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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

BEHIND THE COVERCAMPUS NEWS

FEATURE

US VS. THEM

CAMPUS NEWS

PHOTO MOMENTS

Watch where you walk. Reasons why intersections on campus are cause for concern.

It’s heating up outside and so is the swim program. Find out what makes this team great.

Regular season play is about to con-clude for basketball. Learn about how we rank against our opponent.

In case you missed the debate we’ve got you covered.

Missed the game? Check out our best pictures from the weekend.

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Volume 115 | Issue 29 | March 4, 2014

AdministrationExecutive Director

Alexandra Von Wol�

Director of FinanceMichelle Tejeda

Administrative AssistantsTatiana Miyazaki

William Peck

EditorialManaging Editor

Jesca Cervantes

News EditorBethany Blundell

Sports EditorLewis Harry

Culture EditorShaless Robinson

Sta� Writers

DesignDesign Specialists

Ana AyonFernanda Teixeira

Graphic DesignerHeather Miller

Web EditorNate Turner

PhotographersKyle Chancellor

Jenny Marin

SalesAdvertising Manager

Ashley DeMott

Director of MarketingZak Baeza

Circulation SpecialistLawrene Garcia

Submission PolicyThe Round Up welcomes submis-sions for publication. Submissions can be dropped o� , faxed or emailed. Submissions become property of The Round Up and will not be returned. The Round Up reserves the right to edit articles and cannot guarantee publication.

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About UsThe Round Up is published during the academic year by the students for the university community. Cor-rections of the print edition will be made of www. nmsuroundup.com. Editorial content of the newspaper is independent of advertising content. Opinions expressed in The Round Up are not necessarily those of the sta� , New Mexico State University or the Associated Students of NMSU.

Box 3004, Dept. CC New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003Phone 575-646-6397

Fax 575-646-5557

Anthony AlbidrezLiz BakerChris BrillianteKyla HollisterS.O NicliJustin Martinez

Filiberto PerezMaria HarrisBrynn HerndonSkyler WilsonTy SteversRobin Howzell

*cover photo by Kyle Chancellor

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CAMPUS BEAT

Freezing your beer will make it stronger.

STU D E NT SU B M I S S I O N

BLOTTERCASES HANDLED BY NMSU POLICE DEPARTMENTTIME PERIOD: 02-04-2014 to 02-06-2014

NOTE: This is a listing of police reports taken by the NMSU Police Department during the time period indicated. It does not include all police activity, such as tra� c citations, alarm responses and initial investigations that do not result in police reports being � led. Additional information on these cases may be obtained by contact-ing the NMSU Police Department. This listing complies with the requirements of the Clery Act for a crime log maintained by the institution.

* Provided by New Mexico State University Police Department

Date/Time Occured Location Nature/Description of Crime or Incident

Disposition/Other

02/21/14 8:54am South Housing

Warrant (Outside LC/Within NM). Concealing

Identity. Possession Para-phernalia.

Subject was arrested and incarcerated.

02/17/14 7:05pm to 02/21/14 7:05pm NMSU PD

Information. Unknown subject tried to get victim

to pay money.Open.

02/21/14 9:47am Corbett Center

Fugitive From Justice. Warrants State of Kansas.

Subject was arrested and

booked into jail.

02/21/14 5am to 02/21/14 12pm

Lot 69 Criminal Damage to Property < $1000. Open.

The Round Up wants your art!If you’re an artist seeking to publish or showcase your art to a larger crowd, submit your art to The Round Up at [email protected] with the subject line “ART SUBMIT.” Please attach the name of your piece and if you would like a short interview about your art. “Art” for the student submission section will consist of but is not limited to poetry, photography, art works, etc. Deadlines for each submission are Thursday at noon.

When traveling down a one lane track

It is best to mull over ones sins

Lonely be it might

Languish in the sorrows of yesterday’s pain

Inevitably you will out run them

Always shall the human race prevail

Morning aft er morning, day aft er day;

Justi fy your causes to no man

Ordinary or not

Retroacti vely looking ahead

Do life a favor

And do something worthwhile

Near the end may be, but so too the start;

Percepti on is the key

Elasti city in daily endeavors

Carefully shall we traverse the journey

Knowledge enough to surmount the one lane track

Albert Speer

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During the month of March our SPORTS issue will be on

Tuesday and our CULTURE issue will be on Thursday.

