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.