Opinion
Iron Lady supported dictators, oppression
April 11Editor, Maggie Thatcher was a staunch supporter of Pinochet’s right-wing military dictatorship in Chile.
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Las Cruces’ mountains at risk for development
April 10Editor, The Organ Mountains are the Sandias for Las Cruces. If the Sandias were to be developed, I would be outraged. Unfortunately, the Organ Mountains are at risk for development due to the rapid growth of Las Cruces.
Opinion
New Mexico’s burning bright, so let’s all unite
April 10Editor, Summer is right around the corner, and we here in New Mexico know how sunny it can be. New Mexico is the second sunniest state in the U.S., so why don’t we put all that sun to good use?
Opinion
Fraternities are frequently settings for sexual assault
April 10Editor, There are no words that adequately express my outrage over the recent allegations of sexual assault occurring at the New Mexico Tau chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Opinion
This sunny state can set a shining solar standard
April 10Editor, New Mexico’s dependence on nonrenewable energy sources like coal and oil is wasteful, unclean and unnecessary.
Opinion
Economics is about value systems, not just numbers
Otto Dicpetris / Daily Lobo guest columnist | April 9I spent my whole life trying to figure out what the worst thing in the universe is, and 30 years later, I got it. Being boring or uptight. No, uptight. Being uptight.
Opinion
UNM still hasn’t replaced road signs near hospital
April 9Editor, Last summer I wrote a letter to the Daily Lobo about safety concerns on the north campus road Camino de Salud connecting Frontage Road North along I-25 to University Boulevard.
Opinion
Your income tax dollars pay for global misery
April 8Editor, Hands — We enjoy using our hands to work, to garden, to play musical instruments, to prepare and eat meals, to pleasure our genitals, to make love with others … If we pay federal income tax, we pay to destroy other people’s hands in war.
Opinion
Commitment is key to building decent teams
April 8Recently I lavished much praise on the men’s basketball team and its coach in a letter to the Daily Lobo, and while I am saddened by the choice of coach Steve Alford to leave, it is understandable in this day and age.
Opinion
Down under, what goes down must come up
Ardee Napolitano | April 5There was a McDonald’s soda cup in my shoe. Before that night, I hadn’t eaten anything from McDonald’s in the last three years. I had been 220 pounds once, and I hated the possibility of going back to those dark days.
Opinion
Help raise awareness, funds to fight Parkinson’s
April 5Editor, This April, millions of people around the world will recognize April as Parkinson’s Awareness Month. New Mexico residents are working hard to make their contribution on a local level.
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If we pay for parking, UNM must protect cars
April 4Editor, After reading the Daily Lobo on Wednesday, I learned that four students had their vehicles broken into, making for a total of about $4,500 in stolen property and damage.
Opinion
Distaste is no reason to silence rational debate
April 4Editor, Karen DeLeewerk, your decision to write to the Daily Lobo and complain about it was a poor choice. Not only is it ironic, it’s hypocritical, too.
Opinion
DOMA defense is based on disgust
Jason Darensburg | April 3I never understood the arguments against gay marriage. What’s the big deal? My wife and I will have been married 30 years in October and we both agree that anyone crazy enough to want to get married in this day and age should be allowed to do so.
Opinion
Raise meant for Alford should go to instructors
April 3Editor, On March 18, UNM President Robert Frank included the following accolades for Athletics and coaches in his weekly perspective: “…I know first-hand that participating in collegiate sports builds character,
Opinion
Give up my guns? Right after you do, politicians
April 2Editor, Given the current furor over “gun control,” which is now even more misleadingly referred to by many on the left as “gun safety,” I have a suggestion.
Opinion
CNM is condescending, unhelpful to students
April 2Editor, While I certainly sympathize with the students at CNM whose newspaper was terminated over an issue the administration didn’t like, I don’t see how not printing the Lobo is going to help them.
Opinion
Duck and cover, Lobo B-ball will be the bomb
April 2Editor, Still disappointed the Lobos lost that NCAA game to Harvard? Will anything be happening at The Pit now? Well, the UNM president and some professors have been brain storming, big time.
Opinion
Lobo saved peer paper from censoring bullies
April 2Editor, Elizabeth Cleary’s swift move to censor the March 27 edition of the Daily Lobo was one of the bravest and boldest editorial decisions that I have ever seen.
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The Libel is liberal: keep it on the DL
April 1We at the Daily Libel would like to begin by apologizing to our loyal readers who have put up with us for so long. Our sorry attempts at “revealing the truth” and sticking to “objective journalistic values” are blights on the face of this school and an insult to the intelligence of our readers.