WE’RE SWITCHING

(TEMPORARILY)

The � rst puck ever used in a hockey game was a frozen piece of cow crap.

6PM MARCH 5, 2014

LENTEN SOUP SUPPERS 5:15PM EACH WEDNESDAY

FOLLOWED BYLENTEN WORSHIP AT 6PM

“THE CRUCIFIED KING”

BIBLE STUDY, YOUTH CATECHISM, AND CHOIR PRACTICE BEGIN AT 6:30PM

6PM MARCH 5, 2014

Ash Wednesday Service

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CAMPUS NEWS

Shaquille O’Neal wears size 22 shoes. He puts on a brand new pair before every game.

by Chris BrillanteStaff Writer

Maya Salazar, a graduate student in the English program, said she always looks both ways when cross-ing any street at New Mexico State University.

“People are crazy when they drive, so I always make sure it’s clear before I cross,” Salazar said. “It’s dumb because people are al-ways on their cell phones and lis-tening to music when they should be paying attention to the cars.”

Salazar said she feels she is one of few who pays attention at the crosswalks.

Roderigo Matthews, civil engi-neering student, echoed Salazar’s statement and expressed his frus-tration as a driver.

“There’s always that one guy who just walks across the street, and I have to slam on my brakes,” Matthews said.

According to the NMSU Envi-

ronmental Health and Safety Web-site, there is a list of safety standards for pedestrian and bicycle safety, which everyone should follow.

However, there is no listed sta-tistic for traffic related fatalities on campus. Most recently is the death of nursing instructor Lucy Montes-Sandoval in January last year at the intersection of Wells and Espina Streets, according to Round Up reports. Montes-Sandoval died later from head injuries suffered at the scene and her family filed a wrongful death suit against the stu-dent employee responsible for the vehicle and the NMSU Board of Regents.

Salazar said she remembers hearing of the accident.

“I remember that for a few weeks it seemed like everybody kept checking the road before they crossed,” Salazar said. “People re-ally need to pay attention to what’s going on.”

However, Salazar said within a few weeks she noticed people back at their old habits of texting while crossing the street and not being aware of their surroundings.

The University of New Mexico reports a total of 307 traffic fatali-ties on their campus in 2013, ac-cording to their health and safety website. This compared to 359 in 2011, which out of those, 52 deaths were pedestrians.

Matthews said he is not surprised at the statistics.

“UNM is in the middle of the city and of course more people are going to be idiots,” he said.

Salazar said she thinks crossing signals would be helpful.

“Even if they just put them on the busiest part of the campus I think it would be a really big help,” she said.

Salazar said people still need to pay attention and be aware of their surroundings.

Intersections: cross at your own risk

Students are encouraged to be attentive when crossing the streets on campus. photo by Kyle Chancellor

by Christina SolisStaff Writer

Social Justice Week began Mon-day and will end Friday in hopes to open students’ eyes to the social justice issues in local, national and global communities.

The National Association of So-cial Workers defines social justice as a “view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and so-cial rights and opportunities.” Al-though the definition of social jus-tice varies depending on who you are talking to, everyone shares the common idea of human rights and dignity.

Olga Cabada, associate profes-sor in the school of social work and field education director, says social justice is part of her field’s preamble and code of ethics.

“It is part of our identity,” Caba-da said. “This is ongoing for us and it’s a permanent thing for us. Any activities that relate to social justice, we are in full support of.”

Since college is well-known for diversity among many different types of people, it is important to acknowledge the issues many face in silence every day. This week is supposed to empower students to take action for the greater good.

“It’ll be great for people to see outside of their social bubbles and realize that issues in society affect all kinds of people every day,” said education major Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick says he sometimes sees discrimination against him as a Black man, but it’s not too fre-

quent. “In a perfect world, everyone

would have the same opportunities as each other, but that isn’t how it is,” he said.

Social Justice Week hopes to slowly change the way society sees different aspects of life.

From Feb. 17 through Feb. 28, Residential Areas, IFC Organiza-tions, Greek Organizations and Student Organizations held cloth-ing drives in anticipation for two separate clothing swaps during So-cial Justice Week.

Monday was dedicated to pro-viding services for the community. In addition to the “Day of Service” events offered, the Tunnel of Op-pression Gallery opened in Cor-bett Center Student Union on the second floor. The artwork features oppressive topics in an educational format. The Tunnel of Oppres-sion Gallery will be available to view all week.

