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Dr. Diana Natilicio speaks at the UT Board of Regents committee meeting.

Board of Regents Meeting at UTEP resumes with presentation by Natalicio

Jose Soto, Staff reporter November 6, 2014

The University of Texas System Board of Regents resumed their meeting at UTEP today at the Tomás Rivera Conference Room at Union East. During the first hour of the meeting today, UTEP President Diana Natalicio, greeted the board and addressed topics...

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The UT Board of Regions meets to discuss UT Rio Grande's new mascot and school colors.

UT Board of Regents meet at UTEP, ASARCO on agenda

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter November 5, 2014

The University of Texas Board of Regents, the governing body for the U.T. System, is meeting at UTEP for two days to discuss budget line items. One of the agenda items that will be discussed tomorrow for approval is the purchase of approximately 443...

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Election headaches?

Election headaches?

Lorain Watters, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Reporter November 4, 2014

Voting isn't always a smooth process, and SHFWire is following hot spots across the country. WASHINGTON – Some polling locations got off to a shaky start during the midterm elections Tuesday. Before the lunch hour hit, several counties and cities...

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Guy Fawkes Day will take place Nov. 5.

El Paso remains politically and socially inactive

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter November 4, 2014

Nov. 5 marks the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, a group of Roman Catholics led by Robert Catesby, who attempted to blow up the Parliament in England to fight for religious freedom. Since the 1600s,...

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2014 ACA enrollment to rise with increase seen from college students

Jose Soto, Staff Reporter November 4, 2014

Starting Nov. 15, people can begin signing up for an affordable healthcare plan as enrollment for the second year of the Affordable Care Act opens.  Under the ACA, consumers may now enroll and purchase a plan that best suits their health needs. In 2013,...

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Participants of NaNoWriMo are attempting to write a 50,000-word novel in a month. The idea is to write about 1,500 words per day.

Writers attempt to complete a novel in one month

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter November 4, 2014

Today’s culture is infested with television and web searches. It seems today, the majority of writing comes by way of social media, where users express their feelings at that moment. Reading books is seemingly being replaced by reading tweets and online...

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Campus researcher discusses experience with Ebola virus

Campus researcher discusses experience with Ebola virus

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter October 28, 2014

For Douglas Watts, an infectious disease researcher and executive director of the animal care center, the Ebola virus is nothing new. Watts began working with Ebola back in the 1980s, when he worked for the U.S. Army’s medical research team, where...

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A student observes prices for women’s Halloween costumes.

Sexy is the new black for women on Halloween

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter October 28, 2014

Halloween has become notorious for being the time of the year when women dress up in revealing costumes. Sheila Alves, senior graphic design major and vice president of the Women’s Honor Studies Society, believes costume options for women are limited. “I...

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Students opt out of Halloween festivities for religous reasons

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter October 28, 2014

For some, it’s a time to be scary. For others, it’s a time to be sexy. Most trick-or-treaters will go around door to door and collect candy to trade with friends–a Kit Kat for two Snickers, depending on your favorite Mathew Hernandez, junior kinesiology...

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Woman walks around Concordia Cemetery last year on Día De Los Muertos.

El Paso prepares for Día de los Muertos

Amanda Guillen, Managing Editor October 28, 2014

In some cultures, death is not where life ends, it is where it begins. Starting on Oct. 31 and ending on Nov. 3, the celebrations of the Day of the Dead, or typically called Día de los Muertos, begin. In El Paso, this traditional Mexican holiday is...

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Former student Gabriel Villanueva wears a sombrero for Halloween.

Tricky ethnic costumes only a treat for Halloween

Jose Soto, Staff Reporter October 28, 2014

Most Halloween costumes tend to glamorize the macabre and the dead. Some costumes profile public figures and fictional characters. Others, however, depict ethnic groups with unsubtle stereotypes that some might take as mockery. Amongst the witches and...

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Kent Landfield, right, says that requirements for electronic voting need to be examined and that standards need to be developed. He and others, from the right, Joseph Hall, Jason Healey, Pamela Smith and Jordi Puiggali spoke at the Atlantic Council earlier this month.

Election apps are on the rise, but online voting is not

Lorain Watters, SHF Wire Reporter October 28, 2014

WASHINGTON—Elections are just around the corner, and yes, there is an app for that. But it won’t vote for you. In a buzzing and ringing world, technology has become an integral part of society, where almost anything can be done with the press of...

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