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1,385Votes cast in last year’s run-off election for ASNMSU president.

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The Big Event pg. 7

Three vie for top spot in student government By Ryan Kelley | Staff Writer With the tenure of Travis Du-lany and Matt Ellis as president and vice president of Associated Students of New Mexico State University about to end, another pair of NMSU students will soon fi ll the positions. Campaigning for the AS-NMSU elections began Wednes-day, Feb. 23. Since then, cam-pus sidewalks and staircases have been hosting the names of the candidates written in chalk. The three presidential candi-dates are Jeffery Oxford, James Clifford and Austin Graham. The two vice presidential candi-dates are Joseph Baldonado and David Maestas. When asked what kind of ex-perience he has to bring to the presidency, Oxford said he has served as a freshman ASNMSU Roadrunner intern, ASNMSU senator for the college of busi-ness, the ASNMSU Vice Presi-dent and ASNMSU director of intramurals. “Through my experiences I have achieved a strong under-standing of how the student government works at NMSU and how it interacts with other programs,” Oxford said. “I want to use my experience

to represent a strong and in-fl uential student input into all aspects of the university’s ad-ministration, and to continually improve the students’ university experience.” If Oxford were to be elected as the president of ASNMSU, he said he would like to place particular emphasis on improv-ing the college experience for NMSU’s international students. Oxford said he also has plans to support club athletics. Sea-soned NMSU students may al-ready know about these groups, which include the Race Club, the rugby teams, Ultimate Fris-bee, Judo, Capoeira and Aikido. None of these clubs receive sup-port from NMSU beyond being given space for practice and a little bit of help paying for traveling and activities, though clubs need to be able to pay for these on their own before re-ceiving aid. Oxford said if he is elected president, he also plans on fostering NMSUs cultural pro-grams and overcoming student apathy by creating an incentive for overall student participation in campus life. A current ASNMSU senator for the college of business ad-ministration and economics,

David Maestas is one of two candidates running for vice president of ASNMSU. Maestas has experience having worked as a member of the ASNMSU Student Advocate Group and as a Roadrunner. If elected, Maestas said he will seek to help out student organi-zations. “Getting funding is not a simple process. Sometimes clubs may not receive funding because they did not have suf-fi cient time to submit informa-tion,” Maestas said. “My job is to ensure that they get this money, whether it involves debating with or convincing the entire senate to vote on it.” Maestas also said he will not only try to simplify the funding process for clubs, but also make sure legislators are aware of stu-dent problems with the process. Presidential candidate James Clifford said if elected, he plans on making the college experi-ence better for all NMSU stu-dents. Clifford said he wants to support the growth of cam-pus organizations by supplying them with an advertising budget in order to get more students involved and to streamline the ASNMSU legislative process. Clifford said all students can

expect a return of social events such as free concerts, bonfi res and spring blowouts if he wins the election. “My main goal is to bring the NMSU experience out of medi-ocrity,” Clifford said. “Since I started school here four years ago, I have never felt a sense of community among students.” “To break this cycle I believe the student government needs to make students more aware of opportunities available to them, and hold events that bring stu-dents together who would oth-erwise never hang out,” Clifford said. Clifford said he believes a more involved student body would improve the campus so-cially, which can help students land good jobs due to their im-proved resumes. “We are all here to prepare for life outside of college, but we cannot forget to enjoy our lives,” Clifford said. “It is the student government’s job to keep stu-dents involved on campus, and I am the man to head that govern-ment.”

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prepare for the hiring and transition of the next editor, I will be overseeing the print edition of the Round Up Weekly for the en-tirety of the spring semester. As I transition into this new role, I would like to remind all students and members of the NMSU com-munity that I and every employee of the Round Up are thoroughly committed to bringing you the most credible and timely news possible. As a student-run publica-tion, we are and will remain open to any comments, questions or concerns you have. In this week’s issue we explore the what’s-what of ASNMSU election week, set to begin March 7. Our student government operates on a $1.2 million budget made up of student fees, and who we elect to the AS-NMSU legislative and executive branches controls a majority of where that money goes. Historically, interest and votes during election week have been low and many stu-dents around campus are either unaware or uninterested in the candidates and their platforms. But with rumors of rising tuition and fees, this year must be different.

In an attempt to highlight the small per-centage of students who vote in ASNMSU elections, I began to research how many students voted in previous ASNMSU elec-tions. After approaching ASNMSU for last year’s election results, Chief Elections Of-fi cer Sam Mondragon e-mailed me the following response: “I have been looking for the past results with full number of stu-dents that have voted and I cannot seem to fi nd them. However I have heard that only a small percentage of students vote as it is. As the student government of a public university, I fi nd it questionable ASNMSU has no record of how many students voted in past elections. It would seem obvious for a government of any kind to keep a formal paper trail, especially in regards to electing offi cials.

