Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 2 and it is time to cast our ballots. This year, there has not been a lot of talk about the election, lacking the usual two-party candidates.  “In the ballot, El Paso voters will find eight propositions to amend...

On Mar. 20, 2020, then-President Donald Trump agreed with Mexico and Canada to suspend travel and trade for all non-essential reasons in an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19.    Nineteen months after the borders were first closed, the...

Members of the UTEP family and the public attended a Celebration of Life for President Emerita Diana Natalicio on the UTEP campus Sunday, Oct. 24.  The ceremony reflected the life of Natalicio who led UTEP for 31 years and was the University’s...

The Career Center of the University of Texas at El Paso celebrated Graduate Education Week Sept. 29 through Oct. 1 with a series of events inviting students interested in pursuing advanced degrees to attend.      On Sept. 29, Lou Herman, Ph.D.,...

The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Downtown 10 projects may significantly impact parts of the historic Sunset Heights neighborhood. Community members of Sunset Heights dispute the need for the project and oppose the expansion...

Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky overruled CDC Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices (ACIP) panel and recommends COVID-19 booster for people that are at a high risk due to their occupation.   The...

UTEP student Lizbeth Avila, 22, is being remembered as a beautiful, radiant, confident and fearless person in the words of her family and friends.   According to a KTSM report, Avila suffered severe head trauma due to a skating accident at a local...

Dr. John T. Farraro, 91, was a proud Texas Western Alumni, an esteemed Professor of Metallurgy at UTEP and most importantly a father figure, not only to his own children but to many students who crossed his path. Farraro died Aug. 19, 2021, leaving...

A restless silence nestled itself in every crevice of The University of Texas at El Paso following the passing of former president Diana Natalicio, Ph.D., at the age of 82 on Sept. 24, 2021. Though the wind-bent tree branches, inviting the...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the voting bill, SB1, into law Sept. 7, despite various quorum walkouts by Democrats.  The new law limits voting options, including overnight and drive-thru voting initiatives used by voters of color in the past...

The fight to make UTEP a more sustainable university rage on. One group on campus who is making it their priority to make UTEP green, is the Green Fund committee.   This environmental conservation organization was established in 2011 and...

Over the years, Haiti has faced severe political, economic, and social problems, including most recently the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 2,200 people.     Days after the deadly earthquake,...