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World news

North Korea declares truce nullified

North Korea declared Monday that the armistice ending the Kore-an War in 1953 has been nullified, The New York Times reported.

According to the report, the United States and South Korea began joint military drills March 1, which involved bringing 2,500 U.S. troops to the country; there were no signs of hostility at the border.

South Korean officials said they would increase vigilance while the U.S. troops were in the country for fears that North Korea might use that as an excuse to attack, nytimes.com.

According to another New York Times report, South Korean of-ficials said North Korea is not al-lowed to unilaterally nullify the truce, calling it a “psychological ploy.”

U.S. news

Large soda ban blocked by judge

A judge in New York has blocked

the ban on large sugary drinks, one day before the ban was set to go in effect, BBC news reports.

According to the report, the law would have banned the sale of any drinks that were more than 16 ounces at any food-service establish-ments.

The Mayor of New York, Mi-chael Bloomberg criticized the block of the ban, and said he is going to appeal the decision, say-ing the decision would be a way to reduce obesity, according to BBC News.

Bbc.co.uk reports 58 percent of adults in New York are overweight or obese.

The American Beverage Associa-tion has been against the ban, since it was proposed.

Lawmakers approve decreasing marijuana

penalties

The proposal to loosen the pen-alties for possession of marijuana is still making its way through New Mexico State Legislature, KRQE News reported.

According to the report, the house approved the measure that would enact civil-penalty fines for first-time offenders; they could have up to four ounces and jail time

would be eliminated for people who possess up to eight ounces.

Supporters of lessening the pen-alties for possessing marijuana say that this will give law enforcement officials to focus on more serious crimes, while opponents said people would think it is OK to smoke mari-juana, krqe.com reports.

The proposal will now be vot-ed on in the senate, according to KRQE News.

N.M. news

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by Nick Njegomirexecutive news producer

The New Mexico State University Faculty Senate met March 7 and ap-proved the creation of a Governmen-tal Affairs Committee.

This new committee will identify issues the New Mexico State Legis-lature is working on that the NMSU Faculty Senate are interested in and will give the position of where the Faculty Senate stands on those issues.

“We want to have a clear view the Faculty Senate has on issues,” said Tim Ketelaar, Ph.D., chairman of the Faculty Senate. “Then we will be able to figure out how to transmit this information either to our governmen-tal affairs people…or give this infor-mation to our (university) president, the Board of Regents or even in some cases to go up (to state legislature) ourselves.”

Ketelaar said Larry Blank, a sena-tor for college business, has been “in-

strumental” to the process of creating a Governmental Affairs Committee.

"Senator Blank has already worked closely with NMSU's director of Government Relations, Ricardo Rel, to testify before the N.M. Legislature to represent the views of NMSU fac-ulty regarding the Educational Re-tirement Board solvency issue. The creation of an official senate standing committee on Governmental rela-tions will provide a solid future basis for representing the views of NMSU faculty in Santa Fe," Ketelaar said.

Ketelaar explained the ERB is a concern the Faculty Senate has. The ERB has been an important discus-sion because there has been conversa-tion in Santa Fe about the solvency of the funding the ERB receives, Kete-laar said.

This would mean that the ERB would have to ask for more contribu-tions, or start cutting benefits. Kete-laar said the faculty is opposed to cut-ting benefits, but with recent bills that have passed benefits should not have

to be cut.Since the Faculty Senate approved

the creation of a Governmental Af-fairs Board, they are going to talk to the Associated Students of NMSU’s a Governmental Affairs Board to get a briefing on how they operate.

“The ASNMSU Governmental Affairs Board has been successful and we are going to use them as a model for ours,” Ketelaar said.

The Faculty Senate has also been working closely with NMSU’s Gov-ernmental Relations Office.

“I think it is an exciting thing be-cause in the past the faculty has felt that it has not had much represen-tation in Santa Fe.” Ketelaar said. “This Committee on Governmental Affairs would actually allow us to be able to always…express the issues the faculty is concerned with.”

Faculty Senate approves addition of Governmental Affairs Committee

by Lillian Bowestaff writer

Organizations on campus and any New Mexico State University student or employee can participate in The Big Event, an off-campus community service day at 9 a.m. Saturday.

The event will be voluntary for anyone who wants to say thank you to the city of Las Cruces. Organiza-tions, a group of students or individu-als can join. The Associated Students

of New Mexico State University is hosting the event.

ASNMSU Director of Commu-nity Outreach, Lorraine Arvizu, said the Big Event will benefit the students and the Las Cruces Community. Stu-dents will be giving back to the com-munity by working around Las Cru-ces with non-profit organizations and local business. Some of the services the students will perform are cleaning parks, playgrounds and working with non-profits like the Salvation Army and El Caldito Soup Kitchen.

“I want to break last year’s number of participants,” Arvizu said.

Arvizu said organizations should participate in the Big Event because it is a great way to give back to the com-

munity and it counts for off-campus hours for ASNMSU.

The Big Event is in its ninth year and there have been more than 300 participants in past years, but last year the community service event had 993 students. Every year more organiza-tions join the Big Event, and Arvizu said individual volunteers have been climbing in numbers every year. Indi-viduals who join the Big Event will be grouped with other individuals.

This year ASNMSU will be work-ing with the NMSU foundation and the participants will be writing thank you letters to the sponsors who do-nate to “ScholarDollar$.”

