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ecently, Sodexo has faced petitions and reputable attacks from extreme animal rights groups such as Mercy for Animals and the Humane League, in relation New Mexico State University is also being attacked.

A petition posted in January stated the organizations were shocked to discover a school with such a strong culture based around discovery could contract a company like Sodexo. Two weeks later there were nearly 500 supporters. Sodexo was accused of using inhumane practices including battery cage farms with small, cramped cages. Another accusation was the use of “filthy, liquid eggs.”

On Feb. 19, Sodexo released a statement on their website, “Sodexo announces new commitment to eliminate veal crates from its supply chain and a phased-in approach to sourcing all egg products exclusively from

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cage-free hens.” The company plans to eliminate all veal crates from its supply chain by 2017 as well as source cage-free hens by the end of 2020; the elimination of gestation crates from the pork supply chain by 2022 is included in the improved animal welfare plans.

Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the U.S. Humane Society said 750,000 hens will be removed from extreme confinement in battery cage systems.

Sodexo itself utilizes a Global Animal Welfare Policy that provides instructions and protocol that “exceed U.S. operations” according to the statement. Deborah Hecker, vice president said, ”We see animal welfare, including these new measure for cage-free eggs and crate-free veal, as a key component of a sustainable supply chain CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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50 SHADES ABUSE IS NOT SEXY

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rom an early period in life, we are tucked and knitted into categories of sex, male or female, and one category of sexual orientation, heterosexual. We are taught that being an Other is unnatural and a choice. I encourage individual thinking (Hey at least your thinking).

But, for a fact this mind set and an open vocabulary of "homo-shaming" hurts people. People resort to self-destruction, suppression of self, and hate for something society deems "deviant" and wrong.

I just want to take the moment and say be conscious of your word choices and actions that could have significant consequences towards an individual because you never know who might be struggling with identity right under your nose, whether it be a brother, sister, friend, son, daughter or even a parent.

Will we ever live in a world where a person is a person without being jammed into categories?

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Administration Executive Director Dustin Chavez

Comptroller

Jessica Chenoweth

Administrative Assistants Tatiana Miyazaki William Peck Maylynn Padilla

Editorial Managing Editor Anthony Albidrez

Online Editor

Christopher Allan

News Editor Dawn Franco

Sports Editor Cedric Wilson

Staff Writers Billy Huntsman Brynn Herndon Merrit Peterson Isaac Morales

Julian Martinez Jesse Moya Kelly O'Connor Efrainn Hernandez

Design Design Specialist

Heather Nichole Miller

Graphic Designers Valentin Guereque Kimberly Rodriguez Heriberto Bajo

Photographers Olivia Baker Luis Miranda, Jr.

Sales Advertising Manager Jonathan Johnsen

Advertising Representatives Director of Marketing Sonia Diaz

Circulation Specialist

Anthony Albidrez Managing Editor

Carlos Garcia

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Board of Regents approve land lease for future campus hotel

By Kelly O’Connor Staff Writer The New Mexico State University Board of Regents recently approved a land lease for a future hotel to be built on campus.

This allows for 2.5 acres of the campus near the Las Cruces Convention Center to be dedicated to the hotel. Getting this lease makes the prospect of having an on-campus hotel more of a reality. The process of trying to begin the project has spanned several years.

The Sun-News reported the NMSU Board of Regents originally approved a lease agreement with Intercap Institutional Investors of Delaware to build a 180-room hotel with a restaurant and conference center on 3.8 acres of NMSU land. This was planned to be at the southeast corner of University and Union avenues, just across the street from the Las Cruces Convention Center site.

President Garrey Carruthers’ ar-

rival to New Mexico State University revived the plans for the hotel.

It was then turned over to Aggie Development which started in July of 2014. Aggie Development was created to develop more efficiently the university's land, mineral and water resources.

“I’m delighted that we’re able to get another run at it. This project goes back all the way to 2007. The previous hotel developer from 2009-2010 took a hit from the recession and financing ended. The plans for the hotel were then terminated,” Ben Woods, president and CEO of Aggie Development, said.

The next steps are to find a private developer to sublease the land and finance, design and operate the hotel. Woods said they are on the precipice of finding a proposal.

This spring they are going through the selection process and are estimating within two years to have a hotel up and running.

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est to the Las Cruces Convention Center. Hosting conventions requires a hotel to be in close proximity to the convention center.

The center feels they will be able to host larger conventions which bring more people and in turn will help surrounding hotels.

The Board of Regents approved an amendment to have a ground lease between the city of Las Cruces and the University for the convention center. That lease amendment has now been forwarded for consideration by the Las Cruces City Council.

Students in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management will also benefit at the opportunity of getting to work in this hotel. Plans for what type of positions would be offered to students and what qualifications needed are still in the works Woods said. Professors in the School of HRTM are expressing their excitement for the possible hotel.

“The hotel would provide intern-

ships and real world experience for students from the School of Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Management in a wide variety of positions.

We are excited to be able to offer this opportunity to our students,” Keith Mandabach, professor in HRTM, said.

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Aggie civilian shares

Iraq experiences

By Billy Huntsman Staff Writer

By Kelly O'Connor Staff Writer The Campus Conservation Nationals are here at NMSU and residence hall occupants are being put up for the challenge.

This competition, having started February 23, encourages students to conserve resources in residence halls and other campus buildings.

Over 175 colleges and universities are registered to compete to in CCN 2015, including the University of New Mexico.

For three weeks, the energy and water usage in Garcia Hall, Rhodes Garret Hamiel Hall and Piñon Hall will be monitored to determine which hall used the least amount of resources. The final reading of energy use will be done March 15 and prizes will be distributed to the winners.

