I am writing in response to three letters that appeared in Wednesday's Daily Lobo, the first being ASUNM Vice President Steve Aguilar Jr. His assessment of ASUNM funding is 100 percent correct. In 1999-2000, I served as the attorney general for ASUNM.
As a proud advertiser of the Daily Lobo, I was disheartened to hear that the ASUNM Senate wants to, once again, cut back on funding to one of UNM's finest creations - its daily newspaper.
I want to address the inaccurate remarks made by Iliana Lim¢n against the ASUNM Senate and express my extreme displeasure in the intentionally misleading manner in which she has selfishly presented the fee increase to UNM students.
I attended a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday on Lower Johnson Field with distinguished speakers such as Rep. Heather Wilson.
Once again, Conceptions Southwest finds itself on uncertain ground due to the Associated Students of UNM.
This is my third semester at UNM. I'm doing what I can to take advantage of my education - that does not, however, include anything in terms of extra-curricular activities. I go to school, go to work, study, exercise, work a total of 16 hours on Saturday and Sunday and I come home to a wonderful man I plan to marry when I'm done with school, which is where I deserve to spend my evenings.
I want to express my frustration with the way you choose to "fairly and accurately" account the daily news. The job of any journalist is to strive for objectivity when reporting on daily events. I want to commend each of the reporters for doing this, but the editor-in-chief Iliana Lim¢n, who should know better, continually refuses to do so.
Once again the Senate has managed to show its ignorance and hypocrisy. When senators are running for office, such as Grant Nichols, they are constantly talking about how ASUNM needs to be more accessible to students.
I feel utterly compelled to respond to the wildlife preserves column by Paula Moore and Carla Bennett. It seems time and time again People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) comes out and throws itself behind a cause in which it seamlessly finds a way to bring up its goal of ending hunting and fishing. The column states so many egregious errors in reference to hunting and fishing it is ridiculous.
Though appearances may be to the contrary, activist life does still thrive outside of protests. Protests generally attract the most attention, but there are other aspects of activism that are at least as important to this whole changing the world thing.
Editor, My two letters on 500 years of U.S. atrocities to Native Americans were published in the Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 editions of the Daily Lobo. Each time my estimated figures for the number of native people on this continent at the time of first European contact were changed to a much lower figure.
Editor, The terrorist attack on Sept. 11 reminded us of the true value of freedom. The principle of due process of law, innocence until proven guilty and other liberties are the bulwark of that freedom. The freedom we enjoy is not to be abridged unless an independent court of law, dedicated to a government of laws and not of men, is convinced "beyond a reasonable doubt" that an alleged law violator actually is a law violator.
I am writing in response to the letter written by members of the ASUNM Finance Committee published in Friday's newspaper. First, let me tell readers that I am an employee of the New Mexico Daily Lobo. I have worked with The Lobo since the middle of the spring semester and have been an advertising representative since the beginning of the summer.
I would like to share with you a story. One day, walking home from class, a boy notices a dandelion flower growing from the middle of a concrete sidewalk, desolate of any other vegetation, covered with cigarette butts and pancaked bubble gum.
The New Mexico Daily Lobo is held accountable to students daily and is being punished by the ASUNM Senate for being fiscally responsible.
Editor, Have I missed the announcement of the emergency evacuation plan for Albuquerque due to a terrorist attack? We do not have any nuclear power plants here but the Air Force has 2,300 big nuclear warheads stored right at the cross point of the two major runways at Albuquerque Sunport and nuclear warheads are shipped in an out of here all the time.
"They may not get it, but at least they are trying." These are the words I, Julianita Maestas, former interim ASUNM Elections Commissioner, said only two hours before I was denied confirmation by the Senate's Presidential Appointments Committee.
We wish to respond to the irrational claims made by Iliana Lim¢n, the editor of the Daily Lobo, in Tuesday's edition.
Mr. Dan Ricker gave a number of reasons why he was sad in Monday's Daily Lobo. As I reflected on his reasons, I thought of another reason why he might want to be sad.
Craig A. Butler says that capitalism is the key to happiness and the "American Way."
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