Western New Mexico University Students Newspaper
Mustangs were shouting answers across Light Hall Theater on Monday as they participated in Survey Says, a Family Feud type-game, the second event for Homecoming Week. Two teams of four, faced each other to try to guess what 100 college students across the nation said when they were surveyed. The crowd was very interactive, screaming
Continue reading ➞ Students compete in Survey Says during Homecoming Week
Many women spend a significant amount of time altering their appearance with makeup and hair styling tools to attempt to fit the societal standard for what a woman ‘should’ look like. Gender expectations have taught us to believe that women must always look beautiful. This can be an expensive as well as a time consuming
Continue reading ➞ Examining Beauty Standards for College Women: Part 1
Great Race is one of Western’s greatest traditions and this will be Western’s fifty-second Great Race. Great Race brings amazing vibes to many of the students on campus throughout the week. Students have the opportunity to make their own team and participate in fun events during the week with their team. The week also includes
Continue reading ➞ Great Race 52 Preview: Featuring LeShauntai Adams
On Thursday February 28th, Western New Mexico University hosted a one-day exhibit for Black History Month. The exhibit was to show off all the trials and tribulations African-Americans face daily. It also showed all the racial slander that is displayed in our world today towards black individuals. The wise man in charge of this exhibit
Continue reading ➞ One-Day Exhibit: Items Showcasing Racism, Featuring Khalid El-Hakim
Many people may know him as Ro, but his full name is Roosevelt Anthony Calhoun Jr. He is a student athlete at WNMU who is currently in his junior year this spring of 2019. He is a San Francisco native who was raised in Reno, Nevada. He then transferred to WNMU from the University of
With March approaching at the end of this week, that also means that the month of February, Black History Month, is coming to an end. During this month we acknowledge the hardships faced by the African Americans who helped build this country. We remember all of the discrimination and dehumanization they faced, and we try
Romantic relationships can offer benefits to students such as emotional support and having a partner in crime when needed, but it can be difficult for students to find and maintain romantic relationships in college with the prevalent hookup culture that is a part of university campus life. Nurturing and allowing for growth in long term
Most students either love or hate Valentine’s Day. We want to provide you with all of your romantic Valentine’s Day feels and anti Valentine’s Day moods! Everything is pink!/ Everything is pink. Another opportunity to show appreciation for your loved ones!/ A lot of pressure to spend money on gifts to show this appreciation. If
Continue reading ➞ Best and Worst Things About Valentine’s Day
Daylon Russell is from east St. Louis Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona. He is sophomore at Western New Mexico University. He is studying kinesiology and his favorite thing to do is to listen to old school R&B. His goal is to own a physical therapy company. Question: Daylon, I appreciate you taking the time out for
Alejandra Molina is a twenty-one-year-old elementary education major at Western New Mexico University. She is from Tucson, Arizona and moved to Silver City at the age of seven has lived here since then. Her family desired a fresh start and Silver City was the perfect peaceful location for them. At first she struggled with adapting