by Samara Alpern Daily Lobo columnist When Hurricane Katrina ruptured the New Orleans levees, 25-foot waves of water pounded into the city ahead of 150 mph winds. The whole region struggles to deal with the aftermath of being submerged in noxious waters for weeks.
Editor, The "Abortion is the greatest threat to women's liberation" letter in Tuesday's Daily Lobo is a total farce, a sham - a Three Card Monty hiding as support for woman. Comparing how India and China use abortion to America is silly at best, outright fraud at worse.
Editor, I am familiar with the presence of crime in Albuquerque. Last year, a drunken driver hit me. My car was totaled and the driver fled the scene. The driver was a middle-aged man who could have been caught if road checks were in place that night. This month, my car was stolen while parked on campus.
Editor, Well, another year has come and gone, and in the most sarcastic way I can muster, I would like to thank those people at UNM who were responsible for our new health care plan. For the first time in my life, I will probably be able to itemize my medical deductions this year because of the terrible insurance plan UNM has provided for its employees.
Editor, The emancipation of woman is leading to her downfall. Throughout most of the history of humanity, man has held full control over when to have children and how many children to have, even though it was the woman who carried the children within her body and cared for them until they left home.
Editor, I am writing regarding the "Daily Lobo asks you" segment in Friday's Daily Lobo regarding the minimum wage proposal that failed to pass in Albuquerque. I am absolutely appalled at the cavalier way in which the students the Daily Lobo interviewed dismissed the importance of such a proposal.
Editor, I am disabled due to bipolar disorder. As an American, I do my best to contribute to our society and try to make things better for those around me. I try to do what the doctors say - I take the Prozac, I try to interact with those around me, and I fight tooth and nail with this illness.
Editor, The recent subpoena by the Justice Department against Google raises a scary proposition. The claim is that the department wants to curb child pornography and states that the law can do a better job than software filters. First of all, it is up to parents to be responsible and pay for filters.
Editor, The New Mexico Legislature has an important task this session - to decide how much to fund Gov. Richardson's pre-kindergarten initiative. Pre-kindergarten programs work. Kids who get early access to learning do better in reading, math and language skills.
Editor, From 1972 to 1993, the Terminal Effects Research and Analysis Group - a department of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology - tested and developed weapons containing depleted uranium on the mountain next to the community of Socorro. In 1986, there was significant discussion within the community when it learned that the testing was with a radioactive material.
Editor, I graduated from the University of New Mexico 45 years ago. I am from Ethiopia, and there were four of us at UNM from that country.
by Lucinda Ulrich Daily Lobo columnist Ah, the first days of a new semester. The only time of year I don't have to suffer through a gauntlet of bureaucracy, technology and everyday life to survive as graduate student at UNM - as was illustrated by the last days of the fall semester. Files saved to CDs mysteriously disappeared; papers that were painstakingly crafted and saved to the hard drive of my laptop were mysteriously locked the day before most of them were due; research files for a paper that was worth almost 50 percent of my grade in one class was saved in a departmental cyberspace campus network - with assurance from a technical expert that I would be able to access this information from any computer in the universe.
Editor, I am writing in regard to Stephen Fox's letter on the toxicity of aspartame published in the Jan.
Editor, There is a fine line between right and wrong. I believe Anne Rice's letter to the Daily Lobo regarding students' ignorance about mental illness makes a crude point that education and psychology are going to bring students to the light, which is not necessarily true.
Editor, May I suggest a book for those students who have a social consciousness to help them understand the erosion of American democracy?
Editor, According to Cali Garcia's letter in the Jan. 9 issue of the Daily Lobo, "We fight on - pissed off, but fighting on." The irony is that, presumably, Garcia is fighting for democracy, yet he claims to fight for "our idea of what it should be like, not yours." So peace is not a part of your agenda?
Editor, I recently became aware of a Rio Rancho City Council meeting for the blighting and eminent domain takeover of a portion of Unit 10 in Rio Rancho.
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