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Binge drinking a real danger for college students

Binge drinking a real danger for college students

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter April 1, 2014

Each year, an estimated 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related injuries, according to the National Institution of Health (NIH). Many alcohol-related deaths are unintentional and associated with the phenomenon of...

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Senior dance major Maira Montes practices her dance skills outside of school. She also teaches lessons in her spare time.

Students dance their way to a healthier life

Amber Gomez, Staff Reporter April 1, 2014

Leaping across the stage with grace and agility, these performers will leave you in awe of the talent they bring forth. Students who are pursuing dancing as a major are preparing to become performers or choreographers. They will spend hours rehearsing...

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Athletes go through many hours of conditioning before being ready to compete.

Trainers crucial for student athletes

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter April 1, 2014

Besides the occasional student-athlete in class or the occasional football or basketball game that students attend, most do not know the amount of training student-athletes have to dedicate themselves to, other than the actual strength coaches. Assistant...

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UTEP takes down Washington, moves on to WNIT Final Four

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter March 31, 2014

In front of a record setting crowd of 10,227 fans, the UTEP Miners women’s basketball team defeated the Washington Huskies 70-63 to advance to women’s NIT final four. Seniors forward Kayla Thornton and center Kristine Vitola both contributed double-doubles...

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Kelli Willingham attempts a layup up over Buffs defender Arielle Roberson.

UTEP takes down Colorado 68-60 to advance to WNIT quarterfinals

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter March 28, 2014

Led by the winningest class in program’s history, the UTEP Miners came out firing in all cylinders as they secured their spot in the WNIT quarterfinals. The magnitude of the spirit, intensity and home crowd all contributed UTEP’s 68-60 over the...

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Ann Weeby, an Iraq veteran with the Michigan Army National Guard and senior business developer for Goodwill in San Francisco, plants a U.S. flags across the National Mall to represent veterans who committed suicide over the last year.

U.S. flags planted on National Mall to represent veteran suicides

Alejandro Alba, SHFWire reporter March 27, 2014

WASHINGTON – As he helped plant some of the 1,892 U.S. flags across the National Mall, David Curry remembered his fellow Marine and friend, Jonathan Schulze. Seven years ago, Schulze committed suicide after returning from war. He was unable to get...

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Candidate Wendy Davis talks equal pay at Café Mayapan

Jasmine Aguilera and Maria Esquinca March 26, 2014

Gubernatorial candidate Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, spent Wednesday morning speaking to media and volunteers at Café Mayapan, in El Paso, Texas. She focused her discussion on gender and economic equality. El Paso Sen. Jose Rodriguez...

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UTEP prepares for César Chavez Day

UTEP prepares for César Chavez Day

¡Si Se Puede! was a defining and defying cry of the United Farm Workers. The cry, potent with its emblematic power, is still used and heard today. The slogan was adopted during President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and was translated...

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Estudiantes se mustran a favor de la paz en Venezuela el 20 de febrero.

Impacto de protestas Venenzolanas afecta a estudiantes

Cassandra Adame, Staff Reporter March 25, 2014

Conflictos civiles en Venezuela son difíciles de comparar frente a manifestaciones más pacíficas, como las de César Chávez en Estados Unidos. Sumando sus particularidades, estas se pueden retroalimentar una de la otra. Medios de comunicación...

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The“10 Squared: 100 Artists Celebrate the Centennial” exhibition will open on March 27 and continue until April 26 at the Rubin Center. Open house will take place from 4-7 p.m. on April 10.

Rubin Center to showcase 100 artists for 100 years of UTEP history

Lesly Limon, Staff Reporter March 25, 2014

The Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts and the Department of Art have joined in the centennial celebration by inviting 100 artists to be featured in this one-of-kind Project Space exhibition. Local artists, past and current faculty...

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Learning to cope with adversity

Learning to cope with adversity

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter March 25, 2014

It goes without saying that the 2013-14 season was a crazy one for the UTEP men’s basketball team. They have gone through any and every situation and in no sense of the word has their season been a typical one. “We overcame a lot of things,”...

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Thornton finishes as the best in school's history

Thornton finishes as the best in school’s history

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter March 25, 2014

Players come and go—it’s a cyclical process that happens every four years in collegiate sports. There are fan favorites and good players that come along, but senior forward Kayla Thornton is one of those players who comes along once in a lifetime. “It’s...

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