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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Editor, Regarding the letters to the Daily Lobo about American-Indian mascots, I will relate an incident that a friend related to me. It illustrates how insidious such portrayals of the American Indian can be. She said one Halloween night she dressed up her daughter in an Aunt Jemima costume and went trick-or-treating.
Editor, This letter is in response to University of Illinois at Urbana faculty member Stephen Kaufman's letter about NCAA colleges and universities having American-Indian mascots, which are racist or oppressive in some way, shape or form. I would like to join Kaufman and add to his claim.
Editor, The letter written by Stephen Kaufman for the Wednesday edition of the Daily Lobo was, in short, unintelligent and shortsighted. I know plenty of people after reading this letter will say the same about me, but let me make some key comparisons that Kaufman made.
Editor, I understand that Andrew Price's article "Liberals Doom America" in Tuesday's Daily Lobo is an opinion piece, and as such is entitled to some freewheeling use of language. However, he resorted to the kind of hollow hyperbole that freshman composition students are warned against every day on this campus.
Editor, Regarding Samara Alpern's column about the effects of Red Bull, I have found that chewing gum is about the cheapest and most effective alertness aid for me, and I believe it is far better value for the money than caffeine-containing soft drinks, coffee or even tea.
Editor, I disagree with the stance taken by Stephen Kaufman in his letter arguing that UNM should not compete against colleges and universities that use American-Indian imagery in their mascots. According to people like Kaufman, the use of American-Indian imagery in athletic mascots should be banned because such imagery is racist.
Editor, As I ambled into Zimmerman Library yesterday, I was pleasantly greeted by the techno dance music that lately has polluted the air surrounding the SUB. Similar to Venice Beach, which attracts hobos masquerading as "street performers," the area surrounding the SUB has seemingly become the Mecca for loitering burnouts.
Editor, It was truly heartening to see the way members of our University community opened their hearts and homes to those displaced by the recent hurricanes. As the evacuation of New Orleans and other areas hardest hit came to a close, our nation and our local community faced a new and immediate challenge - helping evacuees assimilate to their new communities.
Editor, Halloween was a sad day for some students. Just because a minority of people objected to the holiday on the grounds that it had religious undertones, Halloween was canceled in at least one school in Boston. The tradition of wearing a costume at school that many children look forward to at the end of October was suddenly taken away.
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