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Oil Paintings by Rebecca

March 5, 2014

My name is Rebecca Nicole Guerrero, I'm 21 years old and I'm from El Paso, Texas. I'm an organizational and corporate communications major. These are four examples of my work. They are all oil paintings on a canvas panel, which are part of a bigger...

Details for submission

March 4, 2014

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off of our souls,” Pablo Picasso. The Prospector Daily is proud to welcome The Tavern, a section dedicated to works of fiction, poetry, photography, design, music and all other original pieces...

Miners close home schedule with win over UTSA

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • February 26, 2014

In an emotional senior night, the UTEP women’s basketball team defeated the Texas San Antonio Roadrunners 78-65 at the Don Haskins Center. Tonight’s game was the last regular season home game for seniors, forward Kayla Thornton, center Kristine Vitola...

Hope for Texas marriage equality

S. David Ramirez, Staff Reporter • February 26, 2014

5:13-cv-00982 #73. This amalgamated alphabet soup may seem like just a blind mix, but for LGBTQIA advocates in Texas, this represents the newest hope to see gay marriage in the Lone Star state. Today, a federal court ruled that the state’s constitutional...

Women’s track and field aiming for solid performance

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • February 25, 2014

While the UTEP men are heavily favored to win the conference championship. The women’s track and field team is in a very competitive field of schools and individual opponents. With defending indoor champion Central Florida gone, the winner’s circle...

Victories give tennis team a boost before road games

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • February 25, 2014

This past weekend the UTEP tennis team went 2-1 in their last home stand until late March. The Miners came up short on Feb. 22 against the Abilene Christian Wildcats, losing 5-2, but bounced back on Feb. 23 against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles...

Challenging week ahead for Miners

Edwin Delgado, Sports Editor • February 25, 2014

The UTEP softball team will have a challenging week, as they will take on nationally ranked Arizona and Washington, in addition to Pacific, San Jose State and Cal State Bakersfield. After a rough 1-9 start to their season, UTEP claimed five-straight...

El Chisme – Episode 5

Editorial staff • February 17, 2014

Welcome to “El Chisme,” a weekly show hosted by our staff where we discuss anything you can think of. This week we discuss: Coca-Cola's "controversial" Superbowl commercial Dylan Farrow's accusations against her former step-father, Woody...

Bortley late three-pointer holds off Miners late rally

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter • February 13, 2014

The wavelength of emotions went from unmitigated jubilance when junior guard C.J. Cooper hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 12 seconds remaining to a shocked, collapsed feeling of heartbreak when Florida Atlantic’s freshman guard Marquan Botley hit...

Boehner takes more heat on immigration reform comments and inaction

Aaron Montes, Hispanic Link Reporter • February 13, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the Republican Party are getting an earful from Democratic congressional members and Hispanic leaders and organizations for saying they do not trust the president to enforce immigration laws and...

House Democrats push back on Boehner’s immigration comments

Melhor Leonor, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Reporter • February 7, 2014

WASHINGTON – House Democrats in Texas and Florida – two key states affected by immigration reform – said the latest comments from Republicans on immigration sound like excuses. In a press conference Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,...

Miners end on 16-5 run to defeat Louisiana Tech

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter • February 5, 2014

The Miners battled in a tough dogfight tonight and used crucial last minute stops to defeat the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters by a score of 85-75 for a fifth straight win. Despite winning the turnover margin and outrebounding the Lady Techsters, the...