Chuck Klosterman wrote an entertaining discourse on popular culture called “Eating The Dinosaur,” wherein he argues that, “It is interesting to not know things.” Why do we pursue knowledge then?
by Troy Linthicum Daily Lobo Guest Columnist Ever wonder what it would be like to look back in time just after the Big Bang, or view planets orbiting other stars?
There is no shortage of reasons to hate Facebook. The time sink, the obsession; the passive-aggressive atmosphere; the lazy cowardice disguised as social communication; the freedom and complete ease to stalk and be stalked; the way every Facebook user is targeted, and their information sold and used to keep the depraved cycle working. Facebook is like high school never ended.
Dear Facebook: I love you so. You give me access to others’ lives without the slightest effort.
Yesterday I read an article in the Guardian that exposed the FBI for destroying thousands of files in the 1940s, containing reports of alien spacecrafts (UFO’s) from all over the United States.
Dear Dr. Peg, Recently my girlfriend was diagnosed with genital herpes. I have been with her for three years and neither of us has ever had herpes.
I have to pass a math class in order to graduate. While I respect math and its precision, you could literally sink Albuquerque in the void that is my desire to work on math.
You are in a bad mood all the time. You have no energy, and nothing is fun. You don’t want to spend time with anybody because all they do is make you mad.
If there isn’t a God, then Saturday was full of coincidences that boiled down to one succinct message: Life should be lived striving hard to make a difference for others’ betterment.
“My throat hurts.” That is one of the most common complaints we hear at Student Health and Counseling, often followed by vivid descriptive imagery like “drinking acid,” “swallowing needles,” or “killing me.” Sore throat, being so common, deserves a review of its causes and cures. Dry air is a common culprit.
Now spring break is over; the weather is warming, and we have only eight more weeks until we are free again.
Early session partisan fireworks over House leadership sizzled to one of the least productive legislative sessions in memory. “ Those fireworks led Rep.
Spring break is one of the best things about being a student. I say this with experience. As a fifth-year senior about to graduate in May, I have had my fair share of spring breaks.
Have you noticed UNM classrooms and public spaces are slightly dirtier than usual? I have. It hit me while sneaking behind some cabinets to catch a phone call in the library.
It has been an intense week in the House chamber of our state Legislature: razor-thin voting margins, unprecedented parliamentary procedures, three calls of the House for three straight days. The politically and emotionally charged issue of giving driver’s licenses to foreign nationals was at the heart of last week’s events. It is an issue that has been brewing since Gov.
Next week is spring break. You have worked hard and you deserve a break. What are you planning to do?
One of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez’s first acts in office was to issue an executive order requiring the New Mexico Department of Public Safety to check immigration status during the discharge of its duties. Oh, how the political pendulum swings! Eight years ago, newly elected Gov.
Editor, A bright source of joy and inspiration vanished from the world the day Elizabeth “Lizz” Ketterer died.
I recently had the privilege of celebrating the Frontier Restaurant’s 40th anniversary with owners Larry and Dorothy Rainosek, local celebrities, former and current UNM presidents, Rainosek family and friends from Texas and throughout the country, Frontier employees and Frontier regulars, like me.
Originally, I wasn’t aboard the Jimmer Fredette train. Now, after BYU lit up San Diego State on Saturday, I am dangling by one hand on the caboose.
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