The goal is to make students more aware of their usage of resources and target areas where they can cut back. Changing behaviors and attitudes towards energy usage and water conservation will be beneficial in the long run. joni newcomer (sic), manager of Environmental Policy and Sustainability of NMSU, pointed out the importance of students being mindful of their usage even if they aren’t responsible for the bill.

“Students entering college as freshman have probably never paid their own energy bill, and they won’t be paying it directly when they move into the dorms.

With the help of the new housing “Eco Reps” this competition will help them realize that we are all connected and that their actions affect others and certainly affects the planet,” newcomer said.

While participating in the competition, students will be learning ways to conserve better in all aspects of life. Throughout the three weeks, information will be provided

on how to better conserve. Even after the competition is over, newcomer said the hope is that students will take this into the rest of their lives.

“The Campus Conservation Nationals is a way to help everyone living in housing on campus learn more about living a sustainable life in all aspects of sustainability. Some examples are energy and waste reduction, water conservation, alternative transportation and making the right choices when purchasing items that are better for the planet such as those made or grown locally and products that are made from recycled materials instead of virgin resources,” newcomer said.

Courtney Spivak is the program specialist of housing and campus life.

Changing old habits and making small improvements also make a big difference in the long run, Spivak said. Even if you are only making sure you turn off the television when you leave the room, it helps in the bigger picture.

“One of the best things about Campus Conservation Nationals is that is spans over the course of three weeks, providing residents with a perfect opportunity to turn old habits into new, better habits.

Things such as turning off lights and adjusting your thermostat when you’re not home make a small impact on a single room, but over the course of 600 rooms, it makes a huge impact,” Spivak said.

All students living on and off campus housing are encouraged to participate in the conservation effort even after the competition is over. Visit sustainability.nmsu. edu to learn more about reducing your energy costs and conserving water.

An alumnus of New Mexico State University’s Department of Communication Studies recently gave a presentation of how his time in Iraq influenced his thoughts on how America should respond to growing threats in the Middle East.

Born in Cloudcroft, Cyrus Salazar graduated with a master’s degree in public administration from NMSU in 1999 and currently works in a directorial position within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“I spent the year of 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq, where I served as an advisor to the Ministry of the Interior,” Salazar said during his presentation in the auditorium of the College of Health and Social Services on Feb. 25.

Iraq’s Ministry of Interior, Salazar said, is the equivalent of America’s Department of Homeland Security.

Salazar volunteered for the post in Iraq through the Civilian Expeditionary Workforce and was deployed in February 2011, as part of the U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement.

“Our objective was to train, advise and insure that the Ministry of Interior was fully able to operate on their own at our end of mission,” Salazar said. “Sustainment was the end goal.”

Specifically, Salazar oversaw the eMinistry Initiative.

“This was a $25 million investment of your tax dollars into (Iraq), which helped automate all of their human resources, personnel and payroll actions,” he said.

Recordkeeping in the Ministry prior to the implementation of the initiative, Salazar said, consisted of binding stacks of paper together and piling them upon bookshelves in no discernible order.

In addition to disorganization, Salazar and his team faced many other challenges, such as corruption within the Ministry.

“The corrupt who were receiving illegal salaries decided not to cooperate any longer,” Salazar said.

These corrupt individuals, Salazar said, attempted to destroy the Ministry’s computers by dousing them with water and setting fire to the offices.

Another challenge to the implementation of the initiative, Salazar said, was the Iraqis’ apprehensiveness to make even small decisions.

“A task that would normally take an established organization minutes to complete or maybe even a week to complete really took the Iraqi weeks, if not months,” Salazar said.

This reluctance in decision-making,

Salazar said, is left over from the Saddamera.

“If the wrong decision was made (in the Saddam-era), punishment could have been death,” Salazar said.

Other challenges included poor infrastructure, such as sewage flooding some streets, collapsed elevators and debris clogging stairways in the Ministry itself.

“The Saddam administration truly invested in themselves,” Salazar said, “and you can tell they neglected their country severely.”

Salazar and his team dealt daily with their own apprehensions.

“A common question I received about the environment, people said, ‘Did you see any violence? Did you see any dead people? Was it scary?’” Salazar said.

“Yes, yes and yes.”

Salazar said the sound of explosions was common during his time in Baghdad.

“The fear we experienced was constant,” Salazar said.

He and his group continually scanned the rooftops and windows for snipers, and were always on the lookout for improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. Despite these challenges, Salazar said, his time in Baghdad was full of highlights, such as escorting a group of Iraqis to the Jordanian Ministry of Interior in Amman.

“Our goal was to establish the connection and encourage partnership between the two nations, with the long-term objective being open dialogue and resource sharing for years to come,” Salazar said.

He said his team’s time in Iraq was about “winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people,” thereby creating “a rapport.”

Constructing alliances with other countries and their governments is the only way to combat such threats as ISIL, which came into power largely because of reduced American military presence in Iraq, Salazar said.

“Information sharing, collaboration not only within our government structure, but with our allies is what will help,” he said.

Salazar, who offered the disclaimer that his comments do not reflect any of the agencies for which he works, but rather his own personal thoughts, said America can no longer present itself as “the leader of the free world.”

“We used to sell America’s story,” said Kenneth Hacker, communication studies department head and a former professor of Salazar’s. “America’s a good nation that fought the War of Independence, it won and then later it defends the world against fascism. So we become the world’s beacon of hope, the shining city on the hill.”

But America can no longer stand alone, Salazar said.