Via Google Search, the Round Up was able to recover an unoffi cial count of last year’s election numbers. Results show 1,385 students voted for a respective presi-dential candidate in 2010-- a less than 10 percent student turnout, as 18,552 attend-ed NMSU’s Las Cruces campus in 2010. Given these numbers, I encourage all stu-dents to participate in this year’s ASNMSU elections. I would like to thank you for your continued support of the Round Up and as always, Go Aggies!

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Dulany’s presidency in review By Mario Selle | Staff Writer

In only a few months fromnow,AssociatedStudentsofNewMexico State University Presi-dentTravisDulanywillbestep-pingdownandoutofofficeaftertwo years with the student-runorganization. Dulany said he believes heand ASNMSU have accom-plished much, and he is proudofthegrowththathehasseenatNMSU. InMay of 2009, Dulany wassworninasASNMSUpresident,andhis successorwill be sworninduringthemonthofMaythisyear. Currently a graduate studentat NMSU, Dulany is studyingProfessional CommunicationthroughtheEnglishdepartment. During his time as president,

Dulanysaidhisgreatestaccom-plishment was a parking initia-tivethatallowsstudentstohaveaparking infringement forgivenonceevery2yearsinsteadoftheoriginallyproposed5years. Dulany contributed much tothestudentbody,includingcon-certs, a concrete transportationsystem that nowhasGPS func-tionality andmultiple efforts toremedy the school’s overcrowd-edparkingsituation. Dulany said he and his teamhavebeenworkingonimprovingthe transportation system sincehisinceptionbackin2009.Cur-rently,therearefourbussesthatrunoncampus,withthreetrav-elingtoFrengerFoodCourtanda fourth one traveling off cam-pus. “We’re wanting to add morebuses to the route, but until

thatwewantstudentstobeableto know where their bus is, sothey’re not sitting there for 15minutes wondering when thebus is going to come,” Dulanysaid. “So we instituted a GPSsystem for mobile phones andtheWeb.” Dulanywillstepdownfromof-ficethisMay,butsaidhewantstocontinuallyseeASNMUprog-ress. He said he believes it isimperativeforASNMSUtocon-tinue to improve the quality ofstudentlifeandtokeepstudentssafe through programs such astheCrimsonCabandPete’sPick-up. His vision for ASNMSU is tocontinueinprovidingentertain-ment to students at a reason-ablecost,ifnotfree,andsaidhewould like to see the organiza-tioncontinuetomakecollegelife

funandtocreateasmanyleader-shippositionsaspossible. For those looking to run for

office, Dulany said he would

Students voice opinions on ASNMSUBy Kendra Slown | Staff Writer

With elections for student government posi-tions approaching, students are voicing theiropinionsaboutthegoverningbodyofAssociatedStudentsofNewMexicoStateUniversity. ASNMSUprovidesmanyservicesforstudents.Student safety, funding for student organiza-tions, student success and student entertain-mentareallaspectsASNMSUtargets. Crimson Cab, Pete’s Pickup and the StudentHotline are someASNMUprogramsgeared to-wardstudentsafety,saidJenaeGolden,directorofcommunityoutreachforASNMSU. AmandaValenzuela, a juniormajoring in ac-counting, said she likes the Crimson Cab pro-gram. “Ithinkitisagreatwaytoencouragestudentsnottodrinkanddrive,whichisaseriousprob-leminNewMexico,”Valenzuelasaid. ASNMSUalsoprovidescommunity serviceopportunitiesandfunding,aswellasadvertisingandpromotionaltoolsforstudentorganizations,Goldensaid. “ASNMSUdoesagoodjobhelpingwithfund-ing,”saidLoriHuffman,asophomoremajoringin biology. “I am amember of theWildlife So-ciety and they help uswith funding tomake itouttotheSouthwesternConclaveeachyear.”HuffmansaidConclaveisanimportantandfunpart of the club, where students can networkandcompetewithWildlifeSocieties fromotherschoolsaroundtheSouthwest. The readership program, student discountprogram, theRoadrunners (a freshman intern-shipprogram)andfundingforstudentstotravel

to SantaFeandlobbyforNMSUrepresentationin thegovernmentareseveralprogramsgearedtowardsstudentsuccess,Goldensaid.

