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Column: Worse has happened than a state song

The New Mexico Legislature recently stayed up all night to agree on a budget. So I guess we should feel lucky that they've taken the time to consider some important bills, too.

Letter: Civilized society is marked by the freedom of speech

Editor, Sami Shakir has expressed his right to freedom of speech. His comments are insulting to me by claiming that I am denigrating this issue of the Mohammed cartoons by standing up for my right to criticize government, religion or any other sensitive issues to any other person. Freedom of speech ...

Letter: Smokers should dispose of cigarette butts properly

Editor, Regarding the current debate about regulating where smokers can smoke - I am a big fan of workplace smoking bans, but I support the right of smokers to smoke outdoors. However, smokers would do themselves a big favor by ceasing to carelessly throw their cigarette butts on the ground. As ...

Letter: NMPIRG misunderstood in its purpose, affiliation

Editor, After reading John Newman's letter to the editor in Monday's Daily Lobo regarding New Mexico Public Interest Research Group's status as a nonpartisan organization, I realized that there are probably many students who don't know either what a nonpartisan group is or what an advocacy group does. ...

3 applicants vying for provost job

by Katy Knapp and Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo The three candidates for provost of the University were announced Wednesday. Reed Dasenbrock, who has been interim provost since March, is one of them. He said applying for the permanent position was the natural thing to do. "It just seemed like ...

Students design charity home

Four architecture students from UNM will get an opportunity to have one of their designs built. Student Eliza Linde, who helped with the design, said the construction will be a valuable experience.

Letter: Circus bashing: worthless, smiling children: priceless

Editor, Two tickets to the circus: $11, including one free ticket. A taco plate, nachos, cotton candy and large soda: $14. Must-have lighted toy with psychedelic flashing light design and noisemaker: $15. Ticket for ride on an elephant: $6. Letters admonishing treatment of circus animals from ...

Back to the beat

Breakin' Hearts started in an alley. Four years later, the annual hip-hop festival at UNM will have several additions to it, said founder Cyrus Gould. With additions such as the flick-book competition and African drumming and dancing, Gould describes the expansion as a snowball that continually accumulates and grows.

Column: A nation without shame

It might just be me, but it really seems that there is no such thing as privacy anymore.

Letter: Team USA hits new low with Olympic phone call

Editor, OK, I don't know how many Daily Lobo readers watched the opening ceremonies for the Torino Winter Olympics, but I couldn't help noticing that as team USA walked by the cameras, a blonde female member of the team was talking on her cell phone the entire time. Boy, there's the ugly American ...

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Student art exhibit livens up health center

by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo An art display makes working in the Student Health Center more exciting, Dr. Steven Acostas said. "It's nice to have something from outside give us a change of pace," he said. "We kind of get caught up in the clinical world, and it's nice to see art come in and change the ...

Faculty voice salary concerns

by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo UNM professor John Geissman expressed his concerns about faculty salaries during a Board of Regents meeting Tuesday. "I'm not asking for the moon, and none of the faculty are," he said. "But we are certainly fed up with ranking at the bottom of the barrel." UNM's ...

Column: Olympic competition shows humanity at its best

by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo When I was approached with the idea of writing an article in which I would argue why I enjoy the Winter Olympics, I was taken aback. "You mean," I thought to myself, "there are people out there who actually don't like the Olympics?" But the more I thought about it, ...

Letter: Delegation excited about visit to China, not worried

Editor, The World Affairs Delegation would like to sincerely thank Dong Chengru for his insights in his letter to the editor in Monday's Daily Lobo. However, we would also like to insist that our views on China were not correctly portrayed in the article in last Wednesday's Daily Lobo, to which Chengru ...

Letter: Privileged should realize racism is still a problem

Editor, In response to the comments by David Alvarado in the letter in Friday's Daily Lobo, "Focusing on race reveals the beginning of racism," most people only focus on those issues that they perceive as directly impacting their lives. Racism, sexism, classism and all other power-related differences ...

Column: Without enemies to hate or stars to love, it's a snooze

by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo You've heard it all before. The arguments bashing the Winter Olympics by xenophobic Americans who won't accept the notion that no matter how much our athletes inundate their bodies with illegal substances, they can't hold a candle, cross country ski or hockey stick ...

The rap game must be too easy

by Debra Au Daily Lobo The rap genre continues to roll down the slippery slope of super- ficiality. Talented rappers such as Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z and Kanye West are few and far between, becoming rarer with each subsequent album release. Every week, it seems, there are MCs who are quick to ...

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