The Big Event held Saturday

by Jocelyn Apodacataff writer

With Associated Students of New Mexico State University elections un-derway, vice president candidate Erik Tischofer dropped out of the race to endorse candidate Jeremy Witte Monday.

Tischofer went to Witte with his decision to drop out.

“He felt I was the best candidate and believes we can work together,” Witte said. The two plan to find com-mon ground in reforming how the senate handles student fees.

“I felt that Jeremy Witte was the best candidate and it was key that we had a strong leader in ASNMSU,” Tischofer said. "I’ve done my best

to inform my supporters it is in the best interest of the students to go out and vote for Jeremy Witte." His deci-sion was not made in time to have his name removed from the ballot.

Wesley Jackson remains the other candidate in the race for ASNMSU vice president. Because only two can-didates remain, the person with the person of the majority of votes will be the winner.

"In regard to Erik Tischofer, he did what he felt is best for him," said candidate for vice president Wesley Jackson. "I wish him the best, and I am looking forward to the results on Friday."

ASNMSU elections run until March 15. To vote visit asnmsu.nmsu.edu.

Candidate drops out of ASNMSU election race

Community volunteer project continues to provide service

3March 14news

by Liz Bakerstaff writer

Interim provost for New Mexico State University, Jay Jordan, an-nounced that in Fall 2013 the current $25 per credit hour distance educa-tion fee will increase to $35 per credit hour.

The University Budget Committee reaffirmed its support for the DE Fee Proposal, which was then approved by interim NMSU President Manuel T. Pacheco.

“We weren’t putting enough mon-ey into DE courses,” Jordan said. “This is an attempt to give students courses that better fit their needs for a faster way to get their degrees.”

According to the NMSU Policy Manual, Distance Education at NMSU is defined as “the formal educational process of delivering in-struction so that students physically remote from the campus of program origin and/or instructor may partici-pate.”

Some students are upset about the increases for next year.

“Students don’t even get a say in these increases,” said junior psychol-ogy major Allison Dunlap. “We just get force fed these prices and either pay up or don’t take the class, it’s ri-diculous.”

NMSU’s distance education pro-grams are designed to serve students who may not be able to pursue an education through traditional means and include bachelor degree comple-tion programs, masters’ and doc-toral programs. In some cases, brief residencies on the NMSU Las Cruces campus may be a requirement of the program.

“I want students to get together and tell us what they want,” Jordan said. “They need to let us know what courses and type of courses most ben-efit them, so we know what it will take to get it for them.”

This fee only applies to courses of-fered through the Las Cruces campus. Since 2008, this is the third time the

DE fee increase has been approved. However, its implementation was de-layed due to other factors.

“This increase had been approved twice before and was never imple-mented,” Jordan said. “The budget committee approved the increase and the Associated Students of NMSU president sits on that committee, there is a need for an asynchronous campus.”

Currently, the monies generated by the DE fees only cover part of the cost of providing web-based courses and programs. Yet the increasing popu-larity of web-based offerings points to unmet demand for currently available courses and new online offerings, ac-cording to the NMSU hotline.

“Students will be outraged, but they are making a big deal about nothing,” said senior accounting ma-jor Michael Padilla. “It’s ten bucks that will be going to make the online courses better for students.”

The additional revenues will help departments cover current costs and

increase their online offerings.“The cost will

go directly into all the things that make these courses hap-pen and work,” Jor-dan said. “These types of courses where given high ratings by students, but students don’t have to take courses with DE fees.”

By April, after input from various stakeholders, a follow-up proposal for the distribution of the DE fees will be presented to the UBC.

by Jocelyn Apodacastaff writer

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is hosting its sixth annual event Satur-day at Dickerson’s Event Center to raise money for childhood cancer research.

The Las Cruces volunteer group has raised $6,000 and $4 million na-tionwide. St. Baldrick’s began in Las Cruces in April 2008 and has hosted a fundraising event every March since it was started.

Matthew Hall, the volunteer event organizer, first heard about the event in 2006 from his nephew who was raising money for childhood cancer research in Albuquerque.

“The most important thing for people unfamiliar with St. Baldrick’s to understand is that this is not about hair," Hall said. "We shave our heads to show our solidarity with the chil-dren that are undergoing treatment for cancer."

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation rais-es money for research for the Chil-dren’s Oncology Group. It began in 2000 with businessmen Tim Kenny, John Bender and Enda McDonnell who decided to shave their heads for cancer research. The event came to Las Cruces after Hall learned the or-ganization’s donations give approxi-mately 84 percent to research while

4 percent pays for salaries and the re-mainder goes to sup-port the events.

In 2003, Hall lost his son to Acute My-logenous Leukemia.

“Taking into ac-count all of that background and the fact that I have per-sonally lost a child to cancer, I do not view the time and effort I volunteer as something I do for personal gain or for a sense of giving back," Hall said. "I see it as my obliga-tion to try and fix the problems that I know need to be ad-dressed."

Jerica Guynn, an anthropology student, shaved her head for St. Bal-drick’s Foundation March 2011.

“My hair used to be my ‘thing’ and over a few months of raising money I realized it wasn’t as valuable in comparison to the children’s lives,” Guynn said.

After learning about the event from Facebook, Guynn said she knew she wanted to learn more.

“I didn’t know if I could ever shave my head, but I knew I wanted to help

in some way,” she said.She raised $3,800, exceeding her

$500 goal.“Even though my life has not been

personally affected by childhood can-cer, I felt drawn to this cause because my childhood was so happy and healthy,” Guynn said.

