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 [...]

Story by
Aleksa Costa

The other day I wasn’t very happy. I wanted a new camera, my computer was crashing, my car batteries 
were dead, and my Ipod was outdated. I looked around my room and thought, “But I have so much stuff, why 
do I want more?”
We all have too much stuff. In the past 10 [...]

Story by Carli Chavez

Even with the recession in full effect, college tuition keeps increasing.  But at New Mexico State University tuition is still reasonably priced compared to the rest of the United States.

Editorial by Mandi Cordova
For the past three years that I have been in college here at New Mexico State University, there has been a problem with fire alarms being pulled late at night in the dorms. I am shocked that campus housing has not figured out a solution to this problem.
Each time the fire alarm [...]

Editorial by Jeremy Joustra
As a sports fan, these past few weeks have felt like paradise.  The football season has been filled with great games and storylines up to this point, both college and pro. The NBA season just began, and looks to be more competitive than it has been in years. College basketball is right [...]

Editorial by Katy Barnitz
Why look at the sign when the real thing is right there?
During a recent trip to the Petrified Forest National Park, looking out at the many mounds of rocks that gradate from red to orange creating Arizona’s painted desert, something stood in my way.
An informational sign, featuring multiple pictures of the shale [...]

Editorial by Clifton Trujillo
They crowd street corners to beg for food, mostly bread crumbs, and anyone who helps them is looked upon as crazy.  They’re forced into the worst parts of town, mostly roof tops, because no one wants to associate with them.  In fact, odds are you know someone who’s killed one.
Yet their involvement [...]

Editorial by Carolyn Wright
 Anyone looking for a job nowadays knows exactly how hard it is to land one during these hard economic times.   People who are out of a job are scrambling to find one, and students are having a particularly difficult time.
New Mexico State University claims to be concerned about student employment, but its [...]

Video by Merge staff
Healthcare is a controversial issue concerning many Americans today. NMSU students and professors are asked questions concerning healthcare. Do they have health insurance to help pay for medical bills? How do they feel about healthcare reform?
 

Editorial by Jacqueline McCrief
Everyone knows that cigarettes kill. The warning is right on the box! We are bombarded by messages on television and the Internet, and it’s socially frowned upon to be a smoker. That is, unless you are a smoker.
I was browsing online a few weeks ago when I noticed an ad about cigarettes [...]