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Election process explainedBy Mario Selle | Staff Writer

With Associated StudentsofNewMexicoStateUniver-sityelectionsbeginMarch7,anexplanationoftheelectionprocessismorethandue. ASNMSU houses 32 sena-tors, one president and onevice president. Each elect-ed official serves his or hertermforoneacademicschoolyear. Elections are held ev-ery springand fall semester,with16senatorsfromvariouscolleges being elected in thefall semester. The other 16senators, the president andvicepresidentareall electedinthespringsemester. “Elections in the springand fall allow student lead-ersmoreopportunitiestogetinvolved in ASNMSU,” saidcurrent ASNMSU PresidentTravisDulany. Eachpositionservesapar-ticularbranchof thestudentgovernment. The presidentis the head of the executivebranch and works with theother branches to carry out

ASNMSU bylaws, which areset by the ASNMSU sena-tors. The vice president isthepresidingofficerovertheASNMSUsenate. The elections are doneelectronically at www.as-nmsu.com. “ASNMSU contracts withICT to host the voting site,and tally the votes,” Dulanysaid. The presidential and vicepresidential candidates needmore than 50 percent of thevoteinordertosecureaplaceinoffice.Ifthisdoesnotoc-cur, the top two candidateswillthenenterarun-offelec-tion. Thewinneroftherun-offelectionwill thenpresideinoffice. Any NMSU student canrun for any of these posi-tions granted he or she is afee-payingstudent.Thecan-didatemustnotcurrentlybeon academic or disciplinaryprobation, and any studentmayrunforofficeasawrite-incandidate. If students would like torun as an official candidate,the student must produce apetition with 100 or moresignatures for the presiden-tialposition. The senate positions onlyrequire 25 signatures; how-ever, these 25 signaturesmust be produced from stu-dents in the college fromwhichtheywishtorepresent. Dulany said he believes itis important for the studentbodytoreallyknowwhotheyarevotingfor. “Itiscrucialforstudentstoget to know the candidates,andmakesuretheyhavetheproper experience necessaryfor the job,” Dulany said.“This is particularly true forpresidential candidates; thelearningcurveissteep,andifan inexperienced candidateis elected, it could spell di-sasterforthestudentbody.”Mario Selle is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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suggest to candidates to stay ac-countable to students, as they are the top priority. “Remember who you’re ac-countable to. When you get into office, you get bombarded with e-mails and invitations to join committees, and you begin to es-tablish a good working relation-ship with the administration, but at the end of the day you’re accountable to students,” Du-lany said. “The next ASNMSU President needs to know who he’s working for, and that’s stu-dents.” To see who is campaigning, or for any other information re-garding student government, visit www.asnmsu.com or stop by the ASNMSU office located on the second floor of Corbett Cen-ter.

Mario Selle is a staff writer and can be con-

ASNMSU also works on or-ganizing and implementing homecoming and spring fling events, and also hosts free con-certs and other events for stu-dents, Golden said. “It’s great that they have all these programs, but I feel like if they want to have more inter-est and involvement from stu-dents they should work harder at getting involved on campus,” said Charles Sandford, a junior in the wildlife science depart-ment. “I feel like many stu-dents don’t even know what ASNMSU is.” David Smith, a freshman and member of Sigma Alpha Epsi-lon, said he thinks ASNMSU does a great job in providing entertainment for students on campus.

“I especially like homecom-ing week, as I am in a frater-nity and homecoming is fun for us,” Smith said.

While some students are happy with the current pro-grams, many agree that there is still room for improvement. “I would like to see ASNMSU create some legislation that will

transfer funding from athletics to academics,” said Kristen del Villar, a sophomore studying animal science. “I think educa-tion is far more important than athleticism, and more money should be directed toward aca-demics.” Del Villar said she believes the importance of academics

is not emphasized enough at NMSU, especially when con-sidering the school’s athletic teams are not the best. “We should compensate by improving our academic stand-ing,” del Villar said.

Kendra Slown is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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The grand opening of the Corbett Fitness Center was last week on the second fl oor near the east entrance in the Corbett Center Student Union. The new fi tness center will be open 24 hours a day and will include strength machines, cardiovascular machines and a wood fl oor for stretching and core work. There are also televi-sions for people to watch while working out. The gym was created to make more room and opportunity for fi tness. Lori McKee, the director of health and wellness for New Mexico State University for the past three years, said the space set aside for billiards was not getting much use. However,

McKee said she noticed the 24-hour computer lab was being used often. The Activity Center weight room closes at 11 p.m., and staff members often have to shoo students out of the building. “Students stay up later and want to work out late and this facility allows them to do that,” McKee said. The grand opening was a combination of the opening itself and of the health screen-ings that will take place month-ly at the gym. On Wednesday, checks for cholesterol levels, blood glucose, blood pressure and heart rate were all avail-able. The fi tness center is open 24 hours to accommodate not only students, but faculty and staff

