Editor, As a native New Mexican, it is easy for me to identify the most urgent issue facing our state. While the number of school-age children rises annually, our quality of education isn't meeting our students' needs or our national standards, leaving our children unable to compete in the job market.
Editor, In my office a phone message waited. It was my mother calling from Minnesota, in tears. "There's been a terrible tragedy . . ." she began and could go no further. This is how I found out my friend and teacher was dead. I knew Paul Wellstone, the Minnesota senator killed in a plane crash last Friday.
Editor, Please do your civic duty and vote by Tuesday, Nov. 5! Do not think that your vote does not matter! This means you registered voters of New Mexico. What issues have helped to define the candidates this election year? On Monday, Sept. 23, a front-page headline from the Albuquerque Journal read "Voters Endorse Big Issues.
by Jennifer Onuska ASUNM president Do you know where your student fees go? Currently, as undergraduates, we pay $274.10 per semester in our student fees. This amount is divided up into three parts. The first part, the facility fee, equals $106.
It was a sad day at the University of New Mexico Wednesday, Oct. 30. It was the day that Brad Hall, chairman of the Communications and Journalism Department, pulled the application for reaccredidation for the journalism and mass communications program. The Daily Lobo saw this day coming long before this year.
by Rob Seal The Gamecock U-Wire On Wednesday night, Larry King had the ex-wife of the suspected Washington, D.C., sniper, John Allen Muhammad, on his show. He also featured the ex-wife's lawyer. And Muhammad's son and his nephew. And his ex-wife's fiancÇ.
Editor, I was shocked at the article about a local bar denying a pregnant woman entry. This action was outrageous and what's even worse is that they rewarded this behavior. Refusing to serve a pregnant woman is one thing but this is going too far. What's next, requiring all women of childbearing age to submit to a pregnancy test before entering any establishment that serves alcohol? My full support goes to Heather and shame on Brewster's Pub.
English is the Frankenstein of languages - a little from here, a little from there; a mandible from Latin, some skin from Old Norse, and brought to life by some energy from French. English, like America, is a melting pot language, a hodgepodge of idioms, a smorgasbord without a sneeze guard, contaminated by all those who partake in the feast.
Editor, As the majority of our elected officials continue to sell us out by ignoring the growing majority opposed to imperialist military aggression, the upcoming election represents a critical day in U.S. history. Given the lack of courage by most U.S.
by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo Columnist Throughout my career I have been openly critical of the major college sports, football and basketball, so it was with some irony that I found myself standing on the sidelines of Saturday's homecoming game, wearing a UNM football windbreaker and looking, except for the hair, like a shabbier version of a Lobo booster.
by Carolyn Mountain General Library and Stella de Sa Rego Curator of Pictorial elections Center for Southwest Research The UNM General Library is focusing on two events within the next week: a forum with former UNM Presidents and the launching of a newly developed Web site dedicated to the Mexican Popular Prints Collection located in the Center for Southwest Research.
By James A. Haught Knight-Riddder Last week, the Bill Moyers public television agency flew me to New York to join a circle of theologians and scholars discussing a baffling question: Why is religion - which universally teaches love, forgiveness and brotherhood - entwined in so much murder and hate around the world? As cameras rolled, our eight-member group debated for two hours, but found few answers.
Editor, First of all, I would like to commend the Student Organization for Latin American Studies (S.O.L.A.S.) for presenting a point of view other than what has been presented to us by the mainstream media. I believe that it is important to have access to different perspectives and that was achieved Monday evening.
Editor, I enjoyed reading Ryan Floersheim's story about Aviva Brecher's recent presentation on Magnetic railways. Getting back to planet Earth however, New Mexico has a snowball's chance in Hell of getting a Maglev train. As a matter of fact, New Mexico, thanks to the Republicans in the House of Representatives, may soon lose The Southwest Chief, the railroad that connects Chicago to Los Angeles via downtown Albuquerque.
by Patrick Harvey Cavalier Daily U-Wire POP QUIZ: Question one: During what 50-year period did the Civil War take place? A) 1750-1800 B) 1800-1850 C) 1850-1900 D) 1900-1950. Question Two: Who was the American general at Yorktown: A) William T.
by Craig A. Butler Daily Lobo Columnist One of the most often lamented facts of American society is the ever-declining state of our primary education systems. Asian and European students often score much higher in standardized tests on math and science than American students do.
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