The March 8 letter from Autumn Bell was nothing more than an editorial drive-by-shooting of Ricky Lee Allen. A lack of analysis and critical rebuttal left us with only a thoughtless character assassination.
I would like to applaud the Daily Lobo on the March 6 article regarding the Kansas City shooting and the National Rifle Association's reaction. I read this publication on a daily basis and I was ecstatic to see an article showing the NRA's point of view. It seems to me that more often than not the Lobo strays from a two-sided argument/opinion.
I am not an avid sports fan and I don't pay a lot of attention to college basketball until the end of the season.
They cry after losses, cheer when they win and play with passion second to none. They are the UNM women's basketball players - the other Lobo hoops team in town and the only one worth cheering for this season.
In response to Autumn Bell's March 8 letter, I am neither affronted nor offended by Professor Allen's words. Why are you?
"Chuck, we won, Chuck! You're coming home, pal," the lawyer told Charles Schwarz. "We won!" the lawyer's assistant screamed into the phone to Schwarz's wife when his conviction and those of two other former cops were overturned Feb. 28.
For the last three years the UNM Ultimate Frisbee club has tried diligently to earn some recognition on campus as a respectable organization and sport at UNM.
I really want to comment on Ricky Lee Allen's letter that was printed on March 6. The fact that the writer identified himself as a "UNM College of Education Instructor" should be an embarrassment to all of his colleagues in the College of Education. I certainly hope that his letter was not an indication of the level of scholarship held by instructors in the College of Education.
Let's create a whole new category to exonerate Andrea Yates: "not guilty by reason of religious view." Once again we have an attempt to recast a mental health issue as one where crime can be absolved by religion. Keep reminding the public that her psychiatrist was Mohammed Saeed and you even get to take sides.
I was very disappointed by an article in Tuesday's paper. The story covered last weekend's live performance of several bands at the Launchpad.
I want to thank the Daily Lobo for their March 1st article on the candidates' forum sponsored by UNM College Democrats.
In late January, 52 reserve officers and combat soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force sent a letter to their government explaining their refusal to serve in the occupied areas of Palestine. Immediately they were lambasted from all sides.
Sadly, the United States is no longer a country run on ideals like freedom, human rights, and limited government. Instead it is a nation that hardly even notices each time a new form of government oppression is handed down from Washington. Once upon a time, political leaders here said things like "give me liberty or give me death!"
It's about time that UNM's Physical Plant started enforcing federal laws regarding bicycles illegally locked to and preventing the use of handrails by those who are visually and physically challenged. Having said that let me also state that UNM's Physical Plant isn't doing its job.
Next fall, the lives of every UNM student and employee will be affected by a bureaucratic error made in the office of the University Registrar. The entire fall semester will begin and end a week before it should.
I have always been supportive of preserving our environment. I do empathize with what will happen to the arctic wildlife community if we start drilling, but to help our foreign efforts in the Middle East, we should not always be at the mercy of oil producing nations.
Don Starr's letter to the editor on March 5 demonstrates the deep racial divide amongst the working class. As a white person who also grew up in a trailer park, I agree with Starr's call for assistance to poor whites.
The Daily Lobo's article concerning the UNM Ultimate Frisbee Club's Green Chili Festival was not only lacking in integrity, but also completely insulting to many of the best athletes in the Southwest.
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