Opinion

Sex education helps us make informed choices

Editor,I feel the need to write in because I think that some people’s understanding of “Sex Week” is not only incorrect, but misleading. These workshops teach young people how to navigate around all aspects of sex.Yes, they may “promote” sex, but many of us on campus are sexually active and need advice on certain aspects of our sexuality (since most of us haven’t had much of a sexual education in the first place).

Writer's beliefs do not define medical disorders

Editor,It doesn’t seem as though Mr. Ben Sanchez spent much time paying attention in his psychology classes when he clumsily attempted to support his argument in Wednesday’s letter that homosexuality should be recognized as a “disorder.” One argument made by Sanchez that I find particularly dismissible is his claim that homosexuality in humans constitutes a disorder because of its relatively infrequent occurrence compared to heterosexual behavior. By this logic, any characteristic that does not benefit from majority representation can be so defined as a “disorder” — regardless of whether it has any deleterious effect on one’s quality of life or overall ability to function.

Homosexuality sufferer withdraws from society

Editor,Due to the recent letter by Benjamin Sanchez, I have recently learned I suffer from the debilitating disorder known as “homosexuality.”I have lived with it for all my life, but never knew my feelings were the horrible affliction that was described. I have since looked into treatments for such a disorder, but have found that the treatments are much more harmful that the disorder itself, so there will be no help for it. As such, I have decided that I can no longer be in the face of the public.

The student voice and your student fees

Editor, Student fees are always a topical issue on campus. What we fund and how we fund it are questions we are often asked. The current controversy surrounding student fee support to the inaugural “Sex Week” has started an important conversation at perhaps the best possible time. For those in disagreement with the choice to use student fees to facilitate student services like risqué sexual health seminars, this is the perfect opportunity to let your voice be heard. For those in support, this is also the opportunity to advocate.

Homosexuality can be defined as a disorder

Editor, If you have been following the news, you know that the U.S. Supreme Court may choose to hear one of the many cases regarding homosexual marriage.

Paganism has no intellectual or rational defense

Editor, The recent front-page article highlighting the rise of historical paganism and shamanistic folk religion, “Fall’s pagan pride festival fills pantry”, precisely demonstrates the decline of intellectualism in Western society.

Albuquerque residents demand better mass transit

Editor, Albuquerque Is really trying to put the big boy shoes on when it comes to opening up alternative forms of transit around the city.

News, events and getting involved with ASUNM

Greetings from the Executive Branch of the ASUNM Senate.This is our first of many Daily Lobo columns this semester, designed to inform undergraduate Lobos of upcoming events, resolutions and other such special items being considered and executed by the student government.Last week we saw two major events on campus, Red Rally and Fall Frenzy.

Get close to nature in bare skin or bright colors

Editor,I strongly support equal rights for a woman to be top-free in public — if she wants to be.I love living naked at home and mostly naked elsewhere when I am warm enough. I enjoy living as naked as the weather and law allow.

University is no place to discuss sexual behavior

Editor,I am writing on behalf of students concerned about the manner that our University is conducting itself and the reputation it is forming.Since when has it been a University mission to promote sexual behavior that can and often results in sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies?

Column: Depth, maturity key to gridiron success

Bob Davie needs “men — mature men,” as he puts it. The Lobos have a lot of guys on the roster in the coach’s third year, but he wants to see “real dudes” who go hard every time they take the gridiron. “Now we have more players, but we don’t have enough dudes that can go out there right now for 95 plays like we got in Las Cruces, and execute down after down after down,” Davie said. “So we’ve got to maybe thin it out a little bit to find out which ones there are, but at least we’ve got options. That’s what building a program is.”

Dr. Peg's Prescription: Mindful approach to pain

Whoever you are, whatever you have been through, you have had pain. From a stubbed toe or razor burn to broken bones and surgery, all of us have been hurt or experienced pain of one kind or another. Aching, stabbing, heavy, sharp, throbbing, pounding; our language is filled with colorful descriptors of pain, and most of us wince just thinking about it.

Editor,On Sept.18, President Obama signed an executive order into effect that orders the U.S.

Net neutrality threatened by FCC, again

The guiding principles behind ‘Net Neutrality’ are under attack. Last Wednesday, hundreds of major tech firms and Internet advocacy groups staged an online protest of the Federal Communication Commission’s recent proposals, which will allow Internet service providers to charge customers more money for faster online service. These rules run contrary to the concept of a free and open “marketplace of ideas.”

Editor,It would seem as if the Obama administration is trying to expand its military targets in the Middle East.

Students suffer and coaches reap rewards

Editor, Open letter to the UNM Board of Regents: Outraged. That is our response to the front page Albuquerque Journal article on Sept. 9: “Lobo basketball coach Craig Neal just got a pay raise to $950,000 per year: IS HE WORTH IT?”

Israeli acts of terrorism are real and intentional

Editor, Mark is completely out of touch with reality in his rebuttal to Darrenburg’s Sept. 4 column.

Marijuana prohibition will go up in smoke

Editor, One of the human rights guaranteed to American citizens under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution is “prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.” Even though we live in a republic, and we don’t have democracy by ballot, the right to petition the government is fundamental as a means of protecting public participation in government, especially in this age of apathy.

Hamas to blame for Gaza civilian deaths, not Israel

Editor, Jason Darrensburg’s Sept. 5 column, “U.S. needs to stem violence,not support it,” paints a very distorted view of the Israel-Hamas conflict. J.D. accuses Israel of “purposely targeting” U.N. schools and shelters without realizing that Hamas bases its military operations in urban areas, purposely allowing its citizens to be injured and killed in order to score a propaganda victory.

American media denies a Christian religious war

Editor, Why don’t we just say aloud a big reason we started air strikes against ISIS in Iraq? It was to save the Christians. No, not the Yazidis; our media were likely obeying government warnings to downplay the fact that it was the Iraqi Christians our increasingly Christo-fascist nation was really concerned about.