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Rutgers break UTEP hearts with 56-54 win in WNIT Final

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter • April 5, 2014

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights claimed a 56-54 victory over UTEP in the WNIT championship game in front of a sold out crowd at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP tied the game at 54 with a loose-ball recovery by Chrishauna Parker with eight seconds remaining....

UTEP defeats South Dakota State 66-63 in WNIT semifinal

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2014

Tonight the dream became a reality for UTEP head coach Keitha Adams and the women’s basketball team. Every last seat was packed in the Haskins Center, with 12,222 loud and boisterous El Pasoans, who saw the Miners defeat South Dakota State Jackrabbits...

UTEP takes down Washington, moves on to WNIT Final Four

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • March 31, 2014

In front of a record setting crowd of 10,227 fans, the UTEP Miners women’s basketball team defeated the Washington Huskies 70-63 to advance to women’s NIT final four. Seniors forward Kayla Thornton and center Kristine Vitola both contributed double-doubles...

The Prospector’s Monday night playlist

March 31, 2014

Every Tuesday The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours of the night. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional...

Holi 2014

March 29, 2014

The Prospector News Weekly March 28, 2014

Luis Barrio and Amanda Guillen • March 28, 2014

The Prospector News Weekly covers all the top stories that affect the students at The University of Texas at El Paso. This week in news, The Indian Student Association will host the second annual Holi The Festival of Colors, Wendy Davis makes a stop in...

U.S. flags planted on National Mall to represent veteran suicides

Alejandro Alba, SHFWire reporter • March 27, 2014

WASHINGTON – As he helped plant some of the 1,892 U.S. flags across the National Mall, David Curry remembered his fellow Marine and friend, Jonathan Schulze. Seven years ago, Schulze committed suicide after returning from war. He was unable to get...

Candidate Wendy Davis talks equal pay at Café Mayapan

Jasmine Aguilera and Maria Esquinca • March 26, 2014

Gubernatorial candidate Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, spent Wednesday morning speaking to media and volunteers at Café Mayapan, in El Paso, Texas. She focused her discussion on gender and economic equality. El Paso Sen. Jose Rodriguez...

Student Opinion on the 2013-2014 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Season

Amanda Guillen, Luis Barrio, and Chris Zacherl • March 24, 2014

The Prospector’s Monday night playlist

March 24, 2014

Every Tuesday The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours of the night. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional...

TCM centennial edition

Michaela Roman, Photo Editor • March 21, 2014

This year marks the 94th TCM (Texas College of Mines) celebration which took place friday March 21. TCM, known for celebrating engineer majors changed things up for the first time this year by letting students from all colleges take part in the day. Students...

The Prospector News Weekly:March 21

Amanda Guillen and Luis Barrio • March 21, 2014

The Prospector News Weekly covers all the top stories that affect the students at The University of Texas at El Paso. This week in news, UTEP will host its annual TCM event, this is the longest running tradition here at the university, and a student organization...