The Prospector

Thomas and Taylor named C-USA Players of the Week

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor • February 20, 2017

Forward Paul Thomas of the men's basketball team and guard Sparkle Taylor of the women's basketball team both were named Conference USA Players of the Week for their respective leagues. Taylor made history for the Miners as she scored 34 points against...

UTEP women lose single digit affair to Rice

Jason Green, Sports Editor • February 18, 2017

As the UTEP women’s basketball team watches their season come down to crunch time, the Miners lost another single digit game to an opponent above them in the tight Conference-USA standings on Saturday. The Rice Owls left the Don Haskins Center with...

Han lights up Haskins while Felix falls in Top Rank Boxing night

Mike Flores, Reporter • February 18, 2017

Top Rank Boxing brought the dynamic duo, of the Mexican star Jose Felix, Jr. and World Champion Jennifer Han, to the Don Haskins Center on Friday night. However, only one of the boxers came out victorious. The main event, which was the only nationally...

‘Roe’ of Roe V. Wade has died

Leslie Sariñana, Entertainment Editor • February 18, 2017

Norma McCorvey, the force behind the historical Roe V. Wade Supreme Court ruling, which legalized abortion in the U.S. in 1973, has died at 69-years-old. McCorvey is better known as Jane Roe, the pseudonym she used to remain anonymous during the trial....

Does size matter?

Andres Martinez, Multimedia Editor • February 18, 2017

UTEP students give their opinion on whether size matters or not.

UTEP professor wins early American literature prize

Mike Flores, Reporter • February 18, 2017

Robert Gunn, an associate professor of English at UTEP, was awarded the Early American Literature Book Prize for 2016 for his book “Ethnology and Empire: Languages, Literature, and the Making of the North American Borderlands”. “On a personal...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...