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Volume 115 | Issue 33 | Thursday, March 18, 2014

Spring

BreakA week that can make or break you.

While some students catch up on school and sleep, others hit the beach to party and drink.

The Round Up

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AdministrationExecutive Director

Alexandra Von Wol�

Director of FinanceMichelle Tejeda

Administrative AssistantsTatiana Miyazaki

William Peck

EditorialManaging Editor

Jesca Cervantes

News EditorBethany Blundell

Sports EditorLewis Harry

Culture EditorShaless Robinson

Sta� Writers

DesignDesign Specialists

Ana AyonFernanda Teixeira

Graphic DesignerHeather Miller

Web EditorNate Turner

PhotographersKyle Chancellor

Jenny Marin

SalesAdvertising Manager

Ashley DeMott

Director of MarketingZak Baeza

Circulation SpecialistLawrene Garcia

Submission PolicyThe Round Up welcomes submis-sions for publication. Submissions can be dropped o� , faxed or emailed. Submissions become property of The Round Up and will not be returned. The Round Up reserves the right to edit articles and cannot guarantee publication.

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Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003Phone 575-646-6397

Fax 575-646-5557

Anthony AlbidrezLiz BakerChris BrillianteKyla HollisterDavid De AlejandroJarrett TranthamFiliberto Perez

Maria HarrisBrynn HerndonSkyler WilsonTy SteversRobin HowzellCristina SolisS.O. Nicil

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Campus got chaoti c last week with ASNMSU campaigns. Find out who won their positi on for the 2014/2015 school year.

NEWSMarch Madness is set

to begin. Find out about the culture and how restaurants view the

tournament.

Excited for spring break? Whether you plan to go out of town or stay in, check out our feature.

SPORTSMeet the Round Up’s

player of the week, Renaldo Dixon.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 “I’m not that girl from Freaky Friday anymore! I’m a real adult. In fact, I hate children! I hate them all!” - Lindsay Lohan

WEEKEND GUIDE

THURSDAYPainting Class Intermediate and advanced painting. Watercolor, acrylic and water-soluble oil painting classes will be

taught by art educator Wayne Carl Huber. Cost is $50 for four, two hour and a half sessions.

When: 1-3 p.m.Where: 140 Wyatt Drive

FRIDAYDinosaurs from A to ZDinosaurs invade the Las Cruces Museum of Natural History as visitors explore the past. Each class in-

cludes a discussion of the topic and a hands-on component.

When: 3 p.m.Where: 411 N. Main St.

Sunset StrollAn hour of tours guided by a ranger will teach participants about the animals and geology of White

Sands National Monument. The program is free and admission is $3.

When: : 6:15 p.m.Where: White Sands National Monument White Sands, N.M. 88330

SATURDAYCar ShowThe fi rst car show of the year will host more than 250 cars. There will be family events, raffl es and draw-

ings along with food vendors. Viewing will be free but to display a car call 575-649-9919 for pricing.

When: All dayWhere: Field of Dreams parking lot, 2501 W. Tashiro Road

HikingA park ranger will be present to guide a two hour hike through the Leasburg Dam State Park. Free tour

included in entrance fee to the park.

When: : 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.Where: 12712 Park Drive

SUNDAYMesilla MecardoA cozy market place in historic Old Mesilla with a variety of seasonal produce, artists, crafters, musicians

and more.

When: Noon- 4 p.m.Where: Old Mesilla

Animal EncountersCome meet the animals of the Chihuahuan Desert at the Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science. Ani-

mal Encounters provides a close-up view into the lives of Chihuahuan Desert animals as the Museum

Naturalist guides the discussion into these elusive creatures. When feasible, there will be a hands-on

segment of the class.

When: : : 1 p.m.Where: 411 N. Main St.

De La Vega’s

Hurricane Alley

Thursday“Throwback Thursdaze”Old school happy hour prices: $2 house pints, $3 PVTs and $1 house-made jello shotsSaturday-“Ladies Night”Bill buys the ladies a glass of champagne and ladies only drink specials 7-9 p.mWhere: 500 S. Telshor Blvd

Thursday- Open mic with Rein GarciaSaturday-Ladies night with DJ Espy and CornSunday- Geeks Who Drink from 6 - 9:30 p.m.Where: 1745 E. University Ave.

