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Students go Without Expensive Eatery Fall Music Preview Basketball’s BackAs healthcare aff ects the United States, students continue to fi nd ways to be insured

Why those who wish to eat on campus deserve better meal prices and options

A review on the most anticipated, upcoming albums that will be re-leased before the end of the year

An analysis of the returning play-ers and a look at what Coach Men-zies is doing to prepare his team

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Basketball’s Back

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INSIDE CULTURE

The Office of Sustainabil-ity promotes energy and waste reduction across New Mexico State University and will spread the word about being “green” on Wednesday for the second an-nual Campus Sustainability Day.

joni newcomer (sic), manager of Environmental Policy and Sus-tainability, lives a green lifestyle and shares her determination and knowledge throughout NMSU.

“Sustainability is who we are, it is what we do because we are conscious and we care,” new-comer said.

The Office of Sustainability targets campus environmental issues in order to resolve them, such as water waste reduction and energy reduction.

NMSU has 10 water-bottle fill-ing stations throughout campus, which prevented 132,610 plastic bottles from entering the landfill since the installation during the summer of 2012.

According to OoS in 2012, NMSU reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 2 percent and reduced energy consumption by 5.4 percent with actions such as getting NMSU certified as a bicycle friendly campus, convert-ing to LED lights and recycling numerous objects.

Forty percent of NMSU energy is created on campus at the central utility plant. The other 60 percent is purchased from El Paso Electric.

According to OoS, the August

2012 electricity bill stood at about $619,000.

The NMSU campus uses about 2 million gallons of water daily, and the NMSU golf course uses about 1 million gallons of drinkable water daily,.

Low flow facets and shower-heads have been installed in stu-dent housing to help reduce the amount of water usage. NMSU also has 13 green buildings on campus.

On Oct. 16, OoS hosted a poster-making party, where stu-dents created posters made from reused resources and created original posters with facts regard-ing the environment.

“It makes me happy to share the movement going around

sustainability,” said Sativa Cruz, president of the Environmental Science Student Organization.

From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. during Campus Sustainability Day, the posters will be hung on the trees outside the west-side of the Cor-bett Center Rotunda.

At this location, OoS will inform students how they can make a difference by taking actions, such as shopping with reusable bags, using a reusable water bottle, taking the bus, walk-ing or riding a bike to school, turning off electronics when not in use and reducing your waste by recycling.

From noon to 1:30 p.m., there will be a webinar and discussion on climate adaptation in the Cor-

bett Center Senate Gallery. Leaders of campus sustainabil-

ity will speak about green campus life, and afterword there will be a discussion of environmental top-ics and ways NMSU can evolve into a greener campus.

From 6 p.m to 9 p.m., there will be a panel called “Climate Adaptation: Resilient Cam-puses and Communities,” where NMSU faculty will share ideas on the future of sustainability on campus.

OoS strongly suggests being aware of the human impact on the planet for future generations and getting involved to spread the awareness.

by Anthony AlbidrezStaff Writer

by Rebecca MendezStaff Writer

Students who arrive to univer-sities have a choice to buy meals at the dining hall and many pur-chase meal plans to defer these costs, but when the semester ends the money often times doesn’t re-turn to the student’s pocket.

According to a report by the Student Press Law Center, there are students who lose thousands of dollars every school year in un-used dining meals dollars. How-ever, what the leftover money is used for varies from university to university.

In the SPLC report, students at Washington State University col-lectively lost $43,000 in the 2009-2010 school year. WSU policy for unused funds is to carry the points over to the following semester as long as students remain in the residence hall system.

Students at the University of Washington lost more than $90,000 in 2009-2010 school year. UW policy states unused money is forfeited at the end of an academic school year and be-comes the property of the univer-sity.

Sodexo Area Marketing Co-ordinator Katrina Miner said the

unused flex points are given back to New Mexico State University.

“Sodexo does not get the un-used money,” Miner said. “It goes back to the university, which is not uncommon in other universities.”

Miner said for the meal plans that are purchased in fall for the academic year allow points to roll over to the spring.

“The university doesn’t have a summer meal plan at the mo-ment,” Miner said. “That is why we really start to notify students to use up their points in the spring.”

Auxiliary Services Assistant Vice President Tammy Anthony said the unused money that is giv-

en back to NMSU is used to fund the food service program.

“It’s to continue funding the meals plans for the next academic school year,” Anthony said.

