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Opinion
LETTER: Greeks have more crime problems than they let on
February 13FBI statistics say that 80 percent of all gang rapes that occur in the United States happen in fraternities. An anthropological case study of Greek life by Peggy Reeves Sanday, "Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood and Privilege on Campus" concludes that sororities are often complicit in the cover-up and sometimes even the set-up of rape cases in fraternity houses.
News
El Centro to begin series about indigenous cultures
Iliana Limn | February 13El Centro de la Raza is sponsoring a lecture series focusing on indigenous cultures in Central and South America that begins tonight in the center's Mesa Vista Hall conference room.
News
Through the camera's eye
February 13Photographer Ron Cooper, third from left, speaks Tuesday during a panel discussion on "Polaroid: The New Mexico Connection," a photography exhibit in the University Art Museum. Also on the panel are Professor Emerita Betty Hahn, Associate Chairperson Patrick Nagatani and Professor Emeritus Thomas Barrow, from left, all from the Art and Art History Department. The show, which features work from each of the panelists, runs through April 14.
Opinion
LETTER: Editor is the one in need of an education
February 13Your editorial in Monday's newspaper contained glaring errors:
Opinion
COLUMN: Globalization is best for all
Alma Olaechea | February 13Globalization. It's a word we hear thrown around a lot these days, usually in conjunction with words such as "protest," "evil" and "corporations." But what is it, really? What are the WTO and NAFTA, and why exactly does their existence cause street battles between activists and police?
News
Health care leaders rally for Medicaid
Angela Williams | February 13Families and health professionals gathered at First Choice Clinic Tuesday to fight a legislative movement to cut state Medicaid funding that they say would hurt New Mexico children.
Culture
In praise of the 'Lummox'
February 13The thought of sharing more than 200 pages with a belching, beer-swigging, football-watching lummox is alarming in the least.
News
Latest budget plan favorable for UNM
Iliana Limn | February 13University administrators told the Board of Regents Tuesday that they were hopeful about UNM's legislative funding but added that next year's budget remained impossible to predict.
Opinion
LETTER: World sees U.S. foreign policy as truly arrogant, hegemonistic
February 13While the United States generally ignores the opinions of the developing countries, the fact that some of its European allies have questioned its foreign policy should serve as a wake-up call.
Culture
'Big Fat Liar' rife with has-been cameos
Dan Meisinger | February 12If you've seen any of the "E-True Hollywood Stories" or Court TV specials on child acting stars, you're aware of the startling epidemic afflicting stars who just couldn't stay cute.
News
Rating the restrooms
Alma Olaechea and Andrew Webb | February 12Numerous UNM students say they will do anything to avoid having to use the restrooms in Mitchell Hall, but the relatively new facilities in Dane Smith Hall got high marks for cleanliness and design.
Opinion
COLUMN: In defense of Bush's 'axis of evil'
February 12As one might expect, the part of president Bush's State of the Union Address that has garnered the most attention and protest is the characterization of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil." These individual nations protested by calling the United States a variety of names and many traditionally friendly nations also disapproved of the classification. In the United States, Clinton administration officials and other experts derided the remark as "delinquent" or "ill-advised," and I am sure that there are many here on campus that believed it to be straight-up warmongering aggressiveness.
Opinion
COLUMN: Gay cable stations would lead to greater acceptance
February 12Recent announcements of plans to launch two competing cable channels targeted to gay audiences have put the issue of gay visibility on center screen.
Sports
Dennehy undergoing treatment
February 12Embattled UNM post Patrick Dennehy, who walked off the court during the final three minutes of the men's basketball team's 47-44 road loss to the Air Force Academy, is being treated for a confidential medical condition, according to University officials.
News
Program helps students acclimate
Angela Williams | February 12Weekly social hours, camping trips and garage giveaways are just some of what the University offers to help settle international students into their new lives at UNM.
Culture
Angry poetry for the masses
Marissa Jurez | February 12Wilfred Owen once said, "The true poets must be truthful." If ever I have been in the presence of true poets, it has been at an Angry Brown Poets performance. This quadruplet not only speaks truth, but also surpasses the realm of daily thought with profound sagacity.