Thursday- Free music with Mark Klett Friday- Free music with Derrick Harris BandSaturday- $3 pints, well drinks, shots of � reball and kazis.Where: 901 E. Avenida de Mesilla

Thursday$3 Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Gene-E-Ous. $3 well drinks and special craft beer of the monthFriday- Live music, $5 cover, $3 imports and microbrewsSaturdays- Live entertainment and EDM music. Where: 1490 Missouri Ave.

Please drink responsibly.

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Shopping Opportunities

Outdoor Recreation

Special Event

Art Scene

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

CAMPUS NEWS

PresidentWesley Jackson

Vice PresidentJeremy Witte

According to unofficial election results, Witte received 1,156 votes. His opponent, Collin King, received 933 votes. Witte currently serves as the ASNMSU Director of Governmental Affairs. “A leader’s job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be,” Witte said.

Agriculture, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

Juliann Lamb “I am most looking forward to be-ing able to make greater connections with the student body as a whole.”

Arts & Sciences

Business

Graduate

Engineering

Tracy Barajas“I fell in love (with being a senator.”

Miriam Bebawy “I am very determined and enjoy staying involved on campus and in my community.”

Tiffiny Perales “I would like to be a senator who ac-tually works to serve students.”

Sergio Sotelo Not available for comment.

Chelsea CanonNot available for comment.

Mason Tomlinson “We have all been blessed with the opportunity to challenge ourselves and to grow.”

Dustin Chavez “I intend to help students with what-ever need that I can cater to during my term as senator”

Hope Quintana Not available for comment.

TAPASWY MUPPANENINot available for comment.

Sunnie Sartin “I will be serving with competent and intelligent senators which were elect-ed as well.”

Elijah Wade “I am excited about interacting with the different senators from their re-spective colleges and the engineers within the College of Engineering.”

Aaron Lindsay “I’m most excited to simply have the opportunity to represent my peers and to ensure that their concerns are heard.”

Health & Social Service

Purnima Dwivedi Not available for comment.

Education

** Run-Off Election**Jessica Leuenberger

Rebekah Mijares

ELECTION RESULTS

According to unofficial election results, Jackson received 2,009 votes. Jackson was the only presi-dential candidate after his opponent, Jesse Forte, was disqualified. Jackson currently serves as the ASNMSU Vice President. “I really enjoy working with students, getting to know the problems they face on a daily basis and getting to solve those prob-lems,” Jackson said.

by Ashley CisnerosContributing Writer

The NCAA will air their annual basketball cham-pionship known as March Madness today, and as

sports bars and restaurants be-gin setting up specials and betting pools, Las Cruces is also affected by this culture.

“It gets really busy during March Madness,” said Richard Flores, manager of The Game. “Sometimes we have people coming in hours earlier to see the games.”

Every year the tournament de-livers its share of surprises as 68 basketball teams play single-elim-ination games to win the coveted national championship title. The three-weekend long event delivers some of the biggest upsets of the season, making it exciting for view-ers and risk-takers who bet.

“It’s crazy. It gets so busy we have to get more employees to work March Madness weekends,” said Jamie Martinez, server at local Buf-falo Wild Wings.

With three years in the busi-ness, Martinez said the majority of

people coming in during that time are college students who come in and cheer for their bracket betting teams to win.

According to the American Gaming Association, one in 10 Americans participate in a March Madness office pool. Each year they wager $2.5 billion total in of-fice pools, which is 25 times more than the legal wager.

The tournament is so unpre-dictable no person or computer has ever filled out a perfect bet-ting bracket. Mike Weimerskirch, a math professor at the University of Minnesota, said in an interview with NPR, the odds of filling out a perfect bracket is about 147 quintil-lion to one.

Warren Buffet, Forbes fourth richest man in the world, adds to the madness by announcing a $1 billion prize to any contestant who can correctly predict the winner of each game in the tournament, Forbes reports. Buffet and his company Berkshire Hathaway are partnering with Quicken Loans, to offer the “Quicken Loans Bil-lion Dollar Bracket.” The contest will be limited to 10 million en-trants, according to Forbes. With

stakes this high, will this be the year of the first perfect bracket?

Betting aside, March Mad-ness is among the most-watched sporting events in America, with the championship game in 2013 reaching 23.4 million viewers. CBS and Time Warner have jumped the gun and agreed to a $10.8 billion, 14-year contract in-cluding rights for broadcast, Inter-net and wireless in 2010, accord-ing to the Huffington Post.

