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Four years and a lifetime of memories made

Four years and a lifetime of memories made

Amanda Guillen, Contributor November 29, 2016

 There are moments in our lives that can change the course of your life forever. The beauty of life is that you never know when these moments will occur. I can say without a doubt in my mind that when I decided to work at The Prospector, little did...

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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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Rainbow Miner Graduation Hosts 51 Graduates

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2016

This year's Rainbow Miner Graduation hosted 51 seniors for their annual event. This year it was held at the UTEP Alumni Lodge on May 13 from 6-8 p.m.

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Senior dance majors Julian Maldonado and Gabriella Moreno will be graduating together after spending most of their college careers together.

Couple finds love through mutual passion for dance

Amanda Guillen, Editor-In-Chief May 3, 2016

As they walk from class and toward Centennial Plaza, Gabriella Moreno and Julian Maldonado gracefully stroll through campus hand in hand, at times looking into each others’ eyes and smiling. Even if you didn’t know they were dancers, you would be...

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Newly elected Student Government Association president, sophomore operation chain supply management major Sergio Baltazar looks over the Centennial Plaza.

Getting to know the new SGA president

Amanda Guillen, Editor-In-Chief May 3, 2016

The Student Government Association will have a new president in June. Sophomore operations chain supply management major Sergio Baltazar was elected on April 22 and ran independently. Despite being discouraged to run as an independent, Baltazar felt...

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The Student Recovery Organization hosts Pay It Forward event tonight

The Student Recovery Organization hosts Pay It Forward event tonight

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief April 26, 2016

Pay it forward and being the change are just some of the phrases that are the topics of tonight’s event hosted by the Student Recovery Organization at UTEP. From 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Union Cinema, the SRO will host a reception, sponsored...

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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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The irony of printing a newspaper during Earth Week

Amanda Guillen, Editor-In-Chief April 19, 2016

Every year we celebrate Earth Day and this year it will be celebrated on April 22. The Prospector dedicates an issue to Earth Day and every year someone on staff asks about why we have an issue dedicated to this day if we print thousands of issues on...

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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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ASARCO Site Custodial Trustee Roberto Puga and UTEP President Diana Natalicio.

UTEP and ASARCO Collaborate for Exhibit

Amanda Guillen, Editor-In-Chief April 12, 2016

The long-standing collaboration between ASARCO and UTEP didn’t end when the smokestacks were brought down on April 13, 2013. The partnership continues and one of the more visual ways is through the exhibit, “ASARCO in El Paso: A Visual History of...

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Respect us and mind your business

Respect us and mind your business

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief March 29, 2016

There are many reasons why people don’t go to the gym: a busy schedule, work, kids, laziness, but some reasons are uncontrollable, at least on one side. For a woman, often times, our insecurities come from others’ lack of intelligence and manners. A...

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Rocketbuster Handmade Custom Boots is located in a warehouse in the Union District of downtown El Paso, at 115 Anthony St.

Country western style a phase or lifestyle?

Amanda Guillen, Editor-In-Chief March 15, 2016

In the ‘80s you had the release of “Urban Cowboy,” a movie staring John Travolta that quickly revamped the country music and fashion scene in the United States. Around that time, you also had artists like George Strait, Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire,...

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