Anyone can become a "shavee" by signing up online through the St. Bal-drick’s website. Donations will be ac-cepted until Saturday. The event will be held at Dickerson's located at 3920 W. Picacho Ave at 2 p.m. Saturday.

by Kevin H. Culverstaff writer

The most famous of Ireland’s saints, Saint Patrick, has his own holi-day this weekend. As the holiday has become more secular and is often a celebration of Irish heritage, below are many proverbs and sayings in relation to the famously celebrated holiday.

* “Here’s to a fellow who smileswhen life runs along like a song.And here’s to the lad who can smilewhen everything goes dead wrong.”

* “Always remember to forgetThe friends that proved untrue.

But never forget to rememberthose that have stuck by you.”

* “ ‘Tis better to buy a small bou-quet

and give to your friend this very day,

than a bushel of roses white and red

to lay on his coffin after he’s dead.”

* “St. Patrick’s Day is an enchant-ed time - a day to begin transform-ing winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.” -Adrienne Cook

* “If a man who cannot count

finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?” -Stanislaw J. Lec

* “A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.”

* “An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth.”

St. Patrick’s Day Movies

Luck of the Irish-Kyle has always been lucky, but when he starts to loose that luck, he figures out more about his background. When he finds out who he really is, Kyle must defeat the charm-thief to save the leprechauns.

Far and Away-Follows the story of two Irish immigrants who escape to America to find opportunities and land there.

The Gnome-Mobile-A millionaire and his grandchildren come across and help a group of gnomes who are trying to find the rest of their tribe.

The Departed-An undercover

state cop trying to infiltrate the Irish Mafia, and a member of that mob imposing as a cop try to figure the other person out before they are ex-posed to the enemy.

NMSU increases distance education fee

Celebrating the traditions of St. Patrick’s Day

Jerica Guynn, a New Mexico State University student majoring in anthropology, gets her head shaved two years ago at the St. Baldrick’s Foundation event. photo courtesy of Jerica Guynn

Lose your hair if you care

by Liz Bakerstaff writer

The New Mexico State University Astronomy Department is hosting its monthly open house March 22, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Tombaugh Observatory.

“I have always been interested in astronomy,” said junior criminal jus-tice major Brandon Tome. “I have been to a few of these open houses, and they do a great job of blending knowledge with fun.”

The Clyde W. Tombaugh Campus Observatory was dedicated in Sep-tember 1972. The facility houses two Astronomy Department telescopes, one of which belonging to the Astro-

nomical Society of Las Cruces.“These open houses are a great

way to get students and the commu-nity involved in what the astronomy department does,” said astronomy professor Nicole Vogt. “We always get a great amount of students and expect the numbers to steadily rise.”

The NMSU Astronomy Depart-ment operates the Apache Point Ob-servatory for the Astrophysical Re-search Corporation, a collaborative partnership that includes numerous universities.

According to their website, NMSU has full ownership of a 1m telescope at APO. This telescope has been used for several imaging research programs. It can be run in a robotic

mode, which makes it ideal for long term and/or monitoring programs.

“The observatory is used for both academic and recreational purposes such as these open houses,” Vogt said. “It is there for students and faculty to use to further their studies.”

According to the website, when the weather permits, the observatory is open on Mondays and Wednesdays. The open house events are held on Friday nights at the Observatory on campus and occur roughly once per month, near the time of the first-quarter moon from September through May and often during the summer. Each evening program be-gins with a short presentation, fol-lowed by guided observing through

telescopes.“I would be willing to go just to

check it out,” said senior business major Ashley Hardway. “It just isn’t something I think of when I think of entertainment for the night.”

This week’s open house will feature professor Chris Churchill and astron-omy students, Chas Miller, Meredith Rawls, and Teresa Ross. The targets of the observation will include the moon and the star Sirius. The view will also consist of the Orion Nebula and possibly an open cluster like the Pleiades.

“I think events like this give stu-dents and the community to partici-pate in something fun, while actually learning something,” said sophomore

engineering major Austin Williams. “I know a lot of people who would want to go.”

If the weather looks cloudy or stormy on the afternoon of an open house event call 646-6278 to confirm that the observatory will be open that evening.

The Campus Observatory is locat-ed on Williams Street just to the south of the parking lots and just in front of the track. It is set back from the street, so people are instructed to look for three domed buildings.

NMSU observatory holds open house next week

St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises funds for childhood cancer research

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by Tara Meltonstaff writer

Asexuality, defined as a lack of sexual attraction, will be the topic of Stonewall Queer Straight Alliance’s is lecture on campus tonight.

According to the Asexual Visibility and Education Network, asexuality is a sexual orientation and not a choice ,such as celibacy.

According to AVEN, asexual peo-ple have the same emotional needs as

everybody else and are just as capable of forming intimate relationships. Asexuals have a very diverse spectrum of people. While some experience ro-mantic attraction, some do not. Some asexual experience arousal, and some do not.

Rose Daniels, Vice President of Stonewall QSA said the asexuality lecture is very important to the QSA because it is giving the community a chance to better understand a sexual-ity many people are confused about or are unaware exists.

“This is an opportunity for educa-tion," Daniels said. "A lack of educa-tion often leads to fear and ignorant hatefulness. I believe it is especially important to discuss the topic of asexuality because of the often over-whelming visibility of those individu-als, even within the queer commu-nity."

