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Track and field finishes day three of C-USA championships

Track and field finishes day three of C-USA championships

Mike Flores, Reporter May 14, 2017

After three days of the Conference USA Outdoor championship action at Kidd Field, the UTEP women’s team sits in second place overall with 44 points, only trailing Middle Tennessee State who leads the competition with 47 points. The UTEP women’s...

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UTEP celebrates 2017 graduates

UTEP celebrates 2017 graduates

May 13, 2017

On Saturday about 2,500 students walked down the stage to receive their graduation diploma. The university held three ceremonies throughout out the day to celebrate the different colleges. The commencement ceremonies were held at the Don Haskins Center.

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Recapping day one of the 2017 C-USA track championships

Recapping day one of the 2017 C-USA track championships

Jeremy Carranco, Contributor May 12, 2017

Action in the 2017 Conference-USA men’s and women’s outdoor track championships got underway Thursday afternoon at Kidd Field. This year marks the fourth year UTEP has hosted the outdoor championships since joining Conference-USA in 2006. The...

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Students take a break from finals at Up All Night

Students take a break from finals at Up All Night

May 9, 2017

UTEP’s Division of Student Affairs and Office of Student Life host Up All Night and the Midnight Breakfast on Tuesday, May 9, at Union Building East. Free coffee and donuts were served, students played board games at the Union’s Tomas Rivera Conference...

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At The Drive-In kicks off tour in El Paso

At The Drive-In kicks off tour in El Paso

May 7, 2017

Saturday night, many El Pasoans gathered at the County Coliseum to witness the return of At the Drive-In, the punk-rock band bred from El Paso. The band released their first album in 17 years, “in•ter a•li•a” on May 5, just a day before...

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New pick project brings closures and impacts traffic

New pick project brings closures and impacts traffic

Leslie Sarinana, Entertainment Editor May 5, 2017

Construction crews have begun to erect the "Buried Pick" monuments. Acess points to Interstate 10 will be temporarily closed starting May 5. The left two lanes of the Schuster Avenue off-ramp that lead to the University Avenue roundabout will be barricaded...

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Rock band from Mexico DLD to make EP debut at Neon Desert

Rock band from Mexico DLD to make EP debut at Neon Desert

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter May 5, 2017

Editor’s note: The quotes have been translated from Spanish. DLD, one of the most popular rock bands of Mexico, will make its El Paso debut at this year’s Neon Desert Music Festival, bringing with them their unique musical style. “We are very...

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Minetracks: April in review

Minetracks: April in review

Leslie Sarinana and Adrian Broaddus May 3, 2017

Leslie Sariñana (L) – Entertainment Editor – April has come and gone, but not without leaving us with new music. But new doesn’t necessarily mean good, especially in the case for album releases this month. Even the already successful and big name...

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May the Fourth be with you

May the Fourth be with you

Leslie Sarinana, Entertainment Editor May 2, 2017

May the fourth is with us. For those of you who don’t know what that means, allow me to explain. May 4 is the official/unofficial Star Wars Day. Just a day to celebrate one of the most successful ongoing movie franchises in history. How did this come...

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(From left to right) Raudel Avila, Caitlin Harmon, Eden Klein, Lizette Gutierrez, Ryan Saenz, Ilana Gomez, Kimberly Gonzalez, Samuel Alvidrez, Mayra Rodarte and Andrea Norte.

UTEP’s 2017 top 10 seniors

Rene Delgadillo and Adrian Broaddus May 2, 2017

Mayra Rodarte- theater Rodarte was an officer in the liberal arts honors program and is among one of the first liberal arts ambassadors that UTEP has had. She interned with Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, where she was able to help low-income...

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A guide to Free Comic Book Day in El Paso

Leslie Sarinana, Entertainment Editor May 2, 2017

Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is celebrated every first Saturday of May. It was first created in 2002 by the North American comic book industry in an effort to help get more readers into independent comic book stores. The date was set after Jim Valentino,...

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UTEP Symphony brings ‘Sounds of the Cinema’

UTEP Symphony brings ‘Sounds of the Cinema’

Claudia Flores, Contributor May 2, 2017

Since 2012, the UTEP Symphony Orchestra has dedicated their last concert of the season to classical music featured in films and original scores written for the movies. On May 4, they will be performing the “Sounds of Cinema” at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts...

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