On Tuesday, student groups and organizations are invited to showcase opportunities in partici-pating in a spring time service trip or initiative. The meeting will be held on the second floor of Cor-bett.

On Wednesday, another cloth-ing swap will be held and will of-fer business and business casual dress where students can shop with a valid student ID students for up to five items in the CCSU Rio Grande Room. Clothing and mon-etary donations are welcome.

Social Justice Week aims to address current issues

photo courtesy of MorgueFile

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CAMPUS NEWS

Contenders battle for spot in officeby Jesca CervantesManaging Editor

The candidates vying for the As-sociated Students of New Mexico State University presidential and vice presidential seats debated over controversial issues and discussed their plans if they were to be elect-ed into office in the Corbett Audi-torium Monday.

Although the debate was delayed by 5 minutes due to technical dif-ficulties of the first live streaming in debate history, the 35 students in attendance waited patiently for Wesley Jackson and Jesse Forte, the two presidential candidates.

Both candidates first delivered their opening statement before Daniel Sontagg, chief elections of-ficer, delivered the random ques-tions.

“I want to be someone who helps out the individual students here at this university,” Forte said in his opening statement. “It’s not all about what I can do. It’s all about what we can do.”

In return, Wesley Jackson opened his statement by stating his involvement with ASNMSU as as-sistant attorney general, senator for the College of Business and now as vice president.

Sontagg first asked why each of the candidates want to be president. Forte replied it’s in his “nature to be a part of an organization that can affect lives in a positive man-ner.” Jackson responded that he wants to improve the college experience for students because he loves serving the

students.The questions allowed the candi-

dates to respond to issues that per-tain to many students such as the Lottery Scholarship, parking and events.

“I think that from having 60 per-cent to 100 percent would be the goal,” Forte said in regard to the Lottery.

But Jackson rebutted and said, “we’re actually at 100 percent not 60 percent that is going to be fund-ed not just for this upcoming year but the year after that.”

Both agreed they would help increase student spirit through concerts and football games and believe a complete smoke-free campus may not be the answer.

Concerning tuition, Forte said keeping tuition rates low is impor-tant for students.

In addition, Jackson said: “Right now President Garrey Carruthers has a plan for a four-year flat tuition rate, (so) when you come in your freshman year, you pay the same tuition as you do your sopho-more year, junior year and senior year. We really need to advocate for this plan.”

Candidates differed on the topic of parking where F o r t e w o u l d like to s e e addi-tion-a l

parking added, and Jackson would advocate for free parking and Aggie Transit.

Sontagg asked Jackson what he would like to implement or change to the standards of ANMSU and Jackson said he would provide a para-transit service for the disabled, reboot the online readership pro-gram and increase the transparency of ASNMSU.

“Not a lot of people know what we do other than provide free scan-trons,” Jackson said.

Forte said he does not want to get rid of books but “help them go a different way.”

“I want to have a technological savvy environment,” Forte said.

In his closing statement Forte said: “Regardless of what it is that happens just know that to the best of my capability I will be serving this program. If you vote for me, we are going to improve the univer-sity and the culture and intertwine with each other to the best of our capabilities.”

Jackson closed and said: “ASNMSU president is not an entry-level posi-tion. You need a presi-dent with experience – I have that experi-

ence. You need

a president who is going to move ASNMSU forward – I will move ASNMSU forward.”

After a short break, vice presi-dent candidates Collin King and Jeremy Witte debated on similar is-sues but mostly discussed how they would improve Senate.

In King’s opening statement, he discussed his positions serving as president pro tempore, rules com-mittee chairman, graduate school senator and on several additional commit- tees.

W i t t e serves as

d i - rector of

governmental affairs, has previ-ously served as chairman of rules committee and as a senator for the college of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

King said his three main goals are transparency, efficiency and ac-countability.

“I plan to keep students involved in changes,” King said in reference to the Bill Tracker.

Witte said he hopes to encour-age senators to attend college coun-cils, understand bills, learn the Law Book and “fix Senate as a whole.”

“No one understands what sena-tors do and why they support what they support,” Witte said.

Voting begins March 10 and bal-lots can be cast at asnmsu.nmsu.

edu.

