The Texas Legislature began Jan. 20, and changes to marijuana penalties are already being looked at after Rep. Joe Moody, D-TX., filed House Bill 507 that will decriminalize marijuana. Ellic Sahualla, chief of staff and general counsel for the office...

President Barack Obama recently unveiled The American College Promise, a proposal to make the first two years of community college free. The president proposed his plan in Tennessee, where the state has begun it’s own program for free community college—the...

After more than 14 years, Texas swore in its first new governor, Greg Abbott, R-Texas, Jan. 20 on the south lawn of the Texas Capitol building in downtown Austin. Abbott served as attorney general for more than a decade, and as governor, he has vowed...

Although all UTEP students are eligible for health insurance through the university’s Student Health Insurance Plan, getting them to enroll is not an easy task. The UT System plan is part of the Preferred Provider Organization, and has a monthly premium...

On Tuesday, Jan. 20 UTEP celebrated the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Student Engagement and Leadership Center hosted this celebration at the Union Plaza. Corey Bailey, director of the student engagement and leadership...

WASHINGTON – Marjorie Dannenfelser is a self-described reluctant convert to the anti-abortion movement. Dannenfelser made it her life’s mission to end abortion after a philosophical debate when she was a Duke University undergraduate, she said at...

The debate, conducted in Spanish, was translated by reporter Alicia Alvarez WASHINGTON - The principles of the French Revolution “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” were underlying every speech given Thursday during the Permanent Council meeting of...

UTEP will be submitting several funding requests in the current 84th Texas Legislature, specifically for an $111-million interdisciplinary research center that will replace Burges and Barry Halls. The administration has stated that the center is necessary...