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UTEP senior wide receiver Justin Garret reels in a pass in pregame warmups versus Charlotte Oct 24.

UTEP football fails to overcome turnovers, fall on road to Charlotte 38-28

Michael Cuviello, Sports Editor October 24, 2020

Despite solid defensive play, the UTEP Miners could not overcome costly turnovers and mistakes as they fell on the road to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 49ers 39-28.   For the game, the Miners had more first downs and total offensive...

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El Paso Locomotive Midfielder Louis Herrera looks for an opportunity of the first goal of the night at Southwest University Park, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.

El Paso Locomotive 2020 season comes to an end

Heriberto Perez, Reporter October 24, 2020

The Locomotive lost its second consecutive  Western Conference Final in its quest for a  USL Championship, falling short to the Phoenix Rising in its match's penalties phase. For the third game in a row, El Paso overcame the extra time and went to a...

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El Paso Locomotive Forward Omar Salgado runs against a member of Real Monarchs at Southwest University Park, Saturday, Sept. 19.

El Paso Locomotive look to reach the USL Championship final

Heriberto Perez, Reporter October 24, 2020

Tonight the El Paso Locomotive will try to enter its first USL Championship final in its second season of existence. The Locos will now face the second-best team of the Western Conference, the Phoenix Rising FC.   The Locomotive comes into the final...

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Sexual Harassment. It is unlawful to harass a person because of that person's sex. Women from the music industry have spoken up about their experiences.

Musicians call out misogyny, abuse in the music industry

Daniela Ramos, Contributor October 22, 2020

Misogyny and sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry isn’t anything new. From the Harvey Weinstein scandal to Kesha’s legal battle with Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, or “Dr. Luke,” women in the entertainment and music industry have always...

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cSETR Aeronautics and Defense Division supports the research and development of unmanned aerial systems, missile systems, and hypersonic technologies.

UTEP’s Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research provides opportunities

Pablo Gallegos, Contributor October 21, 2020

UTEP's Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research (cSETR) provides top academic knowledge to engineering students at the university who are looking to enter the world of aerospace and exploration. The center funded by National Aeronautics...

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El Paso has seen record-high novel coronavirus infections over the last few days.

My mother almost died of COVID-19. El Paso needs to do better.

Sasha Minjarez, Contributor October 21, 2020

The numbers show that El Paso has one of the highest rates of new COVID-19 infections in the country and that makes me feel so disappointed and angry, but it doesn't surprise me at all. My mom got COVID-19 after a coworker of hers went to work knowing...

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UTEP’s ADA parking fee for the 2019-2020 school year cost $500 and $250 fee for employees and students respectively.

Group says UTEP’s disabled parking costs too much. Official says that’s ‘misleading’

Isaiah Ramirez, Staff Reporter October 21, 2020

An online petition by the Texas State Employees Union (TSEU) is asking UTEP  to make its Americans with Disabilities Act (ACA) parking spaces on campus free of charge for individuals with disabilities. As of Oct. 19, the “UTEP: Reverse Exclusionary...

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UTEP sophomore wide receiver Jacob Cowing looks in a pass versus Louisiana Tech Oct. 10.

UTEP football to take on Charlotte if COVID permits

Michael Cuviello, Sports Editor October 21, 2020

Coming off its first postponement of the season, the UTEP Miners are scheduled to travel to the University of Charlotte at North Carolina to take on the 49ers Saturday, Oct. 24.  Both teams had its games postponed this past weekend due to COVID-19...

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UTEP junior Karoline Daland  competes in Lori Fitzgerald Cross Country meet in El  Paso  Sept 13, 2019.

UTEP cross country runs its second event of the year at the OSU Invitational

Heriberto Perez, Reporter October 21, 2020

The UTEP cross country team had its second meet of the shortened season at the 2020 OSU invitational hosted in Stillwater, Oklahoma, at the OSU Cross Country Course. The last time UTEP competed was at the Cowboy Jamboree two weeks ago at the same...

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According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, green energy is "electricity produced from solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, eligible biomass, and low-impact small hydroelectric sources."

Entrepreneurship challenge promotes green energy, sustainability

Isaiah Ramirez, Staff Reporter October 19, 2020

A new grant-funded initiative at UTEP is set to promote sustainability, green energy and entrepreneurship — all at the same time. The “Green Energy Entrepreneurship Challenge” is a three-day bootcamp that will consist of a green energy busines...

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Edgar Picazo prepping a LosDos mural in gallery before shipping to Netherlands exhibition.

Rubin Center Community Curator aims to bring opportunities for UTEP artists

Exodis Ward, Staff Reporter October 19, 2020
The Rubin center’s community curator, Ramon Cardenas has plenty of hands-on experience in the art world. He ran his own commercial screen-printing company, Maintain Studio. 
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La Migra (“The Border Patrol”) and La Estrella (“The Star”) are playing cards found in the El Paso-themed version of the famous Mexican board game lotería.

El Paso-themed lotería game encourages the city to vote

Anahy Diaz, Copy Editor October 19, 2020
"Votería", by the El Paso Equal Voice Network (EVN), is striving to bridge the gap between voters and politics  by bringing local issues to the table. The card game replaces traditional lotería images like La Dama (“The Lady”) or El Catrin (“The Gentleman”) with La Obrera (“The Worker”) or El Chuco (“The Chuco”), that relate to El Paso’s culture, history and issues. 
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