Opinion
April 20 is not a day to fear
Craig A. Butler | April 23April 20. A day of bad news if ever there was one. Columbine, the day after the Oklahoma City and Waco. It's even Adolf Hitler's birthday.
Union members need not worry about raises
April 23Editor, Following the March 22 election to establish a union for education support staff, a number of rumors and concerns have spread around campus.
Lobo ignores discretion by publishing Reynalds' rants
April 20Editor, Regarding Jeremy Reynalds' bigoted rantings, it is evident that, in this era of political correctness, the only criteria for people to have a column in the Daily Lobo is that they are breathing and they persevere. Content, the editor's stock in trade, has been rendered politically extinct.
UNM should join the boycott of World Bank
April 20Editor, This is an open letter to President Bill Gordon and Julie Weaks, vice president for business and finance:
Money should not be the main goal in life
April 19One glance, and I already know who this person is. The most overused question on campus — “What’s your major?” — has just been asked and the response is, “I don’t know. I just know whatever it is, I want to make money and lots of it.”
Plan shows UNM doesn't get it
Richard Berthold | April 19The administration's Strategic Planning Task Force has just issued summaries of the strategic directions subcommittees' reports, and it is clear that, this time around, the administration is being much more subtle (more platitudes and meaningless jargon) than it was with the ill-fated UNM 2000.
A ballot with clarity would get more students to vote
April 19As an experienced voter who has been reading ballots for 10 years, I have seen many confusing ways in which proposed amendments have been written up.
Execution should be televised
April 18Since the last public hanging in 1936, executions in the United States have been private matters. Although they are a function of the state, they have taken place behind closed doors.
‘The Cru’ recognizes shame, but focuses on Jesus Christ
April 18Editor, I would like to respond to Keith Wiley’s letter to the editor in the April 6 Daily Lobo. First, I thank Wiley for being interested, asking questions and sharing his opinion.
Before you complain inquire, get involved
April 18Editor, This is in response to Monday’s letter to the editor, “Group can get message across better.”
Bargain books can be found right around the corner, too
April 17This letter is in response to Elizabeth Butler's article, "Local Shops Offer Readers Best Bargain Book Options," on April 12.
Cell phones make us slaves to technology
April 17I was glad to see Thursday's column about cell phones in the Daily Lobo, and I'd like to add my two cents.
Only we can help prevent riots
April 17(U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. - When President Kennedy was killed in November of 1963, a young minister in the Nation of Islam named Malcolm X commented that JFK's murder was a case of America's "chickens coming home to roost."
Reynalds’ ravings muffle <i>Lobo’s</i> independent voice
April 16Editor, It’s difficult to make a case for the Daily Lobo as the “Independent Voice of UNM” when the paper continues to print the fundamentalist editorial flotsam of Jeremy Reynalds.
Reynald’s views are misguided
April 16Editor, Mr. Reynalds, I am a taxpayer as well, and I want my tax money to support public art. I want art to be available in museums, I agree, for public debate and discussion.