However, there are students who say it’s almost like a job to use up the points. Junior, criminal justice major Payton Preast said using the rest of his points was a lot of work.

“I had to randomly go to Taos just to use them all up,” Preast said. “Even when I wasn’t hungry, I had to do it to get my money’s worth.

At NMSU, Sodexo encourages students to use all of their flex

points. Meal plans are categorized based on how much time a stu-dent spends on campus; however, freshmen living on campus are re-quired to have a meal plan.

The Aggie Unlimited plan al-lows unlimited entrances to Taos plus $100 in Aggie Dining Dol-lars ($1,618 per semester). Aggie Choice plan has 230-230 entranc-es to Taos plus $325 in Aggie Din-ing Dollars ($1,575 per semester).

The Aggie plan allows 64-74 entrances to Taos plus $325 Flex Points ($763 per semester). The Pistol plan allows $400 in Aggie Dining Dollars ($350 per semes-ter)

Extra fl ex point funds aid university program

Expensive Eatery

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Green sweeps NMSU campusThere are 13

buildings on campusGREEN

$619, 000electricity bill in August 2012

The average person uses

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of water a DAY.

There are10water bottle refi ll stations around NMSU campus.

Expensive Eatery

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Due to the high price of health insurance, a large amount of young Americans are forced to live without, but the introduction of the Affordable Care Act Oct. 1 may change that problem.

Massive health benefits apply to uninsured young Americans, but understanding the ACA can be complicated.

“The ACA is allowing you to look at all the insurance options and compare them with a student plan, state health insurance ex-changes and your parent’s plan,” said Lori McKee, executive di-rector at the New Mexico State University Health and Wellness Center.

McKee said about 20 percent of NMSU students are uninsured.

The campus Health Center of-

fers students an injury and sick-ness insurance plan underwritten by United Health Care Insurance Company for an annual fee of $1,231. This is additional money that is not taken out of student fees.

The coverage includes preven-tive care services including annual physicals, gynecology exams, rou-tine screenings and some immuni-zations.

The coverage does not cover supplies and treatment for acne, dental treatment, elective abor-tion, hearing examinations, eye examinations, eyeglasses, contact lenses, sleep disorders, chronic pain disorders and addiction.

McKee said the student health coverage offered by the Campus Health center is based on what

you need to get through school.According to younginvincible.

org, 19 million young adults across the United States do not have ba-sic healthcare.

Under the regulation of the ACA, students will not be denied health coverage because of pre-ex-isting conditions, and depending on the state, students may be eli-gible for free Medicaid coverage.

By law, young adults can remain on their parent’s health insurance up to the age of 26 whether they are married, financially indepen-dent, attending school or no lon-ger living with their parents.

This policy has allowed about 3.1 million young adults to remain on their parent’s health plan, ac-cording to USA Today.

Young people are more likely to

be healthy, but they do need ac-cessible medical care for preven-tive treatment, regular check-ups and occasional health hiccups.

Some cancers are diagnosed during young ages such as breast cancer and testicular cancer.

Affordable health insurance would allow young people to schedule regular doctors visits and from there take further ac-tions without the fear of debt or denied services.

According to npr.org, “If you're a full-time student and you're not working, or if you're working just part-time, you probably don't earn enough to trigger the requirement to have health insurance.”

Almost every U.S. citi-

zen is required have insurance by Jan. 1, 2014 or a penalty of $95 may be applied to the individual.

“I’m worried about the price of healthcare, since me and my fam-ily don’t have health insurance,” said Aurora Rodriguez, NMSU junior.

According to younginvin-civles.org, 36 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds lack health coverage.

Changes to healthcare continue to impact studentsby Anthony AlbidrezStaff Writer

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by Anthony AlbidrezSta� Writer

More than 800 participants are expected to attend this year’s Keep State Great — the volunteer-based clean up project around campus.

The beautification of campus is hosted by the Associated Students of New Mexico State University that will strike campus Saturday.

Check-in time is scheduled at 9 a.m. at the Corbett Outdoor Stage located outside Garcia Hall.

Sign-in tables will be available at the meet-ing location where groups can check in.

“Student organizations, groups of friends or individuals are encouraged to (register),” said Chelsea McCoy, director of Community Outreach for ASNMSU. “This year we are also reaching out high school students who are interested in volunteering.”

If participants volunteer in a group, the entire group must be present in

order to check in. This community service event gives stu-

dents the chance to assemble and participate in the cleaning of the Aggie community.

