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It is almost here, the day women look forward to all year and men cringe at the very mention of, Valentine’s Day 2011 is fi nally upon us. Each year The Round Up does a special Valentine’s Day issue to help students, faculty

and staff prepare, plan and celebrate the holiday. This year we have located some last-minute date spots and are featuring your stories of the worst Valentine’s Day ever. For the past month The Round Up has been sponsoring a contest to fi nd the worst Valentine’s Day experience ever. Many of you wrote in to tell us about your VDAY disasters and the best of those are featured in this week’s paper. While reading through all the letters I was amazed and amused at just how much can go wrong during a Valentine’s Day date. From cars crashing into res-taurants to guys skipping out on bills, it seems many of our readers have no-where to go but up this Valentine’s Day. The winners of our worst Valentine’s Day ever contest are getting gift certifi cates to area restaurants and hopefully those dates will go better.

Also featured in this issue are stories that delve deeper into the unusual win-ter weather that closed the university for

three days last week. While many ques-tions remain unanswered, it is clear that the effects of what happened last week will last well into the semester. As for The Round Up, we remain committed to providing in-depth coverage of the win-ter storm and its effects on students, fac-ulty and staff.

Finally I would like to encourage all of our readers to continue to use The Round Up as an outlet to start conversa-tions and search for answers. If you have a story you believe needs to be told or an opinion that needs to be heard please e-mail us at truprint@nmsu.edu. Many of the articles featured in print and on-line are written because we received tips about important issues from our readers. I hope you all have a very enjoyable Valentine’s Day and continue to enjoy reading The Round Up both online and in print.

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ManyNewMexicoStateUni-versitystudentshavealreadymadeplansforValentine’sDaynextweek,whethertheyareinarelationshiporarelivingthesinglelife. “I’m taking my girlfriendto Aqua, the sushi restaurantacross fromtheuniversitywiththerotatingsushibar,”saidPat-rick Walters, a sophomore atNMSU. “It’ll be as romantic asrawfishget.” “My girlfriend and I will begoingouttodinner,don’tknowwherethough,”saidsophomoreNickMcCaslin. “We’ll be going to Andele’s,”saidsophomoreJoshManion. Mike Barentine, a NMSUfreshman,saidheisgoingtoOl-iveGardentotreathisgirlfriend

to unlimited soup and bread-sticks. Sophomore Forrest Love-mann said he will be celebrat-ingtheholidaydoingsomethingthat is “not appropriate for thepublic”. Not every student is datingsomeonelocally.Somestudentsat NMSU find themselves hav-ing to bridge the gap betweenthem and their distant valen-tines. “My boyfriend is in Oklaho-ma,whichmakesmesad,”saidsophomoreAmandaGarcia. Freshman Brittany Bredlovesaid shewillbe celebratinghertwo year anniversary with herboyfriend who lives in Seattle,Washington. Anotherparticipantinalong-distance relationship is fresh-man Noah Sedillo, whose spe-

cialsomeoneisinAlbuquerque.Sedillo said he plans on being“tech-romantic” on Valentine’sDay. “I’ll be Skyping with mygirlfriendandsendingherflow-ers,”Sedillosaid. “I’llbeonthephonewithmyboyfriend in California,” saidsophomoreShataahJenkins. Kyle Delafuente, a senior atNMSU, said he plans on videochatting with his significantother. Students getting through theholiday without a significantother are still celebrating intheir own ways. Freshmen Bi-ancaArrellin andJennaHarri-giansaidtheyarestokedfortheupcomingholiday.Whileitmaybe“Single’sAwarenessDay”forsome, these two said they willnotspendthedaybeingsadonthe14th. Arrellin and Harrigan saidthey plan on going out to din-nerwiththeirfriends,andjokedabout going toHooters to takeoutthewaitressesfordinner. Some students are usingthedayas time topursuenon-romantic goals. Junior CaseyMoensaidhehasadatewiththegreen,asheplans to spendhisday golfing. SophomoreRebec-caHerrerasaidshewillbetak-ingthetimeto“OD”onchoco-late. Freshman Jerome Brownsaid he plans on enjoying thesinglelifebypartying. Freshmen Ebony Owens andbest friend Katrina Williams,who run track for NMSU, said

theyplannedadayoutingwheretheywill go to the circus,hangoutwithfriendsandcalluptheirfamilies. “We are also going tohave afiesta with all the track teamgirls,”Owenssaid. SophomoresDanielleWallingand StephanieRegan said theywillbewatchingSlashermoviesandeatinglotsofcandy. Moreinventivestudentshave

comeupwiththeirownholidaytraditions. “My friends and I are goingto buy a piñata and write thenamesofourex-boyfriendsandotherguys.Thenwe’regoingtobeatit,”saidWandaDelafuente,asenioratNMSU.