Marketers and advertisers are now looking to March Madness as a new platform of revenue. The basketball tournament surpassed $1 billion for the first time in 2012, making it larger than any profes-sional post-season sports cham-pionship, reports media research specialist, according to Kantar Me-dia. That includes the Super Bowl as well. The NFL post-season took in $976 million dollars, according to Kantar Media.

March Madness delivers the biggest upsets that keeps viewers and fans alike on their toes and lets them believe in the underdog again.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

NEWS

Students use March Madness as a time to get competitive with friends. photo by Kyle Chancellor

Spring Break

2014Lab Hours will be changing

during Spring Break.

Williams Hall: Monday -Friday (March 24-28) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Pete's Place: Sunday - Saturday (March 23-29) 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.   

VVista Del Monte (VDM): Sunday - Saturday (March 23-29) 8 a.m to 9 p.m.

Cruces prepares for the Madness

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

FEATURE

spring break service projects in 2006. Last year more than 10,000 high school and col-lege students signed up with Habitat for Hu-manity to build houses duringspring break.

Kassandra Asel, digital film making major will be spending her spring break in Brus-sels, Belgium on a mission’s trip.

“My faith is a huge part of who I am,” she said. “So I want to spend my free time sharing it with others, especially all over the world.”

Asel is going with a team who will help start a college ministry called Students for Christ. The team will be organiz-ing various events to promote the new ministry group and will also participate in campus evangelism.

Bethany BlundellNews Editor

College students across the nation are busting out their bathing suits and flips-flops as they prepare for spring break.

Spring break is the optimum time for students to take a break from their classes and spend time doing something fun outside of campus. According to dosome-thing.org, 1.5 million students go on spring break ever year.

According to that website, the No. 1 spring break destination in the United States is Daytona Beach, Fla. A popular abroad location Cancun, Mexico, attracting more than 100,000 visitors during that time. Thousands of college students travel to ex-otic places all across the world for spring break, but many do not realize the hidden dangers associated with these vacations.

“I think people do get more crazy on

spring break than they normally do,” said Kelsey Andersen, education major at New Mexico State University. “They don’t have normal things that would constrain them if they were in school.”

According to the Journal of American College Health, males reported drinking an average of 18 drinks per day on spring break, and females reported drinking an av-erage of 10. The study reports more than half of those vacationers drank until they got sick or passed out at least once.

But all that drinking may lead to trouble. According to dfnc.org, last year there were 2,000 spring break related arrests in Pana-ma City and Daytona alone and more than 20,000 fake IDs confiscated.

Meg Long, program specialist for Well-ness, Alcohol and Violence Education, said these numbers don’t surprise her.

She said NMSU WAVE conducted a study that found NMSU students drink an average of four drinks per week, but these same students think their peers drink an av-

erage of 10 drinks per week. Long said this will often lead to increased drinking rates.

“People perceive what their peers are do-ing and mirror that,” she said.

Often times, the alcohol consumption on spring break is related to sexual transmitted disease scares. According to uwsp.edu, 75 percent of students reported never or rarely using a condom on spring break.

Included in that, nearly 50 percent of males and 41 percent of females reported consuming alcohol just prior to sex.

Long said students should be as respon-sible drinking on spring break as they are when they drink regularly.

“Before going out think about your safety and boundaries and what you’re comfort-able with,” she said.

Some college students are avoiding those risks altogether and spending their spring break with a different focus.

According to dosomething.org, Hur-ricane Katrina launched a huge volunteer trend, with about 35,000 students doing

The Neanderthal’s brain was bigger than yours is.

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Spring Break is fast approaching, but the prospects of finding things to do during that week might seem bleak and daunting.

There are many close alternatives for those who are looking for a change of scenery to relax from school and work. From exciting nearby cities to count-less national forests, locals have many options to spend their spring break.

The Cibola National Park, White Sands National Monument, Gila Na-tional Park and the Petrified Forest Na-tional Park are just a few of the many nearby national parks and natural re-serves where one can spend a day or a week. Since all these places are under five hours away and feature beautiful landscapes for those who want a breath of fresh air, national forests are a good choice to literally see spring break dur-ing Spring Break.

“We go to Alamogordo because of the $2 zoo, it a great option if you have kids,” said Kimberly Reeder, English major at New Mexico State Univer-sity. “Albuquerque also has a bigger zoo and a bunch of museums like the

space museum.” If nature, exotic animals and muse-

ums aren’t your cup of tea, there are some nearby cities where concerts will take place. A road trip to a show is an excellent way to spend a few days of spring break.

