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September 19

JMG commented on the boy's blog post 'UNM's Smoking Ban, or How to Lose Students and Alienate Community'

the boy; I have a necessity for a nap between classes and I don't see anybody providing couches for me to lie on. Jeesh, we need to pick our battles here about what "rights" are worth fighting for, I think. We can start with the rights that don't ...

August 5

the boy commented on the boy's blog post 'UNM's Smoking Ban, or How to Lose Students and Alienate Community'

Fun fact: totally not a smoker here Also fun: sidewalks, being city property, are totally okay for people to smoke on. So really, it is those places in addition to the designated areas. Also: I think the problem is for those with a necessity of ...

August 5

JMG commented on the boy's blog post 'UNM's Smoking Ban, or How to Lose Students and Alienate Community'

Proposed designated smoking areas (7/24/09): Main Campus: One area near the SE corner of Zimmerman Library One area east of Northrop Hall (Earth & Planetary Sciences) One area near parking lot D between Hokona Hall and Laguna/DeVargas Suites One ...

August 5

Granjero commented on the boy's blog post 'UNM's Smoking Ban, or How to Lose Students and Alienate Community'

"so many smokers display the same arrogant attitudes we see here." There's enough arrogance on both sides of the issue to go around. I don't throw butts down. If there's not a place to dispose of them, they are extinguished and put back in the pa...

August 5

Raven DelRio commented on the boy's blog post 'UNM's Smoking Ban, or How to Lose Students and Alienate Community'

First, a ban on smoking indoors. Then, people want to ban it outdoors, where they forced smokers to go in the first place. (Has anyone noticed how many non-smokers hang out outside with their smoking friends, because that's where everyone is?) Fin...

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Where I Live:: Just outside the student ghetto when not being a college student in New Orleans

About Me:: I'm a graduate from Albuquerque High School (class of 07), and a political science major at Tulane University (history double major? We'll see). I've this absurd idealism, which matches well with my having no plans to improve the world, but some general notion that I should. I'd like to write for Foreign Affairs someday, retire and teach, and perhaps do a bit of Unitarian ministry. Also, I tend to spend an awful lot of time reading history books and designing wargames that I never end up playing.

Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:: It has a distinctive sense of place lacking elsewhere; best sunsets this side of Mars

Relationship Status:: Single

My Website:: http://kelseydatherton.blogspot.com

What I'm Reading:: blogs. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. Clausewitz. Bibles, Barbershops, and BET. And newspaper editorials, which is the unhealthiest of reading selections.

What I'm Listening To:: Pandora. They might Be Giants. Gil Scott Heron. Andrew Jackson Jihad. The Build.

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UNM's Smoking Ban, or How to Lose Students and Alienate Community

In the Albuquerque Journal this morning, there was an article discussing the new smoking bans on the University of New Mexico campus. Here's a map of the designated smok… Continue

Posted on August 1, 2009 at 3:30pm — 70 Comments

We are Halfway to the Future (a mediation on SB 12)

Today in my dorm room in New Orleans I watched the live feed of the senate debate on SB 12 (the domestic partnership one). Being a bit of a political junkie, I found the whole thing inherently fascinating, and was especially appreciative of the New Mexico Independent's liv… Continue

Posted on February 26, 2009 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments

Albuquerque - Residence of Nobel Prizewinner

Reading an article about the internet and it's potential to forestall conflict, I stumbled across this page. Nobel literature prize winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio said in a speech in Stockholm earlier today t… Continue

Posted on December 7, 2008 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Refreshing our Short-term Political Memory

In 2004, there was a mysterious fire in the bosque, and our fire department responded to it. Also in our bosque was a device for converting vegetable oil into biodiesel. Because of the suspicious nature of the fire, our sheriff brought APD to the scene of the crime. Sheriff D… Continue

Posted on October 23, 2008 at 1:00pm — 11 Comments

Where are we again?

While skimming BoingBoing today, I glanced over an image that looked very much like rural New Mexico. Here's the image:

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Posted on October 2, 2008 at 11:24am — 14 Comments

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At 9:23am on December 28, 2008, Jennifer Ruden said…: Thanks for your kind and thoughtful comment. I used to live in New Orleans (right near Tulane) and agree with your assessment of the city. I could never quite articulate the difference between that city and ours. Thanks for the insight. You are quite right!

At 10:53pm on September 14, 2008, Lynn said…: I would love to know how your parents raised such a smart and thoughtful person as yourself. Thanks for the add.

At 9:22am on March 26, 2008, Benny the Icepick said…: I love you, even this far away. Reviving Nora's old APS logo? Brilliant. Almost as brilliant as Anonymous. Just no EFG, OK?

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