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Letter: Photo gives impression hookah smoking is safe

I was greatly dismayed to see the front-page photo of two UNM students sharing a hookah full of strawberry-flavored tobacco in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. Using this photo as filler in the same fashion the Lobo runs pictures of students playing Frisbee, skateboarding or sharing a meal in the SUB serves to reinforce the commonly held misperception that hookah smoking is an innocuous activity.

From the Archives

1930-1970 World War II had upsides and downsides, said Ellen Ryan, a UNM student from 1941 to 1944. For example, classes were offered year round, so military personnel could graduate faster and serve in the war, she said. "We had semester classes all through the calendar year. We just kept right on going," she said. "And who wouldn't with all those men on campus?" Most male students were involved with the military, either as returning veterans or as members of training programs, such as ROTC or the Navy V-12 program, according to Miracle on the Mesa, a history of UNM written by former University president William Davis. "This time was not without its trauma and its sad side," Ryan said. "So many of the men we knew had to leave for the war, and we did have casualties. We were so happy when people came back." The personal lives of students reflected the wartime stress, she said. "It was a romantic time. People were living on the edge of disaster. You didn't know if your boyfriend would be coming back, or your husband, or your father or your uncle," she said. "On the day when all the men in ROTC received their commissions, I went to four weddings. Everybody had to get married before the men went off and did something and got shot."

Shop encourages physical, spiritual healing

UNM student Cori Hoover received her first tarot card reading this week. "I always wanted to," she said. "I didn't have anything to do, and I thought I would try it out."

Play's seasoned cast enriches classic story of poor Hispanics

UNM students with an affinity for the stage or the writing of Ray Bradbury might want to consider a visit to the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Beginning Aug. 31, the acclaimed New Mexico acting troupe Teatro Nuevo MÇxico will be at the center nightly until Sept. 3, performing a version of Ray Bradbury's "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit."

Letter: College graduates often least responsible citizens

Editor, Are most college graduates more responsible world citizens than minimum-wage U.S. workers who never finished high school? No. Most college graduates consume far more, pollute far more, travel far more, cause far more global climate change and pay far more federal income taxes used to wage war.

Web site aims to nix classifieds

Chegg.com brings a free, alternate method of posting classified ads for students only, said Jarrad Lewis, director of East Coast operations for the Web site. "If a student goes to a pretty big school and wants to buy a couch, they are going to have to run from building to building, bulletin to bulletin to find one," Lewis said. With Chegg, students are able to buy, sell or donate items to other students on their campus for free, and only college students are allowed to register, he said.

Back to the 1920s with local band's mangy gypsy jazz

by Damian Garde Daily Lobo Modern jazz is often associated with stuffy clubs frequented by bespectacled men in cardigans. However, for Le Chat Lunatique, this definition could hardly be more misguided. The Albuquerque quartet specializes in what they call "filthy, mangy jazz," a rollicking racket that would sound right at home in the grimiest of 1920s speakeasies.

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Column: Bush's policies only help Iran

by Matthew Chavez Daily Lobo columnist In the grim years that concluded the Vietnam War, the late scholar Richard Barnet aptly summarized the sweeping strategic failure of the most horrific U.S. terror campaign of the post-World War II period. "After spending more than fifty-thousand lives and $150 billion," he observed in a landmark study of the U.

Column: Where the Buffaloe Roam

I don't know how I find entertainment. It just seems to fall into my lap. Take the movie "Ong Bak," a product of Thailand that recently traversed the Pacific to become a legendary flea-market hit.

Column: City denies event without just cause

by Joe Buffaloe Daily Lobo columnist Rock Out With Your Cause Out - an event featuring local bands, a graffiti battle and an MC battle - was set to take place last Saturday at Civic Plaza. Instead, it became a protest after city government refused the Southwest Organizing Project's request for a permit.

From the Archives

It's natural to be curious about UNM's history, said Terry Gugliotta, University archivist. "I think wandering around the campus and seeing all these buildings named after people, it's normal to be curious about who they were," she said.

Organization warns of cuts to work study

About 1,700 of 4,100 students in Albuquerque won't be able to obtain financial assistance or funds to meet their needs, according to a report by Communities United to Strengthen America. "It's the only way they (college students) can afford to go to college," said Art Terrazas, local director for the organization. "This is their only line of support."

Q & A

Daily Lobo: What is your position on the board? Joseph Cecchi: My job on the council will be to visit and talk with our senators about current issues in engineering and computer science - things such as internships and quality education. DL: What kind of responsibilities will you be facing? JC: ...

Spankin' good times at Outpost

With so many choices for concerts on Saturday night, any band entering Albuquerque faced stiff competition. Still, enough people passed on Fall Crawl and Willie Nelson to fill the Outpost Performance Space on Yale Boulevard for the Asylum Street Spankers, a six-piece band of filthy-mouthed country-blues revivalists from Austin, Texas.

Letter: University lucky to have Panther activists teaching

Transparently self-contradictory letters are often disingenuous ones. Such was the case with the sadly illogical diatribe by L.H. Crum in Thursday's Daily Lobo against two distinguished faculty members at UNM, Finnie Coleman and David Hilliard.

Letter: Nevada festival started in reaction to fear, pain

Editor, Societies diverge from their governments conspicuously often. One such example is this year's Burning Man festival in Nevada, where an estimated 25,000 people will create a virtual city inside the Black Rock Desert. The official Web site suggests that trying to explain Burning Man to someone who has never been is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind, so you have to go see it for yourself.

The Lobo threesome

Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Available Sept. 11 Electronica is one of those musical categories that takes me a while to warm up to. There are only so many computer-generated sounds I can withstand before what I'm listening to ceases to be music and becomes glorified video game noise.

Daily Lobo spotlight

Name: Jacqueline Montoya Age: 18 Year: Freshman Major: Biology Hometown: Taos, N.M. Favorite thing about UNM: The landscaping - I love all the green. Least favorite thing about UNM: The distance between classes Favorite class: Religion Favorite place to hang out on campus: Right here (the benches ...

Letter: Anger over Emmys skit politically correct idiocy

Editor, I'm not a big fan of television, and I didn't watch the Emmys on Sunday. However, in addition to the awards show itself and all the red carpet nonsense, there appears to be quite a few people angered at the broadcasting of the opening skit. In a parody of ABC's "Lost," Conan O'Brien boarded a private jet for Los Angeles that ended up crashing on a deserted island.