“Oh my God, I can’t believe it’s happening,” said Desiree Ontiveros about yesterday’s congressional vote to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time. A Latina who moved to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Ontiveros, 39, has formed an exploratory committee to seek Louisiana’s the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond.
Also recently announced for the race is Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers Jr. Qualifying will begin Wednesday, Jan. 20, and continue through Friday, Jan. 22.
Desiree Ontiveros
A sixth-generation native of El Paso, Texas, Ontiveros attended New Mexico State University and received a degree in marketing from California State University in Los Angeles. She considers New Orleans a “special city” that welcomed her with open arms.
NMSU holds COVID-19 vaccine events on campus
From Staff Reports
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University hosted its first full-scale New Mexico Department of Health COVID-19 vaccination event on Jan. 8, providing space, volunteer personnel and logistical support for the distribution of more than 600 doses of the vaccine to eligible members of the community. Two additional distribution events are scheduled for later this month.
The events are open only to those who have received a notification from the NMDOH that they are eligible to receive the vaccine at NMSU on the specified date.
The Jan. 8 event followed a smaller point-of-distribution event at the end of December designed to test out traffic flow and other logistical plans.
Phillip N. Frietze grew up in Mesilla, the son of a U.S. Marine with roots in southern New Mexico that date back to the 1840s. At an early age, Frietze told his father Neri he wanted to join the Corps. NMSU alumnus Phillip N. Frietze was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General this year and is currently the Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces South, in Florida. (USMC Courtesy photo)
My dad is one of my heroes, said Frietze.
He grew up on the family farm, graduated from Las Cruces High School in 1984, and then worked his way through New Mexico State University. He served in the Reserve Officer Training Corps and earned his degree in 1991 before entering the USMC Officer Candidate School.
New Mexico State University hosted its first full-scale New Mexico Department of Health COVID-19 vaccination event on Jan. 8, providing space, volunteer personnel and logistical support for the distribution of more than 600 doses of the vaccine to eligible members of the community. Two additional events are scheduled for later this month. New Mexico State University hosted a New Mexico Department of Health COVID -19 vaccine distribution site on Jan. 8 at its Las Cruces campus. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman) A volunteer administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose to a participant during a New Mexico Department of Health COVID -19 vaccine distribution event Jan. 8 at New Mexico State University. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman)