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COLUMN: NASA should explore life in space

Craig A. Butler | February 6

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.

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COLUMN: Labels paint ethnicity with broad strokes

Craig A. Butler | September 5

One of the joys of school in the modern day is the endless forms we are constantly asked to fill out. Standardized tests, surveys, teacher evaluations - you name it. Along with other demographic information, one question we always have to answer these days is "ethnicity."

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COLUMN: Forum chance to question next mayor

Craig A. Butler | August 29

Imagine being out late one night with your friends. You have nowhere in particular to go, so you're just hanging out at a neighborhood park. You're not drunk, on drugs, selling drugs, breaking into people's houses or cars or anything else even slightly illegal.

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COLUMN: Construction reigns at UNM

Craig A. Butler | August 22

Funny thing I notice as I look around campus. Last time I saw the place was at the end of spring semester, and I had hoped that most of the construction projects would be done by the time I got back. Instead, things are even more torn up, with more orange barrels and fences than before.

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Trigger-happy discipline is wrong

Craig A. Butler | May 31

Tuesday night, Estero High School in Estero, Fla., held its graduation ceremonies. One of the graduating seniors was not allowed to attend. Lindsay Brown, a National Merit Scholar and honor student who had never before been in trouble at school, was suspended for having a kitchen knife in her car.

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Space tourism could be reality

Craig A. Butler | May 2

American Dennis Tito became Monday what many are calling the world’s first space tourist. Floating onto the International Space Station with a grin on his face and $20 million poorer, he became the first to show that what science fiction authors have dreamed of for decades may not be so far out after all.

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Tips on handling the finals frenzy

Craig A. Butler | April 25

Ready for the semester to end and have all these classes behind you? Ready to end this academic drudgery so you can lean back, put up your feet and congratulate yourself for a job well done? There’s just one problem: getting through these last couple of weeks alive.

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April 20 is not a day to fear

Craig A. Butler | April 23

April 20. A day of bad news if ever there was one. Columbine, the day after the Oklahoma City and Waco. It's even Adolf Hitler's birthday.

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Voting can rescue the <i>Lobo</i>

Craig A. Butler | April 11

If you haven’t already voted today in the ASUNM election, do it now. Or after this class. Or whenever you have time.

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Students can say where fees go

Craig A. Butler | April 4

If any lesson should be learned from last year’s presidential election and the resulting chaos, it’s that every single vote really does count. These days, it’s easy to feel lost in the crowd. When a hundred million people are voting, it’s easy to shrug your shoulders and say, “What difference would my vote make, anyway?”