Editor, While strong religious views certainly have their place in our society, the letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo by Dennis Kinzler gives the impression that they need to be incorporated into every aspect of everyone's life. Science is not based on what someone said 2,000 years ago.
The regents are toying with the idea of banning smoking on Main Campus to make it a healthier environment - but have they ever eaten at the SUB? The SUB is the most convenient place to eat between classes. It's on campus, it's clean, and there are seven restaurants to choose from.
If the UNM women's tennis team was worried about its upcoming season, it can put its uncertainties to rest after this weekend. Three Lobo singles players and a doubles team reached the finals of the UNM Fall Individual Invitational this weekend at the UNM Tennis Complex.
It took the Lobos a while to get warmed up, but once forward Chris Wright put the first goal on the board, the UNM men's soccer team dominated play in its 2-1 win over UNLV. The Rebels packed players in the defense and relied on counter-attacks for offensive play in Saturday's game at University Stadium.
Editor, Dennis Kinzler's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday has one fatal flaw that reveals his ideas are completely moot - he is certain that evolution is a religion. It's not. We don't worship Charles Darwin or his book. We look at evidence.
A bruised and battered U.S. Women's National Team narrowly avoided an upset by Mexico on Saturday. With the U.S. team fresh off its third-place finish at the 2007 Women's World Cup in China, the injured Women's National Team concluded its three-game series with Mexico at University Stadium on Saturday.
The UNM women's soccer team had a disappointing weekend, dropping a home game Friday and ending in a draw on the road Sunday. The Lobos went into overtime with UNLV on Friday at the UNM Soccer Complex, falling 2-1 in the extra period. UNM's Alexis Ball scored the only Lobo goal, putting UNM on the scoreboard in the 64th minute.
After fleeing Darfur in 2003, refugee Daoud Hari returned six times to be a translator for international reporters. Hari said he wanted his story told. "I want to show everyone, tell everyone what is happening," he said. "That is very valuable to me."
About 20 people walked 4 1/2 miles from Johnson Field to Civic Plaza on Saturday to support refugees in northern Uganda. The trek, called Gulu Walk, was part of an international campaign to help children who flee villages to avoid coercion to fight in Uganda's 20-year civil war, said alumna Kay Bounkeua, who organized the Albuquerque walk.
by Tom Withers The Associate Press CLEVELAND - Back to Boston they go. Just the Red Sox being the Red Sox. Josh Beckett, blocking out everything but Jason Varitek's target, dominated the Cleveland Indians for the second time, and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a 390-foot single as the Red Sox stayed alive in the AL championship series with a 7-1 win Thursday night in Game 5.
Several campus groups have talked about banning smoking on Main Campus. The Health Sciences Center became smoke-free over the summer, and a Staff Council resolution to ban tobacco at UNM was presented to the Board of Regents in March.
Staff Report The fight against cancer will make small steps unless scientists get funding to take risks with their research on the disease, a UNM researcher said. Michelle Ozbun said a lack of federal funding allows researchers to take on only small projects with little risks, but projects with big risks are the ones that pay off.
Staff Report When the UNM men's soccer team takes on UNLV this weekend, it may have the largest crowd in program history supporting it. The Lobos will play in University Stadium on Saturday, just a couple of hours after the USA Women's National Team plays against Mexico at the stadium.
Editor, The letter by Dennis Kinzler in Wednesday's Daily Lobo points out the truth behind the attacks on evolution. It is not a scientific rebuttal to an accepted theory, but a shallow attempt to give religion more credence in the public sphere. Sure, fine points about the workings of evolution are still debated in scientific circles, but the theory has long been accepted by scientists.
Mehran Makvandi Sophomore Pre-pharmacy I don't really care about that issue. I could see why they would want to ban it from campus, but there is a lot of people who smoke and attend college. Shouldn't it be their right to continue what they have always been doing? Sharon Joseph Senior Sociology It's ...
The UNM women's tennis team is gearing up for a busy weekend. Senior Lucy Scott, junior Ola Abou-Zekry and sophomore Sandra Zmak will compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Fall Regional Tournament in Tulsa, Okla.
Editor, History has taught us that religion is not the authority we should grasp to explain natural phenomena we do not understand. The faithful once threatened a person's life if he spoke in opposition to the geocentric model of the universe. Science proved the faithful wrong, and now we know the Earth orbits the sun.
Editor, I'm tired of the food at the SUB. It's bad for us students and bad for the local economy. I say it's bad for students because it's not healthy food. It has too much fat; it has too much sugar; and it's loaded with chemicals. Nobody can argue against the correlation between a healthy diet and students' performance in school.
If the past few years are any indication, the UNM football team must like its chances against San Diego State this weekend. The Lobos have won six in a row against the Aztecs and are 8-3 in their last 11 road games.
Editor, I would like to address several key points raised in Dennis Kinzler's letter in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday. First, Darwin did not propose a theory "to dispute the Bible." He made observations of the natural world, took into account other information available to him at the time and proposed a theory in accordance with the natural world to explain how these observed phenomena may have occurred.
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