Members of Crimson Rhythm practice dance routines in Aggie Underground Friday. (Photo by Daniel Griffin)
Story by Danny Griffin
On a Friday night, Corbett Center is usually devoid of students and everything is relatively quiet. Unless, you’re in Aggie Underground with the New Mexico State University competitive dancesport company, Crimson Rhythm.
Dancesport is a style of competitive ballroom partner dancing that can take on most any style of music or dancing. Read more »
Story by Heather Lang
Although the New Mexico State Univeristy student government election polls closed Friday evening, the Associated Students of NMSU are still without a president.
The unofficial results of the election were released at about 6 p.m. Friday evening and revealed that candidates Travis Dulany, the presidential incumbent, and Kalyn Garcia, current ASNMSU College of Business senator, will continue their campaigns into a run-off election starting Wednesday at 9 a.m. and ending Friday at 6 p.m.
According to www.asnmsu.com, Garcia finished the election with 686 votes, trailing Dulaney’s 784 votes.
The vice-presidential elections will also continue into run-offs. Matt Ellis, College of Business senator, finished the preliminary election in front of Deborah Albo, College of Arts and Sciences senator, by 80 votes.
Story by Jon Traffansted
HAFP skaters move down the ice with puck trying to score. (Photo by Jon Traffansted)
Just because we are in a desert does not mean your winter Olympic dreams have to be crushed. There is ice hockey closer than you may expect.
The Sierra Providence Center, only a short drive into central El Paso, holds a full-size ice hockey rink.
Whether you are just starting or a seasoned pro, you can hop onto the ice and play Hockey at Fun Pace (HAFP).
Story by Elizabeth Lopez
Need a space? Many NMSU students are frustrated when they pay for one, but can't locate it.(Photo by Elizabeth Lopez)
Many students and staff have been wondering for years what could alleviate the ever-present parking problem at New Mexico State University.
Building a parking structure seems like a reasonable solution to the NMSU parking dilemma. According to the NMSU Parking Department, the plan to build a garage is in the works, but is still approximately 20 years out. The main issue is funding.
NMSU fiscal specialist Mario Navarrate said that the Parking Department does not make decisions regarding the addition of more lots and that a parking structure is not the quick fix.
NMSU is one of few colleges nation wide with a specifically male mascot; many other mascots are gender neutral. (Photo illustration by Heather Lang)
Story by Heather Lang
Although the student body at New Mexico State University is mostly female, the female presence is invisible in Pistol Pete, the school mascot.
In the winter of 2002, NMSU student Julie Bostick Montgomery, agriculture major, attempted to implement a female mascot, Pistol Patty, to accompany Pistol Pete at sporting events. Montgomery said she started thinking about adding the mascot at NMSU while preparing for a speech in a communications class.
At the time, NMSU shared copyrights to the Pistol Pete image and costume with the University of Wyoming and Oklahoma State University, Montgomery said, adding that she felt a female mascot could help set NMSU apart from the other Aggie schools and make the image of NMSU more representative of its student body.
Story by Jenn Grider
Recycling is a common way to join green lifestyle. (Photos by Jenn Grider)
New Mexico is known for its blue-collar jobs in the chile and oil industries, but a job of a different color is emerging in the Southwest job market.
Green jobs are currently a hot issue in New Mexico – and specifically on the New Mexico State University campus.
In January of 2009, Gov. Bill Richardson created the Green Jobs Cabinet, which was directed at enhancing clean energy, clean technology economic development and actually creating more eco-friendly jobs.
Editorial by Erica Hobbs
I’m sure there are several women who feel as though they are not taken seriously. Why is this so? Well, there is this ideal that has continued to hover over women for years and years called “patriarchy.” This practice is one that affects women globally.
As the United States has been engaged in “war” with the Middle East, several stories have come out in which several male voices speak up on the different issues that happen, but the women who are involved go on silently.
Story by Leslie Highsmith
The Guerrilla Girls will perform – and question equality in art – Thursday.
Fewer than 3 percent of the artists in the Metropolitan Museum of Art are women, but 83 percent of the nudes are female.
With this tagline, the Guerilla Girls, an internationally known group of anonymous avengers, pose the question: “Do women have to be naked to get into United States art museums?” Gender equity in the arts will be the message delivered to a Las Cruces audience this week.
The Guerrilla Girls are a group of feminists and artists who use the names of deceased female artists as pseudonyms and appear in public wearing gorilla masks to conceal their identities. This removes the focus from the performers and aims it at the issue.
Story by Chelsey Drummond
Stacie Christiano explains how NMSU students can become Big Brothers and Big Sisters.(Photo by Chelsey Drummond)
“Little Moments, Big Magic” is exactly what the Big Brother Big Sisters program is all about. Stacie Christiano, chief executive officer of the Southwestern New Mexico branch, knows all too well how accurate the slogan can be.
“We’re in the business of providing one-on-one mentoring for any child who wants a positive impact in their life,” Christiano said. “We live for the magical moment when the matched little brother or sister is introduced to their mentor. The look on their faces makes the whole experience worthwhile.”
BBBS, as a nationwide program, encourages youth mentoring and attempts to create influential bonds between adults and children.
Editorial by Daniel Townsend
The recent “scandal” with Tiger Woods has proven once again that people would much rather concern themselves with the private affairs of a celebrity than any of the numerous more pressing issues that affect their lives.
Watching the news, one can easily tell that health care and the war in the Middle East are among the most pressing issues the government is dealing with, and the result of the decisions made on these issues will affect the entire country. Despite this, the news story that gets harped on the most is on the love life of a pro-golfer. Read more »