The Prospector

PayDirt Pete Auditions

June 2, 2015

UTEP is on the look out for the next PayDirt Pete. The program is expanding due to change of leadership, Bianca Marquez will be filling the position as UTEP’s new Cheerleading Coach. The new program is set to meet the needs of both the on-campus and...

UTEP softball says goodbye to Tahla Wade

Jason Green, Staff Reporter • May 5, 2015

Tahla Wade is a traveler. She travelled from Chicago to El Paso, found that she liked the campus and the local people, at least enough to call UTEP home for four years. This season she spent a lot of time traveling between first and second base. She...

Miners far exceed regular season expectations

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter • December 2, 2014

Coming off a two-win season last year, a three-win season would already be an improvement, that’s how low expectations were this year for UTEP’s football team. Seven wins later, the Miners are going bowling and all their troubles seem to have been...

Fan support grows with time not winning

Luis Gonzalez, Copy Editor • December 2, 2014

The UTEP football team is doing well this season and if there is something the El Paso fan base likes is a winner. Yet, come game day there isn’t even a quarter of the stadium full and the student section is basically non-existent. It’s been said...

Overcoming injuries for the love of the game

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • December 2, 2014

It’s a given, in sports you are going to get hurt. Any athlete in any sport knows this, and they take their daily dose of bumps and bruises in their respective sports. Senior volleyball player Jacqueline Cason knows all about the bumps and bruises,...

Fair promotes campus health

Amber Gomez, Staff Reporter • March 25, 2014

UTEP will celebrate National Nutrition month with a mini health fair 9 a.m.– 1 p.m. March 26 at the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center. This will be the second of six fairs that the UTEP Wellness program and UTEP Human Resource Services Employee...