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Assayer of Student Opinion.

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Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Day without immigrants and without El Pasoans

Grecia Sanchez, Reporter February 18, 2017

The day without immigrants brought national attention as a boycott from U.S. citizens was held all day Thursday. Several employers closed their businesses and children throughout the nation did not attend school. Despite these facts, El Paso kept itself...

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Women's basketball slips despite Taylor's success

Women’s basketball slips despite Taylor’s success

Mike Flores, Reporter February 17, 2017

UTEP’s senior leader Sparkle Taylor refused for her team to lose their fifth straight game with her career-best 34 points, but her efforts were not enough as the Miners fell 76-69 to North Texas on Thursday. The bleeding for UTEP (6-19, 3-10...

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Discretion to Deny: a report explaining the negative experiences along the U.S./ Mexico border

Discretion to Deny: a report explaining the negative experiences along the U.S./ Mexico border

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter February 15, 2017

This Wednesday the El Paso-based Borderland Immigration Council presented a report named "Discretion to Deny: Family Separation, Prolonged Detention, and Deterrence of Asylum Seekers at the hands of Immigration Authorities along the U.S. -Mexico Border". This...

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NFL Combine invites two Miners

NFL Combine invites two Miners

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor February 15, 2017

Former Miners Aaron Jones and Hayden Plinke got the call they had been waiting all off-season for as they were both selected to partake in the NFL Scouting Comine from Feb. 28-March 4 in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the Combine, players from all over...

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El Pasoans unite against Governor Abbott

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor February 14, 2017

Governor Greg Abbott is visiting El Paso as a guest speaker of the El Paso Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Dinner, and several El Paso organizations are uniting outside of the fundraiser to protest Abbott’s political stances. The protest, El...

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Miners to compete in ACHA Western Regional Tournament

Miners to compete in ACHA Western Regional Tournament

Jerremy Caranco, Contributor February 14, 2017

The season for the Miners hockey club is not over yet. Today the UTEP Miners (30-3) heard the news that they drew the No. 7 seed of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Western Regional Tournament. The tournament will be played in Greenly,...

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Young Democratic Socialists define socialism on the border

Young Democratic Socialists define socialism on the border

Michaela Román, Editor in Chief February 14, 2017

When the 2016 presidential elections came to a close, over two million millennials—those under the age of 30—voted for Bernie Sanders. Statistics from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement concluded this was more...

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Trump proposes repeal of Johnson Amendment

Trump proposes repeal of Johnson Amendment

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor February 14, 2017

While President Donald Trump plans to construct a wall between Mexico and America’s border, he has also begun to talk about breaking down the walls between church and state. The Johnson Amendment has been recently questioned and there is talk about...

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Randi Zuckerberg to make a stop on campus

Randi Zuckerberg to make a stop on campus

Jason Green February 14, 2017

New York Times best-selling author, Harvard graduate, Emmy-nominated television anchor, early Facebook marketing manager and current media mogul, Randi Zuckerberg, will be speaking on campus at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the Undergraduate Learning Center,...

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Associate professor of statistics, Amy Wagler is making efforts to get more students involved in the Frontera Land Alliance.

Statistics professor works to preserve land

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter February 14, 2017

Seven hundred miles away from her birthplace, associate professor of statistics, Amy Wagler, found the city and university she now calls home. Wagler has taught at UTEP for more than eight years.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics at...

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Predictions, hopes and wishes for Neon Desert 2017

Predictions, hopes and wishes for Neon Desert 2017

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor February 14, 2017

Ladies get out your extremely outdated flower crowns, and gentlemen grab your “authentic” NBA throwback jerseys—because Neon Desert 2017 music festival is back.  Last year, when the lineup for the music festival leaked, locals went on all social...

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UTEP Cello professor Zuill Bailey took home two Grammy awards on Feb. 12.

UTEP professor Zuill Bailey wins at the Grammys

Leslie Sarinana, Entertainment Editor February 14, 2017

UTEP cello professor and artistic director of El Paso Pro-Musica, Zuill Bailey, won two Grammy awards for his work in classical music. Bailey was nominated for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for his performance of “Tales of Hemingway” and for Best...

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