1 The independent student voice of NMSU since 1907. Volume. 118 Issue 17. Monday, February 20, 2017 Photos by: David Mares contributors & Staff

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In this issue Legal By: Albert Luna 'Love Trumps Hate' rally ...... 4 Don’t look now, but Spring is getting closer. If the past Academic Life few weekends worth of seventy-degree weather has not remind- Geology Rocks ...... 6 ed you, we are slowly coming into a new season. NMSU sports, by the same token, is no exception when it comes to ushering Survival Tips to Get to Spring Break ...... 8 in a new season as well. This comes in the form of the baseball team, which had one of the best turnarounds in the nation just Culture a year ago. America’s pastime is still alive and well here in the Southwestern part of the country, and with NMSU being the No Glove No Love ...... 9 only Division I Baseball program in the local region, it can safe- Delta Gamma Presenter Slam ...... 10 ly be assumed that expectations may be justifi ed to start rising this year for the team. In this issue, we will take a closer look at Sports the upcoming season for the Aggies as well as catch up with the Softball team after their fi rst successful weekend of their young Aggies Softball Takes Two of Three ...... 11 season. For all the non-sports readers, we have you covered with stories regarding social justice protests, club features, and of Baseball; The Time is Now ...... 12 course, Dixie and Dusty’s take on some topics (which has been Men's ...... 14 getting rapidly popular lately). All of this and more are in the next few pages of TRU as we submit to you are seventeenth TRU Opinion ...... 16 issue of the school year as we present “The Baseball Issue.” I hope you enjoy, give us feedback, and as always, keep your ears Dixie & Dusty ...... 17 to the ground and continue to write your own story. 3 TRU legal 'Love Trumps Hate' Rally Held on Campus

By: Albert Luna

Valentine’s Day at New Mexico State University “I don’t support [President] Donald Trump, I don’t featured a group of students and community members think he has the best interest of our country in mind” Ash- partaking in a protest march across campus. lerose Francia, a Government and Criminal Justice Major who was at the rally, said. “I think he is going to roll back a The ‘Love Trumps Hate’ march, started around lot of regulations, which will be very dangerous for a lot of one o’clock near Corbett Center Student Union, where the people, even the people who voted for him.” sizable group of students initially met, and proceeded down International Mall before holding a rally on the horseshoe President Trump recently drew criticism from grass. many liberals after issuing a temporary travel ban for nations primarily in the middle east. The White House has Similar protests have taken place across the na- said this is mainly to allow more time for a vetting process tion’s campuses in the past few weeks, mainly as a conten- of potential people trying to enter the United States, while tion of some key statements, remarks, and executive orders some contend that it was a ban based solely on race or by President Donald Trump in his first few weeks in office. religion.

4 'Love Trumps Hate' Rally Held on Campus

Photo's by: David Mares “There are so many minority groups that are movement had an estimated 40 people attend with a sub- being oppressed right now with the Muslim ban, the stantial amount of media attention as well. The rally held immigration [policy], and women’s rights” Sammy Luna, on the horseshoe lasted over an hour with the respective a Geography major at the rally, said. “If you look at these groups and speakers as well as musicians addressing the parallels, we cannot stand for this hate that dehumanizes crowd. these people. We have to show support so that we are The student speaking on condition of anonym- here for them and with love” ity, who addressed the crowd at one point, says that he believes the power of the protest is still very much alive. The protest was put on mainly by student groups “I think it is important because it is an outlet for a lot of such as Young Berniecrats, AgGays, and Aggie Solidarity, fears and indifferences that we are feeling, but also when as well as local community groups that were advocating you see the [U.S.] government making fun of people pro- for social justice. testing, I think it’s not because they do not like it, I think it is because they see the power in this.” For many at the protest, these issues can be more significant in their day-to-day life than others. To view a full list of pictures of the protest, click the mulit- media tab on TRU's wesbite- www.nmsuroundup.net “I’m from Mexico, I’m an immigrant. Right now I am standing here with fear because I am not a U.S. citizen” a Cultural Editor Jianna Vasquez contributed to this report. male NMSU student speaking on con- dition of anonymity said. The student, who is a completing his masters through the Health and Social Services College says that the recent election has made him very uneasy on a number of levels. “We [him and his family] came to this country looking for freedom and peace because we did not get that there in Mexico, we were persecuted for speak- ing up over there and now it feels we are being persecuted here” he said.

