by Jennifer Onuska ASUNM President Welcome Back! I am excited to see our campus come alive after the summer break. There are many activities this week for us to take part in, so don't waste any time and enjoy the entertainment. This year, since we, the students, have our Student Union Building back, there are SUB Grand Opening celebrations.
Eleven years is a long time in coaching circles. Recently deposed Baylor University head coach Dave Bliss coached at UNM for 11 years with a seemingly spotless record. It has now been discovered that during the investigation into the death of Patrick Dennehy, a former Lobo himself, Bliss allegedly asked his players to lie and say that Dennehy earned money for his college tuition by selling drugs.
The recently revamped Student Union Building has opened, but as I recently discovered, the directorship of this building enforces rules that do not keep their clientele in mind - the students of UNM. More specifically I would like to address the policies concerning tabling in the SUB as they pertain to UNM student organizations and academic departments.
by Anya Henry Daily Lobo Columnist Just like Aretha said, "Ain't no way for me to love you if you won't let me." Why are men so afraid of being loved? And what is it that made them afraid to begin with? Was it society that taught them that love is actually a bad thing? I don't put it past society - it's taught people that war and killing is OK - even of the innocent people (as long as they're foreign innocents).
by Richard "Bugman" Fagerlund Daily Lobo Columnist West Nile Virus is in the news again so it is time to get prepared for our mosquito season. The virus poses a risk to the aged, the very young and to those with immune system problems. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that less than 1 percent of those bitten by a virus-carrying mosquito will become severely ill; others, perhaps 20 percent, may develop only flu-like symptoms, which actually may lead to a natural immunity to the virus.
by Jennifer Onuska ASUNM President & Amanda Sims ASUNM Vice President Fortunately for some, and unfortunately for others, the fall semester is just around the corner. For those of us who have been working hard at UNM all summer, we are excited to see more students back on campus occupying the new leather chairs at the SUB.
by Richard "Bugman" Fagerlund Daily Lobo Columnist I often write about issues of animal cruelty and will continue to do so in future columns. However, I want to share some true stories with you that demonstrate why animals are indeed sentient beings and should not be misused or abused for any reason.
Editor, I respectfully disagree with your editorial "Death of Saddam's sons not a victory." I object to your assertion that killing these evil overseers of Saddam's apparatus of torture and mayhem serves no purpose because the Fadeyeen will keep on killing, our troops will keep on dying and Saddam remains free.
by Beverly Burris Daily Lobo Columnist Faculty Senate President I've been returning to school in the early fall and late summer for more than four decades, first as an elementary school student in the 1950s, through many levels of schooling, as a secondary school teacher for a time and for the past 20 years as a professor.
Editor, The silent majority of United Staff-UNM is alive and well. However, after reading the Regents' resolution on labor relations management, I realize that we have missed the opportunity this year to proceed with the petition process. The appropriate time frame for submission of a petition for a decertification election would be between March 30 and April 30 of the year in which the contract expires.
Editor, As a non-dues paying member of United Staff-UNM, I would like to begin the movement to eliminate the union as a bargaining agent for those of us trapped in union membership. I have not been concerned with United Staff-UNM's position or actions until now, however it has now become a personal issue.
by Aryn Seiller Daily Lobo Columnist If you think global capitalism has not damned us yet, look at what it's doing to our food. As one of our necessary resources, food is heavily mismanaged to secure Western hegemony in foreign countries. At this point, people do not starve from shortages of food; people die because food is globally manipulated, even in Albuquerque.
With the deaths of Odai and Qusai Hussein, President George W. Bush has said it is the most significant sign yet that Saddam Hussein's regime is gone and not coming back. Isn't this what the public was being told back in May at the supposed end of the Iraqi war? That two of Saddam's highest-ranking officials, namely his sons, are dead makes little difference to the American soldiers and families of soldiers who are still suffering casualties while occupying Iraq.
Editor, It is quite disturbing to find out that the president of the United States of America knowingly manipulated the American people into believing Saddam Hussein was a nuclear threat to us and to the world (New York Times, July 7, 2003.) Using The State of The Union Address as a soapbox, President George Walker Bush, looked into the eyes of the world, and spread fear and lies.
UNM is not a leashless dog park and shouldn't be treated as such. Those willing to take a stroll around north campus are well advised to carry a large rock or stick on their journey. For what purpose? For the purpose of warding off dogs and ensuring their own safety against puncture wounds and rabies.
Editor, Boy, your new editorial board must be seriously jonesing with that added 70 cents per pack and all. I bet they've thought seriously about the tradeoffs between the costs of driving to Sandia or Isleta Pueblos and the cost of a carton up the street at Smith's.
Editor, While going to UNM since 1997 I have noticed vagrants becoming an all too familiar scene. They stand on the corner of the bookstore and outside of surrounding businesses. However, they are becoming an increasingly growing nuisance in areas where I feel they should not be.
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