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Studio G offers incubation for entrepreneursBy Brittany BaldwinStaff Writer

The Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University has opened a business incuba-tor, Studio G, where college-aged entrepreneurs and recent NMSU graduates can help their business ideas thrive. Sara Pirayesh Sanders, en-trepreneurship director for the Arrowhead Center, said there are universities nationwide that provide student incuba-tors, and the programs have been very successful. “It’s a model that we have been thinking about for a while, but have only really put into place in the last two months,” Sanders said. Located in Suite 109 of Aca-demic Research Building A on the south end of campus, Stu-dio G is open to students of all fields, not just business ma-jors. In fact, non-business ma-jors are encouraged to apply. Studio G has a lot to offer a potential business. Upon ac-ceptance, businesses will be granted a workspace, phone and internet lines and a shared conference room. Sanders said the space, however, is not the most important part. “What’s really important is mentorship and networking,” Sanders said. “We work with the students on a weekly basis

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Last Saturday, more than 800 New Mexico State University students woke up early to help with one of the semester’s big-gest community service events. The Big Event, a city-wide event in connection with the Keep Las Cruces Beautiful pro-gram, helps students earn com-

munity service hours while ben-efi ting the community. Jenae Golden, a junior and director for community out-reach for the ASNMSU, said the event, in its seventh year, sent student to more than 40 jobs sites around the Las Cruces community. “It mostly consisted of trash pick-up,” said Golden. “There

was a group that loaded tons of logs from a fi eld and transport-ed them.” Golden said students were given breakfast and free T-shirts for their service. Organizations involved were able to receive off-campus community service hours, which are required if the clubs request funds through AS-NMSU.

“We’ve gotten a lot of feed-back from the organizations and from the city thanking us for our contributions,” Golden said. Over 60 NMSU organizations and other volunteers helped with the clean-up, which ex-tended past the NMSU campus. Golden said some people drove as far as 25 minutes to help the

By Nathan KramerStaff Writer

Sitting behind the service desk in Zuhl Library is a copy of the New Mexico State University sal-ary book. The 230-page book discloses the job titles and salaries for all employees at all NMSU cam-puses. The book can be checked out for two hours to be used and looked at only in the library. The book is public record anyone can view to see the salary of any uni-versity employee. Flipping through NMSU’s black book, readers can learn the earnings of professors, depart-ment heads, secretaries, admin-istrators, coaches and the presi-dent. The top four earners at the uni-versity, in order, are: the presi-dent, the head football coach,

the men’s basketball coach and the athletic director. All of their salaries are six fi gures. President Barbara Couture has a base salary of $385,000. Foot-ball coach DeWayne Walker’s earnings start at $363,000. Bas-ketball coach Marvin Menzies’ salary starts at $280,500. All three earn more, though, as they are given housing allow-ances, vehicles to drive and other bonuses. Athletic Director McKinley Boston has a yearly salary of $234,600. The total salaries for the athletics department he runs come out to just over $4 million. “I do think, especially in ath-letics, the salaries seem high,” said Nancy McMillan, head of the geological sciences depart-ment. McMillan said she was okay

with the salary book being public information, since the citizens of New Mexico pay her salary. “I feel that as a state employee,

Big Event: Students get hands dirty for good cause

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cause. “The community really does donate so much to NMSU,” Golden said. “We’ve exceeded more than 300 volunteers this year than last year. It just keeps growing. We hope to get it as big as Texas A&M University.” Stephanie Flores, a sopho-more and volunteer, said the ex-perience was rewarding. “I’m not a morning person, and I didn’t have to do it,” Flores said. “But I think we do have a civic duty to give back to the community.” Despite the overcast sky that kept the morning cool, the job was not always pretty. “We got a pretty clean part of town,” Flores said. “But there were cigarette butts and beer

bottles everywhere.” Flores said even though the event would potentially allow organizations to get money for their clubs, there was a sincere effort to help out Las Cruces. “It is a volunteer program, you don’t have to be there,” said Flores. “But there were a ton of people that did show up and put in the effort.” Both Golden and Flores said they would not mind getting their hands dirty again. “It was great,” Golden said. “We had great volunteers and I look forward to doing it next year.” Golden also said volunteers who did not receive a T-shirt can still pick one up from the AS-NMSU offi ce, located on the sec-ond fl oor of Corbett Center.

