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LETTER: Affirmative action benefits
March 1I find it ironic that Sarah Hunt would sell "quota cookies" as the racial reflection of affirmative action, yet did not include in the mix a cookie representation of the group which has benefited the most from affirmative action in the past 31 years: white women.
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COLUMN: Costs of the American dream
February 28Some Americans worry that too many non-European minorities are immigrating to the United States and that those immigrants are changing the fabric of the country. The reality is that American culture is so prominent that most of the world is adapting American characteristics, and that most "minorities" quickly assimilate.
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LETTER: Cookies prove affirmative action actually is detrimental
February 28As a half-breed, Mexican/White mix, I have a perplexing problem with regards to the "quota cookies" booth. Do I claim to be Mexican and buy my cookie for 25 cents or do I own up to my whiteness and pay $1.50 for the same cookie? Or, should I pay $1.75, because I am both a Mexican and white male? Or, should there be another price created for me since I belong to a different category than is listed on the price sheet?
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COLUMN: Cracking academia's code
February 28You may have noticed that in their public pronouncements, University administrators frequently sound like politicians, attorneys or government spokesmen. Indeed they do, because like these other groups they often need to avoid speaking the truth because it might be embarrassing. They are, however, generally loath simply to lie, so instead a sort of coded speech is used.
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LETTER: Shuttle drivers do a difficult job very well
February 28I support all the UNM bus drivers. I support Bobby, Anna and Jerry. They have a difficult job dealing with 50 to 60 students rushing the bus at once in the hopes of getting to class on time. The drivers do an excellent job picking up as many students as they can without breaking the rules.
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LETTER: Anticipating high traffic would make for a much smoother ride
February 28One word came to mind while reading the Daily Lobo's story titled "Riders voice bus safety concerns" - whining.
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LETTER: Display keys important debate
February 27It is interesting that one year later and hundreds of miles away, I am seeing the same controversy that I experienced with Justice For All. I too had the experience of being confronted with a 17-foot-tall picture of an aborted baby.
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COLUMN: Library welcomes 'pueblo revival'
February 27The UNM General Library is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition in the West Wing of Zimmerman Library: Facing Southwest: The Houses of John Gaw Meem. This exhibit features photographs by Ansel Adams, Laura Gilpin, Ernest Knee, Robert Reck and architectural drawings by John Gaw Meem and George Pearl.
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LETTER: Columnist is selfish, insensitive to the poor
February 27I am one of the people that Michael Carrasco would castigate as a "bleeding-heart liberal." I am from Massachusetts, I enjoy working at soup kitchens and I give money to people that need it more than I do. I am always grateful that I have the opportunity to live in a country that allows its residents to say whatever they want without fear of repercussions.
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LETTER: Empowered women make good, educated decisions
February 27On Wednesday, Feb. 20, I passed the courtyard outside of Popejoy Hall after finishing an early morning class. To my horror, I was met with the most disturbing and grizzly images I have ever witnessed. I left in tears, with a brochure in hand, hoping that I could simply forget what I saw.
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COLUMN: Death penalty, abortion differ
February 27Last week, the death penalty came up often during debates at the Justice For All display.
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LETTER: Man's rights not unlimited
February 26Allow me to briefly respond to Sari Krosinsky's accusation in Monday's Daily Lobo that I believe a man ought to have the right to force a woman to get an abortion as an enforcement of the man's right to control his own reproduction.
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COLUMN: Higher tax on wealthy unfair
February 26Michael Moore has a new a book out, which means - among other things - that there will be ample opportunities to see the highest paid slob in America on television in the near future. Without trying I have already seen Mr. Moore on shows ranging from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News to The Daily Show on Comedy Central, as he promotes the "on-dead-tree" manifestation of his particular brand of politics.
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LETTER: Exhibit opens Pandora's Box
February 26UNM has set a dangerous precedence by allowing the recent display of billboard-sized graphic art in the public domain.
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LETTER: Dichotomy misleading
February 26We live in a world full of ideas. Some we agree with, some we don't. The abortion exhibit recently displayed by Justice for All certainly brought a number of ideas to the surface; ideas of choice, freedom, responsibility, autonomy, control, life and death.
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COLUMN: No simple answer to abortion
February 25I have a friend and former roommate who has a penchant for reading Cosmo. Every now and then, I must confess, I felt compelled to borrow her copy. Call it a morbid sense of humor.