Tasks of the event include painting, cleaning and picking up garbage around the NMSU campus. Other tasks also include removing bird droppings.

“I participate in Keep State Great because I like doing something beneficial for the campus,” said junior Rebecca Levine.

Students are encouraged to get involved in the community service. Last year’s Keep State Great achieved the participation of 900 volunteers.

Students are advised to be punctual to the check-in time, be courteous to fellow partici-pants, refrain from explicit language, wear appropriate clothing for outdoor work, col-laborate with fellow volunteers and complete the task while having fun.

“It feels great organizing an event such as Keep State Great,” McCoy said. “It is awesome knowing that so many students are

excited and willing to give back to their campus. I love having the opportunity to plan such an event where students can show their ap-preciation for this university.”

by Rebecca MendezSta� Writer

College is the main prerequi-site to get a job in America. During academic school years, students might acquire jobs in any store to make money or pursue internships in their field of study. America’s vision of successful careers, however, is changing.

According to an article by Forbes.com, career guidance website CareerCast.com recently evaluated 200 professions of a wide variety of industries, skill levels and salary ranges to decide the best and worst jobs of 2013.

CareerCast.com used a four-core criteria measurement for each job: pay, outlook, work environment and stress. Career-Cast.com gathered data from the Census Bureau, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, trade association studies and other sources.

The website broke each cat-egory into elements and gave each element points. In the final result, a higher point total reported a less desirable job, and a lower score reflected a more desirable one.

Today.com rated software engineer as one of the best jobs because it is a low-stress, high-paying job that is diverse since it constantly works with develop-ing technology. Positions are expected to increase by about 32 percent by 2018, according to the BLS.

U.S. News ranked pharmacy in the No. 3 slot because of the unique mix of medical knowl-edge and people skills. Plus, the requirement to run a pharmacy counter is always in demand. BLS predicts a 25.4 percent employ-ment growth for pharmacists by

2020, adding 69,700 new jobs to the field.

Forbes named the most stress-ful job of 2013 enlisted military personnel, and CareerCast ranked it as the third worst job this year because “their lives are on the line, daily,” said Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com.

“They are away from home for long stretches of time and with the draw-down, many are being pushed out of the military even though they want to make it a career,” Lee said.

Lee also said the profession that has been ranked among the worst jobs were news reporters. According to Lee, this is due to low pay, high levels of stress from working under deadlines and the requirement to be on duty 24/7. The BLS predicts the number of traditional print newspapers re-porter jobs will decline 6 percent by 2020, however, that does not include media reporting.

Associate professor of journal-ism, Mary Lamonica, Ph.D., disagrees with this report.

“I think that is a very short-sided observation,” Lamonica said. “Journalism transitions with the times. Providing the news is still important or I wouldn’t be teaching it.”

Some other careers listed under the “worst jobs” category are actor, oil rig worker and dairy farmer.

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This week, New Mexico State University is celebrating 125 years of establishment after opening the college in 1888.

NMSU had been established for five years before the first foot-ball team was created. After the creation, the rivalry against Uni-versity of New Mexico began.

One tradition of NMSU that began in 1920 was the painting of the “A” on Tortugas Mountain. It started as an April Fool’s joke as students would go up the moun-tain to paint the “A.” To this day, the “A” is still visible as sign of Ag-gie pride.

Another important tradition of homecoming is the singing of the Aggie fight song. The song first ap-peared in The Round Up in 1921 while the United States was going through prohibition and “a keg of booze” was illegal. The lyrics of the fight song have not changed since that time, and many NMSU alumni said they still know all the lyrics.

The first NMSU homecoming was in 1926 and was only a two-day celebration, but throughout the years the homecoming be-came a weeklong event.

The idea of Pistol Pete was cre-ated in 1973 at a home football game against Utah State.

Some of the more recent homecoming traditions are the bonfire and a concert hosted by the Associated Students of NMSU.

This year’s theme is “NMSU: The Wild West” and was chosen last semester by the Homecoming Review Board, a committee of students, faculty and staff.

“It is an opportunity to celebrate with the university that prepared me for my career and show my school spirit,” said Charlotte Tallman, senior alumni relations officer.

Upcoming events include a movie night, bonfire, parade and athletic events. Visit alum.nmsu.edu for more information.

