Western New Mexico University Students Newspaper
What’s on the Editor’s mind this month?
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
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
Dear fellow commuting Mustangs, Wouldn’t it be great to save some money? Wouldn’t it be amazing to help save the planet? Wouldn’t it be the best to help save the planet, while, also saving money? Doing this is very possible! The biggest way to do this is to move to Silver City! However, if you
Dear Readers of The Mustang, With the recent whirlwind of issues taking this country by storm, now more than ever, we’re reminded of why it’s so important to vote this November. There is so much at stake with this election, and we need fighters like Senator Martin Heinrich in Congress who will stand up for
For those who aren’t within the LGBTQ+ community, today might seem like just another Thursday, but for those of us who are, today has a very significant meaning. Today is National Coming Out Day. Coming out means to authentically tell someone who you are. Within the LGBTQ+ community, coming out is a metaphor to describe
Homecoming is an occasion that has always held a special place for me, especially in regard to the publication that you are currently reading. Three years ago, in 2015, I had only barely taken over The Mustang as Editor and, along with my brand new, untested staff of student journalists, we took Homecoming 2015 by
Continue reading ➞ Former Mustang Editor Returns to Say Goodbye
Hello Mustangs! My name is Eve Thomas and I am the new editor of The Mustang. I am really excited for this school year and the many new opportunities it will bring. This is my senior year at Western New Mexico University and I have loved so much of what this university has taught me.
Silver City, NM- On Saturday, March 17, the famed Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery hosted a pub crawl in honor of St. Patrick’s day. The Mustang Editor and his fiance participated in the event and took on the crawl. Introduction We woke up early on Saturday and start making breakfast- pork chops, chorizo and
Continue reading ➞ The Mustang Goes to the St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl
Silver City, NM- 125 years ago, our campus came into existence. It was a much different place back then; a small college known as the Western Teachers College that was meant to educate individuals so that they could go out and educate the workforce. They started off with a small patch of land and created
I have to admit something. I haven’t really in the best of spirits lately. Don’t worry, it’s not anything wrong with my personal life or anything going on in the University. That’s all going fine. No, the thing bothering me is that right now, the world really sucks. I mean really. I’m just not excited