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Tuesday, 3.03.2015

Protests Over Whole Woman’s Health Continue

By Jesse Moya Staff Writer 40 days for life, a community awareness group, showed up in full force Sunday to demonstrate their support for the pro-life movement in front of Whole Woman’s Health as well as many supporters of the pro-choice movement.

40 Days for Life’s main focus is to raise awareness to women that there are other options besides abortion, and there is help available to those in need.

Those in support of the prochoice movement showed their support by demonstrating down the street from 40 Days for Life and displaying signs reading “Defend Women’s rights” and “Prochoice.”

Both factions demonstrated their stance on abortion and women’s rights outside of the women’s health center on Loman for the 40 Days for Life campaign to raise awareness both for and against abortions. Abortion is currently legal in New Mexico, and the groups demonstrated to raise

awareness on their stance on the issues behind abortion, such as parental consent and when an abortion should or should not be conducted.

40 Days for Life is non-denominational group that welcomes all who are interested in their cause.

They promote pro-life and provide resources for the community. The group’s pro-life message includes handing out flyers and well as providing information on safe spaces where people can go if they are in need of assistance during pregnancy. The group also provides information on financial assistance during and after a pregnancy in attempt to reduce abortions and influence women, and men, against abortion.

“We’re not a political organization” said Dan Schnieder, coorganizer of the demonstration.

“We’re an organization for the community”.

Those in support of the prochoice side gathered as well and had an equal amount of supporters gathered at the event. Jan Thompson, organizer of the prochoice group, insists that abortion

remain legal, safe and available for women as a fundamental right.

“We shouldn’t really be here, we should be up in Santa Fe” said Thompson. “Abortion is legal, and it’s available, and that’s how it ought to stay.”

Thompson organized the prochoice demonstration entirely by herself with the help of some friends who showed up in support of the movement. She is not affiliated with any sort of pro-choice groups and has no connections to Whole Women’s Health.

Thompson said her main drive is based in her faith and insists that neither churches nor politics should have a say in the rights of a woman.

“We see this country is making moves towards taking many women’s rights away in various ways” said Miki Webb, a pro-choice supporter.

Both groups insist that neither is against the other, and they have only positive words towards the opposition.

“We pray for everybody” said Kim Shipton, co-organizer of the 40 Days for Life.

The pro-life group will resume their demonstration for 40 days outside of the women’s health center from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day during the campaign.

In addition, near the health center, they will host a “March of Crosses” on March 7 specifically to inform and sway people away from abortions.

Both groups were to stand on the sidewalk during the demonstration and away from the health center.

Whole W o m a n ’ s Health is closed on Sundays and could not be reached for comment.

Las Cruces Public Schools walkout in protest of state testing.

New Mexico House tables bill that would ban coyote-killing competitions.

Blue and black? Or, white and gold?

Bill advances to keep Daylight Savings Time year-round in New Mexico.

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By Julian Martinez Staff Writer

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he team had an outstanding Saturday in the four-day 2015 Western Athletic Conference Tournament.

They scored 539 points in the final day of the tournament in order to finish as runner-ups to only Northern Arizona.

Dorottya Lennert finished the tournament with runnerup honors in four different events. Lauren Reifel set a personal best in the 3-meter dive with a score of 286.6. Amina Gummesson set a school record in the 500-meter freestyle by clocking in a time of 4:50.94.

“We had a great season and rebounded well after a shaky start,” Rick Pratt, head coach, said.

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n softball, the Aggies dominated in Las Vegas, Nevada going 5-0 on the weekend. Thursday night, the team won a game dominated by pitching defeating host team the University of Nevada-Las Vegas with a score of 1-0.

On Friday, they started their day with stifling the offense of the Wisconsin Badgers and defeating them 5-0 and went on to follow up with a 7-6 victory over the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Saturday, the Badgers would come back looking for revenge but once again would fall to the Aggies due to a walk-off homer. The final score ended up being 8-7. The Aggies would dispatch the Depaul Blue Demons that same day 8-6.

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s the men's basketball team looks to conclude its season, they were interrupted due to inclement weather that caused multiple flight delays in Dallas.

The team already collected their first outright regular season conference championship against Grand Canyon the previous week, marking the first time they've done that since 1993-1994.

The plan in place is for the Aggies to make-up their game against University of Texas-Pan American on Wednesday and finish the regular season against Chicago State on Saturday in the Pan American Center.

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he women's tennis team hosted two schools from Texas this week and ended up splitting the contest.

The team lost their first contest to University of TexasSan Antonio 4-3. This contest was notable because Ashvarya Shrivistava, who was the number one individual coming into the match, lost her first home match of the season. Shrivistava and company would get right back on track the next day against University of Texas-Permian Basin as they would dominate their way to a 6-1 victory.

Matt Loeffler (20) Photo by Luis Miranda, Jr.

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he baseball team’s struggles continued this weekend as the Incarnate Word University came into Presley Askew Field to take two out of three from the Aggies.

One of the highlights of the home stand ended up being in the lone victory. It was also Coach Brian Green's first victory since taking over the team.

The results from the three games were a 6-4 loss on Friday; on Saturday, the Aggies first win of the season coming in 12 innings by a score of 8-7; and a loss on Sunday in a 15-13 offensive shootout.

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Aggies finish fourth in the WAC Championship

By Efrain Hernandez Staff Writer

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he women’s track team finished fourth in the 2015 Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Eventual winner Grand Canyon University took home the WAC championship which was held at the Cadet Field House at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado this past weekend.

“As we move into the championship, we look forward to seeing how we can compete since this is what we have been gearing up for all season,” Orin Richburg, head coach, said. “In order for us to be successful as a team, we need to make sure that our WAC performances stay at a consistent level and they translate into improved times against other WAC com-

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team and make finals.”