Shea Bontrager, a New Mexico State University student who identi-fies as an asexual said the key to un-derstanding asexuality is education and visibility.

“Asexuality is not a mental or phys-ical disorder," Bontrager said. "It is a sexual orientation, not a choice."

Christina Lombardo, another NMSU student who identifies as asexual said she has faced a lot of ig-norance when she explains her orien-tation to others.

“When most people hear asexual they think we either can reproduce with ourselves or that we are in love with objects like toasters and cars," Lombardo said. “Most people just have no idea what it is and we don’t get a lot of respect because of that. Often people tell us it’s a phase or that we are just scared of sex."

“Asexuality is an important topic for all people, not just the QSA. A lot of people believe they have to conform to society and that includes being in a relationship that produces children, even if they don’t want that,” said NMSU student Thomas Cable. “Speaking about asexuality, it may give people an idea about how they feel and help them to understand themselves better.”

To learn more about asexuality, Stonewall QSA visit the lecture that will be given by Professor Jing Feng at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Colfax room located in the Corbett Center Student Union.

news

by Kevin H. Culverstaff writer

Breaking down the sequester is necessary to understand because of the actions Congress is taking to ad-dress the issue.

The sequester refers to the legisla-tion that was signed into law in 2011 by President Barack Obama. The legislation titled “Budget Control Act” was intended for Congress to find the best course of action in re-lation to the current debt by cutting government spending.

The main intent was for Congress to have an adequate amount of time to come up with an alternate plan to address the country’s current debt.

An alternate plan was never brought to light so the Budget Con-trol Act has taken effect.

As of now, the Budget Control Act is currently in progress, as it was put into effect on March 1.

According to huffingtonpost.com, the $1.2 trillion in budget cuts would be spread over nine years and are equally divided between domestic and defense-related spending. During the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year, $85 billion worth of cuts are set to go into effect. The budget cuts would end in 2021.

These budget cuts would come from many different sectors that the government is involved in. For exam-ple, small business assistance, rental

assistance, food safety and many more. One of the main cuts comes from the defense budget, which con-sists of roughly half of the cuts made in the sequester.

“The sequester will have an impact on NMSU,” said James Peach, Ph.D., economics professor at New Mexico State University. “The only ques-tion is how large the impact will be. NMSU does about $150 to $160 mil-lion a year in funded research.”

Peach said much of the research is from the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy — two agencies that will reduce their bud-gets as a result of the sequester.

“No one can know how large this impact will be until the agencies

make decisions on implantation, and also, other programs, such as work-study, may be reduced,” he said.

Student loans are another source of government budget cuts that stem from the Budget Control Act legisla-tion.

According to abcnews.com, dur-ing a White House briefing that took place Feb. 27, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, “that ($86 million cut) would mean for the fall as many as 70,000 students would lose access to grants and to work-study opportu-nities.”

Both Republicans and Demo-crats are attempting to put a stop to the sequester by proposing different courses of action, but both parties

cannot come to a consensus as to what the best plan would be, halting any change to current government budget cuts.

The future of government budget cuts remains up in the air until both parties can come to an agreement as to what other courses of action may be more suitable. But, until an agree-ment comes to light, the current gov-ernment cuts remain in place.

by Rebecca Atkinsstaff writer

Every year, the Associated Students of New Mexico State University has a free Spring Concert and this year DJ Chris Lake will be performing for the students of NMSU.

Lake is a Scottish House music DJ as well as a producer. As a trav-eler, performing in shows across the globe, Lake spends most of his time between Los Angeles and London. When Lake is not touring, he runs two labels, Rising Music and Rising Trax.

Currently, Lake is embarking on

his North American Tour, which be-gan March 1. In the past, ASNMSU has brought in names like Asher Roth and New Boys for free concerts. For the many students who are on a fixed income, being able to attend free shows can be somewhat of a relief.

"I have received phenomenal feed-back from the students, and they al-ways have an enjoyable time," said Marcos Guzman, activity coordina-tor of ASNMSU.

Although the event is a free con-cert, student fee money is used to pay for the concert as ASNMSU covers expenses for services such as Crim-son Cab, Pete’s Pick-up, scantrons,

readership program and the discount program.

In a small town it can be challeng-ing to bring in well-known artists to perform, but Guzman said he has a contact with William Morris Endeav-ours which gives him the opportunity to book shows based off a specific budget and genre.

This year the concert will be from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Saturday in the Pan American Center. For further information on the concert or other events ASNMSU puts together, visit asnmsu.nmsu.edu.

Sequester becomes a reality for United States

Students speak up about asexuality and identity for Thursday’s lecture

DJ set to spin for free concert Saturday

5March 14opinion

by Liz Bakerstaff writer

Voting is one of the most crucial processes that is instrumental both in the functioning of student society and its relationship with the student government.

Recently I was discussing the Asso-ciate Students of New Mexico State University elections with a friend and our conversation went like this,

“The government is useless, there is nothing they can do to make our lives better, the rising prices of tuition, the parking, the escalating crime rate - they have no answers,” said my friend.

“Well, if you are really concerned about all these things, you should have voted last time,” I replied. “Maybe someone you consider a bet-ter candidate would have won, and maybe they would have taken some effective measures for improvement. Unless you vote you can’t just blame the student government.”

Voting is not being forced upon us is it? It is not a responsibility, so why should we vote? My vote does not count and it will not change anything. These are the things people have been thinking about and that may be the reason they do not vote.

