Editor, In the article "Petitioning book prices," your reporter, Christopher Sanchez, described the New Mexico Public Interest Research Group as a nonpartisan organization. This is a stupid and dangerous characterization. If one were to go to NMPIRG's Web site, one would find that they are actively ...
Editor, One of Michelle Touson's graduate classes must not have been the study of logic. With 10 million other things to focus her eyes and her mind on, she has chosen to take notice of her color and the color of others in her class. That action sounds to me like the beginning of the limiting logic ...
Editor, I have to agree with Kristen Woodruff's letter in Thursday's Daily Lobo about UNM's extremely lenient smoking policy. Thousands and thousands of nonsmokers have and die of lung cancer every year. Dana Reeve, Christopher Reeve's widow and a life-long nonsmoker, currently has smoker's lung ...
Editor, This is in response to Kristen Woodruff's letter from Thursday's edition of the Daily Lobo. Let me begin by saying that while she has a good point, she has chosen to articulate this opinion in a forceful way. This is why I have chosen to write this letter. As a tobacco slave, it is painful ...
Editor, OK, I'll say it - there is a sonic stink bomb at UNM every day around lunch hour. Has anyone noticed that no one sits or hangs out in front of Popejoy anymore? There's only one person sitting there every day - the sonic stink bomb, the Hare Krishna. From the south doors of the SUB to the ...
Editor, We are a little offended with the lack of interest shown in UNM tennis teams. The past two weekends, both men's and women's teams have had major events that have not been reported in the Daily Lobo. The women's tennis team had an upset victory over the 27-ranked team in the nation - the ...
Editor, Two weeks ago, peace activist Daniel Burns was sentenced to six months in prison for protesting the American violation of international law with the illegal war of aggression against Iraq. He is one of four war protesters, known as the Saint Patrick's Four, who poured their blood inside a military ...
by Samara Alpern Daily Lobo columnist People just aren't as romantic as they used to be. Back in the day, men concocted all kinds of aphrodisiacal rituals and potions to elicit love from women. In North Africa, for example, a man would secretly enrich a beverage for his love interest with semen ...
Editor, As a firm tobacco adversary and a member of the on-campus coalition against tobacco, EXPOSE, it is painful to watch the countless number of students, staff and faculty at UNM who are slaves to the little drug called tobacco. What is even more painful, though, is seeing those who do not partake ...
Editor, I just read Sen. John Grubesic's proposal to memorialize cockfighting as the official disgrace of New Mexico. Talk about a slap in the face. Not only are the claims inaccurate, they are verbatim of those from the out-of-state special interest groups that have been coming to New Mexico for ...
Editor, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony this morning made one thing perfectly clear: President Bush believes that he need not gain permission from the federal judiciary or Legislature before labeling anyone in the world a target of his so-called War on Terrorism. He has said publicly ...
Editor, Thank you, Richard "Bugman" Fagerlund, for the wonderful reminder in Tuesday's Daily Lobo of why we should all avoid the "gravest show on Earth" - the circus. The circus is a barbaric ritual no more civilized than the mass slaughter of animals and humans in the Coliseum in ancient Rome. If ...
Editor, After reading the article in the Daily Lobo on Thursday about how the UNM Police Department was going to start ticketing for breaking the new 5 mph speed limit near the construction sites, I decided I would try slowing down and obeying the law. After all, going my normal 18-20 mph would soon ...
Editor, The president of the United States and commander in chief of the American armed forces has vowed to protect and defend Israel, militarily if needed, against Iran. It's a good thing we just helped out the Shiite Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution win those theocratic elections in Iraq. I ...
Editor, President Caldera will be receiving a "retirement" package of approximately $700,000, money for which the University will receive absolutely no services whatsoever. For 31 years as a full-time faculty member, I was paid a total of approximately $755,000.
Editor, Before you go to the circus this year, think about Kenny and Tia. A roadside attraction in Iowa wanted an elephant to give rides and entertain the public. In May 1991, Tia was purchased and sent to an elephant training facility in Wisconsin. Upon arrival, she was led inside a barn and all ...
Editor, For the first time ever, I logged on to vote in the Daily Lobo poll to voice my opinion on the question: "President Bush said in his State of the Union address that America is 'addicted to oil' and promised to reduce American dependence on foreign oil. What should be done about this?" I was ...
I don't believe in the myth of technology any more.
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