Readers, For the last four years I terrorized UNM through the Daily Lobo. But someone finally wised up, and so this paper is my last as a Lobo employee.
We have a new student body president now, but it should be known that Jaymie Roybal, lame duck, quietly denied undergrads a chance to vote on their student fees.
Needles, empty shooters and crushed malt liquor cans litter the sun-streaked hills and roads that lead to the Santuario de Chimayó, perhaps the most holy pilgrimage site in New Mexico.
Readers, During the last couple of days, I have received a number of letters concerning the Daily Lobo’s choice to run “personal” details about the death of student Garrett Elders.
Riding bulls is dangerous, but bullfighters, whose job it is to protect the riders, work on the ground with the bucking animals.
Flint Rasmussen gets paid to don clown makeup, dance the Cotton-Eyed Joe and sing Justin Bieber songs in front of crowds up to 10,000 people.
I believe protest is an art; and with any art, some do it better than it others. The Occupy Wall Street Movement, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. are exemplary examples of the art of fine protest. And then there’s our local movement.
Dear readers, Student Fee Review Board deliberations are done, and, once again, we have been hosed. I am sure you remember our coverage of ASUNM’s president Jaymie Roybal’s bike-share program.
Dear readers, As I am fond of saying, I worship the conversation we can create on this opinion page, but, alas, I have noticed this conversation is a bit one-sided.
The Daily Lobo is searching for photographers, and you might just be the button-pusher we are looking for.
Castetter Hall, which has been under construction since summer, will not be completed by its April deadline. Bond D’s failure in the Nov. 2 election has left UNM officials to find alternative funding. Only the building’s second floor will be operational.
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