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Letter: UNM has a long history of activism

Daily Lobo Readers | February 12

Editor, Racism, sexism and prejudice and the logical response to them -- activism -- have a long history at UNM. After the Vietnam era, the '90s saw renewed tensions, with many incidences of hate crimes on campus. In 1995 a report was delivered to the vice president of Student Affairs by the Anti-Defamation League and the Dept. of Campus Affairs/Higher Education. The report compiled from 1992 to 1995 over 20 racist/hate crimes at UNM, mostly dealing with White Nationalist propaganda, graffiti and swastikas targeting Black, Jewish, Gay and Lesbian, feminist, and Hispanic students and campus organizations (UNM Board of Regents Minutes, CSWR). These incidences caused UNM President Peck to immediately denounce such activities at a press conference saying that UNM didn’t tolerate hate speech.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: The USA should condemn its own crimes before the crimes of others

Daily Lobo Readers | February 12

Editor, I absolutely condemn the beheadings and mass murders committed by ISIS! Are the beheadings done by U.S.-backed Saudi Arabia less evil than ISIS beheadings? Was the U.S. murder of tens of thousands of women and children in Iraq less evil than ISIS murders? Was the U.S. murder of hundred of thousands of women and children in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia less evil than ISIS murders? Is the U.S.-backed Israeli murder of hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls less evil than ISIS murders?

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Free speech is reality

Daily Lobo Readers | February 9

Editor, A Lobo reader quoted a professor, "We need to use standards of universality and logic, otherwise, freedom of speech masks reality." I disagree! Free speech is reality. Everyone has the right to express opinions without interference or censorship. To seek, receive, impart information and ideas through any media they choose. With that being said, freedom of speech is not without its limitations. With this freedom comes consequences which relate to: libel, slander, obscenity, sedition, incitement etc.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Be kind, be respectful, pay it forward!

Daily Lobo Readers | February 8

Focusing on positive aspects of our lives can be one way to find comfort in the midst of the current uncertainty, concerns, and challenges not only in our daily lives but also in our country. Taking the time to appreciate what we DO have and the things around us that bring us joy can help alleviate the negativity we are subjected to. Most importantly, today is a great time to show gratitude, appreciation, and respect for the good things and good people in our lives.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: PPD should investigate possible break-ins

Daily Lobo Readers | February 8

Editor, I was appalled to read the story last week about the drug den in an underground tunnel on campus. The fact that the Physical Plant Department was alerted to the broken lock, but did not take the initiative to investigate or call UNMPD to investigate the first time the lock was broken demonstrates a level of either incompetence, naivety or both. I find the fact that there was a person, under the influence of drugs and in possession of a stolen APD shotgun, living in an underground tunnel on campus very alarming. PPD should be well aware of the occurrence of homeless people using the campus to live on, why did they not look into the tunnel the first time the lock was broken?

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Donald Trump election represents new era of American politics

Daily Lobo Readers | February 5

Editor, In recency, the University of New Mexico saw a flareup of political tensions. Reading between the lines, I'm happy to relate that we are currently undergoing a major political shift in the United States. Student groups at UNM expressed in a letter on 1/26 that they will "protect students from fascism and violence" in anticipation of the flareup, in which police were needed to protect event attendees from protesters; this and other occasions of widespread protest illustrating well how conservatism represents a new counter-culture.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Milo's speech is not deserving of being called "free speech"

Daily Lobo Readers | February 5

Editor, Nikole McKibben’s Feb. 2 column, titled “Milo has as much a right to a platform as protesters do,” is a masterly example of the deep well of hypocrisy that much of the right-wing American ignorati cheerfully draw from. There is, apparently, enough hours in the day to attend the speech of a hate-monger -- but not quite enough for the author of the column to exercise what is known to some university students as “research.”

