Story by Merge staff With his 13th double-double of the season and 40th of his career, Aggie senior Wendel McKines joined the rare 1,000 point and rebound club at New Mexico State University. Only Aggie great Sam Lacey shares the same feat. Mckines, who led the Aggies with 20 points and 14 rebounds on the [...]

Story and video by Zane Klemo University life can be full of negative experiences, but some athletic clubs at New Mexico State University provide an opportunity to enjoy different recreational activities. The NMSU bass fishing team, started in the fall 2011 by sophomore mechanical engineering major Tanner Cooper, is one of those clubs offered at [...]

Story and video by Josele Diaz Athletics, for anybody, is a form of an escape from the troubles of the world.  With the last game of the season, that out came to a stop – possibly for the rest of some Aggie football players’ lives.

Story and video by Matt Nesbitt Gravity mountain bike racing is a fast-paced and dangerous sport. It is characterized by high speeds and death-defying drops. Racers are well conditioned and have cat-like reflexes, for one wrong move could send them tumbling down a mountain.  All this excitement made its way through Southern New Mexico as [...]

New Mexico State University is a school that, like it or not, thrives on athletics.  Much of the student body comes to NMSU for a chance to excel at collegiate athletics.  Athletics is a great way to bring in international students and diversify the student body.  Merge staff produced a “man on the street” video [...]

Story by Kristina Medley The instructor enters the room, the little tassels on her pants swishing as she heads straight for the stereo. Loud music fills the air with popular beats laced with Latin flare as she takes her place in front of the mirrored wall. Each of the more than 45 people in the [...]

Story by Josele Diaz One week after the mysterious disappearance of “the hitter” from Presley Askew Field, home to Aggie baseball, the lost batter was miraculously returned to his proud home. The hitter stolen from the Aggie baseball bullpen had been taken from Presley Askew Field just one week ago. New Mexico State University baseball [...]

Story and video by Marybeth Pyle You may have seen some students around campus doing the impossible – doing front flips off ledges, jumping from building to building, and using everyday obstacles indoors and out. There are all sorts of things that are combined to make up Parkour, freerunning and tricking, but determination, patience and [...]

Story and video by Chaves Smith It has been a long time coming, but it is finally here. After years in the making and about three months of skaters jumping the fence, the Sunland Park Skate Plaza is open. On Saturday, April 30, the park held a “soft” opening of the new facility. City officials [...]

Story and video by Adam Baca Youth baseball has just begun in Las Cruces.  It is the time of the year when you can grab your sunflower seeds, favorite baseball cap and head to the ballpark for a hot dog and watch America’s favorite pasttime. There is one thing that will be different if you [...]