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Letter: Hare Krishna chanter has history of annoyance

Editor, The Daily Lobo reporter, Rivkela Brodsky, is unaware of the campus history related to Sankirtan das, the Hare Krishna daily chanter and the subject of her story in Friday's Lobo. The reason he is outside Popejoy Hall is because he previously spent a good 10 years chanting daily around noon ...


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Letter: Challenging teaching style showed prof's quiet wisdom

Editor, Philosophers are often remembered in two distinct ways: for their contributions to an academic body of literature, and, more personally, for the inspiration they leave in the hearts of their students. Fred Sturm, while no mere bystander in the publishing world, was above all a teacher. ...


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Letter: Bush must be crazy to sell port security to Arab nation

Editor, Unbelievable. Am I hearing this correctly? The United Arab Emirates has been completely vetted and President Bush has now cleared them to own several U.S. ports? And I'm supposed to trust that this is OK because I'm hearing it from good old untrustworthy Bush? Surely, the security ...


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Letter: ASUNM's review week would only justify laziness

Editor, I am writing in an attempt to dissuade ASUNM from further lobbying on behalf of a review week before finals week. I feel this effort is a mistake and, if successful, will only harm students by lowering the academic standards of the University. A professor of mine recently remarked that ...


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Letter: Urine, sunshine keeps us healthy the natural way

Editor, I have had no medical insurance for more than 15 years, and I do not want any. I aim never to go to medical doctors for the rest of my life. Now - at age 60 - I am in better health than I was at 21. I prevent and heal disease naturally. I stopped eating junk food and meat largely in the ...


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Column: Cheney's poor behavior

by Lucinda Ulrich Daily Lobo columnist By now, unless you live in a cave, you've probably heard that Dick Cheney, the vice president of the United States, shot one of his constituents. Apparently, Dick shot his hunting buddy from 30 yards away, enough distance in hunting circles to determine that ...



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Letter: Kendra's Law a straitjacket placed on individual rights

Editor, No government should support harm in the guise of help. Henry David Thoreau said, "For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, one is striking at the root." Nowhere is this more evident than in the Legislature's consideration of the bill called Kendra's Law. For those not familiar ...


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Letter: Cheney's shot launches media in right direction

Editor, I think it's high time the media got into high gear. Cheney's shooting of an innocent hunter - well, the guy is a lawyer - was criminal on three counts. Cheney was drunk, did not have a proper hunting license and he shot a guy in the face. I lived in Corpus Christi, and am very familiar with ...


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Column: Headlining health basics

"Study Finds Low-Fat Diet Won't Stop Cancer or Heart Disease." That was the New York Times front-page headline earlier this month shrieking the results of the largest study ever conducted examining the link between diet and cardiovascular disease. The Women's Health Initiative study included 49,000 subjects over a nine-year period.


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Letter: White House shouldn't cut funding for national parks

Editor, Americans, including New Mexicans, prize our national parks, but the Bush administration's budget ignores pressing park needs by proposing a $100 million cut. Despite continued budget pressures in an unstable world, this budget does not reflect the priority that Americans place on our national ...


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Letter: Consider how you pollute before criticizing smokers

Editor, First I would like to say that I have heard many good reasons to ban smoking on campus, but I believe they were framed by poor arguments, so I feel that I should make an attempt of my own. I understand the risks of smoking, as I am a slave to it. I would, however, be surprised if someone ...


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Letter: Forced treatment bills create illusion of safety

Editor, Despite the prevalence of drunken driving fatalities, few would argue that we should bring back Prohibition to prevent certain individuals from driving drunk. Despite the prevalence of gun-related fatalities, many people staunchly oppose any form of gun control. Yet many New Mexicans seem ...


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Letter: Political apathy fueled by focus on material gain

Editor, I am writing about the atmosphere of apathy I have felt on campus and elsewhere regarding political matters. The other day, I went to a meeting of a chartered progressive group to find that - aside from the chair, myself and one other person - no one had come. It was not atypical. I have ...



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Letter: Denying Holocaust is a pretext for mass murder

Editor, A letter written by Brian Fejer published in the Daily Lobo on Feb. 8 called for America to look past the nuclear threats of Iran and focus its attention on Israel. Israel, the only democratic country in the Middle East that values the lives of its citizens and embraces all faiths. Israel, ...



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Letter: Media make soap opera of Cheney hunting mishap

Editor, I have heard a lot of mudslinging about the vice president's recent hunting accident in which he accidentally shot a good friend in the face with birdshot. Remember that - birdshot. Before I am labeled as being biased, I want you to know I am a staunch liberal and Democrat, so I'm on opposing ...


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Column: U.S. must impeach Bush

Whether it be unwarranted spying on peaceful Americans, the incompetence in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster or the memo detailing President Bush's intention to invade Iraq regardless of Iraq's weapons capabilities or United Nations' support, the number of reasons why Bush and Cheney should be immediately impeached steadily increases.


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Dean: Top priority should be students

by G. Randy Boeglin Dean of students, director of Residence Life Recent campus events surrounding the departure of the president and the hiring of Health Sciences Center Communications Director have been seismic in nature. These events, quite simply, are hiring and firing - activities that occur ...

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