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NMSU Round Up

The Independent Student Voice of NMSU Since 1907

NMSU Round Up

The Independent Student Voice of NMSU Since 1907

NMSU Round Up

NMSU Aggie Tamara Carranza goes for the hit against the SHSU Bearkats. March 30, 2025.

Aggies put down Bearcats in weekend sweep

Carpio Griego, Staff Writer April 1, 2025

There's no place like home, especially for the NMSU softball team, who returned to Las Cruces after spending the previous week in Miami. The Aggies are currently settled in the fourth seed spot in Conference...

Seal of the Department of Education.

Brief: What is happening with the Department of Education?   

Elizabeth Anne Andrews, Section Editor April 1, 2025

On March 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order advising the Secretary of Education to facilitate the closure of the U.S. Department of Education “to the maximum extent appropriate...

Members of the Doña Ana County Clerk’s Office spoke at NMSU’s Branson Library about IRPA on March 20, 2025.

IPRA Talk panelists stress importance of using sunshine laws responsibly

Uziel Ramos, Staff Writer March 31, 2025

NMSU librarians and local journalists hosted the annual Sunshine Week IPRA Talk at Branson Library on March 20. The journalists and other members of the Las Cruces community discussed with four panelists...

Former Miss Native American NMSU, Shaylyn Smith (right), smiles while she helps make fry bread on March 19, 2025.

American Indian Program celebrates community with a taste of heritage 

Azure Mitchell, Staff Writer March 31, 2025

For some, it was a bite of a different culture, while for others this was a taste of home. In celebration of American Indian week, New Mexico State University’s American Indian Program hosted a luncheon...

An exhibit features heirloom corn varieties at Kent Hall University Museum. Feb. 27, 2025.

Exhibition highlights cultural, symbolic importance of corn to the Southwest

Alezandra Cisneros, Staff Writer March 31, 2025

The University Museum reopened its doors on Feb. 27 with its first exhibition since 2022. Curated by Sabrina Gonzalez, the exhibition, titled "Corn Mother," explores the cultural and symbolic importance...

David Sebastián Castañeda Molina. March 26, 2025.

Me llamo Dah-veeth

David Castañeda, Multimedia Director March 27, 2025

Me llamo David Sebastián Castañeda Molina. Dah-veeth Sih-bah-stee-ahn KAHS-tah-NiEH-dah Mo-LEE-nah. And during my life, I’ve allowed everyone who didn’t know me from birth to call me differently....

Thomas Otten and Laura Spitzer perform Maurice Ravel’s Concerto pour la main gauche (Concerto for the Left Hand). March 5, 2025.

Laura Spitzer’s retirement performance takes audience on emotional journey

Marlee Lustig, Staff Writer March 27, 2025

NMSU Music Department’s Dr. Laura Spitzer gave her final show before retirement with Dr. Thomas Otten in a recital dedicated to French composer and pianist, Maurice Ravel, on March 5 at Atkinson Recital...

Members of the Las Cruces community grieve around a vigil commemorating one of the victims of last week’s mass shooting. March 24, 2025.

Police chief, mayor call for policy change following Young Park shooting

Noah Apodaca, News Editor March 26, 2025

In a press briefing Tuesday morning, Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story said all four suspects who were arrested in connection with the Young Park mass shooting on Friday had criminal histories. One...

Photo courtesy of NMSU Athletics.

Aggies burn out the Flames, claim victory in weekend series

Carpio Griego, Staff Writer March 25, 2025

Spring time is baseball time and that means Presley Askew Field is one of main attraction for Aggie sports. However this past weekend, the NMSU baseball team made the trek all the way to Lynchburg, Virginia...

The road nearby Young Park following Friday night’s fatal shooting in Las Cruces. Photo courtesy of Hugo Perez, News22.

Mass shooting at Las Cruces park claims three lives, injures 15; four arrested and charged 

Noah Apodaca, News Editor March 23, 2025

A mass shooting in central Las Cruces killed three and injured 15 Friday evening during a car meet. Four people have been arrested.   Just shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday night, police and emergency...

The Fountain Theater sign in Mesilla glows as people start arriving for the 6 p.m. showing of “10,000 Black Men Named George”. Feb. 11, 2025.

NMSU Faculty Union screens film to celebrate Black History Month  

Vida “Vee” Montoya and Heba Hamedi March 20, 2025

At New Mexico State University, unions are gaining traction. From the graduate student union to faculty unions, staff, faculty, and students are joining forces to ensure their worker rights are not violated.   In...

Photo courtesy of Justin Bannister.

Justin Bannister takes on new position as Chief of Staff for president’s office 

Azure Mitchell, Staff Writer March 19, 2025

Beginning as a student in 1988 at an old New Mexico State University campus in Carlsbad, Justin Bannister never expected NMSU to be the place he’d shine most in his adult life.  Bannister transferred...

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