When we were younger, we used to always have sleepovers with friends. Our parents ordered pizza, we watched Disney movies, and attempted to stay awake all night but eventually crashed by 10:30 p.m. Sleepovers have gotten significantly more fun now that we are older, but why are they so much harder to get?
Editor, In today’s 24-hour news cycle, our nation has developed a remarkably short attention span. It has been just over a week since President Obama’s speech regarding the Syrian Civil War, and I fear I may already be too late in writing this letter
As of September 16, Japan has shut down the last of its nuclear power plants for an indeterminate amount of time pending safety inspections. Due to public pressure, they do not have a set reactivation date;
Editor, CNM followed UNM in banning the use of electronic cigarettes on campus. I asked Jennifer Cornish, multi-campus director/CNM Connect coordinator, why this was done.
Dear Dr. Peg, Some managers on campus are downright nasty bullies. What can employees, student and otherwise, do to protect themselves from hostile work environments? How can employees deal with the daily stress and fear from controlling, uncivil and disrespectful supervisors?
Editor, Recently a public task force formed to debate how to reform the so-called Lottery Scholarship since it will soon be underfunded. Why do I refer to it as the so-called Lottery Scholarship? Because it is actually a higher education scholarship.
Each year the UNM Staff Council selects a theme to help frame its activities for the year. This year, the theme is “Caring for U.” The theme has an outward focus because what we do as staff is serve you.
Editor, I have ridden in no car since April 7, 2001 — almost 12 and a half years ago. I have owned no car since 1979 — 34 years ago. I had a driver’s license for 36 years, but I did not renew it when it expired in 2000.
Editor, It certainly appears that America, a nation that not long ago promoted peace in the world, has become a nation promoting and financing war.
“We can no longer be the world’s policeman.” You hear this on both sides of the aisle these days, with such a supercilious and reluctant air! Really? Who asked us to be the world’s policeman in the first place?
Whether you’re so pale you’re pink like me, or you’re turquoise like a Smurf, it doesn’t matter if you love someone of the same gender or someone of the opposite; you’re entitled to the love only Hollywood can portray.
Editor, I would like to begin by saying that I appreciate the fact that the Daily Lobo is tackling important topics such as the attack that is being mounted against women’s health care providers here in Albuquerque.
Polygamy means having more than one spouse or mate at the same time. Monogamy means having only one. They are both different forms of relationships, but they share one thing in common: they are clearly defined. But “monogamish”? What the hell does that mean?
The world has become a far more dangerous place since September 11, 2001. Since that terrible day, America’s belligerent, counter-productive foreign policy has created a firestorm of chaos and escalating conflict around the world.
Editor, We all feel morally outraged over war crimes. And dilemmas arise as to how to stop them. How do we somehow ‘punish’ just the perpetrators without perpetrating more death and destruction on innocent people ourselves?
I have a soft spot in my heart for veterans, and it isn’t just because they call me “ma’am.” There are many reasons, but one might be because it is thanks to the resilience of a military man that I even exist today.
Editor, I recently came across a column written in the Daily Lobo by guest columnist Dayona Dodd on Aug. 21 and was baffled. I cite particularly the statement “People who are not legal American citizens should not be able to vote in elections;
Editor, A letter to President Obama from an ordinary citizen who has the dream of a more peaceful world. Dear President Obama,
Hey Lobos! Hello from the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico. We hope your year has started off well and you have gotten into the college routine.
Editor, The prophet Martin Luther King, Jr. refused to castrate truth into safe generalities. The FBI hounded, harassed and persecuted him because he made truth specific. He damned the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons and the evils of U.S. imperialism and capitalism.
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