There is nothing quite as comical as members of the "peace movement" bemoaning the fact that no one seems to care that they are protesting.
I've been away for almost two months now, and Wednesday was the first time I read the Daily Lobo since my departure. I wanted to say a few things about the perspective that I see on the news from Germany.
A student of Lebanese background at a university in Ohio was walking across the campus when someone pointed a finger at her and yelled, "Terrorist!"
I read Brian Ramirez's letter in Wedneday's Daily Lobo with great interest, but I couldn't decide whether to agree or disagree.
What intellectual debate pits Osama bin Laden, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and one of the premier political scientists in America against Bill Clinton, George Bush and Arab leaders?
Had Osama bin Laden read his U.S. history more carefully, perhaps he might not have launched such an attack. He might have realized that the United States does not stop until it has taken its enemies off at the knees.
I am a peace protester. I'm also one of those anti-globalization activists you may have read about. I'd like to tell you who we are and why these issues concern us.
Is sensationalism the only mode of education? The anti-abortion advertisement of Oct. 18 was disturbing, especially to Drs. Espey and Leeman, who wrote a letter in the Oct. 22 Daily Lobo.
I read Mr. Brian Ramirez's letter to the editor in the Oct. 23 Daily Lobo. I found it amusing, especially from a philosophy and political science major.
Everyone, whether they admit it or not, acts in their own best interest to satisfy their needs and desires. No matter how noble the cause, people work for it not for its own sake but because it benefits them. Those peace protesters that congregate in front of the bookstore every Friday are there because it gives them the satisfaction of knowing they're doing something to support their beliefs.
Maybe Sari Krosinsky, whose column was published in Monday's Daily Lobo, needs to look a little deeper to find out why the peace movement isn't catching on with anyone. If she did, she'd find out that there is nothing to support.
Reading The Federalist Chronicle earlier this month, I came across a stunning comment attributed to UNM professor Richard Berthold.
I notice more and more circumlocution, euphemism and plain old jargon in the official news from Washington these days. I believe in the simple, declarative sentence. The more important the information, the simpler and more declarative the sentence should be.
The U.S. flag is again stained with the blood of innocent people. These stains are in addition to those already present from prior U.S. leaders who took refuge in violence when faced with conflict rather than in intellectual reason or nonviolent, sacred doctrines.
At the risk of becoming yet another of the few outspoken voices of moderate dissent on our nation's current "War Against Terrorism" and the potential wrath that dissent may evoke, I feel the need to point out a statement made by William Raspberry in Monday's Albuquerque Journal.
My heart goes out to Steven Chavez, a UNM alumnus, who in his Oct. 18 letter to the Daily Lobo, asks, "... which peace group do I join?"
I am notoriously bad at throwing parties. Whatever time I pick, it always turns out something is going on that's far more exciting than hanging out in my apartment. On the other hand, if I do absolutely nothing, let my refrigerator run empty and my apartment go the way of entropy, somehow, mystically, a party will find its way to my place.
I enrolled in Dr. Berthold's Greek civilization class last year merely because I needed a humanities credit. I had absolutely no interest in history, let alone Greek history. As it would turn out, I found myself listening attentively to his every lecture and left the class with a better understanding of society.
As an obstetrician-gynecologist and a family practice physician on faculty at UNM, as educators and as strong supporters of reproductive rights, we were profoundly discouraged to see the eight-page anti-abortion advertising supplement in the Oct. 18 edition of the Daily Lobo.
Lobo basketball fans are going to have a lot to cheer about this coming season.
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