However, we are fortunate enough at NMSU to be able to decide on who represents the student body. It is not just a responsibility, it is a source of power. Our student leaders may think they have the power, but they are wrong. It is true, that they are the ones making the laws, and decid-ing the rules, but what they need to know, is we are the ones in power.

The problem we have now is that not everyone here at NMSU votes. Why is that? We argue, we complain, but we do not vote. That needs to change and it needs to change now if we want our university to be a better place.

People are constantly spouting out excuses about why they cannot vote, “I don’t have the time.” “I don’t

want to drive to the university if I don’t need to be there.” The fact is, you can vote online. Then you do not have to to drive to vote, take time off from work to vote, you can just take a couple of minutes out of Face-book and vote to make a difference.

Another important reason to vote is to make our student repre-sentatives do the right thing for the student body. When more of us start to vote, they will begin to understand we are not children who can be bossed around, but instead are equals to be listened to.

Voting ensures that your opinion is taken into account while appointing the person who holds the reins of power. People who are elected have the power to formulate educational policies which are instrumental in shaping the future of the students and hence the future of the univer-sity itself.

Parking, student activities, tuition

or even food, the elected representa-tives have the power to take decisions over some of the most vital issues in our life at NMSU.

Would you be comfortable in letting “anybody” take over these powers, without exer-cising your right to vote? Voting is one of the fundamental processes, which is instrumental in the development of a healthy student democracy.

We have more power then they know we have, but only if we vote.

Your right to vote is your right to expres-sion and opinion. Do not take your right for granted. Try to appreci-ate the power of voting by exercising it in the ASNMSU elections.

opinionby Liz Bakerstaff writer

processes that is instrumental both in the functioning of student society and its relationship with the student government.

ciate Students of New Mexico State University elections with a friend and our conversation went like this,

is nothing they can do to make our lives better, the rising prices of tuition, the parking, the escalating crime rate - they have no answers,” said my friend.

about all these things, you should have voted last time,” I replied. “Maybe someone you consider a bet-ter candidate would have won, and maybe they would have taken some effective measures for improvement. Unless you vote you can’t just blame the student government.”

us is it? It is not a responsibility, so why should we vote? My vote does not count and it will not change anything. These are the things people have been thinking about and that may be the reason they do not vote.

at NMSU to be able to decide on who represents the student body. It is not just a responsibility, it is a source of power. Our student leaders may think they have the power, but they are wrong. It is true, that they are the ones making the laws, and decid-ing the rules, but what they need to know, is we are the ones in power.

not everyone here at NMSU votes. Why is that? We argue, we complain, but we do not vote. That needs to change and it needs to change now if we want our university to be a better place.

out excuses about why they cannot vote, “I don’t have the time.” “I don’t

take it to the streets

Do you think the online class course fee should be increased? Why or

why not?

“I don’t think they should raise it because if anything you’re getting a lesser education because it’s not

face to face.”–Becca Levine

“I am graduating so right now it doesn’t really affect me, but I am going to grad school here. I think

for the most part, compared to other schools, ours is not that expensive

so I don’t think it’s too bad depend-ing on what the price increase is.”

–Tiffany Robinson

“I don’t take online classes because I do not think they’re benefi cial

and some people only take online classes so this could mean a big hit

to their wallets.”–Stephen Sealey

“I don’t like it. I think a lot of students use it as a way to avoid scheduling confl icts and it puts

restraints on the classes students can take. It’s going to hurt the

students who rely on online classes if they can’t afford them.”

–Zach Rael

Vote to have a say in how your money is spent

March 14 6features

Catholic dioscese (with picture and passport graphic) and asexuality lec-ture

by John Paul Schmidt staff writer

The Catholic Charities Legal Ser-vice Program lends a helping hand to illegal immigrants who are trying to get visas and work permits.

Lauren Armstrong, the staff at-torney of Catholic Charities, said “our main mission is to provide im-migration legal services to folks in the southern half of New Mexico.”

According to the Catholic Chari-ties of the Diocese of Las Cruces’ website, the mission of their Deferred Act Program is “to be the legal me-dium through which the foreign-born in the border area can transform their economic, social and cultural potential into vital economic produc-tivity and effective social and political participation.”

The Deferred Action program was created to allow DREAM Act-eligi-ble youth to get work permits and of-fer them a two-year protection from

deportation.The DREAM Act, which is an ac-

ronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, was cre-ated to provide conditional perma-nent residency to certain illegal aliens. The conditions in which residency is granted is whether the person arrived in the United States under the age of 16, graduated or is currently enrolled in a U.S. high school and has lived in the U.S. for five years.

To be eligible to apply to the De-ferred Action program, the appli-cants must be within the ages of 15 and 30. Another aspect that must be reviewed is the applicant’s prior criminal convictions. If the applicant has been convicted of certain crimes, it may render them ineligible or make it more difficult for U.S. Immigration to grant them the deferred action.

“Sometimes kids who made bad decisions as high school students, may or may not have the opportunity now,” Armstrong said.

One problem Armstrong said she

sees a lot is if an applicant has left the country to visit family multiple times or for too long, they might not be considered as having a five-year “continuous residency.”

“It’s hard to say. (U.S. Immigra-tion) has never given us a straight answer," Armstrong said in regard to how long applicants are allowed to spend outside the country. "The term they use is ‘continuous residence.’ In order to show ‘continuous residence,’ you have to show that any trips out-side were brief and innocent, but they don’t tell us how long.”

