This article is part of a continuing series on the Affordable Care Act. Students seem apathetic towards health care changes as the March 31 deadline looms. The department of Health and Human Services reports that by mid-January more than 2.2 million...

What is in a name? What is in a word—particularly curse words? We know they offend people. We know they’re used for shock value and often in an inappropriate manner. Understanding why is the key. Curse words are laid over a broad spectrum. It...

UTEP’s 2014 football schedule was released today. The Miners’ home schedule is highlighted by non-conference matchups with Big 12 rival Texas Tech and I-10 rival New Mexico State as they celebrate their centennial season. The Miners will open...

It only took the Miners 35 minutes to get their first lead of the game, as they pulled out a come from behind victory to defeat the Rice Owls 68-57 in front of the second largest crowd of the season 11,036. From the start of the game the Owls took...

In a highly anticipated matchup of two of the best teams in Conference USA. The Miners handled the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 89-79, tonight's win became the Miners 500th win at the Don Haskins Center. After the game head coach Tim Floyd, was short, humble...

Super Bowl XLVIII is this Sunday and although there are two very good teams playing in this game you should only root for one. That team is the Denver Broncos and here is why. When watching sports always root for greatness. Be spoiled and never settled...

Tonight the Miners handled the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 77-50 and are now riding a three game victory streak. It comes off the heels of the Miners dropping two games in a row. The Miners are back to their old ways of winning. The Miners...

On a four game winning streak and coming off a 19 point routing of UTSA. No time is better than now for the Miners to take on Conference USA leader Louisiana Tech. At 17-4 (5-1 in Conference USA) the Bulldogs are at the top of the standings, along...

[ezcol_1half] Optimistic, hopeful, but a lot to be desired—A view from the left President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address touched on every topic I was hoping to hear about. Repealing voter identification laws, immigration reform,...

WASHINGTON – Trying to make a strong and memorable speech is a difficult and lengthy process. Four former presidential speechwriters revealed what it’s like to write a presidential speech in a discussion Tuesday a few hours before President Barack...

Renowned philosopher, scholar and activist Cornel West will be delivering a presentation Feb. 7 at the Magoffin Auditorium to celebrate Black History Month. West is a Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies at...

A symposium that gathered social workers, doctors, physicians, psychologists and professors sought to inform about mental health related issues within the Hispanic community.  By hosting speakers from different educational backgrounds, resilience as...