Editorial: Supermoon 2015

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The Americas, Europe and Africa- So if you’d looked out your window last night, or more than likely checked Facebook, you may have noticed something called a Supermoon Lunar Eclipse. I’m sure some of you even spent the evening documenting the event, heading outside to witness the partial eclipse, or half moon, then stuck around to

Vandalism Doesn’t Stop Center for Gender Equity

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Silver City, NM- It was Tuesday at 10:30pm that Dr. Bailey and Dr. Huerta received a call from the work-studies at the Center for Gender Equity. An intruder had entered and defaced one of their walls, writing several slurs specifically on the centers “thank you wall,” a place used for thanking members of the WNMU

Editorial: The All-New Mustang

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Hello Everyone! My name is Eric Lowe, you may recognize me, roaming the campus in a leather snapback while accompanied by a girl with hair the color of cotton candy. I’ve recently taken over the editors position for The Mustang and am currently renovating the website. With any luck we’ll have our brand new premiere issue

Lawrence Garcia; New Student President Wants To Set Stepping Stones for the Future

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Silver City, NM- Lawrence Garcia has had quite a year serving in Western New Mexico University’s Student Government. Starting this year out as Senate Pro-Temp, or president of the student senate, Garcia soon found himself moved up in rank, serving as Vice-President under Gabby Begay, and then, when Begay ascended to the title of Student

WNMU Language Institute Offers Spanish Course to Aid Students in the Medical Field

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Deming, NM- The first class of students attending the Medical Spanish course sponsored by Western New Mexico University’s Language Institute and Mimbres Memorial Hospital graduated on April 2 after completing the first module of the course. The course teaches members of the medical field, Spanish in order to help them aid members of the community

Student President Begay- Honored to become the New Student Regent Board Member of WNMU

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Silver City, NM- Ever since she first began at WNMU in 2009, Gabby Begay has earned a Bachelors of Applied Sciences as well as serving in the student government, first as Senator and then Vice President, before eventually claiming the title President of the Associated Students of Western New Mexico University. Now Begay can add

Success for Bowling Night Between the Deming and Silver City Branches

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Deming, NM- The ASWNMU Student Senate organized and hosted a bowling night for students at the Deming campus on Friday, February 27, where students gathered at Starmax in Deming, NM and enjoyed a night of pizza and bowling. One of the senators in attendance, Sarita Reyes, stated that the goal of the event was to

Sigma Tau Delta – English Honor Society Reestablished at Western

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Silver City, NM- Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, has a chapter in every state and has been at Western for eighty years. After ten years lying dormant the group was re-launched by Dr. Michael-Ann Nelson from the Department of Humanities in the 2013-2014 school year. Since then, the organization has participated in 2014s

Majors Fair at Deming Campus a Success

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Deming, NM- The Western New Mexico University Deming Branch held a majors fair on Wednesday February 11th, inviting people from Western, as well as Deming High School and the Deming Community to stop by and see what the University has to offer. “The goal of the majors fair is to give Deming High School students,

WNMU Student Kaity Ellis Awarded Scholarship

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Deming, NM — On February 6, 2015, the Institute for Rural Social Work, or IRSR, presented Western New Mexico University student Kaity Ellis with a $3000 IRSR-Vice President of Student Affairs scholarship. The award was given to Kaity by IRSR Director Dr. Robert Rickle and Western New Mexico University Vice President of Student Affairs Isaac