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The UTEP Miners Woman's soccer team played against the NMSU Aggies at the University Field on August 19, 2016.

UTEP Soccer Blanks Aggies 5-0 to Start Season

Jason Green, Reporter August 19, 2016

The UTEP Women’s Soccer team started out slowly on Friday night against the visiting New Mexico State Aggies. Perhaps it was jitters owed to the first game of the season. Or, perhaps it was merely a courtesy to the last of the record breaking 1,724...

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Mexican boxer wins country’s first medal of Rio

Rene Delgadillo, Reporter August 15, 2016

Mexico's boxer Misael ‘Chino’ Rodríguez Olivas from Parral, Chihuahua, has secured Mexico’s first medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after winning his fight against Egyptian Hosam Abdin. His victory, to most, comes as an upset victory for...

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Tricky Falls celebrates five years

Tricky Falls celebrates five years

Eric Vasquez, Entertainment Editor August 15, 2016

Tricky Falls is heading into their fifth year of bringing live music to El Paso street. This Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20 Tricky Falls will team up with Electric Social Records for an anniversary show. With close to 30 local artists, the lineup...

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Offense shows promise during final scrimmage in Ruidoso

Offense shows promise during final scrimmage in Ruidoso

Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor August 14, 2016

RUIDOSO, N.M.— While the first scrimmage was dominated by the defense on Aug. 9, the second scrimmage for the Miners' football team featured more positive play on the offensive side on Sunday, Aug. 14. The squad wrapped up their summer camp in Ruidoso,...

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Why the Trump train won't stop come November

Why the Trump train won’t stop come November

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor August 12, 2016

We have 87 days until we vote for the most powerful person in the world. Trump’s polls rise and fall depending on whether he acts like an adult, or calls someone a loser. Meanwhile, Hillary presents herself as the anti-Trump and hopes the Trump train...

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Mexican gymnast body shamed at Rio 2016 Olympics

Mexican gymnast body shamed at Rio 2016 Olympics

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter August 12, 2016

Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno has been body shamed for her physical appearance at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Social media users were tweeting that Moreno needed a diet while others were calling her a “pig” all due to her weight. Another Twitter...

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UTEP will play New Mexico State at UTEP on August 19th

UTEP soccer shows hopeful insight on media day

Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor August 10, 2016

Nearly a week until they kick off their 2016 fall season, the UTEP women’s soccer team addressed the media on Wednesday, Aug. 10, with eagerness to start their campaign. The squad kicks off their non-conference schedule at home on Friday, Aug....

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Newest music from bands you forgot about

Newest music from bands you forgot about

Eric Vasquez, Entertainment Editor August 9, 2016

These days the music industry pumps such a continuous flow of new music that even the hippest of hipsters can have trouble keeping up. To stay off your phone for a day is to risk falling behind on the latest album release, the fire mixtape or the dopest...

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'RAD! TV' brings television to the stage with original work by kids

‘RAD! TV’ brings television to the stage with original work by kids

Special to The Prospector August 8, 2016

You don’t need to watch Saturday night TV for entertainment when you can come see “RAD! TV” performed by kids at El Paso KIDS-N-CO. “RAD! TV” starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at First Presbyterian Church, 1340 Murchison. Tickets are $7...

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Zita Arocha on stage at the 2016 NAB/NAHJ national convention as she is inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Arocha inducted into NAHJ Hall of Fame

Rene Delgadillo, Reporter August 6, 2016

UTEP senior lecturer Zita Arocha was inducted to the NAHJ 2016 Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 5, for her journalism career and for serving Hispanic and Latino students. “I think it is a huge honor for UTEP because it really focuses attention on what...

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Boarder City Game Convention attendees play a zombie board game the second day of the convention.

Meeple Game Society hosts first gaming convention

Gaby Velasquez, Staff Photographer August 4, 2016

The Meeple Board Game society, a gaming club at UTEP, held the very first Boarder City Game Convention from July 29 - 31 at the Tomás Rivera Conference Center. The club’s co-founder Rogelio Long, a doctoral student in computational science, said...

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Frank Ocean: a look to 'Boys Don't Cry' and reliving the past

Frank Ocean: a look to ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ and reliving the past

Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor August 3, 2016

After four long years of storied rumors, empty promises, misguided dates and grueling anticipation, the wait for Frank Ocean’s sophomore album is over. It is expected that R&B artist Frank Ocean will release his new project, “Boys Don’t...

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