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.  

Story 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, [...]

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 [...]

Story 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 [...]

Story by Simone Del Rosario
As the New Mexico State University Polo Club gears up for its regional tournament in mid-March, the focus is fixed on continuing to be a competitive force, with hopes of earning a spot in the National Intercollegiate Polo Tournament.
A self-sustained, self-coached team since starting at NMSU in 1997, the Polo Club [...]

Story by Matt Morris
Of the approximate 340 division I men’s college basketball teams in the United States, only 65 make it to the NCAA Tournament each year. Out of those 65, 31 teams are given automatic bids by winning their respective conference or championship game and the rest are decided by the NCAA Selection Committee.
That [...]

Story by Carolyn Wright
Thousands of survivors, friends and family members gathered at Cohen Stadium earlier this month to participate in El Paso’s 18th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in an effort to raise money to find a cure for breast cancer.
“It was mind-blowing to see that many people.  It shows that we [...]

Story by Erica Tinsley
In January, an unforgettable natural disaster changed the lives of millions people in Haiti. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake took the lives and homes of many Haitian people. This devastating disaster reached out to lots of peoples’ hearts, and some Las Crucens decided to take action.
Many people have sent in donations or texted their [...]

Story by the Merge staff
As the spring semester goes into full swing, students’ minds start to drift from their studies into images of vast beaches with white sands underfoot and umbrella-adorned drinks in hand; spring break is just around the corner.  
While we are in the era of self-planning travel accommodations on Web sites such as [...]

When “Border Stories: Photographs and Commentary by Bruce Berman,” exhibited at University of Texas at El Paso Centennial Museum on Thursday, Jan.21, and  “Classic Bruce Berman: Photographs from the Border” (Friday, Jan. 29 at El Paso’s Adair Margo Fine Art) open, visitors to the galleries will be treated to a sensitive glimpse of life that [...]