Opinion

Letter: Party Patrol infringes on rights of legal drinkers

I am writing in response to the article in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, "Panel seeks to curb underage drinkers."

Letter: Churches, archaic beliefs should be thrown out

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.

Letter: Canada is cruel to support slaughter of baby seals

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.

Letter: Neo-sandwich generation is product of outsourcing

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.

Ed Toons

Letter: U.S. needs less emphasis on freedom of choice

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.

Ed Toons

Letter: Not all student groups deserve equal funding

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.

Letter: Anti-Semitic messages must also be condemned

I read with interest the article about Faisal Nabulsi's appearance on campus and his passionate defense of Islam.

Letter: Pedestrians not thoughtful when using crosswalks

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.

Letter: Eating disorders more than just a vanity issue

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.

Letter: Anti-abortionists should offer realistic alternatives

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.

Column: Effect of war clear at home

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.

Letter: Abortion should not be outlawed, but prevented

Let's set a few things straight about the abortion issue, as discussed in the Daily Lobo on Tuesday.

Column: Value of foreign recruits

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.

Ed Toons

Letter: Regents think they can squeeze 'rich' students

I just read in Monday's Daily Lobo that tuition is going up again in the fall. This is my fourth year at UNM, and it seems that every year I have been here, tuition has gone up.

Letter: Americans are free to do what government says

As each day goes by, I find it more difficult to restrain my abject frustration at the profound apathy and ignorance of the American people in the face of ever more oppressive and incompetent leadership.

Letter: Students have other bills to pay besides UNM's

First, I would like to thank you for your coverage of the upcoming Budget Summit in Monday's Daily Lobo, and the proposed tuition hike of at least 5.3 percent.

Letter: Bush's actions constitute resignation or impeachment

The House of Representatives was seriously considering impeaching President Nixon before he resigned for his criminal involvement in the Watergate scandal. Then it unjustifiably voted to impeach President Clinton - without indictable grounds - for lying about his illicit affair. So why hasn't the House introduced a bill of impeachment against President Bush?