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this bit of advice: “Definitely try it, and seek out people who have more expertise or experi-ence in certain areas. This is the key. But most importantly, don’t be afraid to try.” Applications can be found on the Studio G website, www.studiognmsu.com. To apply, a newly-started or proposed business must have a team of at least two people. For the en-tire time the business is in the incubator, at least one of the members must be an NMSU student or an alumnus who graduated from NMSU within the last five years. The team must also be will-ing to commit at least 10 hours a week to working in the stu-dio. For more information about Studio G, visit their website or contact Sanders via e-mail at npirayes@ad.nmsu.edu or by phone at (575) 646-7036.

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my salary should be known,” Mc-Millan said. Alyssa Day, a junior and elec-trical engineering major, said she believes it is ridiculous how much money and benefi ts President Couture gets, but said it does not seem like enough for running a university with all the complaints that arise. Day said she looked at the salary book during her fresh-man year, as everyone was talk-ing about it. She said she would probably look at it again to see the salaries of all her professors since last seeing the book.

“I think it’s necessary so each student knows how much each professor is making,” Day said. “Students should be looking at the salary book.” Professors do not just grade and teach, but also have to do re-search in their fi elds. Their sala-ries are a refl ection of this. Although it is not currently in-cluded in the book, Day said she thought whether or not a profes-sor has tenure at the university should be included. Tenure is a status granted to faculty that makes their position permanent. Surrounding students were in agreement.

Nathan Kramer is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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By Zane Klemo | Staff Writer

A new addition to the Aggie volleyball team was made last month with the hiring of as-sistant coach Keith Rubio. Rubio, whose resume in-cludes positions at Quincy University, University of Or-egon, Boise State University and University of Southern California, was announced the new assistant coach Feb 17. Rubio graduated from Cal-State Northridge in 1999 with a degree in kinesiology. He has worked with several uni-versities and has coached many different positions on the court, from setters to mid-dle hitters. Head coach Mike Jordan said he saw the hard work from Rubio and knew he would be an asset to the Ag-gies organization.

“We’re really excited to have Keith (Rubio) on staff,” Jordan said. “He’s a tireless worker and a great guy.” While part of the University of Oregon staff, Rubio was the recruiting director and also headed camps at the universi-ty where he gained experience working with players from all over the country. At Boise, Rubio gained much experience in day-to-day operations, scheduling

and further teaching op-portunities with his play-ers. Rubio also showed his dedication to the sport by volunteering his time at USC where he partook in recruit-ing duties similar to when he was at Oregon. Rubio’s longest tenure was at Quincy University, where he was head coach and led the team to 19 wins in 2007, the team’s highest win total

since 1998. Spring workouts for the Ag-gies began Monday, and Rubio will look to improve the team through daily activities to pre-pare for the upcoming season. “[Rubio] will bring a lot of energy and experience to the gym and handle a lot of our day-to-day recruiting,” Jordan said.

Zane Klemo is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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The New Mexico State Uni-versity baseball team began their season in a big way with an 8-0 record, which can be partly attributed to the stellar play of senior outfielder Wes-ley Starkes. Originally from Athens, Texas, Starkes began his col-legiate baseball career at the junior college level at North-ern Oklahoma A&M, where he helped the team to a bi-state regional championship. Al-though Starkes made a nearly seamless transfer to Division I baseball, he said there were some differences at the higher level. “The speed of the games speeds up a lot from junior college to Division I play,” Starkes said. Although the speed is differ-ent, Starkes had no problem finding a way to be successful at NM State. He finished off last season with a solid .367 batting average, 67 hits and 39 RBI, five of those RBI coming in a single game. This season

Starkes has already accumu-lated a .368 batting average through eight games, with a total of 14 hits. Besides his daily perse-verance in baseball, Starkes has many other interests. He is majoring in general business at NMSU. In the offseason, he enjoys getting out in the bush to do some hunting. “I like to hunt deer and hogs,” Starkes said. Starkes probably main-tains his 6–foot-2-inch, 170-pound build with a healthy diet and exercise. But when he gets the time to make it back to Athens, his favorite meal is his mom’s homemade fried chicken. On the day of a game, Starkes powers on his iPod and listens to Jason Aldean, Three Days Grace and Break-ing Benjamin as his choice of music to get in the zone. Once the first pitch is thrown, Starkes said he tries to model the play of his favorite player,

Ken Griffey Jr. The Aggies began a tour-nament today that will con-tinue through Saturday in Beaumont, Texas. They will face opponents from all over the country, but Starkes and the team has only one goal in

mind. “Coach Bloodworth always talks about our main goal, which is to win a WAC cham-pionship, so that is what’s on all of our minds,” Starkes said. As for his future, Starkes’ concentration is unwavering

from this current season. “I’m not thinking about [the future] right now. I’m just thinking about the task at hand,” Starkes said.

