Opinion

Ed Toons

Letter: Corporate model used to run UNM continues

Editor, When Louis Caldera was being hired, a few brave souls pointed out that he lacked the skills and qualification to be president of UNM. We said he should not be hired. Most people found a way to compromise with Gov. Bill Richardson's hand-picked president. The governor wanted to put someone ...

Think outside the pack

by Andrew Price Daily Lobo columnist I have a beagle who is one of my best friends. I shouldn't say "have" because our relationship is more like that of roommates. In order for him to do as I say, he needs to agree with the suggestion - otherwise, he will more or less do as he pleases. Up until ...

Editorial: Daily Lobo adds Sudoku, expanded Opinion page

You asked for it, and you got it.

Letter: Lobo reader's alternative State of the Union address

Editor, I admit I did not give this a lot of thought, and would probably add to it if asked to deliver to the nation and the world, but I think it is a good start. My State of the Union address would be short and right to the point. Here it is: Good evening, good people of this nation and ...

Letter: New UNM president needs to have well-defined goals

Editor, While I left UNM before Louis Caldera took office, and therefore cannot really offer a student viewpoint on his tenure, I feel that Regent Jamie Koch's comment in the Albuquerque Journal on Jan. 26 merits a closer look. Koch said the next president should "understand the culture here," ...

Letter: Abortion natural; choices not always easily available

Editor, In regards to Danielle Townsend's letter in the Daily Lobo on Monday, I believe the term that best describes my reaction is "flabbergasted." For the purpose of this letter, I will not even try to argue whether it is morally defensible to bring an innocent child into this horrible, pain-filled ...

Column: Like hippie, like Internet

While playing "World of Warcraft" late one evening, I wondered whether I was wasting the Internet.

Letter: Campus residents should enjoy smoke-free living

Editor, Last semester I wrote a letter to the Daily Lobo to protest the placement of Smokers Station ash receptacles not five feet from entrances to many of the dormitories. I am writing now to elaborate on what I believe is a needed change in the smoking policy for the residential area of campus ...

Letter: Republican's outlook surprising, respectable

Editor, I am writing in response to Jared Thormahlen's letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo regarding the effects the abortion discussion has had. For the past two weeks I have read the many letters written on the subject of abortion, being appalled at some, agreeing with many, but having a similar reaction ...

Ed Toons

Letter: People should not force abortion views on others

Editor, In Monday's edition of the Daily Lobo, Danielle Townsend wrote the letter that stops reasonable discourse of a controversial subject. She wrote the letter that turns a debate into a shouting match, where shrill-voiced ranters scream over each other, forgetting to base their arguments in reason ...

Letter: Article on student's death offers valuable resource

Editor, I write this letter in memory of Jesse Greenberg, and I would like to thank the Daily Lobo for the article about his death. I had the privilege of working with Jesse for the last year, and we all were blessed with his humor and kindness. Jesse really touched the lives of those he came in ...

Letter: Raising minimum wage a public health priority

Editor, If the New Mexico Legislature decides to raise the minimum wage for tens of thousands of New Mexicans, this may well turn out to be the most important public health improvement measure ever attempted in this state. The reason is quite simple - poverty is a health issue as much as it is ...

Letter: Santa Fe businesses not hurt by wage increase

Editor, I am writing in response to Nicole Dellinger's letter in Monday's issue of the Daily Lobo regarding the proposed statewide raise of the minimum wage. In her letter, Dellinger gives considerable weight to her ideas about the effect of the minimum wage increase on Santa Fe's local economy. I ...

Letter: Caldera walked the talk when it came to recycling

Editor, In Friday's Daily Lobo, Marie-Michele Jasmin-Belisle responded to the Daily Lobo's question of the week about the qualities needed in the new UNM president by saying, "He should be more environmentally conscious. There's no recycling - people throw away everything." With respect to Jasmin-Belisle, ...

Letter: Society's health concerns disguise moral motives

Editor, In the Victorian era, English society was governed by what I call a "moralocracy." That is, anything that was deemed immoral was equated with wickedness, and therefore subject to prohibition in polite society. Today in the United States, we still pretty much live under a moralocracy that ...

Letter: Regents' standards show misdirected priorities

Editor, Thanks to the UNM regents for bringing back New Mexico culture: mediocrity. At a time when all colleges and universities within the contiguous United States are raising their standards, UNM will be going in the opposite direction by reducing standards to compensate for mediocrity. Classified ...

Ed Toons

Letter: Better classrooms, labs should be financial priority

Editor, I think it's great that the governor is allocating monies to the University. However, couldn't some of the funds go to improving our aging classroom and lab facilities? Obviously, Mr. Richardson has never sat through a class in Mitchell Hall or done any chemistry experiments in our lab facilities. ...