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

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For the past two years the New Mexico State University bookstore has held the Kiss Off competition for Valentine’s Day, but event has been canceled this year. The Kiss Off was an event

where couples competed by at-tempting to hold an iPod touch between their chins while lean-ing towards each other over op-posite sides of a table. Contes-tants were not allowed to touch the table or the iPod after initial placing. Each person in the win-ning couple would receive an eight-gigabyte iPod touch. The second place couple received bookstore gift cards. Last year, Ashlee Giglia and Dominic Gar-cia won with a time of just over 12 minutes. “I’m not sure at this time if we will continue with the Kiss Off event in the future, but it is a possibility,” said Joanna Koliba, general manager of the NMSU Bookstore. Koliba declined to comment on why the Kiss Off was canceled this year. Some New Mexico State stu-dents were upset by the can-cellation of the Valentine’s Day event. “That’s lame! We pay all this money in tuition and all we see are buildings being built that aren’t really necessary,” said Charles Sandford, a junior and a wildlife science major. “Having the small things like giveaways reminds students that the school cares about us. I think the bookstore should consider re-evaluating their de-cision to not hold this event,” Sandford said. NMSU alumni were also dis-appointed to hear of the cancel-lation of the Kiss Off. “I am sorry to see this event go. I never participated in it, but I liked to watch the contestants competing for the iPods,” said Erica Slown, a recent NMSU graduate of the linguistics pro-gram. “Some people made really funny faces while attempting not to let theirs drop. It was a fun part of my college experi-ence,” Slown said. Other students did not feel the cancellation of the contest was a major concern. “I didn’t even know about that event, so I think it’s a bum-mer that it was cancelled, but for lack of knowledge about the event it’s not a big deal to me,” said Hannah Farbo, a senior majoring in animal science.

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

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By Erica Hobbs and Andrea MitchellStaff Writers

While residents of the New Mexico State University cam-pus were literally left in the dark last week after rolling blackouts swept the Las Cruces area, the department of Housing and Residential Life did its best to keep students out of the dark when it came to notifi cation about the power crisis. For many students who live on campus, the resources pro-vided by Housing and Residen-

tial Life are the only in the area. So when close to 3,600 students were left without power, the de-partment of Housing went into crisis mode, making sure stu-dents were aware of the situa-tion and prepared for what was to come. With the electricity going on and off for three days, the luxu-ry of e-mail was not an effi cient way to get through to students about the current weather con-ditions and campus updates. Julie Weber, director of

By Zane KlemoStaff Writer

Blackouts and water outages, snow and zero degree tempera-tures-- these were stark famil-iarities for students and faculty of New Mexico State University last week, but it was not the amount of snow that made this storm so historic. According to www.accuweath-er.com, only one and a half inches of snow fell on Wednes-day, which is not unusual for the Las Cruces area. However, the record books were updated be-cause of the below-normal tem-peratures that ushered in the snowfall. “This one was historic, but not because of the snow. It was because of the unusually low temperatures,” said David Nov-lan, local meteorologist with the National Weather Service in El Paso, Texas. Las Cruces was plagued with 10-degree weather last Wednes-day, falling further to a bone- chilling zero degrees on Thurs-day, Feb. 3. According to a climate sum-mary chart from the National Weather Service website, the last time temperatures fell to zero degrees or below was on January 11, 1962 when ther-mometers read -10 degrees in Las Cruces. Novlan said the storm was also unusual because the odds of Las Cruces facing storms like the one last week are very low. “The probability of a storm

hitting with one-degree or less temperatures is about fi ve per-cent,” Novlan said. Low temperatures were not the only thing making history last week, as the three-day clo-sure of NMSU was also seem-ingly unheard of. Ralph “Bud” Jones, who has worked on campus since 1988, said he has no recollection of such severe cold and snow to-gether or the cessation of classes during his time at NMSU. “We have not had closures

here on campus since I’ve been here,” Jones said. “I have not seen [campus clo-sures] happen that I can recol-lect,” said Dr. J. Sean McCle-neghan of the department of journalism and mass communi-cations, who has been working at NMSU since 1982. Though many experienced rolling blackouts and water out-ages, residents still found a way to enjoy the historic weather on the hills of Aggie Memorial Staduim.