Zane Klemo is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

By Dongsheng Dong | Staff Writer

Under new leadership, the Badminton Club at New Mexico State University is trying to in-crease the popularity of the sport among students and faculty. With the graduation of the former vice president, Chinese graduate student Zhongwei Tian was selected to lead the club. Tian said the fi rst goal for bad-minton club this year is to attract more students to participate in the activity. “Students at NMSU like all kinds of sports except badmin-ton,” Tian said. “It’s obvious that badminton is not that popular in the United States, although it’s pretty hot in China and India.” So far the club has about 20 members, including both stu-dents and faculty.

“I don’t understand why peo-ple here don’t like badminton. You don’t need to buy expensive equipment for it and it can be played any time at any place,” Tian said. The sport is a good way to stay healthy, he said. The club holds small competi-tions every Tuesday and Thurs-day at the Activity Center. The club offers free rackets and shuttlecocks to members, and experienced players are willing to offer guidance to new members. Tian said the team is planning a badminton match with Al-amogordo, though he would like to get involved with other nearby school as well.

Dongsheng Dong is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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Mardi Gras gala this Saturday nightBy Dongsheng Dong | staff Writer

The annual American South-west Theatre Company’s Mardi Gras gala will be held this Satur-day night from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Las Cruces Convention Center. This year’s ceremony will in-clude traditional events, as well as music, a deejay, a magic show and a costume contest. The master of the ceremonies for the evening will be Carrie Hamblen of KRWG FM, who hosted the celebration last year. “We try to make it an annual celebration, but we want to do it differently,” said Tom Smith, managing director of American Southwest Theatre Company. “This year it’s going to be a fun party.” ASTC has been holding Mardi Gras events for the past three years. The biggest change this year is the new location of the

party. The capacity of the con-vention center will allow the guest list to be expanded to 200 people. The costume contest will be an exciting part of the celebra-tion, and Smith said the ASTC encourages all attendees to dress in costume and participate in the contest. “People who love Halloween will just love Mardi Gras be-cause it is a day they could dress a little bit naughty,” Smith said. For the costume contest, se-cret judges will invite the first 20 volunteers, 10 male and 10 female, to present their ward-robes. Afterward, a king and queen of Mardi Gras will be se-lected. The king will be awarded a sword and the queen will get a crown. “I once attended a Mardi Gras ceremony in New Orleans, but I never saw such a costume con-test there,” said Gary Garrison,

a New Mexico State Uni-versity faculty member. “I’m not sure if I will par-ticipate in it, but it will be very interesting to see oth-ers do this.” The silent auction will also be going on through-out the evening. This year the auction will feature a Brian Fallstead Mardi Gras blue marble mask sculp-ture, a sofa table from Ash-ley’s, jewelry, a Waterford crystal chip and dip set, a William & Sonoma cheese spread set and more, accord-ing to the press release for the event. Guests can also enjoy a 20 to 30-minute magic show at the beginning of the ceremony, or try their luck at the poker table. Mardi Gras is one of the big-gest fundraising events for the ASTC, Smith said, and this year the group plans to raise $5,000.

Part of the money will be used to fund guest artists and com-munity outreach events, Smith said. “Mardi Gras is a time to say goodbye to winter,” Smith said. “People usually drink a little bit more that day and cut lose a lit-tle bit. We do hope people could have good time there.” So far, 150 of the 200 tickets have been sold. The tickets are

$30 per person, and tables for 10 can be purchased for $275. For more information, visit the ASTC website at http://theatre.nmsu.edu/astc. Tickets are available 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday at the Her-shel Zohn Theatre box office or by calling (575) 646-4515.

Dongsheng Dong is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

Electronic dance comes to Las CrucesBy Katie silva | staff Writer

Musicclones is bringing the electronic dance music scene to Las Cruces this Friday with Tommy Lee and DJ Aero at the Las Cruces Convention Center.

