The Prospector

Engineering students create prosthetic limbs for impoverished amputees

Valerie Herrera, Staff Reporter • July 14, 2015

Since its development in 2003, LIMBS, an international nonprofit organization headquartered at UTEP, has been working with students to develop low-cost innovative prosthetic devices for impoverished amputees. According to the organization’s website,...

Plans not final for Burges and Barry Halls

Juan Raygoza, Contributor • July 14, 2015

After the demolition of Burges and Barry Halls, it is unknown when construction of the new interdisciplinary research facilities will begin. The demolition began on June 22 and will be finished this upcoming August. According to Associate Vice President...

D.C. residents call on government to dump Trump

Nadia Dreid, SHFWire • July 14, 2015

WASHINGTON – “Dump Trump” was the message emblazoned across the chests and signs of dozens of protesters Thursday, near the site of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s newest hotel four blocks from the White House. Several companies...

FDA to burn fat

Valerie Herrera, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2015

Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration moved to ban artificial trans fats found in some of American’s favorite foods. So what does this mean for UTEP’s upcoming eatery? The soon-to-be-named Union cafeteria, expected to open in the fall...

The millennial playbook: GOP trying to woo young voters

Mattthew J. Connor, SHFWire Intern • July 7, 2015

WASHINGTON – Seventy-three million people. Ninety percent have a smartphone. Thirty-four percent have a bachelor’s degree. Twenty-five percent are married. Meet the millennials. Compared to their predecessors (gen x, boomer and silent), millennials...

UTEP STEM recognition breaks barriers for underrepresented students

Valerie Herrera, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2015

For more than 20 years, the UT System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, has worked arduously to increase the number of students who pursue degrees in science, engineering, and mathematics. Of the UT System’s institutions, UTEP has ranked...

Academic Tecnologies receives excellence award

Juan Raygoza, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2015

The international community of experts in educational technology, known as the New Media Consortium, awarded UTEP’s Academic Technologies the 2015 Center of Excellence award. In a letter from NMC, senior director of communications, Samantha Becker,...

First Same-Sex Couples to Marry in El Paso

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief • June 27, 2015

At approximately 12:20 p.m. on June 26, Yairo Herrera and Luke Oleander became the first same-sex couple to be married in El Paso at the County Courthouse. Less than 20 minutes later, a few floors up, the second couple, Aixa Adame and Lacey Darcy,...

Love wins in El Paso

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief • June 26, 2015

For richer or for poorer, until death do they part, under the United States Constitution same-sex couples were married in El Paso, Texas. At approximately 12:20 p.m. on June 26, Yairo Herrera and Luke Oleander became the first...

Supreme Courts rules in favor of same-sex marriage

Jose Soto, Entertainment Editor • June 26, 2015

In a landmark ruling, The Supreme Court decided in favor of marriage equality in all 50 states on Friday. This ends the possibility of states banning same-sex marriage and must now recognize same-sex unions as legal. The LGBTQ community...

Stomping the flag becomes a debate about patriotism

Juan Raygoza, Contributor • June 23, 2015

This past May, a new social media trend known as the Eric Sheppard challenge has outraged veterans, members of the military and Americans all over the nation. It has also empowered a movement in support of free speech. Sheppard, who is an African-American...

Historic halls to be demolished to make way for new research facility

Juan Raygoza, Contributor • June 23, 2015

The long-decaying buildings, Burges and Barry Hall, located west of the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center, have been scheduled for demolition, which is set to being the week of June 22. The two former dormitories were constructed in 1963 and 1971,...