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The Prospector’s Monday night playlist

March 17, 2014

Every Tuesday The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours of the night. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional...

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...

International engineering competition returns to UTEP

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter • March 5, 2014

UTEP will be hosting the Baja Society of Automotive Engineers 2014 competition from April 24-27. The last time UTEP hosted the competition was 16 years ago, in 1998. The competition tasks engineering students with designing a dune buggy that can withstand...

Chemistry professor starts radio segment to showcase campus-wide research

Lorain Watters, Managing editor • March 4, 2014

At 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, a piano trills through the stereo speakers. Sixteenth notes crescendo and fall, melting together with an English accent. Every Tuesday and Thursday, listeners of the local NPR station KTEP can hear a four-minute long...

The Prospector’s Monday night playlist

March 3, 2014

Every Tuesday The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours of the night. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional...

Texas Tribune to host Thursday symposium focusing on demographic change

Maria Esquinca, Staff reporter • February 26, 2014

This Thursday, Feb. 27, UTEP in partnership with the Texas Tribune will be hosting a daylong symposium on demographic change. The symposium will focus on how the fast-changing demographics of Texas will impact public policy. Aside from writing and...

In El Paso, support for Venezuelan protesters grows

Andrés Rodríguez, Copy editor • February 20, 2014

Angela Garcia left Venezuela for the U.S. three years ago. As a college student in her home country, she fought for freedom of speech and human rights, something she’s seeing slip away as violent protests continue to escalate. Garcia, a senior business...

Dept. of Chemistry to host workshop for students featuring UCSB and USC scientists

Maria Esquinca, Staff reporter • February 20, 2014

The Department of Chemistry will be hosting a workshop on Organic Photovoltaics, or solar cells, sponsored through the Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 and 22 in the Chemistry and Computer Science...

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...

App it before you tap it

Helen Yip • February 11, 2014

“Pure,” “Grindr” and “Tinder” are apps that allow a person to “hook up” or meet up. “Pure,” for example is an app that uses GPS technology to locate anyone in the area who has a profile. Your request to meet up will be posted...

Sex industry course offers discussion on taboo subjects

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter • February 11, 2014

In a small classroom, hands are being raised in the air and loud murmurs are echoing across the room. On the wall you see the words “PORN AND FREE SPEECH” projected in bold white letters. This is just a normal day in Associate Professor Naomi Fertman’s...

The Prospector’s Monday night playlist

, The Prospector staff • February 3, 2014

Every Tuesday The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours of the night. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional...