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Letter: Freedom of speech doesn't purify hateful expressions

This letter is in response to comments made by some letters in the Daily Lobo concerning the absoluteness of freedom of speech.

Debate team preps for nationals

After six years of hardly competing, the UNM Speech and Debate team is participating in national tournaments again. The team placed second at the Novice Nationals in Georgia on March 10.

a league of their own

Letter: UNMH priorities lie with politics, not its patients

I have known several people who benefited greatly by the mental health program that UNM hospital now finds inefficient. I find it unconscionable that the program is being shut down.

Column: Here's to psychopath, pretty boy losing on the court

The piece of paper that was my NCAA Tournament bracket now looks like someone lit it on fire, urinated on it, then passed it through a shredder.

Youth camps teach Apache traditions

by Mark Schaaf Daily Lobo Minus 20-degree weather, snow and heavy winds are all part of Jicarilla Apache youth learning the ways of their ancestors, said Mariann Skahan. Skahan, winner of the annual New Mexico Folk Lore Scholars Endowment, presented to about 30 people in the Hibben Center on Tuesday. ...

Letter: U.S. should be objective with policies toward Israel

It is beginning to seem that Israel does not want to make peace with the volatile Hamas leadership, based on the assault on a prison in Jericho by Israeli forces last week and other recent events. It is interesting that few Americans know Israel once actively promoted the formation of Hamas to counter the secular Fatah party.

Ex-Lobo reflects on year as a pro

by Vanessa Strobbe Daily Lobo Nick Speegle has made the first-year transition from a Lobo to a Cleveland Brown. April's 2005 NFL Draft sent the UNM graduate and ex-Lobo football player to the Browns in the sixth round with the 176th pick overall. In July, the Browns signed him to a four-year contract.

Koch re-elected as regents president

by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo Being president of UNM's Board of Regents isn't about pushing other regents around. "You run meetings, make appointments, but we're all pretty much equal," said Jamie Koch, president of the Board of Regents. Koch, appointed as a regent by Gov. Bill Richardson ...

Letter: Nude art in SUB follows an esteemed tradition

On behalf of my friend, Ricola Willie - whose work Joseph Basso condemned in his extremely ignorant and judgmental letter to the Daily Lobo - I have to respond.

Letter: Free speech not a danger, but a pathway to peace

Larry Walsh's argument in his letter to the Daily Lobo regarding freedom of speech needs to be better presented.

'Tsotsi' a cure for cynicism

Every once in a while the Academy gets it right. Earlier this month, South African Moviworld Productions' film "Tsotsi" won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. If this film had been made by an American company it would have been in the running for Best Picture.

Letter: Bush's stance on torture threatens future of U.S.

In his American revolutionary history, Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis styles the domestic political landscape in 1804 "a dangerously fluid place," where national laws and institutions remained in flux. "Eventually," writes Ellis, "the United States might develop into a nation of laws and established institutions capable of surviving corrupt or incompetent public officials, but it was not there yet. It still required honorable and virtuous leaders to survive."

Film blurs heroism, terrorism

"V For Vendetta" is a futuristic film that warns of the dangers of a fascist government and justifies terrorist actions to topple such powers.

College 101

Drums give CD personality

Sorry for the constant drug referencing when describing the numerous rock 'n' roll CDs that come barreling across my desk.

Forum held for counsel finalist

by Mark Schaaf Daily Lobo Jo Ann Stringfield said 23 years as an attorney for the U.S. Air Force would bring the necessary experience to the University counsel position. She was the first of three candidates to interview at a forum Monday at the SUB. Stringfield, interim senior associate University ...

Column: Fart, cry for your health

Come with me to the dark side of the garden. Vegetables have a dark side. Most people don't eat enough vegetables, and perhaps there are some good reasons why. These nutritious foods can have unpleasant side effects - tears, stinky urine and flatulence, just to name a few.

UNM collects books for kids

UNM is helping collect books to give to children in low-income families. The book drive is a good way for students to give to the community, said student Brandon Wilson.

UNMH to close down mental health program

A mental health program at UNM Hospital, which serves about 200 patients, will be closed by the end of April. Steve McKernan, CEO of the UNM Hospital, said the program, called Intensive Outpatient Services, is undergoing more of a reorganization than a closure.