by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo Columnist War is a horrible affair, a fact that seems to escape many Americans. Not surprisingly, the single senior official in the Bush administration who has actually been in conflict, Colin Powell, was the only one to resist our rush to war, though it appears that party loyalty has triumphed over principles.
by Jennifer Onuska ASUNM President Two events are approaching that will promote tolerance and service. The ASUNM Southwest Film Center will be showing “A Town of Two Jaspers” and the ASUNM Community Experience will be putting on Spring Storm. On Monday, Feb.
Editor, In just over one week, I may be facing a nightmare. My partner will have to go register with the INS because this country has decided to violate his civil rights. Just because he happens to be from Pakistan. Now, if that particular agent he sees happens to be having a bad day, he could very well likely be deported back to Pakistan.
Editor, If we treat animals like animals, can we treat hypocrites like hypocrites? After reading Eric Howerton's column, I sort of picture him as a savage, tearing meat from a bone with his teeth, with blood running down his chin, dressed in furs, and petting his dog now and again.
Editor, I hope I am not the only person who is offended by George Bush's self-righteous indignation when he asserts that Saddam Hussein is using the people of Iraq as human shields -- treating them as expendable. This is an interesting statement coming from the spokesperson of a regime that is directly responsible for the deaths of over a half million Iraqi civilians, most of whom are children, resulting from the sanctions placed upon Iraq over ten years ago.
Editor, On Jan. 28, Daily Lobo columnist Margarita Ortega y Gomez wrote that the daily comic strip "La Cucaracha," which portrays some of its Latino characters as immature, dishonest, stupid and possessing other negative cultural stereotypes, is "vital for everyone" and approvingly quotes the author's statement that the strip is "thought-provoking satire.
by Scott Darnell Daily Lobo Columnist More than 20 million people watched Michael Jackson's recent interview on ABC; it was a monstrous hit in England and the United States and such an event, centered around such an unusual person begs many questions, the most principle of which is: why did Jackson partake in the interview in the first place? It seems there are two possibilities for why Jackson would have agreed to such an intrusive interview.
Editor, While I find the editorial debates surrounding Chicana/o Studies intriguing, at the same time I find them quite disturbing. In the past week, both Chicana/o and non-Chicana/o students, alumni and community members have exerted pressures on the University to rework the internal and external faults of Chicana/o Studies and the University's responsibility to Chicana/o students.
I eat meat. I love stripping meat from rib bones with my bare hands as I pay homage to my australopithecine ancestors by boycotting cutlery. I love sushi, stuffing myself full of salmon sashimi and unagi until I look like a fully inflated blowfish. And I occasionally love a rubbery seven-cow composite frankfurter stuffed in a pasty white bun and slathered with gelatinous canned chili.
Editor, I've been reading and hearing a lot lately about fear. Americans, we are told, should be afraid of another terrorist attack. Britons, the media say, should be afraid of a similar attack. The Koreans are afraid of an American pre-emptive strike. The Israelis are afraid of a film about the Jenin refugee camp and have banned it.
by Shant Minas Daily Trojan (U. Southern California) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Turkey is a large country situated at the crossroads of two continents, two religions and two civilizations. The northwest tip of Turkey sits in Europe, a continent predominantly Christian and the birthplace of Western culture.
Staff Editorial Northern Star (Northern Illinois U.) (U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- The flaming car crash that is Michael Jackson maintains its steady share of gapers. Last week, millions of Americans blocked traffic in front of their televisions to watch the eternal flames reach unprecedented heights in the documentary "Life With Michael Jackson.
Editor, On Feb. 13 and 14, Los Alamos National Laboratories and Sandia National Laboratories, along with the U.S. Department of Energy -- the department that employs its services as producers of weapons of mass destruction -- will be actively recruiting students at a job fair at UNM.
by Richard "Bugman" Fagerlund Daily Lobo Columnist Cockfighting in New Mexico is alive and well. Cockfighting died in committee so we are stuck with this so-called sport for another year at least unless a miracle happens. Five members of the senate committee decided that animal cruelty in New Mexico is alive and well and we should continue it because it is a "tradition.
by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo columnist Shocking as it may seem, I actually agreed with Scott Darnell's column last Friday -- up to a point. I agree that it's really yucky when people condemn other people for holding a particular set of beliefs, or declare that anyone belonging to a certain race or ethnicity is required to hold a certain set of beliefs.
Editor, I am thankful that I was born in today's historical epoch than any other. This is because our American society is finally making great leaps toward the "Promised Land" that Dr. King once dreamed of. In many ways we are about to say goodbye to the ways of the past in which we discriminated against others because of the color of their skin.
Editor, Thank you for giving the issue of pedestrian fatalities front-page coverage. After five years of crossing the intersections you mention, my inference is that fatalities could not result mainly from pedestrians crossing illegally. Let us focus instead on driver behavior.
Editor, In light of the fact that our economy is struggling, unemployment is down and the fate of Social Security and Medicaid is uncertain, those 'persons' from the government who are here to help us have come up with a solution. They're going to increase nuclear spending back to the levels of its greatest height back in the Cold War hey days of the 1980s.
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