The Daily Word 07.28.09

Jessica Cassyle Carr [ Tue Jul 28 2009 9:32 AM ]

Soon New Mexico school children may be able to skirt being forced to recite that creepy Pledge of Allegiance. (They make us say it at the Alibi every morning. Then we all chant "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" and smash beer cans on our head.)

In November there will be a flight between Dallas and Santa Fe.

New state Department of Game and Fish TV show on Fox will help New Mexicans identify quail species, traverse Guadalupe Scenic Byway, etc.

Hiking in New Mexico is dangerous. Double dangerous.

UNM becoming a smoke-free campus.

Since the end of last year, Burque's largest bank has ceased the operation of 30 branches and more than 250 ATMs.

Folks can soon get rebates for energy efficient boilers, and the like.

Should birth on U.S. soil still be a requirement for becoming president?

The story of Tupperware.

Nerve cells can resist HIV.

The cost of treating obesity-related disease expands.

Alabama's Cahaba River is one of the most biologically diverse places in the nation.

Album of the day: Reel to Reel by Grand Puba.

Weather: Partly cloudy with temps in the low '90s and the possibility of showers all week.

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- simonm
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UNM smoke-free [ Tue Jul 28 2009 12:14 PM ]

As a non-smoker, I don't get any benefit from smokers being able to do their thing, but it seems a little silly to make an entire campus smoke-free. Smoking should take place in designated areas. You can even setup little heated smoker pods where all the cool kids hang out.
- rolloshed
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get this, non-smoker [ Tue Jul 28 2009 12:26 PM ]

When I started law school at UNM it was the very first year they didn't allow smoking... in class! By the time I got out, they'd banished all the smokers to the north end of the forum, but at least we were still indoors.
You used to be able to smoke anywhere in the Frontier and in the Sub, not just in smoking sections. And now we can't even smoke in bars.
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I'm looking forward [ Wed Jul 29 2009 10:19 AM ]

to seeing the UNM smoke ban enforced. They have no course of action yet for people who will still smoke on campus (which I'm pretty sure will still happen quite often), but the article notes students will shame the smokers into stopping, yeah fucking right. But I bet some UNM vice president will get a huge raise for implementing this ban that probably won't change much.
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i propose a ban... [ Wed Jul 29 2009 11:56 AM ]

on v-neck tshirts, fixie bikes, 80's sunglasses and neck tattoos
- mjm
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and I [ Wed Jul 29 2009 12:01 PM ]

propose a ban on muffin tops. and not the kind you eat, either. in fact, I option this ban for the entire city. dammit.