While cleaning up my girlfriend’s dorm for the summer I found a pamphlet from UNM’s Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention. At the start of the semester, they had given everybody who lived in the dorms a pamphlet entitled “Fun in the 505” that purports that “getting drunk is too easy” and offers a list of fun things to do instead of drinking.
Editor, While I applaud UNM’s stated intent to encourage faster graduation, the new tuition structure they claim is set up to promote this is incredibly flawed.
Editor, In the article announcing Antonio Sanchez’s appointment as Daily Lobo editor-in-chief, Sanchez stated that he wanted the Daily Lobo to “provide a voice for students here, as well as for faculty …
Editor, What may be needed to awaken the citizens of this country: Barack Obama, in a press conference with Joe Biden at his side,
After I turned 17, I got my first job as a busboy in the café of some casino up in Española. There, you have two choices: You can choose between doing the day shift or the night shift.
“We the People” — a noble and memorable phrase enshrined within the preamble of the Constitution of the United States. It reminds us that, as Americans, we are the core of our country and our government was designed to be ultimately accountable to us.
Are students learning or are students just getting As? Today, success in school is measured by how high your GPA is, the higher the better. However, does this mean our students are actually learning?
Editor, Recent events indicate UNM is a large institution out of control. The huge tuition increases and higher graduation requirements are far out of line with the needs of the population of the state and indicate a rapid rate of disintegration.
Sometimes, left-wing ideology can be just as inflexible as right-wing ideology. That’s the important lesson I learned from my previous column about the Bilderberg Group.
It is finals time. How are you doing? Sleeping well? Eating nutritious meals? Keeping your life in balance? No? If you are like most students, you are too busy to take care of yourself.
Journalism: the best option for creative writing majors who can’t seem to finish their first novel. Not convinced?
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” This is the question we young people are asked all throughout our lives. It is a daunting question that evolves in seriousness as you grow older.
Editor, Once again the UNM administration has made a horrible decision in order to make more money. In a massive, deliberate misunderstanding of everything about the whole situation, UNM has increased tuition to a higher rate for part-time students than full-time students.
Editor, The new tuition increase punishes working students, forcing the ones who can least afford college, but who paradoxically demonstrate the most promise by their hard-working examples
Why do I tell people that I am gay? I want gays, lesbians and bisexuals who feel ashamed and alone in their suffocating closets to see they can risk living open and real in this crazy, cruel, beautiful world.
Editor, Damron, like your letter, SlutWalk promotes a paradigm whereby every male is inherently suspect. In contrast, effective prevention would require cognizance of injustices that have no recognizable solution or perpetrator
Editor, Hats off to you for having presented a seriously underreported side effect cruelly imposed on innocent bystanders of bombings, such as the one in Boston.
Editor, If there was any doubt remaining regarding the state of the political system in this country, the vote in the U.S. Senate on a background check prior to a gun purchase eliminated that doubt.
I’ve always been afraid of my neighbor’s dog. It barks like a dragon, it stares at me like I’m prey, and whenever it’s off its leash it hunts me down.
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