The post-punk band Deafheaven will be performing in Tucson, Ariz. March 28. Other acts such as Cher and Tool will perform in Phoenix dur-ing our spring break.

Since spring break tends to conjure up the image of beaches and swimsuits, those bold enough could endure the seven-hour drive to Puerto Peñasco. Mexico will be welcomed with crisp, beautiful beaches. This location fea-tures high-end resorts as well as fru-gal hotels for those who don’t want to break the bank.

The week of spring break has count-less possibilities for every individual. Even when it might feel as if Las Cruces is in the middle of nowhere, interesting things are just around the corner.

Vacation close to home

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire

AGGIE DISTRACTIONS

HOROSCOPES

Is your love life not all you’d hoped? Is your career moving in the wrong di-rection? Are you wondering whether you truly need to settle for second best? The moon is begging you to reconsider.

Financial changes are on the way. Whether they’re the ones you had in mind is another matter - and en-tirely up to you. Whatever happens, though, the momentum is building.

A relaxed life was never your idea of a good time. So it’s just as well you’re getting the opposite. Handle these mad energies with care, if you want to have any friends left.

The heavens are still creating much more drama than you’d like. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time. The career’s going superbly - so don’t be thrown by the occasional broken promise.

In line for your attention are: relation-ships (still), health (in need of a new look), and buying power (in the mood to expand.) Oh, and if you’re looking to get a new car, do it this week.

OK, pull all that tossed mail out of the bin, and start again. It’s yes to the cocktail parties you hate. A de� nite yes to the brain-storming conferenc-es. And an “absolutely delighted” to the wedding of the boss’s daughter.

Did it ever occur to you that those paranoid fears might live purely in your head? Reality is never as fright-ening as the fear of what might hap-pen. Put your hat on and charge.

Your understanding of practicality has taken a short walk on the wild side. No longer are you interested in � lling out tax forms or checking your credit balance.

Is your love life not all you’d hoped? Is your career moving in the wrong di-rection? Are you wondering whether you truly need to settle for second best? The moon is begging you to reconsider.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.

CLASSIFIEDS

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to interview with over 35 School Districts recruiting for 2014/2015 K-12 teaching

and administrative openings! No fee to candidates.

NMSU Educators’ Job Fair 2014

Monday, March 31, and Tuesday, April 18:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

You are strongly encouraged to pre-register for interviews online at careerservices.nmsu.edu or by contacting Career

Services, 575-646-2849 or 575-646-5012, proemp@nmsu.edu. May also sign-up for interviews at the fair.

PHYS 212, PHYS 214, PHYS 216Lab Manuel for Sale, Brand New never used, $40 575-910-0875

Math 121 College Algebra $80 call or text 575312-3437

CHEM 111-112 $50 575-202-1734

El Sombrero Patio is hiring waiters/waitress. Drop o� applications at 363 S. Espina

Summer Job! Make enough to not work during the school year! Make $100-$400 +/day selling pest control in El Paso. Housing Provided. Apply online at pestdefensesolutions.com/job or Call 505-899-4808

Student Marketing Special-ist/WAVE$10.00/ hourThe Student Marketing Specialist will develop and execute marketing programs, create advertisements, web-casts, websites; Identify media outlets for press releases and promotions; measure success of various market-ing campaigns. Apply through Career Services.

Includes: Approximately 85 words, 10 pt. BOLD headline, additional BOLD options and 9 pt. body copy. Charge per space: $1.00 student rate and $0.50 cents/ per word. Deadlines for the Tuesday edition are Friday at noon, and deadlines for the Thursday edition are Tuesday at noon

To place a classi� ed ad, call 575-646-6397

BooksTeller- Part TimeCitizens Bank of Las CrucesProvide accurate and timely service to our customers that include a variety of cash receipt and payment transactions in accordance with the institution’s procedures. Answer inquiries and provide information to customers, cross-sells products & ser-vices when appropriate. Services will be o� ered with the highest consid-eration given to our service-quality standards, recognizing that quality is the key to retaining and expanding customer relationships.Apply through Career Services

Lifeguard- City of Las Cruces$8.50 /HourTo monitor activities and ensure the safety of swimmers at aquatic facilities.Position involves competing de-mands, performing multiple tasks, working to deadlines, extended hours varied work schedules, and responding to customer issues.Apply through Career Service

