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WrestleMania ignites crowd in return to El Paso

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter • February 20, 2018

Wrestling fans of all ages came out to support their favorite WWE superstars on Monday night, as WWE Live Road to WrestleMania stopped by the Don Haskins Center. Wrestling returned to El Paso just after being here in September...

RARE Fest tore down the El Paso County Coliseum

Aylin Tafoya, Contibutor • February 3, 2018

The venue was a bright red as the crowd started filling up the dance floor. The color on the screens was accentuated by crisp black lines outlining the animations. The visuals were very playful, colorful, and bright throughout the night. As the event-goers...

Topgolf opens its doors in El Paso

Paulette Villa, Contributor • February 3, 2018

The internationally recognized sports and entertainment center, Topgolf, opened its first location at El Paso on Friday, Feb. 2, just in time for the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day. Unlike regular golf courses or driving ranges, Topgolf...

DJ Carnage comes back to El Paso with RARE Fest

Aylin Tafoya, Contributor • January 27, 2018

DJ Carnage is coming back to the Sun City for the second round of Rare Fest on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, at the El Paso County Coliseum. From opening act to headlining his own Rare Fest shows in Orlando, NorCal, San Bernardino, and El Paso, the road to...

‘A Chorus Line’ premiers this week at the UTEP Dinner Theater

Claudia Flores, Entertainment Editor • January 23, 2018

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama, the Broadway musical “A Chorus Line” is coming to the Dinner Theater on Friday, Jan. 26. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1975 with the stories of the thousands...

Get ready for the eighth annual Neon Desert Music Festival

Aylin Tafoya, Contributor • January 20, 2018

Going into its eighth year, Neon Desert Music Festival is coming back bigger and better than ever before. Since its genesis in 2011, the event’s multiple stages offer a variety of great music by placing local artists alongside top international acts. Past...

Borderland dehumanizes and marginalizes asylum seekers, according to recent report

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor • January 18, 2018

The Hope Border Institute and the Borderland Immigratino Council presented a report on asylum seekers living under the Trump administration on Thursday night at the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center. The study, "Sealing the Border: The Criminalization of Asylum Seekers in the Trump Era," documented human rights violations by immigration enforcement agencies in El Paso and Southern New Mexico.

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RENT: a story of love and hope made its way to El Paso

Brianna Chavez, Contributor • January 18, 2018

A crowd of people waited outside in the cold to enter the Plaza Theater Tuesday night to watch the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent.” The musical made its way to El Paso as a part of their 20th-anniversary tour. Written...

Kaedama: ramen mania lives up to the hype

Elenie Gonzalez, Staff Reporter • January 18, 2018

Kaedama, the popular ramen food truck has taken shape from a black 1976 VW bus, into a small yellow building on 204 Boston Ave. after a successful crowd-funding campaign through Kickstarter that helped the owners realize their dream of turning their bus into an actual restaurant.

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Dreamers continue the fight to preserve DACA

Rene Delgadillo, Multimedia Editor • January 15, 2018

Noe Labrado wakes up every morning uncertain what his future holds, with the fear that he could potentially be deported and not be able to complete his degree in May. Labrado is one of the nearly 9,000 Dreamers in El Paso County, according to the Migration...

A look at 2018 on the border: government, construction and more

Adrian Broaddus, Copy Editor • January 15, 2018

Growth and development have been no stranger to the city of El Paso in recent years. With construction expansions, political races and so much more being planned out, 2018 could be a monumental year in the city’s evolution. Here are just some of...

Dreamers continue the fight to preserve DACA

January 15, 2018

https://youtu.be/n-rl_U3ewkg Noe Labrado wakes up every morning uncertain what his future holds, with the fear that he could potentially be deported and not be able to complete his degree in May. Labrado is one of the nearly 9,000 Dreamers in El Paso...