University celebrates homecomingby Lillian Bowe and Amaya Worthem

Staff Writers

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by Jocelyn ApodacaStaff Writer

The tradition of homecom-ing draws in hundreds of alumni each year who celebrate the week with a parade, dinners and football events, but hardly any students get involved.

When it comes to homecom-ing involvement, it seems as though only the Greeks, the Ag-gie Pride band and our football team participate, but where are all the other sports teams, groups, clubs and organizations?

The Greeks spend countless mandatory hours building their extravagant floats, preparing cho-reography, skits, costumes and an open house. All of this time and energy spent for a 10-minute drive down University Avenue for a chance at yearlong bragging rights, but homecoming would be more fun if the competition spread to more organizations.

Our university is thriving with various clubs and groups. We have more than 12 catego-

ries of organizations, not includ-ing the multitude of sports and academic teams.

At the University of New Mexico, there is a campus deco-ration, which is a great idea to get all parts of campus involved. If NMSU started a campus-wide contest that extended to more than a door competition, the homecoming atmosphere would diversify.

Currently, we judge the parade in two categories, one with an or-ganization holding more than 30 members and one with less than 30 members. Texas Tech Uni-versity has two separate categories as well, but separate the Greeks from other student organizations. Separating the Greeks keeps the competition amongst themselves and allows smaller clubs and or-ganizations to have a fair chance of taking first place in one of the categories.

If groups approached home-coming in the same fashion as community service, there would be a higher turnout and

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by Otto NicliStaff Writer

New Mexico State University

isn’t known for having reasonable prices for food, which is irritating for students who are trying to save money.

The most common choices for food are inside Corbett Center Student Union, even though the options are scarce and the prices are too high for the quality of food.

At Chick-fil-A, the price for a full meal reaches up to $9, which is about $3 more than if one was to buy Chick-fil-A outside of NMSU. This could possibly be caused because of the cost of rent

for the restaurant to actually func-tion in Corbett.

The best option for food might be the convenience store outside of Corbett. Fountain drinks, cup noodles, hot pockets and other simple microwaveable foods are available.

There aren’t many other options for students who don’t have flex points or a meal plan; all their options are overpriced and not very filling. So what is a hungry student to do when the options are slim?

That’s the question many stu-dents ask themselves every day. Either they eat junk food, some-thing they brought from home or don’t eat anything at all.

NMSU should take initiative to give students, who aren’t on a meal plan, more frugal and healthy food options.

If NMSU worked out a plan with more franchises, or local businesses, to operate on campus without charging the students extra, then this problem would near a solution.

That might be a difficult task to complete, but it is necessary for the growing concern of the hun-gry students of NMSU.

Groups should partake in homecoming

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“Not that I don’t like it, just never really knew about it.”

“Never participated. I don’t hate it though.”

“Think its chill, but I’m not in a Frat. I don’t really

participate.”

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Brandon Easterday, Junior

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back the week’s events. With some small changes to how we usually do things, homecoming can involve the entire campus and bring unity.

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by Otto NicliStaff Writer

Although 2013 is nearly over, some of the best albums are still to come.

Bands such as Arcade Fire, Los Campesinos!, Sky Ferreira and M.I.A. will release their highly anticipated albums in the coming months.

M.I.A.’s new album “Matangi” will fi nally release Nov. 5, nine months after the release of “Bad Girls,” the album’s single. This album is one of the most an- ticipated albums of 2013

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ics, and for a good time it was believed by many in the music industry that it wouldn’t be released any time soon.

Thankfully, M.I.A. decided to take matters into her own hands. She tweeted she would leak the album if her record label didn’t announce a release date soon, which prompted her label Inter-scope to respond almost instantly with the upcoming date.

Sky Ferreira’s debut album “Night Time, My Time” will be released Oct. 29. This album fol-lows Ferreira’s two previous EPs,

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British indie-pop band Los Campesinos! returns on the Oct. 29 with their fi fth album “No Blues.” The follow up to 2011’s “Hello Sadness,” “No Blues” seems like a change of pace for the band, this time being hope-fully more optimistic than their previous album.

Arcade Fire, the indie rock band, will release their anticipat-ed album, “Refl ektor,” Oct. 29. The Arcade Fire will return three years after their third album; “The Suburbs” won the Emmy for Album of the Year.

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How one NMSU student became a state-wide story

by Rebecca MendezSta� Writer

New Mexico State University graduate student James Kilcrease, 27, started the Aggie Cancer Survivor Scholarship after he completed chemotherapy in October 2011.

