The Prospector

UTEP women’s basketball coach happy to have landed his ‘dream job’

Jeremy Carranco, Contributor • May 2, 2017

For the first time in 16 seasons, the UTEP women’s basketball program will be led by a new head coach. On April 24, UTEP Director of Athletics Bob Stull announced the hiring of former UT Tyler and Angelo State head coach Kevin Baker. Baker, born and...

Be Assertive, Speak Up

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • April 5, 2016

In honor of national Sexual Assault Awareness Month, UTEP will host the month-long Silhouette Project at various locations on campus to increase awareness and education about the impacts of sexual violence through the use of workshops, art exhibitions...

Body building a growing sport in El Paso

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • March 29, 2016

The perception that surrounds bodybuilders and fitness models alike is that all their strength comes from the outside; with the chiseled arms, bulky quads and taut abs. In reality, to participate in any type of fitness competition, it takes a lot more...

La Mujer Obrera helps women find power through their roots

Jose Soto, Entertainment Editor • March 22, 2016

The borderland has been continuously served by a local non-profit organization for the last 34 years. La Mujer Obrera has empowered women by finding solutions through means of education and training and by addressing and improving the issues faced by...

‘No Más Bebés’ to be screened at Union Cinema

Jasmine Aguilera, Copy Editor • March 22, 2016

In 1970s Los Angeles, Mexican-American women went to the hospital to deliver their babies, but left unknowingly sterilized. This piece of women’s history will be examined during a Wednesday screening of the documentary film “No Más Bebés.” The...

Women’s conference to cover relevant issues

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • March 22, 2016

The UTEP Women and Gender Studies Program will host the sixth-annual Women’s History Month Conference with a two-day event April 6-7, in congruence with National Women’s History month. On April 6, starting at 4 p.m. at the Tomas Rivera Conference...

Softball prepares for DeMarini Desert Classic

Christopher Pinones, Contributor • February 16, 2016

The Miners’ softball team has started their season to a shaky start. After losing three of their first five games, the Miners hope to bounce back this weekend at the DeMarini Desert Classic at UNLV. In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Miners will take on Nevada...

URGE ready to be the voice of women’s reproductive rights at UTEP

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • February 9, 2016

Student feminists who come together to fight for gender equality and reproductive justice on campus are calling themselves Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, or URGE. Working under the relatively new acronym, the organization now called URGE...

Women fill 18 percent of computer science jobs

Tia Rinehar, SHFWire • February 9, 2016

WASHINGTON – Google officials said that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million new computer science-related jobs in the U.S., but right now, there are only enough computer science graduates to fill 32 percent of those jobs. The Center for American Progress...

Women could be required to register for military draft

Tia Rinehart, SHFWire • February 2, 2016

WASHINGTON – Now that women are approved for all military combat roles, the question follows: Will women be required to register with the Selective Service System? Right now, all U.S. male citizens and immigrants, documented or undocumented, ages 18...

Female artists band together for ‘Artistas Femeninas’ event

Julia Hettiger, Staff Reporter • November 17, 2015

In the middle of Texas Street on a cool Saturday night, female painters, craft makers, dancers and singers gathered to celebrate love and feminism through art and performance. The eighth annual “Artistas Femeninas” took place at the San Carlos...

Students get a glimpse of the Border

Maria Esquinca, Copy Editor • May 13, 2015

As part of the fourth-annual “Fire & Ice: Structural Violence Against Women” event organized by the Student Engagement and Leadership Center, UTEP students were exposed to issues faced by women and men alike in the border region on Friday,...