Left: Wesley Jackson and Jesse Forte prepare notes

for the debate. photo by Kyle

Chancellor

Collin King and Jeremy Witte discuss campus issues in the debate held Monday in the Corbett Center Auditorium. photo by Kyle Chancellor

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NEWS

All I’m sayingis give

A chance...and peace

The R und up

Photo by Bob Gruen

by S. O. NicliSta� Writer

Tuesday is National Free Pan-cake Day at IHOP and that means exactly what you think it means.

IHOP, the popular breakfast restaurant chain, has been giving away free small stacks of buttermilk pancakes in honor of National Free Pancake Day since 2006, and this year is no different.

But why does IHOP do this? It’s simple. National Free Pancake Day is for charity.

“In return for the free pancakes, guests will be asked to consider leaving a donation for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals,” states IHOP’s website. IHOP’s goal is to reach $3 million for charity this year.

Since its inception in 2006, National Free Pancake Day and IHOP have risen “$13 million to support charities in the communi-ties in which it operates,” according

to IHOP’s website.Wil Pogue, manager of the

IHOP on University Avenue, which has been open since May 1, 2013 said everyone at IHOP is excited for Tuesday.

“We’re always excited for it,” Pogue said. “It’s going to be hectic, we’re getting ready and it’s always a big deal. Hopefully we get lots of college students to come by.”

IHOP has also become a positive part the local community. Not only do they serve delicious pancakes, IHOP also takes time out of their busy days to cheer up local children in need.

“We went and visited the kids at the local hospital with our mascot Suzy,” Pogue said. “We went to the pediatric ward at Memorial Medical Hospital (last week). They’re very excited for National Free Pancake Day and so are we.”

Patrons will be able to enjoy their free short stack of pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday so

there is more than enough time to enjoy their one free stack of but-termilk pancakes. Do keep in mind that there is a limit of one free short stack per guest

Although the pancakes are free, other meals or drinks will be charged. The proceeds of any-thing purchased at IHOP during National Free Pancake Day will not go to charity.

One can simply go to IHOP, get the pancakes and leave with-out donating any money, which is completely fine, but National Free Pancake Day supports Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Children’s Miracle Network Hospi-tals. The donation of a few dollars will help countless children in need.

IHOP’s National Free Pancake Day returns

by Bethany Blundell News Editor

The Associated Students of New Mexico State University re-cently returned from the legislative session after making five different trips to Santa Fe between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20 to solve problems NMSU and other state colleges are facing.

“We went up there for several issues, but Lottery was the most important,” said Jeremy Witte, director of governmental affairs at ASNMSU. “That being because the Lottery fund ran out this year, so they needed to figure out some way, by adding new money or reducing the amount of students, to make it balance again.”

During the last minutes of the session, legislation reached a com-promise to provide the full Lottery Scholarship to eligible students for the next two years.

The additional money to provide this will come from tax revenues from the state’s general fund. Witte said this gives the legislature time to figure out what they want to do to make the schol-arship solvent.

“After those two years if ad-ditional revenues are not available or any other changes are made the secretary of higher education has the power to reduce the amount to be awarded to a percentage of tuition, and that will even be across the state,” Witte said.

Witte said there was $11 million to provide for the scholarship for this year, $11.5 million for next year and $16 million for the year after that.

Many students at NMSU are happy a compromise was made because now there is more secu-rity with their scholarships.

“I’m glad they decided to still fund the scholarships because it’s really stressful when you have to worry about paying for school,” said Gabriel Hamilton, digital film making major. “I just hope in two more years they can find another solution.”

The next step will be for Gov. Susan Martinez to sign off on the agreement, which Witte said she has already agreed to sign. After that, the money will be distributed to financial aid offices where they will determine the distribution of

the money. “The solution is not a success,

we still have a lot of work to do,” Witte said.

The compromise reached dur-ing the session was not the original Lottery bill that was presented in Senate. Witte said Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez submit-ted an initial bill that gave students less money during their last two years on scholarship.

Witte said this was not the vi-sion of ASNMSU so they fought to make amendments to that bill. These amendments were the last things discussed before the session closed.

“We opposed that simply because we think that’s the wrong message to send,” Witte said. “We think as you’re continuing through school you should get more money instead of being penalized for that.”

Some other topics concerning NMSU that were discussed during the session were compensation in-creases for faculty, capital overlay for renovations on Jett Hall and a higher education endowment for increased graduate assistantships.

Lottery scholarship remains solvent for now

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.