Specialist- City of Las Cru-ces$13.57 /HourAssists in the development and implementation of media, public relations, marketing and advertising programs, plans, and strategies to e� ectively promote the image, goals, objectives, activities, and events of the City of Las Cruces. Apply through Career Services

Jobs

Auto

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I Clicker 2$25 Call or text 406-351-0014

Pedigreed Peruvian Guinea Pigs!$10-$20. Excellent small pet! Call or text 575650-7915

Dark Green CouchGently used, clean, dark green couch. $50 Call or test 575-905-9101Craigslist

Queen bed for saleAsking $50 OBO Call or text 575-680-7131Craigslist

Large co� ee table and two end tablesSturdy wood tables. Cash only. $80 Call 575-621-7766Craigslist

New bunk bedsComes with mattress and rails. $180 Call 915-206-0622

Couch and ReclinerExcellent condition. Leather recliner. Asking $250 for both. No stains and all are very clean. Call or text 571-3892Craigslist

Men’s Giant Mountain BikeLike new! $150 � rm! Cash only. Call 575-640-3142Craigslist

Strikezonebat-tingcages.com

2000 Mercury Grand Marquis$2750. Call or text 575-386-0171

2003 Chevy Impala4 door, 6 cylider, automatic, power everything. Call Lisa’s Used Cars at 575-524-4310Craigslist

2004 Monte Carlo2 door, automatic, a/c, rebuilt transmis-sion, and runs great.Blue book $5850 make o� er. Call 575-649-4070Craigslist

1968 Chevy ImpalaClean, 4 door, 76K miles. Has 307 motor with 2 barrel carb. Asking $3000 OBO. Call 915-241-6721Craigslist

1997 Honda Civic Asking $2,800 obo. Has 119K miles. Head-ers and air intake. Call 575-650-4238Craigslist

Hi Aggies!Brace yourselves, only a few days till spring break. Everyone be safe and forget about school for a week. Guns up.

Congratulations to the Men’s Basketball team for winning the WAC.

Congratulations! to Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Gamma for winning Greek Sing 2014. All the performances were awesome

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OMNI ApartmentsClose to campus. Spacious units include dishwasher. Indoor/Outdoor pool.Call 575-522-6664Craigslist

2Bedroom for $715Walking distance to NMSU. (1804 Wyoming Ave.) Call Ti� any or Lisa at 575-522-1309Craigslist

For Rent

Apartment for rent2 bedrooms, 1 bath. 2 blocks to NMSU. Comes with washer and dryer. $650 a month. Call 993-4150Craigslist

Roommate wanted!Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath house. $375 a month. Seeking clean and studious student. Female preferred. Call 575-640-5873

Two studious gals looking for another calm and quiet room-mate. $500 � at rate. 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Please call 575-522-3897

Roommate need ASAP.$400 a month. 3 minutes from campus. Prefer a graduate students staying for summer. Call David at 575-636-9236

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Stressed is desserts spelled backwards.

OPINION

by Brynn HerndonStaff Writer

For many people, March is a “meh” kind of month. There is Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s Day, days for drinking and more drink-ing, but March is more of a flyover month—you just get through it.

For students, March is a stress-ful month. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is due at the beginning, midterms in the middle and everything in class starts to get a little more serious. There’s something more to add on to stress: internship deadlines.

Students wishing to receive real work experience in an office setting should apply for intern-ships. It’s a chance to get out of

town and into what professors and other authority figures call “the real world.” It appears the world of college is not real. No one ex-ists. This is all a terrifying dream.

Why are internships so much more stressful than other March responsibilities? They’re one of the most competitive things a stu-dent has to do. That cool intern-ship at a random company? Tens of thousands of other students want it too.

Students who go to an Ivy League university, live in the town the company is located or have a more impressive resume and background will probably get that position. Good luck with getting an internship somewhere cool like California or New York.

This isn’t to discourage students, but they should know what they’re up against and maybe lower any ridiculously high expectations, just to avoid being too disappointed to get out of bed. Apply for as many internships as possible, it increases the chances of getting one.

One of the hardest things about applying to internships is having a major that doesn’t actually cor-respond to many of the positions (hint: English majors should try searching for “publishing.” There are a lot of good results with that keyword.)

It’s important for that type of student to not base their resume on that major, but the skills they have developed from pursuing it

and have some volunteer experi-ence on there too because it never hurts to be a good person. Don’t lie about that, though. Actually be a good person.