Many protestors came equipped with signs, custom shirts, and different props to convey their message. The 5 TRU academic Constructing Geology Rocks By: Isaiah Silva A majority of faculty in the Geo- in the 1950s to “promote the progress of uplift over millions of years.” logical Sciences Department at NMSU has science to advance national health, pros- been awarded National Science Foundation perity, and welfare; as well as to secure the Amato will use the “presence Futures grants within the last year and a half, which national defense." of small amounts of radioactively derived adds up to more than $250,000. helium in the mineral zircon” to determine The NSF has an annual budget of when the rock rose up and fi nd the age of Four out of the six faculty mem- $7.2 billion and help fund nearly 24 percent the rocks that formed the mountain range. bers in the department have secured of research in American universities. They grants from the NSF. According to the NSF also support other fi elds such as mathemat- “The mineral zircon is amazing website, the grants go to people whose ics and computer science. because it can be used to determine the age “research proposals have been judged the of the rocks as well as the time when the most promising by a rigorous and objective The research that is taking place rocks were uplifted to form the mountains.” merit-review system.” at NMSU is truly global. Researchers are Amato said. studying origins of minerals that were found “The typical success rate for NSF in Antarctica, to magma that erupted in These grants will help each of the geology awards is about 15 percent so we’ve Oregon, and back to the Organ Mountains researchers in their quest of knowledge been quite successful in securing these and fi nding out how they were formed. about our planet. Not only will they help the grants. Every member of the geology faculty researchers, it will also help future students is actively involved in national or interna- “We are lucky to have spectacular who want to study geology. tional research,” Nancy McMillan, Geology mountain ranges in southern New Mexico,” Department Head said. Jeff Amato, NMSU professor of structural Let these faculty members be geology, tectonics, and geochronology said, examples that education and a thirst for The National Science Foundation is an in- “These mountains formed through tectonic knowledge can take a student wherever he dependent federal agency that was created forces that resulted in earthquakes and or she may want to go.

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6 TRU academic Constructing culture Futures

By: Isaiah Silva The Las Cruces Rotary Club recently gave NM- A rotary club is a group of volunteers that want SU’s College of Engineering a gift of nearly $128,000. to help the community. According to lascrucesrotary. org, they “build, support, and organize. We save lives. The donation was made to benefit the Alec and We work locally and globally.” Thus, keeping true to Margaret Hood Memorial Scholarship. The Las Cruces their slogan, “Service before Self.” They devote a lot Rotary Club has now given NMSU more than $2 mil- of their time being selfless and helping those in need. lion. There are more than 1.2 million Rotarians around the world. During the men’s basketball game on February 4, 2017, Rotary President Christopher Dulany, former Rotarians get involved with their communities, president Alex Keatts and Bill Harty presented a check connect with other professionals, share time and expe- to the NMSU Foundation and Chancellor, Garrey Car- riences with young people, support global causes, and ruthers. use their skills to help others.

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7 culture TRU academic culture Survival Tips to Get You to Spring Break

By: Isaiah Silva Go to your professor’s office hours! Being already one month in to the new semester, it is safe to say that any initial motivation is now long Even if you only want to see your professor for the gone for most students. Most students are counting times they are lecturing each week, it only benefi ts the days until spring break. Unfortunately, there is you to visit their offi ce hours. Cultivating a good still over a month of days to be counted. However, relationship with your professor could bring your students should not lose focus! There is still a lot of grade up. Also, you may become actual friends with work for them to do. your professor and they could be willing to write you There are many ways to fi ght the procrastination letters of recommendation that could help you land that seems to be fl oating through the air. a job in the future. Sleep!

Don’t listen to music while you’re studying! Now, this may be hard to carry out because According to a 2010 Applied Cognitive Psychology there just never seems to be enough time to study, study, students who study with music have the poor- do homework, and fi t meals in between. However, est recall ability. getting the right amount of sleep helps information sink in. The average person needs 6-8 hours of sleep a night. Cramming isn’t a bad thing. Study in a comfortable place. UCLA conducted a study and found that cramming for an exam places information into your For some, their studying can only be done in a li- short-term memory rather than long-term which brary, or in a coff ee shop surrounded by people. Try makes it easier to recall. out diff erent environments to see which works best for you. Be creative As hard as the semester may seem, just remember In order to remember large amounts of the bigger picture. College isn’t easy, but it is worth information, create a song, rhyme, or funny way to it. The feeling of accomplishment when you receive remember what you’re studying. One could even re- your degree outweighs any feelings of sadness or late the material to a certain experience they’ve had. despair you may be feeling right about now.

