I'll admit it. I'm a senior, and this Wednesday was the first time I ever voted in an ASUNM election. But it was the first time it seemed like it mattered. There are 38 candidates in this election. In the past there have been two slates that differ slightly, but have similar goals.
Editor, I was amused and alarmed by Steve Durant's letter regarding America's misguided emphasis on individual freedom of choice. He is indeed the paternalistic product of a unitary, socialist government, watching us young colonial children at irresponsible play.
Editor, This is in response to Michael Weber's rather absurd letter in Wednesday's edition of the Daily Lobo. First off, if you ask an incoherent question like his, all you should expect to receive is an incoherent answer. Also, the Bible is a spiritual book written by a spiritual being.
The Daily Lobo's article in Tuesday's paper about Scientology on campus brought up some interesting points from a conversation I had recently.
I am writing in response to the article in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, "Panel seeks to curb underage drinkers."
It is interesting to see the Scientologists on campus again. Their "clearing" method is like Arthur Janov's primal therapy - memorialized by the band Tears for Fears in the 1980s. Primal therapy can cure a person of neurosis, but the Scientologists' theology looks pretty sketchy.
Imagine a baby only several weeks old laying on the floor waiting for his mother to come take care of him. Imagine the terror in the baby's mind when a tall stranger carrying a large club approaches him. Then imagine the unmitigated terror the baby feels when he is being mercilessly clubbed on the head. If the baby is fortunate, he will have died quickly, but more often than not, the baby still has to bear the torture of feeling his skin being peeled from his body as he screams for mercy.
With the complications of outsourced work to other parts of the world and the issue of so many undocumented migrant workers, a new generation has been created - the neo-sandwich generation.
When I read about UNM students' struggles to cope with issues such as abortion, smoking, gun ownership, advocating democracy in foreign countries and so on, all of these debates are talking about freedom of choice.
I have heard a lot of talk lately of how some people think that ASUNM favors some groups over others, when that is not the case at all.
I read with interest the article about Faisal Nabulsi's appearance on campus and his passionate defense of Islam.
I am one of the many students who ride a motorcycle on campus and I feel I have to address a situation that is becoming a larger problem. For the record, pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks on campus, to which the "Stop for Ped" markings everywhere attest.
The following is in response to Jason Bourke's letter in the Daily Lobo on March 23. There is no question that obesity is an epidemic in America. However, the societal response to this is a quick fix - diet fads, exercise videos, equipment and a multitude of drinks and pills that supposedly help one to lose weight and lose it fast.
The arguments made in favor of anti-abortion legislation range from offensive to absurd. For the remainder of this letter, however, let us neglect the audacity of our society, legal system and state-sponsored Christian doctrine to dictate to a woman what she can and cannot do with her own body. We will consider only more concrete issues.
Four and a half years after Sept. 11, 2001, and three years after the Iraq war, the debate over policy has been bitter and divisive in this country.
Let's set a few things straight about the abortion issue, as discussed in the Daily Lobo on Tuesday.
Recent coverage and editorial comments in the Albuquerque Journal and other papers have suggested that leaders in higher education in New Mexico have no business recruiting foreign students to attend state-funded universities.
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