I moved out of Las Cruces two years ago and the only thing I miss is Thai Delight in Mesilla. This might be a reach, but does anyone work there or know anyone who has worked there that can give me an ingredient list for the Thai fried rice that they serve, I can’t find anything in Colorado that tastes similar and I crave it so intensely i’ve considered driving the 10 hours just to eat there again.

Hi, I'm just curious if there any art clubs or similar on campus? I went to the fair thing they had in front of Corbett, but I couldn't find anything, thank you!

Hey, I’m 20 and an undergrad at NMSU. I’m trying to meet more people (preferably also in the 18-21 age range) and expand my social circle this semester. I’m into movies, music, gaming, and more. Would anyone else be interested in hanging out on campus sometime or studying together? I’m also a commuter, so I don’t live on campus.

I’ve been feeling pretty lonely on campus lately, even though I’m around people all the time. I do talk to people in my classes, but most of those interactions seem to stay in class, and I have trouble figuring out how to turn them into actual friendships. I’d really like to have more people I can casually text, grab lunch with, study with, or just hang out with between classes without everything having to be planned way in advance.

Sometimes it feels like everyone else already found their people and I’m still trying to figure out where I fit in. I’ll see groups of people laughing, eating together, or just hanging around campus and wonder how they all met and got comfortable enough with each other to do that. I know I’m only seeing a small part of their lives, but sometimes it still makes me feel like I’m missing out.

I’m trying to put myself out there more instead of just hoping friendships happen on their own, but I’ll admit I’m sometimes nervous about approaching people because I don’t know what’s considered normal. Like, can I just go into one of the food courts and ask if I can sit with people? Can I go to the library and ask to sit with someone? How do you tell when someone is actually open to talking versus wanting to be left alone? I genuinely don’t know how people normally do this lol.

I’m also open to suggestions for places, clubs, recurring activities, events, study groups, or anything else where it’s actually easy to talk to people and get to know the same people over time. I’m less interested in just being surrounded by a bunch of people and more interested in actually connecting with some of them.

I guess the biggest thing I’m trying to understand is how you get from “I recognize this person and we sometimes talk” to “we actually hang out.” How do people go from being classmates or acquaintances to making plans, hanging out between classes, grabbing food, studying together, or eventually becoming actual friends?