8 TRU culture MAES Uses Valentine's to Raise Support

By: Katherine Longoria Go to your professor’s The Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) The goal is to convince the panel that their proposal is office hours! organization brought love and romance to NMSU students worth being funded by the government. If the panel thinks it with Valentine’s Day Grams with their fundraising efforts for is worthy of being funded, the group goes to the next round an upcoming trip. to compete with others, until only one group is declared the winner. The organization’s goal is to fundraise $1,000 through this and additional fundraisers in the future. The local NMSU chapter offers its members opportuni- ties to not only attend the MLA Leadership Conference but MAES sold chocolate-covered strawberries and macarons also other national conferences and events throughout the as well as delivered to people around campus. year.

The organization, which has more than 40 members, is One of the biggest conferences they get to attend is the planning to send four people chosen by the president and MAES Symposium which is held in Pasadena, California in the executive board of the chapter to a leadership conference. fall.

The conference, MAES Leadership Academy, or MLA, is “Think of it as a career fair on steroids” Gonzalez said. a national conference for leaders of each chapter and is held “There are so many companies there, big companies, like in Dallas, Texas. This year the conference will be from March Google, Exxon Mobile, NASA, and Boeing.” 8-12. The event brings together hundreds of MAES students Jessica Gonzalez, president of the MAES chapter at from across the country that are seeking employment or ad- Study in a comfortable place. NMSU who is a Civil Engineering major, attended the academy vancement opportunities and helps them network with many last year and was the only student from NMSU to go. potential employers.

“I joined MAES and was elected president and I was new The event also hosts a college decathlon that has chap- to engineering, so I didn’t know what to expect” Gonzalez ters do 10 different activities in 24 hours. The NMSU chapter said. has won this decathlon two years in a row.

The conference has many activities, including work-outs The MAES chapter at NMSU has been reaching out to not such as Zumba. The conference also includes a mock project only Latino-Americans, but to other ethnic groups on cam- team competition that separates people into groups and pus. gives them a project to finish in 24 hours. “Anyone of any ethnicity can join. You don’t have to be a “You don’t get to choose your groups, so you are definitely Latino, you don’t even have to speak Spanish” Gonzalez said. out of pushed out of your comfort zone” Gonzalez said. MAES holds bi-weekly meetings on Thursdays at 5:15 p.m., Gonzalez’s group was given the task to figure out a trans- at the Hardman & Jacobs Undergraduate Learning Center in portation problem using their engineering skills. They had room 230. to come up with a proposal, build their model, budget their project and present it to a panel. There is a $25 yearly fee to become part of the organization. For more information, contact Chapter President Jessica Gonzalez at either [email protected] or [email protected]. 9 TRU culture sports Delta Gamma presents Anchor Slam Aggie softball takes

Service for Sight is the direct support system for four two of three from UTSA By: Jianna Vasquez schools that were founded by Delta Gamma for the visually impaired which includes NMSBV. Delta Gamma visits NMSBV in Alamogordo, New Mexi- NMSU’s Delta Gamma held their twelfth annual anchor co often. slam on Saturday, February 18. The sorority hosts the event each year to raise awareness for the visually impaired. “It’s cool that it’s so close to home because we get Anchor Slam, is a three on three basketball tournament to go and work hands on with them,” said Delta Gammas hosted at the NMSU Activity Center. Director of fundraising, Marin Macedo.

