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UTEP food pantry makes the move to Memorial Gym

UTEP food pantry makes the move to Memorial Gym

Catherine Ramirez, Contributor September 25, 2018

The UTEP Food Pantry is expected to move to the concession stand room in Memorial Gym by the end of the month. The food pantry’s new location at Memorial Gym is three times larger than its current site at the Union West building where it has remained...

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Top websites to find your next job

Top websites to find your next job

Oscar Avila, Contributor September 17, 2018

Indeed  Indeed is a job search website that allows people seeking employment to search for available jobs in their cities instantly. Employers can also use the website to post open positions for hire, so it works both ways. First, start by making a...

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Hispanics in computer science supported by $10 million grant

Hispanics in computer science supported by $10 million grant

Andrea Valdez-Rivas, Staff Reporter September 17, 2018

It looks like Hispanic students enrolled in Computer Science at the University of Texas at El Paso had good fortune this semester. UTEP is engaging in a national initiative to increase the number of Hispanic students who want to enroll, participate, and...

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This Matters opens to talk about divisive issues

This Matters opens to talk about divisive issues

Catherine Ramirez, Contributor September 17, 2018

Education, border issues, politics and love are all current and controversial topics that are open for discussion for UTEP students this semester during the This Matters Series. The Student Engagement and Leadership Center presents the This Matters Series,...

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Career Center offering services for students to dress to impress

Career Center offering services for students to dress to impress

Brianna Chavez, Reporter September 17, 2018

The University Career Center and national retail store JCPenney have teamed up to create the UTEP Suit Up Event to help students find clothes for their next business venture. All currently enrolled students can visit the JCPenney at Cielo Vista Mall...

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UTEP celebrates annual "El Grito" ceremony

UTEP celebrates annual “El Grito” ceremony

Sergio Muñoz, Photographer September 14, 2018

The Student Engagement and Leadership Center and Chicano Studies held the annual "El Grito" ceremony celebrating Mexico's Independence on Friday, Sept. 14 at the Union Plaza. Students gathered for a commemoration of the Declaration of Mexican Independence...

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UTEP receives grant to combat sexual violence

UTEP receives grant to combat sexual violence

Catherine Ramirez, Contributor September 11, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded UTEP a grant to help the university respond to sexual assaults and other violent crimes affecting college students on and off campus. In a press release on Wednesday, Aug. 29, the justice department’s Office of...

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UTEP preparing to launch new safety app in the coming weeks

UTEP preparing to launch new safety app in the coming weeks

Samantha Pasillas, Contributor September 11, 2018

With safety as a top priority, UTEP will launch a new app that provides students, faculty, and staff with the constant reassurance of their safety. The UTEP BlueLights app will be a free downloadable application on mobile devices that allows students...

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College of Liberal Arts is hosting a 50th anniversary celebration event with a chance to meet the new Liberal Arts Denis O'Hearn on Sept. 6. at the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.

O’Hearn ready for new beginnings in El Paso

Oscar Avila, Contributor September 6, 2018

This fall semester, the College of Liberal Arts welcomes a new dean, Dr. Denis O’Hearn. Born and raised in Carlsbad, New Mexico, Dr. O’Hearn went around the world before he found his new home in El Paso. “I was a first-generation student, and...

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A search advisory committee comes together to find President Natalicio’s replacement

A search advisory committee comes together to find President Natalicio’s replacement

Brianna Chavez, Reporter September 4, 2018

The University of Texas System announced a search advisory committee has been assembled to help guide the Board of Regents in selecting a new university president for The University of Texas at El Paso. The committee announced on  Aug. 31, consists...

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Humanitarian Crisis at the Border Conference

Humanitarian Crisis at the Border Conference

Aimée Santillán, Contributor September 4, 2018

The Hope Border Institute, in collaboration with UTEP’s Center for Inter-American and Border Studies, the Department of Political Science and the Department of Sociology, will host a teach-in border and immigration issues conference on Sept. 6 at the...

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The Golddiggers perform during the pep rally at the 28th annual Minerpalooza.

Minerpalooza kicks off the fall semester with nostalgia and fist pumps

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 1, 2018

UTEP hosted its 28th annual Minerpalooza to welcome students to the fall semester and kick off a new season of college football. This year’s musical guests included Volta, Orange Calderon, Drake Bell and closing headliner DJ Pauly D. UTEP’s annual...

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