Editor, Some military veterans are being treated lightly for committing crimes stateside, on the excuse that they have PTSD or this of that from war, with mainstream society sighing, “It is easy to understand why he just flashed back and freaked out and did what he did.”
In high school, Homecoming was always something many students looked forward to. The week before Homecoming was an eventful time to celebrate pride in the school and the football team, elect the Homecoming Court and, of course, participate in the Homecoming dance. These traditions were something that many of us took part in, at least to some degree, and were sad to see end. Well, there's no need to fret because the University of New Mexico has some wonderful Homecoming traditions as well.
Editor, In a recent letter, Students for Life president Sade Patterson urged us to imagine if our government “redirected the $500 [m]illion Planned Parenthood receives a year” toward 165 other community health centers in New Mexico.
In a world where, on one hand “I’m Shmacked” attempts to capture what our University has to offer in one weekend, and on the other we can spend countless hours debating the future of the lottery scholarship, I can’t help but wonder: what is college really about?
Many males who yell “faggot” at others have sex with males or want to, but do not have the balls to say so. Some males are terrified of their hidden desire, scared if they tried it once with a male, they would enjoy it so much that they would want to keep getting it on with males.
Editor, Agenda Item No. 8 at the New Mexico State Game Commission public hearing held on Tuesday in Albuquerque was a request by the Pueblo of Santa Ana to transplant a number of pronghorn antelope on to their pueblo lands to aid in their recovery and for various tribal uses. Although I initially went to this state commission meeting in hopes of hearing the issue titled Agenda Item No. 7, I decided to stay and sat in the back of the hotel ballroom to witness a little of the New Mexico State Game Commission in action.
Editor, Many women gathered on Tuesday in support of or against the Planned Parenthood Rally, sponsored by Student Alliance for Reproductive Justice and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. It seemed like hundreds of pink signs read, “don’t take away our care.”
Editor, Violent bias crimes of opportunistic predation targeting tiny and hence vulnerable minorities are being defended by pointing to this or that mental illness as having already victimized the perpetrator.
Like we promised at the beginning of the year, Alex and I write these weekly columns for the main purpose of being transparent and keeping all students informed of the different events and endeavors that ASUNM is taking on. This week is a VERY heavy week for ASUNM, which means that it is all the more reason for YOU to participate and get involved!
Swept up in the trumpeted spectacle of this pope’s giving of audience to our government leaders in no less than the nation’s capital, inviting him to a special ceremony in the White House to show him awe, having him speaking to a special joint session of Congress, we need to stand back a tad while reaching out our hands just to get a hint of his “awesome presence” and ask, “What’s wrong with this picture?”
A quote from President Obama Wednesday, addressing Pope Francis: “You call on all of us, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, to put the ‘least of these’ at the center of your concerns...to stand up for justice and against inequality, and to ensure that every human being is able to live in dignity because we are all made in the image of God.”
Editor, There are still those who stubbornly cling to the myth that there is a “moderate” opposition in Syria that the United States must support against both the Syrian government, ISIS and al-Qaeda.
Editor, The price for a single pill to actually cure an increasing number of otherwise fatal illnesses is jumping to astronomical levels in the United States — what’s ahead?
Editor, Recently, KOAT, campusreform.org and theblaze.com ran a story regarding UNM officials demanding that a student remove the American flag displayed in his dorm room window because it extended into what the University defined as public space.
Editor, We would like to present the results of the Atheist Survey collected on the UNM Albuquerque campus in April-May 2015. Of the 56 self-proclaimed atheists and agnostics who completed the survey, 45 (80 percent) have at least one parent who believed in God, 35 (63 percent) believed in God as a child, and 42 (75 percent) began to doubt God's existence prior to leaving high school.
Lately there has been a lot of talk about student fees. Somewhere in the breakdown of the fees students pay every semester, YOU are paying a student government fee. If you are a full time student at UNM, every semester you pay ASUNM $20. So why not take advantage of your money? Well, here are the ways you can do just that:
Editor, Lobos are not a losing face, nor do they besmirch the legacy of UNM. The Mexican grey wolf is not extinct but critically endangered, and many efforts have been made to remedy this. The mentality of wolves in general as being degenerate and pests has only made the Lobos come back more difficult. Despite all the cards being held against them, Lobos preserve and maintain their dignity. Lobos are shot, poisoned and thought of as losers, yet they still survive and stick to the tradition of a pack mentality: with a variety of members in a pack working together to achieve the same goals. Their penchant for team work and success as a pack is something that we at UNM all emulate. To me the Lobo represents strength in the face of adversity, which is a mascot we should all be proud of. Resilient, strong, and proud: UNM Lobos for life! Sincerely, Veronica Koomson-Maiden Daily Lobo reader Lobos are not a losing face, nor do they besmirch the legacy of UNM. The Mexican grey wolf is not extinct but critically endangered, and many efforts have been made to remedy this. The mentality of wolves in general as being degenerate and pests has only made the Lobos come back more difficult.
Publicly, have you noticed how so many Republican power-mongers pick mainly on weak people, people who are already oppressed, people who are defenseless? Like dirt-poor undocumented migrants, artistic gay men, women in crisis making the agonizing decision of having a late-term abortion or possibly dying, and entire third-world nations that they bomb on the slightest pretext because the people there are too poor to fight back.
I enjoy living simply and healthy on less than half the United States poverty level and less than half the federal income taxable level for me as a single person -- to boycott the U.S. empire’s greed and wars. I lived well in 2014 on $4,923 for my total expenses -- rent, food, etc.
Editor, According to the Bible, Jesus said, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." It is in this spirit that I wish to speak on some disturbing revelations that have come to light about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
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