The foundation reaches out to members of the com- The foundation visit NMSBV to help them with several munity to participate in Anchor Slam, which is their biggest events during the school year including an annual Hallow- event of the spring semester. The sorority tabled all week een carnival and helping the students get ready for their to raise donations and sign-up NMSU students for the prom. basketball tournament. “It’s nice to be a part of an organization that helps The half-court basketball game was played by two people,” said Macedo. teams of three players each and the first team to score twenty points or the team that scored the most points in In addition to Service for Sight, Delta Gamma also the 15 minutes won the game. The clock ran continuously supports “Service for Sight: Joining Forces.” Delta Gamma for all games. has partnered up with the Department of Defense, Veteran Administration, and other non-profits that work to help vi- The event lasts the whole day and is equipped with a Dj. sually impaired men and women who served or are serving in the Armed Forces. “We keep the good vibes going throughout the tour- nament,” said Vice President, Molly Olson. The cost to par- According to Delta Gamma, 13-20 percent of Armed ticipate in the Anchor Slam is $10 per player and $20 if the Force members who are wounded in battle experience player wants a shirt. All proceeds from this tournament will eye trauma or vision impairment. The foundation works to go to Delta Gamma’s philanthropy: Service for Sight and provide aid through their philanthropic mission of Service The New Mexico school for the Blind and Visually Impaired for Sight. in Alamogordo. (NMSBVI) Members of Delta Gamma will continue to live by the Service for sight has been the sorority’s philan- foundations motto, “Do good.” thropic mission since 1936. Delta Gamma has given over $2,800,000 in Service for sight grants to organizations and “The Delta Gamma foundation fosters lifetime en- schools that share the foundations mission: to promote richment for members, promotes Service for Sight and sight preservation and assistance to children and adults partners with the Fraternity to endure the future of our who are blind or visually impaired. sisterhood.”

“Through service for sight we are able to provide blind For any information on Delta Gamma or Service for and visually impaired children and adults with opportuni- Sight you can contact NMSU’s chapter at deltagammaeta- ties and skills to lead a full life,” said Olson. [email protected] 10 TRU sports Delta Gamma presents Anchor Slam Aggie softball takes two of three from UTSA By: Derek Gonzales

The 2017 softball season got off to a solid start for the New Mexico State softball team. After a disappointing end to last season, this year’s bunch, which includes nine freshmen and seven sophomores to rank as the Game 3 second-youngest team in the nation, took both games of the Saturday dou- bleheader 9-1 and 4-1 before dropping the series fi nale 11-3 to the Texas-San The series finale did not go as well as NMSU would Antonio Roadrunners on Sunday. have liked. With Green back in the circle for the Aggies, the Roadrunners appeared to have figured out the puzzle on how to generate offense against the talented Tucson, Ariz. native, scoring three first-inning runs after the Aggies did the same Game 1 thing to UTSA the day before. It was not until the lead had In the fi rst game, NMSU fell behind 1-0 before a fourth-inning ral- swelled to five before NMSU would get on the board via a ly put the Aggies ahead for good. With two runners in scoring position, Amy Horton home-run. Six of the 11 UTSA runs were unearned due Bergeson reached fi rst base safely after fi rst baseman Angelica Nino dropped to three untimely errors by the Aggie defense. Green took the the ball for the error, scoring the runner at third. Victoria Castro singled next loss for the Aggies, her first of the season and the team’s first to put NMSU up 2-1. loss of the year.

With the bases now loaded, Fahren Glackin grounded into a fi eld- er’s choice, but Bergeson slid into home plate, beating the throw and scoring Horton earns WAC another run for the Aggies. Haley Nakamura and Misty Hoohuli both singled in runs, capping off the seven-run inning. Hitter of the Week Preseason WAC Player of the Year Kelsey Horton hit her fi rst home-run of the season in the next inning to increase the score to 8-1. Soph- Horton had at least one RBI in each of the Aggies’ first omore Kayla Green went fi ve innings, giving up just two hits and one earned three games of the season and earned the recognition after run to pick up her fi rst win of the season. posting a .667 batting average with two home-runs and four RBI’s during the opening weekend. Game 2 Looking ahead Head Coach Kathy Rodolph decided to give the visiting Roadrun- ners a diff erent look in the second game, starting four of her nine freshmen After hosting the annual Troy Cox Classic inside the on the roster. The Aggies wasted no time taking the lead, as Caity Szczesny NM State Softball Classic this past weekend, the Aggies will hit churned out a triple in the bottom of the fi rst inning, scoring Castro and the road for the first time this season to Cathedral City, Calif. Glackin to give NMSU an early 2-0 lead. Jeanelle Medina returned the favor, Returning to the Mary Nutter Classic for the second season hitting a single that scored Szczesny to increase the Aggie lead to three. in a row, NMSU will face LSU, NC State, Michigan, Oklahoma That’s all pitcher Samaria Diaz would need, keeping the UTSA at off ense at State and San Diego State in the five-day round-robin event. bay, allowing just one run and seven hits while going the distance. The other For NMSU, it presents another opportunity for the Aggies to run scored came from a Horton double that brought Hoohuli home. experience the challenge of facing power-5 opponents before conference play begins next month. “Kayla Green, Samaria Diaz, and Fahren Glackin were very com- posed for our team and did a nice job staying pitch to pitch,” Rodolph said. “Our defense was consistent in both games as well.” 11 baseball: the time is now

