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COLUMN: Student elections creeping up

by Heather R. Gabel ASUNM Vice President The semester is half over and I hope that everyone has been enjoying the semester to this point. The Associated Students of UNM president and I have been trying to keep you up to date with what ASUNM is all about and what we are currently working on.

COLUMN: Saudi Arabia backs disparity, terrorism

by Mike Still Daily Collegian U-Wire We were quite young during Operation Desert Storm. Most undergraduates at Penn State were between first and fifth grade during our first major foray into Iraq, and it all seemed pretty simple at the time. As a fourth grader, I remember looking at pictures of Saddam and thinking to myself, "That jerk!" Asked to name the three worst people in history, I would likely have said Adolf Hitler, the Emperor from the "Star Wars" trilogy and Saddam Hussein.

COLUMN: Belafonte's slave remark about Powell lacks guts

by Kevin McAbee Technician U-Wire One of the most accomplished men in America was attacked with racist comments on Tuesday. In an effort to taint the character and achievements of Secretary of State Colin Powell, a prominent figure compared Powell to a slave who solely aims to please his master.

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COLUMN: Smoking ban akin to prohibition

by Craig A. Butler Daily Lobo Columnist On Monday, City Councilor Michael Cadigan introduced a vast new anti-smoking proposal for the city of Albuquerque. It would completely ban smoking in restaurants and bars, in addition to a number of other specific bans.

LETTER: No smoking legislation aids all citizens' health

Editor, I am hopeful that the Albuquerque City Council will impose a ban on smoking in all public places and not leave any loopholes. Many people, myself included, are allergic to smoke and many current "no smoking" areas still contain enough second-hand smoke to force us to leave in the middle of a transaction or meal.

LETTER: Scholarship funds in need of new direction

Editor, We read with interest your Oct. 1 story regarding the N.M. Commission of Higher Education study that purports to rebut our research findings. Our research, which was published as part of the Harvard study on merit-based programs like New Mexico's lottery scholarship, shows that the rate at which New Mexico high school graduates enroll in college has not been altered by the lottery scholarship.

COLUMN: Bush ignores critical questions

by John J. Schulz and Ehsan Ahrari Knight Ridder-Tribune BOSTON - As every graduate of the U.S. armed forces command and staff schools or the more advanced and selective war colleges knows: It is easy to get into wars, and darn hard to end them.

COLUMN: Birth not limited to hospitals

by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo columnist Pregnant? Thinking about having a baby in the near or distant future? Well, then I have some shocking - or not so shocking - news for you. You don't have to give birth in a hospital. Around these parts, home birth isn't so much of a foreign phenomenon.

LETTER: N.M. drivers regard turn signals optional

Editor, To respond to the editorial regarding driving habits in New Mexico. Yes, we have the worst drivers around. I often joke with my friends that car companies should make the "New Mexico" model of cars: All models shipped to New Mexico will not include turn signals since drivers don't use them.

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COLUMN: MTV to tackle sex-ed

by Jane Eisner Knight Ridder-Tribune On Thursday evening, MTV will depart from its usual fare of grinding music videos and shrieking, bare-bellied teenagers to present a half-hour news special tackling the issue of sexual education in the schools.

EDITORIAL: Drivers in N.M. are some of U.S.' worst

We have bad drivers in New Mexico? No way. The Albuquerque Journal did an interesting piece asking people for their opinions on how they feel about New Mexico drivers and the responses were for the most part honest. New Mexico drivers are some of the worst in the country.

SWFC one of ASUNM's gems

by Jennifer Onuska Daily Lobo Columnist Let the show begin! How do you, as college students, prefer to spend your free time? For me, a good movie is a great way to unwind and relieve stress from a busy schedule, class, and day. As a mainstream form of entertainment, going to the movies is a great way to spend your free time.

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LETTER: Yeagley's presentation is distorted in Lobo article

Editor, A journalist is sometimes like a good scrabble player. The ideas for an article, like individual letters for words, can be arranged in different order and the message of the article can read different ways, just like the same letters can spell entirely different words.

We cannot back unjust bloodshed

by Eliot Walker Daily Collegian U-Wire "Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism." So said Martin Luther King Jr.

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LETTER: Many New Mexicans lack health insurance

Editor, We would like to applaud Mayor Chavez for declaring the first week in October as Universal Health Care Awareness Week and recognizing that all New Mexicans deserve healthcare. One in four New Mexicans does not have health insurance, according to the most recent census count.