by Andrew Price Daily Lobo columnist I'm jumping ship. No more Democrat or liberal bashing, no more endless conservative Republican rants, and no more urges to throw things when you read my columns. I'm becoming one of you - I am now a liberal Democrat.
Editor, The campaign for the minimum-wage increase says New Mexico should increase its state minimum wage to $7.15 an hour to help reduce poverty and benefit working families struggling in low-wage jobs. But while New Mexico's disorganized labor unions insult the working class with a fantasy campaign to legislate a $2 per hour increase to the minimum wage, real-life economics dictate that today's minimum wage should be at least $12.
by Maceo Carrillo Martinet Daily Lobo columnist David Suzuki, a world-renowned scientist and educator, described how society is confronting the environmental crisis: We are all in a car heading toward a brick wall at 100 miles per hour and we are fighting over who is sitting where.
Editor, I wrote a letter expressing my concerns about the decision regarding Richard Berthold to Provost Dasenbrock, and his reply simply told me that Berthold knows why he is not getting hired. Basically, in a polished way, he was telling me to piss off.
Editor, Do students face an anti-religious bias in the intellectual climate at the University of New Mexico? A letter to the editor published last month in the Daily Lobo argues they do, while a series of other letters followed, arguing UNM is a much more welcoming place for both religious and conservative viewpoints.
Editor, As Dane Roberts correctly summarized in his column Tuesday, you don't know what you've got till it's gone, so you should appreciate what you have before it goes the way of subsistence agriculture and flared trousers. A worthwhile, if hackneyed, piece of advice.
Editor, While a graduate student in music at the University of New Mexico, I experienced, for the first and only time, problems with an abusive teacher. This occurrence ruined my academic experience and caused permanent damage to my family.
by Colin Donoghue Daily Lobo columnist My feet still hurt. Sunday night, I left Washington, D.C., to head back to New Mexico with other Green Party members from a massive demonstration and march against the war in Iraq and for the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Editor, This weekend at the fair, I bought two stickers for my new car: a Darwin fish and one that said, "PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals." I have a dry sense of humor, so these appealed to me, and I knew my friends would like them too.
Editor, I used to think most Americans were good people who would resist a fascist military dictatorship, but I was wrong. I read that, according to Human Rights Watch, some U.S. troops occupying Iraq break the legs of Iraqi prisoners with baseball bats for sport.
by Dane Roberts Daily Lobo columnist If you live in the University neighborhood south of Central Avenue and are walking home down an alley littered with beer cans, and you happen to see a few cornstalks peeking over a fence trellised with a vine of ripe green beans, you will have found the house of someone with a soft spot for the past.
Editor, With the skyrocketing costs of textbooks and the drastic reduction in grant aid, students and their parents all around the country have to work harder to afford college. The Republican-controlled Congress reconvened after Labor Day to tackle major national issues, including the looming national deficit.
Editor, I graduated from UNM last spring and still receive the e-mail version of the Daily Lobo. To be honest, I rarely even open it, but for whatever reason I did today. I read the "America's Favorite Drug" column, as it had a catchy title. It states that Zimmerman Library has the only Starbucks located in a university library in the country.
Editor, It comes as no surprise that UNM would not hire someone who sparked a controversial and intellectual debate. UNM does not seem to be interested in hiring the best and the brightest, at least when it comes to staff members in Student Affairs. If you look at the eJobs Web site, where UNM posts their jobs, you will see many serious and positive job openings.
Editor, Last semester, I hated this paper. I even wrote a not-so-cool letter to the editor. I hardly ever bothered to pick up an issue, the quality of the paper made me that mad. Now I read it every day because it's actually worth reading. I think Rivkela Brodsky makes a great editor, and the quality of the Daily Lobo has gone up because of her.
Editor, The title of the article about Constitution Day last Monday suggested this mandatory observance was unnecessary or an imposition merely forced upon us. Furthermore, quoting Professor Kierst saying our Constitution was not created to protect minority rights seemed to downplay its importance.
Editor, It is unacceptable for this so-called institute of higher learning to refuse a professor - in this case, Richard Berthold - the opportunity to teach Greek history or any other subject he or she is qualified to teach because he or she speaks an open mind.
by Lucinda Ulrich Daily Lobo columnist Well, it finally happened. Just as I predicted, a conglomerate dealing solely in variations of brown liquid, affectionately referred to in some circles as "mud," is taking over the world. That's right, there is now a Starbucks in Zimmerman Library, of all places.
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