It’s been a tumultuous week in this country. Amidst the headlines over hurricanes and national protests, this article will leave those topics to the pros. Ryan Trahan, a runner at Texas A&M, was recently ruled ineligible to compete due to a YouTube...

Almost one year ago today, I wrote a column about Colin Kaepernick and the stand–or knee–that he was taking in response to his perceived racial inequality and police brutality toward African-Americans in the United States. This was during the Obama...

Sunday’s are all about the NFL. It’s a day to kick back and enjoy some football or get nervous, hoping your team pulls out a win, which can be fun in a strange and ironic way. Unfortunately, this past Sunday the attention around the league was not...

As an avid football fan, I try to follow all facets of the game. From the pro game in the NFL, to college football, to offseason activities such as free agency and the draft. The latter has always interested me because it is a bridge between both college...

On Saturday, my social media feeds were full of talk about the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. This was supposed to be the “fixer” after the debacle that was the Mayweather-McGregor “super fight” a few weeks earlier. Instead,...

Before the 2017 college football season began, Athlon Sports ranked their top–10 head coaches on the hot seat which is another  way to say it’s a make-or-break year for coaches who are fighting for their job. On the list was none other than UTEP’s...

The pay is crap and we are increasingly expected to do more and more, to finish work faster and faster, with less mistakes and more context. The hours suck. Your whole life is literally bound by other people and whatever newsworthy things they do. I’m...

Imagine years from now, a job employer looks into a person’s social media account, takes how many followers they have, reviews all their posts in great detail and uses that to influence whether or not they will be hired. Wake up because that narrative...

Like a paramedic’s duty is to help give immediate care to people, like a construction road worker’s duty is to ensure the safety of the roads, our job as journalists is very clear—we are taught to collect, write and/or distribute news and other...

When President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood  Arrivals program, which protected 800,000 immigrants from  being deported, I finally understood the words Michelle Obama once said. She said that being president doesn’t...

When one walks around the UTEP campus, it would be hard to miss Athletic Director Bob Stull’s fingerprints – for better or worse. Stull announced his retirement last week and it has been a long time coming. The fingerprints of the former football...

UTEP Athletic Director Bob Stull announced his retirement on Thursday, Aug. 31, after holding the position for 18 years. It’s no secret that he has left his mark with the UTEP athletic program forever. From coach to athletic director, he did it all....