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.
Editor, I'd like to inform Wesley Reed, the student quoted in the article "Students search for reason to vote" in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, that we should vote because we are students. We should vote because we are citizens of the state of New Mexico and of the United States of America.
Editor, Why should students vote in the Oct. 4 election? Well, for starters, if you work for minimum wage, this is your chance to vote yourself a raise. One of the referenda on the ballot this year is the living wage initiative. This would raise the minimum wage in Albuquerque from $5.
Editor, I appreciate the thought-provoking headline, "Students search for reason to vote." It reminded me to do something I haven't for a couple of weeks. I'd like to say thank you to all the veterans who have sacrificed for the cause of democracy. Thanks to all of you and to the families of those who have given their all so that I can have a voice in how I'm governed.
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