FEATURE

Did you know, an Olympic sized swimming pool holds approximately 660,000 U.S. gallons of water?

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by Skyler WilsonStaff Writer

Spring is just around the corner and swimming is one of the best choices for beating that upcoming

summer heat. The Aggie Aquatic Center offers

Aggie Outlaw, a program that lets people of all ages join an activity that involves a refreshing pool and learning aspects of swimming.

This program offers three dif-ferent kinds of groups that come together and take the time to learn and compete against others in the art of swimming.

The first two groups the pro-gram offers are competitive and non-competitive gatherings. The main focus for these two groups are for children and youth to learn basic skills of swimming. These two groups offer instruction for people from the ages of 5 to 17.

While children and teens are taught the swimming skills, they are also taught about sportsman-ship in swimming as well as all

sports. “These groups help the develop-

ment of swimmers and it introduc-es them to competitive swimming,” said Alexandra Garcia, aquatic center representative.

The third and final group the Ag-gie Outlaws offers is somewhat of a master group. This group is strictly competitive and is mainly built for adults. If young people become in-terested in the sport of swimming while they learn in the previous groups, the next step would be to enter in this mastery program. This Outlaw program has become popular enough for the team to participate in swim meets around the state of New Mexico.

The entire Outlaw program is extremely involved with all people related to the New Mexico State family.

“NMSU staff, faculty, students and Las Cruces community mem-bers are welcome to practice, train and compete with us,” Garcia said. This opens up the opportunity for all Aggies around Las Cruces to get involved in customized workouts

and increase their abilities in the swim-ming pool.

The program not only gives all Aggies opportunities but stu-dents of the university run the program as well. The coaches who mold the young swimmers attend NMSU and are more than willing to put in extra time to help anyone who comes through the door and wants to learn about the sport of swimming.

The 10 and under swim group won the state championship in Farmington last weekend. Three swimmers from the Aggie Outlaws competed.

“The Outlaw’s coaches are dedicated NMSU students who are excited to share their passion for swimming with others,” Garcia said.

Those interested in joining any of the Aggie Outlaw swim teams can contact Coach Lorin at [email protected] or Coach Kelsey Quinn at [email protected]

Aggie Outlaw:A program that lets people of all ages join an activity that involves a refreshing pool and learning aspects of swimming.

*photo by Kyle Chancellor

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

AGGIE DISTRACTIONS

Pedro Villagrana Professor on Review

* Find the answers @ nmsuroundup.com

By Robin HowzellStaff Writer

Pedro Villagrana is from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. He moved to the United States after completing grade school and later graduated from Mayfield High School in Las Cruces.

Teaching has been part of Villagrana’s career and was a graduate assistant at the Foreign Languages Department at New Mexico State University while work-ing on a master’s degree in Spanish.

“I’ve concluded that teaching is per-haps the greatest opportunity to change lives and make an impact on the future,” Villagrana said.

Villagrana graduated from NMSU with a double major in broadcast journalism and Spanish. He went to graduate school and has a master’s degree in Spanish.

He also graduated from the Leader-ship Academy at El Paso Community College in 2011 and was certified as a medical assistant in 2012 .

He currently teaches two courses at

NMSU, grammar for journalists and elec-tronic news gathering.

He is the assistant director for News 22, which airs through the Public Broad-cast Station affiliate KRWG at NMSU, and supervises the Spanish news segment.

“Coming back to NMSU after 30 years in the commercial broadcasting business is indeed a unique opportunity because it allows me to bring into the classroom the experience I developed as a televi-sion reporter and anchor. I believe shar-ing my experience with NMSU journal-ism students is one way to give back to this university and this community what I received from them many years ago,” he says.

“My job as an instructor has to do with passion and enthusiasm because in my opinion, it is unforgivable to bore my students.”

Villagrana said also said “Being sensitive to the individual needs of my students is a priority to me, as well.”

Villagrana’s hobbies include reading and running.

HOROSCOPES

The happy planet straightens up on Thursday and your fortunes seem to take a positive turn. Start with some travel, but only after you’ve dealt with the week’s business.

Your relationships have taken on a grown-up tone. You’re discovering you’re not responsible for everyone’s happiness and learning to mind your own business.

You’re looking good, and are charm-ing, delicious and articulate. Use this time to work on accepting yourself the way you are.

Ambition is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s just rare for you. So, hide the guilt, stash the ego and make your demands. The only problems could arise out of secret moves and underhand distortions - not like you at all.

