The Prospector

The sticky path to legalization in Texas

Jason Green, Sports Editor • February 28, 2017

A bill currently being introduced by Representative Joe Moody of El Paso, House Bill 81, would reduce marijuana possession up to one ounce to a civil penalty—a fine of up to $250 and court-ordered community service or drug education. Moody’s stance...

UTEP master’s graduate killed in alleged hate crime

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor • February 24, 2017

A UTEP graduate was killed on Wednesday night in an alleged hate crime in front of a bar in Kansas. After opening fire at three men at the bar, police reported that 51-year-old Adam Purinton killed 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who graduated with...

Randi Zuckerberg makes memorable stop at UTEP

Claudia Hernandez, Reporter • February 21, 2017

Randi Zuckerberg, a Harvard alumni and the former director of market development and spokesperson for Facebook, made a stop at UTEP on Tuesday to talk about the role of media in society's everyday life. The inventor of Facebook live explained how...

What you should know when crossing the border

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter • February 21, 2017

1. Right Against Unreasonable Searches Don’t open your door, as ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and other law enforcement officers must have a warrant signed by a judge. If they have a warrant, ask them to hold it against your window or...

An inside look at the streetcar project

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor • February 21, 2017

Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Carl Jackson, assistant director of Streetcar Operations at Sun Metro, was always infatuated with trains, subways and any other means of public transportation. Coming from a third generation of public transportation specialists,...

Protestors object to Gov. Abbott’s visit

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor • February 21, 2017

Governor Gregg Abbott’s visit to El Paso for the El Paso Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser drew approximately 150 protestors Saturday, Feb. 18, outside the Blackstone Event Center. The protestors were largely against Senate Bill 4,...

Mexican scholars gather to discuss border relations

Eddie Velazquez, Contributor • February 20, 2017

A panel of three borderland scholars gathered at UTEP’s Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts on Feb. 20, to discuss border relations in the era of current President Donald Trump. Dr. Tony Payan, economist Lucinda Vargas and Professor...

‘Roe’ of Roe V. Wade has died

Leslie Sariñana, Entertainment Editor • February 18, 2017

Norma McCorvey, the force behind the historical Roe V. Wade Supreme Court ruling, which legalized abortion in the U.S. in 1973, has died at 69-years-old. McCorvey is better known as Jane Roe, the pseudonym she used to remain anonymous during the trial....

UTEP professor wins early American literature prize

Mike Flores, Reporter • February 18, 2017

Robert Gunn, an associate professor of English at UTEP, was awarded the Early American Literature Book Prize for 2016 for his book “Ethnology and Empire: Languages, Literature, and the Making of the North American Borderlands”. “On a personal...

Day without immigrants and without El Pasoans

Grecia Sanchez, Reporter • February 18, 2017

The day without immigrants brought national attention as a boycott from U.S. citizens was held all day Thursday. Several employers closed their businesses and children throughout the nation did not attend school. Despite these facts, El Paso kept itself...

Discretion to Deny: a report explaining the negative experiences along the U.S./ Mexico border

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter • February 15, 2017

This Wednesday the El Paso-based Borderland Immigration Council presented a report named "Discretion to Deny: Family Separation, Prolonged Detention, and Deterrence of Asylum Seekers at the hands of Immigration Authorities along the U.S. -Mexico Border". This...

El Pasoans unite against Governor Abbott

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor • February 14, 2017

Governor Greg Abbott is visiting El Paso as a guest speaker of the El Paso Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Dinner, and several El Paso organizations are uniting outside of the fundraiser to protest Abbott’s political stances. The protest, El...