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LETTER: Professors shouldn't indulge in rants
September 25Who is tired of paying for an education and getting left or right wing propaganda?
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LETTER: Protest, rhetoric doesn't help
September 25UNM is like most universities, it fills the minds of students and faculty with fantasy misinformation that numbs us to reality. Everything around us becomes a statistic and desensitizes us to the fact that people - mothers, fathers, partners, lovers, children and unborn babies - of all ethnicities and religions died in the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania attacks.
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LETTER: Berthold admired for rousing debate
Javier Romero | September 25My letter is in regard to the article in Monday's Daily Lobo concerning Richard Berthold's remark about the Pentagon.
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LETTER: Professor needs lesson in tolerance, responsibility
September 24For years, I have had to endure the ranting and raving of Dr. "Tricky Dick" Berthold. His views on the Ethnic Centers of UNM have been appalling, ridiculous and racist. I avoided taking a class with this man like the plague for the simple reason that I did not want to subject myself to listening to what he had to say.
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COLUMN: March shows spirit of resistance
September 24Friday evening started out pretty normally. Speeches, chants, leaflets, some radical cheerleading, the creepy spirit of resistance -- you know, the usual. Then, they started singing: "All we are saying is give peace a chance."
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LETTER: Berthold apologizes
September 24On Sept. 11, at the beginning of my 8 and 11 o'clock classes, I made a number of callous and insensitive remarks to those classes, including a flip remark about anyone blowing up the Pentagon getting my vote.
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EDITORIAL: Freedom of speech should be respected
September 24The shock is beginning to wear off and people are responding in their own ways to the terrorist attacks that rocked the nation nearly two weeks ago.
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LETTER: Bin Laden, terrorists are fruit of CIA
September 21America needs to start fighting the war against terrorism domestically before focusing on nations abroad. The recent tragic and horrendous events in New York and Washington, D.C. have brought to light some very serious concerns regarding past American foreign policy and its poignant implications today.
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LETTER: World's needs are not being met
September 21Most of us are lucky to have grown up in an environment that listened to our needs and interests. Schools, clubs, families, and jobs can provide us with a safe environment. I have lived in several neighborhoods and attended several schools and have found that not all places are as encouraging as I wish everyone could experience.
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COLUMN: Path to peace paved with respect
September 21We can all agree, at least I hope we can, that peace is what we want. Some people will argue that we must all unite, now or never, in uprooting the evil that has scourged this earth with terrorism. Others argue that cheering for war with the attitude resembling a Monday-night football pep rally is a dangerous statement towards humanity; similar to what happened on Sept. 11.
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LETTER: Killing innocent in name of war, revenge is wrong
September 21I have been following the letters in the Daily Lobo recently and felt compelled to speak. Not to agree or to disagree with any of the writers, but merely to offer an idea that may have escaped the attention of so many emotionally-charged minds.
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LETTER: Intolerance is real threat to Afghanistan, U.S.
September 21This morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, a baby girl was born - a baby girl with a very special mind. Maybe her neurotransmitters are in a slightly different balance; maybe her neurons form connections faster than usual; maybe her cells hold memories of hundreds of past lifetimes.
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COLUMN: Walking a mile in Palestine's shoes
September 20For more than a quarter century I have been an ardent supporter of the Palestinian cause, of freeing their homeland from Israeli soldiers and colonists and all the brutality and suffering involved in the Occupation. This has not been easy path to tread since most Americans know little about Palestine beyond what they are told by a biased media and elected officials utterly terrified of Zionist money opposing them in their next election.
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LETTER: Muslim students grateful for community's support
September 20On behalf of the Muslim Student Association, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude for your support and encouragement in Wednesday's Islamic Awareness Day.
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LETTER: UNM students unite against racism
September 20The following statement was written by graduate students and faculty in the School of Architecture and Planning in response to a recent incident where two international students from this school were harassed after the tragic events of Sept. 11.
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LETTER: Action guided by anger is irrational
September 20I'm writing in response to letters by Gena McLellan, Michael Cardwell and Brandon Curtis and to widespread sentiments I've observed this past week. All three individuals articulated anger toward their peers for questioning American practices after last week's horror.
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LETTER: Terrorist attacks happened for a reason
September 20In response to those who decry the position that the U.S. may bear some blame for Tuesday's attacks as radically unpatriotic, I must strongly disagree.
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COLUMN: Involvement way to honor victims
September 20The tale of the 300 plus missing firefighters and police officers is one of the most heart-wrenching stories to come out of the World Trade Center bombing.
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LETTER: To love others, we must appreciate our differences
September 19First I would like to extend my sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed in the terrorist attacks last Tuesday. You have the whole country behind you, and I hope in some way that gives you comfort.
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LETTER: Terrorist attacks a wake-up call
September 19I know many of us are tired of discussing, hearing and reading about last week's tragic events. However, I believe the catastrophic loss of life was a wake-up call to American society and to us as human beings. It was a wake-up call because in many ways we let it happen.