Javier Guzman Jr., co-found-er of Musicclones, said although the culture of electronic dance music has grown in recent years, it is still very much an under-ground scene. Guzman and Robert Valenz formed Musicclones because of their love for electro. The duo later partnered with Fabian Er-ives, Leo Guzman and Steven Aragon. “The community still is not aware of this type of music,” Guzman said. “People still have mixed feelings.” Guzman said Musicclones ca-ters to an up-tempo feel. Music-clones is responsible for bring-ing artists such as Starkillers, DJ Scotty Boy and Dmitry KO to the Las Cruces area. Guzman said Musicclones aims to continue bringing big-ger acts to the area through networking and building good relationships with the agencies. Guzman also said the group plans to expand to the college communities in Albuquerque and the tips of Arizona. The show this Friday will have state-of-the-art visuals, sound and lighting, Guzman said. The show will include LED walls, shooting visual graphics, projec-tors and strobe lights. Tommy Lee and DJ Aero, alsoknown as “Electro Mayhem”

Keshet Dance Company’s “Ani Ma’amin” teaches tolerance and hope

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By Chris Brillante | staff Writer

“Ani Ma’amin”, a performance exploring the far-reaching effects of the Holocaust on American Jews, will be presented tonight by the Keshet Dance Company at the Rio Grande Theatre in Las Cruces. For Shira Greenberg, director of Keshet Dance Company and chore-ographer of “Ani Ma’amin”, dance is a way of igniting social commen-tary. “I wanted to find a way to com-bine both things I am passionate about,” Greenberg said. Greenberg, a Minneapolis na-tive, came to New Mexico to pursue more artistic opportunities not pre-viously offered to her as a modern dancer. “I moved to Albuquerque from

Minneapolis and still found limited opportunities to be a modern danc-er here,” Greenberg said. “I felt the need to fill that void.” Thus, Keshet Dance Company was born, Greenberg said. “I felt that I found a way to com-bine both social work and dance that would make people think,” Greenberg said. Keshet Dance Company was founded in 1996, according to www.keshetdance.org, and “unites pro-fessional dancers with the com-munity through social programs to open unlimited possibilities regard-less of economic, physical or social situations – connecting people with art to build a stronger community.” Keshet’s newest show, “Ani Ma’amin”, certainly fits that bill, Greenberg said. “Ani Ma’amin”, Hebrew for “I Be-

lieve”, is an 85-minute dance show performed with five dancers and has no intermission. Using video tes-timonies, poetry and footage from historical archives, the program is “a powerful and thought-provoking modern dance piece exploring the impact of the Holocaust on Ameri-can Jews”, Greenberg said. “It was originally commissioned by the Jewish community in Min-neapolis, and it’s kind of taken off from there,” Greenberg said. The Holocaust was a systematic and state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews in Nazi Germa-ny during World War II. Over 6 mil-lion were killed, exterminating over a third of the population of Europe, according to http://www.ushmm.org/. “We try and talk about the effect of the Holocaust across genera-

tions,” Greenberg said. The program follows the story of the Holocaust before the war, dur-ing the war, after the war, the first generation of survivors, the second generation of survivors and finally what it means today, Greenberg said. Greenberg said she believes the war was never really won. “There is still persecution and hate for all races and ethnicities in the world,” Greenberg said. Greenberg said many people have found the performance to be extremely educational. “I hope the message that intol-erance and bigotry still exists is brought out and that people can ask ‘What types of action do we take to fight this? What happens when we

By roy Berkeley | staff Writer

The Dona Ana Lyric Opera will be performing Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at At-kinson Recital Hall this week-end at New Mexico State Uni-versity. The opera, which first opened in May of 1786, is one of Mo-zart’s most well-known humor-ous operas. The play was originally banned in Vienna because of its satirical nature. “Figaro is generally agreed to be the most perfect and least problematic of Mozart’s great operas,” according to Oxford Music Online. This particular version of “The Marriage of Figaro” is dou-ble cast. “Friday and Sunday are one

cast and Saturday is the other,” said opera assistant Tara Khoze-in. The character of Figaro will be played by Revere Taylor, an NMSU undergraduate student, and Daniel Sandino-Molloy, an NMSU conducting graduate student. Molloy also played the role of Belcore in DALO’s 2010 produc-tion of “Elixir of Love”, and the father Peter in “Hänsel and Gre-tel” in 2007. The character of Count Alma-viva will be played by Ian Sid-den, who received his Master of Music degree from NMSU. “You may have seen him in leading roles in Bob Diven’s mu-sical comedy “Extinction” and in the DALO/Mark Medoff pro-duction ‘We are Enron’,” Khoze-in said. Countess Almaviva will be

played by Guo Ying, an NMSU graduate student and winner of the Joan Sutherland Award at the International Bellini Com-petition in Italy this year.

The character of Susanna is played by both Emma Rosen-thal and Eliza Woodyard on al-ternating days.

