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LETTER: Inhaling oxygen not a proven stress reliever

August 29

Editor, So-called oxygen bars often tout health benefits of providing additional, and even " 100 percent pure-grade medical oxygen" to the body to help body and mind by cleaning the system of toxins, increasing energy and stamina, and reducing stress. While one cannot argue with the power of suggestion and the subjective benefits of things that can make you feel better, there is no evidence that healthy people can benefit from inhaling oxygen other than the 21 percent of oxygen found in the air we breathe.

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Culture

SAVI Fair brings out art divas

Dustin Habermann | August 29

An acclaimed group of performers will combine their artistic efforts to combat sexual violence on the Highland Theatre stage tonight. The First Annual Sisters Against Violence Initiative, organized with the help of the Albuquerque Rape Crisis Center and SolArts, will open their curtain for one night only, this evening, at 7 p.

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Opinion

EDITORIAL: Reality dating shows messing with romance perceptions

August 29

by Pei Fen Loo U-Wire A running video camera and the thought of millions of Americans watching could easily unnerve anyone on a first date. Yet, the telegenic singles featured on the slew of reality dating shows seem totally at ease trading torrid kisses with their dates, flashing their objects of affection, stripping down to nothingness in hot tubs and oh, someone give me a count on those endless body shots already.

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News

New committees another avenue for ASUNM goals

Arthur Simoni | August 29

The ASUNM Senate appointed chairs to four special committees and approved five presidential appointments in its opening session of the fall semester Wednesday. The ad hoc committees that were formed during an Associated Students of UNM team-building retreat Aug.

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Culture

Indie rockers Czars' latest a pure piece of psychedelic pop

Michael Sanchez | August 29

The Czars could be considered an indie band from Denver. The group is still hovering underneath the mainstream radar, playing for the college crowd and other like-minded spirits of the music scene. They also could be considered one of the Radiohead-esque bands that critics love to tell us about.

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Culture

The Spiritu of Rock: Part II

Marisa Demarco | August 29

Hulking and glacial, the riffs that move Spiritu's self-titled debut CD loom behind jagged vocals in typical "stoner-rock" fashion. The album opens with a long, distorted note that suspends and gradually lands as a warm-sounding, circular riff, bits of rhythm gathering gradually underneath.

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Opinion

EDITORIAL: College students play the system

August 29

by Wayne Ma U-Wire We are all in college to get educated, yet many of us tend to forget that. Some of you believe that college is a means to an end. It's all about getting a piece of paper certifying that you're qualified to earn big bucks. Some of you are here because it's just the natural order of things.

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Culture

Evasive 'Good Girl' has feel-good plot

Stephanie Garca | August 29

So many times in our lives we ask ourselves that universal question - is that all there is? Heck, there was even a song made about it. Still, there is a big contrast between what we experience in our everyday lives and what we see in the movies. Real life rarely comes up with definitive conclusions.

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News

Crossword Puzzle

August 28

Crossword Puzzle

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News

Toons

August 28

Toons

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Sports

Lobos need to adopt preseason mentality

Kenn Rodriguez | August 28

If you're a football fan, you know college football doesn't have a preseason. But if you're a UNM fan, applying the idea of a preseason to this season ain't a bad one.

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Opinion

LETTER: War intentions must be examined closely

August 28

It scares the hell out of me that we have an administration in charge of our country that can't contain its excitement about going to war. Our leaders' reasoning seems questionable, hypocritical and deceitful at best.

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Sports

Age no barrier for UNM professor

Lee Cornell | August 28

It might not surprise you that Peter Dorato recently won a sanctioned, regional tennis tournament. What might surprise you, however, is that Dorato is more than 70 years old.

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Opinion

Editorial Cartoon

August 28

Editorial Cartoon

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News

News in Brief

August 28

University Police responded to an attempted robbery call outside of the UNM Hospital parking structure at 10:05 p.m. Wednesday. The victim told police she was walking to the third level catwalk when a male assailant reportedly told her to give him her car keys and showed her a handgun.

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Sports

Postseason repeat a priority for UNM

Kenn Rodriguez | August 28

The UNM men's soccer team shocked many in 2001. The Lobos, winless in regualr season play, entered the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament seeded eighth in the eight-team league and proceeded to win three games in four days - including a 3-2 first-round upset of regular season champion California State University at Sacramento.

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Opinion

COLUMN: U.S. foreign policy needs stability

August 28

President Bush's recent meeting with Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan comes at a time when Saudi-American relations are at their most crucial. At stake is the future of the entire Middle East and dire consequences for the world.

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News

'02 freshman class size breaks records

Colleen Banet | August 28

This year's record-size freshman class, with more than 2,800 members, will be the largest one since the University began tracking the statistic in 1982, said Terry Babbitt, the Office of Recruitment director.

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Opinion

Column errs historically

August 28

Sari Krosinsky wrote in her Tuesday column that the Battle of Thermopolae was part of the Peloponnesian War. Actually, that battle was one of several wars between the Greeks and the Persians and occurred many years before the Peloponnesian War, which was a civil war between Athens and Sparta, which led to the decline of both city-states as powers and set the stage for conquest by the Macedonians, northern peoples on the frontier led by Phillip, the father of Alexander the Great.

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News

Faculty salaries top priority, Garcia says

Angela Williams | August 28

While outlining the goals of his one-year term, UNM president Chris Garcia gave a tentative thank you to the Faculty Senate for helping push him into the interim presidential job during the senate's first meeting Tuesday.