Yesterday’s new moon launched you into a new cycle. Go where it takes you. It’s a fabulous month. Career, love, work, more love: all there for the taking.

You need to work on your anger. You also need to communicate what you really mean. You need to get out more. People are missing you.

That determination to stride through locked doors is clouding your vision. You need excitement, but there’s no need to spread yourself so thin. Save time for friends who need your strength now.

None of today’s lessons come with in-structions. For once, you’re wondering whether you really are always right. There’s confusion ahead.

Work-related news has you in a spin. Whether it’s what you wanted to hear or not, it’s having the desired effect - which is to wake you from that emo-tional coma. So up you get.

Even high-maintenance relationships have perks, especially if they provide opportunities to tame the wild horse inside you. Without killing its spirit, of course.

There’s a new energy in your love life and you’re confused. Ask yourself: what is intimacy and is it worth the risk? And what is the difference between a close friend and a lover?

Your motto for the week is: “I can stroll casually to the bathroom, safe in the knowledge that my chair will be wait-ing for me on my return.”

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014 The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes attended the same high school.

OPINION

Do you think tra� c safety is an issue on campus?

Alejandro BacaSenior, Information Systems

and Technology

“Yes, but I think it’s gotten better. We need a tra� c

crossing signal at the Breland and Stewart intersection.”ONLINE

Read more at nmsuroundup.com

“I think it is because skate boarders and bikers don’t

obey tra� c laws.”

Josh PadillaSenior, Theater

Marianna GallegosJunior, Theater

by Brynn HerndonSta� Writer

An English major, an art major and a music major all walk into a bar. They are all ridiculed for pursuing what they love.

That’s a joke that’s been going around for a while now. The unofficial follow-up would be something like the three liberal arts majors walking out of the bar realizing they don’t need to drink as much as engineering and chem-istry majors do because they aren’t spending 12 hours a day hating life and doing endless amounts of math.

This is not to bash students who pursue the hard sciences, that’s a

great thing. The world needs more doctors and people to invent new technology and medicines, but people who say English, art, music and film degrees are useless need to take a step back and realize what they just said.

They wake up one day on their day off from their demanding job and maybe they want to read a book. There are no interesting fiction books because people are convinced writing is useless and force themselves to enter science, technonolgy, engineering and math fields.

There are no technical manuals because there no technical writers anymore.

They can’t watch a movie because there really aren’t any interesting ones. All of the current movies are shot on iPhone cam-eras because nobody learns how to use high quality film cameras anymore. There aren’t even post-ers for them because there are no artists or graphic designers to make them.

There’s no music released anymore because who cares? At least the people who are working are making money, but they can’t buy a nice big house because the architectural designers are off try-ing to do chemistry.

Maybe the above is an exaggera-tion, but it’s not far off from what

could happen if everyone just continues to sit back and accept that nothing is more important than working “9-5” and making money.

The fact that people think those who pursue degrees in the arts are doing it because they’re unintel-ligent about their future success is appalling. People have been conditioned to think that those degrees don’t matter, and it’s not fair to the people who want to be artists, writers, movie composers, designers or anything other than a scientist or engineer. Everything has value, absolutely everything, and people shouldn’t forget that or be ridiculed for believing it.

Liberal arts majors have value

“Yes, it is because I jaywalk.”

by Ty SteversSta� Writer

The Aggies are by far the best basketball team in the Western Athletic Conference. However, there is something strange about these Aggies; they are seemingly incapable of winning conference games against much lesser op-ponents away from home.

The Aggies are 13-1 at home this season and haven’t lost a single conference game at home. However, they are 9-8 in road or neutral site games including 4-4 in WAC road games. Losses at then No. 1 Arizona and at then No. 19 Gonzaga are excusable. Losses at Kansas City and Idaho are not. Keep in mind; these Aggies are the same team that dominated New Mexico at The Pit.

In conference home games this season, the Aggies are averaging 82.8 points per game. On the road, that number falls to 75.6 ppg. Of the four teams the Aggies have lost to on the road, they have beaten each of those four teams by at least 21 points at the Pan American Center. So why can’t the Aggies win on the road?

Maybe it’s preparation. Maybe the players have trouble getting up for road games against inferior opponents because all the teams the Aggies have lost to in the WAC are inferior to the Aggies. The case could even be made that the Aggies should be in a better conference, and the players probably want that too.

