by Craig A. Butler Daily Lobo Columnist This past Sunday, California Gov. Gray Davis signed a law specifically allowing embryonic stem-cell research in the state. He is being vehemently opposed in this decision by the Bush administration and the Roman Catholic Church.
by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo columnist Walking across campus last week, I came upon an amusing series of chalkings. The Democrats had chalked for some rally they were doing that day. Some Republicans decided to add their own two cents - or two letters, like tacking "ir-" to the beginning of every "responsibility" they found.
Editor, What exactly is the purpose of sororities? Do they represent the University and the student body in a respected manner as I have previously thought them to? According to Alpha Chi Omega's vision statement, its members are encouraged to "achieve the highest moral, cultural and intellectual level in the art of daily living.
by Patricia Ireland Knight Ridder-Tribune Despite Title IX, passed 30 years ago, women and girls in sports still find themselves subject to a highly contradictory social message: be athletic, but be feminine, too. Women must excel not only at their sport but also at their conventional social role.
by Barbara Brenner Knight Ridder-Tribune People living with breast cancer wait for big news from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Era of Hope Meeting with bated breath, eager for the breakthrough that could prolong lives. Having been a peer reviewer for the breast cancer research program of the Department of Defense, I have come to view these gatherings less as venues for significant scientific revelations and more as wasted opportunities to focus on what, beyond our genes, may be causing breast cancer.
Children aren't the only ones who stay awake at night clutching their blankets, insomniac from fear of the boogieman. I too have a monster under my bed: technology. With progress moving forward without any end in sight, it's imperative to see how truly scary it is and question its worth.
by Kevin McAbee U-Wire America needs some change. Therefore, I have decided to ask the government to allow me to send a manned spaceship directly into the sun. It will be a joint effort with the Department of Homeland Defense to rid the United States of all "undesirables.
by Jennifer Onuska Daily Lobo Columnist A trend is developing throughout our country at other college campuses in which community service has become a part of their student governments. This addition to other student governments has been highly accepted and successful.
First let me say that I do not necessarily believe that abstinence education will really help matters any, unless handled in a certain way, but I disagree with what Elizabeth Gross has to say.
A deficiency of intelligent self-expression exists amongst the e-generation. Problematic with our complacent consumer culture is that we have lost the skills of dialogue and of open rebellion and contempt for the establishment and for the status quo. Where have the Allen Ginsbergs gone? The John Lennons? The Janis Joplins, the Eldridge Cleavers and all the other contrarians of the formative 1960s?
I am not the type of person that makes an issue out of being a vegetarian; I don't plan to do so here. I am, however, a little disappointed that there are not more choices for vegetarians on campus.
by Elizabeth Gross U-Wire What activity do most Americans participate in that scares our government into spending hundreds of millions of our tax dollars, and yet is enjoyed daily by citizens across the nation? The little word that is free but costing us millions: sex.
by Richard M. Berthold Daily Lobo Columnist Given what I went through last fall and how many times I was labeled a traitor or un-American or - worst - a liberal, there is a wonderful sense of irony in the fact that I was chosen to participate in the Air Force's Distinguished Educators program last July.
The UNM Lottery and Bridge to Success Scholarships are a bit like communism - they both look great on paper. However, year after year the scholarships are harshly criticized and despite support from UNM community, little action has been taken in making these programs efficient.
When I heard that Iraq was willing to let weapons inspectors back into its country, I breathed a sigh of relief. The foolhardy path of war that the Bush administration had such a hard-on for had at last come to an end. However, after a minute or so, the skeptic inside me thought the president would play down this event and look for another excuse to unleash our weapons of mass destruction upon the land and people of Iraq.
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