The Prospector

FDA to burn fat

Valerie Herrera, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2015

Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration moved to ban artificial trans fats found in some of American’s favorite foods. So what does this mean for UTEP’s upcoming eatery? The soon-to-be-named Union cafeteria, expected to open in the fall...

Academic Tecnologies receives excellence award

Juan Raygoza, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2015

The international community of experts in educational technology, known as the New Media Consortium, awarded UTEP’s Academic Technologies the 2015 Center of Excellence award. In a letter from NMC, senior director of communications, Samantha Becker,...

Dinner Theatre to debut ‘Pippin’

Julia Hettiger, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2015

A play based on a prince’s uplifting journey will be coming to the UTEP Dinner Theatre. The Tony-award winning play tells the story about a heir to a throne who is on an epic search for happiness. “Pippin”will be directed by Greg Taylor, associate...

El Pasoans pack downtown for Streetfest 2015

Michaela Román and Adam Ziegenhals • June 28, 2015

The El Paso StreetFest took place on Friday June 26 and Saturday June 27. Hosted by KLAQ, this year marked fourteen years of the festival. The StreetFest pulled in an estimated 12,000 attendees each night with headlining acts Halestorm, Young Rising Sons,...

First Same-Sex Couples to Marry in El Paso

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief • June 27, 2015

At approximately 12:20 p.m. on June 26, Yairo Herrera and Luke Oleander became the first same-sex couple to be married in El Paso at the County Courthouse. Less than 20 minutes later, a few floors up, the second couple, Aixa Adame and Lacey Darcy,...

Love wins in El Paso

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief • June 26, 2015

For richer or for poorer, until death do they part, under the United States Constitution same-sex couples were married in El Paso, Texas. At approximately 12:20 p.m. on June 26, Yairo Herrera and Luke Oleander became the first...

El Paso on My Mind

Bill McRaven, UT System Chancellor • June 25, 2015

Happy Friday! I didn’t get a chance to blog last Friday because I was in the midst of a tremendous two-day visit to UT El Paso. All of our universities and health institutions contribute culturally and economically to their local communities, but...

Historic halls to be demolished to make way for new research facility

Juan Raygoza, Contributor • June 23, 2015

The long-decaying buildings, Burges and Barry Hall, located west of the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center, have been scheduled for demolition, which is set to being the week of June 22. The two former dormitories were constructed in 1963 and 1971,...

‘Invertebrate Jaws’ explores the jaws of creatures

Julia Hettiger, Staff Reporter • June 17, 2015

Many animals have bones and make their presence known, but there is a whole other world of boneless, invisible to the naked eye animals that roam this Earth. A UTEP professor has researched animals that are less than a millimeter long and that needed...

UTEP in Black and White

Andres Martinez, Staff Photographer • June 16, 2015

Do it! Take the trip

Michaela Roman, Photo Editor • June 16, 2015

At the beginning of the year, I received an email from one of my previous digital media production professors. Ramon Villa, regarding studying abroad in Peru during the Maymester. The email explained that the trip would consist of producing a documentary...

Study abroad builds cosmopolitan students

Juan Raygoza, Staff Reporter • June 16, 2015

According to a NAFSA (Association of International Educators) study done recently, the number of study-abroad students has grown only 2 percent nationally. In the 2012-2013 school year, the number of students applying for study-abroad programs increased...