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 ...
"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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Here's a look at a pair of everyday chemicals and how they affect our world.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Editor, Two tickets to the circus: $11, including one free ticket. A taco plate, nachos, cotton candy and large soda: $14. Must-have lighted toy with psychedelic flashing light design and noisemaker: $15. Ticket for ride on an elephant: $6. Letters admonishing treatment of circus animals from ...
Editor, After reading John Newman's letter to the editor in Monday's Daily Lobo regarding New Mexico Public Interest Research Group's status as a nonpartisan organization, I realized that there are probably many students who don't know either what a nonpartisan group is or what an advocacy group does. ...
Editor, Regarding the current debate about regulating where smokers can smoke - I am a big fan of workplace smoking bans, but I support the right of smokers to smoke outdoors. However, smokers would do themselves a big favor by ceasing to carelessly throw their cigarette butts on the ground. As ...
Editor, Sami Shakir has expressed his right to freedom of speech. His comments are insulting to me by claiming that I am denigrating this issue of the Mohammed cartoons by standing up for my right to criticize government, religion or any other sensitive issues to any other person. Freedom of speech ...
Editor, The recent letters to the editor about the issue of smoking on campus are yet another example of confusing issues related to public health with morality in order to justify regulating the behavior of others. In the United States, people no longer have the right to harm themselves, and anything ...
Editor, Respect is the key to taking one's point of view and making it a valid one. When we talk about heated issues such as racism, abortion, gay rights and so on, we have a problem with attacking one another personally for our views. You cannot go and insult someone for his or her views - once ...
Editor, OK, I don't know how many Daily Lobo readers watched the opening ceremonies for the Torino Winter Olympics, but I couldn't help noticing that as team USA walked by the cameras, a blonde female member of the team was talking on her cell phone the entire time. Boy, there's the ugly American ...
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