A classic definition of law was given by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. He defined law as: “A command of reason, promulgated by legitimate authority, for the sake of the common good.”
Both GPSA and ASUNM are honored to give you a warm welcome for the 2013-2014 school year. ¡Bienvenidos! Having spent the summer planning for the present academic year, it is refreshing and encouraging to be surrounded by our colleagues,
Can we stop with the Founding Fathers already? In Dayona Dodd’s column “Neither party works for us” in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo, we were once again treated to a phenomenon that has become rather prominent in our nation’s political discourse: the misguided “appeal to the Founding Fathers.”
So it’s that time of year again, everyone: The school year begins anew, students return to their hallowed halls of learning and the opinions begin flying around on campus and in the newspaper about everything from Chelsea, formerly Bradley, Manning’s imprisonment and request for hormonal therapy to what exactly Lobo Athletics is doing with all of that money.
Editor, I disagree with Don Schrader about the morality of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities in World War II.
In the dating world, your ex’s social media accounts are like a drug. You can’t help but look at them, but you know they are bad for you and only make you feel worse about yourself.
Editor, Thanks to Jamillah Wilcox for her fine article (in the July 22-July 29 issue of the Daily Lobo) reporting on the attack on public education by representatives of the private sector at the recent meeting of the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee in the SUB, of all places.
I would like to respond to Robert Gardiner‘s letter (published in the 7/22 – 8/11 edition of the Daily Lobo) regarding his objective observation of the Republican Party. Let me preface my response with a full disclosure:
Editor, Conflicts, in the form of disagreements regarding how to deal with the inevitable vagaries that life presents us with, are a normal part of life.
Welcome back to school. I hope you had a good summer, and are rested and ready to crack open the books and expand your mind. I also hope you had a healthy summer, with time to regroup and take care of your body.
Editor, 68 years ago this month, the United States atom bombed Hiroshima, Japan. The U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 murdered 166,000 people — over 50 times the number of people murdered in New York City and Washington D.C. on 9/11.
Welcome, incoming and returning students! In the early part of the summer, the leaders of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM), the Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPSA), the Staff Council and the Faculty Senate started discussing additional ways to share some of our views
Editor, It is reasonable to assume that what the Buddha became aware of while sitting under the Bodhi tree is that life is one unpredictable event after another
“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings.
Edward Snowden is not a human rights activist. He is a loathsome and abominable traitor and spy. He stated his aim was to inform the world about the surveillance programs operated by the NSA.
Gay or straight, I don’t think that I will ever understand men. Things seem normal at first, and you cannot help but imagine your future with them, but the next thing you know they won’t respond to your texts or see you again.
Editor, I am an objective observer of what transpires in Washington, D.C. From my perspective as a member of no political party, it seems to me that the majority of one of our two primary political parties has opinions such as the following:
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