So far, Catholic Charities has opened about 100 immigration cases. Armstrong said what they are trying to do more of lately is an “outreach to find children who are eligible and help them apply.”

She said she believes there many people outside of the Las Cruces area they could help but “either they don’t know we’re here or it’s just hard to get to our office.”

Those who are seeking the help of

the Las Cruces organization but live in towns such as Roswell or Hatch, are having issues once they try to leave Las Cruces because of check-points on the interstate.

The cost of a consultation to de-termine whether or not someone is eligible to take part of the Deferred Action Program is $20.

“From there our prices are very reasonable and a fraction of what one would pay if they were to hire a private attorney,” Armstrong said.

The Catholic Charities Legal Ser-vice Program is located at 424 N. Downtown Mall and is open from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. For more information call 575-203-1001.

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As the world becomes progres-sively drawn to online mediums, one New Mexico State University stu-dents strives to stand out in a vast sea of websites.

Alex Peacher, 22, is many things, a student, employee, intern and in her spare time a blogger and vlogger.

Starting in 2012, Peacher has been producing online material for her blog titled, “Peacher not Preacher” as a means of showcasing in her in-dividual style and documenting the gradual evolution of her look.

“I thought it would be a good way to get my name out there,” Peacher said.

According to the socialskinny.com, in 2012 there were more than 100 million combined blogs online. Peacher said she believes there will come a point when there are too many blogs being pro-duced and the role of the “power blog-ger” will inevitably diminish.

“If you look back fi ve, three, even just two years ago you can see that there has been a huge increase in the num-ber of blogs out there,” Peacher said.

Peacher said the hardest part of maintaining the blog is staying con-fi dent.

“It’s really easy to get discouraged when you see all of these amazing blogs out there with great photogra-phy and amazing clothes,” she said. “And you think to yourself, ‘if only I had the resources.’ ”

Peacher’s biggest bit of advice for current or aspiring bloggers is to “stay positive, stay true to yourself

and ultimately do it for yourself.”In addition to her blog, Peacher

also has begun work on a vlogging project, where she and her partner Dan Sifuentes create style and advice videos for college students.

Sifuentes and Peacher, who are both aspiring to move to New York City in the coming year, thought the project would be a good way to dem-onstrate the knowledge and skills they have already acquired.

“We started our vlog ‘Fruit Plates’ not only to get our names out there, but also as a means of obtaining a job,” Sifuentes said.

Sifuentes, who is 21 years old, is also a former NMSU student who was pursuing a degree in English.

“Initially, I was looking at a career path involving education, but now I think I’m more interested in doing something art or fashion oriented,”

he said.Peacher said Si-

fuentes has been an amazing partner because he is beam-ing with fresh ideas involving new epi-sodes.

In an average week between her blog and vlog she

spends six to seven hours assembling and brainstorming the content.

“I don’t think it is crucial for every-one to have a blog or vlog in the fash-ion industry, but being involved in social media is important, especially twitter,” Peacher said.

To view Peacher’s blog entries visit her website peachernotpreacher.com and to see the pair’s vlogs visit you-tube.com/fruitplates.

The duo will also be hosting the upcoming “That’s What She Said Burlesque and Variety Show” March 30 at the West End Art Depot.

Clockwise from top: Dan Sifuentes and Alex Peacher film their fashion vlog “Fruit Plates” that is aired on YouTube every Sunday. YouTube screenshot.Part of gaining a following on social media websites includes taking pho-tographs for Lookbook. photo by Rebecca Atkins. Alex Peacher has been producing online content since 2012 to promote her individual style, which includes personal sketches. photo courtesy of peachernotpreacher.com.

Blogger aims to be known in fashion industry via online content

“I don’t think it is crucial for everyone to have a blog or vlog in the fashion in-dustry, but being involved in social media is impor-tant, especially twitter,”

Peacher said.

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Blogger apunta a ser conocido en la industria de la moda a través de los contenidos en línea.

A medida que el mundo se vuelve cada vez atraído por medios en línea, un estudiante de la Universidad Es-tatal de Nuevo Mexico (NMSU) se esfuerza por destacar en el vasto océ-ano de sitios web.

Alex Peacher, de 22 años, es mu-chas cosas, un estudiante, un emplea-do, un pasante y en su tiempo libre, un blogger y vlogger.

A partir de 2012, Peacher ha es-tado produciendo material en línea para su blog titulado, “Peacher not Preacher” como un medio para dar a conocer su estilo individual y docu-mentar la evolución gradual de su look.

“Pensé que sería una buena mane-ra de poner mi nombre por ahí”, dijo Peacher.

De acuerdo con el socialskinny.com, en 2012 había más de 100 blogs combinados en línea.

Peacher dijo que cree que llegará un momento en que hay demasiados blogs y el rol del “poderoso blogger” inevitablemente disminuirá.

“Si uno ve hacia atrás cinco, tres, o hasta hace apenas dos años se puede ver que ha habido un enorme incre-mento en el número de blogs”, dijo Peacher.

Peacher dijo que la parte más difícil de mantener el blog es su confianza. “Es muy fácil desanimarse cuando ves todos esos increíbles blogs por ahí con fotografía y ropa impresionantes. Y piensas para ti mismo, “si yo tuvi-era los recursos! ‘”

Los concejos de Peacher para blog-gers actuales o aspirantes es el de “mantener una actitud positiva, per-manecer fiel a ti mismo y ultimada-mente hazlo por ti mismo.”

