Editor, I lived in Albuquerque for 17 years before moving to South Dakota to get my teenage son away from the gangs. I left my heart in the Southwest and still follow up with the news through the Internet. When I read the article about how the ACLU is trying to intervene with Coach Ritchie McKay talking to the players about the Lord, I felt I needed to get involved.
Editor, Recently, bad karma and an English instructor punished me by requiring that I read part of the Daily Lobo each day. This week, a story contained the line, "All of the women could not serve in combat," when it's obvious that what the writer meant - but didn't say - was, "None of the women could serve in combat.
Editor, The ACLU accuses McKay of using his job to spread religion? Well, good for him. It is about time a Christian is willing to stand up for his faith, no matter what the consequences are. I stand behind McKay 110 percent. He knows what it means to truly be a Christian.
Editor, Honestly, is this what we are left to complain about? Ritchie McKay has put up with the microscope since he arrived at the University of New Mexico. Isn't it time to say enough is enough? McKay has been able to do something for the men's basketball program that many die-hard fans thought was long gone.
Editor, Although I realize that no one is to blame for the hurricane, New Orleans could have been better prepared. President Bush took money away from a project that would have improved the levies there to make more money for his tax cut. He hired the college roommate of his campaign adviser from 2000 to head up the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Editor, I am writing regarding the article "Group gets students to remember Sept. 11" that appeared in Monday's Daily Lobo. Bob Cornelius, chairman of the Reagan Freedom Society, said the lesson from the terrorist attacks was that America is "not immune to the deficiencies of the world.
Editor, Ann Coulter once said her only regret about Timothy McVeigh is that he didn't visit the New York Times building. Perhaps Dane Roberts agrees with her. In his column criticizing the paper for its "incredibly myopic and self-serving" blaming of the Bush administration for the response to Hurricane Katrina, his word choice is much more revelatory than his so-called forward-looking solutions.
Editor, I am writing in response to the article "Group gets students to remember Sept. 11" in Monday's Daily Lobo. The article is an excellent example of how Americans still have a lack of consensus about how that day should be remembered and how it has changed the world.
Editor, In Dane Roberts' column, "No one to blame for Katrina," he states that "liberals are filled with venom for the current administration but bereft of constructive ideas." The basis for this statement is that the only author at the New York Times that offered a constructive idea to ease poverty is their conservative op-ed writer David Brooks.
Editor, Words can hardly express my gratitude to the people at the University of New Mexico for extending such gracious hospitality to the students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. My daughter is a student from Tulane University and is now a student at the University of New Mexico.
Editor, I originally blew off the article "Shortcuts mean more maintenance" in the Daily Lobo several weeks ago as ridiculous because it didn't affect me, but now our beautiful path through the woods on the corner of University and Central is under attack.
Editor, One has to wonder how Michael Brown, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was able to keep his job for as long as he did after the atrocious handling of the situation in New Orleans. What bothers me is that he stepped down only after being asked to return to Washington.
by Colin Donoghue Daily Lobo columnist If you're reading this at UNM, you are about three miles from the largest stockpile of non-deployed nuclear weapons in the world at Kirtland Air Force Base. It's estimated the stockpile consists of more than 2,500 nuclear warheads.
Editor, I felt the need to write a letter after the story about Richard Berthold in Tuesday's Daily Lobo, which quoted me as saying "Whoever hires him back, I believe they are performing a treasonous act." I was not misquoted, but I misspoke. The point I was trying to get across is that Berthold's statement on Sept.
Editor, The Daily Lobo has been inundated with complaints about the parking shuttles. Students objected to long waits, cramped quarters and poor shuttle management. Several suggested dramatically improving the system. We have a different solution to the problem: Eliminate the shuttle.
Editor, To the hero who could have been: Despite the horrors of the recent hurricane and the debacle of the federal relief effort, the acts of individual Americans have been extraordinary. From the construction crew who brought boats down to New Orleans and spent days rescuing people to the hospital workers who stayed behind to keep the most vulnerable newborn babies alive, people from all walks of life have shown us how good we can be when called upon.
Editor, The Daily Lobo has been inundated with complaints about the parking shuttles. Students objected to long waits, cramped quarters and poor shuttle management. Several suggested dramatically improving the system. We have a different solution to the problem: Eliminate the shuttle.
by Maceo Carillo-Martinet Daily Lobo columnist Hurricane Katrina brought its destruction in the form of fierce winds that tore open houses. It moved walls of water and weakened levees. This natural disaster is truly one of the worst to hit these shores.
Editor, We believe everyone should have free reign over his or her body. Piercings, tattoos or even drugs - these are personal choices and individual rights. Our motto has always been, "Your body, your choice." But when someone's actions directly infringe upon our personal health, we become quite irritated.
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