NMSU Merge photographers explored the campus recently and came back with these images from September of 2009. (Melissa Aguilera, Eunice Blanco, Carli Chavez, Mandi Cordova, Ashton Coyle, Alejandro Duarte, Dustin Edwards, Darrel Gomez, Carlos Lopez, Antonio Lucero, Michelle Mason, Jacqueline McCrief, Paul Ratje, Jessica Winsor and Ariel Wright contributed to this slide show that was [...]

Story by Simone Del Rosario Sitting on the back of a John Deere Gator, New Mexico State University Rodeo Coach Jim Dewey Brown is dressed in his everyday uniform – a NMSU Rodeo T-shirt, jeans and a cowboy hat. Parked by the tack room and surrounded by college rodeo students, horses and a farrier, it [...]

“Addicts, Guns and Money: How the U.S. Feeds the Violence in Mexico,” will offer the perspective of  New York Times journalist James C. McKinley Jr., who served as Mexico bureau chief and a corespondent in the country for several years. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Corbett Center [...]

Story by Kara Davis “Touch. Pause.” I can barely hear the ref call out while he checks the scrum to make sure the pack is set. I feel my back tighten and my legs burning while I pull my teammates closer together, waiting for that last key word. “Engage.” The NMSU Lady Chiles’ eight forwards [...]

Story by Ashley Trevizo If there is one thing competitors know about Las Crucen Joseph Benavidez, 25, a professional mixed martial arts fighter with the World Extreme Cagefighting, it’s to not let his size fool you. At just 5 feet 4 inches, 135 pounds, Benavidez is one of the best fighters in the WEC’s bantamweight [...]

Story by Michelle Mason, Jeremy Joustra, Darrel Gomez, Paul Ratje Ask any coach who has started a college program from scratch and he or she will likely tell you the same thing: “challenges are just part of the everyday routine.” When Michael Needham was hired last October to be the first women’s soccer coach in [...]

Story By: Ariel Wright, Mandi Cordova, Sylvia Quintanilla, Jessica Winsor, Antonio Lucero, Melissa Aguilera New Mexico State University is seeing a boom in population on campus. Currently, close to 18,000 students are enrolled at the university. A large portion of the rise is from incoming freshmen, which increased by 8.1 percent from last year.

story by Peter Mattox U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu gave a speech at New Mexico State University on Aug. 31, 2009. Appearing at the Corbett Center Ballrooms, Chu addressed attendees of a two-day conference co-sponsored by NMSU and New Mexico 2nd Congressional Representative Harry Teague (D).  The conference, “Re-Energize America: Policy, Practice and Possibility [...]