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UTEP senior Danielle Aguirre shows final portfolio in solo exhibit.

Aguirre completes solo exhibition

Catherine Ramirez, Staff Reporter December 3, 2018

After six years as an art student at UTEP, Danielle Aguirre is set to graduate this December as a double major in drawing and ceramics, hoping to continue her work as an artist. Like most students, Aguirre has been pushing through the last weeks of the...

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Edens-Perlasca's exhibition project meshes ceramics with photography.

Senior receives Templeton Endowment

Caterine Ramirez, Staff Reporter December 3, 2018

Graduating senior Dina Edens-Perlasca began her college career in 2004 at UTEP and will be graduating this December with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in ceramics and a minor in metals. Edens-Perlasca began as an engineering major but...

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El Paso Pro-Musica: A fuse of education and world-renowned performance

El Paso Pro-Musica: A fuse of education and world-renowned performance

Andrea Valdez-Rivas, Staff Reporter November 26, 2018

El Paso is no Vienna, but El Paso Pro-Musica (EPPM), a local non-profit organization, strives to do its best impression of the City of Music. EPPM aims to educate El Pasoans through annual concert seasons of chamber music, bringing world-renowned artists...

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UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance presents “A Christmas Carol, en la Frontera”

UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance presents “A Christmas Carol, en la Frontera”

Catherine Ramirez, Entertainment Editor November 26, 2018

The UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance brings a borderland version of Charles Dickens’ classic story “A Christmas Carol” to celebrate the community and ring in the Christmas season. The production of “A Christmas Carol, en la Frontera”...

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The Magic of 'The Nutcracker' comes to El Paso

The Magic of ‘The Nutcracker’ comes to El Paso

Claudia Flores, Multimedia Editor November 26, 2018

As part of their winter season and to commemorate their 10th anniversary, El Paso Ballet Theater brings the magic of “The Nutcracker” to El Paso.   With more than 100 dancers on stage and the music of legendary Russian Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,...

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UTEP Choir at Holiday Revels 2018 at Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall on Monday Nov. 19th and 20th.

UTEP Choir ‘revels’ with holiday concerts

Catherine Ramirez, Entertainment Editor November 26, 2018

To kick-off the holiday season, the UTEP Choirs held their sixth-annual Holiday Revels concert at the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall on Nov. 19 and 20. This year’s theme of “T’was the Night Before Christmas” featured a diverse selection of students...

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El Paso WinterFest returns to the borderland

El Paso WinterFest returns to the borderland

Ashley Johnson, Contributor November 26, 2018

For the third year in a row, The Hospitals of Providence and Providence Children’s Hospital kicked off WinterFest in Downtown El Paso with the Scherr Legate Celebration of Lights Parade and Lighting Ceremony. On Nov. 18, El Pasoans gathered to enjoy...

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Freshman environmental science major Yeshey Seldon poses in front of the Bhutan Temple holding Jasha Maru (Spicy Chicken Curry) sold by the Bhutanese Student Association at the International Food Fair on Monday, Nov. 12.

UTEP promotes diversity through food

Valeria Olivares, Contributor November 13, 2018

The International Culture Festival kicked off on Monday, Nov. 12, as students came together for the International Food Fair at the Tomás Rivera Conference Center. The event’s location was changed in the morning from Centennial Plaza to the East Wing...

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The photo exhibition  will take place on Monday, Nov. 14 at the Centennial museum

Borderzine celebrates 10 years with ‘without borders’ photo contest

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor November 12, 2018

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Borderzine.com, the Department of Communication is holding a national photo contest for college students called 2018 Sin Fronteras, Without Borders Photo Contest. “I think that a photo contest like this is very...

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On  Nov. 17 and 18, Las Artistas will hold their annual arts and craft show at the Epic Railyard Event Center

UTEP and Las Artistas celebrate 25 years of collaboration

Claudia Flores, Multimedia Editor November 12, 2018

On Nov. 17 and 18, Las Artistas will hold their annual arts and crafts show with the collaboration of UTEP students. The event will take place at the Epic Railyard Event Center at 2201 E. Mills Ave. For the past 25 years, Las Artistas have worked in...

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Musicians Stephen Nordstrom and Dominic Dousa performed on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.

Dousa premiers Five Desert Portraits

Andrea Valdez-Rivas, Staff Reporter November 10, 2018

The UTEP Music Department presented Musical Landscapes, a faculty recital featuring Stephen Nordstrom and Dominic Dousa on Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Fox Fine Arts Recital hall. The recital presented work composed entirely by Dousa, premiering for...

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The special guests had the opportunity to ride the streetcar after the inauguration.

Streetcar Inauguration kicks off in downtown El Paso

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor November 9, 2018

The El Paso Streetcar inauguration was held at 11 a.m. today at Cleveland Square Park. The three colored streetcars went through the red carpet on the tracks when they were introduced. The public will be able to ride the streetcar at 5 p.m. today,...

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