Relatively few people in this world have the luxury of truly loving their jobs, which means a little respect and fair treatment can go a long way.
Earth Day is one of those events that has become untouchable by any person that would question the motivations, practices or aims of those that advocate any kind of activist environmentalism. Opponents to the regulation-based environmentalism of the current environmental movement are routinely depicted as the sorts that would kill puppies for a buck, end sunshine to drive an SUV or that feel a need to consume all natural resources before their selfish children grow up and use them all.
At civic rallies we are holding around the country, the talk is of the need for change, for the pursuit of greater justice as a precondition for the pursuit of greater happiness.
This marks the final week of publication for the 2001-2002 Daily Lobo editorial staff, with new editor Angela Williams taking over April 28. Recognizing that my 15 minutes on the soapbox are nearly up, I will spend this week discussing a variety of pressing issues that affect this University.
Anarchists converge on UNM. Hmmm. May sound frightening, but it actually was a pretty pleasant weekend.
A brave woman seriously changed my perceptions about UNM and its politics last Friday after class. She stood up in front of our class, with tears in her eyes, and informed us about a girl she knew who was beaten by her roommate's friends in her own dorm room last Saturday.
While the Sept. 11 attack on the United States has elicited an outpouring of patriotic sentiment, the flotsam and jetsam of cultural degradation also remain apparent.
This month marks the 40th anniversary of "Silent Spring," Rachel Carson's epic warning that pesticides are destroying life on earth and the day could come when there will be no more birds to herald the coming of spring with their songs. That time may be near. As a senior citizen, I can attest to the fact that there are far fewer birds today than there were during my childhood.
Signs have emerged everywhere that risky alcohol use among college students is a national tragedy.
I do not expect this response to Michela Dai Zovi's article yesterday to be printed -er- spelled correctly, but I have a minute before my morning stretch and nothing better to do than respond.
Glory to her moral supremacy! Praise her undaunted commitment to liberal democracy throughout the world! Thank her for defending the people’s will in the face of evil!
I do not expect this article to be printed, but I have half an hour until my next class and nothing to do but mess around on Zimmerman’s computers, so I’ll write it anyway.
Michael Carrasco’s March 26 version of what I supposedly said at my March 24 UNM talk is a perfect example of the “drive-by” journalism so prevalent in the media today. He was not in attendance.
To my Jewish cousins, tell me please: is there anything in the world worth the life of an innocent child? Is forcing the Israeli settlements worth the life of a child, when all children are innocent? Is the blood of a child precious enough for you and me to take an active role to convince Ariel Sharon to stop a futile occupation and Yasser Arafat to stop a bloody game?
Clearly, the most significant event at UNM this year was the termination of basketball coach Fran Fraschilla. Consequently, it seems appropriate to recount responses of leaders in New Mexico and around the world to this staggering development.
I am writing this letter in hopes of abolishing the practice of "door jumping" in our school shuttles. Allow me to explain. Most of our shuttles come equipped with two doors. They're placed strategically, with one in front and one in the middle.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck down a law prohibiting sexually explicit material that appears to involve minors or conveys the impression that minor was involved in its creation. The law was aimed at preventing computer-generated pornography that contains no actual children but is altered to appear as though it does.
In his Daily Lobo letter on Tuesday, Mike Ritthaler is guilty of the charge embodied in the title - "Dam columnist ignores facts." He correctly calculates the solar panel area - 11 square miles - required to produce the equivalent of Hoover Dam's 2 million kilowatt capacity. He then asks the scary, debate-ending question "Where are the 11 square miles we're willing to sacrifice?"
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