LETTER: Western Civilization does not teach people life skills
February 7After reading Maceo Carrillo Martinet's Feb. 1 column, I asked myself, "what do the issues of Western Civilization versus other cultures have to do with real life?"
After reading Maceo Carrillo Martinet's Feb. 1 column, I asked myself, "what do the issues of Western Civilization versus other cultures have to do with real life?"
The House approved a proposal Wednesday to allow the public and press to attend meetings of committees that negotiate the final version of legislation.
Organizers of this year's Olympiad, which kicks off Friday in Salt Lake City, hope that nightly performances by multi-platinum pop music superstars will give the Games new attitude - and lure more viewers to give ratings a big boost.
Angela Williams' report on former vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke in Wednesday's Daily Lobo states, "The average child watches 14,000 hours of commercials a year."
Greek dramas are all so typical: the chorus chants, blind prophets stumble around screeching omens and a whole bunch of dudes hang out in togas.
African American Student Services sponsored a fair Wednesday at Johnson Gym to provide the black community with information about common health problems, such as sickle cell anemia.
Mandy Marshall saw her child care costs soar as she made the transition from undergraduate studies to pursuing her MBA and has pushed the graduate student government to help solve the problem.
If I Was Prince is a compilation album with various artists giving a unique rendition of a different Prince song.
Ruben Douglas scored 29 points and knocked down a school record 15 consecutive free throws, leading the UNM men's basketball team to an 84-81 overtime win over the UNLV in The Pit Tuesday night.
Monday, the Bush administration released its proposal for NASA's 2003 budget. This budget stresses developing nuclear power and propulsion systems. Most unmanned planetary and scientific probe programs will be getting budget increases, but space station Alpha and the space shuttle program will have their funds cut dramatically. Also completely deleted from the budget are planned Europa and Pluto missions.
UNM police officers evacuated Castetter Hall for about two hours after the department received a bomb threat call Tuesday morning.
A panel discussion about the protection of Zuni Salt Lake, the Petroglyph National Monument and other lands sacred to indigenous people packed a room at the Anderson School of Management Tuesday morning.
Former vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke said Tuesday that she has been motivated to involve herself in environmental activism because she is an American Indian and a mother.
The economic slump may have at least one beneficiary - graduate schools.
At first glance, the UNM women's basketball team looks like it will earn an easy victory against the Air Force Academy Thursday in The Pit.
I feel compelled to write and thank the editor for her well-stated editorial on the Super Bowl.