Not too long ago, this nation marked with mixed emotion - and the usual smear of indifference - the crossing of the 300 million inhabitants mark. Who was this lucky newborn baby? You might call him or her America's 300 millionth patriot. What is the challenge he or she embodies? Overpopulation.
With the oh-so-joyous holiday season in gear, it's time I got serious about shopping. After a six-month hiatus, I decided to spend a morning at the flea market, where the merchandise seems endless, and the prices are never what they appear to be. If you are a skilled haggler, a few hours at the flea market could be a good investment.
Editor, According to a recent CNN report, 60 percent of American adults are seriously overweight. Also, 17 percent of American children are overweight. This is quite evident here in New Mexico. Obesity seems to originate from a lack of physical activity, not from gluttony.
Talib Kweli doesn't want to be famous. At least that's what the veteran New York rapper would have you believe.
Boy, Mos Def is going to have a heyday with this one. As 23-year-old Sean Bell was buried on Saturday in Queens, N.Y., another African-American family mourned the loss of a son, father and what was a soon-to-be husband gunned down by the New York Police Department in the most completely absurd amount of bullets - 50 - on Nov. 25.
When Don Flanagan was hired as the UNM women's basketball coach in 1995, one of the most important tasks was to beat New Mexico State as much as possible.
Keep the Aggies from crashing the offensive boards. That's the advice UNM women's basketball head coach Don Flanagan gave to his players in the week leading up to the game against New Mexico State.
Editor, This is to address the issue of embryonic stem cell research, which Gov. Richardson wants to fund with state money. I think there are moral ramifications involved here. First of all, Richardson believes this research does not pose a pro-life issue.
by Peggy Spencer Daily Lobo columnist Dear Dr. Peg, Is there an unusually high number of people at UNM with cold sores or oral herpes? It seems that they are everywhere, and I am afraid that I will come down with lip sores like that. I have never had one.
Kwanzaa is celebrated every year at UNM, but this year the name of the event was changed to the Winter Roots Festival.
More than 13,000 paper bags filled with sand and candles covered campus Friday, as faculty, staff and students sang holiday carols. The luminarias, carols and a tour of campus were part of one of the University's oldest traditions, Hanging of the Greens. The journey around campus ended in front of the president's house, where students presented President David Harris with a wreath. The tradition began in 1935. The Mortar Board Senior Honor Society has organized the event since the 1950s.
Editor, I'd like to refute and correct some remarks made by columnist Steve Painter in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. The bulk of his column arguing for U.S. support of Israel relies on unreliable, incomplete and biased sources. Painter began his column by emphasizing the melancholy saga of the Jewish people and the harassments they have endured throughout the years, especially during World War II.
Turning her life story into a book has been a bittersweet experience for Katie Hnida. "It's kind of nice to have my story out there in my own words, because so much has been misreported, and people have all these opinions and different things," she said. "It's good to have it out there. It's kind of funny to have your life story out there and all these things that are so personal, but at the same time, it is really good."
Editor, When I read the article by Damian Garde in the Tuesday Daily Lobo about the similarities between right-wingers and hip-hop, I was stunned. Hip-hop isn't that bad. True, hip-hop artists talk about toting guns and doing drugs, but there are some good aspects to rap.
Editor, I hesitate to write anything in regard to stem cell research, because I hold the issue so close to heart. The most common attack on stem cell research is based on morality - because I believe in and promote stem cell research, do I cease to be a moral being? What if I said that my family and I carry Huntington's disease? Huntington's disease cannot be contracted or caught - it must be passed on through genes as a defect in the fourth chromosome.
When a team defeats another in 20 straight games, it can hardly be called a rivalry. Still, when the UNM women's basketball team hosts the New Mexico State Aggies on Saturday, Lobo players are calling it a big deal.
The UNM men's basketball team has been unbeatable at The Pit so far this season. The Lobos will finally get a test of what they can do on the road when they head to Texas to take on the University of Texas-El Paso on Sunday.
Editor, I support Child's Play, the charity through which one can donate video games, among other things, to sick children. Sick children deserve to have a little joy in their lives, and if giving them a game or toy does that, it is a good thing. People like to say that video games and gaming consoles are wrong and evil, but they need to look at the deeper picture and see the fact that they are helping sick children have fun, and that they need that.
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