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Students who believe in the power of the voice of the students and want to make positive changes on campus should consider running for office in this year’s election for an Associated Students of Western New Mexico University student government position. ASWNMU represents the students’ interests, safeguards academic freedom and student rights, provides campus events
Continue reading ➞ Students with Power: Register for ASWNMU Elections
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
I recently met up with our WNMU cross country team as they started their workout early in the morning in preparation for their upcoming track season. Although we do not have an official track team, all of our cross country runners compete in the Spring in a shortened track season. They have workouts three times
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
President Tim Stillman Vice President Dylan Kester Secretary Brenda Hernandez Treasurer Clarissa Moreno Legislatures Alejandro Gonzalez Amy Farfan Brenda Dominguez Carolyn Castillo Christian Steele Darlene Chavez Jayden Jones Karina Diaz Troy Hall Victoria Arganda
Silver City, NM – Great Race kicks off their third event of the week with the exhilarating Spartan Race, an obstacle course focusing on speed. Hosted by Mustang Entertainment and The Center for Gender Equity, the obstacle race begins with the contestants slipping on women’s high heels and lipstick, before (literally) running errands such as
Silver City, N.M.- Dylan Kester holds the current position of Pro Temp on the ASWNMU Student Senate, but come next fall he’s aiming a little higher and returning to his seat at Vice President of ASWNMU. With this transition, Dylan begins his fourth year with WNMU’s Student Government. Dylan has always sought to be a
Continue reading ➞ Dylan Kester Runs for ASWNMU Vice President
Silver City, NM- Jeffrey Arrington is a Nursing Major originally from Deming, NM that is running for a position in Student Senate for the very first time. Jeffrey’s prime motivation for running is to help the students. He noticed that WNMU was already very expensive due to student fees and does not want to see