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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
I am requesting a few minutes of your time to consider the validity of my interpretation of the meaning of two of George Bush's statements, and the answer to two questions that come into my mind from time to time:
Several days ago I heard a question on the radio that asked, "What would you change to make the future a better place?" A lot of answers were called in - legalize marijuana, put women in charge or take better care of the poor. I knew instantly what my answer would be.
Feminism is concerned with gender equality for women - I say this as someone who identifies as a feminist.
I have been keeping up on the many letters to the Daily Lobo regarding the subject of abortion, and it has become clear that the topic is very sensitive, one on which everyone has his or her own aggressive and personal opinion. All the recent commotion revolving around the subject got me thinking not only about abortion, but of the current state of our American society.
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