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Letter: Clashes with preachers show need for open forum

Editor, I was there Wednesday when the preachers took the pulpit and began their preaching - again. I am a Christian and am open about my faith, but what I heard coming from the mouth of one of the preachers saddened and angered me. I, first of all, wish to tell the student body and faculty that this is not the correct representation of the Jesus of the Bible.


The Setonian
Opinion

Column: Immaculate contraception

by Lucinda Ulrich Daily Lobo columnist So much for being a little pregnant, as if that was ever possible anyway - now there's such a thing as being a lot pregnant. I was perusing the Health Channel when I stumbled upon the story of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, proudly pregnant with their 15th - you read it right, their 15th - child.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Troops shouldn't pull out until Iraq is secure, free

Editor, With the U.S. military's death toll in Iraq rising to more than 2,000, I find myself reading articles stating we need to pull out and bring our troops home. We need to remember these people out there have never known freedom - they have had a dictator running their government for years and years.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Convenience is the key to effective recycling program

Editor, I write in hopes of alerting people to the current state of recycling on campus. Traveling from class to class, it's hard not to notice how few options there are on what to do with garbage. Although our campus is in most places fairly clean, there's a constant problem of litter around bus stations and newspaper kiosks.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: An unhealthy lifestyle isn't always a choice

Editor, Mark Erasmus erroneously believes if people are denied universal health care, they will probably adhere to healthy lifestyles. Right-wing politicians in other countries echoed this attitude before those states initiated universal health care. The New York City Public Health Association coordinated a study a few years ago focusing on other countries' universal health care systems and discovered poor people heavily utilized the free health services at first, but the numbers decreased as their health status improved, indicating they probably had been following wise health behaviors before these services were available and their wellness depended on more than just healthy behavior.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Actions of WWII cannot be compared to Iraq war

Editor, I am writing in response to Darren Wood's letter that appeared in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, "Sometimes conquest is the only way to freedom." He compared America's actions in World War II to the preventive war strategy of the Bush administration. His analogy is incorrect.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Free health care system promotes responsibility

Editor, I would like to clear up several damaging misconceptions reported in Wednesday's letter to the editor by Mark Erasmus titled "Universal health care plan supports unhealthy habits." I strongly suggest that one does some research before writing a letter to the editor so that objective data is used, as opposed to biased opinion claiming to represent the consensus of the American people.



The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Honor Veterans' courage to defend U.S. freedoms

Editor, I ask my fellow students and Americans that we all take the time to thank those who have served in the nation's military this Veterans Day. Walk up to a veteran and say thank you. By saying thank you, we acknowledge that this life we lead and the freedoms we enjoy did not come cheaply or easily.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Lobo football team must tackle problems to win

Editor, This year, the UNM football team has failed to live up to its fans and its own preseason expectations. The Lobos, who are 5-4 and 3-3 in the Mountain West Conference - and tied for fourth place in the MWC, go to Salt Lake City this weekend to face the other fourth-place team in the conference, the Utah Utes, in a game that could decide the postseason fates of both teams.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Senate budget must not resort to drilling in Alaska

Editor, Thursday, the Senate declined a budget reconciliation amendment that would stop the prospect of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil companies are now one step closer to turning the last pristine coastline of Alaska into just another oil field.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Universal health care plan supports unhealthy habits

Editor, In response to the Progressive Solutions opinion column "Ensuring the uninsured" in Monday's Daily Lobo, Colin Donoghue describes in his first paragraph how he should give up drinking and smoking because he does not have health insurance. This is the exact reason why we need to stay away from his progressive solutions.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Discussion of faith should consider humanist view

Editor, I agree with many of Bhavana Upadhyaya's sentiments in the letter from Tuesday's Daily Lobo, "Civilized forum needed to discuss religion at UNM." However, the author seems to focus on discussions between people of different faiths, implying that the differences between religions are the main issue.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Sometimes conquest is the only way to freedom

Editor, I wish to respond to Cynthia Winland's letter in Monday's Daily Lobo about this nation's history of bungling the idea of spreading freedom and democracy. My heart fell to the floor when she stated, "Military conquest has never spread the seeds of freedom.


The Setonian
Opinion

Column: Building blocks of obesity

by Samara Alpern Daily lobo columnist We are fat - and we are getting fatter. Taking a quick glance around Tingley Coliseum at the Def Leppard concert last week, it was hard to believe New Mexico is one of the 15 trimmest states in the country - take that, sixth-fattest Texas.


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Opinion

Letter: Humanist Society sorry for tasteless messages

Editor, Over the weekend the UNM Humanist Society chalked a series of quotes throughout campus. There were advertisements prior to the event announcing the occasion for anyone interested in speaking their minds to their peers through "quotes of reason, rationality and questioning.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Civilized forum needed to discuss religion at UNM

Editor, A strange dynamic seems to surround religion on our University campus today. I took a walk around the Duck Pond during Welcome Back days, and found the student club scene to be dominated by faith-based organizations. On any given day as I walk around campus, I might suddenly be confronted by large placards threatening hell to heathens.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Freedom and democracy hard lessons, not gifts

Editor, This letter is in response to Andrew Price's column in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. It is time to burst Price's bubble. This is America, the land of shoot first and ask later. Americans murder each other out of hatred, jealousy, greed and boredom. After Sept.


The Setonian
Opinion

Column: Ensuring the uninsured

Today would be a good day for me to quit some unhealthy habits, like drinking and smoking. I don't have health insurance, and I'm relying on continuing to have a healthy body. I'm far from alone in being uninsured - the number of Americans with no health coverage is projected to pass 50 million this coming year.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: America repeats history with spread of 'freedom'

Editor, This is in response to Andrew Price's column in Tuesday's Daily Lobo, "Liberals Doom America," in which Price professes his unwavering desire to fight till the last drop of other peoples' blood. Price goes on and on about the United States' lofty and benevolent quest to "spread freedom and democracy to the countries of the Middle East.

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