Also partaking in the 3000 Meter Run were teammates Megan McNally (10.53.57), who finished sixth, Cassandra Amberg (10:55.96) finished seventh, and Cristina Amberg (11:09.91) finishing fifteenth overall.

In other individual events held throughout the championship, McNally (18:58.22) finished fourth in the 5000-meter run. Dominique Jackson (7.75) finished fifth in the 60-meter dash and finished eighth with a time 25.42 in the 200 meter dash, finishing behind teammates Katara Nelson (24.90) and Dominque Jonier (25.20). Nelson had also finished fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.56, just 1.91 seconds behind winner Moya McKenzie (54.65). Savannah Coleman (9.21) finished eighth in the 60-meter hurdles.

As a team, the Aggies finished fifth

in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:57.45 finishing behind Grand Canyon (3:48.55), UMKC (3:52.73), Utah Valley (3:55.55) and Texas-Pan American (3:55.74). In the distance medley, the Aggies finished third with a time of 13:06.02 behind Utah Valley (12:46.66) and Grand Canyon (12:56.79).

“Overall, we improved in a lot of situations. The kids stepped up and beat the teams that we were supposed to,” said Richburg. “Unfortunately, there were other teams there that had the points and the strong finishes that stopped us from finishing very high as a team. However, with that being said, we are very pleased with the way we performed and the changes that were made to improve.”

The Aggies will return to action March 21, as they partake at the UTEP Springtime in El Paso, Texas. This will be there first outdoor track meet of the season.

Women's Basketball Wins Regular Season Crown

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petitors.”

Leading the WAC in the 800-meter run prior to the indoor championship, Kelsi Gonzalez finished fifth with a time of 2:21.46. Gonzalez finished behind winner Veronica Rollins (2:18.81), Madison Davis (2:19.09), Brooke Guiot (2:20.20) and Taylor Gomez (2:20.86).

Diana Hawk finished a close second in the one-mile run with a time of 5:13.51 behind Sophie Curatilo (5:09.52) of Seattle University. In the 3000 Meter Run, Hawk finished third with a time of 10:46.25 behind winner Courtney Frerichs (10:35.96) of UMKC and Curatilo (10:41.67). Hawk had entered the conference championship ranked second in both, the one-mile run and the 3000-meter run.

Prior to the championship, when asked about her and the teams’ expectations, Hawk said, “Obviously to win, as an individual and have everyone else do well as a

hile the men were busy getting snowed-out in their contest against University of Texas – Pan American, the women were heating up in the Pan American Center on their way to grabbing the outright regular season conference championship.

This is the first time in 20 years that the women's basketball program at New Mexico State University has been able to make this claim.

The team had to battle adversity early on as they started off the season in a very inauspicious way. Their season began with a mark of 0-5. Then the team won four games straight, and then after one more loss towards the back end of December, they wouldn't lose for another month as they rattled off 12 straight victories. They would face only one conference loss on the road in Bakersfield, but then came back home and won three more games including the one that sealed the deal for them.

UTPA had moments in the game where they were able to cut into the lead,

but at no point did the Aggies ever relinquish their lead. They started the game hot by putting up the first nine points and stayed on point throughout. Ultimately, they won the game in blowout fashion as the final score was 80-60.

Sophomore Brianna Freeman proved once again to be the spark plug of this offense by putting up a team high 21 points.

Freeman's performance would also come with her eight double-double of the season as she was able to snag 13 rebounds as well.

The efforts of Freeman should not however eclipse what Sasha Weber was able to do against the Broncos. Weber was able to knock down four three-point shots in the second half on her way to a 20 point performance.

The workhorse of the game was undoubtedly Shanice Davis who played all 40 minutes and scored 17 points. She led the team in steals with five and shot 50 percent (3-for-6) on her three point attempts. Two more Aggies had double digits in scoring, Abby Scott and Tamera Williams.

“I’m really proud of the way the team performed and especially proud of this great

crowd we had tonight,” Mark Trakh, head coach, said. “This team has come up big all season and they deserve this championship.

We have a lot of talented girls who have worked hard to get to where they are right now, but we still feel we can accomplish more.”

This team is already very accomplished in terms of the histo- r y of the program at NMSU. The 12 wins by the team is the most since they first joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2005. The only time they had more conference wins was also the last time they were conference champions as they were 14-4 in the 1994-1995 season when NMSU was still part of the Big West.

As much as everyone's attention is shifting towards the WAC tournament, where the team will be the number one seed, there is one final game

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the Aggies will have to play. The team will be in Chicago, Illinois Saturday to wrap up their regular season with the Chicago State Cougars.

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alongside food safety, food security, nutrition and science-based environmental practices.” Hecker also stated that $900 million is spent on animal proteins in the U.S. annually, and Sodexo establishes sustainable purchasing practices with distributors that push humane treatment.

The company operates in more than 30,000 sites and 80 countries, and has consistently ranked every year for economic, social and environment performance in the RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook.

RobecoSAM is an investment firm that focuses on sustainability.

RobecoSAM’s website states: “Our mission is to drive sustainability thinking. We use financial markets as the most powerful transmission mechanism to promote sustainable business practices. With our exclusive focus on Sustainability Investing, we provide a unique and broad range of sustainability solutions for investors and corporates.”

Considering the statement released by Sodexo, it is safe to say that their previous producers were utilizing battery-caged facilities that are in-fact outlawed in the European Union and several states; however, the company seeks redemption and is initiating a change in the name of animal welfare. While it is not proven the animals were in fact suffering in anyway, Sodexo’s statement promises cramped cages will no longer be a means of production for new company procedures.

