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New Mexico offers glimpse of old
By Andrew Flohr-Spence
Having passed the U.S. House, the Secure Fence Act of 2006 landed in the Senate this week as the congressional tennis match over illegal immigration continued. The word on the street is that the back-and-forth game will conclude sometime near Nov. 7, when an apparent effort to keep the public focused on something other than war and wiretaps is no longer needed.

U.N. fan recaps General Assembly
By Zoë Williams
September is an exciting month for the United Nations. Most of the year, this intergovernmental giant passes resolutions that are inevitably ignored, gets some media attention and sits idly by while the world plunges ever closer to hell.

I'll huff, puff and piss Auraria off
By Matthew Quane
It is rare that I use the term “whiny liberal” with disdain. When the words escape my mouth, they are generally in self-jest. But now I have a worthy candidate for the moniker: those attempting to enact a campus-wide smoking ban.

Where animal rights end and terrorism begins
By Emile Hallez
Two animal-rights terrorists were sentenced to prison on Sept. 19 for crimes against a New Jersey animal-testing company. The government threat level, as on most days, was at Elevated status.

Education matters
By Mike Murray
A 16-year-old girl was raped inside her classroom in North Carolina. Two high-school students were arrested and convicted for severely beating a classmate in Tennessee. And no one can forget the massacre at Columbine.

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