By Staff Writer Dominick Sanchez The world of memes has added a new addition to its ever-expanding repertoire of content, AI. It was only a matter of time until artificial intelligence infiltrated this little corner of the internet. Towards the end of March, a then soon to be viral video made its debut on social…
Month: April 2023
Northwest New Mexico and the Four Corners Region: A Tour
By Staff Writer James Schryver The Four Corners Region of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah has so many opportunities for experiencing the American Southwest’s unique terrain and culture. Why is this area call the Four Corners Region? When the American West was being surveyed, President Lincoln recognized New Mexico and Arizona as two separate…
Mental Health in a Post-COVID World
By Staff Writer Trevon Dowling The people of the world took their safety and health for granted before the outbreak of COVID-19. It’s easy to remember the feelings of hopeful denial and anxiousness as we first heard reports of the outbreak in China. As it spread, feelings switched to the dread of uncertainty as it…
UCL Quarter Finals Conclude
By Staff Writer Morganne Guhl With the Quarter Finals wrapped up for the Champions League, a surprise victory occurred, and the two favorites for the tournament marched on to the semi-finals. Firstly, Manchester City stomped Bayern Munich out of the competition by a four-to-one goal deficit. This match-up was decided in the first meeting after…
To Be a Superhero
By Staff Writer Jerri Clewis It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s National Superhero Day! Prepare to celebrate your favorite superhero on April 28th as the holiday rolls around once again to give fans a chance to honor their favorite hero, real or fictional, for all that they do for the world. Nothing may…
A Code to Travel the Distance
By Staff Writer Jerri Clewis These days messages can be sent instantaneously between people thousands of miles apart, but it wasn’t always that way. Before the 1800s, messages had to be carried by messengers, usually by horse, over long distances to reach their intended destinations. Things changed for long-distance communication in 1837 with the rise…
The Risk of Living in a State Labeled to Not Travel by the United States
By Staff Writer Luis Larios What are the worries a normal everyday citizen faces by simply living in a state that is labeled by the United States as “Do Not Travel” and the ways which citizens resource to stay below the radar. While making a visit to a state in Mexico,there was a subtle hint…
2023 Jack Williamson Lectureship – Arkady Martine
By Staff Writer James Schryver On Friday, April 15th, fiction writer and policy advisor, Arkady Martine, visited Eastern New Mexico University to give several brief lectures as well as read from her new novella. Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer as well as a policy advisor for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural…
A Gold Medal for Art
By Staff Writer Jerri Clewis The history and lifestyle of Ancient Greece still inspire many practices to this day but none more so than the Olympics. The once-historic practice has become an international event for athletes to show off their talents and win medals, but it did not always cater only to sports. Ancient Greece…
The Shortest War in History
By Staff Writer Jerri Clewis Wars have a reputation for lasting months, years, and even decades, but one war was fought and won in a single day during a bid for control over the throne of the prosperous Zanzibar. In what is now known as the Anglo-Zanzibar War, Britain and Zanzibar reached a point of…