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EDITORIAL: The price of peace
October 8We have waited for nearly month and the other shoe has finally dropped.
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LETTER: Free speech responsibility
October 8I know we're all getting tired of the Berthold affair, but I think it is important for as many faculty members as possible to go on record in support, not of Professor Berthold, but of the principle that what professors say in their classrooms is protected by the First Amendment. That includes the principle of academic freedom - especially since the Faculty Senate failed to do so unequivocally last Tuesday, though they came close.
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LETTER: Awareness of U.S. policy constitutes true patriotism
October 8I find it disturbing what some Americans have come to call "patriotism" in the weeks following the terrorist attacks. These so-called patriots see any criticism of our government and its actions as un-American. They demand unity and an end to free speech.
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COLUMN: Anti-imperialist rabbit revolution
October 8Rachel was on the couch reading the paper when she felt someone tugging on her pants. When she looked down, there was little Betty peering up, curiosity furrowing her brow
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LETTER: Anti-Berthold sentiment unpatriotic, Talibanesque
October 8Professor Richard Berthold is an outstanding lecturer on the history of Greece and Rome. He is articulate, flamboyant, outspoken and very funny. His style is to provoke the interest of his students by peppering his classes with jokes and outrageous remarks.
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LETTER: Berthold case should use AAUP guidelines
October 8The University of New Mexico has long subscribed to the principles of academic freedom. However, the controversy over the remarks allegedly made in class by UNM Professor Richard Berthold on Sept. 11 suggests that those principles are imperfectly understood in many quarters.
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LETTER: Americans should forgive mistakes
Javier Romero | October 5Recent events surrounding the comment made by professor Richard Berthold have inspired a witch trial straight out of the McCarthy era. Admittedly, what he said was insensitive, but his comment deserves to be heard.
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LETTER: University is sending out inconsistent messages
October 5This week, I received a flyer from the UNM office of Counseling, Assistance and Referral Services in my campus mailbox. Printed on bright blue paper, it was titled "Make a Haven," and was basically a list of what it considered normal reactions to the "recent tragic events."
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COLUMN: Peace, dignity part of daily life
October 5Writing under a full moon, I feel the silent waters that have been violently disturbed. Occasionally there is a period in our lives when we wonder why so much energy is dedicated to warfare and its technologies and not enough put into wondering about this moon and how it effects each and everything.
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COLUMN: Berthold thanks supporters
October 4I have been regularly writing this column for some 20 years now, and it has been great fun and, I hope, entertaining and annoying to the campus community. But in the interests of the University and my own health - dealing with the real world turns out to be a fairly scary thing - this column will not appear for a while.
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LETTERS: It's time for people to get over Berthold
October 4We've been buried neck deep in controversy over Professor Berthold's recent comment. So he made a bad joke? So what?
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LETTER: Berthold earned criticism he is receiving
October 3My letter is a short response to Professor Richard Berthold's cowardly remark about the Pentagon bombing. Basically the professor is entitled to his point of view but his comment leads to a question about academic freedom.
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LETTER: Students painted as unable to make up their own minds
October 3I wish to express my condolences to the lower division undergraduates of this august institution. If some are correct, your poor darlings can be lead astray with a few words in an off-the-cuff remark. These folks seem to believe that you are so brain-dead, so soul-dead, that the first 18 years of life with your parents can be negated in one class by an evil, wicked professor. They probably also believe that you are all non-smoking, non-drinking virgins.
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LETTER: A modest propsal for Berthold
October 3Professor Berthold's actions and opinions are an outrage. Not only should we have him fired, but his tongue also should be removed so that his dangerous opinions cannot infect any more ears in our population.
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LETTER: Berthold embarassing, deserves punishment
October 3The embarrassment continues. Mr. Berthold is certainly entitled to his opinion, but it is inappropriate to use the canopy of tenure and academic freedom to provide immunity from being held accountable. He has used this shield successfully for the last 29 years and only apologized for his actions when it became apparent that someone might actually hold him responsible for his actions.
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EDITORIAL: Voting is best way to show patriotism
October 2When searching for reasons why today's mayoral election is important, one need look no farther than a nearby television screen.
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LETTER: Berthold challenges students, is protected by Constitution
October 2I am a junior at UNM, and have over the last three years taken four classes from Professor Richard Berthold. During that time, I learned that he was a very bright, strong-willed and opinionated man.
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COLUMN: With freedom comes responsibility
October 2The span of human history has been defined by ideas, conflict and society's resolution of these two. To believe that this resolution will always be a peaceful one is to ignore human nature, as well as, thousands of years of history.
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EDITORIAL: Questions, debate embody patriotism
October 1In light of the attention that has been paid recently to Professor Richard Berthold, it seemed prudent to bring up White House press secretary Ari Fleischer's instructions last week.
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LETTER: The dark side of patriotism
September 28During the past few days, this country has seen some of the most unimaginable atrocities in recent history.