When The Round Up heard of these testimonies, we wondered what the organic intellects of the other, alternative newspaper might say, they seem to jump at any chance to damage NMSU’s reputation utilizing the corporate entities within. We decided to question, as a school founded in agricultural roots, what NMSU’s own ethics, principals and morals are with farm animals.

If you are walking on campus near Knox and Stewart Street you will discover farm animals in allotted spaces, should you walk up to the stables you’ll find the animals will walk right up to you and possibly attempt to eat your shirt sleeve. These animals do not show any signs of abuse or discomfort towards people, and this is due to NMSU’s strict emphasis on science and animal welfare.

The Animal Care Program at NMSU follows all U.S. regulatory procedures including the 1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, the 1970 Animals Welfare Act, the 1971 National Institute of Health Policy on Humane Care, the 1979 Public Health Service Policy, as well as the amended 1985 Animal welfare Act. The Institutional Animals Care and Use Committee (IACUC) investigate concerns about animal care and ensure all practices follow protocol amendments. The committee adheres to both the USDA Regulations and Public Health Service policy. Any activities that do not comply with these guidelines will be suspended. The committee also approves research facilitation, shall the proposed research not show enough support for humane methods and the advance of science the committee will decline these requests.

“One of the things that’s interesting about New Mexico State is most of the animals that we do work with aren’t necessarily covered by any of these acts, so technically we don’t have to do any of this, but we do because it’s the right thing to do,” said the chairperson of IACUC, who wished to remain anonymous.

The chairperson stated all who are involved undergo extensive training for the safety of the animals and the students.

“The way we run animal research or animal work at New Mexico

State is every PI (principal investigator) has to submit a protocol and all the people associated with the protocol have to do two types of training, they have to do an online city program training and they also have to do animal worker safety through EHNS (environmental health and safety),” the chairperson said.

The animal facilities are cleaned frequently and the program is inspected twice a year by the USDA and a report is written annually for the Office of Animal Welfare by the institutional officer, the vice president for research.

Animals within the university are also frequently examined for health problems; humane treatment and preventative disease methods, as well as low stress handling are preached heavily within the College of Agriculture.

“One of the things we really preach to the students is that a healthy animal is a productive animal,” the chairperson stated.

On Feb. 26, there were several sheep injuries, two sheep were killed, and two were euphonized due to severe wounds including attacks to the eyes and face.

“On the IACUC committee, we have a veterinarian that reviews protocols and we also work with three or four veterinarians in town as our consulting vets, and so we’ve actually had a dog attack today on the farm. We had a group of dogs, don’t know where they came from, but they got in and killed four sheep, so we’ve dealt with that, and we’ve had the vet in. We are monitoring and caring for those animals, and it’s something we take very seriously,” said the chairperson of the committee.

In another interview with Dennis Hallford, Ph.D., department head in animal and range sciences, he stated all methods with animal handling within the university utilize animal behavioral science rather than roping and whips.

“We subscribe to that (low stress handling), we learn as much as we can about the process and it’s a process where you use an animal’s own flight tendencies, where you don’t have to stick them with a hot shot (electrical shock device), we won’t allow one of those here because you don’t need it. That’s old school. You don’t have to use them to get an animal to move where you want them to move, you don’t have to beat them with a stick, you don’t have to twist their tail, you don’t have to do that kind of thing. You just have to learn a little about the animals own behavior and use it,” said Hallford.

Hallford stated that NMSU is considered an animal husbandry university, focusing on nutrition and reproduction.

The accusations regarding Sodexo prove neither to be true nor false; however NMSU remains innocent practicing research for the health and reproduction of animals with animal care as priority and animal behavior as a means for safe and low stress handling.

Hallford and the chairperson of IACUC have received awards and recognition for their work in this field.

Within NMSU is another program, Ethics Point, where unethical, criminal and inappropriate behavior may be reported regarding employees and occasionally this deals with reports regarding animal welfare at the university after a report is filed an investigation occurs to seek proper action. You can reach this program at (575) 646-4912.

Their office is located in Hadley Hall Room 134, or you can file a report online at auditservices.nmsu.edu/reporting-line.

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By Jesse Moya Staff Writer Punk rock is an interesting form of music: it comes complete with its own culture, history and style of expression.

Often, the characteristics of those who follow this music are seen wandering the streets at night or during the day with patched up clothes, brightly colored spiked hair or black jackets with bands rudimentarily sewn on with dental floss or thread. Of course, this is the stereotypical image of punk rock and does not really apply to all who enjoy the music or follow the scene.

Fat Mike (NOFX) seems to have written this album strictly following the drawn-out, negative image of punk rock and show this in his vulgar, demeaning and downright disgusting lyrics. Where all of the songs on the album are written by Fat Mike, musicians from a multitude of punk bands are the ones actually playing and singing the songs. Some of the bands represented on the album are NOFX, The Descendants, Alkaline Trio, Dropkick Murphys, Lagwagon and many others.

Musically, this album is solid, mixing acoustic melodies in some songs and paralleling them with swing sounds in other songs. Punk rock is a familiar sound on this album as many of the songs relate to the standard four-chord, distorted guitar and combine it with a fast drum beat such as “Monsters” or “I’m Suicide.” Another sound that is familiar on the album is that of the Irish punk bands like the Pogues or the Dropkick Murphys with songs like “Fecal Alcohol Syndrome.”

