Editor, There once was a special day that people called Christmas. Dec. 25 was chosen in the year 336 so that Christians could celebrate the birth of a special little boy.
Editor, Have you ever had your bicycle stolen? If not, you might. A 1994 study of bicycle theft on college campuses in the United States conducted by Integrated Cycle Systems found that a four-year college student has a 53 percent chance of having his or her bike stolen.
Editor, The Bush presidency should be giving us some second thoughts about the deep function of language. Specifically, is language the means whereby we communicate with each other, or is it the means whereby we lie to each other? This presidency has raised lying to a science.
Editor, Since submitting my letter in response to Colin Donoghue's column on media bias, I have seen three responses to that initial letter published in the Daily Lobo.ˇ My intent was to trigger a response and simply share some statistics reflecting positively on our soldier's efforts that may not be common knowledge.
Editor, I am somewhat safe here in the University Area, pretty well impervious to the shoddy construction of new subdivisions. The houses here are old and beautiful, each one unique. What are we doing here, turning this place into another Phoenix? Have you seen the sprawl there? The East Coast ...
I'm a teaching assistant in the English department here at UNM. I've been warned about the problems I could encounter while teaching English 101. But I was neither warned nor had I anticipated an incident that took place in my classroom on the morning of Friday the 18th. I was getting ready to ...
Editor, The cause of male violence is not too much testosterone. The cave drawings in Europe made 5,500 to 9,500 years ago show a more peaceful way of living with relatively few scenes of men raping or killing. These cave drawings depict a more equal and fair society than ours, where women were not under men - men and women lived as partners.
Editor, The Daily Lobo article last week on UNM challenging water fines was rather enlightening. On the contrary to what the Director of the Physical Plant says, I have noticed frequent water waste on this campus since I began working here, not just "on occasion" as she claims. One need only walk along ...
Dane Roberts speaks of "the impossibility of standardizing our public schools" and believes "the state shouldn't assume the task of defining how or what each kid should learn." Roberts imagines an ideal world in which "principals could choose teachers who match their educational beliefs. And teachers ...
Louis Caldera who? The name sounds familiar, but I definitely wouldn't recognize him if I saw him on campus. Maybe if he had an entourage of administrative officials and honored guests I could deductively guess who the man in the suit is. As long as I have attended this campus, almost three ...
Dear Editor, I would like to bring up a flaw with our parking regulations. Why is it that we are required to supply the make, model, color, and licence plate of our vehicles to the parking department in order to get a parking permit, and they only use that information to bill us when we are in violation ...
Editor, I was in the Frontier for breakfast and picked up the Lobo an Alumni of UNM. I was appalled by the indifference ,ignorance and lack of respect to members of our community and sacred lands. The destruction and assault on the Petroglyph National Mounument is testimony to the moral bankruptsy ...
Vandalism is a severe problem here on the UNM campus. The worst of it is in the men's bathroom in Mitchell Hall. Also, when I use the restroom at CSEL, I always see a written conversation on one of the bathroom stalls. Why can't some people keep their opinions to themselves? If these people want to ...
The infamous remarks of Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry are obviously stereotypical and not based on fact. However, in her delayed reaction to his comments, Michelle Touson revealed some personal stereotypes that are equally unacceptable. In the quoted text of coach DeBerry, he at no point ...
There once was a Day! There once was a special day people called Christmas. December 25 was chosen in 336 AD so that Christians could celebrate the birth of a special little boy. They chose this day because it was also the day of Saturnalia (a pagan holiday). Why this day? There are many guesses, ...
John Bear comes off like a whining fool in his editorial on the iPod jacket. After wasting the first column of his article talking about how hard it was to get the jacket to work (the only part of the article that was actually relevant, by the way), he proceeds to waste the second column of his article ...
"Hey, did you get the memo about teaching in the spring?" "No, what'd it say?" "Well, the good news is that there are plenty of open positions for us. With the tough new English 102 curriculum, there are going to be a lot more students having to repeat the class in the spring. On top of that, of ...
This letter is addressed to the American Mainstream Media, the US Congress, and the Bush Administration.We address this to you. The three of you who now are engaged in a political blame game and shuffle regarding the war in Iraq, and more importantly how we got there. Many of us blame all three of ...
In regards to Cali Garcia's letter about "politically incorrect" holidays, I just think that this is one of the most foolish, insensitive articles that I've ever read on the Daily Lobo. She must hate freedom because of her strong opposition to celebrating Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. What's so "politically ...
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