U.S. aiding anti-Taliban forces
October 23The United States is stepping up efforts to help Afghan fighters trying to break through the Taliban forces guarding approaches to the capital city of Kabul
The United States is stepping up efforts to help Afghan fighters trying to break through the Taliban forces guarding approaches to the capital city of Kabul
I notice more and more circumlocution, euphemism and plain old jargon in the official news from Washington these days. I believe in the simple, declarative sentence. The more important the information, the simpler and more declarative the sentence should be.
Two postal workers in the nation's capital are apparently dead of anthrax, and two more were hospitalized Monday with dangerous pulmonary anthrax infections, escalating bioterrorism's toll on America.
Football is just a game, but for the Konte brothers, it is a passion that could not be ignored.
The UNM Alumni Association is celebrating "Coming Home on Route 66" this week during UNM's 76th annual homecoming, which includes six days of activities and more than 35 separate events.
As an obstetrician-gynecologist and a family practice physician on faculty at UNM, as educators and as strong supporters of reproductive rights, we were profoundly discouraged to see the eight-page anti-abortion advertising supplement in the Oct. 18 edition of the Daily Lobo.
I enrolled in Dr. Berthold's Greek civilization class last year merely because I needed a humanities credit. I had absolutely no interest in history, let alone Greek history. As it would turn out, I found myself listening attentively to his every lecture and left the class with a better understanding of society.
A group of independent filmmakers, radio producers, writers and others hope to provide an alternative to what they call corporate media by following a growing worldwide trend towards the creation of independent media centers.
It will be strength versus strength when the run defense of the UNM football team takes on the option offense of the Air Force Academy Saturday at University Stadium during the annual homecoming game.
The UNM women's basketball team has a fight on its hands for the starting point guard position as three freshman battle to see who will lead the Lobos' offensive attack this season.
I am notoriously bad at throwing parties. Whatever time I pick, it always turns out something is going on that's far more exciting than hanging out in my apartment. On the other hand, if I do absolutely nothing, let my refrigerator run empty and my apartment go the way of entropy, somehow, mystically, a party will find its way to my place.
Before Sept. 11, many in this country would be hard-pressed to find Afghanistan on a map. Despite horrifying news accounts, few knew much about the Taliban regime and how it treated the Afghan people - especially women.
Lobo basketball fans are going to have a lot to cheer about this coming season.
The city of Albuquerque will be a hotbed of action this weekend with numerous UNM sporting events during the homecoming week.
My heart goes out to Steven Chavez, a UNM alumnus, who in his Oct. 18 letter to the Daily Lobo, asks, "... which peace group do I join?"
While homecoming is always about alumni, the Student Activities Office and ASUNM's Homecoming Committee have lined up a week full of events for students.
The UNM women's soccer team had an emotional trip this weekend when it split a pair of road games in Utah.