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Assayer of Student Opinion.

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Does size matter?

Andres Martinez, Multimedia Editor February 18, 2017

UTEP students give their opinion on whether size matters or not.  

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Juan Sandoval: librarian turned art collector

Eddie Velazquez, Staff Reporter February 14, 2017

With altruism as the main drive behind his art collection, UTEP librarian Juan Sandoval has amassed over 1,000 works of art that he keeps in his modest Sunset Heights apartment. “I always had poor friends growing up, so I would help them out by buying...

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Cyber Café celebrates grand opening in Union East

Gloria Heredia, Contributor January 24, 2017

  The new Cyber Café in the Union East building had its grand opening Tuesday, Janurary 24. They celebrated opening their doors to students with free coffee and sweets and a chance to win a monitor among other prices. The Cyber Café has...

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Thousands took the streets of El Paso for Women’s March on the Border

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief January 21, 2017

In solidarity with the 500,000 participants of the Women's March to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., over 1,000 El Pasoans and Juarenses came together for the Women's March on the Border. Supporters of equal rights for women marched from Armijo Park...

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Prospector News Weekly–Jan. 20, 2017

Grecia Sanchez, Gloria Heredia, Mike Flores,, Reporters January 20, 2017

Welcome to The Prospector News Weekly, Jan. 20. Be sure to watch our newscast every Friday morning!

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Stanford hangs on to win Sun Bowl

Jason Green, Sports Editor December 30, 2016

For the Stanford Cardinal football team to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Sun Bowl on Friday afternoon, the Cardinal defense was going to have to contain junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky and the Tar Heel passing game. They did not do that. Trubisky...

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Miners make their way to new frontiers post-graduation

Grecia Sanchez, Staff Reporter November 29, 2016

Jairus Muller Jairus Muller, a senior graduating with a bachelor’s degree in digital media production, plans on returning to San Diego, California, after graduation, where he’s originally from. “Hopefully I’m going to get a position in radio,”...

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UTEP students organize “Not My President” peaceful protest

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor November 12, 2016

While riots in Portland, Oregon and Oakland, California have sprung up since the election results, in El Paso, Texas over a thousand people in San Jacinto Plaza chose to peacefully protest the rhetoric and policies of President-elect Donald Trump. Alphonso...

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Fahrenheit 32 serves up unique treat from the East

Jason Green, Staff Reporter November 11, 2016

If there’s one thing people in El Paso are very fond of, it’s things that are rolled. Chico’s Tacos can attest to that. In the short time that the new ice cream purveyor, Fahrenheit 32, has been open at 2500 N. Mesa St., El Pasoans are once...

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The best, worst and memorable tattoos from the artists themselves

Jason Green, Staff Reporter November 8, 2016

The popularity of television shows such as “Miami Ink,” “Inked” and “Ink Master” brought tattooing into the mainstream media. They have made tattoos less taboo and more recognized as a true art form. El Paso has seen a boom in tattoo studios...

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Radical Soup: a recipe for discussion

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor November 8, 2016

Radical Soup is a collection of leftists who combine their love of community discussion and vegetarian soup. It’s a mashup of scholars, activists, students and professionals, who aim to stir up discussion about the problems of the world and how to solve...

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Death in family brings forth fire safety awareness

Gloria Heredia, Reporter November 3, 2016

  The balloons and confetti that once lit up a birthday party, turned into black attire with white roses that decorated three caskets a year ago. Only three days before her birthday, Karyna Mendoza woke up to a call at 4:30 a.m. saying that her...

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