With all the opinions being expressed by faculty and students concerning Professor Berthold's lecture material, I feel something should be said from the point of view of someone who attended the lectures.
Pity poor Richard Berthold. He's on the hot seat. Here in New Mexico, he's the guy who everyone loves to hate, the target of our unbridled anger and fury.
The UNM football team gets a reprieve of sorts this week as it travels to Salt Lake City, Utah, to open Mountain West Conference play against the University of Utah.
I noted your editorializing about the disregard of freedom of speech by those individuals calling for the resignation or dismissal of Professor Berthold. You are correct in your position that the Constitution guarantees Mr. Berthold the right to speak his mind. However, the Constitution also guarantees everyone else the same right.
Regarding the controversy surrounding UNM history professor Richard Berthold, I believe several points need to be addressed.
The UNM College of Nursing and professor Leah Albers recently received a grant for $336,400 to study ways to reduce trauma suffered by women giving birth.
Talent and chemistry is what the UNM women's tennis team hopes can overcome a young and inexperienced group of players.
I am amused at the letters and comments printed in the Daily Lobo from women speaking out against the injustices of racism, sexism, campus rapes and the alleged sexist comments of a certain faculty member.
Mr. Knutson stated in his letter to the Daily Lobo that he would be forwarding the now well-known comments of Professor Berthold to the U.S. attorney "for investigation and possible prosecution under anti-sedition laws." While the professor's comments may have been badly timed and insensitive, it is impossible to try him for sedition.
Rest assured, the government will do anything to protect democracy. It will even sacrifice democracy itself.
Once again, master of horror Stephen King takes us to disturbing, yet touching, heights of the human imagination.
Dana Bowman, who lost his legs in a skydiving accident, told a crowd of children and adults to focus on their abilities during a presentation at the Carrie Tingly Hospital Wednesday.
So you think your family’s weird, eh? Well, check out Nelson Cruz’s. Though this college graduate himself seems laidback enough and at least mostly sane, the “Our Lady of the Tortilla” protagonist’s genetic pool is another matter altogether.
Richard Berthold has crossed over the line from mildly amusing, vaguely annoying to outright seditionist.
“We hope that these brothers will be the first martyrs in the battle of Islam in this era against the new Jewish and Christian crusader campaign that is led by the Chief Crusader Bush under the banner of the cross,” says the recent fax supposedly sent by Osama bin Laden.
I am writing in response to President Gordon's statement in the Sept. 26 edition of the Daily Lobo, regarding the "principles" the University will use in deciding how to discipline Professor Berthold.
It's not just the acting; it's the acto. The playwriting form called acto is based on theories put forth by Luis Valdez and his Teatro Campesino and is firmly rooted in social commentary; it is on these principles that the multi-play show "Almas" is based.
Regarding Richard Berthold's remarks, I'm absolutely sure that he is still proud of his admiration of the terrorists.
Throughout history, the argument has been made that the appeal to sentiment has been the reigning mode of persuasion when it comes to the populace. While we franchise ourselves as being beasts of rationality, in reality, the majority of our decisions — either in a private or public arena — while shrouded in a thin veil of reason, are products of sentiment.
If P.O.D. wanted to make some rock shock waves, they did it with the release of their new album Satellite in early September.
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