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Keeping up with the Texas Legislative Session bills

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor March 21, 2017

The deadline to introduce a bill to the 85th Texas Legislature was on March 10, and with more than 2,700 bills and resolutions currently in the Senate and 5,200 in the House that were filed in time, there is a lot to go through. The session will end on...

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Continuing the Revolution

Continuing the Revolution

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter March 21, 2017

A group of activists are trying to build a relationship between citizens and organizations that promote a dialogue and awareness about social issues and events happening in El Paso through Facebook. Continuing the Revolution is a Facebook group where...

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Safe space open to students  through Brown Bag Series

Safe space open to students through Brown Bag Series

Grecia Sanchez, Staff Reporter March 21, 2017

Emily Martinez, senior psychology major and intern for inclusion and advocacy at the Student Engagement and Leadership Center, is in charge of the Brown Bag Series, a handful of different topic discussions for engaging students toward different view points...

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UTEP!Hackathon to reward creative software ideas

UTEP!Hackathon to reward creative software ideas

Eddie Velazquez, Staff Reporter March 21, 2017

With a focus on creativity, resourcefulness and problem-solving skills, the UTEP chapters of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and ACM-W (Women in Computing) are hosting the first UTEP !Hackathon from March 31 until April 2 in the Classroom Building...

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Indian Student Association and El Pasoans honor Srinivas Kuchibhotla

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2017

UTEP's Indian Student Association along with the University Cricket Club held a peace walk and candlelight vigil, on March 11, to honor UTEP 2007 engineer graduate, Srinivas Kuchibhotla. He was fatally shot on Feb. 22 at a bar in Kansas City,...

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Alcohol Awareness Week brings annual 'Raise the Bar Resource Fair'

Alcohol Awareness Week brings annual ‘Raise the Bar Resource Fair’

Eddie Velazquez, Staff Reporter March 8, 2017

As part of Alcohol Awareness Week, the Office of Student Life and the UTEP Police Department held the annual "Raise the Bar Resource Fair" at the Union Plaza on Wednesday. “Every year alcoholism can be an issue, so as an organization we show...

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Alcohol Awareness Week events on campus

Alcohol Awareness Week events on campus

Grecia Sanchez, Staff Reporter March 7, 2017

Alcohol Awareness Week, March 6-9, is dedicated to educating students about the dangers of drinking and driving. Presented by the Office of Student Life, this year’s Alcohol Awareness Week is focused on students choosing not to engage in negative behavior....

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WIN works to build network for female engineer students

WIN works to build network for female engineer students

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief March 7, 2017

Microsoft recently conducted a study that found young girls in Europe become interested in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) around age 11, but if the interest is not fully ignited in the ensuing four years, by age 15 their interest...

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Project MOVE gives back in eighth annual event

Project MOVE gives back in eighth annual event

March 4, 2017

Over 1,500 Miner volunteers assisted various nonprofit agencies throughout the Paso del Norte region on Saturday as part of the school's eighth annual Project MOVE. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and others worked from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 60...

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President Trump gives first address to joint session of Congress

President Trump gives first address to joint session of Congress

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor February 28, 2017

President Trump has given his first address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday, Feb. 28, where he laid out his agenda and asked for the support of both the House and Senate. To anyone who has followed Trump’s speeches will recognize many of...

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10 signs you’re being scammed

10 signs you’re being scammed

Eddie Velasquez, Contributor February 28, 2017

As technology and digital networking become more ubiquitous in college environments, the risk of job and financial swindles have also increased. From popular fund transfer scams like the Nigerian Prince series to financial aid fraud rings and fraudulent...

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Sin miedo al cruzar la frontera

Sin miedo al cruzar la frontera

Grecia Sanchez, Staff Reporter February 28, 2017

Carlos Fierro, estudiante de ingeniería mecánica en la Univerisad de Texas en El Paso, es uno de los estudiantes internacionales que cruzan diario la frontera de México para obtener una educación en los Estados Unidos. “Me tengo que levantar dos...

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