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Letter: Manipulating media empire losing crowd monopoly

Not that it will alter the outcome, but it appears that after years of using the same tired old guidebook on manipulating the masses, the wheels are finally coming off the Media Industrial Military Intelligence Corporate (MIMIC) complex (it “mimics” licit government operating as a shadow government).


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Opinion

Column: Appropriate work attire is ever-changing

As generations rise and generations fall, so does their impact on surrounding society. One such example that can be commonly seen is how we dress, or what we find acceptable for business attire and tasteful for body art and piercings. The classic look of the businessman — holding a briefcase in a suit with his hair combed back — is no longer the only norm in the business world.




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Opinion

Letter: UNM budget cuts should come from well-paid 'Bobs'

Governor Susan Martinez’s plan to reduce funding to UNM has resulted in another budget shortfall. The deficit has already resulted in faculty and staff hiring freezes with an additional upcoming round of staff cuts. As students you can see this with increased class sizes, less staff on campus and a 2.5 percent tuition hike.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Bob Frank's special 'job' is a slap in the face to UNM staff members

When UNM wants to get rid of someone, they know how to do it in style! Take President Frank. As he is instituting a hiring freeze for all main and branch campuses, he is busy negotiating a sweetheart deal with the Health Sciences Center, which just so happens to be exempt from the hiring freeze (although they are facing a large budget deficit, too, but that’s another story).


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: Gov. Martinez's degree expectations a burden, unfair

When speaking before an audience of higher education stakeholders this past Friday, Gov. Susanna Martinez expressed her discontent with New Mexican students taking more than four years to complete a college degree, belittling them for getting “off track,” burdening taxpayers and ultimately hurting our state economy.


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Opinion

Letter: Americans need to vote for candidates who will spread peace to the world

In this election season when Americans are paying slightly more attention to politics, let's examine the issue of empire. An empire is defined as, "An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress." Many political observers have stated that since World War II, and especially since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the majority of the world has been under the patronage of the U.S. government and under the authority of the U.S. military.


Opinion

Column: The Millenial vote is more important than ever

While a candidate will commonly urge voters to vote consistently in almost every election and state — that every individual vote counts this year — they would have a point. 18 to 35 is the age range for the Millennial Generation and, for the first time, the entire generation will have the opportunity to vote, making up to roughly 31 percent of the electorate, close to equaling Baby Boomer generation, which also makes up roughly 31 percent.


The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: The U.S. creates terrorists by bombing, disrespecting mother countries

Instead of just getting all high and mighty and righteously indignant with all these Muslims among us killing everyday citizenry, we must acknowledge that a big reason they are doing so is that by and large we are bombing their mother countries year after year without interruption. Hence we get the likes of terrorist Ahmad Rahami, who is a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan.



The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: ABQ has the ability to lead the nation in switching to solar energy

Just a few short days ago the City Council set the city of Albuquerque up for the future by making a realistic goal of switching over to solar energy. Right now Albuquerque is getting a measly three percent of all of our energy coming from solar energy and the change put forth will put us at 25 percent by the year 2025.


Culture

Column: The Rise and Fall of Pokemon Go

Earlier this year the mobile game “Pokemon Go” was released, after monumental amounts of hype that had Pokemon fans new and old waiting anxiously for its release.  Upon its release, the game generated between $3.9 million and $4.9 million in its first day, according to a Digital Market Ramblings, an online aggregator that tracks video game statistics.





The Setonian
Opinion

Letter: People should be more critical of some Biblical stories

Samson in the Bible was a suicide bomber! Samson prayed to God to help him to murder his enemies as he killed himself. The Bible says the building Samson destroyed was full of men and women and 3,000 more people were on the roof. (Judges 16: 25-30.) Samson killed possibly more people that day than were killed on 9/11 at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.




The Setonian
Opinion

Op-Ed: Why you really hate Colin Kaepernick

Now that some of the heat surrounding Colin Kaepernick has died down we can take a breath, step back and examine some of the greater and less obvious dynamics involved in the situation that seemed to send the nation into a frenzy a few weeks ago.

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