichole Harwood | April 13

Waking up and browsing Facebook is a common, often daily activity for the average individual in this day and age. Just as common is the barrage of memes and graphics plastered across the screen when logging in. These memes and graphics vary in accuracy, with some ranging from insanely inaccurate to strangely true. One graphic circulating on the site can be filed under the strangely true category.

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Opinion

US should not act rashly in Syria

Daily Lobo Readers | April 11

Praise be to God that the ugly seven year war in Syria seems to be nearing its end.

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Trump is a farce of genuine conservatism

Daily Lobo Readers | April 11

Editor, Trump road the slimmest of victories to the presidency only 17 months ago. He got there through the support of conservatives from the right wing upset about the former president’s policies. In the short time since, the president has managed to increase the federal deficit more so than any other comparable period of any other president in all of American history.