Además de su blog, Peacher tam-

bién ha comenzado a trabajar en un proyecto de vlogging, donde ella y su socio Dan Sifuen-tes crean vídeos para dar conce-jos y estilo a los estudiantes uni-versitarios.

Sifuentes y Peacher, ambos aspiran a trasla-darse a la ciudad de Nueva York en el próximo año, pensó que el proyecto sería una buena manera de dem-ostrar los cono-cimientos y ha-bilidades que ya han adquirido.

“Empezamos a nuestro vlog “Fruit Plates” no sólo para dar a conocer

nuestros nombres por ahí, sino tam-bién como un medio para ob-tener un trabajo “, dijo Sifuentes.

Sifuentes, que tiene 21 años, es también un ex estudiante de NMSU que cursaba para la licenciatura en Inglés.

“Al principio, estaba bus-cando una car-rera que incluye educación, pero ahora creo que estoy más inte-resado en hacer algo de arte u

orientado a la moda.”Peacher dijo que Dan ha sido un

socio increíble porque es muy entu-

siasta con ideas frescas que implican nuevos episodios.

Según Peacher, en una semana promedio, entre su blog y el vlog pasa de 6 a 7 horas en el montaje y la lluvia de ideas.

“Yo no creo que sea crucial que todo el mundo tenga un blog o vlog en la industria de la moda, pero estar involucrado en los medios sociales es importante, especialmente en twit-ter.”

Para entrar al blog de Peacher visi-ta su sitio web y peachernotpreacher.com para ver vlogs de la pareja visita youtube.com / fruitplates.

El dúo también será el anfitrión de la próximo show “ That’s What She Said Burlesque and Variety Show”, el 30 de marzo en el Depósito de Arte West End.

Blogger apunta a ser conocido en la industria de la moda a través de los contenidos en línea

“Yo no creo que sea crucial que todo el mundo tenga un blog o vlog en la industria de la moda, pero es-tar involucrado en los medios sociales es importante, espe-cialmente en twitter,”

dijo Sifuentes.

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by Jesca Cervantesmanaging editor

The mtvU Woodie Awards has been recognizing new artists and launching their careers since it was established in 2004 and the award show on Sunday will be no different.

Returning to Austin, Texas, the Woodies will feature various artists such as A$AP Rocky, Frank Ocean and Macklemore as nominees and/or performers.

Executive producer of the show Eric Conte said capturing the best artists of the year from coast-to-coast is one of the most important aspects of the show that has evolved a lot in terms of production but is still the same show at its core.

“For the fans, there are tons of art-ists who are making music and they

don’t get they shine that maybe they should,” Conte said. “So we help champion the artists who college stu-dents love... the artists deserve it.”

One of those artists, A$AP Rocky, is in line for “Woodie of the Year,” the top award of the night, and is running against other artists who are gaining attention such as fun. and Kendrick Lamar.

After having a No. 1 album (“Long.Live.A$AP”) that was leaked earlier this year, Rocky said the situation was “messed up” at fi rst but after hear-ing positive feedback realized he just wanted listeners to enjoy it.

The Harlem native, whose dream is to work with John Lennon or Tu-pac, has been rapping since he was 8-years-old when his words were not real words -- putting them together just to rhyme. Since then, his lyrics about “candy, Mortal Combat and girls” have changed, and Rocky said he is still developing as an artist.

“(Having people) coming up to me and telling me (they) enjoy my mu-sic, and (they) are a total stranger, is equivalent to winning a Grammy to me,” he said.

Rocky, who identifi es himself as the “future” as far as his “fashion, charisma and swagger” goes, said he is leaving a legacy behind by teach-ing the youth through his music that “it’s not about race, ethnicity, national-ity or color anymore.”

“I’m gonna be the rapper to get everybody together and the artist who bridges all of the gaps in discrimination and stereotypes,” Rocky said.

The last day to vote for the nominees of sev-eral different awards is at 4 p.m. Thursday.

To vote visit mtv.c o m / o n t v / w o o d -ieawards/2013/ and click on the “vote” tab. The 2013 Woodie Awards will air at 6 p.m. Sunday on mtvU.

by John Paul Schmidt staff writer

The Las Cruces Arts Fair is bring-ing talent from multiple mediums and backgrounds to their third show in Las Cruces.

Glenn and Sally Cutter, co-chairs of the Las Cruces Arts Fair and the primary forces behind the event, said this year there will be more than 100 exhibiting artists from 18 different states who will be in the show. In ad-dition to their special guests, there will be 17 potters from the village of Mata Ortiz in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico.

The artists of the Mata Ortiz’ vil-lage is made up of 300 potters whose main income comes from the pottery they make with techniques used by

their ancestors.“Many people cannot tell the dif-

ference between the work of the pot-ters of Mata Ortiz and the pottery that is displayed in history museums,” Glenn Cutter said.

Many mediums will be represented at the show. Jewelry, metalworking, photography, watercolors, pottery, mixed media, glasswork, fabric and weaving are some of the many kinds of art that will be exhibited at the show.

Sonya Byrnes, an artist who spe-cializes in metalworking, said she thinks New Mexico State University students should attend the show be-cause she can “show them that any-thing can be repurposed.”