Musically, this album is great, combining slow and emotional songs with fast hitting punk rock riffs and the occasional polka tune thrown in there for the added effects. Where this album really comes up short is in the lyrics.

Lyrically speaking, this album deals with depression, drug use, alcoholism, sexually abusive parents, as well as homelessness in youth.

These all are serious issues and need to be acknowledged that they are serious issues affecting the punk rock community in major cities as well as in small cities.

The only issue at hand here is that the issues are dealt with in a comi-

cal way, almost in a derogatory and “making fun of” kind of way.

Song after song is heavily pointing fingers and laughing at homeless punk kids who suffer from drug abuse or past sexual assault and turning them into stereotypes of a new punk rock generation.

Although this album had the potential of being a great standalone punk rock record, the musical needs to accompany it as it is hard to relate everything to a descent form of any kind of music satiable to the ears of the listener.

This album is a disgusting satirical misrepresentation of the punk rock culture, and it leads one to believe that the once great punk legend Fat Mike is slowly losing his grip with his constituents in the punk rock community. With this album, he has lost touch with the musical aspect and has joined the media in labeling punk rock music and culture as detrimental to the youth of this world.

This is an awful record and is a terrible waste of Fat Wreck Chords time to produce. Keep this in your 99 cent bin at your local music store for some hipster to find 20 years later as the gem of his underground tribe.

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Panel Discusses How America Perceives Blacks Today

By Billy Huntsman Staff Writer The Black Student Association at New Mexico State University recently showed a film in Corbett Auditorium examining Black history in America over the last 50 years.

“The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” is a six-part film series detailing Black history in America, from the Colonial period to the election of Barack Obama as president. Part six, “A More Perfect Union,” examines black history beginning with the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. A prominent component of the film and the panel discussion which took place in the auditorium afterward is about the role of drugs in black culture.

Interviews in the film propose President Regan’s War on Drugs was less about fighting drug addiction in America and more about reducing concentrated black communities.

Specifically, the

film proposes the War on Drugs focused more on crack-cocaine, which was informally designated a “black drug.”

Bobbie Green, associate professor in the College of Business, moderated the discussion, and asked if harsh penalties for minor drug offenses, particularly in the ‘80s, served as “a prison pipeline.”

“In the film, even at the height of cocaine use, the majority of users were White, but look who’s going to jail, look who’s getting arrested,” said Sean Rogers, NMSU assistant professor in the College of Business. “Absolutely the War on Drugs had little to do with drugs.”

Rogers compared the prevalence of crack in the ‘80s to that of marijuana today, and spoke to the shift from criminalization to legalization of the latter.

“For years and years and years, people have been going to jail and have been locked up for possessing certain amounts of marijuana, for using,” Rogers said. “And now we see it being legalized in several states.”

Yet, Rogers said, while some people, including Blacks, “are poised to really get rich” from legalization. Others are currently incarcerated for possession of marijuana as long ago as 15 years.

“When we look at the numbers of people that were incarcerated for carrying 3 ounces or less of marijuana over the last 20 years, there is an inordinate amount of people that were African American that were incarcerated because of that, compared to those people who carried 3 ounces of cocaine,” said Xeturah Woodley, assistant professor in NMSU’s College of Education.

Despite spreading legalization of marijuana, Woodley said, “There’s no conversation about releasing” those “mostly Black people” who were incarcerated when penalties were harsher.

“Because at the time it was illegal,” Woodley said. “And so, yes, it’s definitely been this pipeline to send blacks to prison.”

Green posed the question, “Was President Obama’s election

the end of racism and the start of ‘a more perfect union?’”

“I think that in a lot of people’s minds that it was going to be,” Woodley said. “But the reality has proven that he wasn’t the savior of all and of all things.”

She recounted she cried after Obama’s inauguration, “because of what could be possible,” but then went back to work because she “knew it was not going to end racism, nor would it end all the suffering for the people in our society.”

Woodley said the concept of America being “a melting pot” is a myth.

“There is no melting of blackness into the culture that is America, for the most part, even still today, except for those places of interest convergence,” said Woodley.

An example of ‘interest convergence,’ she said, is hip-hop culture, which started in Black culture and was eventually adopted by other races.

“I don’t think that we’ve been

socialized in a way that has us be a regular part of the culture, except in those places where it benefits the dominant culture,” Woodley said, which she said has led to a continued “desire by many African-Americans to become a part of American culture.”

Rogers said certain perceptions of blacks are always “in the undercurrent.” “As a black academic,” he said he can sense how he is perceived when in suit and tie. “‘Oh, he’s legitimate,’” he said.

And he can sense how he is perceived when in Timberlands and sweats. “‘This guy’s off the plantation,’” he said.

To effect change sooner, both Rogers and Woodley recommend ‘intellectual activism,’ “Become a power broker,” Rogers said. “Be excellent and develop your expertise in what it is you do, so you can make it up and you can pull others up or give them assistance in whatever they want to do.”

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Read This, (DON’T WATCH THAT): Birdman

By Billy Huntsman Staff Writer The Best Picture winner at this year’s Academy Awards left me with the same hollow feeling it has left me with more often than not.

“Birdman,” this year’s winner, does not have a great story to it. A has-been actor, once famous for playing a superhero, tries to revive his career on Broadway.

What the film industry loves about “Birdman” is its technicality: The film has the appearance of being filmed in a single take.

How this effect was achieved is known to me only vaguely. I’m not a film major and I can’t claim to be even remotely knowledgeable about camerawork, editing techniques, cinematography, lighting or anything of the sort.

But I know a good story, I know good writing. I was not bored during “The Grand Budapest Hotel” or “American Sniper,” as I was during “Birdman.”

