Miners, it is the final episode of The Prospector podcast! On this week's episode sports editor Emmanuel Rivas Valenzuela talks to UTEP golfer Andrea Ostos as part of his three-part series of border city athletes. Editor-in-chief Itzel Giron has a special...

On this week’s episode of The Prospector Podcast, reporter Itzel Giron tells the story of Dolores Anguiano, an 86 year-old student earning her degree in multi-disciplinary studies in December. Editor-In-Chief Julian Herrera gives his farewell to The...

As in many young men that play sports, Isaiah Rhyanes dreamed of playing basketball at the college level. The odds of being able to play college basketball are not very good for most people, but as a bench player for a high school team, it is an even...

Leadership is not an intangible that can be developed in a short period when it comes to the sport of basketball. In Katarina Zec's UTEP basketball career, she emerged as a leader and a player that is not only etched in the record book...

Lindsay Hearon is a theatre arts major graduating this spring from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and she’s had a passion for the magic of live theatre her entire life.    “Theatre is my entire life. I love working in any...

The UTEP Alumni Association annually honors 10 graduating or recently graduated seniors based on a combination of academic achievement, involvement, leadership and service both in the community and off campus. Although a banquet was unable to be held...

With a double major in printmaking and painting, Vicente Delgado is a UTEP Visual Arts graduating senior of the 2020 spring semester. Born and raised in El Paso, Delgado decided to pursue the arts as it became a familiar hobby growing up.   Surrounded...

Aunque esta sea mi última columna para El Prospector, esto no significa un fin. Mis vivencias personales y académicas con el Departamento de Publicaciones Estudiantiles quedan por siempre plasmadas en cada uno de mis reportajes y en los momentos...

If I asked myself four years ago how I envisioned my experience at UTEP, it wouldn’t have been how it happened. Even going to study in another country was a whole new world to me back then, and I had to get used to so many different things.  At...

This spring, you are among the more than 2,300 UTEP students who will join the ranks of Miner Alumni. Not too long ago, when you began this journey, you made a commitment to work hard. To recognize your potential and to uncover the very best...

Working at a college newspaper can suck. The hours are long, the deadlines are short and the pay is almost non-existent. I would not describe The Prospector—a place I have worked on and off for five years—as a fun job. But I would recommend it to...

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...