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Jerome Tighman is running for the 16th Congressional District seat.

Tilghman continues the fight to stay on a ballot

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor January 29, 2018

For Jerome Tilghman, winning the election for the 16th Congressional District seat is not as important as educating citizens about the impact the government has on citizens’ lives. But that does not mean that the retired Army major and current middle...

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Nobel laureate to speak on campus

Nobel laureate to speak on campus

Jake Deven, Contributor January 27, 2018

The UTEP Centennial Lecture Series returns with a free public lecture on Feb. 1, with Sir Fraser Stoddart, a Nobel laureate and professor of chemistry at Northwestern University. Stoddart won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in December 2016, along with Jean-Pierre...

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Two attendees of the Student Engagement & Leadership Center's Time's Up event write messages to stand with sexual assault survivors on Friday, Jan. 26, at the Union East gallery.

UTEP resources host a Time’s Up exhibit to open up a conversation

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief January 26, 2018

UTEP staff, students, and faculty wore all black Friday night at the Union East gallery to stand with the nation-wide Time's Up movement and discuss the next step forward. Time's Up is a movement against sexual harassment founded on January 1, 2018,...

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Members of the El Paso Queer Bar Association meet the first Tuesday of every month at the Briar Patch in downtown El Paso.

EPQBA works to engage voters in the LGBTQI community

Michaela Roman, Editor-In-Chief January 22, 2018

Most nights at the Briar Patch, one of El Paso’s hottest gay bars, you can find people dancing on the patio, socializing and drinking. But once a month there’s a different mood at Briar’s, as openly gay attorneys join together to advocate for lesbian,...

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Race for the 16th Congressional seat: get to know the candidates

Race for the 16th Congressional seat: get to know the candidates

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor January 22, 2018

As Representative Beto O’Rourke runs after Ted Cruz’s seat, the 16th Congressional District is up for grabs. At the same time, the Trump administration has spurred many to run for office with the hope of turning the state blue, or at least purple....

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The three-day-old government shutdown ended after the Senate and the House agreed on a temporary bill which is expected to fund the government through Feb. 8.

The government shutdown is over but what will happen with DACA?

Rene Delgadillo, Multimedia Editor January 22, 2018

The three-day-old government shutdown ended after the Senate and the House agreed on a temporary bill which is expected to fund the government through Feb. 8. The Senate approved a short-term spending bill on Monday that opened the federal government...

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Two participants in the Women's March El Paso 2018 hold signs at Centennial Plaza.

Women’s march returns with an emphasis on voting

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief January 21, 2018

In a sea of signs and "pussy hats," hundreds women and allies commemorated the one-year anniversary of the nationwide Women's March on Sunday, Jan. 21. This year organizers of the El Paso March wanted to turn last year's "Hear our Voice" message into...

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Veronica Escobar, former County Judge and current District 16 Congressional Candidate, has been officially endorsed by Our Revolution.

Our Revolution endorses Veronica Escobar for congressional seat

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor January 20, 2018

Our Revolution El Paso has endorsed former county judge Veronica Escobar for the Democratic primary for the 16th Congressional District seat. The endorsement came after a forum was hosted at Cafe Mayapan where six congressional candidates answered...

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UTEP student selected as an Archer Fellow

Claudia Flores, Entertainment Editor January 20, 2018
This spring, UTEP student Rachel Ann Arreola will be one of the 48 Archer Fellow students in Texas where she will intern at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.
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O'Rourke calls government shutdown "failure in leadership"

O’Rourke calls government shutdown “failure in leadership”

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor January 19, 2018

Representative Beto O'Rourke calls shutdown a "failure in leadership" Friday night after the Senate failed to agree on a spending bill. The shutdown comes on the eve of the anniversary of President Trump's one year in office. jhgjhgjhgjhgjhjh The...

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Jessica Miles said that the Otero Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico was one of the worst detention centers she has ever seen.

Borderland dehumanizes and marginalizes asylum seekers, according to recent report

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor January 18, 2018
The Hope Border Institute and the Borderland Immigratino Council presented a report on asylum seekers living under the Trump administration on Thursday night at the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center. The study, "Sealing the Border: The Criminalization of Asylum Seekers in the Trump Era," documented human rights violations by immigration enforcement agencies in El Paso and Southern New Mexico.
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Women’s March: “Power to the Polls” edition

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief January 18, 2018

On Sunday, Jan. 21, El Paso women will come together with allies to represent a broad group of unified interests that affect women including the current presidential administration and the importance of voting as they aim to dismantle systems of oppression...

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