Oscar Avila

I am finally doing something I have had several students ask me to do over the last 16 years–write a column for the student newspaper. I have always turned them down as The Prospector is supposed to be the students’ voice. Their recent request,...

At The Prospector, we are used to changing. It happens all the time and in every facet of our industry. We are a college newspaper that mirrors the professional newspapers and publications we strive to be like. Each semester we have staff that comes...

The Founding Fathers understood the importance of a free press and its importance to a sovereign republic. They recognized that without a free press there could be no accountability and a government without accountability is the exact opposite of a democracy. President...

                                            Bryan Delgado is a senior...

LGBTQ-Pride month this June marked a timely reminder to celebrate successes, commemorate history and advocate for social justice in mental health. The Stonewall riots of June 1969 in New York’s Greenwich Village catalyzed the ongoing LGBTQ+ rights movement....

Separating families is nothing new for the U.S. Government. In 1619, slave ships from West Africa hit eastern shores in the U.S., starting the routine process of separating children from their families as they arrived at Jamestown Colony. Not seen as...

For the fourth year in a row it will be the Golden State Warriors taking on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA championship, but the road to get here was quite different for both teams coming into the title game. Both the Warriors and the Cavaliers are...

On Thursday, May 31, we get the fourth installment of NBA’s modern day rivalry, as the Cleveland Cavaliers face off against the Golden State Warriors, or better known as the defending champions. Below are five ways that the Warriors go back to back...

Through four years of sleepless nights, either studying or staring at my phone for countless hours, to life-saving coffee breaks or making bad decisions on Cincinnati Street—the memories from my time as a student at UTEP will always have a special place...