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.
Editor, September brings with it the start of many occasions: football seasons, the beginning of fall and, most important to me, the latest census numbers regarding poverty in the United States.
Editor, The Mexican wolf, also known as the lobo, that once roamed New Mexico is extinct.
Editor, Government-subsidized services for the poor in predominantly Christian New Mexico are being monopolized by private Christian entities owning housing, notably for retired seniors; subsidized charter schools sucking precious public funds away from properly public schools; colleges (some of questionable pedigree) availing of scarce federal student aid; and hospitals with explicitly Christian names through which vast public moneys travel in the form of Medicaid reimbursements.
I was 14 years old when Pakistan lost the 1999 Cricket World Cup final match to Australia. As a die-hard supporter of the Pakistan cricket team, the loss was both shocking and humiliating for me. I did not eat for the next two days. My friends and I, after that defeat, had started discussing the idea of banning Pakistan’s cricket team. We would argue that the cricket administration and players were wasting the nation’s time and resources. It was not just us who would come up with those “silly ideas,” but other Pakistani fans shared those sentiments in large.
Today: Migrant escapades in hordes to Western Europe as blowback and karmic payback from Middle Eastern and African nations for having their pot churned by Western militaries bombing and fractionating existing factions even further, all in the name of counter-terrorism. Tomorrow?
Sometimes, what seems harmless is not. Humanity is fueling not only what subdues hopeful possibilities, but also what relentlessly generates adversities.
Female toplessness, an Aug. 25 Daily Lobo letter says, will lead to more objectification. This thesis is fatally flawed: It ignores the social construction of gender and the implications of that. It is the tautological argument that women’s bodies need to be covered in order to garner respect (social norms say women’s bodies should be covered to be respected; women should cover their bodies for greater respect because thus sayeth social norms). It is time – no, it is far past time – to deconstruct and interrogate the arbitrary social constructions that permit men to do something while women are not given the same privilege. The first flaw in the argument made in that letter is the glaring dichotomy set up between “woman” and “man.” The argument goes like this: men and women are different, because of – you know – anatomy and biochemistry and genes and things. Thus, men are different from women.
In response to the recent letter to the editor in the Daly Lobo, Chartwells would like readers to know that it is important to Chartwells that every associate is paid on time.
Editor, Why it is so difficult for the Chartwell’s management team on campus to pay an $11.00 an hour employee his check within a reasonable time frame? Generally, individuals who accept wages this low don't have thousands of dollars in the bank to pay the bills until the multinational corporation in charge of the payroll feels like issuing a paycheck.
The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico has recently adopted the hashtag #YOURstudentgovernment. Yet though our social media campaigns have changed, some things remain the same. In the past four years that I’ve been involved in Student Government, the groups seeking our help and attending our meetings and events have remained the same. The truth of the matter is that ASUNM is here for the entire undergraduate body, which is roughly 20,000 students, but we’ve been missing the mark.
Most of us have had that moment when something bad has happened and we thought,‘That could have been me.’ ‘I almost went to that theater last night.’ ‘I was in that store 30 minutes earlier.’ ‘It could have been me; it could have been my family.’ For journalists, we have had at least 70 opportunities to that think this year.
August 26 is the 95th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The League of Women Voters of New Mexico honors the amazing women who fought with unrelenting tenacity to achieve the most powerful extension of citizenship rights in our nation’s history.
While I respect the goal to obtain equal rights among men and women, I was disappointed after I read yesterday's story, "Activists Go Without for Topless Equality." While their intentions may be to de-sexualize the female body, the results are furthering our objectification as women.
Well, as freshmen, most students are coming from high school backgrounds of sports or involvement that aren’t plausible in a college setting. Students who were never involved now want college to be more than just going to class, but UNM is HUGE, so how can anyone know where to start? There are more than 300 chartered student organizations, Residence Life and Student Housing , 25 sororities and fraternities combined, Athletics and, of course, student government. Where do you begin?
On Friday, there was another student alert of a female being groped on UNM main campus. That makes five groping reports in a month (according to KOB Channel 4 news). As people on campus are being targeted by predators, the UNM policy office states: “No person may use or possess a weapon on any part of campus.” Also, any weapons found could lead to materials being impounded by law enforcement and disciplinary or criminal action. (The only persons exempt are campus police and “inoperable” weapons by ROTC).
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