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Brian Winter editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly held a panel discussion on Washington and the Future of the U.S.-Mexico Border at the Mills building on Thursday, June 8.

Americas Quarterly Magazine hosts panel on border future

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor June 8, 2017

Independent publication, Americas Quarterly Magazine, hosted a discussion regarding the future of the U.S.-Mexico Border on Thursday, June 8, at the Mills Building in downtown El Paso. The panel of experts included Economic Counselor for the Embassy...

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Amusan advances to 100-meter hurdles final for second straight season

Amusan advances to 100-meter hurdles final for second straight season

Jeremy Carranco, Contributor June 8, 2017

The women’s competition kicked off the second day of 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday in Eugene, Oregon. UTEP sophomore Tobi Amusan clocked the fastest qualifying time (12.79) of the 100-m hurdles semifinals event to win...

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Freshmen win heats, relay team eliminated in NCAA Championships

Freshmen win heats, relay team eliminated in NCAA Championships

Jeremy Carranco, Contributor June 7, 2017

Amid great individual performances for the Miners, the men’s competition kicked off the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon. UTEP Freshmen Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni won both of their heats in the...

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Editor’s picks: Netflix binge watching

Editor's note: Here at The Prospector we rarely find ourselves with down time and we rarely find time to even breathe. However, these past few weeks in between the spring and the summer semester have been slower than we’re used to. We’ve resorted...

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Hip-hop artist B.o.B to perform in the Sun City

Hip-hop artist B.o.B to perform in the Sun City

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief June 7, 2017

Coming off his fourth studio album, "Ether," B.o.B annouced "The Elements Tour," which will include a stop at the El Paso County Coliseum on Tuesday, July 18. The tour is set to hit 34 cities throughout the nation beginning on Thursday, June 8, in...

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Sun City Music Fest releases lineup

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor June 7, 2017

Labor day weekend has come to mean one thing for music enthusiasts and electronic music lovers in El Paso: Sun City Music Festival. This year the festival will be held at Ascarate Park on Sept. 2 and 3. The lineup for this year’s iteration of...

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UTEP names new women’s tennis coach

Mike Flores, Sports Editor June 6, 2017

UTEP women’s tennis hired former New Mexico State head coach, Ivan Fernandez to take over as head coach. Fernandez ran the show for the Aggies for seven years, which included four consecutive berths in the Western Athletic Conference championship...

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Four UTEP Track and Field members earn regional awards

Four UTEP Track and Field members earn regional awards

Mike Flores, Sports Editor June 6, 2017

UTEP’s standout freshman Emmanuel Korir, was named male Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year, while Tobi Amusan took home the female Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year. Both the men’s and women’s assistant coaches for UTEP, Paul Ereng...

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Miike Snow brings electro indie set to Tricky Falls

Miike Snow brings electro indie set to Tricky Falls

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief June 6, 2017

Remember back in 2009 when the indie rock craze skyrocketed in the music world? The XX had just launched their debut album and had every hipster wearing skinny jeans, rocking a striped t-shirt and listening to "Islands." Phoenix stole the indie spotlight...

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Reviewing MLB's most surprising teams after first two months

Reviewing MLB’s most surprising teams after first two months

Jeremy Carranco, Contributor June 5, 2017

With the first-quarter of the 2017 Major League Baseball season in the books, teams from both the National League and American League have provided baseball fans with excitement and some interesting developments in the young season. Surprising National...

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The audience at NDMF 2017 during Baauer's performance.

Relive Neon Desert 2017

June 4, 2017

[arve url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X3YtZ7Altpc" /] Neon Desert Musical Festival 2017 saw over 40,000 attendees across two sold out days Memorial Day weekend. The lineup included Hardwell, Foster the People, J Balvin, Migos, Alesso, Logic, Nelly,...

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Pride Month will be celebrating its 12th year in El Paso.

El Paso celebrates the 10th annual Pride Fest

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor June 4, 2017

The El Paso Sun City Pride Organization hosted the 10th annual El Paso Pride Festival parade on Saturday. The parade is held in June every year as it is LGBTQ pride month. The festival consisted of various of events starting Thursday, May 25 to Sunday,...

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