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UTEP Students answer funny Valentine’s Day questions

Christopher Zacherl, Multimedia Editor • February 13, 2015

The Prospector wants to know what UTEP students think about Valentine's day so we went out and asked a few students some fun questions. [youtube id="kRr0IdfS6r8"]

Miners break streak, beat FIU

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter • February 7, 2015

The Miners got that six game loosing streak out of the way as they won 72-56 against FIU. The Miners managed to beat FIU in every stage of the game early on and cruised to the win. “The important thing is that our team recognized that we have...

Miners lose sixth straight

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter • February 5, 2015

After a close game at home, the Miners dropped their sixth game in succession tonight at the Haskins Center 68-63 against Florida Atlantic University. The Miners now find themselves with a tough road ahead as they are 3-7 in conference. The Lady...

Tom Brady: Alone in the discussion for the best of all time

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter • February 3, 2015

The Patriots won their fourth Super Bowl after a 10-year drought, and a familiar face was once again the MVP. Tom Brady lifted the Lombardy trophy for the fourth time in his record sixth time at the biggest stage of all. The California native, and...

Softball kicks off season at the Kajikawa Tournament

Jason Green, Staff Reporter • February 3, 2015

The UTEP softball team will begin their 2015 campaign when they travel to Tempe, Arizona, for the Kajikawa Tournament at Arizona State University. Last season the team struggled in their first 10 early-season tournament games—winning only one against...

Miners shoot past Middle Tennessee

Luis Gonzalez, Sports Editor • January 31, 2015

The UTEP men’s basketball team had a historic shooting night on the way to their 14th win of the season. The Miners missed only four of their 16 three-point shots and beat the visiting Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders by a final of 83-70. The 75%...

El Chisme Season 2, Episode 2

January 30, 2015

Welcome to second season of El Chisme, where we talk about anything and everything. This episode the Prospector staff discusses SuperBowl Sunday, Obama's two year college plan, and the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa.

Miners come back, beat UAB

Luis Gonzalez, Sports Editor • January 29, 2015

[youtube id="rQYGrwvKdl0&list=UUNxszVW4WLijFuckOuLc2Lg" autoplay="yes"] UTEP caught up, got a comfortable lead and then hung on to win, all in the final five minutes of play as they beat UAB on the floor of the Don Haskins Center...

The Prospector’s Monday Night Playlist

January 26, 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 of the night. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional...

Miners put forth valiant effort against #24 Western Kentucky

Jason, Green • January 22, 2015

After Thursday night’s game, Coach Keitha Adams told the assembled press that she was very proud of her teams’ effort. The 1,000 or so fans who braved the El Paso snow to support the Miners saw two very well coached teams battle until the very end....

UTEP track and field begins season at the Lobo Collegiate Open

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter • January 20, 2015

The UTEP track team is preparing for the Lobo Collegiate Open to take place in Albuquerque, N.M. on Jan. 24. This will be the first meet of the spring season. The Miners are looking to get off on the right foot in hopes of reproducing the kind of success...

Miners outrebounded when it counts, lose to UTSA

Jason Green, Staff Reporter • January 17, 2015

Following a big win on the road at Southern Mississippi without head coach Keitha Adams, because of emergency oral surgery, it seemed like the Miners were primed to put up big numbers against UT-San Antonio. That proved to not be the case, even with...

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