The Prospector

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...

Keep sending prayers though…

Jason Green, Contributor • June 14, 2016

Ho-hum… another day, another mass shooting in America. We must look so ridiculous to our brethren across the Western world. Not just because we have a Day-Glo orange, pompous pile of crap as a presidential candidate, but mainly because we continue to...

The rationale of Trump supporters

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • June 7, 2016

When you meet a Donald J. Trump supporter it’s pretty easy to assume some things. It's easy to assume that they are prejudiced, maybe even racist. It's easy to assume they are short sided to the point of willfully ignorant. While being middle aged...

Protesters overshadow Trump rally in Albuquerque

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • May 25, 2016

Albuquerque, NM—Donald Trump was the talk of the town going into his "Make America Great Again" rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center, but by the end of the night anti-Trump protestors, peaceful and violent alike, stole...

Graffiti in the time of Trump

Jasmine Aguilera, Copy Editor • April 26, 2016

It’s more impactful than political comments on Facebook. It means more than the “Feel the Bern” T-shirts, and the “Make America Great Again” baseball caps. It’s street art. Art that is powerful enough to prevent drone strikes in Pakistan...

Ranked-choices, another perspective on GOP primary

Luis Gonzalez, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Reporter • February 23, 2016

WASHINGTON – As candidates drop out of the Republican presidential race and the field narrows, the comfortable lead Donald Trump enjoys over the rest of those vying for the Republican party’s presidential nomination could disappear. Supporters...

Trumping the competition through media exposure

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief • August 1, 2015

It is no surprise that controversy brings inflated attention and with it a string of opinion. People in agreement or in opposition of the topic lend to the mounting tension that the controversy brings. With the 2016 presidential election coming...