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Last call
The night NMSU student Steve Judd wasn’t in control was his last
This article won first place for feature writing in the 2004 New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors competition. It was published in the
Steven David Judd had been discussing his 21st birthday plans with his parents all week. It was tradition, he explained, to visit bars with his friends at midnight on the first day he could drink legally.
But Steve, as his friends and family called him, had mixed feelings about the planned bar hopping that was to take place in the early hours of Nov. 18. He told his parents that some of his Delta Chi fraternity brothers might pressure him to drink too much. He described in detail some of the drinks he might encounter. Some of the drinks included
His mom, Karen, suggested that Steve celebrate by drinking one beer. He had class at 8:30 a.m., she reminded him.
“They would think I was a wimp,” Steve replied.
End of an era
After eight years, controversial politician leaves commission
Published in the
Afterward, he explained to Apodaca his disagreement on the issue.
“Don’t let it happen again,” Garza says Apodaca told him.
“He was serious,” said Garza, now a magistrate judge. “That was my awakening.”
Simple marker evokes daughter’s pride, loss
Published in the
So when she and 36 other
Trouble not new to judge
Published in the
On the night of Aug. 25, Dona Ana County Magistrate Judge Reuben Galvan had sex with a woman in his red Porsche.
The two had met earlier that night at Hurricane Alley in
Mentally ill man flees police, kills pedestrian
This article won second place for spot news in the 2005 New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors competition. It was published in the
A pedestrian was killed Monday during a high-speed, early morning police chase that began when a
AG alleges violations of open meetings law
My coverage of this topic received an honorable mention in the 2001 New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors competition. This article was published in the
The state attorney general filed criminal charges Thursday against two current and three former members of the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education for violating the state’s open meetings law.
Design clips
Here are some design clips from my time as a copy editor at The Santa Fe New Mexican:
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- King shouldn’t defend NM driver’s license policy
- Deference