When I first got my 2003 Dodge Neon, I could fill the tank for $14. The other day, I spent $25 and only filled it to three-quarters of a tank.
Last year a group of concerned individuals came together to promote a smoke-free campus for north campus, main campus and all branch campuses.
It has been brought to my attention that a terrorist organization known as the Coalition for a UNM Smoke-Free Campus is being allowed to operate freely in and around the University.
Soon UNM's staff will have the opportunity to make a decision to improve the health of all who visit the campus.
I am an avid nonsmoker, notorious for giving my smoking friends a hard time about smoking and their health. But I strongly disagree with the idea of banning smoking on campus.
I used to think my dad was the real Chicken Little, hiding out in different towns, his true identity kept secret by the Witness Protection Program.
"New study reveals secondhand chatter may cause brain cancer." The preceding statement is just about as credible as believing you're going to get lung cancer by passing by a smoker in an outdoor environment.
I've recently noticed a discontented murmur interrupting the noise of screaming engines and car horns we've become accustomed to hearing on our roads.
I am writing with such sadness in my heart about the movie "United 93" that keeps accosting my TV screen and my radio with advertisements.
I just read the article "Group fights for smoke-free UNM" in Thursday's issue of the Daily Lobo and I must tell you, God may smile on us yet.
Yes, it is very true that the actions and behavior of a single individual can ruin the reputation of a fraternity chapter, but Betsabel Roman's finger-pointing in her letter in Wednesday's issue of the Daily Lobo was a little harsh.
UNM isn't the only New Mexican university to increase tuition - New Mexico State University, New Mexico Tech, Eastern New Mexico University and Western New Mexico University also increased their tuition rates. Even Albuquerque's Technical Vocational Institute raised tuition.
I am a little anxious - I despise secondhand smoke as much as the next student, but normally I'm the one creating it. If the University bans smoking across campus, I will have had it.
I have been quietly watching the back-and-forth arguments about smoking outside on campus for the last few weeks, and I have to say that the entire debate is missing an important element.
I think it's appalling that the University is doing away with the paper schedule of classes.
By only slightly changing the wording of David Holcberg's letter from Tuesday's issue of the Daily Lobo, a new reality emerges - amazing.
Betsabel Roman's letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo about Sigma Chi as a whole would better have been reserved for the humor section.
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