At the end of summer 2011, Kilcrease went for a checkup doctor’s appointment where he found out that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

“It was an interesting journey,” Kilcrease said. “I found a small lump, and I made an appoint-ment with my urologist, Mark Bieri. He checked, conducted some tests, called me the next morning and told me that I would be going into surgery the next day.”

Kilcrease’s life changed within 36 hours.

He recovered from surgery five weeks later and soon began his three months of chemotherapy. He was in the hospital for about eight and half hours a day five days a week for treatment and ev-ery once in a while on Saturdays for a white blood cell booster shot.

“Those were the worst because it made every muscle in my body that I didn’t know I had hurt,” Kilcrease said. “However, I had a great oncologist, Constance Wash, who got me the treatment I needed and very quickly.”

When Kilcrease was in che-motherapy, he was still active in school full time. He took online classes to maintain his status in school.

“I had my dad drive me from the hospital to school in the

evenings to do some work in the green house and other things,” Kilcrease said. “It was still impor-tant, and is now, to be in school and come out cancer free.”

On October 10, 2011, Kilcrease finished chemotherapy treatment.

“I’m very happy, “Kilcrease said. “ Three months cancer free and going strong.”

Kilcrease said he wanted to start the scholarship for several reasons.

“I saw that there were many mental, physical and financial burdens for just about anyone who goes through cancer and treatments,” Kilcrease said.

The scholarship is specifi-cally for graduate students and is meant to offset costs such as books or supplies. It is also meant to encourage graduate students with cancer to continue with their education.

“It’s a way of recognizing these students who have cancer or survived it,” Kilcrease said. “There are people who are proud that you have survived and this is a way of giving back a little bit of light in these difficult circum-stances. We want to bring back a smile to that person’s face with a scholarship.”

So far, the process of rais-ing funds for the scholarship is underway and $5,000 has been raised. In order for the scholar-ship to become active, funds must reach $10,000.

“Once we reach our goal of $10,000 then we will be able to distribute out some scholarships to cancer survivors,” Kilcrease said. “It’s an endowed, universal scholarship, so when we have the money, it will be paid out forever.”

Kilcrease is encouraging others to give a gift of $1, $10, $50 and up to help the scholarship grow.

“Every little bit helps,” Kilcrease said. “My family and I give from the money that we can put together into this fund.”

Kilcrease will graduate in December with his doctorate in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences.

To donate, pick up a brochure at the NMSU Foundation office to mail in your donations.

Survivor raises funds for cancer scholarship

by Lillian Bowe Sta� Writer

Matt Zajac, 26, became a double amputee after serving his country in the Army, and in May 2007 decided he wanted to earn a degree in mechanical engineering.

The subject may be intimidat-ing to some, but Zajac said he loves it and there are always “puzzles to solve” in his major.

While visiting Las Cruces dur-ing Thanksgiving, Zajac decided

to tour New Mexico State Univer-sity and look at the engineering department.

“I was really impressed by the engineering department, so I came to NMSU,” Zajac said.

Zajac was no stranger to Las Cruces as his grandmother, Marjorie Seedorf, 87, lives in town. A few months ago, after the passing of his father, Zajac became the sole provider for his grandmother.

“I don’t know what would have

happened if had gone to school in another state,” he said. Zajac is currently a sophomore and is only taking one class while he takes care of his grandmother.

That was also his reason for missing out of the $2,000 prize during the Sept. 28 Aggie football game against San Diego State University. Zajac heard he missed out on the prize from his girl-friend’s coworker who was at the game.

“I was not upset that I did not

get the money, and I did not think it was a big deal at all,” Zajac said. “The rules were that you had to be at the game, and I wasn’t there.”

The news of Zajac missing out on the prize money caught the media’s attention. Mark Chavez, founder of a University of New Mexico fan website thelobolair.com, started a campaign to raise money for Zajac.

The website collected about $2,000 for Zajac quickly. But Za-

jac said he did nothing to deserve it and holds no resentment to NMSU students for not raising the money themselves.

Zajac decided to take half of the money and donate it to the Fisher House Foundation, which houses family members of wounded veterans during the veteran’s time at the hospital.

Zajac is currently awaiting a charitable donation from the Veterans United Foundation.