Byrnes lives in Tulia, Texas, and got her start when her brother, who owns a machine shop, found that he

did not know what to do with the spare parts his shop produced. Byrnes took them and had her father teach her how to weld.

“At shows like this, you can get great art for little money,” Byrnes said. “You get to spend a whole af-ternoon looking at creative art and maybe fi nd something creative for your dorm room.”

The Cutters are inviting the jew-elry and metalworking students of NMSU to host their own booth in the show to show their works as well. These students have been invited to the last two arts fairs and “they always do a wonderful job.”

Cutter said at last year’s show, around 3,000 people attended to see the artists’ exhibits, and he said this year they expect around 4,000.

Tickets are on sale for $6 per per-

son and children under 12 get in free. The opening night of the show is from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and festivities will include live music and a cash bar. The show will also open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

All proceeds from the event will go to the Doña Ana Arts Council and the Rio Grande Theatre.

Tickets are on sale for $6 per per-son and children under 12 get in free. The opening night of the show is from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and festivities will include live music and a cash bar. The show will also open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

All proceeds from the event will go to the Doña Ana Arts Council and the Rio Grande Theatre.

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The Western Athletic Confer-ence is Men’s Basketball Tourna-ment began Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nev. New Mexico State is seeded at No. 3 and starts the tournament in the quarterfi nals. The tournament is single game elimination; each win advances the team to the next round, and the loser departs the tournament.

No. 3 seed NMSU plays No. 6 seed Idaho at 1 p.m. Thursday. NMSU has played Idaho twice this season, winning both games but only by a combined 3 points. If the regular season is any indication, this quarter fi nal match up will prove to be a hard fought and close match for NMSU.

If the Aggies are victorious in their fi rst game, they immediately advance to the semi-fi nals; playing one of two teams depending who

wins, those two teams are No. 2 seed Denver and Texas State. Ag-gies have defeated all of the poten-tial semi-fi nal opponents at least once this season.

Aside from the initial game NMSU is already set to play, the higher seeded teams, No. 2 Den-ver and No. 1 Louisiana Tech will prove to be diffi cult the most diffi -cult hurdles for NMSU. These po-tential match ups may be the ulti-mate dictator of NMSU’s future in the tournament.

NMSU has defeated both Loui-siana Tech and Denver at least once this season, splitting each of the two games the teams met. NMSU has won 15 of their last 17 games, and the NMSU roster is loaded with talent, especially with the return of star senior forward Tyrone Watson.

Throughout the season, the Ag-gies have obtained big leads early in the match, only to bring the game

within a one possession win or lose scenario. The Aggies must hold on to the leads against any team they play and not slow down no matter how far ahead NMSU actually is. If the Aggies wish to bring home the title of WAC champions this season, the team must utilize all of the talent the roster has to of-fer, and each player must perform at the level spectators have seen all season.

Knowing the higher seeded teams have been at least been de-feated once by the Aggies, NMSU can easily go against either oppo-nent and having the chance to win is not far out of reach.

The WAC title game is sched-uled at 9 p.m. Saturday. The Ag-gies were crowned WAC champi-ons last season; hopefully this year will be a repeat of last year’s events.

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commentary byChristophe Chinostaff writer

Though women have proven to put just as much heart and effort into the sports they participate in, the question remains, can women play and thrive in male dominated sports?

Countless women have become world-renowned athletes. They reach this status by putting in the same amount of time and effort into excel-ling in their respective sports just as much as any male athlete. But it seems to be that there is a fi ne line in which sports women can play, along with the idea that women cannot successfully compete with men in sports.

Though to some, the idea that women cannot actively compete with men in sports such as basketball and football seems sexist, the idea holds a lot of weight.

Nancy Lieberman, a former WNBA player and current coach of the NBA’s Development League’s Texas Legends, commented on this issue in an interview with ESPN. Lieberman fi rst spoke about how in this day and age, there is defi nitely a realized respect that men have for women in sports, but this does not mean that women can play against men successfully.

“There are no women today who are 6-foot-6, 250 pounds and can plow through a dude,” Lieberman said in the article.

There is no doubt that women work just as hard and put in the same time if not more than men, but that is the beauty of having women’s leagues. With the existence of wom-en’s leagues, there is a chance created for each woman wishing to reach the top. This is not to say that there are not women out there who can fully compete with her male counterparts but with women’s leagues, an equal playing fi eld is established.

Along with women having a hard time competing with men, there is also the issue of the acceptance of

women in men’s leagues. Take the NFL draft, when an NFL team is looking at prospective players to add to the team they are looking for the best possible player and a player who will succeed in the league. A team will most likely select a larger male than a smaller and more injury prone woman.

For boxing, both men’s and women’s divisions exist, but a woman boxing against a man would lead to a lot of trouble. Women’s leagues give women an equal chance to reach the top.

In conclusion, there is no question that women work just as hard to suc-ceed as men do. Though women will have trouble playing alongside men, the existence of women’s leagues is the best for women, giving them the ability to have a fair chance at suc-cess and recognition for their hard work.

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2013 WAC Men’s Basketball TournamentMarch 12, 14-16Las Vegas, Nev.

No. 3 New Mexico State

No. 6 Idaho

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No. 2 Denver

No. 7 Texas State

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No. 1 Louisiana Tech

No. 9 UTSA

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No. 4 UT Arlington

No. 5 Utah State

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No. 7 Texas State 68

No. 10 Seattle U 56

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No. 8 San Jose State 49

No. 9 UTSA 67

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