By: Joseph Fullbright recruiting class- the first time in school history that the Aggies have had back-to-back nationally ranked recruiting classes in When head coach Brian Green was hired by his alma baseball. mater in July of 2014, he knew that he was going to have his work cut out for him. In his first season at the helm, the New “To bring in back-to-back nationally ranked recruiting Mexico State Aggies baseball team lost 38 of their 50 games. classes is an incredible honor, but we are also aware that Las That seems like an eternity ago as Green has completely turned Cruces is truly a special town, and New Mexico State Universi- the program around and is slowly turning them into a power- ty is a tremendous institution. We believe in recruiting to our house in the southwest. Last season, the Aggies finished 34-23 core values in order to enhance and develop the culture of our and were just a couple of games away from winning the WAC program.” championship. The 23-win improvement from 2015 to 2016 was the second highest in the NCAA. It’s safe to say the expectations are even higher for the baseball team, as their season officially got underway this The job that Green and the entire coaching staff past weekend. They will have to do it having lost three of their have done on the baseball field obviously shows, but it’s what most valuable players from last season to the MLB draft. Relief goes down off the field where he has found the most success: pitchers Tyler Erwin (Baltimore Orioles) and Joe Galindo (San recruiting. Recruiting has been the biggest key factor in the Diego Padres) played big roles in the Aggie bullpen last season. turnaround for the baseball program, and it’s safe to say that coach Green has hit homeruns (no pun intended) on the recruiting trail. His first recruiting class, prior to last season, ranked #37 in the entire country.

“It’s a testament to the coaches,” said Green. “[Assistant] Coach Mangrum is a tireless worker and a tremendous recruiter. I have been a recruiter my entire life. How does [the program] do it? We do our best to recruit guys with great character and families, and do the best we can to talk to their coaches.”

The coaching staff was at in again this offseason, as they brought in the nation’s 33rd best 12 But, the biggest loss is 2016 WAC Player of the Year, Daniel Groff. Still comes to NMSU from Scottsdale Community Col- Johnson, who was selected in the fifth round by the Washing- lege where he was named second team All-Conference. He had ton Nationals. The All-American outfielder had 94 hits (4th in a .344 average with 25 extra base hits and 33 stolen bases. He is a the NCAA), 12 homeruns, and 50 RBI’s last season. premiere centerfielder and was drafted in the 31st round of this year’s MLB Draft by the Blue Jays, but elected to reenter next “I don’t think we will ever be able to replace DJ’s season. Groff joins the Aggies after a stellar season at Tyler JC offense; he impacted people before and after him with the where he went 12-0, had a 1.06 ERA, and recorded 125 strike- homeruns and stolen bases,” added Green. outs. He was named the 2016 NJCAA Division III Pitcher of the Year, and led Tyler JC to their third straight NJCAA Division III Tasked with the biggest challenge of replacing the pro- National Championship where he was named the World Series duction of the draft picks are the four Aggies’ four players who MVP. were named to the Preseason All-WAC team earlier this month: Catcher Mason Fishback, third baseman Trey Stine, outfielder The Aggies will have a very challenging schedule in Austin Botello, and pitcher Kyle Bradish. 2017. The 52-game schedule features eight teams that made it to last season’s NCAA Tournament, including three that advanced Fishback earned First-Team All-WAC honors as a to Omaha and played in the College World Series. The Aggies junior last season. In 42 games played, he had a .329 batting have three games vs. Texas Tech- one in Lubbock, one in Las average, four homeruns, and 28 RBI’s. Cruces, and one at a neutral location in Midland. The Red Raid- ers won 47 games last season. Once again, the three game series Botello, who spends time as an outfielder and desig- vs. UNM will include the neutral matchup at Southwest Univer- nated hitter, has the most power of any returning player on the sity Park in El Paso. Perhaps the toughest matchup will be on team. He had a .354 batting average to go along with his eight March 21 when they travel to Tucson to play Arizona- who was homeruns and 50 RBI’s- all ranking second on the team. the NCAA Division I runner-up a year ago. Among the rest of the competition are road trips at Arizona State, Utah, and BYU. Bradish enters his second season coming off of a historical freshman campaign. He became the fifth Aggie in “The opportunity to get to the postseason, for us, it’s school history to be named to the Louisville Slugger Fresh- all about league and the conference tournament. For us, we man All-American team. He led the team with eight wins, 86.2 schedule as hard as we can, go on the road as much as we can, innings pitched, and 82 strikeouts. and prepare for conference games,” said Green of the schedule.

