UNM is not yet a smoke-free campus. But the process of banning cigarettes is on its way, having already passed through the Staff Council with a vote of 464 to 303. It will likely be brought up at the next ASUNM meeting in August.
Well, my 15-percent summer tuition discount equals all of $3.
This letter is in response to the self-righteous drivel in the letter in Thursday's issue of the Daily Lobo by Brian Fejer.
Professors, please rant and impress your opinions on my mind - just don't give me an F if I disagree.
This is a response to the several letters written on the pages of the Daily Lobo calling for a softer approach to the Iranian nuclear crisis.
I'm writing about Emil Crawford's thoughtful letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, "U.S. should follow Mexico by decriminalizing drugs."
Israel shouldn't force others to join in its unfair isolation of Hamas. Hamas was elected by the free and democratic will of the Palestinian people, and their will should be accepted and respected by Israel.
A tyranny of silence is threatening your sexual health. That was the concern voiced by Dr. Drew Pinsky this weekend in Austin, Texas, at the Trojan College Roundtable, a focus group discussion of sex on campus and in the media.
In the classic "Lost in Space" television series, the robot would frequently shout, "Warning, Will Robinson - danger, danger!" Perhaps we need him at UNM to warn the incoming 2006 freshman class about our faculty and staff's lunatic rants.
As soon as I retake Math 121 in summer school my costly Lobo-tomy will be complete. With a bachelor's degree in university studies in peace studies and performance art, I'm hoping to emigrate to Mexico to become a hemp farmer or roll joints.
I don't why so many of us are blaming the president for all of our woes. Wasn't it we, the electorate, who decided to send President Bush back for a second consecutive term?
Obviously, David Holcberg is either misinformed or a strong proponent of a racist ideology that seemingly embraces the right of the privileged and powerful to impose their will onto those deemed weaker - or perhaps inferior.
In a bold move, the Congress in Mexico has voted to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, heroin and cocaine for personal use. The bill only awaits President Fox's signature to go into effect.
The most important job of any university Board of Regents is hiring the right president. To do that, we regents first have to do our homework. We need to make sure we are hiring the right person at the right time - and the only way to find out what kind of president the University of New Mexico needs right now is by asking a lot of questions.
I keep reading and hearing in the news media that our congressmen have, all of a sudden, decided to seek oil price relief for our American consumers.
It does not take the clairvoyance of a prophet to predict that by the end of President Bush's illegitimate presidency, many more Americans will have died as a direct consequence of his reckless policies of warfare than from the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
I would like to respond to Bradley Knockel's comment as quoted in the Daily Lobo's article about the Zimmerman fire in Monday's newspaper, in which he said that libraries are outdated.
I write concerning Bradley Knockel's comment in Monday's issue of the Daily Lobo about the Zimmerman fire, in which he said, "If you need a book, you've got databases online. I kind of think libraries are outdated."
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