“It was very cold outside,” said Charles Martinez, an NMSU grad student, who went sledding at the football stadium during the inclement weather. “But it was good to get out of the house during the blackouts and enjoy the unusually cold weather.”

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

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Cold temperatures, snow and rolling blackouts closed New Mexico State University for three days last week. Many NMSU veter-ans cannot recall a time in the past when such a storm cased similar campus closures. Jon Blazak/the Round Up

GREEN MACHINE MAKES NMSU DEBUTBy Andrew MedinaStaff Writer

New Mexico State University is going green by ordering a biofuel machine that takes old grease from the Taos Restaurant on campus and transforms it into gas for trac-tors. The machine was ordered on Jan. 28. Rumors were fl oating around that the machine might be used to power vehicles used around campus, but rather it will be used to fuel tractors at one of the NMSU research farms.

“It will take about six to eight weeks until the biofuel machine is available for use,” said Tracey Car-rillo, director of the sustainability offi ce. Springboard Bio Diesel is the manufacturer of the machine called BioPro 380 EX+SpringProT76, Carillo said. The Springboard Bio Diesel website describes the com-pany as one that focuses on pro-moting sustainability for schools, casinos, farms, city fi re depart-ments and islands. T h e

Winter storm equals problems for professorsBy Kayla Olson | Staff Writer

Students, faculty and staff at New Mexico State University were given a miniature winter break last week due to weather storms and electricity shortages. School was canceled from Wednesday, Feb. 2 through Fri-day, Feb. 4, causing students to miss classes for three days straight. Some teachers had problems with the days off interrupting their classes, since lectures were scheduled from day to day. Oth-er professors were able to move the information they needed to teach into lectures planned later on in the semester. “We manipulated it into the other lectures and put it online for other classes,” said Greg Armfi eld, a communications professor. “The technology we have allows us to do it online.” Margaret Malamud, a Greek and Roman history professor in the Honors College, said she had some problems with having to cancel tests and lectures. Mal-amud said she had two classes where exams were planned. “I had to condense the lec-tures and postpone the test,” Malamud said. “It was entirely El Paso Electric’s fault.” Many students enjoyed the three-day break from school and did not seem to have much of a problem with missing any classes. “The break was much-needed because of the amount of home-work I had from my classes,” said Ryan Tommasi, a nursing student. Tommasi said one of his teachers plans to slowly add the information missed during the snow days into the rest of the lectures, so the class will catch up by the end of the semester. Another nursing student, Ju-liann Pacheco, said she enjoyed her days off. “It was nice and relaxing,” Pacheco said. “My tests were moved and we were able to just pick up from where we left off.” Christa Slaton, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said some classes may have to be made up if they do not meet required hours. The department will decide how those classes will be made up, Slaton said. “We may have classes dur-ing spring break, classes at the end of the semester or you may get some online assignment to make up classes you have missed,” Slaton said. Faculty and students alike said they disagreed with adding classes during the semester. “It is unnecessary to add more classes,” Malamud said. “I al-

See Professors pg. 6See Biofuel pg. 6

Couture fi nalizes details of employee compensationWith the weather cancelling three days of classes at New Mexico State University last week, President Barbra Couture said she is fi nalizing details about employee compensation for the days missed. She is expected to share the information with the community by the end of the week.

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“I would not mind if they add-ed it to the end of the semester, just not during spring break,” Pacheco said.

Armfield also does not agree that adding classes would do anything for his students, espe-cially for his graduate students. “I only meet with my graduate students on Thursday nights, so if they added a Monday or Tues-day to the schedule, I would not be able to meet with them,” Armfield said. Students will find out from their professors how classes will be made up this semester.

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

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ments and islands. The machine has about a 13-

hour production time to process the oil into diesel.

