The Prospector

The first presidential debate—take two

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor • October 11, 2016

The setting was different but the answers were the same during the second presidential debate which was held Sunday, Oct. 9 with Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz as moderators. Under the guise of “debate prep,” Trump held a press meeting an hour...

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...

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...

We’re in this together

Michaela Román, Editor in Chief • June 13, 2016

As the arches spanning over Interstate 10 in downtown El Paso were lit up in rainbow-colored lights, hundreds of El Pasoans gathered on Sunday, June 12, around the newly restored San Jacinto Plaza. They were there for a candlelight vigil for victims...

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...

U.S. women ‘s soccer above the rest

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2015

The United States Women’s Soccer Team World Cup Championship was positive in many different aspects. It redeemed their World Cup Final loss of four years ago and put this squad of women among the rest of the U.S.’s sports greats. It also raised the...

A day of remembrance- UTEP reflects on September 11

Amanda Guillen, Managing Editor/Multimedia Editor • September 11, 2014

World Cup Recap: USA vs. Belgium

Luis Gonzalez, Staff Reporter • July 1, 2014

The favorite has struggled in every match of the round of 16 and the trend continued in Salvador as the United States and Belgium had to play beyond 90 minutes to decide who would advance into the quarterfinals. The game began negatively for the Americans,...

World Cup Recap: Groups G & H

Luis Gonzalez, Staff Reporter • June 26, 2014

Today’s matches finalized the group stage and provided the final four participants in the round of 16. Group G Belgium began the day already qualified and with the task of facing South Korea who still had hopes of advancing. They met in Sao Paolo,...

An underwhelming performance for the Miners

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • October 22, 2013

With the first half of the football season in the books, the Miners are 1-5 overall and 0-3 in conference play. Knowing UTEP’s football history, how much of a surprise can that be? If you had told me that this would be the case six weeks ago, I would...