Stine was named Second-Team All-WAC last year after The WAC Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll picked the hitting .281 with seven homeruns and 39 RBI’s. It was a busy Aggies to finish second in the conference this season behind offseason for Stine, who played for the Waynesboro Generals in Seattle U. Following the Redhawks and Aggies are Sacramento the Valley Baseball League, a summer league in Virginia. State, Grand Canyon, Utah Valley, CSU Bakersfield, UT-Rio Grande Valley, Northern Colorado, and Chicago State. “I was able to stay in the rhythm of the game [more], unlike last summer,” said Stine, who is one of the many players It is going to be an exciting season on the diamond for praised by coach Green as the season begins. the New Mexico State baseball team. Make sure you head out to Presley Askew Field this year to support the Aggies. Two new faces in Las Cruces to keep a close eye on are JUCO transfers: outfielder Marcus Still and pitcher Jonathan Joseph Fullbright can be reached at: [email protected]

13 TRU sports R-E-L-A-X Aggie women’s basketball Losing is Part of the Game remains undefeated in WAC play By: Joseph Fullbright February is almost over and the New Mexico State men’s To make matters worse, with CSU-Bakersfield handling basketball team is 22-4 on the season. This past week, the Aggies UT-Rio Grand Valley, the Aggies have fallen into second place in the dropped back-to-back road games at CSU-Bakersfield and at Grand WAC. Yes, you read that correctly. A team that is 22-4 on the season Canyon. Prior to those defeats, they were riding a 20-game winning is in second place in their respective conference. The Runners are streak. First year head coach Paul Weir has been everything that 17-7 overall on the year, but are 8-1 in WAC play and control their the university has hoped for replacing Marvin Menzies. He has had own destiny as far as clinching the #1 overall seed in next month’s to deal with the loss of a first round draft pick in to WAC Tournament goes. With the two losses, the Aggies are 8-2 in the NBA and a roster with only one senior. Yet, with the two recent WAC play, which means they are in sole possession of second place. tough losses, there seems to be a little bit of uneasiness in Las Cru- In order to retake first place, they would have not only win, but ces. hope Bakersfield drops one (or more) of their remaining confer- ence games (@UVU, @SEA, vs. UMKC, vs. CHST, vs. GCU). With Each loss had it’s own sort of painful toll. NM State fell 72- Grand Canyon serving it’s final year of postseason ineligibility, the 53 to CSU-Bakersfield, the team that ended their quest for five con- WAC sends seven teams to the WAC Tournament. Whoever finishes secutive WAC titles last March. The Aggies could not buy a basket, the regular season in first place gets the elusive first round bye, hitting only 17 of 58 shots (29.3%) from the field, including 3-26 from which is an automatic berth in the tournament semifinals. behind the three-point line (11.5%). Senior was among the players who had a hard time But the thing is, in sports, getting anything to fall, finishing losing can sometimes be a blessing in with 19 points, but missed 16 disguise. The Aggies, before the road shot attempts. A positive note trip, were 22-2, riding a 20-game win- from the blowout, however, ning streak, and had not tasted losing was Jemerrio Jones, who had 11 since falling to UNM all the day back points and 16 rebounds. on November 18. The team is super young and were no doubt feeling like There are the losses they were at the top of the world. where a team is completely These losses may just be what Paul dominated from start to finish Weir and the Aggies needed to kick by another; and then there are it into an even higher gear. Look for ones where a team is in com- the team to come out and finish out plete control of the game, but their final three games of the season cannot finish and blow the lead. in dominating fashion. We, as citizens The latter is tougher. of Las Cruces, have been extreme Photo by: David Mares ly spoiled with coach Weir’s team Last Saturday at Grand Canyon, the Aggies found them- this season. So much so, that we forgot selves trailing by eleven towards the end of the first half. They then that even the great teams like Duke and Kentucky lose sometimes. went on a 13-0 run to get back into the game, and were only down And don’t give me the “we play in a weak conference” argument- it’s two entering halftime. That momentum seemed to carry through HARD to run the table in any conference, regardless of teams. Sure, into the second half as the Aggies were clearly the better team and this isn’t the mid-2000’s WAC with Boise State, Nevada, and Utah took a commanding 62-52 lead with 11:02 left in the game. They State, but it does have well-coached Bakersfield, on-the-rise Grand could not be stopped- the big men were dominating the post, the Canyon, juggernaut NMSU, and a plethora of mediocre teams that defense was lock down, and the imposing crowd was put to silence. can put up an upset any given game. What happened next was a total meltdown. The Antelopes went on to close the game out on an insane 31-9 run that included an Aggies The Aggies are by far the most talented team in the WAC. scoring drought of over seven minutes. Nobody really knows what So, Aggie Nation, take a deep breath and relax, because I can prom- happened to NMSU; possibly fatigue, bigheadedness, questionable ise you that there is something different and special about this team coaching decisions- they’ve all been hypothesized and evaluated. At than in years passed. They close out the season with three home the end of the day, Grand Canyon won. games: 2/23 vs. Utah Valley, 2/25 vs. Seattle, and 3/4 vs. UTRGV.

