Why is it that Americans have to get angry before they are willing to vote? And even when they are angry, still fewer than two thirds of those eligible end up going to the polls. In 2008, voters were angry about the way Republicans were running the country, and so they voiced this anger by voting a Democratic president into office.
I am very disappointed that Wednesday’s article, “Students split over whether balloon fiesta still an event to behold,” didn’t have better descriptions of our wondrous Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
Young people growing up in low-income communities are in need of great teachers and role models. And the stakes are higher than ever.
A few years ago, a colleague and I were going to write a book about teaching. It was his philosophy that a teacher was nothing more that a “site,” a sort of empty space in the classroom.
Every day, I walk past the Duck Pond on the way to Dane Smith, and I see the table. There I see students with the marker-drawn signs pumping people up about voting, and the token, sandwich-board-wearing guy inviting people to follow him to the table and register.
pri·va·cy, [prahy-vuh-see; Brit. also priv-uh-see] –noun, plural -cies. 1. the state of being private; retirement or seclusion. 2.
The Daily Lobo is starting a series about the creative ways UNM students, staff and faculty are cutting back on spending in light of tighter budgets.
Believe it or not, winter is approaching. The days are getting perceptibly shorter every week. With the diminishing sunlight, your skin is losing the solar power it uses to make vitamin D.
In the first two parts of this UNM transportation series, I discussed how UNM Parking and Transportation Services needs to step up to reduce our carbon footprint and how managing your transportation options begin with deciding where to live.
Nowadays the newspapers read like People magazine. Who is wearing what? Who is dating who? What’s liked, and what isn’t?
So when you’re trying to quit smoking, there are some general guidelines that you must follow if you stand a chance at actually quitting.
Dear Dr. Peg, I have a friend who is doing the HCG diet with the drops, not injections, and wanted to know if you know about it and what you thought of it. From what I found out, they do it for 30-40 days and have a lot of restrictions and things they have to do and are on a 500-calorie diet.
President Schmidly has said that Athletics is the University’s front porch, and I’d like to say that I think we need to remodel the porch.
Editor’s Note: Lobos Abroad is a regular column written by Daily Lobo staff members studying in a different country this semester.
In the first part of this series on UNM transportation, I discussed how UNM Parking and Transportation Services needs to step up to reduce the carbon footprint created by UNM’s transportation system – especially from single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs). One of the best ways to reduce that carbon footprint is for people to rethink where they live. I know this is outside today’s paradigm, but managing your travel options makes sense in a world of human-created climate instability and decreasing natural resources.
Dear Dr. Peg, I’m looking for someone to help me with my husband who is bipolar and refuses to get the help he needs.
On July 31, head football coach Mike Locksley approached Daily Lobo sports editor Ryan Tomari at Uptown Sports Bar. Locksley disagreed with the stance Tomari took in a column where he said the UNM football program was in “shambles.” Locksley sat down with Tomari and Tomari’s friend and discussed the column and coverage issues.
Every college student is busy with school, work and life. Many of us work several jobs and are full-time students. There’s barely time to breathe between classes, work and attempting to stay connected to our friends, let alone sleep.
There are a lot of things about school that interfere with my doing-nothing-of-importance time. I like to read a lot of books — mostly about things that have a little to do with my studies, or just things I want to learn about.
Undergrads, the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM) is your student government.
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