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Two former New Mexico State basketball players and a student manager filed a lawsuit Monday saying their teammates frequently brought guns into the locker room where they sexually assaulted players as a way of ensuring everyone on the team remained "humble." Kyle Feit, along with a teammate and student manager who did not want their names used, filed the lawsuit in district court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, against the school; its athletic director, Mario Moccia; and former coaches and players. All but Moccia were fired or left last season; Moccia received a contract extension and a raise. SNIP Feit...

A Wisconsin man was identified from DNA pulled from a partially eaten burrito and arrested in the firebombing of an anti-abortion lobbying group’s office last year, prosecutors said. The man, Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, Wis., was arrested at Logan International Airport in Boston on Tuesday, according to the office of the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin in Madison. He was charged with one felony count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. “According to the complaint, Mr. Roychowdhury used an incendiary device in violation of federal law in connection with...

After a brawl broke out at last month’s Aggies-Lobos football game in Las Cruces, investigators say three University of New Mexico students decided they wanted revenge. So the freshmen hatched a plan to lure New Mexico State University basketball player Mike Peake who they said, had beaten them up “badly” – to campus while in town for a highly-anticipated rivalry basketball game and “jump” him. Instead there was a shootout that left 19-year-old UNM student Brandon Travis dead and 21-year-old Peake injured. Police say both men had guns. Peake has not been charged with a crime. But two of the...

Saturday's men's basketball game between New Mexico State and New Mexico has been postponed after a player on the Aggies was reportedly involved in an on-campus homicide early Saturday morning. Multiple reports say junior forward Mike Peake was the player involved, but he is not the one deceased. New Mexico State Police did not respond to Fox News' inquiry for confirmation. New Mexico State Police said there was an altercation between a 19-year-old — now deceased — and a 21-year-old (Peake is 21), where both men suffered from gunshot wounds. The 21-year-old was transported to a hospital, and his current...

CARLSBAD — Organizers of an event scheduled for Income Tax Filing Day, April 15, encountered opposition from an unexpected corner the administration of the Carlsbad campus of New Mexico State University when they tried to post fliers publicizing their TEA Party Day rally scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday on the lawn of the Eddy County Courthouse. snip

As head of the New Mexico State University journalism department, Frank Thayer teaches a class in public opinion and propaganda. In his private time, he has written forewords for and helped edit a series of revisionist books based on a purported postwar interview with the former head of Hitler's Gestapo, Heinrich Müller. Now, Thayer is embroiled in a controversy ignited by a University of Texas faculty member who believes the books are phony and that Thayer was irresponsible to endorse them. "I feel it's practically my duty to debunk this sort of fraudulent material for the purpose of people understanding...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Three former New Mexico State University football players -- all Muslims -- sued the university and coach Hal Mumme on Monday, saying they were dismissed from the team because of their religious beliefs. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of Mu'Ammar Ali and brothers Anthony and Vincent Thompson. "Universities are supposed to be places of evolved thinking and reason, not of base intolerance and bigotry" said Peter Simonson, executive director of ACLU New Mexico. "In this case, the university failed its purpose, and a coach indulged in those prejudices to assert...

Recently, U.S. politicians have come up with costly ideas to improve border security. Some want to hire more Border Patrol agents. Others push for a guest-worker program. And one, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., wants to build a 2,000-mile-long wall. Stefan Schmidt, a researcher at New Mexico State University's Physical Science Laboratory, came up with a pretty cheap alternative -- mathematics. "We have ways of modeling to see how we can make the border more secure without paying too much money," Schmidt said. Border Patrol spokesman Doug Mosier said his agency is constantly gathering intelligence to try to predict where smugglers...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico State football program did not engage in religious discrimination against three former student-athletes, according to a law firm commissioned by the university to investigate the allegations. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico had filed a grievance against NMSU coach Hal Mumme last month, claiming he discriminated against a Muslim player by repeatedly questioning him about al-Qaida.

ALBUQUERQUE — Just when I thought it was safe to defend myself from the long list of Aggie bashers, New Mexico State University went and took the pistol from Pete. New athletics director, new football coach, new men’s basketball coach and new mascot. OK, Sesame Street fans, which one doesn’t belong? I’ll take new head football coach Hal Mumme, and new head men’s basketball coach Reggie Theus, and even new AD McKinley Boston. But not a new Pistol Pete. I thought the NCAA’s asinine decision to ban its schools from wearing what it dubbed offensive names on its uniforms for...

'Pistol Pete' Mascot Will Lose Pistol Mon Aug 15, 7:39 AM ET LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State University's mascot, Pistol Pete, is being disarmed. University officials have also stripped the word "Pistol" from Pete's name. The new logo shows Pete twirling a lasso. The old Pete toted a pistol. The changes are part of a marketing plan to remake the university's image on the national stage. Officials have been working on a redesign of Pistol Pete for months. Athletics director McKinley Boston said the university plans to unveil the new Pete later this month. The decision to remove...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State University's (search) mascot, Pistol Pete (search), is being disarmed. University officials have also stripped the word "Pistol" from Pete's name. The new logo shows Pete twirling a lasso. The old Pete toted a pistol. The changes are part of a marketing plan to remake the university's image on the national stage. Officials have been working on a redesign of Pistol Pete for months. Athletics director McKinley Boston (search) said the university plans to unveil the new Pete later this month. The decision to remove the pistol had more to do with a consensus...