Story Ben Scheer
 
A water pump engine whines loudly in the ears of the students who are voluntarily tethered to it.  It emits an eardrum-piercing hiss reminiscent of an occasion when you are drifting away on your couch only to be summoned back to full consciousness by a band saw-operating neighbor, ripping into numerous two-by-fours [...]

Story by Jenn Grider
Krav Maga is the truly battle-tested, hand-to-hand system of self-defense combat that originated in Israel.

Christopher McDermott, who has first-hand experience with the Special Forces, teaches the Krav Maga class on the NMSU campus to all who are brave enough to try.

Story by Simone Del Rosario
 
The 31st annual President’s Associates Ball, hosted by the PA program and New Mexico State University last month, raised more than $11,000 for the scholarship program.
The event hosted 170 guests for “An Evening of Southwestern Elegance” at the Farm and Ranch Museum. The annual ball is the main fundraising event for [...]

Story by Chelsey Drummond
An extravaganza is literally the only way to describe it. As if the constant chaos of Corbett Center isn’t enough, how about adding over twenty employers, their booths, and hundreds of potential candidates?
That was the scene on Wednesday, March 10, as the annual Employment Extravaganza was held in the very populated New [...]

Story by Chris Mortenson
Every March there is a much-anticipated gathering in the New Mexico State University Art Department – the annual Student Art Show that takes place in the school’s art gallery.  

Story by Alyssa Candelaria
 
Seafood restaurants all over Las Cruces see an increase in business during the religious Lenten season, which lasts this year from Feb. 17 through April 3.
Restaurants like Long John Silver’s and Red Lobster reported  an increase from the usual Friday night business, while restaurants that don’t specialize in seafood, like Outback and [...]

Story by Carolyn Wright
Six sororities at New Mexico State University battled it out on the intramural football fields Sunday to help the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity raise money for the Boys & Girls Club of Las Cruces.

The PIKE Powder Puff Football Tournament is a philanthropy event, in which teams pay an entry fee of $100 to [...]

By Mindy Vasquez
March 17th is just an ordinary day at New Mexico State University – except for the fact that almost every student wears something green.

Story by Jonathan Rejent

For the first time in the town’s history, Las Cruces has a women’s roller derby league.
Thanks to the help of Becky Hamling, Charlene Bencomo, Joslene Morgan and a handful of dedicated skaters, the Crossroad City Derby was created.

Story by Cody Hoffman
The New Mexico State Aggies are 2010 Western Athletic Conference champions, but the road to becoming champions was far from easy for them.
The WAC tournament road
The last two regular season games for the Aggies were against conference rivals Nevada and Utah State. Sadly, for Aggie fans those two games both ended up [...]