UTEP Union Referendum passes student vote, only 9% of students voted

UTEP’s Union Referendum passes by a slim margin of 73 votes.

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Emmanuel Rivas Valenzuela, Editor-in-Chief • September 20, 2024

UTEP may soon see its union buildings revamped following a tight vote amongst its student body.

The Union Referendum passed its student body vote by a margin of just 73 votes. Just nine percent of the student body voted on the matter.

The union proposal now goes to the Texas state legislature for approval.

If approved by the legislature, students will see a gradual increase in union fees over five years.

The Prospector will continue to provide coverage on the Union Referendum.

Emmanuel Rivas Valenzuela Armendariz is the editor-in-chief and may be reached at [email protected]: @rivasemmanuel2 on Instagram.

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Emmanuel Rivas Valenzuela, Editor-in-Chief

Emmanuel Rivas Valenzuela is a senior majoring in multimedia journalism with a minor in political science and chicano studies. Rivas is the editor-in-chief at The Prospector and has worked as a sports editor, writing contributor and as a bilingual writer at Minero Magazine. Outside of Student Media, Rivas has interned for McClatchy as a copy editor, El Paso Matters and a news reporter and most recently at KERA in Dallas-Fort Worth as Radio and News Reporter.