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?"
Twenty-four hours ago, I was not even aware of a disease called cervical cancer. I wasn't even sure what a cervix was and had no idea that it can, for reasons not completely known, become cancerous.
Many of us have worked for years to remove the illegal fliers that are persistently posted in the UNM area. These fliers have proven to be not only an eyesore, but also the source of much of the street debris that pollutes the area. It has taken untold hours of work on the part of neighborhood volunteers to remove literally pounds of trash from signs, poles and walls.
In the world according to Yale University, people see him and think: black preacher. People see her and think: Vietnam Memorial, that black wall so many people hated way back when but now find a moving tribute to the fallen of a generation.
After reading about Mayor Chavez's "plan" to clean up the city by requesting citizens to tear down fliers off lightposts, I felt compelled to provide another viewpoint on the subject.
Maceo Martinet's column about dams and water was an unfortunate escapade in poor journalism. I believe the theme was that dams are bad, causing social and environmental upheaval and lead only to excess and waste in the consumption of electricity. India is cited as an example of this, where apparently dams have displaced millions of people for the sole purpose of allowing "casino-style cities." Hoover Dam also is an example, its purpose is apparently just to supply electricity to Las Vegas. And finally, dams are redistributing water around resulting in a massive imbalance of water and the slowing of the planet's spin.
I'm beginning to think the Middle East crisis is not completely hopeless; and, that we, the United States of America, should make the most of the situation. It seems a major part of the problem is that Arial Sharon and Yasser Arafat hate each other.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the student body for passing Amendment One last Wednesday. I feel confident that the returns this amendment will bring to the students of this University are rewards of great proportion that are difficult to imagine at this time.
First, I'd like to define the term "state," based on the information provided by www.webster.com. It is "a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially one that is sovereign or the political organization of such a body of people."
Playboy: a magazine published by a prune in pajamas who actually believes those blond twins think he's hot. In other words, a harmless diversion for the pathetic and deluded.
Mike Wolff made comments in Wednesday's Daily Lobo editorial that cannot go unchallenged.
New Mexico is the type of place that can make you tear your hair out if you are big on change or efficiency, but it has found its niche by embracing its endearing quirkiness. The Land of Enchantment is an odd mix of culture and stubbornness that lures artists seeking inspiration in droves.
The Board of Regents clearly hasn't been reading my columns. At any rate, the regents are not taking my advice. I think we can all agree that a 4.3 percent tuition hike - after years of annual tuition hikes - is a bad idea.
I am fed up with reading about the so-called generous offers given to the Palestinians and that Israel had to occupy Palestine.
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