“For all the bells and whistles, the BioPro 380 EX+SpringProT76 will cost with-out tax about $24,890,” Christo-pher White, a Springboard sales-man. According to the Springboard website, the fuel created with this machine costs about 90 cents per gallon, significantly less expen-sive than regular diesel fuel. Biodiesel is also 75 percent cleaner than regular diesel when it burns, so it is also better for the environment. There is no need to

convert any engine; the machine will convert any vegetable or ani-mal oil into fuel. “We [at Taos Restaurant] store our used oil in containers behind Corbett,” said Chris Beardsley, executive chef at Taos. “It is open to whoever wants it.” Research is being done on the NMSU campus that involves turning algae into biofuel. The research is still in the production phase and will not be ready for a while, according to the NMSU sustainability office.

Andrew Medina is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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National food service venders compete to fill Aggie stomachs By Christina Brillante | Staff Writer

New Mexico State University’s auxiliary services department has begun the process of renew-ing its food service contract, and is feeling out the competition to decide whether the current pro-vider is still best for the campus. Because the university is a state institution, it is required to renew its large contracts ev-ery eight years, said Tammy An-thony, vice president of auxiliary services. “That doesn’t mean that we are going to change from Ara-mark necessarily, but we’re also just putting the feelers out there for anyone else who might offer us a better contract,” Anthony said. Aramark is currently the food provider for campus and is in charge of Taos Restaurant, Crossroads and Java City in Cor-

bett Center, Aggie Snack Bar in Gerald Thomas Hall, Subway in O’Donnell Hall and The Canteen in the Health and Social Services Building. Frenger Food Court is run by private businesses. “Any food provider we con-tract with is responsible for not only feeding students but also faculty and staff,” Anthony said. “It’s big shoes to fill.” Anthony said most of the pro-cess is confidential, but that they are currently in the early stages. “We’ll know by early April the results of the process,” Anthony said. Part of the process involves a selection committee made up of auxiliary services, members of the faculty, staff and three students (one of which is an off-campus student) that review the bids made by each company to

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on campus the best that it can be. “If that means that Aramark is no longer suited to the campus’ needs, then we will make the ad-justment,” Anthony said. Anthony also said this process will bring about changes for the good of the campus community. “By fi nding another provider or renewing with Aramark, we can ensure that the quality of food on campus remains up to its high standards,” Anthony said

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Housing and Residential Life, said students were well aware of what was going on around them even when the electricity was out. “We had the resident advisers go around four to fi ve times let-ting the students know what was going on,” Weber said. Zakota Miera, a freshman from Clayton, New Mexico, was one of the students affected by the blackouts. “Blackboard usually lets me know what going on, but when the power was out somebody was always there to let me know,” Miera said. Miera said he and other stu-dents stayed updated by word-of-mouth through friends, residential assistants in Pinon Hall and signs that were posted around the dorms letting stu-dents know when classes were cancelled. The electricity was not the only issue during the latter part of last week. The extreme cold temperatures also posed a prob-lem for students living on cam-pus. When the sprinkler lines froze Wednesday morning, ground-keepers were called to drain the system. Pinon Hall and Chamisa Village employees were on “fi re watch”, making rounds con-stantly to avoid the risk of fi re damage. Greek Housing was also ef-fected by the cold weather. “A pipe burst in the Lodge, which is the central building”, said Ricky Halliburton, a mem-ber of Kappa Sigma. “Housing maintenance showed up almost right away, but it took close to two hours for an actual plumber to get there to help.” The Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi and Delta Gamma houses were

all affected by the weather con-ditions, but repairs are being made. “As of right now everything is structurally sound and back to running like normal,” said We-ber. “There are some areas that look terrible but they are all cos-metic fi xes.” Tim Dobson, executive di-rector of the Offi ce of Facilities and Services, said OFS began the process of walking through buildings on campus Monday to see what damage had been done by the weather and power out-ages. The damages seemed to be minimal, Dobson said. “Any building that had a leak had a work order done for each leak,” Dobson said. Some of the buildings had heating issues including the Ac-tivity Center. Silvia Green, associate direc-tor of the Activity Center, was contacted Wednesday morning. OFS began working on regulat-ing the temperatures in the Ac-tivity Center late Tuesday morn-ing, Green said. “We can’t have it getting too hot with people in the weight room. It’s not safe,” said Green. The most damage done by the weather was in Skeen Hall. Water stains and missing ceil-ing pieces can be seen in the main entry, as well as tile and wall damage on the third fl oor of the building. In the chemistry and bio-chemistry buildings, Tom Reichardt, the lab coordinator, said there was a broken water pipe and a cracked fi re sprinkler in the biochemistry lab as well as damages to some of the bath-rooms. Damage also occured in the buildings of Goddard Annex and Milton Hall, Dobson said.

