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Protesters gather outside of Rep. Hurd's office.

Immigration advocates rally outside of Rep. Will Hurd’s office

Grecia Sanchez, Reporter October 20, 2017

Immigration advocates and members of the student organization Soñando Juntos’ organized a rally today outside of Rep. Will Hurd's offices. After two legislative visits where Hurd was present, advocates say that Hurd needs to support a clean Dream...

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El Paso Film Commission gets new film commission coordinator

El Paso Film Commission gets new film commission coordinator

Brianna Chavez, Contributor October 20, 2017

Destination El Paso has announced a new film commissioner. The El Paso Film Commission has named Drew Mayer-Oakes Film Commission Coordinator for the Visit El Paso division. Mayer-Oakes will assist the Film Commissioner with developing, marketing,...

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Miners snap four-game skid with 2-0 shutout of Marshall

Miners snap four-game skid with 2-0 shutout of Marshall

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor October 19, 2017

Freshman Anna Jimmerson scored in the 12th minute of play and sophomore Aylin Villalobos added a goal in the 76th minute to help the UTEP women’s soccer team snap a four-game losing streak, shutting out Marshall 2-0 on “Senior Night” at University...

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Annual heel walk raises $82,000 for local YWCA

Annual heel walk raises $82,000 for local YWCA

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor October 19, 2017

Hundreds of men participated in the annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" fundraising event on Thursday, October 19 at San Jacinto Plaza. The funds will support local YWCA programs and services for survivors of domestic violence and family assault. The...

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Crystal Castles pack Tricky Falls for frenetic show

Crystal Castles pack Tricky Falls for frenetic show

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor October 19, 2017

Staying true to their reputation of frenetic and chaotic live shows, Canadian electro pop duo Crystal Castles rumbled through a lengthy set in front of a packed house at Tricky Falls on Wednesday. Founding member and producer Ethan Kath played...

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Lily Downs

Lily Downs named C-USA women’s golfer of the week

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor October 18, 2017

UTEP's Lily Downs has been named Conference USA women’s golfer of the week, the league office announced Wednesday evening. The junior earned back-to-back top-five showings to grab her first weekly nod of the season. First, she penned a 2-over...

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Members of El Paso police department at the memorial service held on Tuesday October 17th at the Chavez Theater to honor the memory of Texas Tech University police officer and El Paso Native  Floyd East Jr.

El Paso community remembers fallen Texas Tech police officer

Claudia Flores, Reporter October 17, 2017

Family, friends and members of the Texas Tech and El Paso communities gathered to celebrate the life of Floyd East Jr., El Paso native and Texas Tech University police officer. On the night of October 9, East was shot in the head by 19-year-old Texas...

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‘Me Too’ viral campaign unites victims of sexual misconduct

Leslie Sarinana, Copy Editor October 17, 2017

Following the recent sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, a movement of women using the hashtag “MeToo” to speak out about their sexual assault has gone viral. The campaign went viral after actress Alyssa Milano tweeted...

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Cuban poet, translator give poetry reading

Cuban poet, translator give poetry reading

Brianna Chavez, Contributor October 17, 2017

The Department of Creative Writing held a bilingual poetry reading Tuesday night with Cuban poet Victor Rodríguez Núñez and award-winning translator Katherine Hedeen. Núñez is also a journalist, literary critic and scholar who has published up to...

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Mike Price coached at UTEP for nine years before returning as interim coach in 2017.

Top memorable moments in Price’s coaching history

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 16, 2017

Interim head coach Mike Price is now embarking on his third week with the Miners, and although he hasn’t helped the team record a win, he has helped the team regroup from the departure of former head coach Sean Kugler and grow more as a team. Before...

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“The Addams Family” will run from Oct. 18-22, Oct. 25-29 and Nov. 1-5.

Comedic variety and notable performances make ‘The Addams Family’ shine

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor October 16, 2017

Despite the themes of “darkness, grief and unspeakable sorrow” that Morticia Addams mentions during a scene with her husband Gomez, the UTEP Dinner Theatre’s rendition of “The Addams Family” musical dazzles thanks to its commitment to comedy...

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Kaedama is crowdsourcing the opening of their first location through Kickstarter.

Kaedama looks to expand on ramen success story

Elenie Gonzalez, Staff Reporter October 16, 2017

It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Saturday night and multiple cars begin pulling into an empty parking lot across the street from the Monarch and Prickly Elder bars on Rio Grande Avenue just off Mesa Street–except people are not going to the bars. Instead, they...

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