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The New Mexico State women’s basketball team The third quarter belonged to the home team as the continued to roll as they won their 10th straight game with a Aggies outscored CSUB 18-6 run, beginning with a 13-0 run 69-55 win over the Cal State-Bakersfield Roadrunners inside right out of the halftime break. the Pan American Center to improve to 17-6 on the season and a perfect 9-0 in conference play. Coming into the fourth, NMSU was enjoying a comfortable lead before allowing a 14-2 run by the Roadrun- To start the game, the Aggies came out hot, scoring ners that cut the game to within nine points. Just past the the first seven points of the first quarter. Momentum was un- seven-minute mark, the Aggies answered the call with back- doubtedly in NMSU’s favor, as they enjoyed a 16-0 run between to-back three pointers from Moriah Mack and Zaire Williams. the end of the first frame and beginning of the second quarter. If those 3-pointers weren’t enough to put a cap on the game, At the half, there were four Aggies with six points or more, Brooke Salas hit a three from long-range as she stumbled though none had been to the line. backwards to get a round of applause from the crowd.

Perhaps the best first half performance belonged For the Roadrunners, Jazmyne Bartee enjoyed a dou- to CSU-Bakersfield’s center Jazmyne Bartee, who demanded ble-double with 11 points and 17 rebounds. Brianna Freeman of attention with 10 rebounds and four blocks. Bartee’s perfor- the Aggies enjoyed her own double-double scoring 10 points mance down low and the Roadrunner’s 9-of-10 showing from to go along with her 12 rebounds and three blocks. There the charity stripe was still not good enough to be down less were three more scorers in double digits on the winning team, than nine at the half as the score was 35-26. Moriah Mack (14 points, 7 assists), Zaire Williams (15 points, 4-5 from behind the arc) and Salas, who led the team with 16 points. NM State 67 Grand Canyon 60

Originally slated for a 2 p.m. Saturday tip-off, the shooting 45 percent. Marina Laramie scored 26 points for game was moved to Sunday to accommodate the WWE GCU, but was held to just 10 points in the second half after coming to Las Cruces. The extra day of preparation for both her 16-point first half explosion. teams made for a well-played game. NMSU trailed until Tam- era William nailed a 3-pointer with 2:05 left in the quarter and The Aggies are now 18-6 overall and 10-0 in WAC never trailed again in the 67-60 victory over the Lopes. play with four games left, and have a 36-2 record against con- ference opponents the last two and a half seasons. The win for NMSU keeps the team in sole posses- sion of first place in the WAC standings after the weekend’s NMSU will finish up their regular season on the road, games. Seattle U is in second place at 8-1, but NMSU beat the as the team will begin a three-game road trip at Utah Valley Redhawks 73-69 (OT) on Jan. 26, and will visit Key Arena for on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Aggies will venture up to the Great the rematch on Feb. 25. The Aggies struggled offensively in Northwest to Seattle for what could decide who will be the the first half, trailing by nine at the half. Leading scorer Brooke conference’s top-seed in the WAC Tournament. The team will Salas was 1-of-7 from the field in the first half, and as a team, take a week off and close out the season at UTRGV on Mar. 4. NMSU shot just 36.4 percent from the field, while GCU was 15 TRU opinion