Erica Hobbs and Andrea Mitchell are staff writers and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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Column: The fi nal verdict on Appleʼs iPhone 4By Kait McNamee | UWIRE

Apple has just announced the biggest thing since The Beatles (on iTunes, at least): the iPhone 4 is coming to Verizon. Buzz has been surrounding the iPhone and Verizon for the past two years but nothing was an-nounced until earlier this month. The iPhone 4 is going to be re-leased on Feb. 10 under conditions that are still not exactly spelled out by Verizon. Should consumers eagerly wait for Verizon stores to open that day, or should they wait until the deal is clearer and pos-sibly better? While new and shiny technol-ogy is always exciting, consumers should probably be aware that, while Verizon has announced the cost of the iPhone—between $199.99 and $299.99 for 2-year plans and $649.99 to $749.99 full retail price, the company has yet to state the cost of a data package for the iPhone. Verizon’s website vaguely refer-ences the data package, but a real answer is elusive. The company’s FAQ reads, “Customers will also be required to activate a data package, pricing will be announced at a later date.” If the pricing is similar to other smart phone data packages, it will be $15 or higher, as initially priced on the Verizon website, although the cost of a package for the Black-berry with unlimited email and web is $29.99 per month accord-ing to Verizon’s online shopping assistant. This price does not include a phone plan itself, which can run up to $69.99 for unlimited calls. For a buyer who can afford the phone itself, standard monthly fees, and a data package plan, the iPhone is a good choice. Other-wise, buyers might want to hang in there until prices go down. According to the company’s FAQ, they have conveniently covered all the bases of the iPhone. For example, people who pur-

chased a smart phone for the holidays and weren’t aware of the iPhone release are “eligible to re-ceive up to a $200 Visa debit card when they purchase an iPhone 4 at full retail price.” With a full retail price of $649.99 or $749.99, a $200 Visa debit doesn’t seem like too much of a bargain. Also, while the iPhone has strong consumer loyalty due to branding and marketing by Apple, it does not come recommended by professionals. In July, Consumer Reportsmag-azine stated that it could not rec-ommend the iPhone 4 in several articles, citing signal loss issues when an area on the left side of the phone was blocked by a hand or fi nger. While Apple grappled with this issue and made recalls, the iPhone 4 has still not received the stamp of approval from Consumer Reports. Verizon’s iPhone is different from AT&T’s, so the signal loss is-sue might be fi xed, and Apple went to great lengths to give customers a free case for the faulty iPhones, but Consumer Reportsfurther criticized Verizon for releasing a mid-year replacement when the release of a new iPhone is expected in the summer. While buyers can’t base every decision on the magazine, which recommends waiting until a newer iPhone comes out to make the purchase, they have to weigh the options. Owning the newest technology may be important to some people, but maybe not when they are paying for a new phone, a calling plan, and an undisclosed amount for a data plan. On top of that, consumers will have to pay a trade-in fee to get the newest iPhone in the summer. The verdict: You can probably survive for six more months with-out buying the latest iPhone.Copyright 2010 UC-Denver Advocate

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Spring sports begin for AggiesBy Alex Quintana | Staff Writer

This week kicks off the spring sports season at New Mexico State University, with plenty of opportunities avail-able for students to attend home games, matches, com-petitions and meets. The NMSU softball team will be hosting a tournament Feb. 11 - Feb. 13 and will play six home games this month. The team will also play several other home games later on in the spring. Coach Kathy Rodolph said the team is experienced, and with seven seniors playing this season, there is a higher level of expectation. Rodolph said the team will face many top-ranked colleges including Arizona, Oklahoma and Minnesota, which will help them prepare for confer-ence games later on in the se-mester. Members of the equestrian team will travel to Florida on Friday to participate in the Winter Equestrian Festival Collegiate Invitational. On Saturday, the remaining team members will host a west-ern-only competition against