To take a break from the swirl-ing tornado of negativity, there are several things a student can do to improve their chances of getting an employer to consider them: have a good resume, personalize the cover letter to the company they’re applying to (time consum-ing but effective), be confident and try not to have a terrible personal-ity. That last one is a basic rule of thumb.

Internship applications adding more stress to students

by Skyler WilsonStaff Writer

There have been many brutal arguments involving the debate of whether steroid users in baseball should be let into the hall of fame. Many have taken the side that steroid users should be implemented into the hall of fame, but that is not the case.

First and foremost, the use of steroids is illegal. These users should not even be considered for a ballot to the hall of fame because they have broken a rule set by Major League Baseball. It does not seem logical to reward someone who violated a strict policy that has been a topic in the MLB since the early 1990s.

The second thought is many other great players deserve the recognition into the hall of fame because they played the natural way. There are players like Derek Jeter and Clayton Kershaw that have given their organizations tre-mendous performances and they did not have to use performance enhancers to do so.

Not only are steroid users mak-ing fools of themselves, they are disappointing dedicated fans that have watched them play for years. Another illogical thought comes to mind, thinking that role mod-els such as Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds have enlightened the younger baseball generation to the world of steroid use. This is a complete misuse of their popularity toward young players, which should not be considered in the hall of fame.

It is common sense to believe steroid use should automatically abolish a player’s chances of having a plaque set in Coopers Town. Steroid users have broken the rules, have failed to work harder than other players and sent the wrong message to fans.

Eat. Sleep.Sports

What are you doing for spring break?

Paniel Anthem FurthMechanical Engineering,

Freshman

“For spring break I plan on go-ing to spend time with my fam-ily and go on summer vacation

with them.”

Read more at nmsuroundup.com

ONLINE Maryel AnasVocal Music Education,

Freshman

“This spring break I plan to catch up on my studies and

homework while I spend time on vacation.”

Alexis GrettenbergerBiology/Pre-pharmacy,

Junior

“I do not know if I am going to do this or not, but I would

like to go to Texas to Six Flags.”

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 #SmartAssQuestions

By Skyler WilsonSta� Writer

Renaldo Dixon, senior from To-ronto, Canada, has given the men’s basketball team an outstanding four-year career.

Dixon has made a tremendous impact on the team since his fresh-man year as an Aggie. Working hard and keeping focused is what led Dix-on into the top five for most statistics that were recorded this year.

The six-foot, ten-inch forward grew up north of the United States in Toronto and attended Christian Faith Academy for high school. Dix-on has played basketball for eleven years and it all started in his home-town. Basketball was not his only set sport, but he managed to train and become part of his high school foot-

ball team. Dixon’s background says a great

deal about his work ethic, but every hard worker needs to relax. Hobbies to help Dixon relieve some stress on the basketball court include cooking meals and playing video games.

“My favorite food to cook is prob-ably jerk chicken,” Dixon said.

With all of Dixon’s talent on the court, it would seem strange for him to have a superstition. Dixon be-lieves he is a little superstitious but he also does not go to the extreme like some sports players. The only superstitious aspect of Dixon is what he accomplishes before a game.

“Just one thing I have to do is take a nap before I play a game,” Dixon said.

At the end of the day, Dixon is still a huge fan of the game of basketball and he has one particular player he

roots for more than others. Dixon’s favorite player is Jeff Green of the Boston Celtics. Green’s explosive-ness to the basket is what Dixon ad-mires most about the NBA player.

Dixon may favor Green, but he favors no players more than his Ag-gie teammates. Dixon is playing his last season at New Mexico State and cherishes the memories with his squad of players.

“I think I’m going to miss my teammates the most,” he said.

Coach Marvin Menzies said he would miss both Dixon’s playing time and character. Menzies said Dixon was an overwhelming power down low that any coach would be lucky to use him in their program and he was thankful Dixon was in his.

The statistics for Dixon have in-creased from his freshman to senior

year in m o r e of the important areas of his play. Dixon started out with only 45.7 percent shooting during his fresh-man year advanced to 55.1 percent dur-ing his senior year. Dixon also increased his free throw percent-age, blocks and points scored in a game. Dixon scored a 551 points during the regular season with the Aggies.

Dixon will be graduat-ing after the summer semester of 2014.

Meet the Player:

Renaldo Dixon

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