by Mike Wolff Daily Lobo In 1990, the White House slipped up and let out a report justifying the first Gulf War in economic terms, claiming that it would stabilize world oil prices and supply. The people rose in protest, shouting, "No blood for oil!" The tactic was quickly changed and war was from then on out about good and evil.
Editor, In the "Student claims discrimination" article, published Oct. 15, the Lobo reported that an Albuquerque bar denied entry to a UNM senior because she was pregnant. The Lobo reporter misquoted me about the possible legal duties of a public drinking establishment.
Editor, It seems like many students at UNM complain about a lack of things to do on campus. Well, guess what . . . problem solved! Next week is Homecoming. The ASUNM Homecoming Committee has been hard at work planning a plethora of activities. This year, the committee has done an excellent job to reach out to more students on campus in order to increase participation.
Editor, We are blessed in this country to have many rights and freedoms. We can worship how we wish, we can say what we want, we can vote for who we desire. However, one of these fundamental rights is not, "the right to diminish the health of others because it is fun.
by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo Columnist The Cheney-Bush Administration Lexicon: African-American (Black): a Negro. Air Force: diplomatic instrument for imposing peace. Ally: any country that does what we say and Israel. Ariel Sharon: a) a man of peace; b) an advertisement for Jenny Craig.
Editor, According to an Albuquerque Journal poll published Tuesday, Oct. 15, 62 percent of Bernalillo County residents say they would support a law that would completely prohibit smoking inside public places. When asked about bans in more specific locations, 61 percent support such an ordinance in restaurants and eateries while only 30 percent say they would support a complete ban on smoking in bars or taverns.
Editor, President Bush has no idea what he is getting us into with his paranoiac fixation on Saddam Hussein. The entire Arab world isn't going to sit back and watch as we destroy Iraq. Visualize this scenario: Iraq launches missiles at Israel, who responds in kind.
It's undeniable - media coverage tends to be negative. The argument always comes around to the same old journalistic fallbacks, such as "If it bleeds, it leads," or some other such nonsense. Also, the media are the cause of all skewed perceptions. The media are to blame for sensationalism of the most mundane and inane topics, but also are guilty for not covering overlooked stories such as missing children and domestic violence.
by E.R. Shipp Knight Ridder-Tribune Just when black women - from rapper Mary J. Blige to tennis champ Serena Williams to some women twice their age - felt comfortable going blonde came word that blondness is facing extinction. Naturally occurring blondness, that is.
by Liam Scheff Daily Forty-Niner U-Wire Today is a historic day. Congress is in a lopsided debate regarding whether to grant President Bush the sole right and power to wage a war, in the name of all of us, all of the citizens of this country, on the people, not the government of Iraq, one of the richest oil-nations in the world.
Craig A. Butler Daily Lobo Columnist The Washington, D.C.-area sniper struck again on Monday, bringing the death toll of the attacks to nine. Despite the army of police and federal agents searching the area with a fine-tooth comb, there seems to be little progress in cracking the case.
Editor, I am writing in response to a bombshell that the administration at the Anderson Schools of Management released to the December graduates last week. We were all notified that in order to graduate we must pass an exit test that will be administered to us in November.
by Nimish Desai Daily Texan U-Wire The mainstream news media in the United States have been the object of many accusations of bias. Many people, citing what they see as the news media's acquiescent to supportive stance on pressing social issues such as abortion, claim that the media have moved to the left.
by Heather M. Ross Knight Ridder-Tribune Four years ago I stood in a crowd of people listening to a woman talk about her gay son. She loved him and hoped that no hate-filled, ignorant person would ever hurt him. This was a crowd of people, gay and straight, that had gathered together on a cool October night in Toronto.
by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo columnist Last weekend I took a nontraditional fall break. I went to Denver for the Transform Columbus Day protest. The mainstream media coverage on such events generally stinks. For example, on this particular protest, the Denver Post headline reads, "Columbus Day fails to boil, Parades, protests equal lots of noise, rhetoric, but violence is absent," and the article proceeds as if the only issue worth covering is whether the black bloc broke any windows.
Editor, German politician Herta DÑubler-Gmelin hit the nail on the head when she compared Bush's warfare policies to tactics used by Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler. Spokesman Ari Fleischer finds the comparison "outrageous and unconceivable." I understand his outrage.
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