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The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Irony at its finest

Irony at its finest

Rene Delgadillo, Layout Editor September 27, 2016

We as Mexicans and Hispanics complain about Trump’s idea of building a wall. We defend our flag and our people, and we expose all the injustices that our people suffer as a minority in the U.S. We speak with pride about our people and culture, without...

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Voter turnout on the border still low

Voter turnout on the border still low

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor September 27, 2016

Voter turnout in El Paso is so low that is has been longer than a decade since 50 percent of registered voters decided to participate in the government process. The presidential elections usually double the number of voters compared to the regional elections,...

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Your next President

Your next President

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor September 20, 2016

While the media has been focused on the Clinton foundation and the influence donors had on the then Secretary of State, there has been little interest in the Donald J. Trump Foundation. That is, until a single reporter, using a mix of old-school and modern...

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UTEP College Republicans president, senior political science major, Justin Cruz and vice-president Mariana Prieto talk in the Student Government Association office.

UTEP’s College Republicans stick to candidate

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief September 13, 2016

UTEP’s College Republicans—a sector of The College Republican National Committee (CRNC)—has always been a political group, where students with the same ideological and religious views may also agree on their political stances. However, with one...

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Trump visited Mexico last week causing controversy for his past comments on Mexicans.

Your next President

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor September 6, 2016

Donald Trump’s record with Latino voters is dismal to say the least, and his recent visit to Mexico to speak with President Nieto is seen by some as an attempt to bring in the undecided voters or Republicans who are apprehensive about Trump’s temperament....

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tue. May 24.

Your Next President

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor August 30, 2016

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a 90 percent chance to win according to the New York Times, but her recent success can be attributed toward her focus on the dangers of Donald Trump and less so on her own platform and appeal. The back and forth...

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A race against time for third-party candidates

Christian Vasquez, Staff Reporter August 23, 2016

When both major party candidates for the presidential election are the most disliked since 1980, according to a FiveThirtyEight.com, common sense dictates that third-party candidates would have a higher chance of winning. But, this hasn’t been the case...

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Journalist Ana Lourdes Cardenas wrote “Marihuana: El Viaje a la Legalización” to inform readers about the process of legalizing marijuana.

Let’s talk about legalization

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter April 26, 2016

“Marihuana: El Viaje a la Legalización,” a book written in Spanish by journalist Ana Lourdes Cardenas, touches on the complicated issue of cannabis and focuses on Colorado, the pioneer state in the legalization of the drug. Cardenas has worked...

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President Barack Obama urges Congress to close corporation tax loopholes during a press briefing Tuesday at the White House. Obama says tax inversions make it harder to keep the economy strong.

President Obama calls on Congress to end tax inversions

Erick Payne, SHFWire April 12, 2016

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on April 5 called on the Republican-controlled Congress to end tax inversions, praising new steps taken by the Treasury Department to curb the corporate practice. The best way to end this behavior is with tax reform...

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Freshman philosophy major Jorge Martinez poses as a student struggling from tuition increase.

UTEP’s tuition increase proposal approved

Amanda Guillen, Editor-In-Chief March 1, 2016

Cost of tuition and fees will be increasing effective immediately and over the next two years. The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved the increase on Monday, all of the UT Systems academic institutions including UTEP will experience...

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Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., says Thursday that the H-1B visa program for foreign workers is hurting Americans.

Workers’ visa program, benefit or exploitation?

Luke Torrance, SHFWire March 1, 2016

WASHINGTON – In November 2014, the Walt Disney Company reported record $48.8 billion in sales. It was the fourth straight year of record profits. The theme parks – Walt Disney Land, Walt Disney World — generated $2.7 billion in profits, a 20 percent...

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President Barack Obama says his Precision Medicine Initiative will create research, technology and policies to produce better medicine at a cheaper cost. Dr. James Hamblin, moderated a panel discussion Thursday at the White House to discuss the president’s initiative.

Obama, doctors take steps to improve health care

Tia Rinehart, SHFWire March 1, 2016

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is asking for a donation of something other than money: He’s wants the medical records of a million people to improve health care. It’s part of a program to create medicines and treatments for individual patients. ...

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