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Flag debacle is everyone's fault; now let's move on

Editor, Let us see if we can't finish off all of the silliness over the flag incident. First, let's blame everyone involved, then absolve them and then shut up. First, the U.S. Code states: "When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height.

Recreational Services celebrates 50 years

UNM Recreational Services celebrated its 50th birthday under a full moon Tuesday. About 300 students showed up on Johnson Field to enjoy free food and reggae music.

Hip-hop scene goes Jurassic

Albuquerque underground hip-hop fans rarely get a chance to see well-known rap acts, much less for free. But, on Friday, anyone over 21 can catch a free show with Akil of Jurassic 5 at Burt's Tiki Lounge, at 313 Gold Ave. S.W.

Dining that tastes as good as it looks

Tiny umbrella mobiles dangle above the Grove Cafe's patrons as they dine on delicacies carefully molded into edible art.

Report: Alcohol violations down

Arrests for alcohol violations on campus dropped by almost 75 percent last year, according to UNM Police's 2006 crime report. The change resulted from campuswide initiatives to prevent alcohol abuse and more awareness about the University's no-tolerance alcohol policy, said Lt. Pat Davis, spokesman for UNMPD.

Faith, like reason, is an acceptable belief system

Editor, The Bible is the most well-documented and extensively evaluated book in existence. There are 500 copies of the New Testament dating earlier than 500 A.D. Other manuscripts such as the Dead Sea scrolls further serve to back up the validity of the Bible.

UNM axes standing-room tickets at football games

University Stadium will never see a crowd as large as the one at the football game against NMSU two weeks ago.

Horror and sheep don't mix

In the title of Jonathan King's film "Black Sheep," the word "black" alludes to a mob of sheep taking the path less grazed - brutally terrorizing a New Zealand farm.

Muse inspires spectrum of photographs

In some cultures, photographs are believed to capture a subject's soul. But it's the photographers' souls that are captured in an exhibit at the Downtown Contemporary Art Center.

Justification of racism is extension of violent past

Editor, My fiance is on his second term in Iraq where he is sacrificing 11 months of his life to locate bombs, fight urban fire fights against pissed-off resistors and witness the deaths of close friends and comrades who at home have wives and children, all the while having to wonder each moment if he might be next.

Take me home?

Political parties undermine discussion, voters' minds

Editor, The people of the U.S. have been making a mistake for 200 years. It started out small, like most mistakes. All they did was fail to listen. Unfortunately, the speaker they failed to listen to had something very important to say: "They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels, and modified by mutual interests.

RIAA subpoenas University

UNM received a subpoena Thursday from the Recording Industry Association of America, demanding the University release the names of 16 UNM network users suspected of illegal file sharing.

Foreign flags shouldn't fly at U.S. public institutions

Editor, I do not understand why the UNM administration would apologize to the Mexican consulate for someone having taken down and torn up the Mexican flag. That pandering offended me more than the flag being torn up. Isn't this the U.S.? Isn't the American flag the one that should hang in front of buildings here? Why was the Mexican flag allowed to be hoisted in the first place? This is not Mexico, and I, for one, was offended that it was flying on the campus in the first place.

Can't hardly wait

Bush picks administrator for preservation council

Staff Report A UNM administrator will soon advise President Bush. John Garcia, chief economic development officer, was appointed last week by the president to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. "The goal is try to see the best use of public lands in terms of preservation but also promotion when appropriate," Garcia said.

Mind-sets of intolerance lead to strife and conflict

Editor, I commend you for printing David Martinez's letter last Tuesday. The letter is particularly apt in revealing how important it is to protect our legal protection against dangerous mind-sets of intolerance. It is instructive to know that, even in institutions of higher learning such as UNM, a substantial number of people operate with opinions that are relics of a darker past.

Students march for tolerance (with video)

About a dozen students marched through campus Monday, shouting slogans in support of diversity and unity on campus.

UNM violated law flying Mexican flag on its own

Editor, My name is Peter Ryan Lynch, and I am a student at UNM. I am a decorated eight-year veteran of the U.S. military, honorably discharged in July. I am appalled that a foreign flag flew unaccompanied on a UNM campus flagpole for three days, including a U.