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Silver City, N.M. — The Western New Mexico Football team is just a couple of days away to opening their 2016 season. Last season the Mustangs finished with a 4-7 record (3-6 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) and placed seventh in the RMAC standings. This Saturday the Mustangs will be opening up on the road
Continue reading ➞ WNMU Football Ready to Kick Off New Season
Silver City, NM- WNMU Athletics has a new Compliance Coordinator. Memphis, Tennessee native Benay Weintraub has joined the Western New Mexico University Athletics program, hoping to keep student athletes on the right track. The position of compliance coordinator is designed to ensure that students are in the best of health, both physically and mentally. They
Continue reading ➞ Benay Weintraub takes on Athletic Advisory Position.
Cynicism can ruin a lot of things, but it is very important that we don’t allow it to do so. Those of you that live in Silver City may or may not know that this weekend marked the 37th annual Great American Duck Races in Deming, NM, my hometown. This event, not unlike Silver City’s
Continue reading ➞ Editorial: Why Small Town Traditions are Important
Silver City, NM- The Theta Upsilon chapter of Delta Mu Delta at Western New Mexico University will be holding a fundraiser for local charities on August 31 from 5pm-7pm. The fundraiser will be held at McDonald’s, where members of the business honor’s society will be preparing burgers, chicken nuggets and french fries for the customers.
Continue reading ➞ Business Honors Society to Host Fundraiser at McDonalds.
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
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
Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa- When people think of a career that involves having a great deal of courage and bravery, many will rightfully think of public servants such as firefighters or members of law enforcement, and many will think of members of the armed forces. One that usually gets overlooked however, is a Missionary.
Continue reading ➞ NM Native Amber Tsougas Travels the World As Missionary