However, the Aggies should be able to go on the road and beat teams like Chicago State, a team they shredded by 29 points in the Pan Am before they can even consider themselves for a better conference.

The Aggies need to fix their road woes, and fast. They don’t have the luxury of playing the WAC tournament at home and every team will be gunning for them. At this point, it’s a WAC championship and a trip to the dance or the season will be viewed as a failure.

Steverssports talk

Steverssports

baseball

women’s basketball

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PHOTO MOMENTS

The distance between the pitcher’s rubber and home plate in baseball is 60 feet, 6 inches

Left: Abby Scott drives to the basket. Middle: Danesia Williamson shoots over Alyssa Shannon during the Cal State-Bakers� eld game.

Right: Sasha Weber dribbles down the court in front of a home crowd.

Left: Trey Gonsalez pitches during a game against Oakland. Middle: Quentin Mans-� eld delivers a pitch. Top Right: Aggies line up to show their sportsmanship . Bottom

Right: Kent Blackstone throws out a runner at � rst base. photos by Jenny Marin


US vs THEM

22-9, 11-4 WAC

No. 2 in Western Athletic Conference

77.6 Points per Game

• .490 Field Goal Percentage

by Jarrett TranthamSta� Writer

The New Mexico State Aggies have done well at home this season and hope to claim another confer-ence win at the Pan American Center against Grand Canyon University.

The Aggies won their first conference road game against GCU with the final score 84-62. With NM State 7-0 for home conference games, a second match-up against the ‘Lopes should be a great opportunity for the Aggies to further their success in the Western Ath-letic Conference.

In the last meeting between NMSU and GCU, the Aggies were able to move the ball around on offense and open up plenty of scoring opportunities. Kevin Aronis made six shots from behind arc and finished the game with 20 points. Daniel Mullings put up 15 points while DK Eldridge recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Daniel Mullings leads the Aggies in scoring, averag-ing 17 points per game. Mullings also leads the team in free throws and steals. The intensity that Mullings brings offensively will be critical to obtaining a win

against GCU. DK Eldridge also plays a fundamental role for the Aggies by bringing an intense energy to the court as well as averaging 11.5 points per game.

The Aggies have shown they are capable of playing fast offensively, but they must be cautious of turnovers. It will be important for the Aggies to keep the ball on their side of the court and just as important for them to produce defensively. Putting pressure on GCU and forcing errors is critical for the Aggies to gain momen-tum.

The Aggies need to make GCU feel uncomfort-able on offense by playing tough underneath the basket and quick around the arc. “Chile” Nephawe leads the team in rebounds with 7.5 per game and Sim Bhullar leads the team in blocked shots averaging 3.5 per game. Bhullar is currently No. 3 in the nation in field goal percentage with .641 and No. 5 in the nation in blocks. Preparation on defense will lead to a strong offensive showing from the Aggies.

NM State currently leads GCU in the conference standings, but stand second to Utah Valley. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday. Another confer-ence win for the Aggies will give them a positive outlook leading into the WAC Tournament, March 13-15 in Las Vegas.

NMSU VS. GCU

Aggies hope to defeat GCU for the second time

up against the ‘Lopes should be a great opportunity for the Aggies to further their success in the Western Ath-

In the last meeting between NMSU and GCU, the Aggies were able to move the ball around on offense and open up plenty of scoring opportunities. Kevin Aronis made six shots from behind arc and finished the game with 20 points. Daniel Mullings put up 15 points while DK Eldridge recorded a double-double with 14

Daniel Mullings leads the Aggies in scoring, averag-ing 17 points per game. Mullings also leads the team in free throws and steals. The intensity that Mullings brings offensively will be critical to obtaining a win

The Aggies need to make GCU feel uncomfort-able on offense by playing tough underneath the basket and quick around the arc. “Chile” Nephawe leads the team in rebounds with 7.5 per game and Sim Bhullar leads the team in blocked shots averaging 3.5 per game. Bhullar is currently No. 3 in the nation in field goal percentage with .641 and No. 5 in the nation in blocks. Preparation on defense will lead to a strong offensive showing from the Aggies.

NM State currently leads GCU in the conference standings, but stand second to Utah Valley. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday. Another confer-ence win for the Aggies will give them a positive outlook leading into the WAC Tournament, March 13-15 in Las Vegas.

