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Burpo outlines ideas for state
Andrew Webb | February 22State Rep. Rob Burpo, R-Albuquerque, says New Mexico lawmakers will have to rewrite the tax code, clear up water rights disputes with Texas and fix its schools if the state is ever to improve its economy.
Opinion
LETTER: Martinez's tactics not Republican
February 22This small note is in regards to the letters written by an individual who claims to be a Republican and Catholic.
News
Planning is ticket to great spring break
Jason Gil Bear | February 22If you haven't already made spring break reservations for Cancun, South Padre Island, San Diego or Jamaica, don't plan on packing your bags.
News
China's WTO membership has ups and downs
Angela Williams | February 22China's recent admission to the World Trade Organization will ease, but not eliminate, barriers to international trade, visiting professor Peter Walters said Thursday.
Culture
LETTER: Pro-choice about freedom, not encouraging abortion
February 22There is nothing like the issue of abortion to get people all riled up, including myself. Before I begin I would like to praise everyone, pro-life and pro-choice, for writing in and getting his or her opinions heard on this very touchy subject. Now, on with the debate.
Sports
Sports in Brief
February 22The UNM baseball team starts a three-game series this weekend against Northwestern University at Lobo Field.
Sports
Tennis men clip Redbirds with only one lost match
Regina Ruiz | February 22The UNM men's tennis team had very little trouble with Illinois State University Thursday, sweeping the Redbirds 7-0 at the Lobo Tennis Club.
Sports
Women will face several tests in quest for MWC title
James Barron | February 22The UNM women's basketball team may be enjoying a fun ride in the Mountain West Conference, but a few potholes lay ahead that could damage its conference title dreams.
Opinion
What we don't know might hurt
February 22The saying, "What we don't know can't hurt us," must have been said by a man who had a lot to hide. There is a new version of this saying, embodied in how our society produces mountains of wasted paper as forests disappear and people get sick. What we don't know, or care to know, does not seem to matter until we lose our jobs to people who relish in greed.
Culture
A Dream Deferred
Marissa Jurez | February 21In his poem, "A Raisin in the Sun," Langston Hughes poses the question: "What ever happens to a dream deferred?" The answer to this lies within personal speculation - in a realm far beyond what most of us conceive to be real.
News
CEO tells University students ethics top his list of priorities
Marissa Padilla | February 21The leader of a nationally-recognized brokerage firm emphasized the importance of personal ethics in an often cut-throat business world during a presentation at the Anderson Schools of Management Wednesday.
News
'Roe v. Wade' revisited
Andrew Webb | February 21Demonstrators opposing the the anti-abortion exhibit erected on campus this week by Justice For All Inc. say they fear such groups are whittling away at women's rights to abort a pregnancy.
Opinion
LETTER: Whole point of debate is control over one's body
February 21Pro-choice, pro-life. Everyone seems to think the issue solely concerns a woman's right to control her own body and a fetus' - let's call it what it is people - right to life.
Opinion
LETTER: Abortion display extremist
February 21The "display" on UNM is another example of radical extremism demonstrating total ignorance. The graphic depictions of aborted fetuses are nauseating and repulsive, just like many radical ideologies that fail miserably to address true justice and fairness.
News
'Child' play takes on gritty subjects
Rafael E. Gallegos | February 21Recently, I have been struggling with the idea of art versus entertainment. What exactly makes a work purely entertainment as opposed to something of worldly value, of artistic complexity?
Culture
Folk musicians to discuss death penalty alternatives
Angela Williams | February 21Through the power of their music, folk artists Charlie King and Karen Brandow will commemorate the anniversary of two Italian immigrants' 1927 execution while attempting to educate people about the potentially dangerous consequences of the death penalty.
Opinion
LETTER: Pro-life view one-sided
February 21Here we are again at another crossroad in the debate of free speech. I support the right of pro-life organizations to present their side, but I am disgusted that they use scare-tactics and present false information to convey their point. Furthermore, I have a problem with the tolerance the University has given this exhibit, and I would like to point out several reasons why.