Luis “Luigi” Finston Kelsey Gentile “DJ’ING: THE NEXT GENERATION OF The Importance of Friends MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT” and Community

DJ’ing has grown from something that you do in your College provides many opportunities and a chance to garage; to cope stress, family issues, or breaking up with your learn new things and try out something new. It’s pretty likely in girlfriend, to a major occupation in the music industry that only pursuit of a degree or a new hobby it will involve other people. beggars the imagination. Having a group of friends and a group or club you meet with regularly is an awesome way to get to know people while doing Thanks to Music Festivals; the Genre of Techno / Hard something you enjoy. Style / Trance and EDM has become one of the fastest growing genres ever in the last decade. Being a professional DJ myself, There are several groups and clubs on campus that it’s been inspiring to see how the music industry has grown so meet regularly, and that fi t everyone’s needs and interests. rapidly. Tuesdays are my favorite days because I get to meet up with my friends at RUF (Reformed University Fellowship). This group has So what does it take to make it as a DJ? Commitment. provided some great opportunities for me to get to know more Being a DJ has it’s perks. But at times, is not all fun and games. people, learn more spiritually and also try fun things, like learning how to ice skate. This group and other groups are fun to be part There’s a fundamental diff erence between mixing of because you get to just live life together. The best part of RUF music and composing and creating your own music. One takes a is you get to come as you are and who you are. mixer with turntables. The other takes software and a synthesizer or music pad. Creating music is something that isn’t easy. Being a part of a group or club can provide something for you to look forward to in the week, especially if you hate that Music to me is more than art. It’s a therapy. It’s a way one class and need something to look forward to in the week. for me to escape the negativity of the world, and create some- There are groups focusing in governing, cultural interests, reli- thing that I can truly say is mine. gious, sports, greek life, and much more. There’s almost always a group or organization in front of Corbett if you ever want to While other musicians master reading sheet music, DJ’s learn more them. must master 5 things. Timing, Tempo, Software, Composition and Developing a Good Ear. But most importantly: DJ’s have to fi nd Another plus to getting involved with a group is you “THEIR” sound. Because their sound, is their VOICE. can gain experience and knowledge about your interests. Often groups while have fun trips or workshops you might not other- Professional DJ’s got where they are, because they did wise get to be a part of, or get to experience. something diff erent. They took an idea and made it their own. In a world full of copycats, it’s hard to fi nd your “voice” in the music If you want to check out a list of NMSU student groups you can industry. But if you set your mind to it armed with creativity, check out their website. http://upc.nmsu.edu/charter/list.php anything is possible.

16 Dixie and Dusty have been on the run way too long and have decided that The Round Up will be the perfect hideout for them. Trying to keep a low profi le from authorities, they want to blend in to everyday campus life and start working for TRU. Traveling through the west, meeting many types of people, they want to help anyone who has questions about life, love and school As a reminder, all these answers are just opinions, not a call to action.

Dear Dusty: Dear Dixie: Why do women go to the How do you deal with restroom together? loneliness in a large group of people?

A: If you’re not with some- A: It can be hard to tell others one you are thought to believe that ya are struggling with you are alone. And creepy somethin’ like loneliness. Ya dudes hang around the might think that no one will bathroom. understand how ya feel but darlin’ don’t let feel control Women are strange, you. Your fi rst step is to let except for Dixie of people know how you’re course. We love them but feelin’. Y’all might connect sometimes they do things and fi nd that some of your that make us all scratch friends have felt the same. our heads. I’ve noticed Talk about what you feel they gather like cattle to go instead of bottlin’ it up. If ya freshen up in the ladies room still feel like that isn’t enough, and I know I’ve wondered why maybe try to kick back with a it takes three or more of them smaller group of people where to do it. This is my guess: these the settin’ is more comfortable, you ladies don’t want to be thought of as can express how you feel and those “alone.” This means they don’t want to around you will help you to come out of give the impression they aren’t with people in the melancholy. Admitting loneliness to your- a social setting. Plus, y’all, let’s be honest so people self isn’t a weakness one bit. It is a strength that ya have are creepy and pray on women who are alone. self-awareness and want to change that mindset. Don’t feel They seem to feel more secure and turn it into a ashamed to admit how you feel because we are all more social gathering to gussy up and gossip. Men will alike than we think and that thought is something to refl ect never know the full truth as to why this is a social on to build the courage to tell others how ya feel. norm and like anything else we will forget that we even notice they do this.

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