Oklahoma State. The team will have a full home event on March 26. The women’s tennis team will have their first match Fri-day in Albuquerque, and will host a tournament February 18-20. The men’s golf team will compete in the New Mexico Collegiate Cup in Truth or Consequences on Sunday. This spring, Aggie golf fans will have to travel because there are no scheduled home tournaments for men’s golf. The women’s golf team re-cently placed sixth at the Ari-zona Invitational in Tucson, according to www.nmstates-ports.com. This year the team is facing top competitors, and will have their next match in Long Beach, California. The men’s tennis team has already had one tournament in Las Vegas this season, and will travel to Denver this Sat-urday. The team will have their first match at home Feb. 19-20. Coach Carlos Vargas said he is hoping to have his team in sync when the full ros-ter will be cleared. “Now we are 2-6; we had a little of a slow start, some [players] weren’t clear to play,” Vargas said. “We will soon have them all and hope to turn things around.” The team had a rough first few games, but Vargas said he is optimistic about the rest of the season. This Saturday, the men’s baseball team will start their season and will play eight homes games during the month. According to www.nmstatesports.com, the team is expected to place fifth in the Western Athletic Conference. The women’s track and field team started their season ear-lier this month, and will travel to Albuquerque for their next meet Friday. The team will not host any meets, but fans can catch the ladies in action on March 26 in El Paso for the UTEP Springtime meet.

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Packers deserve Super Bowl titleBy Kelly Erickson | UWIRE

The last time the Packers were in the Super Bowl, I was 7 years old.

I could not have told you who John Elway was before that game, but my 7-year-old self would not forget that game, or grasp the idea that the Packers could lose a Super Bowl.

Seriously, I mean they had just won it the year before, when my 6-year-old self could have cared less about it at the time. Clearly, they were the best team in football to make it back to the Super Bowl the following year. Obviously, they couldn’t lose.

I’m much less naive now.With the big dance only days

away, I’m more excited now than I was for the Rose Bowl — which is saying a lot.I may be a Packers fan, born and raised, but setting aside that bias, Green Bay deserves to win the Super Bowl.13 years later, it’s about time Green Bay retakes its throne.The Steelers won the Super Bowl only two seasons ago. Props to Mike Tomlin for tak-ing over one of the NFL’s dy-nasties and keeping it alive, but it has only been two sea-sons since they took home their sixth Lombardi Trophy. It’s almost as if they can win it at will. Big Ben Roethlisberger may not be anyone’s favorite player off the field, but there’s no de-nying he’s talented. He can ex-tend the play out of the pocket and gain those extra yards to get his team down the field. The Steelers may have Super Bowl experience the Packers currently lack, most notably in quarterback Aaron Rodgers. If Rodgers has his head on straight, he’ll realize this is a game like any other. Yeah, the outcome is pretty important, but it’s 60 minutes of football, just like any other game of the season. Rodgers’ lack of Super Bowl experience shouldn’t make or break the Packers. Brett Favre won the first Super Bowl game he played in, as did Roethlis-berger himself, both Manning brothers and a whole list of others I’m leaving out. By that list Rodgers’ lack of Super Bowl experience should favor the Packers, if anything. Rodgers has been stellar this postseason. Although his per-formance in the Bears game wasn’t as worthy as his two previous performances against the Eagles and the Falcons, the Bears were a team he faced three weeks prior. Also, the last time the Packers went into Sol-dier Field, they weren’t exactly on top of their game — they had 18 penalties for a total of 152 yards. Giving up a field and a half doesn’t generally win games. Excuses aside, Green Bay has fought through three road games with no Lambeau-sized faithful to cheer them on (three