The Setonian
Opinion

Column: Milo has as much a right to a platform as protesters do

Nikole Mckibben | February 2

While attending the Milo Yiannopoulos event last Friday night, I was met with apprehension. But questions were swirling in my head: Will I be safe at this event? Is this one man really as bad as everyone says he is? I knew nothing about the Breitbart editor; only what people have said about him. Most of that has been negative, but this made me want to see what he was about all the more. Many of those I talked to felt the same way. They had no opinion one way or the other, they just wanted to see what the fuss was about. I hope that most people realize Milo Yiannopoulos is a provocateur. Despite his love for dramatics, people still chose to get very upset over his comments. Protesters attending his talk that chose to interrupt his “racist rhetoric” only resulted in being more offended than when they began. All of the protesters in the event added more fuel to the fire.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: We must stand together against a totalitarian government

Daily Lobo Readers | February 1

Editor, I’ve never had to be brave. I grew up in a family who loved me unconditionally, who could provide me with a comfortable life, who would accept me no matter what. I have never once in my life been afraid to live my life loudly — to be myself, unreserved Friday afternoon, I walked to my first protest, clutching posters I had spent four hours creating, declaring my queerness to the world in the spirit of resistance. I walked through the campus, and I was afraid.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: The Daily Lobo needs to apologize to Abdallah, students for innacurate reporting

Daily Lobo Readers | February 1

Editor, Recently, on the Daily Lobo's Facebook page, a screen shot of an iPhone note was posted in order to update students about the Milo Protest on campus. The contents of this screenshot were accurate but the reporting by the Daily Lobo staff above was HIGHLY inaccurate. The post was also shared over 71 times throughout Facebook with factually incorrect statements.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: We need a new kind of protest

Daily Lobo Readers | January 29

Editor, I have come to the conclusion, after attending last night's demonstration against Milo Y that we are going about our protests the wrong way. Let me explain. This latest (but not new by any means) wave of bigotry in our society, fueled by social media and political rhetoric which serves only to legitimize it, has me, like so many other people in this nation, at a moral and ethical impasse with colleagues, compatriots, and even family members When I am work - at a job I need and love - I have to remain silent while people I once respected and now question in terms of their fundamental morality and humanity cheer and high five each other as our new, clearly mentally impaired POTUS enacts incomprehensibly inhumane and immoral executive orders. I don't leave my office much.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: UNM groups will oppose Milo, not with violence, but with voice

Daily Lobo Readers | January 26

Editor, In an effort to “come to the table,” to quote Ryan Ansloan, (former) president of UNM College Republicans, and the part of the group of individuals responsible for inviting Milo Yiannopoulous to campus on January 27th, we would like to openly address a few points. To begin with, we would like to address his “come to the table” comment. Where were the College Republicans last December when six different student organizations invited them to discuss safety concerns about Milo speaking? They ghosted us.

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Yiannopoulos' rhetoric violates academic codes of conduct

Daily Lobo Readers | January 25

Editor, In regards to the impending visit of Milo Yiannopoulos, poster boy of the alt-right and editor for the website Breitbart, I implore the UNM faculty, as well as the student body, to consider the implications and potential consequences of his visit. I assume that there is already concern on behalf of safety, otherwise they would not have been prepared to staff it so heavily with security. To whom does this concern vest itself in?

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Inviting Yiannopoulos endangers students

Daily Lobo Readers | January 25

Editor, I write to you to inform you that bringing Milo Yiannopoulos to the UNM campus not only breaks UNM policy against harassment, but also puts fellow students in danger. According to UNM’s policy, it “forbids unlawful discrimination and/or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, ancestry, spousal affiliation, medical condition, or veteran status” (Administrative Policy 2720 & Regent’s Policy Manual Section 2.3).

The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Yiannopoulos takes free speech too far

Daily Lobo Readers | January 25

Editor, Regarding Milo Yiannopoulos' visit to the University of New Mexico I can’t help but find myself in distress over this issue. I’m naming this certain event an issue because I’m perplexed at the idea of welcoming this controversial man to our campus, a campus so rich in diversity and known by its ethnic and cultural values.

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