Got a problem with the WisePies Arena name for UNM’s basketball venue? Get used to it. If this deal runs through the length of the agreement, the fedora-clad logo will be on the building for the next 10 years.
Editor, Trayvon Martin was shot to death in Sanford, Florida, on a Sunday night, Feb. 26, 2012.
Editor, As a freshman attending the University of New Mexico, I am required to have a meal plan and eat at the main dining hall, La Posada.
Editor, With the way technology is nowadays, it seems like more and more people are going paperless.
Editor, On Nov. 25 more than 300 citizens of Albuquerque collectively decided to take to the streets to disrupt business-as-usual in the wake of the decision denying young Michael Brown justice. Protesters marched peacefully between San Mateo and Yale Boulevard. Brown was assassinated by the killer cop Darren Wilson and left in the street for four hours in a way that horribly traumatized friends, families and onlookers. The police in all cities act as a cartel or gang in that they are always sending a message about their capability to inflict violence and death.
Dear Dr Peg, Some friends introduced me to hookah smoking a few months ago, and we've been getting together to smoke a couple of times a week. It;s fun to hang out, and the smoke smells nice. I know cigarette smoking is dangerous, so I've never done it, but hookah smoking is safe, right? Doesn't the water filter out all the bad stuff from the smoke? And isn't hookah tobacco healthier than the tobacco in cigarettes? -Hooked on hookah
Editor, Sexual violence is a very serious issue, and I can say with confidence that many would agree that all survivors deserve healing, hope and love.
Julia Butterfly Hill chronicles the two years she spent living 180 feet up in the branches of an ancient tree, on a tiny platform exposed to the wind, snow, sun and rain in her book “The Legacy of Luna.” She went 738 days without ever touching the ground. One night in particular, during a fierce winter storm, as her 6 square-foot plywood home rocked and jumped around crazily, she clung to the great redwood’s center and prayed she might survive the night. Foot-thick branches snapped off all around her head. Are you wondering why on earth she was even up there?
Editor, The GOP-led House Intelligence Committee recently released one of many reports absolving the Obama administration of any mishandling of the now infamous Benghazi affair.
Editor, I was deeply disturbed on Friday when I was walking in front of the SUB to find the campus organization Students for Life using cases of rape and sexual assault to push their anti-choice agenda.I was even more disturbed to find out that some of these students are part of the Sexual Violence Task Force on the UNM campus.
Editor, On Friday the Students for Life were outside providing information, at a quick glance, on rape. With further exploration it became clear that their table of information and handouts were littered with pregnancy resources, birth control information, and anti-abortion literature and available services.
Editor, Some people might have seen Student for Life’s display addressing the issue of sexual violence on campus, but what many might not have realized in passing was that this display was actually a front to push a particular viewpoint that in fact stigmatizes some survivors of sexual assault — those that have abortions after being raped.
Low voter turnout is not simply a national problem, a statewide problem or a municipal problem this election cycle; UNM felt it, too. Only 682 undergraduate students voted in the recent Associated Students of UNM Senate elections.
Editor, The holiday season is approaching and with it a wonderful time to support our local economy.
Editor, As we build toward the climax of the 2014 college football season, you can already hear the perennial debate beginning again — should college athletes be paid for their work in addition to the scholarships they receive?
According to the Macpherson report, institutional racism is “the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their color, culture or ethnic origin, which can be seen or detected in processes; attitudes and behavior which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping that disadvantages minority ethnic people.” Whether one believes that institutional racism is real or not, there has long been a perception in so-called minority communities throughout the United States that the various police departments are ready to kill them on the flimsiest pretext. As of this writing, Ferguson, Missouri prepares for a possible race riot if police officer Darren Wilson is not indicted in the killing of black youth Michael Brown.
The lobo is the mascot of UNM, but New Mexico’s wild lobos have held a spot on the list of endangered species for several decades. Recently, statues of this wild animal are abundant throughout campus, but their presence in the wild remains precarious. The Endangered Species Act is designed “to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved, (and) to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species.”
Times have changed since solar and wind power first became available. Across the country, the cost of coal is going up, and the price of clean energy – like wind and solar – is coming down. Employment trends are changing, too. Today, more workers are employed in the clean energy industry than in coal mining nationwide. Since 2012, New Mexico’s solar industry has added nearly 1,000 new jobs. Almost 2,000 New Mexicans now work in our state’s growing solar economy. As owner of a local solar company, I’ve seen the remarkable transition to clean energy take root in our region. Solar electricity costs less than grid energy, and home and business owners are taking advantage of the opportunity to fix their energy costs for the long run. We’ve added 30 employees in the past year to keep up with demand. It is a really exciting time.
Whatever happened to the Space Age? I never thought I’d grow old in an era where everything is actually worse than it was in the good old days. Civilization has seemingly gone several steps backwards spiritually, socially and technologically since the 1970s. I grew up expecting to take my summer vacations on Mars, and here it is 2014 and we’re living in a country that currently lacks even a high-speed rail system. The aging space shuttle fleet was decommissioned a few years ago, following numerous catastrophic failures, yet America is supposed to be the wealthiest, most technologically advanced nation on earth. What went wrong?
Editor, From an early age I learned life is not certain. Tomorrow is not guaranteed to any of us.
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