Left: DK Eldridge dribbles the ball during a game at the Pan American Center. Right: Daniel Mullings looks for an opening to drive to the basket.

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If you were a basketball, I’d never pass because I want to keep you all to myself.

14-13, 9-5 WAC

No. 3 in Western Athletic Conference

72.6 Points per Game

.438 Field Goal Percentage

Lewis HarrySports Editor

The Grand Canyon Antelopes men’s basketball team is searching for one last way to improve their season. A win at the Pan American Center Thurs-day night would have the ‘Lopes just above the .500 mark with a final game remaining.

GCU (14-13, 9-5 WAC) is finishing its first sea-son as a member of the Western Athletic Confer-ence. Currently sitting No. 3 and 1.5 games behind leaders New Mexico State and Utah Valley, GCU’s hopes to make an impact in the tournament are small but not invisible. With quality victories over conference foes Seattle and Chicago State, the ‘Lopes have the potential to play at a high level at any time.

Guard Demetrius Walker leads the team with 16.9 points per game. GCU’s offense has a stable of scorers that can produce double-digit numbers when on point. GCU has edged their opponents this season by slightly outshooting them, comparing

their 43 percent shooting to opponents’ 42 percent. GCU’s defense has struggled early in the game this season, allowing a total of 851 points in the first half of all games. Turnovers have been a constant is-sue for GCU, averaging 12.8 turnovers per game. Paired up with 4.8 steals per game that NMSU has, the length of possession could be a major factor in the game.

Senior Killian Larson has been the core of GCU’s defense. Larson is averaging 11.4 rebounds per game and is currently ranked No. 4 in the na-tion in that statistic. The 6-foot-9-inch center could be a pivotal part in keeping the ball moving for the Lopes against the Aggies.

Trying to avenge an 84-62 loss at home to NMSU earlier in the season, GCU is also trying to improve a dismal 4-8 road record. The 22-point loss to the Aggies is the largest conference loss the ‘Lopes have incurred this season. To prevent history from re-peating itself, GCU must overpower NMSU from the field.

If you go, the game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. It will also be available on ESPN3.

Grand Canyon seeks late season magic on the road

NMSU VS. GCU

Left: Daniel Alexander of the Grand Canyon Antelopes dunks in front of a crowd at home. Right: Jerome Garrison of Grand Canyon University drives up to the basket against New Mexico State at home. photos by Darryl Webb

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MEET THE PLAYER

National Survey ofStudent EngagementNational Survey ofStudent Engagement

Tell us what you think!It only takes 15 minutes.

Starting February 18, 2014, Freshmen and Seniors will be asked to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

Complete the survey and you could win prizes like a $250 Barnes & Noble Gift Card, a GoPro Hero Video Camera, a Kindle Fire Tablet, an Xbox, or an iPad.

Check your NMSU email for a survey link.

Learn more at go.nmsu.edu/nsse

by Skyler WilsonSta� Writer

Rugby is a sport not many people are acquainted with because of the little amount of people who participate in the United States.

The terms scrum, tackling and tossing might confuse those who do not associate themselves with this sport. However, New Mexico State women’s rugby player Maddie Hunt is more than familiar with what goes on in the compli-cated game of rugby.

Hunt is one of the rare individuals who participates in rugby. Hunt is from Farm-ington, N.M. and began playing rugby when she started attending New Mexico State. Hunt has played for almost two years and has loved every moment of her rugby experience, she says.

There are many aspects of the sport Hunt enjoys, but there is one in particular that tops the others.

“I really enjoy tackling,” Hunt said. The intimidation of this rough sport

might drive people away, but Hunt says this is a sport many people can take plea-sure in doing.

“This is a sport that everyone can enjoy, no matter how big or small you are,” Hunt said. The passion Hunt brings to the game of rugby shows that bringing heart is more than half of what you need to play.

The New Mexico State Lady Chiles are not known by most of the student body. This club rugby team is constituted of women players like Maddie Hunt that play for one another. Hunt loves the con-cept of teamwork and playing for the per-son that is out on the field next to her.

“I concentrate on my opponent in the moment,” Hunt said. This is the type of player Hunt conducts herself as, which transfers to the playing field when her players need her the most.

Hunt is not only a rugby player but also a dedicated student.

MADDIE HUNTMADDIE HUNTphoto by Jenny Marin

Scrum me, maul me, ruck me!

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