COLUMN: Student government not all bad
Raymond Rivera | August 30Once, I was telling a friend about my past involvement in UNM student government. She laughed and said that she thought student government was like "playing house."
Once, I was telling a friend about my past involvement in UNM student government. She laughed and said that she thought student government was like "playing house."
In this age of the ego and money-driven sports world, we at UNM have witnessed the unlikely story of Brian Urlacher.
I found myself on the UNM campus on Monday gazing upon the Daily Lobo when I discovered the blatant truth presented by Brandon Curtis on the Opinion page. Marginal students should be sent to T-VI to prevent lowering UNM's academic standards.
Imagine being out late one night with your friends. You have nowhere in particular to go, so you're just hanging out at a neighborhood park. You're not drunk, on drugs, selling drugs, breaking into people's houses or cars or anything else even slightly illegal.
Many of us are already aware of the attempted corporatization of Pacifica Radio, and more specifically WBAI in New York City.
College should be an experience in your life unmatched by any other, at least up until now. We've all been taught that going on to college will help us get better jobs and gain an edge to be successful and learn new ways of life, and we hear about what it's like to be in college, but to experience it is something really wonderful.
I read Craig Butler's Aug. 22 column in the Daily Lobo with some amusement, sort of. While I admire his need to protest, it's really a problem when you don't have a worthy subject.
It is my belief that almost every student at UNM has had some sort of dilemma/issue with parking services.
I have to say that I am sickened by the way people in this country treat protesters who go to certain events ready to voice their opinions. Just because protesters disagree with the speaker does not mean they should be turned away from the event or be accused of “screaming and whining.”
This is a response to the letter in the Aug. 20 Daily Lobo titled, “Union agreement did not include equity increases,” by Susan Carkeek, associate vice president of Human Resources.
I generally enjoy Richard Berthold’s columns, and the Aug. 23 column was no exception. However, I would like to slightly dissent on that particular piece.
With the fall semester officially under way, now seems as good a time as any to introduce new and returning students to the Daily Lobo.
I do a lot of talking about the connections between religion and progressive activism, but perhaps it is better to see those connections in action.
The Bush (mis)administration wants to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration.
Richard Berthold’s recent bitter diatribe presents a biased and unfair portrayal slamming new students as unmotivated slobs and slighting the University’s efforts to retain and graduate students.
Parking and Transportation Services will be closing the parking permit sales portion of our Web site for redevelopment beginning Sunday at 5 p.m. This closure will not affect informational portions of the Web site or the online appeals process.
Working in the service industry has the unfortunate side effect of impressing you — with exactly how much the customer believes they buy from the company and how much the company believes its $6 per hour buys from you.
We have to admit that we are students in strange times — stem cells, cloning humans and morality headaches, a president whose missing-ballot election and intellect are seriously questionable, while NAFTA, the International Monetary Fund and others are sanctioning the free slavery of our neighbors throughout the globe by U.S. corporations.
I would like to clarify some apparent misunderstandings in Monday’s Daily Lobo article regarding protests during George W. Bush’s recent visit to Albuquerque.
Two outs, bottom of the ninth and you hit the big home run and win the game.