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Although “Fruitvale Station” re-ceived critically acclaimed awards from many festivals, the film was denied the opportunity to pre-miere on big screens everywhere despite dealing with the ongoing racial issue in America.

The intense, audience-gripping story of African American Oscar Grant portrayed in “Fruitvale Sta-tion” tells a story of a California man who was shot and killed on a train platform by a Bay Area Re-gional Transit police officer.

On the night of New Year’s Eve in 2009, Grant along with friends and his daughter’s mother, rode the train back home after ring-ing in the new year in the city. In transit, Grant found himself in an altercation with another rider.

Police were immediately called to the scene, and the train stopped on its route. In an attempt to re-frain from a confrontation, Grant exited the train but encoun-tered several police officers, who stopped to question him.

Within minutes of refuting ac-cusations that they were involved in the situation, Grant and his friends were told to remain sitting against the station’s wall. Tension escalated while officers became impatient with the rowdy tran-sit riders and Grant’s group of friends.

Moment’s later, Officer Jo-hannes Mehserle pulled out his gun, which he later claimed he thought was his Taser, and shot Grant.

Grant was rushed to the hospi-tal where he was later pronounced dead.

The event riled up the citizen’s

of the town and later grew into a nationwide subject of interest be-cause of the numerous videos wit-nesses leaked to the Internet.

The case also caught the atten-tion of another California resi-dent and African American, Ryan Coogler, who was attending the University of Southern California at the time.

Coogler then received rights to Grant’s story in order to make the film. He consulted news sources, court records and loved ones for details of that night, which he in-cluded in the film.

Because of Coogler’s research, many of the story’s details accu-rately depict Grant’s life, including the fact that his mother encour-aged the group to take the train that night on her birthday and that he promised his daughter a trip to Chuck E. Cheese the next day — a promise that was never fulfilled.

While making the film, Coogler sought to make a political state-ment.

In a PBS interview, he said he wanted to display Grant’s rela-tionships with family and friends to portray him as a typical man. Coogler also wanted to address the ongoing issue of racism in America to show that many Afri-can Americans are killed because of “senseless acts of violence.”

The phenomenal acting mixed with dramatic cinematography shows a realistic picture of an American issue that is often left unsettled, given that in today’s so-ciety cases like Grant and Trayvon Martin are often overlooked.

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After winning the Western Athletic Conference champion-ship the past two years, the New Mexico State Men’s Basketball team is expected to win the “three-peat” this year.

During the Crimson vs. White Scrimmage Oct. 19, fans got to see the Aggies in action, as head coach Marvin Menzies substituted many different team combina-tions with 10 returning players and a variety of new recruits.

Among the return-ing players is guard Daniel Mullings, the All WAC pre-season player of the year, who led the Aggies in points and was second in assists last year.

Alongside Mullings for the third consecutive season are teammates K.C. Ross-Miller and Terrell deRouen — both guards are quick up and down the court.

Also returning is Kevin Aronis who led the Aggies in three-point-ers last year averaging 31 points. Making an appearance in every game last year, Aronis is a threat to opponents.

“We are going to be moving the ball and be aggressive on

offense, if they are not running I will put someone in who will,” Menzies said.

Center Sim Bhullar was named to the All-WAC preseason first team and the Lou Henson Preseason All-America Team. Bhullar set a single-season record with 85 blocks for NM State last season and helped the team set a team single-season record of 193 blocks.

As the tallest current player in college basketball and the NBA, he sets a high standard for the rest of the Aggies.

Forward Renaldo Dixon and center Tshilidzi Nephawe, both 6’10,” are returning as the eldest players on the team. After sustaining

a hand injury last year, Nephawe is expected to step back into his role as a strong center by putting points on the board and getting the ball back into Aggie hands.

Forwards Aaron Kubinski, Barry Remi and Matej Bouvec have also worked together for years now, giving them an upper-hand. While Remi is looking to be a three-time WAC champion, all of the forwards have at least one under their belt.

New to the team is 7’3” Tan-veer Bhullar, who came to New

Analysis

Basketball season returns with high hopesBasketball season returns with high hopesMexico State to play with his brother and a familiar team, but Menzies has not decided whether or not Tanveer will play this season.

Although the team is strong

and well-established, Menzies noted the team still has a lot of work to do to clench the three-peat.

“From a fan’s perspective it was very entertaining, but from

a coach’s perspective we still have work to do,” Menzies said. “In all honesty, I thought the guys played really hard and they showed their athleticism.”