cheers to those who traveled).After an embarrassing loss to the Lions in December, no one expected the Packers to even make the playoffs. At that point, Green Bay al-ready had five losses and was headed to New England the following weekend with Rodg-ers out with a concussion. Things were looking grim.Sure they surprised everyone by keeping up with the Patri-ots, but it was still another loss. At that point they had to win every game left on their sched-ule just to squeeze in as the No. 6 seed. Needless to say they proved everyone wrong, on top of be-coming conference champions.At the beginning of the season, most analysts were picking the Packers to make it to the Super Bowl — they were also picking a very different team. Analysts were picking a team that had a balanced offense and a behemoth of a tight end in Jermichael Finley. But after week one, Ryan Grant’s injury basically screwed up any hope of a balanced of-fense (try as they might, the of-fense never righted itself until James Starks broke out in the wild-card playoff game in Phil-adelphia). A couple of weeks later, Fin-ley was sidelined for the rest of the season after only five games.Finley and Grant weren’t the only losses the Packers sus-tained. In what was supposed to be a dominating Super Bowl season, the Pack was quickly plagued with injuries, throw-ing a wrench into the whole machine. They still managed to make it all the way. This season has been a testament to the depth they have on their team and the talent and drive they possess. The Steelers may have one of the leagues best defensive units year in and year out, as well as a talented offense that can make seemingly impos-sible plays — Santonio Holmes was a god among men after a touchdown catch with 35 sec-onds left in Super Bowl XLIII. The same can be argued about the Packers. The Steelers have their six Super Bowls and their Terrible Towels, but they don’t have the spirit through the post-season that Green Bay does. Even before the Packers made it to the playoffs they had to grind it out in two regular season games, just for a wild-card spot. The Steelers only lost four games during the regular season and earned themselves a week off to rest. Sure, Pittsburgh’s season wasn’t perfect. Due to a sus-pension, they were without Roethlisberger for the first four games of the season — one of which was a tough loss to conference rival Baltimore, who they would play two more times over the course of the season and playoffs.

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Students prefer creative Valentine’s Day giftsBy Brittany Baldwin | Staff Writer

With less than a week to go before Valentine’s Day, love is in the air. Or is it? These days, the holiday is met by some with almost equal parts of an-ticipation and dread. Heart-shaped can-dies, red roses and copious amounts of pink have become stereotypical of Feb. 14. A foray into the mall, a grocery store, or anywhere else where gifts could pos-sibly be sold will cause a shopper to be bombarded with advertisements for “the perfect gift”. The idea of what the perfect gift is var-ies, however. Retailers, of course, want potential buyers to believe they have everything they will need to create a Valentine’s Day their partner will remember for-ever. Walmart, for example, carries “Personalized Gifts They’ll Love” and “Jewelry They’re Sure to Treasure” urg-ing customers to “Say It With Special Gift Baskets” and “Say It With Electron-ics”, according to their website at www.walmart.com. www.Target.com, offers “Sweet Gifts from the Heart”, and even has a Valentine’s Day Gift Finder to as-sist customers in fi nding the “perfect gift” for whomever they want to give gifts.

Students at New Mexico State Univer-sity have some other ideas. Mary Harner, Alexxis Avitia and Clint Kimbrough, who are majoring in chemi-cal engineering, geography, and Eng-lish, respectively, agree store-bought gifts are not at all creative. “Boxes of chocolate are not something I’d want to receive,” Avitia said, going on to mention the “Kiss Me” hearts are getting old. Kimbrough said stuffed ani-mals have become overdone. Harner has some advice for anyone who insists on giving a store-bought gift: “Don’t send your mom out to go buy it.” Gifts that are from the heart seem to mean more in the long run. “I’m making homemade cupcakes,” Avitia said. Many students confi rmed they would prefer to have something homemade over some-thing store-bought, even if it wasn’t something perfect or something that no one has ever thought of before. Despite the fact many people choose to cook for Valentine’s Day, many stu-dents said they would enjoy handmade goodies. Cookies, cakes and in some cases entire meals are a safe bet – the old adage “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” exists for a rea-son, and it doesn’t just apply to men. Those who struggle in the kitchen

have other options. Handmade jewelry, pictures, scrapbooks, cards and the like were all cited as gifts that NMSU stu-dents would prefer to receive over tradi-tional fl owers, heart-shaped chocolates and teddy bears. The most important

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Music majors prep for graduation with one last recital By Alex Quintana | Staff Writer

In preparation for graduation next year, two New Mexico State juniors in the music education program performed in a recital last Tuesday to show off their mu-sical talents. Keisha Twitchell, from Por-

tales, and Britta Wollard, of Las Cruces, took part in the recital. Twitchell, who plays the horn, performed two solo pieces during the free event. Wollard also played two so-los and took part in a horn, tuba and piano trio during the concert portion of the show, said Nancy Joy, assistant professor of horn in

NMSU’s music program. Joy said the recital is highly recommend-ed for juniors close to graduation. “It’s not required, but is for their best interest so that they can do better in their senior recital, which is graded,” said Joy. The students had three to six months to prepare for the recital last week.

