Editor, I am writing concerning the Republican Party's fantastic effort to make the invasion of Iraq a nonissue. Republican officials are dismissing claims that they misled America before the invasion as unfounded. It seems to me the conservatives are telling us not to question or debate the war in Iraq.
Editor, Discrimination can take many different forms, but there is no question every form is damaging - especially when a public university is perpetrating it. I am amazed at the level of incompetence in the administration of UNM's nursing program and the lack of oversight by UNM's administrators.
Editor, I am writing in response to the letter by Shafeek Kubha, "Arafat's peace-keeping endeavors overlooked," in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. It is hard for me to comprehend the use of words such as "freedom fighter, a liberator and a man of integrity" to describe a man such as Yasser Arafat.
Editor, Regarding F. Michelle Touson and her comments in Tuesday's Daily Lobo about Air Force Academy football coach Fisher DeBerry's compliments concerning the running abilities of African-Americans: I advise everyone of either gender not to tell her that she is pretty.
Editor, If 67 percent of Daily Lobo readers believe the commander in chief of the United States armed forces lied to start a war, according to the poll on the Lobo's Web site, I hope they have the courage to stand up and do something about it. For over a week, I have been following the reports that U.
Editor, Once again, politicians are denouncing oil companies for their record profits and accusing them of gouging consumers. Lost in the general outcry is the fact that oil companies made their profits by productive work. They didn't just happen to be at the right place at the right time.
Editor, 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, F. Michelle Touson revealed some personal stereotypes that are equally unacceptable.
Editor, I strongly support the governor's plans to expel junk food for a healthy new year in New Mexico schools. When I first pitched this idea to legislators in 1999 in the context of creating the New Mexico Nutrition Council, with express powers to reject harmful food additives even if they were FDA approved, 14 out of 42 state senators agreed to cosponsor it.
Editor, Monday morning was supposed to be a typical day for me. I woke up, got in my daily workout at Johnson Gym, and ended up at Frontier Restaurant for breakfast. What I learned while waiting for my usual order of Cheerios was that one of my favorite authors and American-Indian scholar, Vine Deloria Jr.
by Andrew Price Daily Lobo columnist I was walking in a straight line headed toward my Human Sexuality and Development class when I blundered upon a crowd in the midst of which stood a man holding a black sign and shouting. For some reason, the shouter singled me out and yelled, "You are headed straight to hell!" Why does everyone always want to yell at me? At first I wondered how he knew that I was headed to Psychology 231, and then I realized he meant hell as in eternal damnation.
Editor, In his column, "Vouching for vouchers," in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, 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 could focus on teaching kids.
Editor, Regarding the tribute to Yasser Arafat, I can say I can appreciate his overlooked endeavors. However, to say that signing the Camp David offer would have been a stab in the back is a glib simplification. Arafat simply rejected the offer. He did not counteroffer or put forth any proposals of his own.
Editor, Having read Katy Knapp's article, "Students complain of library clamor," I couldn't agree more. I haven't experienced noise from events in the Willard Room - however, there are tours that take individuals through Zimmerman. The Zimmerman guides and guests are extremely loud.
Editor, The Daily Lobo article last week on UNM challenging water fines was rather enlightening. Contrary to what the director of Physical Plant says, I have noticed frequent water waste on this campus since I began working here, not just "on occasion," as she claims.
Editor, Colin Donoghue's column for the Daily Lobo, "Jesus was no Republican" is laudable and significant in many ways. The fact that it takes a non-Christian to unveil the truth of Christianity buried under the moral, social and physical rubble of a belligerent society that deems itself Christian not only unmasks the hypocrisy of a government that has perverted a pacifist religion into a warfare ideology, it admonishes Christian believers to take an explicit and visible stance against the current perversion of their religion.
by Dane Roberts Daily Lobo columnist In my last column, I argued that education is so laden with personal values that the state shouldn't assume the task of defining how or what each kid should learn. The issue of evolution versus creationism in the science curriculum perfectly illustrates the impossibility of standardizing our public schools.
Editor, I would like to commend our U.S. senators - including our own representatives Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman, among many others - for finally putting the pressure on the oil company executives. These price drops are just in time for ski season, and coincidentally around the same time of several indictments, charges of corruption and CIA leak investigations.
Editor, I am writing in response to the column "Immaculate contraception" by Lucinda Ulrich in Friday's Daily Lobo. This column is a free association of negative comments about large families rather than a well-thought-out essay on child rearing. I come from a family of eight children.
Editor, This letter is in response to the remarks made by the head coach of the U.S. Air Force Academy regarding African-American student-athletes. In an interview on Oct. 25 regarding his team's game against TCU, coach Fisher DeBerry claimed the Air Force Academy's less-than-stellar performance on the playing field is attributed to TCU "having more African-American players on their team who can run very, very well.
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