Western New Mexico University Students Newspaper
A Collection of Past Mustang Articles.
From Spring 2018 back to Fall 2014
Silver City, NM- ASWNMU (Associated Students of Western New Mexico University) hosted an open house for incoming Freshmen on Thursday, August 18 on the third floor of the Student Memorial Building. Around thirty organizations showed up to the event, including the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor’s Society, the Delta Mu Delta International Honors Society in
Continue reading ➞ ASWNMU Open House Spotlights Clubs and Organizations
Hello Everyone! This week has marked the start of a new school year, with many of our previous readers returning to the classroom. It also marks the dawn of a next step or something like that for our incoming Freshmen. This introduction is for them. First of all, welcome. Congratulations on starting college and excellent
Silver City NM- Western New Mexico University’s own Bruce Wilson has a novel coming out this September. Wilson, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of American History at the University will be debuting his novel, Death in the Black Patch. Wilson will have a signing on September 21, at Tre Rosat in Silver City, NM. The signing
Continue reading ➞ Death in the Black Patch: WNMU Instructor Publishes First Novel
Silver City NM- This week brought on another group of Mexican exchange students to WNMU, this time from the state of Sinaloa. Aside from taking the intensive English course offered by the WNMU Language Institute, the students will also be studying a bit more than learning the language, taking only one week of English classes
Continue reading ➞ WNMU Welcomes Master’s Students from Sinaloa’s Universidad de Occidente
I recently had the privilege of working as an ESL teacher for the WNMU Language Institute’s Summer 2016 Intensive Reading and Writing course. One of the very first assignments that I gave the nine students that arrived from Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez was a short personal narrative, written in English. I promised that the best one
Silver City, NM- Western New Mexico University has welcomed yet another group the University through the Language Institute during the month of July. Students from Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) have been studying English here for the past three weeks as part of an arrangement made by UACJ and WNMU. There are two groups;
Continue reading ➞ WNMU Welcomes Students from Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
When I was younger, I remember watching a few episodes of The Apprentice and it’s far superior spin-off Celebrity Apprentice. I’ll never forget watching Meat Loaf scream at Gary Busey over paintbrushes while Lil Jon struggled to keep the peace, all under the watchful eye of Donald Trump. Now that Trump guy might just be
Continue reading ➞ The Mustang on Election Year 2016: Part II: Donald Trump
Like most people, I’ve been following the absolute madness that is the 2016 election. Not only are we living witnesses to history being made with the “dreaded” Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic-party nomination. Also, many will tell you that we’re apparently on the brink of the apocalypse with the Republican nomination going to everyone’s favorite
Continue reading ➞ The Mustang on Election Year 2016: Part I: Hillary Clinton
Silver City, N.M. – For the first time in school history, the Silver High girl’s golf brought home a state championship as they were able to win at the Class A-4A New Mexico High School State Golf Championships last May in Roswell. “We are overwhelmed with excitement”, said Assistant Head Coach Gabby Begay, who has
Continue reading ➞ Silver High Girl’s Golf Wins First Ever State Title
Silver City, N.M. – Senior and Scotland native, Calum Hill recently participated in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships last May at the Green Valley Ranch Golf Course. Even though Western New Mexico University’s golf team did not reach this year’s championship, Hill was able to compete in the championship individually and finished in