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Sunset Heights Block Party to celebrate eighth year

Sunset Heights Block Party to celebrate eighth year

Jose Soto, Entertainment Editor October 22, 2015

There seems to be the constant questioning about what there actually is to do in El Paso. To answer that, you don’t have to look too far from one of the most historical neighborhoods in the city. The Sunset Heights Block Party, which was become an annual...

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Freshman philosophy major Jorge Martinez poses as a student struggling from tuition increase.

UT System board authorizes possible tuition increase

Luis Gonzalez, Editor in Chief October 20, 2015

A raise in what UTEP students pay each year for classes may be on the horizon. The UT System Board of Regents authorized all of its institutions to construct and present proposals for increasing tuition and fees for the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years. Tuition...

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Fiesta Juárez concluye con éxito en ciudad fronteriza

Fiesta Juárez concluye con éxito en ciudad fronteriza

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter October 20, 2015

Con un conjunto de juegos mecánicos, antojitos típicos mexicanos, exposiciones, y mucha diversión, la feria de Ciudad Juárez, denominada como “Fiesta Juárez”, resulto ser todo un éxito para la comunidad fronteriza. Con la misión de mejorar...

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UTEP men’s basketball head coach Tim Floyd instructs freshman guard Tedric Johnson during a Monday practice.

Men’s basketball ready to excite in Orange and White Scrimmage

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor October 20, 2015

This Saturday, Oct. 24, the UTEP men’s basketball team will present itself to their El Paso fan base for the first time this season in their annual Orange and White scrimmage at the Don Haskins Center. With an offseason that has drawn plenty of headlines...

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The Prospector’s Monday Night Playlist

Jose Soto, Entertainment Editor October 19, 2015

Every Tuesday, The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional shout-match,...

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UTEP students protest Senate Bill 11 at Leech Grove on Monday, Oct. 19.

Students, faculty and staff protest Campus Carry

Maria Esquinca, Managing Editor October 19, 2015

Around 40 UTEP students, faculty and staff, listen to Sarah Walker at an Anti-Campus Carry Rally on Monday, Oct. 19, at Leech Groove, as she reads the names of 52 schools where shootings have occurred in the past year. Walker, a senior English...

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Sicario was released in the U.S. on Oct. 2nd and is scheduled to be released in Mexico in December of this year.

‘Sicario’ and the burden of the silver screen

Luis Gonzalez, Editor in Chief October 13, 2015

As a convoy of United States federal agents heads east on the Border Highway in El Paso, one agent turns to the other and says, “There she is, the beast,” as they look at the city on the other side of the border. The movie “Sicario,” from director...

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‘Sicario’ delivers gruesome reality

‘Sicario’ delivers gruesome reality

Jose Soto, Entertainment Editor October 13, 2015

Although it’s been out for over a week, “Sicario” continues to conjure up a roiling mix of opinion and emotion. The star-studded film has been the matter of conversation from Ciudad Juárez Mayor Enrique Serrano, asking Juarenses to refrain from...

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The UTEP football team is heading into their bye week after a 52-12 loss to the FIU Panthers in Miami this past Saturday.

Miners head into much needed bye week

Adrian Broaddus, Staff Reporter October 13, 2015

Following back-to-back grueling losses to the University of Texas at San Antonio and Florida International University, respectively, the UTEP football team finds themselves in a desperate rebuilding mode entering week seven of the season. Falling to 2-4...

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The Prospector’s Monday Night Playlist

October 12, 2015

Every Tuesday The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional shout-match,...

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Members of UTEP's Unite  for Reproductive & Gender Equity.

URGE to fight for equity

Valeria Terrazas, Contributor October 8, 2015

A new organization, Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE), has arrived on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso and is looking for students to join their organization. URGE’s goal is to educate and get young people involved in...

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KEEP UTEP BEAUTIFUL!

KEEP UTEP BEAUTIFUL!

Prospector Staff October 8, 2015

The Center for Environmental Resource Management invites the UTEP community to Adopt A Landscape and help keep the UTEP campus beautiful by claiming your patch of land and pulling weeds. Find out how at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 at Leech Grove. A...

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