Music students practice for their upcoming opera, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Neal McRae / theRound Up

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“Two of our very talented un-dergraduate singers and two very different Susannas,” Khozein said. “DALO put on ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ in the late 90’s when it was still under the direction of Dr. Jon Linford,” Khozein said. That was before Las Cruces native An-drew Zimmerman became the artistic director of the Dona Ana Lyric Opera. Zimmerman became part of the NMSU faculty after return-ing from Europe where he sang as the lead tenor in over 50 operatic productions in more than 20 dif-ferent opera houses. At NMSU, he has performed as the tenor soloist for Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” and as Jesus in “St. John Passion”. The opera opens this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Performances will also be held Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are available at Pan American Center ticket offi ce and will be sold sepa-rately from NMSU Choir season tickets. Tickets are $12 and $15, and seating is reserved. For more information, contact the Pan American Center Ticket Offi ce at (575) 646-1420 and An-drew Zimmerman at (575) 646-1986.

Roy Berkeley is a staff writer and can be con-tacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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CSTC to hold performances at Rio Grande TheatreBy Santa Nava | Staff Writer

The Creative Students Theatre Company from New Mexico State University will exhibit four pro-ductions written and directed by students at the Rio Grande The-atre March 8, 19 and 20, and ad-mission is free. The fi rst performance on March 8 will be “Zipper Crowd”, written by Ira Brown and Diego Acosta. The 15-minute show was performed at the Reading Festi-val last April, and is on the agenda due to audience requests. Brown and Acosta are both Creative Me-dia institute majors. The director of Zipper Crowd will be Natasha Sanchez, a theatre arts major at NMSU. Sanchez is involved with theatrical activities on and off campus, according to a CSTC press release. The show begins at 5:30 p.m. The second performance March 8 will be the Spring Stu-dent Spotlight. The event was de-signed for students with diverse talents, providing them an oppor-tunity to be the enjoyment of an

audience. CSTC is featur-ing performances from the Dona Ana Community College Theatre Club, which include improvisa-tions, musicals and scenes from the Theatre Arts Comedia Del Arte class, according to the press release. On March 19 at 7:30 p.m. and March 20 at 2:30 p.m., the shows will consist of two plays. The fi rst is “Deal Love”, writ-ten by Josh Tafoya, a graduate student in both criminal justice and theatre arts. According to the press release, this play is a story of “conquering loss, in order to dis-cover that love is right in front of us when we least expect it.” The second play will be “To-day’s The Day”, written by Teddy Aspen-Sanchez, an improviser and stand-up comedian. Ac-cording to the press release, the show is about “three intertwining vignettes that deal with fi nding the courage to pursue the impos-sible”. Sanchez has a degree in business, and said he hopes open his own improvisational theatre school someday.

CSTC, formerly the Opportu-nities for Creative Students, was reformed and re-chartered at NMSU during the fall of 2010. According to the club’s mis-sion statement: “Creative Student Theatre Company (CSTC) exists to encourage the creation of cul-tural and intellectual activities in the performing arts by students of the New Mexico State University for the benefi t and enjoyment of the university campus and com-munity of the City of Las Cruces, NM. The organization accom-plishes its mission by providing students interested in the per-forming arts with resources and opportunities in production and professional development”. The club is currently made up of CMI and theatre arts majors, and anyone is welcome to join. CSTC meets every Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Isabel M. Crouch Reader’s Theatre located in the Speech Building.

Santa Nava is a staff writer and can be con-tacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

The Rio Grande Theater located on the downtown mall in Las Cruces Tuesday, March 1. Neal McRae / theRound Up

do that?’” Greenberg said. Greenberg said she encourages people of all ages and ethnicities to attend the show- it is not just aimed at the Jewish community. “The show has many universal themes of hope and faith that can talk to everyone,” Greenberg said. The performance is today at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general ad-mission and $8 for students and se-nior citizens. For more information visit www.keshetdance.org.

Chris Brillante is a staff writer and can be con-tacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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will headline the show, with lo-cal DJ Amer Jandali opening the set, followed by legendary artist Tommie Sunshine.

Tommie Sunshine is perhaps best known for his dance remix-es to popular artists’ music such as Fall Out Boy, Shiny Toy Guns and Hellogoodbye. He also re-cently released an album on Ul-tra Records, a label known for production of electronic artists including Benny Benassi and Deadmau5.

“The beat starts at birth” is Musicclones motto.

“Once you step foot into the realm of a Musicclones event, the feeling you have will take you to another level,” Aragon said. “The beats will be felt in your bones and through your body and will be like having a born-again experience.”

For more information about Musicclones or the event, visit w w w . f a c b o o k . c o m / m u s i c -clones. The event is open to ages 18 and up, and liquor sales are available to guests 21 and up. Pre-sale tickets and early arrival are encouraged, and the ticket guarantees entry to the event. Tickets for the event can be purchased at Pic Quik locations in Las Cruces for $25. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $35.

Katie Silva is a staff writer and can be con-tacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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