Joy, who instructs about 10 music majors on the horn, has been teaching for 16 years. While the junior recital is optional, Joy said it helps get the students pre-pared for the challenges awaiting them in their senior year. Joy said the senior recital is like a thesis for music students.“You show what you have

learned, and the performance is part of our research,” Joy said. Every musician must have a se-nior recital where all skills and knowledge will be scored, espe-cially their talent.

Alex Quintana is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

2011 Art Faculty Biennial open until February 23By Brittany Baldwin | Staff Writer

The 2011 Art Faculty Biennial is open to the public at the New Mexico State University Art Gal-lery. The exhibit, which opened on Jan. 21 and will run until Feb. 23, is available for viewing during the regular hours of the gallery, Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. While there is no ad-mission fee, and it is noted that NMSU students get in free, there

is a recommended donation of $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and children. This year, the gallery is playing host to a wide variety of breath-taking pieces. There are retablos, which ac-cording to an informational dis-play on one of the walls of the gallery, are tin-coated iron sheets with religious images painted on them, from Christ to the Holy Family to archangels. Retablos are often used in home altars along with flowers, novenas, im-

ages, and prayer cards. Nearby is a display of ex-votos, which means “from a vow” in Latin. These are also painted on tin plates, though they were tra-ditionally done on canvas. They consist of a painting of some sort of miracle – generally a cure or a rescue – along with the holy figure for the miracle, and text naming people involved, dates, locations and sometimes the art-ist are named. For those whose interest is not captured by this sort of art, there

are also traditional paintings, porcelain works, photographs, pencil drawings, graphics, wood-works and sculptures to see. One such sculpture is Steel Pansy Dress, created by Casey Doyle in 2007, and made of steel, plaster, and magnets. As its name sug-gests, it is in the shape of the dress and is decidedly eye-catch-ing. Another attention-getting sculpture is Gust, created by Ra-chel Stevens in 2010-11. It is in the shape of a tree crafted from

steel, with fabric leaves both on the branches and scattered about at its base. According to Michael Abeyta, an information systems major who works in the art gallery, one of his favorites is the porcelain piece Ocean, created by Aman-da Jaffe in 2010. As one might expect from the title, the piece is made to look like the ocean viewed from above. Another of Abeyta’s favorites are the pen-cil drawings by Thom Brown, which are drawn from the Po-tomac River after it has begun to dry up. “You almost make your own interpretation,” Abeyta said about the drawings. “There are no colors to define what you’re supposed to be seeing.” So far, the exhibit seems to be a success. “Over 200 people came on opening night,” Abeyta said. Since then, the gallery has been getting around 10 to 15 visitors a day. With almost two weeks to go before the exhibit closes, there is still plenty of time to check out what it has to offer.

Brittany Baldwin is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu

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MTV-U Oscar Contestants don’t make final cutBy Christina Brillante| Staff Writer

After making their way to

being in the top 10 contestants of the nation, two New Mexico State University students did not make the cut to the top three for the MTV-U Oscar Red Carpet Correspondent Contest.

Contestant Brandi Parrell, a junior and anchor at News 22, said she found out by a phone call.

“[I was told there was] bad news and I already knew,” Parrell said.

Parrell and her partner An-gela Harding, chief editor at News 22, entered the contest back in December and made it to the top 10. The contest would have allowed the win-ners all-access passes to the Oscars, $100 in spending money for clothes and entry to exclusive red carpet events. Parrell said from this expe-rience, she learned to always

follow her dreams and to keep going. “I learned that you have to just give something your all, even if you don’t make it through you can excel and make it farther than you thought possible,” Parrell said. Parrell said she plans to enter the contest again come December, although she will need a new photographer. “Angela [Harding] gradu-ates this May,” Parrell said. Parrell said the best thing she found in the NMSU com-munity was the support she and Harding had. “I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who support-ed us,” Parrell said. “It was a great journey and all the pub-licity and help was great.”

Christina Brillante is a staff writer and can be contacted at truprint@nmsu.edu