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The Prospector News Weekly October 14th, 2016

October 17, 2016

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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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Th El Paso Chihuahuas played against the Nashville Sounds at the Southwest University Park of July 14th, 2016.

Sounds’ five home runs dominates Chihuahuas

Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor July 15, 2016

After coming back from the all-star break, the Chihuahuas fell big to the Nashville Sounds, 13-3, on Thursday, July 14. The Sounds bashed five home runs in their victory, and ended up to be the most home runs Nashville hit in a game this season. Even...

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally on May 21 at Vado Elementary School in Vado, New Mexico.

Sanders visits Vado before New Mexico primary

Amanda Guillen, Editor-In-Chief May 21, 2016

  As two protestors mocked and insulted the long line of Bernie Sanders supporters, Bertrand Perdomo urged the media and others to focus on the reason they were at Vado Elementary in Vado, NM. “Don’t feed the negativity,” Perdomo...

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Radiohead's newest album, "A Moon Shaped Pool," was released online on May 8. The physical CD will be released May 17.

Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool” is yet another hit for the band

Jose Soto, Entertainment Editor May 12, 2016

Being a Radiohead fan can be complicated. The band is perpetually expanding and changing their sound, from album to album, from track to track. Fans and mere listeners alike can’t cling to expectations when Radiohead drops new music, which is exactly...

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Natalicio named among TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential

Jose Soto and Amanda Guillen April 21, 2016

TIME Magazine named UTEP President Diana Natalicio as one of their 2016 100 Most Influential People In The World on April 21 under the leaders category, among such notables as President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President...

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Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet addresses the crowd at the Tomas Rivera Conference Center on  April 13.

Peace Corps director visits UTEP to announce ranking

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2016

In 1961 Texas Western College (now UTEP) and Rutgers University were the first universities with students who volunteered for the Peace Corps. Now 55 years later, the director of the Peace Corps made her first visit to El Paso and addressed a full crowd...

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Running back TK Powell evades a Louisinana Tech defender. Powell rushed for 150-yards against the Bulldogs.

TK Powell emerges as key weapon for offense

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter April 12, 2016

Once a walk-on football player, to having a break out game with 150-yards: that is the fast-forward journey of sophomore running back TK Powell. This spring, Powell is vying for the second place spot on the depth chart behind standout running back Aaron...

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Melissa Stearns, close friend and P.A.S.S Session leader for Professor Foust, and former student console each other at Richard Foust's memorial service held at UTEP.

History Professor remembered after sudden death

Christian Vasquez, Contributor April 6, 2016

A memorial was held Tuesday in honor of History Professor Richard Foust at the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center where more than 70 students, friends and co-workers came together to share their memories. Foust passed away on March 15 after suffering...

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UTEP alumni Emmanuel Arzate, 26, passed away April 2. Visitation will be held from 4 to 9 p.m., with a Vigil/Rosary to begin at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Sunset Funeral Home Americas, 9521 N. Loop Dr. Funeral Mass will be (time TBA) Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at St. Francis Mother Cabrini Parish,12200 Vista Del Sol Dr. Interment will be private.

Goodbye to a dear friend

Editorial Staff April 5, 2016

Emmanuel Arzate was a friend to The Prospector, he visited the office regularly and interacted with the professional and student staff. His presence will be missed. -Editorial Staff Emmanuel Arzate, or as we all called him Manny, was a class act. I...

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Camel rides, clear skies and friendships.

Camel rides, clear skies and friendships.

Kimberly Valle, Contributor April 5, 2016

I packed my bags and took off with several of my classmates to the hot desert of Merzouga, a small village in Morocco. The ride there was an experience itself, we left the bus station from Meknes at night. Our bus was over an hour late, and we were...

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The journey to the Final Four, Houston edition

Adrian Broaddus April 5, 2016

There is the big dance in college basketball that comes around every March, and this weekend I was given the opportunity to take a sneak peak at the ballroom. The U.S. Basketball Writers Association annually holds a seminar called “Full Court Press,”...

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