It’s that time of the year again. Winter turns to spring, and back into winter again. The sun shines, the wind blows, the pollen flies and the rain falls. You might have heard the saying, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.”
It’s hard to believe that spring break is only two weeks away; so much has been done and more has yet to be done.
Editor, The Daily Lobo’s coverage on Wednesday of what they called the “Immigration Film Festival Debate” was largely fair. However, I do have to criticize their headline “GOP: Immigrants are a threat to U.S.”
Editor, This is an open letter to Catholic students and parishioners of the Aquinas Newman Center. It is known that the Dominican priests who have been there for decades are being moved elsewhere and new priests are moving in.
This time every year the office gossip turns to the Academy Awards. “What’s the Best Picture gonna be this year?” “Who will win Best Actor?” Somebody comes up with a coherent argument for why they hate the Oscars, and everyone rolls their eyes and shrugs.
Editor, This letter is in response to your article, “GOP: Immigrants are a threat to U.S.” in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo. Being a registered Republican, I would like to point out that many Republicans are not against immigrants or immigration itself, though there are several who are.
There are some things in life that are very hard to get. A passing grade in calculus, a hot body and discounted Lululemon are just a few, but one of the hardest things to get can be a second date.
Let’s talk about student fees. This academic year, the average undergraduate at UNM’s main campus is paying about $5,000 in tuition and $1,440 in fees. The net revenue of these mandatory student fees (not including special course fees) is about $30 million.
Dear Dr. Peg, My girlfriend dumped me on Valentine’s Day. Do you have any advice for how I can get over her and start feeling happy again?
Presidents have abused their powers by circumventing Congress with executive orders, which could be unconstitutional in many cases. Presidential executive orders proliferated with Eisenhower starting in 1953, and have become commonplace instruments of presidents.
Our governor, Susanna Martinez, is one of the most likable public figures in the Republican Party. For a party that has lost its way with women, Hispanics, moderates and many others, Governor Martinez seems a God-send.
I appreciate Don Schrader’s loud voice against violence. What I don’t appreciate is his use of opinion as fact. There has been no illegal occupation by Israel. Say what you want, but all international law supports Israel. While Don mentions his opposition to violence by Palestinians against Israel, those words fall flat; spoken at the end, in a manner that seems to be an effort to appease some.
February is African American History Month. African Americans have had a very difficult time in the U.S. They were treated as less than human, bought and sold as slaves, separated from families, abused, killed, denied an education, denied the right to vote, segregated and experienced many other evils. It is a sad history and a reflection of the viciousness and cruelty of one group of human beings toward another, all in the name of rights.
Six-tenths of a second. The difference between gold and silver in Olympic Alpine Skiing is less time than Italian silver medalist Christof Innerhofer spent imagining the sweet glory of gold before it was swept out from under his skis.
If you have read my previous columns, then you know that my friends and I are obsessed with the mobile dating app, Tinder. The app links through Facebook and gives you the opportunity to like or dislike singles in your area and potentially match with them.
Editor, Like Moses — like Paul Revere — like an enormous friend waving happily in the distance, I have served the people of UNM — like a prophet, you might say — a messenger, a voice of hope and good cheer in these, our times of trial and confusion.
Editor, I am a UNM undergrad writing in response to Don Schrader’s letter in Tuesday’s Daily Lobo. While we all, Schrader included, are entitled to our own opinions, no one is entitled to his or her own facts.
As a medical student I had the great fortune to spend a winter in Beijing, China, at an urban children’s hospital that used traditional Chinese medicine as well as modern Western methods. Eager to learn all I could, I asked one of the doctors to give me an acupuncture treatment.
Editor, I compliment and I thank many Jews of conscience in the United States and in Israel who have spoken out loud and clear, publicly condemning the Israeli government’s brutal oppression and mass murder of Palestinians.
As this is written, we are only days away from the end of the 2014 New Mexico legislative session. As is the pattern for our legislature, many of the important bills covering the budget, etc., are still moving through the two chambers.
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