“Birdman’s” biggest problem is that it entertains itself. From the tongue-in-cheek casting of Michael Keaton in the lead role to a scene in which Keaton berates a New York theatre critic, “You take this fucked malicious cowardly shitty written review and you shove that right the fuck up your wrinkly tight ass!” the film never once questions its own value.

The film, and the film’s director-writer Alejandro González Iñárritu, tries to put itself above criticism. The film industry, obsessed with critics’ approval since Roger Ebert’s endorsement became such a commodity, loves this idea, considers it fresh.

Couple this freshness with the film’s great technical work, I suppose it was inevitable that “Birdman” won Best Picture.

Criticism is always subjective, and while film majors and select others may find the film’s technical prowess compelling and worthy of hoisting it up on the same pedestal as “Schindler’s List,” “Casablanca” and “The Godfather,” I find “Birdman” to be pale in comparison.

Movies about movies, showbiz, are no new thing. The 85th Academy Award for Best Picture went to “Argo,” a film about how a man rescued American hostages in Iran by passing off himself and the hostages as a film crew.

2011’s Best Picture went to “The Artist,” about how a silent movie actor’s career is forever changed with the advent of sound. Also nominated in this year was “Hugo,” one of the main characters in which is Georges Méliès, a French filmmaker revered for his innovation of practical special effects.

Films about film, called metacinema, can be good—“Sunset Boulevard,” for instance—and/ or entertaining—“Tropic Thunder.”

But quite often metacinema comes off as self-indulgent, or masturbatory, for the sake of clarity.

Films such as “Synecdoche, New York,” “Adaptation.” and “8½” are screams from the filmmakers, “I’m a filmmaker; look how clever I am!”

These films are inherently inaccessible to most viewers, because most viewers, myself included, do not understand technical filmmaking.

But the Academy Awards, the film industry’s most prestigious accolades, chose to give its top honor to such a film. By doing so, the Academy has effectively alienated many viewers.

And then ABC, the channel presenting the Oscars broadcast, wonders why this year’s ratings were so low.

Because viewers didn’t care!

I’m not saying pander to audience—the last thing the film industry needs is to award Best Picture to a Marvel film or, even worse, the next installment in the “Transformers” franchise.

But the films that should get nominated are those that appeal to viewers’ empathies. Empathy and sympathy are different.

Sympathetic movies are movies such as “The Pianist.” None of us can imagine the horrors Polish Jews endured during the Nazi occupation of Poland; but our hearts go out to W�adys�aw Szpilman, who just wants to play piano again. We feel so sorry for him.

Empathetic movies are rarer, because they appeal to more defined audiences. This can be tricky because a particular audience may not be a good audience to target if you want your film to make money.

But if you’re a ballet dancer, or even someone who has at one time or another put every ounce of energy and effort into a single goal, you may empathize with “Black Swan.”

If you’ve ever suffered from a stutter or felt shamed by others for something that was beyond your control, you may empathize with “The King’s Speech.”

If you’re an actor whose heyday was 20 years ago and you’re trying to revitalize your career, you may empathize with “Birdman.”

And yes, if “Birdman” had only been about a man whose less-than-stellar career subsequent to playing an iconic superhero has left him humbled, it would be empathetic.

Anyone who has ever felt as though they were past their prime and that all their efforts to start anew were in vain would empathize with that “Birdman.”

But this “Birdman” insists on being selfish.

It puts self-analysis and contemplation on the backburner, choosing to focus instead on being clever.

Instead of offering any real insight as to what it means to be human, as did Iñárritu’s previous efforts—“Amores Perros,” “21 Grams,” in particular “Babel” and “Biutiful”—“Birdman” slams the bedroom door in most of our faces and makes lewd fapping sounds on the other side.

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By Kelly O'Connor Staff Writer

50 Shades of Abuse, or How the Media is Perpetuating Rape Culture

By Brynn Herndon Staff Writer As of this writing, there are many students at New Mexico State University who have undoubtedly gone to see “50 Shades of Grey,” the film based on the first “novel” in E.L. James’ 50 Shades trilogy. This is awful.

“50 Shades of Grey,” a reportedly “sexy” novel based off a Twilight fanfiction, has allegedly popularized the BDSM lifestyle. BDSM stands for Bondage, Discipline or Domination, Sadism and Masochism. It should be made clear up-front that the sex practices of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey are abusive, and therefore not BDSM. According to website Submissive Guide, BDSM holds itself to the rules of “safe, sane and consensual,” which could not be farther from what is portrayed in the popular erotic novel. Anastasia Steele, a fresh-out-of-college virgin enters into an extremely disturbing relationship with billionaire Christian Grey in which she has to sign a contract with even more disturbing terms. The following “terms” of their relationship contract (signed by Steele as Grey plied her with alcohol) are taken directly from the novel: “Obedience: the Submissive will obey any instructions given by the dominant immediately without hesitation or reservation and in an expeditious manner.

“Food: the submissive will eat regu-

larly to maintain her health from a prescribed list of foods.

“Clothing: during the Term, the Submissive will wear clothing only approved by the Dominant “Failure to comply with any of the above will result in immediate punishment, the nature of which shall be determined by the Dominant.”

These terms should make readers feel uncomfortable, because actual BDSM has rules as well but only for sex. A Dominant has no jurisdiction over any other aspect of their personal lives. This contract is not a BDSM agreement; it is a controlling relationship and a major red flag.

Many people have probably only gone to see the film “ironically,” but that makes absolutely no difference. The studio has still been given money. They do not care why it was given to them. They literally could not care less.

Do not support “50 Shades of Grey.”

