Move over soft drink companies — Pepsi's here to stay at UNM. Once again, profit rears its pointy little head as our illustrious University has awarded the Pepsi Bottling Group an eight-year contract that will pay UNM about $1 million yearly and give exclusive bottled and fountain drink sales rights to the soft drink company.
Recently, a friend of mine had a project for an art history class he's taking. The assignment was to express a concept through visual art. Most of the students, who - like my friend - were probably just taking the class to fill core requirements, handed in work of the magazine collage variety. Their works fulfilled the requirements, but apparently weren't exactly great feats of creative inspiration.
First I must say that I am dismayed that the incoming editor seems to have the same liberal leanings as the last editor. I was hoping for some balance, but I guess I am in the U.S. education system and it is certainly conducive to liberal policies.
Editor, A recent United Staff-UNM survey of issues for contract negotiations found that an overwhelming number of our bargaining unit employees feel that improving the reclassification procedure and creating more opportunities for career advancement should be the number one priority of the bargaining team during these negotiations.
Much criticism and praise has been thrown about relating to our president since the Sept. 11 attacks that shook America to its very core. The troubling trend in the media to glorify the president has finally begun to dissipate, correlating with the U.S. Congress' growing unease with George W. Bush.
Imagine you are a scientist developing a breakthrough medical technology, one with the potential to cure heart disease, cancer and diabetes. What response would you expect from civilized society? A Nobel prize? A ticker-tape parade? Universal acclaim by politicians and intellectuals?
The semester is coming to an end, but Marlon Parmer's career as a Lobo ended several months ago. Marlon gave UNM two wonderful years, and he was an asset to the team. I enjoyed his explosiveness, versatility, and quickness. I believe Marlon will be productive on any team he plays for. I wish him the best in his future.
Editor, Mr. Carrasco, I don't think that it's so much a situation of innocent nÑive corporations gleefully working their day away to get money while people hurl accusations of vast control. I think what scares people a lot of times is the legal power (or perhaps immunity and abuse thereof) that corporations have.
It's true: one person really can change the world. This is the story of how one person started the 1989 revolution in Romania.
Finals have fallen upon us and again a common question has arisen from perplexed students: Why doesn't UNM have a "Dead Week?"
I was very glad that the Daily Lobo published an article on the oral presentation I gave on April 24 as part of the Dolores Gonzales Colloquy Series sponsored by the Raza Graduate Student Association and the Graduate and Professional Student Association at UNM.
A few days ago there was a letter to the editor complaining that the Daily Lobo and UNM Police don't do enough to keep people informed about crimes that take place on campus. Case-in-point was a woman who was brutalized in her dorm room while her roommate looked on. It took a letter to the editor to bring light to that case.
Americans, or at least American public officials, seemingly cannot think rationally when it comes to drugs, including legal ones like alcohol.
Oil company executives are testifying for a Senate subcommittee this week answering allegations that price fixing is to blame for recent increases in the price of gasoline. Accusations of this sort are not new. There were charges of price gouging during the 2000 election that were very quietly dismissed after investigation. However, that these hearings are even going on is representative of an interesting and disconcerting group of people in the American political discourse that, for a lack of a better term, I will call conspiracists.
Have you voted yet? If not, you still can. Absentee/early voting for the 2002 New Mexico Primary Election began on April 25 and runs until the Primary Election Day on June 4. Now is the time to exercise your right to vote as an American citizen and make an impact on who the next governor of New Mexico will be. The governor appoints the Board of Regents, which governs the University.
As members of the Greek system we would just like to express our disgust with some of the students and faculty on this campus. For the last week we have been reading about Sigma Chi's charter being revoked. Yes, this happened; however, most do not know the exact circumstances behind this decision. Nor do they understand the impact that this has on the Greek system and the UNM community as a whole.
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