It perpetuates an already harmful rape culture by glamourizing abuse as something sexual. Women will think this is an acceptable way to be treated, and men will think this is an okay way to treat women.

Do not give this film or this novel any more money, not just because it’s a bad film (and it is, supposedly very bad and has received scathing reviews), but because it actually has a chance of making the world a more dangerous place for women.

Recently, I went to a party and I was a designated driver for my friends. I decided to take this opportunity to answer this question. Is it possible to have fun at a party without drinking? This question turned into a very educating night out.

Not even 10 minutes after showing up, I felt like the life of the party. The whole time everyone could not get over how funny it was that I was drinking water. Every conversation began with some sort of joke associated with my choice of drink. What’s even better, I got to sit and observe those around me.

As soon as we showed up to the place, I could feel an anxiety by everyone to begin drinking. It was almost as if it were impossible to just hang-out and talk for a few minutes. Anyone who has been out to a party knows about that awkward few minutes when everyone is just themselves and can’t blame any substance for their actions.

Do people feel more exposed? I could really see this and sense it in the air. There’s also the pressure to pick a drinking game. King’s cup is a popular drinking game along with flip cup. None of these games encourage normal drinking behaviors, another topic I find interesting.

There’s been much conversation about binge drinking on campus and whether or not it’s a big issue. I say some college students don’t know another way to drink. The impressions I have gotten attending parties is that if you don’t constantly have a drink in your hand, what are you there for? I also always hear “I want to get drunk.”

College style drinking is about party packs and jungle juice.

Not many students are just having an occasional glass of wine at dinner.

While sitting there on my second bottle of water, I got to see that firsthand: the telltale drooping of the eyes of partygoers, the blank stares. It was even intriguing getting to see people pretend to already be drunk when they were really just buzzed. Although everyone looked so tired and worn down, the

party never stopped. It was just on to the next game, on to the next pack of beer. I even saw a guy say he was done but not even five minutes later he went for another beer. I wondered if just felt too out of place not drinking with everyone.

I kept wondering if I was having fun.

The answer is yes, although it was mildly annoying that I wasn’t called on as much during the drinking games. I couldn’t tell you how many times I was asked if I wanted a “real drink” even after they knew I was a designated driver.

The pressure to make sure my friends were okay became a little difficult. You can’t tell someone they have had enough of anything. I got the sense more people were more concerned about outdoing each other to show who could handle more. That concerned me because that’s the most ridiculous thing to do and shouldn’t be the goal at all.

The days after the party, I thought about all of this. Why is a party considered lame if there isn’t any alcohol? I reasoned that people at parties don’t know each other. If I hadn’t gone with friends I probably would have been more uncomfortable being the only one not drinking.

I don’t think many people jump at the opportunity to sit and do nothing with people who aren’t their good friends.

Drinking sort of breaks the ice, but it isn’t necessary.

To answer my question, it is possible to have fun at party without drinking alcohol.

If you’re a college student reading this I challenge you to go to a party and not drink a sip of alcohol. Figure out who you are at a party and see whether you need alcohol to have fun. Share your experience in a letter to the editor: truprint@ nmsu.edu.

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By Billy Huntsman Staff Writer I’ve been saying it for years, and I finally have some hard proof of the fact everyone is stupid.

The other day I was watching “American Psycho,” because I’m the type of person who watches that movie for kicks.

In the film, there is a scene in which Patrick Bateman takes his expensive Cerruti bedsheets to a Manhattan drycleaner, in the hopes they will be able to remove the “cranapple juice stains.”

The problem is the owner of the drycleaner doesn’t speak English, except for the word “bleaching,” which sets Bateman off on a tirade of the preposterousness of bleaching Cerruti.

But the point is, the owner doesn’t speak English, nor does Bateman speak the owner’s language.

Yet they both continue talking to each other, even to the point of screaming, in the hopes that somehow the other will understand what is being said.

I’ve seen this film dozens of times, but it was only upon this most recent viewing that I was struck with the epiphany of how common this occurrence is.

No matter where you go, I guarantee if you try to ask directions from somebody who doesn’t speak English, he or she will respond to you in their language, perhaps to tell you, “I don’t speak your language.”

Every human being has an inherent compulsion to try to make those who do not speak one’s native language understand what they’re saying, even though we all know spontaneous comprehension of a foreign language is impossible.

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rate the Americans.

In this case, some of the hostages speak Persian or one of the dialects of Iran, but the hostages and Mendez are pretending to be an American film crew scouting locations for a science fiction film.

Common sense would tell the cart owners typical Americans do not speak Persian, just as the cart owners do not speak English; but common human stupidity prevents that thought from occurring to them.

“Or,” you say, “perhaps they knew they didn’t speak English and didn’t care; maybe they just wanted to intimidate the Americans.”

Possibly, but that goes against my point, so I’m going to ignore that alternative.

My point is everyone is just as stupid as everyone else.

A Dutch person would still try to make a Japanese person understand what he or she is saying, despite the knowledge that the Japanese person probably does not speak nor understand Dutch.

A Lithuanian person would still try to communicate with a Spanish person, and a Norwegian person would still try to communicate with a Liberian, even though he or she knows it’s improbable that the Liberian would speak or understand Norwegian.

What’s my point in sharing this revelation with you?

I suppose it’s to reassure you. The next time you see a report saying America is behind Japan and Sweden and most other first-world countries in terms of test scores, and math and science proficiency, take it with a grain of salt.

Japanese and Sweden people are just as stupid as Americans, who are just as stupid as Chinese as Brazilians as Icelanders as Italians as Egyptians, ad infinitum.

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